UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 11, 2013
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35952 | 38-3826477 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1901 Olathe Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103 | 66103 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, include area code:
(913) 951-2132
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Merger Agreement
On October 15, 2013, Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (Aratana) acquired Vet Therapeutics, Inc. (Vet Therapeutics), pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated October 13, 2013, by and among Vet Therapeutics, Aratana, Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aratana (Merger Sub), and Jeffrey Miles, as the stockholders representative. In connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Vet Therapeutics, and Vet Therapeutics survived as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aratana (the Merger).
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Aratana agreed to pay to the former equity holders (other than dissenting stockholders, if any) and former holders of stock options to acquire shares of Vet Therapeutics common stock aggregate merger consideration, subject to post-closing working capital adjustments, of (i) $30.0 million in cash, (ii) 625,000 shares (the the Merger Shares) of Aratanas common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), and (iii) a promissory note in the principal amount of $3.0 million with a maturity date of December 31, 2014. The promissory note bears interest at a rate of 7% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears, and is subject to prepayment in the event of specified future equity financings by Aratana. Aratana also agreed to pay up to $5.0 million in contingent cash consideration in connection with the achievement of certain regulatory and manufacturing milestones for Vet Therapeutics B-cell lymphoma product.
Both Aratana and Vet Therapeutics agreed to customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Merger Agreement. Vet Therapeutics equityholders and option holders agreed to indemnify Aratana for certain matters, including breaches of representations and warranties and covenants included in the Merger Agreement, up to a maximum specified amount, subject to limited exceptions. Aratana agreed to indemnify Vet Therapeutics stockholders for specified matters, including breaches of representations, warranties and covenants included in the Merger Agreement, up to a maximum specified amount, subject to certain limited exceptions.
Private Placement
On October 13, 2013, Aratana entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the Share Purchase Agreement) with various accredited investors, pursuant to which Aratana agreed to sell an aggregate of 1,234,375 shares (the Private Placement Shares) of its Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $19.75 million, or $16.00 per share (the Private Placement). The closing of the Private Placement, which is expected to occur on or prior to October 17, 2013, is subject to customary closing conditions.
Under the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement and, with respect to the Merger Shares, pursuant to a Side Letter Agreement entered into in connection with the Merger Agreement (the Registration Rights Side Letter), Aratana has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register for resale the Private Placement Shares and the Merger Shares, which registration statement is required to become effective no later than 90 days following the closing of the Private Placement, subject to extension in limited circumstances. Aratana will be required to pay liquidated damages of 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price of the Private Placement Shares and the Merger Shares per month (up to a cap of 10%) if it does not meet certain obligations with respect to the registration of the Private Placement Shares and the Merger Shares.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement, and the Registration Rights Side Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Merger Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Side Letter, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 4.1 respectively and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On October 15, 2013, Aratana completed its acquisition of Vet Therapeutics as described in Item 1.01, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
In March 2013, Aratana entered into a loan and security agreement (the Credit Facility), with Square 1 Bank (Square 1), as lender. On October 11, 2013, Aratana entered into an amendment of the Credit Facility (the Credit Facility Amendment), which, among other things, increased the amount that remains available for Aratana to draw by an additional $5.0 million, to a total of $10.0 million. Simultaneously with the closing of the Credit Facility Amendment on October 11, 2013, Aratana borrowed the total $10.0 million available under the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Facility Amendment, upon consummation of the Merger, Vet Therapeutics became a co-borrower under the credit facility and granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets to Square 1. At October 15, 2013, total borrowings under the Credit Facility were $15.0 million.
The Credit Facility Amendment also revised the terms of Aratanas financial covenant with respect to its liquidity ratio. Aratana is required to maintain a liquidity ratio of at least 1.00-to-1.00 beginning January 1, 2014, provided that if Aratana receives approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or a biologic license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for at least two of Aratanas products by January 1, 2014, the liquidity ratio that it is required to maintain will be reduced to 0.50-to-1.00. At October 15, 2013, Aratana was in compliance with all financial covenants.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Credit Facility Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions the Credit Facility Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Merger
As partial consideration for the acquisition of Vet Therapeutics described above, on October 15, 2013, Aratana issued an aggregate of 625,000 shares of Common Stock to Vet Therapeutics former stockholders and former option holders in connection with the completion of the Merger.
Private Placement
Pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, at the closing of the Private Placement, Aratana will issue 1,234,375 shares of its Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $19.75 million, or $16.00 per share.
Neither the Merger Shares nor the Private Placement Shares have been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Aratana is relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
As described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02, Aratana has agreed to file a registration statement for the resale of the Merger Shares and the Private Placement Shares. Neither the Merger Shares nor the Private Placement Shares may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or exemption from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor any of the exhibits attached hereto is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of Common Stock or other securities of Aratana.
Reference is made to the descriptions of the Merger Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement in Item 1.01 of this Current Report.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 14, 2013, Aratana issued a press release announcing the Merger, the Private Placement and the Credit Facility Amendment and hosted a conference call to discuss such events during which certain accompanying slides were presented. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and a copy of the accompanying slides are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, and both are incorporated herein by reference.
This information is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. Neither the information contained in the press release nor the material contained in the related presentation materials shall be treated as filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The furnishing of the information in this Item 7.01 is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information in this Item 7.01 is material information that is not otherwise publicly available.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Financial Statements of the Business Acquired
The financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K will be filed by amendment within 71 calendar days after the date this report on Form 8-K must be filed.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information
The pro forma financial statements required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K will be filed by amendment within 71 calendar days after the date this report on Form 8-K must be filed.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
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Description |
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4.1 | Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement, dated October 15, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc. and Jeffrey Miles. | |
10.1* | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 13, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc., Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation and Jeffrey Miles, as stockholders representative. | |
10.2 | Share Purchase Agreement, dated October 13, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., and the purchasers named therein. | |
10.3* | First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 11, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc. and Square 1 Bank. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., dated October 14, 2013. | |
99.2 | Presentation Materials of Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., dated October 14, 2013. |
* | Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
Date: October 16, 2013 | By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Steven St. Peter | ||||||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Description |
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4.1 | Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement, dated October 15, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc. and Jeffrey Miles. | |
10.1* | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 13, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc., Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation and Jeffrey Miles, as stockholders representative. | |
10.2 | Share Purchase Agreement, dated October 13, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., and the purchasers named therein. | |
10.3* | First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement, dated October 11, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., Vet Therapeutics, Inc. and Square 1 Bank. | |
99.1 | Press Release of Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., dated October 14, 2013. | |
99.2 | Presentation Materials of Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., dated October 14, 2013. |
* | Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. |
Exhibit 4.1
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
1901 Olathe Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66103
October 15, 2013
Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
Attention: Geneviève Hansen
2683 Via De La Valle, Ste G-235
Del Mar, California 92014
Jeffrey Miles
P.O. Box 1001
Ojai, California 93024
Re: | Registration Rights for Company Holders |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (1) that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the Merger Agreement ), by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( Parent ), Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, Vet Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and, with respect to Article VIII only of the Merger Agreement, Jeffrey Miles, as Stockholders Representative and (2) that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof (the Share Purchase Agreement ), by and among Parent and each of those persons and entities listed on the Schedule of Purchasers attached as Exhibit A thereto. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed such terms in the Merger Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and in the Merger Agreement, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree that the Company Holders shall have the resale registration rights and obligations with respect to the Initial Stock Merger Consideration that are set forth in Section 8 of the Share Purchase Agreement as if the Company Holders were Purchasers (as such term is defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) and the Initial Stock Merger Consideration were Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) and shall have the indemnification rights and obligations that are set forth in Section 10 of the Share Purchase Agreement in connection with such resale registration rights and obligations. The undersigned hereby agree that the Company Holders shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this letter agreement, entitled to enforce this letter agreement and such rights and obligations as though each such Company Holder were a party hereto.
This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this letter agreement with respect to the subject matter contained herein, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous representations, warranties, understandings and agreements, both written and oral, with respect to such subject matter, except that the following sections of the Merger Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, with all references therein to the Agreement deemed to be references to this letter agreement and not the Merger Agreement: 10.01 (Notices), 10.03 (Counterparts), 10.05 (Severability), 10.07 (Governing Law), 10.08 (Consent to Jurisdiction), 10.09 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 10.12 (Rules of Construction), 10.13 (Assignment), and 10.14 (No Waiver).
[Signatures Follow]
Please sign below to indicate your agreement to the terms and conditions hereof.
Sincerely, | ||||||||
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Name: | Steven St. Peter | |||||||
Title: | President & CEO | |||||||
Accepted and agreed to: | ||||||||
VET THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||||
By: |
/s/ Geneviève Hansen |
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Name: | Geneviève Hansen | |||||||
Title: | President | |||||||
STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE | ||||||||
By: |
/s/ Jeffrey Miles |
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Jeffrey Miles |
Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT (INDICATED BY ASTERISKS) HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
JAYHAWK ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AND
VET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
AND WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE VIII ONLY
JEFFREY MILES
AS STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE
Dated as of October 13, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS |
2 | |||||||
ARTICLE II. THE MERGER |
13 | |||||||
2.1 |
The Merger |
13 | ||||||
2.2 |
Effective Time; Closing |
13 | ||||||
2.3 |
Effect of the Merger |
14 | ||||||
2.4 |
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws |
14 | ||||||
2.5 |
Directors and Officers |
14 | ||||||
2.6 |
Allocation Certificate |
14 | ||||||
2.7 |
Effect on Capital Stock |
15 | ||||||
2.8 |
Stock Options |
19 | ||||||
2.9 |
Promissory Note |
20 | ||||||
2.10 |
Exchange Procedures |
20 | ||||||
2.11 |
Contingent Merger Consideration |
22 | ||||||
2.12 |
Accredited/Unaccredited Investors |
24 | ||||||
2.13 |
Legend |
25 | ||||||
2.14 |
Purchase Price Adjustments |
26 | ||||||
2.15 |
Further Action |
29 | ||||||
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
29 | |||||||
3.1 |
Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries |
29 | ||||||
3.2 |
Capital Structure |
30 | ||||||
3.3 |
Authority |
31 | ||||||
3.4 |
Non-Contravention |
32 | ||||||
3.5 |
Necessary Consents |
32 | ||||||
3.6 |
Financial Statements |
33 | ||||||
3.7 |
Undisclosed Liabilities |
33 | ||||||
3.8 |
Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
33 | ||||||
3.9 |
Taxes |
34 | ||||||
3.10 |
Intellectual Property |
36 | ||||||
3.11 |
Compliance; Permits |
40 |
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* | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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ARTICLE VI. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
58 | |||||||
6.1 |
Acquisition Proposals |
58 | ||||||
6.2 |
Stockholder Approval |
60 | ||||||
6.3 |
Confidentiality; Access to Information; No Modification of Representations, Warranties or Covenants |
60 | ||||||
6.4 |
Public Disclosure |
61 | ||||||
6.5 |
Reasonable Best Efforts |
62 | ||||||
6.6 |
Tax Matters |
62 | ||||||
6.7 |
FIRPTA Compliance |
65 | ||||||
6.8 |
Third Party Consents |
65 | ||||||
6.9 |
Merger Sub Compliance |
65 | ||||||
6.10 |
Notification of Certain Matters |
65 | ||||||
6.11 |
Section 280G of the Code |
66 | ||||||
6.12 |
Indemnification of Officers and Directors of the Company |
67 | ||||||
6.13 |
Preparation of Financial Statements |
68 | ||||||
ARTICLE VII. CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER |
69 | |||||||
7.1 |
Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger |
69 | ||||||
7.2 |
Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
69 | ||||||
7.3 |
Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
70 | ||||||
ARTICLE VIII. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNIFICATION; ESCROW |
73 | |||||||
8.1 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
73 | ||||||
8.2 |
Escrow and Representative Reimbursement Amount Deposit |
74 | ||||||
8.3 |
Indemnification; Escrow Fund; Right of Setoff |
76 | ||||||
8.4 |
Limitation on Remedies |
77 | ||||||
8.5 |
Stockholders Representative |
79 | ||||||
8.6 |
Third-Party Claims |
81 | ||||||
8.7 |
Notice of Indemnity Claims Other than Third-Party Claims |
83 | ||||||
8.8 |
No Circular Recovery |
84 |
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8.9 |
Determination of Indemnifiable Losses |
84 | ||||||
8.10 |
Tax Consequences of Indemnification Payments |
85 | ||||||
ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
85 | |||||||
9.1 |
Termination |
85 | ||||||
9.2 |
Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination |
86 | ||||||
9.3 |
Fees and Expenses |
87 | ||||||
9.4 |
Amendment |
87 | ||||||
9.5 |
Extension; Waiver |
87 | ||||||
ARTICLE X. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
88 | |||||||
10.1 |
Notices |
88 | ||||||
10.2 |
Interpretation; Knowledge |
89 | ||||||
10.3 |
Counterparts |
92 | ||||||
10.4 |
Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries |
92 | ||||||
10.5 |
Severability |
92 | ||||||
10.6 |
Other Remedies |
92 | ||||||
10.7 |
Governing Law |
93 | ||||||
10.8 |
Consent to Jurisdiction |
93 | ||||||
10.9 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
93 | ||||||
10.10 |
Legal Representation |
93 | ||||||
10.11 |
Attorney-Client Privilege |
94 | ||||||
10.12 |
Rules of Construction |
94 | ||||||
10.13 |
Assignment |
94 | ||||||
10.14 |
No Waiver |
95 |
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Exhibits
Exhibit A | B-Cell Lymphoma Product | |
Exhibit B | T-Cell Lymphoma Product | |
Exhibit C | Escrow Agreement | |
Exhibit D | Form of Promissory Note | |
Exhibit E | Form of Investor Questionnaire | |
Exhibit F | Form of Lock-Up Agreement | |
Exhibit G | Form of Employment Agreement with Geneviève Hansen | |
Exhibit H | Form of Consulting Agreement with Juan J. Estruch | |
Exhibit I | Form of Non-Competition Agreement | |
Exhibit J | Share Purchase Agreement Representations and Warranties Exhibit | |
Exhibit K | Form of Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement | |
Exhibit L | Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement | |
Exhibit M | Form of Assignment of Spousal Rights |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Terms |
Cross Reference in
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Accredited Investors | 2.12(a) | |
Acquisition Proposal | 6.1(a)(i) | |
Acquisition Transaction | 6.1(a)(i) | |
Affiliate | Article I | |
Agreement | Preamble | |
Appraiser | 2.14(d)(ii) | |
Allocation Certificate | 2.6 | |
Assignment of Spousal Rights | 7.3(m) | |
B-Cell Lymphoma Product | Article I | |
Balance Sheet Date | 3.6 | |
Board of Directors and Boards of Directors | Recitals | |
Business Day | Article I | |
Cap | 8.4(a) | |
Certificate of Merger | 2.2 | |
Certificates | 2.10(b) | |
Change in Control Payments | Article I | |
Claim Notice | 8.6(a) | |
Closing | 2.2 | |
Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount | Article I | |
Closing Date | 2.2 | |
Closing Notice | 2.14(a) | |
Closing Per Share Stock Payment | Article I | |
Closing Statement | 2.14(d)(iii) | |
COBRA | Article I | |
Code | Article I | |
Company | Preamble | |
Company Balance Sheet | 3.6 | |
Company Business | Article I | |
Company Capital Stock | 2.7(b) | |
Company Charter Documents | 3.1(b) | |
Company Common Stock | 2.7(b) | |
Company Disclosure Letter | Article III | |
Company Employee Plan | Article I | |
Company Holder | Article I |
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Terms |
Cross Reference in
|
|
Company Intellectual Property | Article I | |
Company IP Contract | Article I | |
Company Material Contract | 3.18(a) | |
Company Options | Article I | |
Company Patent Rights | Article I | |
Company Permits | 3.11(b) | |
Company Preferred Stock | 2.7(a) | |
Company Products | Article I | |
Company Stockholder | Article I | |
Confidentiality Agreement | 6.3(a) | |
Contingent Merger Consideration | 2.11(a) | |
Contract | Article I | |
Controlling Party | 8.6(d) | |
Deductible Amount | 8.4(a) | |
Delaware Law | Recitals | |
DGCL | 2.3 | |
Dissenting Shares | 2.7(d)(i) | |
Draft Closing Statement | 2.14(b) | |
Effective Time | 2.2 | |
Employee | Article I | |
Employee Agreement | Article I | |
Employment and Consulting Agreements | 7.3(k) | |
End Date | 9.1(d) | |
Environmental Laws | 3.17 | |
Environmental Permits | 3.17 | |
ERISA | Article I | |
ERISA Affiliate | Article I | |
Escrow Account | 8.2(a) | |
Escrow Agent | Article I | |
Escrow Agreement | Recitals | |
Escrow Amount | Article I | |
Escrow Fund | Article I | |
Escrow Payment | 2.7(a)(v) | |
Escrow Termination Date | Article I | |
Escrowed Merger Consideration | 8.2(a) | |
Federal Court | 10.6 |
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Terms |
Cross Reference in
|
|
Final Per Share Adjustment Payment | 2.7(a)(iv) | |
Financial Statements | 3.6 | |
Fundamental Representations | Article I | |
Governmental Entity | 3.5 | |
Hazardous Materials | 3.17 | |
include, includes, including | 10.2(a) | |
Indebtedness | Article I | |
Indemnification Demand | 8.7(a) | |
Indemnification Dispute Notice | 8.7(b) | |
Indemnified Parties | Article I | |
Indemnified Taxes | Article I | |
Initial Cash Merger Consideration | Article I | |
Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs | 2.14(a) | |
Initial Merger Consideration | Article I | |
Initial Stock Merger Consideration | Article I | |
Intellectual Property | Article I | |
International Employee Plan | Article I | |
Investor Questionnaire | 2.12(a) | |
IRS | Article I | |
Knowledge | 10.2(b) | |
Leased Real Property | 3.15 | |
Leases | 3.15 | |
Legal Requirements | Article I | |
Liens | Article I | |
Lock-Up Agreements | 2.10(e) | |
Losses | Article I | |
Material Adverse Effect | 10.2(c) | |
Merger | 2.1 | |
Merger Consideration | Article I | |
Merger Sub | Preamble | |
Multiemployer Plan | Article I | |
Necessary Consents | 3.5 | |
Non-Competition Agreements | 7.3(l) | |
Non-controlling Party | 8.6(d) | |
[***] | 2.11(a) | |
[***] License Agreement | 2.11(a) |
* | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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Terms |
Cross Reference in
|
|
Option Holder Acknowledgement | 2.8 | |
Outstanding Shares | Article I | |
Parent | Preamble | |
Parent Common Stock | Article I | |
Parent Indemnified Parties | Article I | |
Parent Stock Price | Article I | |
Patent Rights | Article I | |
Pension Plan | Article I | |
Per Share Common Cash Consideration | Article I | |
Per Share Common Stock Consideration | Article I | |
Per Share [***] Consideration | Article I | |
Per Share Promissory Note Consideration | Article I | |
Per Share Preferred Liquidation Preference Amount | Article I | |
Permits | 3.11(b) | |
Permitted Liens | Article I | |
Person | 10.2(e) | |
Pre-Closing Tax Period | Article I | |
Pro Rata Portion | Article I | |
Promissory Note | 2.9(a) | |
Promissory Note Interests | 2.9(a) | |
Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement | Article I | |
Related Party | Article I | |
Release | 3.17 | |
Representative Reimbursement Amount | Article I | |
Right of Setoff | 8.3(b) | |
Safety Notices | 3.19(d) | |
SEC | Article I | |
Section 280G | 6.11(a) | |
Section 280G Approval | 6.11(b) | |
Section 280G Soliciting Materials | 6.11(c) | |
Section 280G Waiver | Article I | |
Share Purchase Agreement | Article I | |
SR Payment | 2.7(a)(vi) | |
Stockholders Representative | 8.5(a) | |
Stockholders Representatives Expenses | 8.5(b) | |
Stockholders Representatives Report | 2.14(c) |
* | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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Terms |
Cross Reference in
|
|
Straddle Period | Article I | |
Subsidiary | 3.1(c) | |
Superior Proposal | 6.1(a)(iii) | |
Surviving Corporation | 2.1 | |
T-Cell Lymphoma Product | Article I | |
Tax or Taxes | Article I | |
Tax Authority | Article I | |
Tax Contest | 6.6(b) | |
Tax Return | Article I | |
the business of | 10.2(a) | |
Third Party | 6.1(a)(i) | |
Third-Party Claim | 8.6(a) | |
Third Person Intellectual Property | Article I | |
Third Person Patent Rights | Article I | |
Trade Secrets | Article I | |
Transaction Documents | Article I | |
Transaction Expenses | 9.3 | |
Transfer Taxes | 6.6(d) | |
True-Up Payment | 2.14(e) | |
USDA | Article I |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this Agreement ) is made and entered into as of October 13, 2013, by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( Parent ), Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ( Merger Sub ), and Vet Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and, with respect to Article VIII only, Jeffrey Miles, as Stockholders Representative (as defined in Section 8.5(a) ).
RECITALS
A. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company (the Boards of Directors and each, a Board of Directors ) have deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their respective corporations and stockholders that Merger Sub and the Company consummate the business combination and other transactions provided for herein in order to advance their respective long-term strategic business interests.
B. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have approved, in accordance with applicable provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware ( Delaware Law ), this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger (as defined in Section 2.1 ).
C. Concurrently with the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parents and Merger Subs willingness to consummate the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, Parent, the Stockholders Representative and the Escrow Agent (as defined in Article I ) shall enter into an escrow agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (with such changes as the Escrow Agent may reasonably request, the Escrow Agreement ), pursuant to which a portion of the aggregate Merger Consideration (as defined in Article I ) shall be placed in an escrow account to satisfy and secure the obligations set forth in Section 2.14(e) and Article VIII .
D. The parties desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.
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NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Person.
B-Cell Lymphoma Product shall mean the anti-CD20 antibody corresponding to the sequence in Exhibit A .
Business Day shall mean any day that is not Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to close in New York, New York or San Diego, California.
Change in Control Payments shall mean any amounts that are payable to any current or former director, officer, Employee or consultant of the Company as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, whether pursuant to any Company Employee Plan or any other employment, severance or change-in-control Contract or otherwise, including any payroll, employment and other Taxes payable in connection with any such payments, or any other amounts, arising out of the payment of the foregoing or the Merger Consideration.
Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount shall mean $200,000.
Closing Per Share Stock Payment shall mean the quotient of (i) $10,000,000, divided by (ii) the Outstanding Shares.
COBRA shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended and as codified in Section 4980B of the Code and Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA.
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Code shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company Business shall mean the businesses conducted by the Company as of the date hereof, including animal health and antibody technology.
Company Employee Plan shall mean any plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation, bonuses, pension, retirement, post-employment, profit-sharing, severance, termination pay, incentive or deferred compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards, health, disability and fringe benefits, vacation, insurance (including self-insured arrangements) or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, including without limitation, each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is currently maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company, or with respect to which the Company has or may have any liability or obligation, including all International Employee Plans, Employee Agreements and consulting agreements with independent contractors.
Company Holder shall mean each Company Stockholder and each Person who is a holder of a Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Company Indemnified Parties shall mean the Company Holders and their respective officers and directors.
Company Intellectual Property shall mean all Intellectual Property, whether registered or not, which has been assigned to the Company, for which there exists an obligation to assign to the Company or which was invented by an Employee, Founder or independent contractor of the Company, and which is or may be useful in the conduct of the Companys Business, whether or not reduced to practice.
Company IP Contract shall mean any Contract to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which (i) the Company has granted a license (including any sublicense) under Company Intellectual Property to any third Person, or any option with respect thereto, or (ii) any third Person has granted a license (including any sublicense) to the Company to any Company Intellectual Property; provided
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that Company IP Contracts shall not include (A) shrink wrap and similar off-the-shelf software licenses or (B) other non-material agreements and licenses ancillary to the purchase or use of equipment, reagents or other materials.
Company Options shall mean all outstanding options to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Company Capital Stock, whether vested or unvested, granted pursuant to any individual stock option agreement or otherwise.
Company Patent Rights shall mean all Patent Rights which have been assigned to the Company, for which there exists an obligation to assign to the Company or which are owned by an Employee, Founder or independent contractor of the Company, and which are or may be useful in the conduct of the Companys Business.
Company Products shall mean all formulations and presentations of the B-Cell Lymphoma Product, the T-Cell Lymphoma Product or any related products, together with any modifications or improvements thereto.
Company Stockholder shall mean each Person who is a holder of Company Capital Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Contract shall mean any written or oral agreement, contract, subcontract, settlement agreement, lease, instrument, note, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense or other legally binding commitment.
Employee shall mean any current or former or retired employee of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Person who currently or formerly provided services to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to give any Person any claim to be treated as an employee of the Company.
Employee Agreement shall mean each written employment, severance, consulting, independent contracting, or relocation agreement or contract between the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and any Employee under which the Company has any outstanding obligation, other than offer letters or employment agreements, in each case, providing for at-will employment that are terminable by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate without notice or penalty.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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ERISA Affiliate shall mean any individual or entity treated as a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
Escrow Agent shall mean Wilmington Trust, N.A., or any successor as determined in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Amount shall mean $1,875,000.
Escrow Fund shall mean the Escrow Amount and the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Termination Date shall mean the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Founder shall mean any of Juan J. Estruch, Geneviève Hansen and Hans Peter Bissinger.
Fundamental Representations shall mean, with respect to the Company, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.1 (Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries) and Section 3.2 (Capital Structure), Section 3.3 (Authority), and shall mean, with respect to Parent and Merger Sub, Section 4.1 (Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents), Section 4.2 (Merger Sub) and Section 4.3 (Authority).
Indebtedness shall mean (i) all indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money or indebtedness issued or incurred in substitution or exchange for borrowed money, (ii) amounts owing by the Company as deferred purchase price for property or services (excluding obligations to creditors for goods and services incurred in the ordinary course of business and reflected as current liabilities on the Company Balance Sheet), (iii) indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt instrument or debt security for the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable, (iv) commitments or obligations by which the Company assures a creditor against Loss (including contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit), (v) indebtedness secured by a Lien on any assets and properties of the Company, (vi) obligations to repay deposits or other amounts advanced by and owing by the Company to third parties, (vii) obligations of the Company under any interest rate,
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currency or other hedging agreement, (viii) obligations of the Company under capital leases in respect of which the Company is liable as obligor or guarantor, or (ix) guarantees under which the Company is liable with respect to any indebtedness, obligations, claim or liability of any other Person of a type described in clauses (i) through (viii) above, and (x) any accrued interest, prepayment penalties, premiums, fees and expenses due and payable in respect of any of the foregoing.
Indemnified Parties shall mean, collectively, the Company Indemnified Parties and the Parent Indemnified Parties.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean (i) any Taxes of the Company with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) any Taxes for which the Company (or a predecessor of the Company) is held liable under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) by reason of such entity being included in any consolidated, affiliated, combined or unitary group at any time on or before the Closing Date, (iii) the employer portion of any employment or payroll Taxes imposed on Parent, the Company or any of their Affiliates in respect of the Merger Consideration and (iv) the Taxes of any Person imposed on the Company as a transferee or successor on or prior to the Closing Date or by contract entered into by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date; provided , however , Indemnified Taxes (A) shall include the Taxes described in clauses (i) through (iv) solely to the extent the amount of such Taxes exceed the amount of Taxes taken into account as Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs set forth on the Closing Statement, and (B) shall not include any Taxes attributable to any transaction engaged in by Parent or any Affiliate thereof that is not specifically contemplated by this Agreement or that is not in the ordinary course of business, in each case, after the Closing but on the Closing Date.
Initial Cash Merger Consideration shall mean:
(i) | $30,000,000, plus |
(ii) | the Cash Consideration Exercise Price Amount, plus |
(iii) | an amount equal to the Companys current assets as of the Effective Time (other than deferred Tax assets that reflect timing differences between book and Tax accounting), and applying the same accounting principles and methodologies used to prepare the Company Balance Sheet, minus |
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(iv) | an amount equal to the Companys current liabilities as of the Effective Time (other than deferred Tax liabilities that reflect timing differences between book and Tax accounting and without duplication for Transaction Expenses or Change in Control Payments that are to be paid at the Closing), and applying the same accounting principles and methodologies used to prepare the Company Balance Sheet, minus |
(v) | the Indebtedness (other than current liabilities subtracted pursuant to the preceding clause) as of the Effective Time, minus |
(vi) | the Companys Transaction Expenses that are unpaid as of the Effective Time, minus |
(vii) | any Change in Control Payments that are unpaid as of the Effective Time, minus |
(viii) | the Escrow Amount, minus |
(ix) | the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount, minus |
(x) | the Representative Reimbursement Amount, minus |
(xi) | the product of (x) the Per Share Common Cash Consideration multiplied by (y) the number of Dissenting Shares. |
Initial Merger Consideration shall mean (i) the Initial Cash Merger Consideration, plus (ii) the Initial Stock Merger Consideration, plus (iii) the Promissory Note Interests.
Initial Stock Merger Consideration shall mean the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Per Share Common Stock Consideration, multiplied by (ii) the Outstanding Shares.
Intellectual Property shall mean any or all United States and foreign intellectual property rights, arising under statutory, common or other law and whether or not perfected or registered, and all rights associated therewith, including: (i) all patents and patent applications (including United States provisional patent applications, Unites States non-provisional patent applications, PCT patent applications, and foreign patent applications), and all reissues, reexaminations, divisionals, renewals, extensions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, whether or not patentable,
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anywhere in the world; (ii) all data and documentation (including all laboratory notebooks); (iii) all rights relating to Trade Secrets, including Knowledge related to the manufacture and development of Company Products and any cell lines utilized in the manufacture and development of Company Products; (iv) all rights associated with works of authorship, including copyrights and moral rights in both published and unpublished works and registrations and applications for registration thereof, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; and (v) all registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, domain names and other names and slogans, logos, common law trademarks and service marks, trade dress, industrial designs, including all registrations and applications therefor throughout the world and the goodwill associated therewith.
International Employee Plan shall mean each Company Employee Plan that provides compensation or benefits to current or former Company employees who reside or perform services primarily outside the United States.
IRS shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
Legal Requirements shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal or foreign law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, order, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
Liens shall mean any or all pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever.
Losses shall mean any and all losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, awards, fines, penalties, Taxes, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and costs of investigation paid to Third Parties), whether involving a third-party claim or a claim solely between the parties hereto.
Merger Consideration shall mean (i) the Initial Merger Consideration, plus (ii) the Contingent Merger Consideration, if any, plus (iii) the aggregate Per Share Promissory Note Consideration, plus (iv) the aggregate Escrow Payments, if any, plus (v) the aggregate SR Payments, if any.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean any Pension Plan which is a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
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Outstanding Shares shall mean, without duplication, the sum of the total number of (i) shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon full exercise of the Company Options immediately prior to the Effective Time (in each case, with respect to any exercises or conversions into Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock that are to be effective immediately prior to or simultaneous with the Merger (other than the conversion of the Company Capital Stock into the right to receive the Merger Consideration) being given effect).
Parent Common Stock shall mean the common stock of Parent, par value $0.001 per share.
Parent Indemnified Parties shall mean Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective officers and directors.
Parent Stock Price shall mean $16.00.
Patent Rights shall mean all (i) issued patents; (ii) pending patent applications and any related patent applications filed in the future claiming priority thereto, including all provisional applications, non-provisional applications, international (PCT) applications, substitutions, continuations, continuations in part, divisions, renewals and all patents granted thereon or issuing therefrom; (iii) all patents of addition, reissues, re-examinations and extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, including supplementary protection certificates or the equivalent thereof; (iv) registration patents, inventors certificates or confirmation patents; and (v) any form of government-issued right substantially similar to any of the foregoing, in each case in any country or patent examining or granting jurisdiction.
Pension Plan shall mean each Company Employee Plan which is an employee pension benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
Per Share Common Cash Consideration shall mean the quotient of (i) the Initial Cash Merger Consideration less the aggregate Per Share Preferred Liquidation Preference Amount, divided by (ii) the Outstanding Shares.
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Per Share Common Stock Consideration shall mean the quotient of (i) the Closing Per Share Stock Payment, divided by (ii) the Parent Stock Price.
Per Share [***] Consideration shall mean the quotient of (i) the Contingent Merger Consideration, divided by (ii) the Outstanding Shares.
Per Share Promissory Note Consideration shall mean the quotient of (i) the Promissory Note Interests, divided by (ii) the Outstanding Shares.
Per Share Preferred Liquidation Preference Amount shall mean $0.96615 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event).
Permitted Liens shall mean the following, in each case as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced: (i) statutory liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable or delinquent, or for Taxes the validity or amount of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established on the Company Balance Sheet; (ii) materialmens, mechanics, carriers, workmens, and repairmens liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business for securing obligations that are not yet due (unless the validity or amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and appropriate reserves have been established therefor on the Company Balance Sheet); (iii) pledges or deposits to secure obligations under Legal Requirements or similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; (iv) liens on leases, subleases, easements, licenses, rights of use, rights to access and rights of way arising from the provisions of such agreements or benefiting or created by any superior estate, right or interest that do not or would not materially impair the use or occupancy of the real property and improvements in respect of which the Company has a right to use; (v) any Liens set forth in any title policies, endorsements, title commitments, title certificates and/or title reports or any other minor survey exemptions, reciprocal easement agreements and other customary encumbrances on title relating to the Companys interests in real property, in each case, that (a) were not incurred in connection with any indebtedness for borrowed money and (b) do not materially impair the present use of the properties or assets of the Company; and (vi) any lien arising under any Contract evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money that will be released at or prior to the Closing.
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Pre-Closing Tax Period shall mean any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date and that portion of any Straddle Period ending on (and including) the Closing Date.
Pro Rata Portion shall mean, with respect to each Company Holder, the quotient (expressed as a percentage and calculated to four decimal points (e.g., 5.4321%)) obtained by dividing (x) the portion of the Initial Merger Consideration to be received by such Person for all Outstanding Shares held by such Person by (y) the aggregate Initial Merger Consideration payable to all such Persons for all Outstanding Shares held by all such Persons.
Property Taxes shall mean all real property Taxes, personal property Taxes and similar ad valorem Taxes.
Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement shall mean the Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L .
Related Party shall mean each of the following: (i) each Person holding in excess of five percent (5%) of the Company Capital Stock, on a fully-diluted, as-converted basis; (ii) each individual who is, or who has at any time been, an officer or director of the Company; (iii) each member of the immediate family of each of the individuals referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above; and (iv) any trust or other Person (other than the Company) in which any one of the Persons referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above holds (or in which more than one of such Persons collectively hold), beneficially or otherwise, a material voting, proprietary, equity or other financial interest.
Representative Reimbursement Amount shall mean Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000).
SEC shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Section 280G Waiver shall mean, with respect to any Person, a written agreement waiving such Persons right to receive any excess parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) unless the right to receive such payments is approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner that complies with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code.
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Share Purchase Agreement shall mean the Share Purchase Agreement, on or about the date hereof, by and among Parent and each of the persons and entities listed as a purchaser thereunder.
Straddle Period shall mean any Tax period beginning before or on the Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date.
T-Cell Lymphoma Product shall mean the anti-CD52 antibody corresponding to the sequence in Exhibit B .
Tax or Taxes shall mean any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and other like governmental charges, including taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value-added, alternative, add-on minimum, estimated, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, branch profits, windfall profit, registration, license, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, social security, disability, severance, stamp, occupation, capital stock, municipal, environmental, excise, real and personal property taxes, custom duty or other tax of any kind whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts, whether disputed or not.
Tax Authority shall mean any governmental agency, board, bureau, body, department or authority of any United States federal, state or local jurisdiction or any foreign jurisdiction, having or purporting to exercise jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
Tax Return shall mean any return, declaration, statement, report, claim for refund, tax filing or form (including estimated Tax returns and reports, withholding Tax returns and reports, any schedule or attachment, any amendment and information returns and reports) required to be filed with respect to Taxes.
Third Person Intellectual Property shall mean all Intellectual Property that (i) relates to the Company Products, and (ii) is licensed from a third Person to the Company or otherwise held for use by the Company pursuant to an Company IP Contract with a third Person.
Third Person Patent Rights shall mean the Patent Rights included within the Third Person Intellectual Property.
Trade Secrets shall mean all rights relating to trade secrets and other confidential business information, including ideas, formulas, compositions, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced
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to practice), know-how, including know-how related to the manufacture and development of Company Products and any cell lines utilized in the manufacture and development of Company Products, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, secret formulas, compositions, formulations, research and development information, drawings, specifications, designs, plans, charts, diagrams, proposals, technical data, databases, copyrightable works, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information.
Transaction Documents shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Promissory Note, the Lock-Up Agreements, the Employment and Consulting Agreements, the Non-Competition Agreements, the Assignment of Spousal Rights, the Registration Rights Side Letter Agreement and all other agreements to be executed by the Company, on the one hand, and Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
USDA shall mean the United States Department of Agriculture.
ARTICLE II.
THE MERGER
2.1 The Merger . At the Effective Time upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Delaware Law, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the Merger ), the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Surviving Corporation .
2.2 Effective Time; Closing . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law (the Certificate of Merger ) (the time of such filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger) being the Effective Time ). The closing of the Merger (the Closing ) shall take place at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, located at John Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon Street, 20 th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, at a time and date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the first (1 st ) Business Day after the satisfaction or, to the
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extent permitted by law, waiver by the party entitled to the benefit thereof of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing), or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the Closing Date .
2.3 Effect of the Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Delaware Law, including Section 259 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL ). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
2.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws . The Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation following the Effective Time shall be amended and restated in its entirety to be identical to the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (a) the name of the corporation set forth therein shall be changed to the name of the Company and (b) the identity of the incorporator shall be deleted. The Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation immediately following the Effective Time shall be identical to the Bylaws of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that the name of the corporation set forth therein shall be changed to the name of the Company.
2.5 Directors and Officers . The initial directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of Merger Sub that were in office immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. The initial officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly appointed. The directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall submit their resignations to be effective as of the Effective Time.
2.6 Allocation Certificate . On the Closing Date prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall deliver to Parent a certificate (the Allocation Certificate ) of the Company signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company certifying, in each case as of the Closing, (a) the identity of each record holder of Company Common Stock and the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by each such holder; (b) the identity of each record holder of Company Preferred Stock and the number of shares of Company Preferred Stock held by each such holder; (c) the identity of each
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holder of Company Options, the number and type of Company Capital Stock covered by such Company Options, the exercise prices and vesting schedules thereof, the number and type of Company Capital Stock subject to each such Company Option that will be exercisable as of the Closing, and whether such Company Option is intended to be qualified as an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Code; (d) the address of record of each Company Holder; and (e) the Initial Merger Consideration, Escrow Amount, Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount, Promissory Note Interests, Representative Reimbursement Amount and Contingent Merger Consideration (expressed as a percentage) allocable to each such Company Holder, which Allocation Certificate when approved by Parent shall be deemed the definitive allocation of Merger Consideration among the Company Holders in accordance with the Merger and the disbursements thereof, including with respect to the Escrow Amount and Representative Reimbursement Amount. In completing the Allocation Certificate the parties may, by mutual written agreement, make adjustments in the Allocation Certificate to the extent necessary to achieve the intent of the conversion formulas set forth in Section 2.7 .
2.7 Effect on Capital Stock . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any share of Company Capital Stock, the following shall occur:
(a) Company Preferred Stock . Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.7 , each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company ( Company Preferred Stock ), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than any shares of Company Preferred Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.7(c) and the Dissenting Shares, will be canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive the following consideration:
(i) Closing Date Payment . Payable upon the Closing, or the first Business Day after the Closing Date in the event that the Closing Date is not a Business Day, subject to Section 8.2 and Section 2.12(c), consideration equal to:
(1) cash, without interest, in an amount equal to the Per Share Preferred Liquidation Preference Amount, plus
(2) cash, without interest, in an amount equal to the Per Share Common Cash Consideration, plus
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(3) that number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the Per Share Common Stock Consideration.
(ii) Promissory Note Interests . Subject to and payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.9 hereof, (without interest) the Per Share Promissory Note Consideration.
(iii) [***] Payment . Subject to and payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.11 hereof, (without interest) the Per Share [***] Consideration.
(iv) Post-Closing Adjustment . Payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.14 hereof (the Final Per Share Adjustment Payment ), an amount of cash (without interest) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) any True-Up Payment owed by Parent by (y) the Outstanding Shares.
(v) Escrow Payment . A non-transferable, contingent right to distributions of funds (together with earnings thereon) to be held in one or more escrow accounts pursuant to the Escrow Agreement from and after the Effective Time, to secure purchase price adjustment obligations to Parent and indemnification obligations to the Parent Indemnified Parties attributable to such Company Capital Stock, such distributions to be paid in accordance with Section 8.2 (the Escrow Payment ).
(vi) SR Payment . A non-transferable, contingent right to distributions of Representative Reimbursement Amounts, to fund, if necessary, the costs and expenses of the Stockholders Representative acting in such capacity attributable to such Company Capital Stock (the SR Payment ).
All shares of Company Preferred Stock, when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any share of Company Preferred Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the consideration set forth in this Section 2.7(a) .
(b) Company Common Stock . Each share of Companys common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Company Common Stock ), (together with the Company Preferred Stock, the Company Capital Stock ), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
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Time, other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.7(c) and the Dissenting Shares, will be canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive the following consideration:
(i) Closing Date Payment . Payable upon the Closing, or the first Business Day after the Closing Date in the event that the Closing Date is not a Business Day, subject to Section 8.2 and Section 2.12(c) :
(1) cash, without interest, in an amount equal to the Per Share Common Cash Consideration, plus
(2) that number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the Per Share Common Stock Consideration.
(ii) Promissory Note Interests . Subject to and payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.9 hereof, (without interest) the Per Share Promissory Note Consideration.
(iii) [***] Payment . Subject to and payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.11 hereof, (without interest) the Per Share [***] Consideration.
(iv) Post-Closing Adjustment . Payable upon the occurrence of those events specified in Section 2.14 hereof, an amount of cash (without interest) equal to the Final Per Share Adjustment Payment.
(v) Escrow Payment . A non-transferable, contingent right to distributions of Escrow Payment attributable to each such share of Company Common Stock, such distributions to be paid in accordance with Section 8.2 .
(vi) SR Payment . A non-transferable, contingent right to distributions of SR Payment attributable to each share of Company Common Stock.
All shares of Company Common Stock, when so converted, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any share of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the consideration set forth in this Section 2.7(b) .
(c) Cancellation of Treasury Stock . Each share of Company Capital Stock held by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
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(d) Dissenting Shares .
(i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a holder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented thereto in writing and who has exercised and perfected appraisal or dissenters rights for such shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and has not effectively withdrawn or lost such appraisal or dissenters rights (collectively, the Dissenting Shares ) shall not be converted into or represent the right to consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in Sections 2.7(a) or 2.7(b) , and the holder or holders of such shares shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to such holder or holders in Section 262 of the DGCL.
(ii) At the Effective Time, the Dissenting Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of Dissenting Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the fair value of such shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.7(d)(i) , if any holder of Dissenting Shares shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such holders appraisal rights and dissenters rights under Section 262 of the DGCL, or a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such holder is not entitled to relief provided under Section 262 of the DGCL, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, such holders shares of Company Capital Stock shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive the consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in Sections 2.7(a) or 2.7(b) , without interest, upon surrender of the Certificates representing such shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.10 .
(e) Stock of Merger Sub . Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one (1) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation and all such shares together shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(f) Per Share Common Cash Consideration . For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate Per Share Cash Consideration payable to any Company Holder pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent ($0.01).
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(g) No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued to the Company Holders under this Agreement. In lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, each Company Holder shall receive an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent) equal to the product of (a) the fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock to which such Company Holder would otherwise be entitled (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such Company Holder), multiplied by (b) the Parent Stock Price.
2.8 Stock Options . Parent shall not assume or otherwise replace any Company Options in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Company Option, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled, extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive, in each case without interest and subject to deduction for any required Tax withholding (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be taken first from any cash payments) (a) following the Effective Time, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Per Share Common Cash Consideration and (ii) the Per Share Common Stock Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock that was issuable upon exercise of such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided , however , that the Per Share Common Cash Consideration payable to the holder of the Company Option shall be reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Company Option (the aggregate amount of Per Share Common Cash Consideration not payable to all holders of Company Options as a result of such reduction, the Cash Consideration Exercise Price Amount ); and (b) the holders Pro-Rata Portion of the Promissory Note Interests, the Contingent Merger Consideration, the Escrow Funds, the Representative Reimbursement Amount, if any, as and when made in accordance with this Agreement, provided that any such amounts must be made prior to the date that is five (5) years following the Effective Time and otherwise in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-3(i)(5)(iv)(A) and, for the avoidance of doubt, no amounts shall be paid or payable under this Section 2.8 to any holder of Company Options on or after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Time. The amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be paid to the Company Holders in respect of the Company Options by the Surviving Corporation, subject to delivery to the Surviving Corporation of an Option Holder Acknowledgment (the Option Holder Acknowledgment ), and the Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to) process and pay to each holder of Company Options the amount payable pursuant to Section 2.8(a) within five (5) Business Days following the Closing (and which payments shall be reduced by the amount of any Taxes required to be withheld under applicable law). To the extent that amounts are deducted or withheld for any required Tax withholding, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the person to whom
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such amounts would otherwise have been paid. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause each Company Option to be cancelled, extinguished and converted at the Effective Time as set forth in this Section 2.8 .
2.9 Promissory Note .
(a) At the Closing, Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders, a promissory note in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto, with a principal amount of $3 million (the Promissory Note ). Each Company Holder shall be entitled to an interest in the principal and interest payable pursuant to the Promissory Note in an amount equal to such Company Holders Pro Rata Portion (the Promissory Note Interests ).
(b) Following the payment or delivery of any Promissory Note Interest, as directed by the Stockholders Representative, each Company Holder shall look only to the Stockholders Representative (and not to Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates) to receive such Company Holders portion of such principal and interest. It is expressly understood and agreed that Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Affiliates shall have no liability to any Company Holder for its portion of such principal and interest, so long as such principal and interest which is due has been paid or delivered, as applicable, in full by or on behalf of Parent, as directed by the Stockholders Representative.
2.10 Exchange Procedures .
(a) Prior to or at the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the Surviving Corporation for exchange in accordance with this Article II , the Initial Cash Merger Consideration, calculated using the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs provided in the Closing Notice; provided that Parent will promptly pay to the Surviving Corporation any amounts by which the Merger Consideration increases due to Dissenting Shares being later deemed to be converted as of the Effective Time as provided in Section 2.7(d) . No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on any consideration payable to holders of Company Capital Stock pursuant to the provisions of this Article II .
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall mail or deliver, or cause to be mailed or delivered, to each holder of record (as of the Effective Time) of Company Capital Stock: (A) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Merger Consideration shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificate or certificates or an instrument or instruments (the Certificates ), which
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immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock, shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to Parent at or following the Closing and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as are reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company) and (B) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the consideration to which such Person may be entitled pursuant to this Article II . Upon due surrender of Certificates for cancellation to Parent, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, the holder of record of such Certificates (unless such Certificates represent Dissenting Shares) shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the shares of Parent Common Stock and a check, ACH payment, or a wire transfer in the amount to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Sections 2.7 and 2.8 and the Company Capital Stock so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Until so surrendered, outstanding Certificates (other than those representing Dissenting Shares, unless the holder thereof loses its right to appraisal) will be deemed from and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, to evidence the right to receive the Merger Consideration into which such securities shall have been so converted.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall mail or deliver, or cause to be mailed or delivered, to each holder of Company Options, an Option Holder Acknowledgment (which shall specify that delivery of the Merger Consideration shall be effected only upon delivery of the Option Holder Acknowledgment to the Parent at or following the Closing and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as are reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company). Upon receipt by Parent of such Option Holder Acknowledgment, the holder of such Company Options shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the shares of Parent Common Stock and a check, ACH payment, or a wire transfer in the amount to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.8 .
(d) Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or other payment pursuant to this Agreement to any Company Holder or any other Person such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or otherwise under any other applicable Legal Requirement. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and timely paid to the appropriate Tax Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made.
(e) Lock-Up Agreement . Each Company Holder to be entitled to receive a portion of the Initial Stock Merger Consideration shall have executed and delivered to Parent a Lock-Up Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit F hereto with respect to such portion of the Initial Stock Merger Consideration (the Lock-Up Agreements ).
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(f) No Liability . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other party hereto shall be liable to a Company Holder for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(g) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock . All consideration paid upon the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II .
(h) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of fact reasonably acceptable to Parent by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Surviving Corporation shall, subject to Section 2.10 , pay or cause to be paid in exchange for such lost, stolen, mutilated, defaced or destroyed Certificate the amount of consideration deliverable in respect of the Company Capital Stock formerly represented by such certificate pursuant to this Article II .
2.11 Contingent Merger Consideration .
(a) Deferred Payments . In addition to the Initial Merger Consideration, within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by the Surviving Corporation, Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, (sub)licensees, transferees, successors or assigns, of any amount owing under Section [***] or [***] of the Exclusive Commercial License Agreement effective as of December 6, 2012 (the [***] License Agreement ), by and between [***]., a Delaware corporation ( [***] ), and the Company, Parent (i) shall provide the Stockholders Representative with express written notice thereof describing in reasonably specific detail the payments received, and (ii) shall pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders, all such
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amounts, up to and including the first $5,000,000, received under Sections [***] and [***] of the [***] License Agreement. If the [***] License Agreement is terminated for any reason, then (A) within ten (10) Business Days thereafter, Parent shall provide the Stockholders Representative with written notice thereof; and (B) unless the Surviving Corporation, Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, (sub)licensees, transferees, successors or assigns has received the amount of $3,000,000 under Section [***] of the [***] License Agreement prior to such termination, and Parent has paid, or caused to be paid, such entire amount as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders when due under clause (ii) above, then in the event of the receipt of the full product license from the USDA for the Product (as defined in the [***] License Agreement), Parent shall within ten (10) Business Days thereafter (1) provide the Stockholders Representative with express written notice of such occurrence, and (2) pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders, the amount of $3,000,000. All amounts owing under this Section 2.11 may be referred to as the Contingent Merger Consideration .
(b) Payment .
(i) Subject to Parents Right of Setoff, the Contingent Merger Consideration shall be paid, or caused to be paid by Parent, by wire transfer in immediately available funds, as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders.
(ii) Following the payment of any Contingent Merger Consideration in full, as directed by the Stockholders Representative, each Company Holder shall look only to the Stockholders Representative (and not to Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates) to receive such Company Holders portion of the Contingent Merger Consideration. It is expressly understood and agreed that Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Affiliates shall have no liability to any Company Holder for its portion of the Contingent Merger Consideration, so long as such Contingent Merger Consideration which is due has been paid in full by or on behalf of Parent as directed by the Stockholders Representative.
(c) Certain Restrictions regarding [***] License Agreement . Surviving Corporation and Parent shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates, (sub)licensees, transferees, successors and assigns to, (i) timely pay in full all amounts required to be paid as successor to the Company, and use commercially reasonable efforts to timely perform in full all obligations required to be performed as successor to the Company, under the [***] License Agreement; and (ii) not amend, modify, terminate or
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waive any provision of the [***] License Agreement relating to or impairing the obligation of [***] to pay, or the successor to the Company receive, any amounts owing under Section [***] or [***] of the [***] License Agreement as in effect as of the Effective Date without the prior written consent of the Stockholders Representative (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). The liability of the Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their Affiliates, (sub)licensees, transferees, successors and assigns for any breach of, or non-compliance with, this Section 2.11(c) shall not in any event exceed $5,000,000, less the aggregate amount (if any) previously paid to the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders pursuant to Section 2.11(a) .
(d) Certain Limitations regarding Contingent Merger Consideration . The parties understand and agree that the Contingent Merger Consideration payable under this Section 2.11 is an integral part of the Merger Consideration, the rights to receive such amount will not be represented by any form of certificate, are not transferable, except by operation of law or by will or the laws of descent and distribution, do not possess any attributes of capital stock of Parent or the Surviving Corporation or constitute an equity or ownership interest in Parent or the Surviving Corporation, and no holder of Company Capital Stock will have rights as a stockholder, option holder or warrant holder of the Surviving Corporation or Parent as a result of its right to receive the Contingent Merger Consideration, and no interest is payable with respect to the Contingent Merger Consideration. Any attempted transfer of any right to receive a Contingent Merger Consideration by any Company Holder (other than as permitted by the immediately preceding sentence) shall be null and void.
2.12 Accredited/Unaccredited Investors .
(a) Promptly following the date of this Agreement, along with the letter of transmittal to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(b) , the Company shall deliver an investor questionnaire in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the Investor Questionnaire ) to each Company Holder, and thereafter the Company shall deliver the Investor Questionnaire to all Persons who become Company Holders during the period between such date and the Effective Time and collect and deliver to Parent prior to the Closing accurately completed Investor Questionnaires from all such Persons. In connection with completing the Investor Questionnaire, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Company Holder to accurately and truthfully respond to all questions and make the representations that Parent may request relating to the potential issuance of Parent Common Stock under this Agreement to such Company Holder under Regulation D under the Securities Act, including regarding such Company Holders status as an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act ( Accredited Investors ).
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(b) For purposes of this Agreement, any Company Holder who fails to return a properly completed Investor Questionnaire prior to the Closing or otherwise fails to demonstrate, to Parents reasonable satisfaction, prior to the Closing (including through Parents review of such publicly filed information as is available if such Company Holder is a reporting company in the United States), its, his or her status as an Accredited Investor, shall be deemed to not be an Accredited Investor.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no shares of Parent Common Stock shall be payable to Company Holders that are not Accredited Investors in connection with payment of the Merger Consideration, and each such Company Holder shall instead receive (if, when and to the extent applicable) an additional cash payment in lieu thereof, which payment shall reduce the amount of cash payable to the Company Holders that are Accredited Investors on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and the number of shares of Parent Common Stock that would have been paid to the Company Holders that are not Accredited Investors shall instead be paid pro rata to the Company Holders that are Accredited Investors, with the aggregate amount of such increase being rounded up to the next whole share. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any adjustment pursuant to this Section 2.12(c) (i) increase the Initial Cash Merger Consideration or (ii) be made by Parent following the Closing.
2.13 Legend . All certificates representing any shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to this Agreement shall have a restrictive legend in the following form:
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS (THE STATE ACTS), HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND QUALIFICATION UNDER THE STATE ACTS OR EXEMPTIONS FROM SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF THE SECURITIES ACT, THE EXEMPTION AFFORDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER).
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2.14 Purchase Price Adjustments .
(a) Closing Notice . One day prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a written notice, executed by an authorized officer of the Company (the Closing Notice ), setting forth good faith estimates of: (i) the Companys current assets (other than deferred Tax assets that reflect timing differences between book and Tax accounting) and applying the same accounting principles and methodologies used to prepare the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) the Companys current liabilities (other than deferred Tax liabilities that reflect timing differences between book and Tax accounting) and applying the same accounting principles and methodologies used to prepare the Company Balance Sheet, (iii) the Indebtedness (other than current liabilities), (iv) the Companys Transaction Expenses that are unpaid, and (v) any Change in Control Payments that are unpaid, in each case as of the Effective Time (clauses (i) through (v) collectively the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs ).
(b) Draft Closing Statement . As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to prepare a report setting forth the actual amounts of the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs, along with a summary showing in reasonable detail the Surviving Corporations calculation of such amounts (the Draft Closing Statement ). Parent shall deliver the Draft Closing Statement to the Stockholders Representative not later than forty-five (45) days following the Closing Date.
(c) Review by Stockholders Representative . As soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Draft Closing Statement, the Stockholders Representative shall provide to Parent a written report indicating its agreement with, or specific, itemized and quantified objections to, the Draft Closing Statement (the Stockholders Representatives Report ). During such period, Parent shall permit the Stockholders Representative reasonable access to the Surviving Corporations books and records and personnel to the extent necessary to review the Draft Closing Statement; provided that the Stockholders Representative shall treat all such information as confidential information of Parent. All other items on the Draft Closing Statement which have not been cited as subject to objection in the Stockholders Representatives Report shall be deemed accepted by the Stockholders Representative. Failure by the Stockholders Representative to object to the Draft Closing Statement within such period shall be deemed to be the Stockholders Representatives acceptance of the entire Draft Closing Statement and all items therein.
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(d) Agreement on Closing Statement .
(i) Within fifteen (15) days of the receipt by Parent of the Stockholders Representatives Report, the Stockholders Representative and Parent shall endeavor in good faith to agree on any matters in dispute, and any such resolution shall be final and binding on Parent, the Company, and the Company Holders. Any matter that Parent chooses not to dispute on the Stockholders Representatives Report within such fifteen (15) day period shall be deemed accepted by Parent.
(ii) If Parent and the Stockholders Representative are unable to agree on any remaining matters that were disputed in the Stockholders Representatives Report within fifteen (15) days after Parents receipt of the Stockholders Representatives Report, then the matters contained in the Stockholders Representatives Report in dispute will be submitted for resolution to the Kansas City office of a nationally recognized certified public accounting firm that has not performed accounting, tax or auditing services for Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates during the previous five (5) years, as may be mutually acceptable to Parent and the Stockholders Representative (any of the foregoing selected to resolve the dispute, an Appraiser ). The Appraiser shall be given reasonable access to all relevant financial information, books, records, schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared or reviewed by Parent or any of its representatives that are relevant to the Draft Closing Statement, and to all personnel, including accounting personnel, involved in the preparation of the Draft Closing Statement, in connection with its calculation of the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs. The Appraiser shall use its accounting expertise to calculate, based solely on the written submissions of Parent, on the one hand, and the Stockholders Representative, on the other hand, and not by independent investigation, the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs and shall be instructed that its calculation (i) must be made in accordance with the standards and definitions in this Agreement, and (ii) with respect to each item in dispute, absent a finding by the Appraiser of manifest error or fraud, must be within the range of values established for such amount as determined by reference to the value assigned to such amount by the Stockholders Representative in the Stockholders Representatives Report and by Parent in the Draft Closing Statement. Within thirty (30) days of such submission, Appraiser shall issue a written report to the Stockholders Representative and Parent upon such disputed items (in no event enlarging or adding any new or additional item to those set forth in the Stockholders Representatives Report and not accepted by Parent), and such written decision shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto. The Stockholders Representative and Parent shall cooperate reasonably with each other and each others representatives to enable the Appraiser to render a written decision as promptly as possible. The fees and expenses of the Appraiser shall be borne by the Stockholders Representative and Parent in inverse proportion to their respective success on the merits, with the Company Holders share of any such fees and expenses being paid first from the Representative Reimbursement Amount, and such allocation of
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fees and expenses shall be calculated by the Appraiser and shall be final and binding on the parties. At any time, Parent and the Stockholders Representative may agree to settle any objections raised in the Stockholders Representatives Report, which agreement shall be in writing and binding upon each of Parent and the Stockholders Representative with respect to the subject matter of any such objection so resolved.
(iii) The Draft Closing Statement, revised to incorporate the resolution of any matters in dispute pursuant to Sections 2.14(c) , 2.14(d)(i) and/or 2.14(d)(ii) , as applicable, is referred to as the Closing Statement . The Closing Statement shall have the legal effect of an arbitral award and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties hereto.
(e) Adjustment to Merger Consideration . If any of the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs in the Closing Statement are different than the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs in the Closing Notice, then corresponding adjustments will be made to the Merger Consideration. The resulting net payment (if any) owed by Parent to the Company Holders (for a positive net adjustment to the Merger Consideration), on the one hand, or the Company Holders to Parent (for a negative net adjustment to the Merger Consideration), on the other hand, is referred to herein as the True-Up Payment . The True-Up Payment shall be treated as an adjustment to the Merger Consideration for Tax purposes to the greatest extent permitted by law. The True-Up Payment shall be made within five (5) Business Days after the determination of the Closing Statement.
(i) For any True-Up Payment owed by the Company Holders, the Stockholders Representative shall cause the Escrow Agent to release to Parent from the Escrow Fund (including from the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount, and, if necessary, from the Escrow Amount) an amount equal to the True-Up Payment in immediately available funds by wire transfer to such bank account as Parent may specify; provided that no True-Up Payment shall be paid by the Company Holders if such payment is less than $40,000; provided , further , that, if the True-Up Payment exceeds $40,000, any True-Up Payment from the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount and from the Escrow Amount will be without deduction of such threshold amount.
(ii) If no True-Up Payment is owed by the Company Holders pursuant to this Section 2.14(e) or the amount of the True-Up Payment owed by the Company Holders is less than the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount, then Parent shall cause the Escrow Agent to release, to the extent such amount is then available in the Escrow Fund, the difference between (i) the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount and (ii) the True-Up Payment owed by the Company Holders, if any, in immediately available
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funds by a single wire transfer, as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders. Payments to the Company Holders, as directed by the Stockholders Representative pursuant to this Section 2.14(e)(ii), shall be made in proportion to each Company Holders respective Pro Rata Portion, with each amount rounded down to the nearest whole cent ($0.01).
(iii) For any True-Up Payment owed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, Parent shall pay an amount equal to the True-Up Payment in immediately available funds by a single wire transfer, as directed by the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders. Payments to the Company Holders by the Surviving Corporation or as directed by the Stockholders Representative pursuant to this Section 2.14(e)(iii) shall be made in proportion to each Company Holders respective Pro Rata Portion, with each amount rounded down to the nearest whole cent ($0.01).
2.15 Further Action . At and after the Effective Time, the officers and directors of Parent and the Surviving Corporation will be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of the Company and Merger Sub, any deeds, bills of sale, assignments or assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of the Company and Merger Sub, any other actions and things to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation any and all right, title and interest in, to and under any of the rights, properties or assets acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub, except as set forth in the disclosure letter supplied by the Company to Parent dated as of the date hereof which, subject to Section 10.2 , identifies exceptions by specific Section references (the Company Disclosure Letter ), as follows:
3.1 Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries .
(a) Organization; Standing and Power . The Company (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary.
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(b) Charter Documents . The Company has delivered or made available to Parent: a true and correct copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended as of the date hereof (collectively, the Company Charter Documents ) and as in full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of the Company Charter Documents.
(c) Subsidiaries . The Company does not have and has not had any Subsidiaries and does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, or any interest convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for, capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, any other Person. For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiary , when used with respect to any party, shall mean any corporation or other entity at least a majority of the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other entity is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such party.
3.2 Capital Structure .
(a) Capital Stock . As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: 13,570,874 shares, of which of 10,000,000 shares are Common Stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, and 3,570,874 shares are Company Preferred Stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of the date hereof: 1,278,470 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding and 3,570,874 shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. No shares of Company Common Stock are held by the Company in its treasury. All of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are, and all shares of Company Capital Stock which may be issued as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement will be, when issued, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not issued in violation of any preemptive rights. There are no accrued or unpaid dividends with respect to any issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. The Allocation Certificate expresses the definitive allocation of Merger Consideration among the Company Holders. To the Knowledge of the Company, each of the Company Holders is, on the date hereof and will be as of the Effective Time, an Accredited Investor/
(b) Stock Options . Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all Persons who hold Company Options indicating, with respect to each Company Option, the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option, the exercise price, dates of grant and expiration thereof, the vested and unvested amounts thereof. Each grant of Company
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Options was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Company Option was by its terms to be effective by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the Board of Directors of the Company (or a duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents. Each Company Option has been granted or issued at an exercise price equal to not less than the fair market value of the underlying Common Stock at the date of grant or issuance. The Company has made available to Parent or Parents legal or financial advisor true and complete copies of the option agreements evidencing all Company Options.
(c) Other Securities . Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3.2 , as of the date hereof, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, contracts, commitments, agreements, instruments, arrangements, understandings, obligations or undertakings of any kind to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the Company to (including on a deferred basis) issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock, voting debt or other voting securities of the Company, or obligating the Company to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, instrument, arrangement, understanding, obligation or undertaking.
(d) Legal Requirements . All outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock and all Company Options have been issued and granted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable securities laws and all other applicable Legal Requirements. There are not any outstanding Contracts requiring the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company. The Company is not a party to any voting agreement with respect to shares of the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no irrevocable proxies and no voting agreements, voting trusts, rights plans or anti-takeover plans with respect to any shares of the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company.
3.3 Authority . The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the other agreements, certificates and documents contemplated hereby, and, subject only to the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the Companys Stockholders, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement, to perform its
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obligations hereunder or to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the Companys stockholders and the filing of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to Delaware Law. The affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock to adopt this Agreement is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the Company Capital Stock necessary to adopt this Agreement, approve the Merger and consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub and, with respect to Article VIII only, the Stockholders Representative, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (a) as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (b) as the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction before which any proceeding may be brought.
3.4 Non-Contravention . Subject to obtaining the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the Companys stockholders as contemplated in Section 3.3 and compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 3.5 , the execution and delivery, and the performance and compliance of this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, does not and will not: (a) conflict with or violate the Company Charter Documents, (b) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or by which the Company or any of its respective properties is bound or affected, or (c) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or impair the Companys rights or alter the rights or obligations of any Person under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Company (other than a Permitted Lien) pursuant to any Company Material Contract except in each of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
3.5 Necessary Consents . No consent, approval, waiver, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any supranational, national, state, municipal, local or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality (a Governmental Entity ) is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of
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the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby, except for: (a) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which the Company and/or Parent are qualified to do business, and notices to stockholders required by the DGCL and the Companys Certificate of Incorporation, (b) such consents, approvals, waivers, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal, foreign and state securities or blue sky (or related) laws and satisfaction of such other requirements of the comparable laws of other jurisdictions, (c) as are necessary as a result of any facts or circumstances relating solely to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates, and (d) such other consents, approvals, waivers, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The consents, approvals, waivers, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings set forth in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) are referred to herein as the Necessary Consents .
3.6 Financial Statements . The Company has delivered to Parent a complete copy of the Companys unaudited balance sheet, income statement as of and for the nine (9) month period ended September 30, 2013, and the unaudited balance sheet, income statement of the Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012 (collectively, the Financial Statements ). The Financial Statements have been prepared on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and with each other. The Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and operating results of the Company as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated therein, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. The Companys unaudited balance sheet as of September 30, 2013, is referred to as the Company Balance Sheet and the date thereof the Balance Sheet Date .
3.7 Undisclosed Liabilities . There are no liabilities of the Company that would be required by United States generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected on or reserved against or disclosed in the notes to a consolidated balance sheet of the Company, other than liabilities (a) reflected or properly reserved against in the unaudited balance sheet, income statement of the Company as of and for nine (9) month period ended September 30, 2013, or (b) incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business of the Company consistent with past practice.
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Since the Balance Sheet Date:
(a) A Material Adverse Effect on the Company has not occurred.
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(b) The Company has conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and the Company has taken no action or authorized any action that, if taken after the date hereof, would require the prior written consent of Parent pursuant to Section 5.1 .
(c) There has not been: any material revaluation by the Company of any of its assets, including writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
3.9 Taxes .
(a) Tax Returns and Audits .
(i) The Company has prepared and timely filed all income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company and such Tax Returns are true, complete and accurate in all material respects. The Company is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any income or other material Tax Return. No written claim has ever been made by a Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file a Tax Return that the Company is or may be subject to Tax by that jurisdiction. All Taxes due and owing by the Company (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid.
(ii) The Company has withheld and paid all Taxes required to be withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholders of the Company or other Person.
(iii) The Company has not executed or agreed to any outstanding waiver of any statute of limitations in respect of any Tax or outstanding extension of the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax, nor has any request been made in writing for any such waiver or extension.
(iv) No deficiencies for Taxes with respect to the Company have been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing by any Tax Authority. There are no pending or threatened (in writing) audits, assessments or other actions for or relating to any liability in respect of Taxes of the Company.
(v) The Company does not have any liabilities for unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued or reserved on the Company Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto), except as set forth on Section 3.9(a)(v) of the Company Disclosure Letter, and the Company has not incurred any liability for Taxes since the Balance Sheet Date other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(vi) There are no Liens on the assets of the Company relating to or attributable to Taxes other than Permitted Liens.
(vii) The Company is not, nor has it been: (A) during the five-year period ending on the Closing Date, a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, and (B) engaged in a trade or business, had a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty), or otherwise become subject to Tax jurisdiction in a country other than the country of its formation.
(viii) The Company (A) has never been a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or any similar group for federal, state, local or foreign Tax purposes, (B) has never been party to or bound by any Tax sharing, Tax indemnification or Tax allocation agreement (other than a commercial agreement that is entered into in the ordinary course of business and the principal purpose of which is not the sharing or allocation of Taxes), or (C) has no liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.
(ix) The Company has never constituted either a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code during the two-year period ending on the Closing Date.
(x) The Company is not a partner for Tax purposes with respect to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement which is treated as a partnership for Tax purposes.
(xi) The Company has delivered or made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of all federal, state, local and foreign income Tax Returns of the Company (and any predecessor of the Company) for all taxable years remaining open under the applicable statute of limitations, including, promptly upon their availability, for the most recent taxable year, and complete and accurate copies of all audit or examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company (or any predecessors of the Company) since December 31, 2008.
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(xii) The Company has never been a party to a transaction that is a reportable transaction as such term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1), or any other transaction requiring disclosure under analogous provisions of state, local or foreign Tax law.
(xiii) The Company has never made an election to be treated as an S corporation within the meaning of Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code or under any corresponding provision of applicable state or local Tax laws.
(xiv) The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any period (or any portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any installment sale or other transaction on or prior to the Closing Date, any accounting method change or agreement with any Tax Authority filed or made on or prior to the Closing Date or any prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing.
(xv) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the representations set forth in this Section 3.9 and Section 3.14 are the sole representations made by the Company with respect to Taxes.
3.10 Intellectual Property .
(a) Patent Rights . Section 3.10(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company Patent Rights, including any non-published Company Patent Rights, and specifies, where applicable, the jurisdictions in which each such item of Company Patent Rights has been issued, filed or registered. Parent has been provided copies of all non-public Company Patent Rights. Section 3.10(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Third Person Patent Rights, and specifies, where applicable, the jurisdictions in which each such item of Third Person Patent Rights has been issued, filed or registered.
(b) Validity and Enforceability . None of the Company Patent Rights or the Third Person Patent Rights, and no issued claims of any such Company Patent Rights or the Third Person Patent Rights, are or have been: (i) lapsed, abandoned, disclaimed or passed into the public domain (other than U.S. Provisional Applications and Patent Cooperation Treaty Applications as identified in the Company Disclosure Letter); (ii) canceled, revoked or adjudicated invalid (including through a court Action or through the initiation or written threat of institution of an interference, opposition, nullity or similar invalidity proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any analogous Governmental Entity patent office in other countries or regions); or (iii) adjudicated to be unenforceable.
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(c) Litigation . Section 3.10(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists any litigation, opposition, reexamination, interference proceeding, nullity action, reissue proceeding, cancellation, objection, claim or other equivalent proceeding or action pending (other than with respect to proceedings or communications with national or regional patent offices) or asserted with respect to any Company Patent Rights or the Third Person Patent Rights.
(d) No Order . To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Patent Rights are subject to any proceeding or outstanding order by any Governmental Entity restricting the use, transfer or licensing thereof by Company.
(e) Registration . All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees for each item of Company Patent Rights and Third Person Patent Rights have been made and all necessary documents, recordations and certificates in connection with such Company Patent Rights and Third Person Patent Rights have been filed with the relevant Governmental Entities for the purposes of prosecuting, maintaining or perfecting such Company Patent Rights and Third Person Patent Rights. To the Companys Knowledge, all Company Patent Rights and Third Person Patent Rights are in good standing and in force.
(f) Conduct of Business . To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company owns or otherwise possesses sufficient rights to exploit and use all the Company Patent Rights and Third Person Patent Rights required, prudent, or useful for the conduct of the Company Business, except as set forth on Section 3.10(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(g) Encumbrances . The Company Patent Rights are free and clear of any Liens, except as set forth on Section 3.10(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(h) Company IP Contracts .
(i) Section 3.10(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company IP Contracts. The Company has delivered to Parent a complete and accurate copy of each such Company IP Contract, including any exhibits, schedules or appendices thereof in effect, and all amendments or modifications thereto. Except for compliance with the Company IP Contracts set forth on Section 3.10(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not provided, licensed, or transferred any ownership interest in any of the Company Intellectual Property or Company Patent Rights to any third Person.
(ii) (A) All of the Company IP Contracts are in full force and effect and are binding and enforceable against any Person party to such Company IP
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Contract, (B) to the Knowledge of the Company, no party thereto is in material violation, breach or default thereof, and (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or material default thereunder by the Company or any other party to such Company IP Contract, or would permit the modification or premature termination of such Company IP Contract by any other party thereto.
(iii) The consummation of the Merger will not result in the breach or other violation of any Company IP Contract that would allow any other Person thereto to modify, cancel, terminate or otherwise suspend the operation thereof.
(iv) Following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will be permitted to exercise all of the Companys rights under all Company IP Contracts (including, without limitation, the right to receive royalties), to the same extent the Company would have been able to had the Merger not occurred and without being required to pay any additional amounts or consideration other than fees, royalties or payments which the Company would otherwise be required to pay had the Merger not occurred.
(v) The Merger will not reasonably result in any Company Intellectual Property or the Company Business being subject to any non-compete or exclusivity restriction to which the Company Intellectual Property or the Company Business was not subject prior to the Merger.
(i) No Infringement . To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has never infringed (directly, contributorily, by inducement or otherwise) or misappropriated, or otherwise violated or made unlawful use of any Intellectual Property right of any third Person, nor has the Company ever engaged in unfair competition or unfair trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction, and (ii) the Company has obtained a license to any and all Third Person Intellectual Property which may be required, prudent or useful for the conduct of the Company Business, without taking into consideration the validity or invalidity of said third Person Intellectual Property.
(j) No Notice of Infringement . The Company has never received notice, written or otherwise, from any third Person that the Company has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated or made unlawful use of any Intellectual Property of such third Person or engaged in unfair competition or unfair trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(k) No Third Person Infringement . To the Knowledge of the Company, no Person is infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual Property, including Company Patent Rights, or Third Person Intellectual Property, including Third Person Patent Rights.
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(l) Proprietary Information Agreements . The Company has taken all reasonable steps and precautions to maintain and protect the secrecy, confidentiality, value and the Companys rights in all confidential information and Trade Secrets.
(m) Protection of Intellectual Property . Each current or former officer, Founder or Employee of, and each individual who is a consultant or independent contractor to, the Company who is or has been involved in the creation or development of any material Company Intellectual Property, including Company Patent Rights, during such individuals relationship with, employment by or consulting or contracting relationship with the Company has executed and delivered to the Company a written agreement (containing no exceptions or exclusions from the scope of its coverage) providing for the protection of the Companys proprietary information and assigning to the Company all right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual Property, including Patent Rights, made in the course of work or services performed by such current or former officer, Founder, Employee or consultant or independent contractor, to the extent legally permissible, the past and current forms of which have been made available to Parent. To the Knowledge of the Company, no current or former officer, Founder, Employee or consultant or independent contractor of the Company is in violation of any term of any such agreement with respect to protecting any such proprietary information or assigning any such Intellectual Property, including Patent Rights, to the Company. No current or former officer, Founder, Employee or consultant or independent contractor of the Company has any right, title or interest in, to or under any Company Intellectual Property, including Company Patent Rights, that has not been fully assigned to the Company.
(n) Disputes . No inventorship or ownership disputes exist with respect to any Company Intellectual Property Rights, including Company Patent Rights, or Third Person Intellectual Property, including Third Person Patent Rights.
(o) Prior Art . All prior art, information and facts that, to the Knowledge of the Company, exist at the date hereof that, in the opinion of a reasonable patent attorney registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office, would be material to the patentability or validity of any claims of the Company Patent Rights or Third Person Patent Rights, have been disclosed to Parents patent counsel. The Company has made no public disclosures which would constitute prior art against any Company Patent Rights, whether registered or not.
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3.11 Compliance; Permits .
(a) Compliance . Except with respect to Taxes (which are covered exclusively by Section 3.9 ), Employee Benefit Plans (which are covered exclusively by Section 3.14 ), Environmental Laws (which are covered exclusively by Section 3.17 ), Regulatory Compliance (which are covered exclusively by Section 3.19 ) and Certain Payments (which are covered exclusively by Section 3.22 ), the Company is not, nor has it been, in conflict with, or in default or in violation of, any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or by which the Company or any of its respective businesses or properties is bound or affected, except for those conflicts, defaults or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not cause the Company to lose any material benefit or incur any material liability. The Company has not received any notice of or been charged with any material default or violation of any such Legal Requirements. There is no judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon or outstanding against the Company which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing the Company Business. The Company has not received notice of any pending or threatened claim, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration, or other action from the USDA or other Governmental Entity alleging that any operation or activity of the Company is in default or violation of any applicable Legal Requirement.
(b) Permits . The Company holds all permits, licenses, variances, clearances, consents, registrations, listings, exemptions, authorizations and approvals ( Permits ) from Governmental Entities, including, without limitation, the USDA, that are required to lawfully conduct the Company Business (collectively, Company Permits ). The Company has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations with respect to the Company Permits, and since January 1, 2011, the Company has not received or been subject to any written notice, claim or assertion alleging any violations of Company Permits nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such notice, claim or assertion been threatened. As of the date hereof, there are no actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, that seek the suspension, cancellation, revocation or material adverse modification of any of the Company Permits. Each of the Company Permits is in full force and effect, and the Company is in material compliance with the terms of the Company Permits.
3.12 Litigation . There are no claims, suits, actions, proceedings or investigations of any nature pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against, relating to or affecting the Company, or the assets or properties of the Company, before any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority or arbitrator that seek to restrain or enjoin the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or which would reasonably be expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such claims, suits, actions, proceedings or investigations, to result in a material liability to the Company. There is no legal proceeding brought by the Company currently pending or that the Company intends to initiate.
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3.13 Brokers and Finders Fees; Fees and Expenses . Except as set forth on the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.14 Employee Benefit Plans .
(a) Schedule . Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of each material Company Employee Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any commitment to establish any new Company Employee Plan, to materially modify any Company Employee Plan (except to the extent required by law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan to the requirements of any applicable Legal Requirements or as required by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any Company Employee Plan.
(b) Documents . The Company has provided to Parent correct and complete copies of: (i) all documents embodying each Company Employee Plan including (without limitation) all amendments thereto and all related trust documents, administrative service agreements, group annuity contracts, group insurance contracts, and policies pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Company Employee Plan; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, prepared for each Company Employee Plan; (iii) the most recent annual report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection with each Company Employee Plan; (iv) if the Company Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets; (v) the most recent summary plan description together with the summary or summaries of material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each Company Employee Plan; (vi) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letters; (vii) all non-routine material correspondence to or from any governmental agency in the last three (3) years relating to any Company Employee Plan; and (viii) the three (3) most recent plan years discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan for which such test is required.
(c) Benefit Plan Compliance . In all material respects, each Company Employee Plan has been established and maintained in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, including but not limited to ERISA
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and the Code. No Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code. There are no current actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing or reasonably anticipated (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan. There are no material audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing by any Governmental Entity with respect to any Company Employee Plan. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any material penalty or tax with respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code. The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have timely made or otherwise provided for in all material respects all contributions and other payments required by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan.
(d) No Pension or Welfare Plans . Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any (i) Pension Plan which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; (ii) Multiemployer Plan; (iii) multiple employer plan as defined in ERISA or the Code; or (iv) a funded welfare plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code. No Company Employee Plan provides health benefits that are not fully insured through an insurance contract.
(e) No Post-Employment Obligations . No Company Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability to provide post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any person for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute.
(f) Effect of Transaction .
(i) Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee Plan that will or may result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Employee or other Person.
(ii) No payment or benefit that could be received (whether in cash, property, the vesting of property or otherwise) as a result of or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) or by any of the other agreements referenced herein, by any person who is a disqualified individual (as defined in Code
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Section 280G and the regulations thereunder) could be characterized as a parachute payment within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2). There is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliates is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any Employee, officer, director or consultant for excise taxes paid pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code.
(g) Employment Matters . The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local law respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, Tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, equal employment, fair employment practices, employee safety and health, and wages and hours. The Company is in compliance with all United States immigration laws and has a valid Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) on file for each Employee. The Company has properly classified all individuals providing services to the Company as employees or non-employees for all relevant purposes and the Company has no liabilities for the payment of material taxes, fines, penalties or other amounts, however designated, for any failure to properly classify such individuals.
(h) Labor . The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to Employees. No collective bargaining agreement is currently being negotiated by the Company and the Company has not experienced any attempt by organized labor to cause the Company to comply with or conform to demands of organized labor relating to its employees. There is no labor dispute, strike or work stoppage against the Company pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated. Neither of the Company, nor any of its representatives, Employees, officers or directors has committed any material unfair labor practice in connection with the operation of the respective businesses of the Company. There are no actions, suits, claims, labor disputes or material grievances pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, relating to any labor, safety or discrimination matters involving any Employee, including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor practices or discrimination complaints.
(i) International Employee Plan . The Company does not have, nor has it ever had, the obligation to maintain, establish, sponsor, participate in, or contribute to any International Employee Plan.
(j) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans . Each Company Employee Plan or other contract, plan, program, agreement, or arrangement maintained by the Company that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) complies in form with and has been operated in good faith compliance since January 1, 2005 and in compliance since January 1, 2009, in each case, with Section 409A of the Code and the then applicable guidance issued by the IRS thereunder.
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(k) Section 3.14(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth for each current employee or independent contractor of the Company, a true and complete list of the individuals position, base compensation (or consulting rate), date of hire, target bonus opportunity and classification as an employee or consultant.
3.15 Real Property . The Company does not own, nor has it ever owned, any real property. Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of the real property currently leased, subleased or licensed by or from the Company (the Leased Real Property ). The Company has provided or otherwise made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all leases, lease guaranties, subleases, agreements for the leasing, use or occupancy of the Leased Real Property, including all amendments, terminations and modifications thereof (the Leases ). There is not, under any of the Leases, any material default by the Company, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a material default thereunder. There has not been any sublease or assignment entered into by the Company with respect to any Leased Real Property. The Leased Real Property is in good repair and operating condition (normal wear and tear excepted). Each of the Leases is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). With respect to those Leases that were assigned or subleased to the Company by a third party, all necessary consents to such assignments or subleases have been obtained.
3.16 Assets . With respect to the material machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other tangible property and material assets purported to be owned, leased or used by the Company, the Company has good, legal and marketable title to all such assets free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens, and such assets are in good repair and operating condition (normal wear and tear excepted). All such items of tangible property and assets which, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the operation of the business of the Company are suitable for the purposes used for the operation of the business of the Company. For purposes of clarity, this Section 3.16 does not relate to real property (such items being the subject of Section 3.15 ) or Intellectual Property (such items being the subject of Section 3.10 .
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3.17 Environmental Matters . The Company is not, nor at any relevant time has been, in any material respect, in violation of any applicable Environmental Law (as defined below). The Company holds, to the extent legally required, all Permits required pursuant to Environmental Laws that are material to the operation of the business of the Company taken as a whole ( Environmental Permits ). The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the Environmental Permits. The Company has not received any written notice alleging any claim, violation of or liability under any Environmental Law which has not heretofore been cured or for which there is any remaining material liability. For the purposes of this Section 3.17 , (i) Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable Legal Requirements relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including laws and regulations relating to Releases (as defined below) or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials (as defined below), (ii) Hazardous Materials shall mean chemicals or substances which are designated by a Governmental Entity as a pollutant, contaminant, toxic, hazardous or radioactive, including without limitation friable asbestos, petroleum and petroleum products or any fraction thereof, and (iii) Release shall have the same meaning as under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601(22). To the Knowledge of the Company: (a) all real property now or previously owned or leased by the Company and all surface water, groundwater and soil associated with or adjacent to such property, is free of any chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances or material environmental contamination of any nature; (b) none of the real property now or previously owned or leased by the Company contains any underground storage tanks, asbestos, equipment using PCBs or underground injection wells; and (c) none of the real property now or previously owned or leased by the Company contains any septic tanks in which process wastewater or any chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes or toxic substance have been released. To the Knowledge of the Company, any location to which the Company has sent or otherwise arranged for the disposal of any of its Hazardous Materials is not the subject of any investigation or remediation activity under applicable environmental laws, and the Company does not have any material liabilities arising under any applicable Environmental Laws (including without limitation, any liabilities arising from any predecessor Person or any liabilities assumed by the Company through any agreement or by operation of law). The parties agree that the only representation and warranties related to Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, and Hazardous Materials are those included in this Section 3.17 of this Agreement.
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3.18 Contracts .
(a) Material Contracts . For purposes of this Agreement, Company Material Contract shall mean any Contract:
(i) containing (i) any covenant (A) limiting in any material respect the right of the Company to engage in any line of business, engage in business in any location, or compete with, or solicit any customer of, any other Person, (B) limiting the right of the Company to solicit, hire or retain any Person as an employee, consultant or independent contractor, or (C) granting any exclusive distribution rights with respect to Company Products, or (ii) any most favored nation provision for the benefit of any other Person;
(ii) pursuant to which the Company has licensed from any third party any patent, trademark registration, service mark registration, trade name or copyright registration, other than any nonexclusive license that is available to the public generally, or providing for royalty or other similar payments by the Company;
(iii) granting exclusive rights to any third party to any patents, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, trade names or copyright registrations owned by the Company;
(iv) evidencing Indebtedness that is in effect;
(v) that is a Lease;
(vi) that is a sales representative, marketing or advertising agreement;
(vii) creating or involving any agency relationship, distribution arrangement or franchise relationship;
(viii) creating any partnership or joint venture between the Company and any third party or providing for any sharing of material profits or losses by the Company with any third party;
(ix) involving the acquisition or divestiture of any business or material asset by the Company other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or investments in any Person by the Company or that provides for payment obligations by or to the Company (whether contingent or otherwise) that are in effect on the date hereof in respect of earn-outs, deferred purchase price arrangements or similar arrangements that have arisen in connection with any such transactions;
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(x) pursuant to which the Company has continuing material obligations to develop any Intellectual Property that will not be owned, in whole or in part, by the Company;
(xi) that constitutes any material transfer agreement, research and development agreement, clinical trial agreement, clinical research agreement, manufacture or supply agreement or similar Contract;
(xii) that is a settlement agreement of any nature (other than settlement agreements that do not provide for any future payment or performance obligations on behalf of the Company);
(xiii) in which the other party is a healthcare practitioner;
(xiv) that relates to the purchase or sale of any asset by or to, or the performance of any services by or for, or otherwise involving as a counterparty, any Related Party;
(xv) that provides for the indemnification of any Person by the Company, except for Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xvi) that result in any Person holding a power of attorney from the Company; or
(xvii) that involves a payment to or from the Company in excess of $50,000 on its face in any given year in any individual case.
For purposes of clarification, no Company Employee Plans set forth in Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter under which future expenditures required to be made by the Company will not exceed $50,000 in any given year, shall be considered a Company Material Contract.
(b) Schedule . Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Company Material Contracts to which the Company is a party or is bound by. The Company has made available to Parent a true and complete copy of each Company Material Contract. Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Company Material Contracts to which the Company is a party or is bound by that are Company Material Contracts under Section 3.18(a)(vii) . Unless otherwise noted in Section 3.18(a)(vii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, all Company Material Contracts listed in Section 3.18(a)(vii) of the Company Disclosure Letter may be terminated by the Company at will on no more than thirty (30) days notice without material liability or financial obligation to the Company.
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(c) No Breach . All Company Material Contracts are in full force and effect and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms against the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, against the other parties thereto, except in each case (i) as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (ii) as the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction before which any proceeding may be brought. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to any Company Material Contract, has violated any provision of, or committed or failed to perform any act which, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under the provisions of any Company Material Contract, except in each case for those violations and defaults which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company taken as a whole. The Company has not waived any of its material rights under any Material Contract.
3.19 Regulatory Compliance .
(a) The operation of the Company Business, including, without limitation, the manufacture, import, export, testing, development, processing, packaging, labeling, storage, marketing, advertising, promotion and distribution of all Company Products, is in material compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, Company Permits, and orders administered or enforced by the USDA or any other Governmental Entity.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, during the three (3) year period ending on the date of this Agreement, the Company has not had any product or manufacturing site subject to a Governmental Entity (including the USDA) shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received any Governmental Entity notice of inspectional observations, warning letters, untitled letters, other requests or requirements to make changes to the Company Products that if not complied with would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company, or similar notice from the USDA or other Governmental Entity alleging or asserting noncompliance with any applicable Legal Requirements, Company Permits or such requests or requirements of a Governmental Entity. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the USDA or any other Governmental Entity is considering any such action.
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(c) All applications, notifications, submissions, information, claims, reports and statistics, and other data and conclusions derived therefrom, utilized as the basis for or submitted in connection with any and all requests for a Permit from the USDA or other Governmental Entity relating to the Company, the Company Business or the Company Products, when submitted to such Governmental Entity, were true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the date of submission and any necessary or required updates, changes, corrections or modification to such applications, notifications, submissions, information, claims, reports, statistics, and data have been submitted to the USDA or other Governmental Entity, as applicable.
(d) Section 3.19(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of (i) all recalls, field notifications, field corrections, market withdrawals or replacements, safety alerts or other notice of action relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy or regulatory compliance of the Company Products ( Safety Notices ) during the three (3) year period ending on the date of this Agreement, (ii) the dates such Safety Notices, if any, were resolved or closed, and (iii) to the Companys Knowledge, any material safety complaints with respect to the Company Products that are currently unresolved. To the Companys Knowledge, there are no facts that would reasonably be likely to result in (A) a material Safety Notice with respect to the Company Products, (B) a material, adverse change in labeling of any the Company Products, or (C) a termination or suspension of marketing or testing of any the Company Products.
(e) All preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company are being or have been conducted with the required experimental protocols, procedures and controls and all applicable Legal Requirements. None of the USDA or any other Governmental Entity has commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate, any action to terminate, delay or suspend any proposed or ongoing clinical trial conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(f) All manufacturing operations conducted by or on behalf of the Company with respect to Company Products are being, and have been, conducted in material compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements.
3.20 Insurance . The Company maintains insurance of the type and in amounts customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or owning assets similar to those of the Company and in a similar stage of development. All premiums due and payable under all such policies have been paid, and the Company is otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of such policies. The Company has no Knowledge of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with respect to, any such policy, except in accordance with the terms thereof. There is no pending claim that
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would reasonably be expected to exceed the policy limits of such policies. Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all material insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business, equipment, properties, operations and employees of the Company, including the type of coverage and the carrier of such policies.
3.21 Indebtedness with Affiliates . Except as set forth on Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is not indebted to any director, officer, employee or Affiliate of the Company (except for amounts due as salaries and bonuses, other amounts due under Employment Agreements or employee benefit plans and amounts payable in reimbursement of expenses), and no such director, officer, employee or Affiliate is indebted to the Company.
3.22 Certain Payments . Neither the Company nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company, nor any other Person acting for or on behalf of the Company, has directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Company, made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property or services in material violation of any applicable Legal Requirement.
3.23 Board Approval . The Board of Directors of the Company, by resolutions duly adopted by unanimous vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held, has (a) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and declared the Merger to be advisable, (b) approved this Agreement and the Merger, and (c) resolved to recommend that the Companys stockholders approve the principal terms of the Merger and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration by the Company Stockholders, and no such determination, approval or recommendation or direction of the Board of Directors of the Company has been withdrawn, amended, modified or terminated. No state takeover statute is applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Board of Directors of the Company has taken all action necessary or required to render any such statute inapplicable to this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.24 Minute Books . The Companys minute books have been made available to Parent and accurately and fairly reflect all minutes of meetings, resolutions and other material actions and proceedings of the Company and its shareholders and the Board of Directors of the Company and all committees thereof and, to the Knowledge of the Company, all issuances, transfers and redemptions of capital stock of the Company.
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3.25 Related Party Transactions . Except as disclosed in Section 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (a) no Related Party has, and no Related Party has at any time during the prior three (3) fiscal years had, any direct or indirect interest in any material asset used in or otherwise relating to the Company Business; (b) no Related Party is, or has been during the prior three (3) fiscal years, indebted to the Company; (c) to the Companys Knowledge, no Related Party is competing with, or has at any time during the prior three (3) fiscal years competed directly with, the Company; and (d) to the Companys Knowledge, no Related Party has any claim or right against the Company.
3.26 Customers, Licensees and Suppliers . Section 3.26 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of (a) each customer or licensee that accounted for more than 1% of the consolidated revenues of the Company during the last full fiscal year or the interim period through the Balance Sheet Date and the amount of revenues accounted for by such customer or licensee during each such period and (b) each supplier that is the sole supplier of any significant product or service to the Company. No such customer, licensee or supplier has indicated within the past year that it will stop, or decrease the rate of, buying or licensing products or services or supplying products or services, as applicable, to the Company. No purchase order or commitment of the Company is in excess of normal requirements, nor are prices provided therein in excess of current market prices for the products or services to be provided thereunder.
3.27 Complete Copies of Materials . Each document that the Company has delivered to Parent (or made available in an electronic data room for review by Parent or provided directly to Parents legal counsel for review), other than documents that have been redacted, is a true and complete copy of each such document, and in each case where a representation and warranty of Company in this Agreement requires the listing of documents and agreements, a true and complete copy of all such documents and agreements have been delivered to Parent (or made available in an electronic data room for review by Parent or provided directly to Parents legal counsel for review).
3.28 PIPE Transaction . The Company and the Company Holders understand that Parent intends to enter into the Share Purchase Agreement on or about the date hereof, pursuant to which Parent intends to sell 1,234,375 shares of Parent Common Stock at a price of $16.00 per share.
3.29 [***] License Agreement . Section 3.29 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all orders for Product (as defined in the [***] License Agreement) that have been submitted under the [***] License Agreement, all of which have been fulfilled.
* | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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3.30 Disclosure . To the Knowledge of the Company, no representation or warranty by the Company contained in this Agreement, and no statement contained in the Company Disclosure Letter or any other document, certificate or other instrument delivered or to be delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under which it was or will be made, in order to make the statements herein or therein not misleading.
ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
4.1 Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents . Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and is duly qualified or licensed to do business and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
4.2 Merger Sub . The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 100 shares are issued and outstanding. Parent is the sole stockholder of Merger Sub and is the legal and beneficial owner of all 100 issued and outstanding shares. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purposes of effecting the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, Merger Sub does not hold, nor has it held, any material assets or incurred any material liabilities nor has Merger Sub carried on any business activities other than in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights.
4.3 Authority . Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the other
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agreements, certificates and documents contemplated hereby, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub and no other corporate or other proceedings or actions on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement, to perform their obligations hereunder or to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to the approval and adoption of this Agreement by Parent as Merger Subs sole stockholder and the filing of the Certificate of Merger pursuant to Delaware Law. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Company and, with respect to Article VIII only, the Stockholders Representative, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except (A) as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (B) as the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction before which any proceeding may be brought. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company a true and correct copy of the Share Purchase Agreement and all exhibits thereto.
4.4 Non-Contravention . Subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.6 , the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub does not, and the performance and compliance of this Agreement by Parent, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, does not and will not: (a) conflict with or violate the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of Merger Sub; (b) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirement applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties or assets is bound or affected; or (c) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or impair Parents or Merger Subs rights or alter the rights or obligations of any Person under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub (other than a Permitted Lien) pursuant to any material Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party, except in each of the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
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4.5 Parent Investigation . Parent acknowledges that it has conducted an independent investigation and verification of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties, products, prospects, employees and projected operations of the Company and, in making its determination to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Parent is relying and has relied only on the results of its own independent investigation and verification and the representations and warranties of the Company expressly and specifically set forth in Article III and the certificates delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Parent acknowledges that, except as expressly provided in Article III and the certificates delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, Parent is not relying and has not relied on any representations or warranties whatsoever regarding the subject matter of this Agreement, express or implied. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III and the certificates delivered to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties to Parent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Parent understands, acknowledges and agrees that all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature, express or implied are specifically disclaimed by the Company. Parent acknowledges and agrees that no current or former stockholder, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or advisor of the Company has made or is making, in such Persons individual capacity, any representations, warranties or commitments whatsoever regarding the subject matter of this Agreement, express or implied, other than any express representations made by such Person in the letter of transmittal.
4.6 Necessary Consents . No consent, approval, waiver, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration, filing or registration with, or notification to, any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by Parent or Merger Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by Parent or Merger Sub of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby, except for the Necessary Consents.
ARTICLE V.
CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
5.1 Conduct of Business by the Company .
(a) Ordinary Course . Except as described in Section 5.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as required by applicable Law, during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, the Company shall, except as otherwise expressly contemplated, permitted, or required by this Agreement or to the extent that
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Parent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (i) carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course, in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Legal Requirements, (ii) pay its debts and Taxes when due (taking into account permitted extensions), (iii) pay or perform other obligations when due, (iv) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of its present officers and key employees and preserve its relationships with its customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors and others having business dealings with it, and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practices to preserve intact its present business organization.
(b) Required Consent . In addition, without limiting the generality of Section 5.1(a) , except as contemplated, permitted or required by the terms of this Agreement, and except as provided in Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time, the Company shall not directly or indirectly do any of the following:
(i) Cause, permit or propose any amendments to the Company Charter Documents, or any stockholder agreements, or form or organize any Subsidiary;
(ii) Adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, or commence or agree to commence any bankruptcy, voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up, examinership, insolvency or similar proceeding in respect of the Company;
(iii) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock of the Company or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock;
(iv) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock, except repurchases of unvested shares in connection with the termination of any Employee pursuant to stock option or purchase agreements in effect on the date hereof;
(v) Issue, grant, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber, propose, promise or make any commitment for the issuance, grant, delivery or sale of any shares of Company Capital Stock (other than as a result of the conversion of the
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convertible notes set forth on Section 5.1(b)(v) of the Company Disclosure Letter), or any securities convertible into shares of Company Capital Stock, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of Company Capital Stock or any securities convertible into shares of Company Capital Stock, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating the Company to issue any such securities or rights, other than: issuances of Company Capital Stock upon the exercise of Company Options, provided that, in the case of exercises of Company Options, (1) the Company timely pays in cash all Taxes required to be withheld and paid by the Person exercising the Company Option in connection with such exercise, (2) the amount of such Taxes is contributed to the Company in cash by the Person exercising such Company Option, (3) for the purpose of determining the amount of such Taxes, the fair market value of the Company Common Stock received pursuant to such exercise shall be deemed to be equal to the maximum aggregate consideration payable with respect to such Company Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement, including for this purpose any consideration to be deposited with the Escrow Agent as part of the Escrow Amount or the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount and (4) the Company promptly notifies Parent of such exercise or conversion;
(vi) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any material equity or voting interest in or a material portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any asset for an amount in excess of $250,000 individually or any assets for an amount in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate;
(vii) Sell, pledge, transfer, lease, license, mortgage, encumber (other than Permitted Liens) or otherwise dispose of, or authorize the sale, pledge, transfer, lease, license, mortgage, encumbrance or other disposal of, any properties or assets of the Company, except the sale, lease or disposition of property or assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice which are not material to the Company Business;
(viii) Make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person;
(ix) Make any material change in its methods or principles of financial or Tax accounting since the Balance Sheet Date;
(x) Make, change or revoke any material Tax election, change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material Tax accounting method, file any amended Tax Return, enter into any Tax allocation agreement, Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement relating to any Tax, surrender
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any right to claim a Tax refund, settle or compromise any claim, notice, audit report or assessment in respect of Taxes or consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any Tax claim or assessment;
(xi) Except as otherwise expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement or the Company Employee Plans in effect on the date hereof, (1) adopt or materially amend any Company Employee Plan or any other material policy or arrangement, or stock option plan, or enter into any employment contract or collective bargaining agreement, (2) increase in any manner the compensation, bonus or fringe or other benefits of, or pay any bonus, remuneration (cash, equity or otherwise) or other benefit or amount to any Employee, current or former director, or current or former consultant of the Company (including rights to severance or indemnification), (3) amend any Company Option, or (4) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under any Company Employee Plan;
(xii) Grant any license (including a sublicense) under any Company Intellectual Property;
(xiii) Enter into or renew any Contracts containing any non-competition or exclusivity restrictions on the Company or the Company Business;
(xiv) Except as provided in Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter and except as otherwise expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement or the Company Employee Plans in effect on the date hereof, (1) grant or pay any change in control, severance or termination compensation or benefits (cash, equity or otherwise) to any Employee, current or former director, or current or former consultant of the Company, or (2) adopt any new severance plan, or amend or modify or alter in any respect any change in control, severance or termination plan, agreement or arrangement existing on the date hereof;
(xv) Incur any material indebtedness for borrowed money or any other Indebtedness, or guarantee any such Indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company, guarantee any debt securities of another Person or enter into any keep well or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition of any other Person;
(xvi) Make any capital expenditures;
(xvii) Fail to maintain in full force and effect the Companys current insurance policies;
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(xviii) (1) Terminate, cancel, modify or amend or take any actions that would cause the termination, cancellation, modification or amendment of any Company Material Contract (or contract that would be a Company Material Contract if in effect as of the date hereof), excluding any expiration or non-renewal of any such contract in accordance with its terms, (2) enter into any Company Material Contract (or contract that would be a Company Material Contract if in effect as of the date hereof), or (3) waive, release or assign any rights under any Company Material Contract (or contract that would be a Company Material Contract if in effect as of the date hereof);
(xix) (1) Enter into any waiver, release, assignment, compromise or settlement of any pending or threatened investigation or litigation, (2) enter into any waiver, release, assignment, compromise or settlement of any material rights or Indebtedness or (3) initiate any claim or litigation;
(xx) Transfer, or allow to be assumed by any other Person, any net operating losses associated with the Company, except as required by law;
(xxi) Amend, supplement or terminate any material Company Permit or any pending application for any material Company Permit;
(xxii) Enter into, amend or supplement any Contract with a Related Party; or
(xxiii) Agree, in writing or otherwise, to take any of the actions described in clauses (i) through (xxii) of this sentence.
ARTICLE VI.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1 Acquisition Proposals .
(a) No Solicitation .
(i) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its directors, officers, employees, advisors, representatives or agents to, directly or indirectly, (i) discuss, negotiate, undertake, authorize, recommend, propose or enter into, either as the proposed surviving, merged, acquiring or acquired corporation, any transaction involving a merger, consolidation, business combination, purchase or disposition of any material amount of the assets of the Company or any capital stock of the Company other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (an Acquisition Transaction ), (ii) facilitate, encourage, solicit or initiate discussions,
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negotiations or submissions of proposals or offers in respect of an Acquisition Transaction, (iii) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to any Person any information concerning the business, operations, properties or assets of the Company in connection with an Acquisition Transaction, or (iv) otherwise cooperate in any way with, or assist or participate in, facilitate or encourage, any effort or attempt by any other Person to do or seek any of the foregoing, provided , however , that, at any time prior to the receipt of the approval of the Companys Stockholders as required by Section 7.1 , if the Company receives a bona fide written proposal or offer of an Acquisition Transaction (an Acquisition Proposal ) that was unsolicited and that did not otherwise result from a breach of this Section 6.1 , the Company may furnish non-public information with respect to the Company to the Person who made such Acquisition Proposal (a Third Party ) and may participate in discussions regarding such Acquisition Proposal if (A) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith, after receiving advice from its outside counsel, that failure to do so would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable law, (B) the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in good faith, after receiving advice from its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal (as defined below), and (C) prior to furnishing any such information, the Company notifies Parent of its intent to take such action and concurrently furnishes to Parent copies of any information being furnished to the Third Party that was not previously furnished to Parent; provided , further , that nothing herein shall prohibit the Company or its directors, officers, employees, advisors, representatives or agents from responding to the receipt of an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal to notify a Person that the Company cannot discuss such Acquisition Proposal prior to the Target Date because of the terms of this Section 6.1 .
(ii) The Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or negotiations with any Persons (other than Parent and Merger Sub) conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Transaction
(iii) For the purposes of this Agreement, Superior Proposal means any Acquisition Proposal which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment (after receiving advice from its financial advisor and taking into account all the terms and conditions of such proposal, including any conditions to consummation and the likelihood of such transaction being consummated) to be more favorable to the holders of Company Capital Stock from a financial point of view than the Merger.
(iv) The Company shall promptly notify Parent of each such Acquisition Proposal. The Company will keep Parent informed on a reasonably prompt basis of the status and details of any such Acquisition Proposal or other inquiry, offer, proposal or request.
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(b) The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of this Section 6.1 were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed by the parties that Parent shall be entitled to seek an immediate injunction or injunctions, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without the necessity of posting any bond or other security, to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Section 6.1 and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state or any other jurisdiction having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which Parent may be entitled at law or in equity. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the restrictions set forth above by the Company or by any of its representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement by the Company.
6.2 Stockholder Approval .
(a) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the written consent of the Company Stockholders to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) within twenty-four (24) hours following the time of execution of this Agreement in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements, and shall deliver a copy of the written consent to Parent.
(b) Any materials to be submitted to the stockholders in connection with the solicitation of their approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to review and reasonable approval by Parent and shall include information regarding the Company, the terms of the Merger, this Agreement and the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company to adopt and approve this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the other transactions, and approve the Merger, and a statement that the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously determined that the terms of the Merger and this Agreement are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders.
6.3 Confidentiality; Access to Information; No Modification of Representations, Warranties or Covenants .
(a) Confidentiality . The parties acknowledge that the Company and Parent have previously executed the Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated August 16, 2013 (the Confidentiality Agreement ), which
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Confidentiality Agreement will continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and each of Parent and the Company will hold, and will cause its respective directors, officers, Employees, agents and advisors (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors) to hold, any Proprietary Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) confidential in accordance with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(b) Access to Information . The Company will afford Parent and Parents accountants, counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to its properties, books (including, but not limited to, laboratory notebooks), records and personnel during the period prior to the Effective Time to obtain all information concerning the Company Business, including the status of development efforts related to Company Products, properties, results of operations and personnel, in each case solely for purposes of this Agreement, as Parent may reasonably request; provided , however , that the Company may restrict the foregoing access to the extent that (i) any law, treaty, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity applicable to it requires it to restrict or prohibit access to any such properties or information by Parent or its Subsidiaries, or (ii) such access would be in breach of any confidentiality obligation, commitment or provision by which the Company is bound or affected as of the date hereof, which confidentiality obligation, commitment or provision shall be disclosed to Parent, provided that disclosure of such obligation, commitment or provision would not itself be the breach of an obligation, commitment or provision to a third party. Any information obtained from the Company pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section 6.3(b) shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.
(c) No Modification of Representations and Warranties or Covenants . No information or knowledge obtained in any investigation or notification pursuant to this Section 6.3 or otherwise shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained herein, the covenants or agreements of the parties hereto or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement.
6.4 Public Disclosure . Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, Parent and the Company will consult with each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to review, comment upon and concur with, and will agree on any press release or public statement with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and will not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation and agreement, except as may be required by applicable Legal Requirements or any listing agreement with any applicable national or regional securities exchange or market. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) each of the Company and Parent may make internal announcements to its employees as
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reasonably necessary to communicate the relevant details of the Merger, and (b) Parent shall be entitled to respond to analysts questions in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with any previous disclosure made in accordance with this Section 6.4 .
6.5 Reasonable Best Efforts . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, each of the parties hereto agrees to, and to cause its Affiliates to, use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the following: (i) the taking of all actions reasonably necessary to cause the conditions precedent to the other partys obligations to close set forth in Article VII to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to avoid any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, (iii) the obtaining of all Necessary Consents, (iv) the defending of any suits, claims, actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed, and (v) the execution or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement.
6.6 Tax Matters .
(a) Tax Returns .
(i) The Company shall prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared or timely filed, all Tax Returns of the Company that are required to be filed (taking into account any extension) on or before the Closing Date, and shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Taxes of the Company due on or before the Closing Date. Such Tax Returns shall be prepared by treating items on such Tax Returns in a manner consistent with the past practices of the Company, except as required by applicable law. At least ten (10) Business Days prior to filing any such Tax Return, the Company shall submit a copy of such Tax Return to Parent for Parents review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(ii) Parent shall prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed, on a basis consistent with past practice unless otherwise required by applicable law, all Tax Returns for the Company for any periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date that are filed after the Closing Date and all Tax Returns for the Company for any Straddle Periods. Parent shall deliver to the Stockholders Representative for the Stockholders Representatives review and comment a copy of each such Tax Return at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return (taking into account any extension). Parent shall make any reasonable changes requested by the Stockholders Representative at least five (5) Business Days prior to the due date for the filing of such Tax Return.
(iii) For purposes of this Agreement, in the case of Straddle Period, the portion of any Taxes allocable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period will be (i) in the case of Property Taxes, deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days of such Straddle Period in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire Straddle Period and (ii) in the case of all other Taxes, determined as though the taxable year of the Company terminated at the close of business on the Closing Date.
(b) Tax Contests . Parent and the Surviving Corporation, on the one hand, and the Stockholders Representative, on the other hand, shall promptly notify each other upon receipt by such party of written notice of any inquiries, claims, assessments, audits or similar events with respect to Taxes relating to a Pre-Closing Tax Period (any such inquiry, claim, assessment, audit or similar event, a Tax Contest ). Any failure to so notify the other party of any Tax Contest shall not limit any of the indemnification obligations under Article VIII (except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the defense of such Tax Contest). Parent shall have the right to control the conduct of all Tax Contests, including any settlement or compromise thereof; provided , however , (i) that Parent shall keep the Stockholders Representative reasonably informed of the progress of any Tax Contest; (ii) the Stockholders Representative will have the right to participate in the defense of such Tax Contest at the sole expense of the Company Holders; and (iv) Parent shall not resolve such Tax Contest in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on any indemnification obligations under Article VIII without the Stockholders Representatives written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Each party shall bear its own costs for participating in such Tax Contest. In the event of any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.6(a)(ii) and Section 8.6 , the provisions of this Section 6.6(a)(ii) shall control.
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(c) Cooperation on Tax Matters . Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Stockholders Representative shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns pursuant to this Agreement and any Tax Contest. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other partys request) the provision of records and information which may be reasonably relevant to any such Tax Return or Tax Contest and making appropriate persons available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder.
(d) Transfer Taxes . All transfer, stamp, documentary, sales, use, registration, value-added and other similar Taxes (including all applicable real estate transfer Taxes) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby ( Transfer Taxes ) will be borne by the Company Holders. The Stockholders Representative hereby agrees to file in a timely manner all necessary documents (including, but not limited to, all Tax Returns) with respect to such Transfer Taxes. The Stockholders Representative shall provide Parent with evidence satisfactory to Parent that such Transfer Taxes have been paid by the Stockholders Representative.
(e) Any Tax refunds received by Parent or any of its Affiliates (or credits for overpayments for Tax to which any of the foregoing are entitled) after the Closing and that relate to Taxes paid by the Company with respect to a Pre-Closing Tax Period (to the extent such Taxes were paid by the Company prior to the Closing or by the Company Holders pursuant to Article VIII after the Closing) shall be for the account of the Company Holders, other than refunds (or credits) that arise as a result of a carryback of a loss or other Tax benefit from a Tax period or portion thereof beginning after the Closing Date or such refunds (or credits) were included as an asset in determining the Initial Cash Merger Consideration Inputs set forth on the Closing Statement. Parent shall pay to the Company Holders any such refund (or the amount of any such credit), net of any expenses or Taxes incurred by Parent or any of its Affiliates and specifically and separately attributable to such refund (or credit), within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such refund (or fifteen (15) days after the due date of the Tax Return claiming such credit). Except in connection with the preparation of Tax Returns pursuant to Section 6.6(a) or to the extent reasonably and timely requested by the Stockholders Representative, Parent shall have no obligation to claim or obtain any refund or credit that will give rise to a payment to Company Holders pursuant to this Section 6.6(e) . To the extent any such refund (or credit) is subsequently disallowed or required to be returned to the applicable Tax Authority, the Company Holders agree promptly to repay the amount of such refund (or credit), together with any interest, penalties or other additional amounts imposed by such Tax Authority, to Parent.
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(f) Without the consent of the Stockholders Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, none of Parent or any Affiliate thereof shall amend, refile or otherwise modify any Tax Return of the Company relating to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, or waive any limitations period with respect to such Tax Returns, if such amendment, refiling, modification or waiver would reasonably be expected to result in damages for which indemnification of Parent would be required hereunder, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
(g) Parent shall not make, or cause to be made, any election under Section 338 of the Code with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
6.7 FIRPTA Compliance . On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a properly executed statement, dated as of the Closing Date, in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent for purposes of satisfying Parents obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3), together with the required notice to the IRS and written authorization for Parent to deliver such notice and a copy of such statement to the IRS on behalf of the Company upon the Closing.
6.8 Third Party Consents . Prior to the Closing Date, (a) the Company shall obtain and provide to Parent all consents and waivers required in connection with the Merger from third parties pursuant to any Company Material Contract, and (b) the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and provide to Parent all consents and waivers required in connection with the Merger from third parties to all other Contracts to which the Company is a party. If the lessor or licensor under any Lease conditions its grant of a consent (including by threatening to exercise a recapture or other termination right) upon, or otherwise requires in response to a notice or consent request regarding this Agreement, the payment of a consent fee, profit sharing payment or other consideration (including increased rent payments), or the provision of additional security (including a guaranty), the Company shall be solely responsible for making all such payments or providing all such additional security.
6.9 Merger Sub Compliance . Parent shall cause Merger Sub to comply with all of Merger Subs obligations under or relating to this Agreement. Merger Sub shall not engage in any business which is not in connection with the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
6.10 Notification of Certain Matters . The Company shall give prompt written notice to Parent of (a) any notice or other communication from any third party alleging that the consent of such third party is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if such third-party consent is not set forth on
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Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (b) any notice or other communication from any third party whose consent is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement indicating that such third party refuses to give such consent, (c) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or (d) the occurrence or existence of any event that results, or with notice or the passage of time or otherwise, is reasonably likely to result, in the failure of the conditions set forth in Article VII ; provided , however , that the delivery of notice pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to Parent.
6.11 Section 280G of the Code .
(a) Parent and the Company acknowledge that the consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement and certain other amounts which may be received by any person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be deemed to constitute parachute payments (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder ( Section 280G )). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent, prior to the solicitation of the requisite approval of the Companys stockholders described in Section 6.11(b) , a Section 280G Waiver from each person who is a disqualified individual (within the meaning of Section 280G), as determined immediately prior to the initiation of the solicitation of the requisite approval of the Companys stockholders described in Section 6.11(b) , and who might otherwise receive or have the right or entitlement to receive a parachute payment under Section 280G in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, unless the requisite approval of the Companys stockholders of such parachute payments is obtained pursuant to Section 6.11(b) .
(b) As soon as practicable following the delivery by the Company to Parent of the Section 280G Waiver, the Company shall submit to the Companys stockholders for approval in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code any payments and/or benefits that are subject to a Section 280G Waiver, such that such payments and benefits shall not be deemed to be parachute payments under Section 280G, and prior to the Effective Time the Company shall deliver to Parent evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent (i) that a vote of the Companys stockholders was solicited in conformance with Section 280G, and the requisite approval of the Companys stockholders was obtained with respect to any payments and/or benefits that were subject to such vote (the Section 280G Approval ) or (ii) that the Section 280G Approval was not obtained and as a consequence, pursuant to the Section 280G Waiver, such parachute payments shall not be made or provided.
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(c) The form of the Section 280G Waiver and any materials to be submitted to the Companys stockholders in connection with the Section 280G Approval (the Section 280G Soliciting Materials ) shall be subject to review and approval by Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
6.12 Indemnification of Officers and Directors of the Company.
(a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company pursuant to the Company Charter Documents and the Indemnification Agreements with each of the Founders which are set forth on Section 6.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the current and former officers and directors of the Company, and all other persons entitled to be indemnified pursuant to such provisions or agreements, being referred to collectively as the D&O Indemnified Parties ). For a period of six (6) years following the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation to contain provisions with respect to exculpation from liability that are at least as favorable to the D&O Indemnified Parties as the provisions set forth in the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and for a period of six (6) years following the Effective Time Parent shall not permit any of such provisions to be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective Time in any manner that could adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Party. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions with respect to exculpation from liability contained as of the date hereof in Parents Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Merger Subs Certificate of Incorporation are as least as favorable as those contained in the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(b) Without limiting the effect of Section 6.12(a) , during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify and hold harmless each D&O Indemnified Party (in each case, to the extent such D&O Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification by the Company as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to the Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws or an indemnification agreement) against and from any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, demands, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the extent such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation arises out of or pertains to any action or omission or alleged action or omission by such D&O Indemnified Party in his or her
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capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company (regardless of whether such action or omission, or alleged action or omission, occurred prior to, on or after the date of this Agreement).
(c) If Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of the successors or assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation: (i) shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger; or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person, then proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation (as the case may be) shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.12 .
(d) This Section 6.12 : (i) shall survive the consummation of the Merger and the Effective Time; (ii) is intended for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives; (iii) shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Parent and the Surviving Corporation; and (iv) provides rights that are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution or similar rights that any D&O Indemnified Party, or any heir or representative of any Indemnified Party, may have by contract or otherwise.
6.13 Preparation of Financial Statements . Effective as of the Closing Date, at Parents expense, each of the Company Holders agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate, and cause the Companys accountants to use commercially reasonable efforts and cooperate, in providing (a) historical financial information to Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, in a manner to allow Parent to satisfy its filing obligations with the SEC, (b) any related supporting schedules in the format reasonably required by Parent for use by its Subsidiaries at such time (and as may be updated by Parent in its reasonable discretion from time to time), and (c) any other information reasonably requested by Parent in order to comply with the requirements of Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act or the preparation of audited and pro forma Company financial statements by Parent. Each Company Holder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make itself available to Parent and its accountants and financial advisors, and shall promptly respond to reasonable requests made by Parent and its accountants and financial advisors, relating to the preparation of the financial statements and schedules set forth in this Section 6.13 .
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ARTICLE VII.
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger . The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Company Stockholder Approval . This Agreement shall have been approved and adopted by the requisite vote of the Companys Stockholders in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and the Company Charter Documents.
(b) No Order . No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which prohibits, restrains, enjoins or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger, and there shall not be any threatened, instituted or pending action by a Governmental Entity seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the consummation of the Merger or other transactions under this Agreement.
7.2 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company . The obligation of the Company to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub, other than the Fundamental Representations, contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date made and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall have been true and correct only on such date), it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations, all representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement that are already qualified by material, materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects and (ii) each of the Fundamental Representations of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall have been true and correct only on such date). The Company shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent, with respect to the representations and warranties of Parent, by an authorized signatory of Parent and a
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certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Merger Sub, with respect to the representations and warranties of Merger Sub, by an authorized signatory of Merger Sub. For the avoidance of doubt, the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in the Share Purchase Agreement Representations and Warranties Exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit J shall not be a condition to the obligation of the Company to consummate and effect the Merger.
(b) Agreements and Covenants . Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements, obligations and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall have received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent, with respect to the covenants of Parent, by an authorized signatory of Parent and a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Merger Sub, with respect to the covenants of Merger Sub, by an authorized signatory of Merger Sub.
(c) Transaction Documents . Parent and Merger Sub and the Escrow Agent (in the case of the Escrow Agreement), as applicable, shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to the Company and such other certificates, documents, and instruments as the Company may reasonably request related to the Transactions.
7.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent:
(a) Representations and Warranties . (i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement, other than the Fundamental Representations, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date made and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall have been true and correct only on such date) (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations, all representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement that are already qualified by material, materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects), and (ii) each of the Fundamental Representations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date shall have been true and correct only on such date).
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Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company.
(b) Agreements and Covenants . The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements, obligations and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company.
(c) Material Adverse Effect on the Company . No Material Adverse Effect on the Company shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, and there shall not have occurred any change, event, development, state of facts, effect or occurrence that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(d) Section 280G . With respect to any payments and/or benefits that may constitute parachute payments under Section 280G of the Code with respect to any person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) the Company shall have received and delivered to Parent a Section 280G Waiver from each person receiving, or that is eligible to receive, a payment that may constitute a parachute payment under Section 280G prior to soliciting the Section 280G Approval and (ii) the Company Stockholders shall have (A) approved, pursuant to the method provided for in the regulations promulgated under Section 280G, any such parachute payments subject to a Section 280G Waiver or (B) shall have voted upon and disapproved such parachute payments subject to a Section 280G Waiver, and, as a consequence, such parachute payments subject to a Section 280G Waiver shall not be paid or provided for in any manner and Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not have any liabilities with respect to such parachute payments.
(e) Resignations . The Company shall have delivered to Parent resignations of the directors and officers of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to Parent, each effective as of the Effective Time, but such resignations shall not constitute terminations of employment of any directors and/or officers who are also employees of the Company.
(f) Transaction Documents . The Company, the Stockholders Representative, and the Escrow Agent (in the case of the Escrow Agreement), as applicable, shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents to which it is a party to Parent and Merger Sub, as applicable, and such other certificates, documents, and instruments as Parent may reasonably request related to the Transactions.
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(g) Required Consents . Parent shall have received written evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all consents, waivers and licenses set forth on Section 7.3(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall have been received.
(h) Intellectual Property Assignment Agreements . Each of Geneviève Hansen, Juan Estruch and Hans Peter Bissinger shall have executed and delivered to Parent an Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit K hereto.
(i) Liens . Parent shall have received a UCC-3 termination statement or similar document in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent evidencing the termination of, or the Companys right to terminate, the all assets Lien in favor of Innovis Investments, L.P.
(j) Secretarys Certificate . Parent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by the Secretary of the Company (i) certifying that attached thereto are correct and complete copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company (each as amended through the Closing Date) in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) certifying that attached thereto is a recent good standing certificate of the Company, duly certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (iii) certifying that attached thereto are true and correct copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and the written consents or resolutions, as applicable, of the stockholders of the Company authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (iv) certifying the incumbency, signature and authority of the officers of the Company authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all other documents, certificates, instruments or agreements related hereto or thereto executed or to be executed by the Company.
(k) Employment and Consulting Agreements . Geneviève Hansen, Ph.D., shall have entered into and delivered to Parent the employment agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G and Juan J. Estruch, Ph.D., shall have entered into and delivered to Parent the consulting agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (the Employment and Consulting Agreements ).
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(l) Non-Competition Agreements . Geneviève Hansen, Ph.D. and Juan J. Estruch, Ph.D. shall have executed and delivered to Parent the non-competition agreements, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the Non-Competition Agreements ).
(m) Assignment of Spousal Rights to Intellectual Property . Juan J. Estruch shall have delivered to the Company a community property interest assignment, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M (the Assignment of Spousal Rights ).
ARTICLE VIII.
SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
INDEMNIFICATION; ESCROW
8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and all representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement Representations and Warranties Exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit J , and any certificate delivered by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the consummation of the Merger and continue until the Escrow Termination Date, after which time such representations and warranties shall terminate; provided , however , that the Fundamental Representations shall survive indefinitely; provided , further , that if at any time prior to the termination of any specific representation or warranty, an Indemnified Party has duly delivered to the Indemnifying Party a valid Indemnification Demand or Claim Notice (with such Indemnification Demand or Claim Notice satisfying the requirements set forth in Sections 8.6(a) or 8.7(a) , as applicable) relating to such representation or warranty, then the representation or warranty underlying the claim asserted in such Indemnification Demand or Claim Notice shall survive solely with respect to the claim (and only to the extent reasonably within the scope of the claim) in such notice until such time as such claim is resolved. The Company and Parent expressly agree pursuant to this Section 8.1 to shorten the statutes of limitation applicable to all claims and causes of action based directly or indirectly upon inaccuracies in or breaches of the representations and warranties made by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub in this Agreement. The respective covenants, agreements and obligations of the parties contained in this Agreement (other than covenants, agreements and obligations to be performed after the Closing) shall expire at the Effective Time, and each covenant, agreement and obligation contained in this Agreement to be performed after the Closing shall survive (A) until fully performed or fulfilled, unless non-compliance with such covenants, agreements or obligations is waived in writing by the party or parties entitled to such performance or (B) if not fully performed or fulfilled, until the later of the end of the applicable statute of limitations and any extensions thereof.
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8.2 Escrow and Representative Reimbursement Amount Deposit .
(a) A portion of the Merger Consideration equal to the Escrow Amount and the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount shall constitute escrowed merger consideration (collectively with any earnings or dividends or other distributions thereon, if any, the Escrowed Merger Consideration ). The Escrowed Merger Consideration shall be withheld from the Merger Consideration otherwise deliverable to the Company Holders on the Closing Date to serve as security for the benefit of Parent (on behalf of itself or any other Parent Indemnified Party) against (x) the indemnification afforded the Parent Indemnified Parties by Article VIII of this Agreement and (y) any reduction made pursuant to Section 2.14(e) . On the Closing Date, or the first Business Day after the Closing Date in the event that the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Escrowed Merger Consideration shall be deposited by Parent with the Escrow Agent in an escrow account (the Escrow Account ) established in accordance with the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement shall provide that Parent is, for federal income tax purposes, the owner of the Escrowed Merger Consideration and is taxable on any earnings thereon. If any payment is required to be made to Parent pursuant to this Section 8.2 , Parent and the Stockholders Representative shall promptly provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, to deliver to Parent out of the Escrow Account an amount of cash that is equal in value to such required payment. For purposes of determining the reduction in the amount of Merger Consideration payable to each Company Holder pursuant to Sections 2.7(a) and 2.7(b) , as applicable, Parent will be deemed to have contributed, on behalf of each Company Holder, his, her or its Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Amount and the Closing Adjustment Escrow Amount to the Escrow Account to be governed under the terms set forth in this Agreement and in the Escrow Agreement.
(b) No later than the second (2 nd ) Business Day following the Escrow Termination Date, Parent and the Stockholders Representative shall provide written instructions to the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, to deliver to the Company Holders as of the Closing, no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Escrow Termination Date, any Escrowed Merger Consideration remaining in the Escrow Account as follows: the aggregate amount of Escrowed Merger Consideration that consists of cash, including all earnings on Escrowed Merger Consideration that consists of cash held in escrow, to the Company Holders pursuant to their Pro Rata Portion; provided that, if on the Escrow Termination Date any claim for indemnification by any Parent Indemnified Party under Section 8.3(a) is outstanding, then
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such amount of cash that is equal in value to the amount that may be reasonably necessary to satisfy such claim (or, if such amount is greater than the amount remaining in the Escrow Account, then the amount of cash remaining in the Escrow Account) shall not be distributed pursuant to this Section 8.2 for so long as such claim is outstanding and, following resolution of such claim, any amount remaining in the Escrow Account that was held back shall be distributed in accordance with the above.
(c) A portion of the Merger Consideration equal to the Representative Reimbursement Amount shall be withheld from the Merger Consideration otherwise deliverable to the Company Holders on the Closing Date to fund, if necessary, (i) the amounts described in Section 2.14(d)(ii) and this Section 8.2(c) as being paid from the Representative Reimbursement Amount, (ii) the expenses incurred by the Stockholders Representative acting in such capacity, and (iii) any other expense described in this Agreement as being paid from the Representative Reimbursement Amount. The Representative Reimbursement Amount shall consist entirely of cash. On the Closing Date, or the first Business Day after the Closing Date in the event that the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Representative Reimbursement Amount shall be deposited by Parent with the Stockholders Representative. On the Escrow Termination Date (and on every anniversary of such date thereafter), the Stockholders Representative shall consult with the Advisory Group and determine in good faith what, if any, amount of remaining Representative Reimbursement Amount should be distributed to the Company Holders; provided that all of the remaining Representative Reimbursement Amount (less any amounts required to pay outstanding and anticipated expenses) shall be distributed to the Company Holders no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the distribution of all remaining funds in the Escrow Account to the Company Holders. The Stockholders Representative shall deliver to the Company Holders the aggregate Pro Rata Portion of such distribution. The parties hereto understand and agree that the contingent rights to receive any funds from the Representative Reimbursement Amount are not transferable, except pursuant to a reorganization, liquidation, or other similar transfer of the assets of the relevant party to its equityholders or a successor entity or by operation of laws relating to descent and distribution, divorce, and community property, and, in the event of any such transfer, the Stockholders Representative shall be notified as promptly as reasonably practicable. Upon the request of a Company Holder, the Stockholders Representative shall provide such Company Holder with such information regarding the Representative Reimbursement Amount, and any transaction activity relating thereto, as such Company Holder may reasonably request and at such Company Holders sole cost and expense.
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8.3 Indemnification; Escrow Fund; Right of Setoff .
(a) From and after the Closing Date (but subject to Section 8.1 and the limitations set forth in Section 8.4(b) ), each Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be indemnified, defended and held harmless from and against any Losses which are suffered or incurred by any Parent Indemnified Party or to which any Parent Indemnified Party may otherwise become subject and which arise from or as a result of:
(i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including the Allocation Certificate;
(ii) any failure by the Company to perform or comply with any agreement, obligation or covenant of the Company contained in this Agreement (but only to the extent that any such agreement, obligation or covenant is to be performed by the Company prior to the Closing); and
(iii) any Indemnified Taxes.
(b) In the event any Parent Indemnified Party shall suffer any Losses for which such Parent Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII , subject to Section 8.4(b) , such Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to recover such Losses by (i) obtaining the amount from the Escrow Account equal in value to the aggregate amount of such Losses, and/or (ii) with respect to Losses which arise from or as a result of any inaccuracy in or breach of a Fundamental Representation of the Company or arising out of or resulting from Sections 8.3(a)(ii)-(a)(iii) , the Contingent Merger Consideration remaining to be paid, if any, in accordance with Section 2.11 and/or any amounts otherwise payable on account of the Promissory Note Interests (the Right of Setoff ). Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VIII , if, at the time the Contingent Merger Consideration or the Promissory Note Interests are due and payable, there shall be any outstanding claim pursuant to Section 8.3(a) and (i) such claim shall be subject to the Right of Setoff, (ii) with respect to such claim, the amount of Losses shall not have been finally determined, and (iii) Parent has elected to exercise the Right of Setoff with respect to the Contingent Merger Consideration and/or Promissory Note Interest, then the amounts otherwise payable pursuant to the Contingent Merger Consideration and/or Promissory Note Interest shall be reduced by the amount of Losses the Parent Indemnified Party reasonably and in good faith estimates to be subject to such indemnification claim and that is set forth in the Indemnification Demand or Claim Notice. If the final amount of Losses for such indemnification claim is less than the amount by which the Contingent Merger Consideration and/or Promissory Note Interest was reduced for such claim, then such difference shall be paid in accordance with Section 2.11 or Section 2.9(a) , as applicable.
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(c) From and after the Closing Date (but subject to Section 8.1 and the limitations set forth in Section 8.4(b) ), each Company Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be indemnified, defended and held harmless by Parent from and against any Losses which are suffered or incurred by any Company Indemnified Party or to which any Company Indemnified Party may otherwise become subject and which arise from or as a result of:
(i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement, or any certificate delivered by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, but not for any inaccuracy in or breach of representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in the Share Purchase Agreement Representations and Warranties Exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit J ); and
(ii) any failure by Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation to perform or comply with any agreement, obligation or covenant of Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation contained in this Agreement.
8.4 Limitation on Remedies .
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the Company Holders shall not be liable for any Losses pursuant to Section 8.3(a) unless and until the aggregate amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from the Company Holders exceeds $175,000 in the aggregate (the Deductible Amount ), in which event the Company Holders shall, subject to the other limitations contained herein, be liable only for the portion of such Losses in excess of the Deductible Amount, (ii) the maximum aggregate amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from the Company Holders shall be the amount, if any, of cash remaining in the Escrow Account on or prior to the Escrow Termination Date (the Cap ), it being understood that the Company Holders shall not be liable for Losses in the aggregate in excess of the Cap, and (iii) Parent shall not be liable for any Losses pursuant to Section 8.3(c) unless and until the aggregate amount of indemnifiable Losses which may be recovered from Parent exceeds the Deductible Amount, in which event Parent shall, subject to the other limitations contained herein, be liable only for the portion of such Losses in excess of the Deductible Amount, it being understood that Parent shall not be liable for Losses in the aggregate in excess of the Cap; provided however, that, solely with respect to breaches of Section 2.11(c) , the Cap shall be an amount equal to $5,000,000, less the aggregate amount (if any) previously paid to the Stockholders Representative on behalf of the Company Holders pursuant to Section 2.11 . The Deductible Amount and the Cap shall not apply to any inaccuracy in or breach of any
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Fundamental Representations or fraud and the Deductible Amount shall not apply to any failure to perform or comply with any agreement, obligation or covenant contained in this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) any Losses recoverable hereunder shall be net of (A) any insurance proceeds actually realized by any Indemnified Party that are directly attributable to such Losses ( provided that the Indemnified Party shall not be required to litigate any dispute, or otherwise bring any claim, lawsuit or other proceeding to obtain such insurance proceeds), (B) any prior or subsequent contribution or other payments or recoveries of a like nature by the Indemnified Party from any Third-Party (other than the Indemnifying Party) with respect to such Losses; and (C) any federal, state or local Tax savings attributable to such Losses that are recognized by the Indemnified Party in the year the Loss arises; and (ii) no Losses (other than Losses from Third-Party Claims that are actually paid to third parties) shall be recoverable that constitute punitive or consequential damages, or any diminution in value and shall not be calculated by using or taking into account any multiple of earnings, book value, cash flow or other measure. Each Indemnified Party shall be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate all Losses after it becomes aware of any event that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Losses that are indemnifiable or recoverable hereunder or in connection herewith.
(c) An Indemnified Party shall not be entitled under this Agreement to multiple recoveries for the same Loss.
(d) No Parent Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII with respect to any Losses to the extent that such Losses have been incorporated into the final determination of the Closing Statement pursuant to Section 2.14(e) and Parent has been paid the True-Up Payment, if any, with respect to the full amount of such Losses to which it is entitled pursuant to such Section.
(e) After any indemnification payment is made to any Indemnified Party pursuant to this ARTICLE X, the Indemnifying Party shall, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to all rights (if any) of the Indemnified Party against any third party in connection with the Losses to which such payment relates. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, any Indemnified Party receiving an indemnification payment pursuant to the preceding sentence shall execute, upon the written request of the Indemnifying Party, any instrument reasonably necessary to evidence such subrogation rights.
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(f) The right to indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of the Indemnified Parties for any Losses incurred by any Indemnified Party (other than claims for injunctive relief and/or specific performance of covenants that require performance after the Closing); provided that a partys liability for fraud shall not be limited under this Article VIII . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby acknowledge and agree that once Escrowed Merger Consideration in the Escrow Account has been exhausted or fully paid to the Company Holders, the only liability of the Company Holders for Losses hereunder that shall survive shall be with respect to breaches of any of the Fundamental Representations or indemnification obligations arising out of or resulting from Sections 8.3(a)(ii)-8.3(a)(iii) , which liability shall (i) be several and not joint among the Company Holders and shall be allocated in proportion to each Company Holders respective Pro Rata Portion and (ii) in no event exceed the amount of Merger Consideration received by such Company Holder. The Indemnified Parties may not avoid such limitation on liability by seeking damages for breach of contract, tort or pursuant to any other theory of liability; provided, however, that, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.1 , the Company Indemnified Parties may seek recovery for misrepresentation or breach of warranty with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement Representation and Warranties Exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit J , subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.4 as if such representations and warranties were non-Fundamental Representations of Parent and Merger Sub contained herein.
(g) No current or former stockholder or optionholder of the Company shall have any personal or individual liability of any nature to any Parent Indemnified Party with respect to any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty set forth in, or any other breach of, this Agreement, except as specifically provided herein.
8.5 Stockholders Representative .
(a) By virtue of the approval and adoption of this Agreement by the requisite consent of the Company Stockholders, each of the Company Holders shall be deemed to have agreed to appoint Jeffrey Miles as its agents and attorneys-in-fact (the Stockholders Representative ) for and on behalf of the Company Holders to give and receive notices and communications, to authorize payment to any Indemnified Party from the Escrow Account in satisfaction of claims by any Indemnified Party, to object to such payments, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to such claims, to assert, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to any other claim by any Indemnified Party against
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any Company Holder or by any such Company Holder against any Indemnified Party or any dispute between any Indemnified Party and any such Company Holder, in each case relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and to take all other actions that are either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii) specifically mandated by the terms of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement. Such agency may be changed by the Company Holders with the right to at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the Pro Rata Portions of the Escrow Fund from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholders Representative may resign at any time by providing written notice of intent to resign to the Company Holders, which resignation shall be effective upon the earlier of (A) thirty (30) calendar days following delivery of such written notice or (B) the appointment of a successor by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders Representative, and the Stockholders Representative shall not receive any compensation for their services.
(b) The Stockholders Representative shall not be liable to any Company Holder for any act done or omitted hereunder as Stockholders Representative while acting in good faith, even if such act or omission constitutes negligence on the part of such Stockholders Representative. The Stockholders Representative shall only have the duties expressly stated in this Agreement and shall have no other duty, express or implied. The Stockholders Representative may engage attorneys, accountants and other professionals and experts. The Stockholders Representative may in good faith rely conclusively upon information, reports, statements and opinions prepared or presented by such professionals, and any action taken by the Stockholders Representative based on such reliance shall be deemed conclusively to have been taken in good faith. The Company Holders shall indemnify the Stockholders Representative and hold the Stockholders Representative harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred on the part of the Stockholders Representative (so long as the Stockholders Representative were acting in good faith in connection therewith) and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Stockholders Representatives duties hereunder, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Stockholders Representative ( Stockholders Representative Expenses ). The Stockholders Representative shall have the right to retain Stockholders Representatives Expenses from the Representative Reimbursement Amount prior to any distribution to the Company Holders, and prior to any such distribution, shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a certificate setting forth the Stockholders Representatives Expenses actually incurred. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Representative, including an amendment, extension or waiver of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 9.4 or 9.5 hereof, shall constitute a decision of the Company Holders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company Holders.
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(c) Certain Company Holders (the Advisory Group ) have concurrently herewith entered into a letter agreement with the Stockholders Representative regarding direction to be provided by the Advisory Group to the Stockholders Representative. The Advisory Group shall incur no liability to any Company Holder while acting in good faith and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of their duties (it being understood that any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith).
8.6 Third-Party Claims .
(a) In the event that an Indemnified Party becomes aware of a third-party claim (a Third-Party Claim ) that the Indemnified Party reasonably believes may result in a demand for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII , the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party of such claim stating in reasonable detail the nature and basis of such Third-Party Claim and the dollar amount of such Third-Party Claim, to the extent known (a Claim Notice ); provided , however , that no delay or failure on the part of an Indemnified Party in delivering any Claim Notice shall relieve the Indemnifying from any liability hereunder except and to the extent the Indemnifying Party have been actually prejudiced by such delay or failure.
(b) The Indemnifying Party may, at its election, undertake and conduct the defense of such Third-Party Claim upon written notice of such election to the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Claim Notice; provided that, the Indemnifying Party shall use all reasonable efforts to defend such claim and shall consult with the Indemnified Party regarding the strategy for defense of such claim, including with respect to the Indemnifying Partys choice of legal counsel; and provided further that, if the Third-Party Claim consists of an action brought against or with respect to the Indemnified Party asserting Losses as a result of facts or allegations which, if true, would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 3.10, the Indemnified Party shall be entitled, by giving written notice to the Indemnifying Party, to elect to jointly assume and control the defense of such Third-Party Claim with the Indemnifying Party, with each of the Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party bearing one-half of the expense of such defense and through counsel jointly selected by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party elects to undertake any such defense (other than a joint defense as described above), the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in, but not to determine or conduct, the defense of such Third-Party Claim, unless such participation would affect any privilege of the Indemnifying Party in respect of such Third-Party Claim. The Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available
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to the Indemnifying Party, at the Indemnifying Partys expense, all witnesses, pertinent records, materials, and information in the Indemnified Partys possession or under the Indemnified Partys control relating thereto (or in the possession or control of any of its Affiliates or its or their representatives) as is reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party or its counsel. If the Indemnifying Party elects to direct the defense of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Section 8.6 , the Indemnified Party shall not pay or approve the payment of any part of such Third-Party Claim unless the Indemnifying Party consents in writing to such payment (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or unless the Indemnifying Party withdraws from or is replaced with respect to the defense of such Third-Party Claim or unless a final judgment from which no appeal may be taken by or on behalf of the Indemnifying Party is entered against the Indemnified Party for such Third-Party Claim. If the Indemnifying Party has elected to direct and is directing the defense of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to this Section 8.6 , the Indemnified Party shall not forgo any appeal or admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise, or discharge, such Third-Party Claim without the Indemnifying Partys prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to settle any Third-Party Claim for which it is conducting the defense and for which it obtains a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnified Party in respect of such Third-Party Claim (and which compromise, settlement agreement or consent decree does not impose injunctive or other equitable relief against the Indemnified Party or a finding or admission of any violation of applicable Law or violation of the rights of any Person by the Indemnified Party) or to which settlement the Indemnified Party consents in writing, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) the control of the defense by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to a conflict of interest or because the Indemnified Party has been advised by counsel that in such counsels opinion it has claims or defenses that are unavailable to the Indemnifying Party, (ii) such Third-Party Claim (or the facts or allegations related to such Third-Party Claim) involves criminal allegations or seeks equitable or injunctive relief, or (iii) the Indemnifying Party fails at any time to conduct the defense of such proceeding, claim or demand in a reasonably active and diligent manner, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to assume the control of such defense. Until the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnified Party may defend against such Third-Party Claim in any manner the Indemnified Party reasonably deems appropriate at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party if the Indemnifying Party is liable for indemnification hereunder.
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(d) The party controlling the defense of a Third-Party Claim (the Controlling Party ) shall (i) keep the other party (the Non-controlling Party ) advised of the status of such claim and the defense thereof (including all material developments and events relating thereto) and shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Non-controlling Party with respect thereto and (ii) make available to the Non-controlling Party any documents or materials in its possession or control that may be necessary to understand the defense of such claim (subject to protection of the attorney-client privilege). If requested by the Controlling Party, the Non-controlling Party shall furnish the Controlling Party with such information as it may have with respect to such Third-Party Claim (including copies of any summons, complaints or other pleadings which may have been served on such party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or other document evidencing or asserting the same) and shall otherwise reasonably cooperate with and assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third-Party Claim.
8.7 Notice of Indemnity Claims Other than Third-Party Claims .
(a) In order to seek indemnification under this Article VIII other than with respect to a Third-Party Claim, the applicable Indemnified Party shall deliver a written demand (an Indemnification Demand ) to the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnification Demand shall contain (i) a reasonably detailed description of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the alleged inaccuracy in such representation and warranty or breach of such covenant or other specific circumstance entitling such Indemnified Party to such indemnification; (ii) a description and the amount of any Losses incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified Party, (iii) a statement that the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Section 8.3 for such Losses and the specific representation and warranty alleged to have been inaccurate or specific covenant alleged to have been breached or other specific circumstance entitling such Parent Indemnified Party to such indemnification and (iv) a demand for payment in the amount of such Losses.
(b) The Indemnifying Party may object to any liability claim set forth in an Indemnification Demand by delivering written notice to the Indemnified Party of the Indemnifying Partys objection (an Indemnification Dispute Notice ). Such Indemnification Dispute Notice will describe the grounds (to the extent known) for such objection in reasonable detail. If the Indemnifying Party fails to deliver an Indemnification Dispute Notice to the Indemnified Party within ten (10) days following receipt of an Indemnification Demand from an Indemnified Party that it disputes the indemnity claimed therein, the indemnity claim set forth in the Indemnification Demand shall be conclusively deemed a liability to be
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indemnified under this Article VIII , and such Indemnified Party shall, subject to the limitations contained in this Article VIII , be indemnified for the amount of the Losses stated in such Indemnification Demand on demand. If an Indemnification Dispute Notice is delivered, the parties shall thereafter comply with the following dispute resolution provisions:
(i) The Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall attempt to resolve such dispute promptly by negotiation in good faith. Each such party shall give the other party involved written notice of any dispute not so resolved within ten (10) days following delivery of an Indemnification Dispute Notice. Within five (5) days following delivery of such notice, the party receiving notice shall submit to the other a written response thereto. The notice and response shall include the name and title of the Person who will represent the Indemnified Party and any other Person who will accompany that Person, in the case of the Indemnified Party, or the name of name and title of the Person who will represent the Indemnifying Party and any other Person who will accompany that Person, in the case of the Indemnifying Party.
(ii) Within ten (10) days following delivery of the notice pursuant to Section 8.7(b)(i) , the designated officer or other designated agent of the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall meet at a mutually agreed time and place, and thereafter, as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to resolve the dispute. All negotiations conducted pursuant to this Section 8.7(b) (and any of the parties submissions in contemplation thereof) shall be kept confidential by the parties.
(c) In the event the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party are unable to resolve any dispute identified in an Indemnification Dispute Notice in accordance with provisions (i) and (ii) of this Section 8.7(b) within thirty (30) days after delivery of any Indemnification Dispute Notice, either the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying Party may seek to resolve the matter through litigation brought in accordance with Section 10.8 .
8.8 No Circular Recovery . After the Closing, the Company Holders shall not have any right of contribution, right of indemnity or other right or remedy against Parent or the Surviving Corporation, or any of their directors, officers or employees, for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company.
8.9 Determination of Indemnifiable Losses . For the purpose of calculating the amount of the Losses resulting from a breach or inaccuracy of a representation or warranty (but not for the purpose of determining the existence of such breach or inaccuracy), any material, materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers or words of similar import
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contained in such representation or warranty giving rise to the claim of indemnity hereunder shall in each case be disregarded and without effect (as if such standard or qualification were deleted from such representation or warranty).
8.10 Tax Consequences of Indemnification Payments . Any payments made to an Indemnified Party pursuant to any indemnification obligations under this Article VIII will be treated as adjustments to the purchase price for all federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes, and the parties shall file their respective Tax Returns accordingly and such agreed treatment will govern for purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise required by law.
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
9.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger abandoned, at any time prior to the Effective Time by duly authorized action by the terminating party, whether before or after the requisite approvals of the Company Stockholders:
(a) by Parent, if the stockholder approval required by Section 7.1(a) is not obtained by the Company within twenty-four (24) hours following the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto;
(b) by duly authorized mutual written consent of the Boards of Directors of Parent and the Company;
(c) by the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by October 22, 2013 (the Target Date ); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(c) shall not be available to the Company in the event that its action or failure to act (including the failure to act in compliance with Section 6.5 ) has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date;
(d) by either the Company or Parent if the Merger shall not have been consummated by December 31, 2013 (the End Date ); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(d) shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to act (including the failure to act in compliance with Section 6.5 ) has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement;
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(e) by either the Company or Parent if a Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (including the failure to have taken an action), in any case having the effect of (i) permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, or (ii) prohibiting Parents or the Companys ownership or operation of any portion of the business of the Company, which order, decree, ruling or other action is final and nonappealable;
(f) by the Company, upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a) or 7.2(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided that the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(f) prior to the later of the End Date and thirty (30) days following the receipt of written notice by Parent from the Company of such breach (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(f) if the Company is in material breach of this Agreement or if such breach by Parent is cured so that such conditions would then be satisfied); or
(g) by Parent, upon a breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Sections 7.3(a) or 7.3(b) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided that Parent may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(g) prior to the later of the End Date and thirty (30) days following the receipt of written notice by the Company from Parent of such breach (it being understood that Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(g) if Parent is in material breach of this Agreement or if such breach by the Company is cured so that such conditions would then be satisfied); or
(h) by Parent if the Merger shall not have been consummated by the Target Date; provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 9.1(h) shall not be available to Parent in the event that its action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date.
9.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination . Any termination of this Agreement under Section 9.1 will be effective immediately upon the delivery of a valid written notice of the terminating party to the other party hereto (taking into consideration any cure periods provided in Section 9.1 ). In the event of the termination of this
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Agreement as provided in Section 9.1 , this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect, except (a) as set forth in Section 6.3(a) , this Section 9.2 , Section 9.3 and Article X , each of which shall survive the termination of this Agreement and (b) nothing herein shall relieve any party to this Agreement from liability for any willful breach of this Agreement. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the obligations of the parties contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, all of which obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with their terms.
9.3 Fees and Expenses . Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including fees and expenses of financial advisors, financial sponsors, legal counsel and other advisors ( Transaction Expenses ), shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses whether or not the Merger is consummated. With respect to the Company, Transaction Expenses unpaid as of the Effective Time that shall be deducted in the calculation of the Initial Cash Merger Consideration shall also include (i) $100,000 as the anticipated cost of obtaining an audit of the Companys financial statements and (ii) $75,000 as the anticipated costs of retention payments to be paid to certain of the Companys employees and consultants.
9.4 Amendment . Subject to applicable Legal Requirements, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, by action duly authorized by the parties, at any time before or after approval and adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, provided that after approval and adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, no amendment shall be made which requires further approval by the stockholders of the Company without such further stockholder approval. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement may not be amended except by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of (i) prior to the Closing, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and, (ii) after the Closing, each of Parent and the Stockholders Representative.
9.5 Extension; Waiver . At any time prior to the Effective Time either party hereto, by action duly authorized by such party, may, to the extent legally allowed: (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto; (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto; and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. Delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right.
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ARTICLE X.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, (ii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or, the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day) of transmission by pdf or facsimile, or (iii) on the date of confirmation of receipt (or, the first Business Day following such receipt if the date is not a Business Day) if delivered by a nationally recognized courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
(a) | if to Parent or Merger Sub, to: |
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
1901 Olathe Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66103
Attention: Steven St. Peter
Telephone No.: (913) 951-2132
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Latham & Watkins LLP
John Hancock Tower, 20th Floor
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Attention: Peter N. Handrinos, Esq.
Telephone No.: (617) 948-6060
Telecopy No.: (617) 948-6001
(b) | if to the Company (prior to the Closing), to: |
Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
Attention: Geneviève Hansen
2683 Via De La Valle (Suite G-335)
Del Mar, CA 92014
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If to the Stockholders Representative (after the Closing)
Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
c/o Jeffrey Miles
512 North Fulton Street
Ojai, California 93023
Telephone No.: (323) 356-1846
Telecopy No.: (503) 218-8993
in each case with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Juan Estruch
P.O. Box 5000 - PMB 168
Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067
Telephone No.: 858-442-1404
and
Hans Peter Bissinger
11022 Winners Circle, # 200
Los Alamitos, California 90720
Telephone No.: (714) 202-4612
Telecopy No.:(503) 218-8993
and
Morrison & Foerster LLP
12531 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, California 92130
Attention: Jay de Groot
Telephone No.: (858) 720-5180
Telecopy No.: (858) 720-5125
10.2 Interpretation; Knowledge .
(a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to Exhibits, such reference shall be to an Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Agreement; (i) the words include , includes and including , when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words without limitation;
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(ii) hereof, hereto, hereby, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (iii) date hereof refers to the date of this Agreement; (iv) extent in the phrase to the extent shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase does not mean simply if; (v) definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; (vi) references to an agreement or instrument mean such agreement or instrument as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented; (vii) references to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns; (viii) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine or neuter and, in each case, vice versa ; and (ix) references to a law or Legal Requirement include any amendment or modification to such law or Legal Requirement and any rules or regulations issued thereunder, if such amendment or modification, or such rule or regulation is effective, on or before the date on which the compliance with such law or Legal Requirement is at issue. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When reference is made herein to the business of an entity, such reference shall be deemed to include the business of such entity and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Agreement. An exception or disclosure made in the Company Disclosure Letter with regard to a representation of the Company in any section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to have been disclosed for purposes of all representations and warranties under this Agreement, without the need for specific references on each Schedule or cross-references thereto so long as the relevance for such disclosure is reasonably apparent on its face. The information contained in the Company Disclosure Letter hereto is disclosed solely for the purposes of this Agreement, and no information contained therein shall be deemed to be an admission by any party hereto to any third party of any matter whatsoever, including of any violation of law or breach of any agreement with such third party, or that such matter is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the term Knowledge shall mean with respect to the Company that one or more of the officers of the Company or the individuals listed in Section 10.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) has actual knowledge of the fact or other matter at issue or (ii) should have had actual knowledge of such fact or other matter assuming reasonable inquiry of such individuals direct reports, including the Companys external counsel who has knowledge of the fact or other matter, through the diligent exercise of such individuals duties as an officer or employee of the Company.
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(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the term Material Adverse Effect , when used in connection with an entity, shall mean any change or effect that is materially adverse to such entitys business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations, taken as a whole with its Subsidiaries; provided , however , in no event shall any of the following, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect on any entity: (i) any change or effect resulting from compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) any change or effect resulting from changes in Legal Requirements or the interpretation thereof (which change or effect does not disproportionately affect such entity in any material respect); (iii) any change or effect resulting from changes affecting any of the industries in which such entity or its Subsidiaries operates generally, the United States or worldwide economy generally or financial markets or political conditions generally (which changes in each case do not disproportionately affect such entity in any material respect); (iv) any natural disaster or any acts of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war (whether or not declared) or any escalation or worsening thereof (which change or effect does not disproportionately affect such entity in any material respect); (v) failure to meet internal forecasts or financial projections (it being understood that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failure may be deemed to constitute, and may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect); (vi) any change or effect attributable to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or the announcement of the execution of, this Agreement, including loss of any employees, customers, licensees, suppliers, partners or distributors; or (vii) any litigation arising from allegations of a breach of fiduciary duty or misrepresentation in any disclosure relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) No representation or warranty regarding or relating to (i) Tax matters is being made, except as set forth in Sections 3.9 and 3.14 , (ii) intellectual property is being made, except as set forth in Section 3.10 , (iii) employee benefit matters is being made, except as set forth in S ection 3.14 , (iii) environmental, health or safety matters, including any arising under Environmental Laws, is being made, except as set forth in Section 3.17 , (iv) regulatory compliance is being made, except as set forth in Section 3.19 .
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, the term Person shall mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental Entity.
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10.3 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two (2) or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.
10.4 Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Company Disclosure Letter, the Escrow Agreement and the certificates delivered by the Company in connection herewith (a) constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, it being understood that the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the Closing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement and (b) are not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies hereunder and no Person is or shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary hereunder, except, following the Effective Time, such provisions that act for the benefit of the Company Holders, as set forth in Sections 2.7(a) , 2.7(b), 6.12 , 8.3(c) and 10.11 , respectively.
10.5 Severability . In the event that any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the greatest extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
10.6 Other Remedies . Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each of the parties agrees that, without posting bond or other undertaking, the other parties will be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or violations of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof in any proceeding instituted in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction over the
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parties and the matter in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, in the case of any claim as to which the federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal Court of the United States of America, sitting in Delaware ( Federal Court )), this being in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity. Each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach or violation, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
10.7 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.
10.8 Consent to Jurisdiction . In any action or proceeding between any of the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of the parties hereto: (i) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, in the case of any claim as to which the federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, the Federal Court); (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding must be commenced, and may be heard and determined, exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if applicable, the Federal Court); (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (and, if applicable, the Federal Court); and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if applicable, the Federal Court). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1 . Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
10.9 Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the parties irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
10.10 Legal Representation . If the Stockholders Representative so desires, acting on behalf of the Company Holders and without the need for any consent or waiver by the Company or Parent, Morrison & Foerster LLP ( Morrison ) shall be permitted to represent the Company Holders after the Closing in connection with the
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transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any other agreements referenced herein or any disagreement or dispute relating thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the Closing, Morrison shall be permitted to represent the Company Holders, any of their agents and Affiliates, or any one or more of them, in connection with any negotiation, transaction or dispute (including any litigation, arbitration or other adversary proceeding) with Parent, the Company or any of their agents or Affiliates under or relating to this Agreement, any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and any related matter, such as claims or disputes arising under other agreements entered into in connection with this Agreement, including with respect to any indemnification claims. Upon and after the Closing, the Company shall cease to have any attorney-client relationship with Morrison, unless and to the extent Morrison is specifically engaged in writing by the Company to represent the Company after the Closing and either such engagement involves no conflict of interest with respect to the Company Holders or the Stockholders Representative consents in writing at the time to such engagement. Any such representation of the Company by Morrison after the Closing shall not affect the foregoing provisions hereof.
10.11 Attorney-Client Privilege . The attorney-client privilege of the Company related to the Merger shall be deemed to be the right of the Company Holders, and not that of the Surviving Corporation, following the Closing, and may be waived only by the Stockholders Representative. Absent the consent of the Stockholders Representative, neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall have a right to access attorney-client privileged material of the Company related to the Merger following the Closing.
10.12 Rules of Construction . The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.
10.13 Assignment . No party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10.13 shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent may sell, transfer or assign its rights under this Agreement to any third party, as part of a sale or transfer of substantially all of Parents assets or of the assets of the Surviving Corporation; provided that such third party agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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10.14 No Waiver . No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in the exercise of any right hereunder will impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence in, any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement herein, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized respective officers as of the date first written above.
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Steven St. Peter | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
JAYHAWK ACQUISITION CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Steven St. Peter | ||
President | ||
VET THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Geneviève Hansen |
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Geneviève Hansen | ||
President | ||
STOCKHOLDERS REPRESENTATIVE | ||
(with respect to Article VIII only) | ||
/s/ Jeffrey Miles |
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Jeffrey Miles |
Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Share Purchase Agreement ( Agreement ) is made as of October 13, 2013 (the Effective Date ), by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), and each of those persons and entities listed as a Purchaser on the Schedule of Purchasers attached as Exhibit A hereto (the Schedule of Purchasers ). Such persons and entities are hereinafter collectively referred to as Purchasers and each individually as a Purchaser .
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF SECURITIES.
The Company has authorized the sale and issuance of 1,234,375 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock ), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The shares of Common Stock sold hereunder at the Closing (as defined below) shall be referred to as the Shares .
SECTION 2. AGREEMENT TO SELL AND PURCHASE THE SECURITIES.
2.1 Sale of Shares . At the Closing (as defined in Section 3), the Company will sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser will purchase from the Company, the number of Shares set forth opposite such Purchasers name on the Schedule of Purchasers at a purchase price of $16.00 per Share.
2.2 Separate Agreement . Each Purchaser shall severally, and not jointly, be liable for only the purchase of the Shares that appear on the Schedule of Purchasers that relate to such Purchaser. The Companys agreement with each of the Purchasers is a separate agreement, and the sale of Shares to each of the Purchasers is a separate sale. The obligations of each Purchaser hereunder are expressly not conditioned on the purchase by any or all of the other Purchasers of the Shares such other Purchasers have agreed to purchase.
SECTION 3. CLOSING AND DELIVERY.
3.1 Closing . The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (which Shares are set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers) pursuant to this Agreement (the Closing ) shall be held on October 17, 2013 at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, John Hancock Tower, 20th Floor, 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, or on such other date and place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Purchasers. At or prior to the Closing, the Company and each Purchaser shall execute any related agreements or other documents required to be executed hereunder, dated as of the date of the Closing (the Closing Date ).
3.2 Issuance of the Shares at the Closing. On or prior to the Closing, (i) the Company shall issue to each Purchaser a stock certificate registered in the name of such
Purchaser, or in such nominee name(s) as designated by such Purchaser, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as provided in Section 5.3 hereof) representing the number of Shares to be purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing as set forth in Schedule of Purchasers and (ii) upon confirmation that the stock certificate representing the number of Shares to be purchased by a Purchaser at the Closing as set forth in Schedule of Purchasers has been received by such Purchaser or such Purchasers custodian, such Purchaser shall pay the purchase price to the Company for the Shares to be issued and sold to such Purchaser at the Closing, by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Companys written wire instructions. The name(s) in which the stock certificates are to be issued to each Purchaser will be provided to the Company by each Purchaser in substance substantially similar to the Stock Certificate Questionnaire and the information requested of each Purchaser on the Registration Statement Questionnaire will be provided to the Company by each Purchaser in substance substantially similar to the Registration Statement Questionnaire, both attached hereto as Exhibits B and C (the Stock Certificate Questionnaire and the Registration Statement Questionnaire , respectively), and shall be provided to the Company no later than the Closing Date.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
Except as otherwise expressly described in the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) available on EDGAR to the public since June 27, 2013 (the Commission Documents ), or in the Companys press releases, as posted on the website of the Company in the Investor Relations News Releases section, since June 27, 2013 (the Press Releases , and together with the Commission Documents, the Company Information ), which qualify the following representations and warranties in their entirety, the Company hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each Purchaser, as follows:
4.1 Organization and Standing; Subsidiaries . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other documents delivered by the Company pursuant hereto; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, properties, condition, financial or otherwise, in the results of operations or business of the Company, or materially impair the Companys ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement (a Company Material Adverse Effect ). The Company has no subsidiaries which have incurred any material liabilities.
4.2 Corporate Power; Authorization. The Company has the requisite power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other documents delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the other documents delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and the consummation and performance by it of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and no further consent or action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. This Agreement and the other documents delivered by the Company pursuant hereto have been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
4.3 No Conflicts or Violations . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other documents delivered by the Company pursuant hereto and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Companys restated certificate of incorporation or amended and restated bylaws, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, or give any rights to receipt of any portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares pursuant to, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company debt or otherwise) to which the Company is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) and the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject, or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Governmental Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been or will be obtained or made under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Securities Act ), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rule and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Exchange Act ), and such as may be required under the securities, or blue sky, laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated herein.
4.5 Issuance and Delivery of the Shares . The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Neither the issuance nor delivery of the Shares is subject to preemptive, co-sale or any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances (other than any liens or encumbrances created by or imposed by the Purchaser purchasing the applicable Shares pursuant to the terms of this Agreement). Assuming the accuracy of the representations made by each Purchaser in Section 5, the offer and issuance by the Company of the Shares is exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
4.6 Capitalization . All of the Companys outstanding shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive, co-sale or other rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of October 10, 2013, there were 21,896,180 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and zero shares of Preferred Stock issued or outstanding. There are no other shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Company issued or outstanding. The Company has no capital stock reserved for issuance, except that, as of the Effective Date, 347,782 shares of Common Stock are subject to outstanding stock options and 601,697 shares of Common Stock remain available for future issuance under the Companys equity incentive plans. Except as stated above, there are no outstanding options, warrants, or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company that have been granted by the Company. The issuance of Common Stock or other securities pursuant to any provision of this Agreement will not give rise to any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal, co-sale rights or any other similar rights on behalf of any person or result in the triggering of any anti-dilution or other similar rights. There are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution provisions that will be triggered by the issuance of the Shares.
4.7 Commission Documents; Financial Statements . Each document filed with the Commission by the Company complied in all material respects with the Exchange Act. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Commission Documents, since December 31, 2012, (i) there have not been any changes in the assets, liabilities, financial condition or operations of the Company from that reflected in the Companys audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 included in the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-187372), except changes in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that would not be reasonably expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Companys financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the Commission, which would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the Company has not altered its critical accounting policies, and (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock.
4.8 No Proceedings or Investigations . Except as disclosed in the Company Information, there is no proceeding, or, to the Companys knowledge, inquiry or investigation, before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would be reasonably expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 NASDAQ Compliance . The Company has not, since June 26, 2013, received notice (written or oral) from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or NASDAQ to the
effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market. The Company is in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The issuance and sale of the Shares under this Agreement does not contravene the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market, and no approval of the stockholders of the Company thereunder is required for the Company to issue and deliver the Shares to the Purchasers.
4.10 Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Except as set forth in the second sentence of this Section 4.10, the Company is in compliance in all material respects with applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ), and applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder. Pursuant to the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act ), the Company is not required to comply, and therefore does not comply, with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, until it is no longer classified as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
4.11 Disclosure Controls and Procedures . The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) that are effective in all material respects to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its subsidiaries, is made known to its chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others within those entities. The Companys certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys controls and procedures as of June 30, 2013. The Company presented in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013 the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of June 30, 2013. Since June 30, 2013, there have been no significant changes in the Companys internal controls (as such term is defined in Item 307(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) or, to the Companys knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect the Companys internal controls.
4.12 No Integrated or Aggregated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any person acting on its behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause the offering of Shares contemplated by this Agreement to be (i) integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act or (ii) aggregated with prior offerings by the Company for the purposes of the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market.
4.13 Price of Common Stock . The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of the Common Stock or any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
4.14 No General Solicitation . Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares.
4.15 Environmental Laws . The Company (i) is in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants ( Environmental Laws ), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties, that would, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.16 No Registration Rights . No holder of any security of the Company has any right, which has not been waived, to have any security owned by such holder included in the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in Section 8.1(a)(i)).
4.17 Shell Company Status . The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i) of the Securities Act.
4.18 Investment Company Status . The Company is not, and upon consummation of the sale of the Shares will not be, an investment company, an affiliate of an investment company, a company controlled by an investment company or an affiliated person of, or promoter or principal underwriter for, an investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
4.19 Title . The Company has good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it that is material to the business of the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except as described in the Commission Documents or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company. Any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company is held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company. The Company does not own any real property.
4.20 Intellectual Property .
(a) All patents and patent applications filed by or on behalf of the Company (the Owned Patents ) are owned or co-owned by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, except with respect to licenses granted in the ordinary course of business as such licenses and business are described in the Commission Documents, defects or other restrictions, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company reasonably believes that the Owned Patents are (or will be upon their issuance) valid and enforceable, except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) In connection with the Companys Owned Patents, all known prior art references material to the patentability of the Owned Patents have been disclosed or will be disclosed to the USPTO to the extent required by and in accordance with 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56;
and neither the Company nor, to the Companys knowledge, any other person has made any material misrepresentations or concealed any information material to the patentability of the Owned Patents from the USPTO in such applications or in connection with the prosecution of such applications, in violation of 37 C.F.R. Section 1.56.
(c) Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, to the Companys knowledge, the Company owns or possesses rights to use, or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms ownership of or rights to use, all patents, patent applications, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names and other intellectual property (collectively, Intellectual Property ) necessary for the conduct of the Companys business as now conducted, and for the manufacture, use or sale of its presently proposed products, as described in the Commission Documents.
(d) The Company has not received any written notice from a third party that the Company has infringed the Intellectual Property of such third party that, singly or in the aggregate, would be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To the Companys knowledge, and except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there are no valid and enforceable rights of third parties to such Intellectual Property that are or would be infringed by the business currently conducted by the Company or in the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of its presently proposed products, as described in the Commission Documents.
(f) Except as set forth in the Commission Documents, the Intellectual Property owned by the Company is not subject to any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or any federal, state, local, foreign or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any arbitrator, except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(g) To the Companys knowledge, there are no ongoing infringements by any third parties of any material Owned Patents in connection with the business currently conducted by the Company or its presently proposed products, as described in the Commission Documents, except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
4.21 Regulatory Compliance .
(a) The Company holds all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates, registrations, exemptions, licenses, variances and permits ( Permits ) of and from, and has made all required declarations and filings with, and complied with all formal recommendations of, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities, including, without limitation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) and comparable foreign regulatory agencies, and all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Commission Documents, except as disclosed in the Commission Documents, and except to the extent that the failure to hold such permits, or to make such declarations or filings, or to comply with such recommendations would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All Permits are in full force and effect. The Company has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, suspension, cancellation, revocation, or material adverse modification thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any Permit, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any notice of any pending or threatened claims, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, audit, investigation, arbitration, or other action from any governmental entity relating to the suspension, cancellation, revocation or material adverse modification of any Permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, except as described in the Commission Documents.
(b) None of the FDA or other governmental entity, including any applicable foreign regulatory agency, has recommended, commenced, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate, any action to terminate, delay or suspend any proposed or ongoing clinical investigations conducted or proposed to be conducted by or on behalf of the Company.
(c) To the best of the Companys knowledge, all the operations of the Company and all the manufacturing facilities and operations of the Companys suppliers of products and product candidates and the components thereof manufactured in or imported into the United States are in compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and standards administered or enforced by the FDA and any other governmental entity, and all the operations of the Company and all the manufacturing facilities and operations of the Companys suppliers of products and product candidates manufactured outside, or exported from, the United States are in compliance with applicable foreign regulatory requirements and standards, except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance with such laws, rules, regulations and standards would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Except as described in the Commission Documents, the preclinical studies and clinical trials, including target animal studies, conducted by or on behalf of the Company are being or have been conducted in accordance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA and any other governmental entity, including the current Good Clinical Practices and Good Laboratory Practices, and all applicable foreign regulatory requirements and standards.
(e) The Company has operated its business and currently is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules, regulations and policies of the FDA or any other governmental entity, including any applicable foreign regulatory organization. Since January 1, 2010, the Company has not had any product or manufacturing site subject to a governmental entity (including FDA) shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received any FDA Form 483 or other governmental entity notice of inspectional observations, warning letters, untitled letters, other requests or requirements from any governmental entity to make changes to the Companys products that if not complied with would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Company, or similar notice from the FDA or other governmental entity
alleging or asserting noncompliance with any applicable laws, Permits, or such requests or requirements of a governmental entity. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the FDA nor any other governmental entity is considering any such action.
(f) Since January 1, 2010, the Company has not had any recalls, field notifications, field corrections, market withdrawals or replacements, warnings, dear doctor letters, investigator notices, safety alerts or other notice of action relating to an alleged lack of safety, efficacy, or regulatory compliance of the Companys products.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASERS.
5.1 Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and covenants with the Company that:
(a) Such Purchaser, taking into account the personnel and resources it can practically bring to bear on the purchase of the Shares contemplated hereby, is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make, decisions with respect to investments in securities presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Shares, including investments in securities issued by the Company, and has requested, received, reviewed and considered all information such Purchaser deems relevant (including the Commission Documents) in making an informed decision to purchase the Shares.
(b) Such Purchaser is acquiring the Shares pursuant to this Agreement for its own account for investment only and with no present intention of distributing any of such Shares or any arrangement or understanding with any other persons regarding the distribution of such Shares.
(c) Such Purchaser is an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
(d) (i) Such Purchaser is an entity duly organized and validly existing in good standing (to the extent such concepts are applicable) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) such Purchaser has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and (iii) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors and contracting parties rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(e) Such Purchaser is not a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act and is not affiliated with a registered broker dealer. Such Purchaser is not party to any agreement for distribution of any of the Shares.
(f) Such Purchaser shall have delivered to the Company at no later than the Closing Date, (i) the name(s) in which the stock certificate is to be issued to such Purchaser in substance substantially similar to the Stock Certificate Questionnaire and (ii) the Registration Statement Questionnaire for use in preparation of the Registration Statement (in a substance substantially similar to Exhibit C ), and such information is true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date and will be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date and the effective date of the Registration Statement; provided that such Purchaser shall be entitled to update such information by providing notice thereof to the Company at least two days before the effective date of such Registration Statement.
(g) Such Purchaser (including any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such Purchaser, as the term control is defined pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and its implementing regulations (the HSR Act )) does not, and upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, hold voting securities of the Company exceeding an aggregate fair market value as of the Closing Date of seventy million nine hundred thousand dollars ($70,900,000), calculated pursuant to the HSR Act.
5.2 Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other materials presented to such Purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. Such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of the Shares.
5.3 Legends. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, understands that the Shares may bear one or more legends in substantially the following form and substance:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS.
In addition, stock certificates representing the Shares may contain any legend required by the blue sky laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the sale of such Shares hereunder.
5.4 Restricted Securities. Purchaser understands that the Shares are characterized as restricted securities under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations such Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, such Purchaser represents that it is familiar with Commission Rule 144, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.
5.5 Pending Acquisition and Resale Registration. Purchaser understands that the Company intends to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement ) on or about the date hereof with respect to the acquisition of Vet Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which Vet Therapeutics, Inc. become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the Merger ). Purchaser also understands that, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company shall be obligated to register for resale the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with the completion of the Merger (the Merger Shares ). Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company may include the Merger Shares and additional shares of Common Stock held by other shareholders of the Company in the Registration Statement (as defined below).
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS TO COMPANYS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.
The Companys obligation to complete the sale and issuance of the Shares and deliver Shares to each Purchaser, individually, as set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers at the Closing shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by the Company:
6.1 Receipt of Payment. Subject to confirmation of receipt of the stock certificates as set forth in Section 3.2 above, the Company shall have received payment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the full amount of the purchase price for the number of Shares being purchased by each Purchaser at the Closing as set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers.
6.2 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by each Purchaser in Section 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as of, and as if made on, the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date.
6.3 Receipt of Executed Documents. Each Purchaser shall have executed and delivered to the Company (i) the name(s) in which the stock certificate is to be issued to each Purchaser in substance substantially similar to the Stock Certificate Questionnaire, (ii) the Registration Statement Questionnaire (in substance substantially similar to that set forth in Exhibit C ) and (iii) a Lock-Up Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D hereto.
6.4 NASDAQ Approval. The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance
6.5 Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity . On or before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately following the date hereof, the Company shall issue a press release (the Press Release ) reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby, or alternatively, the Company will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission describing the terms of this Agreement (and including this Agreement as an exhibit to such Current Report on Form 8-K). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Purchaser, or include the name of any Purchaser in any press release, without the prior written consent of such Purchaser. From and after the issuance of the Press Release or such Form 8-K, no Purchaser shall be in possession of any material, non-public information received from the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, that is not disclosed in the Press Release.
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS TO PURCHASERS OBLIGATIONS AT THE CLOSING.
Each Purchasers obligation to accept delivery of the Shares being purchased by such Purchaser at the Closing as set forth in the Schedule of Purchasers and to pay for such Shares shall be subject to the following conditions to the extent not waived by such Purchaser:
7.1 Representations and Warranties Correct. The representations and warranties made by the Company in Section 4 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect, or words of like effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) as of, and as if made on, the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date.
7.2 Legal Opinion. The Purchasers shall have received an opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP, special counsel to the Company, in a customary form reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers.
7.3 Certificates. Each Purchaser shall have received:
(a) A certificate signed by the Companys Chief Executive Officer to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 4 hereof are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect, or words of like effect, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true in all respects) as of, and as if made on, the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and that the Company has satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions set forth in this Section 7.
(b) A certificate signed by the Secretary of the Company to which is attached a true, complete and correct copy of each of the restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, the amended and restated bylaws of the Company and certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, to the effect that (i) no document with respect to any amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the Company has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware since July 2, 2013, and no action has been taken or, to the best knowledge of the Secretary of the Company, is contemplated by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Company, for the purpose of effecting any such amendment or the
dissolution, merger or consolidation of the Company, (ii) no proposal for any amendment, repeal or other modification to the amended and restated bylaws of the Company has been taken or is currently pending before the Board of Directors or stockholders of the Company and (iii) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have not been altered, amended or superseded and remain in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
7.4 Good Standing. The Company shall be validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware as of the Effective Date and the Closing Date.
7.5 NASDAQ Approval. The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance.
7.6 Material Adverse Effect . No Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement or be reasonably expected to occur.
SECTION 8. REGISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES; COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
8.1 Registration Procedures and Expenses .
(a) Except during a Suspension, the Company will, subject to receipt of necessary information from the Purchasers:
(i) as soon as practicable, but in any event no later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90th day after the Closing Date, to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 or other applicable form available to the Company (the Registration Statement ) covering the resale by each Purchaser of the Shares purchased by each Purchaser hereunder that has complied with Section 8.5 (the Registrable Securities ).
(ii) cause (A) the Registration Statement, as may be amended from time to time, to become effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is filed by the Company, but in any event no later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90 th day after the Closing Date, or if the Registration Statement is reviewed by the Commission, on the 120 th day after the Closing Date (its Required Effective Date );
(iii) cause any prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement (a Prospectus ) to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next day that is not a weekend or holiday and the NASDAQ Global Market is not closed ( Trading Day ) following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission;
(iv) promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and any Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective until the earliest of (1) such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement and (2) the first anniversary of the Closing Date;
(v) so long as the Registration Statement is effective covering the resale of Registrable Securities owned by the Purchasers, furnish to each Purchaser with respect to the Registrable Securities registered under such Registration Statement such reasonable number of copies of Prospectuses and such other documents as such Purchaser may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Securities by such Purchaser;
(vi) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraphs (i) through (v) of this Section 8.1(a) and the registration of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, other than fees and expenses, if any, of counsel or other advisers to the Purchasers or brokerage fees and commissions incurred by the Purchasers; and
(vii) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify each Purchaser of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(b) The Company shall be permitted to suspend or delay for one or more periods (each such period, a Suspension ) the actions required under Sections 8.1(a) and the use of a Prospectus forming a part of a Registration Statement in the event that (i) the Company is engaged in any activity or transaction or preparations or negotiations for any activity or transaction that the Company desires to keep confidential for business reasons, if the Company determines in good faith that the public disclosure requirements imposed on the Company under the Securities Act in connection with the Registration Statement would require disclosure of such activity, transaction, preparations or negotiations, (ii) any financial statements or other information required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement are not available, or (iii) the Company has timely filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to satisfy its undertakings under Item 512 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act or to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and such amendment shall have not yet been declared effective by the Commission. The Company agrees to file such amendment, supplement or report or otherwise disclose such additional information as soon as practicable following such notice of such Suspension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees that no Suspension shall be for a period of longer than 45 days and no Suspension or Suspensions shall be for an aggregate in any 365-day period of longer than 90 days; provided that any Suspension of up to 20 days pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 8.1(b) shall not count toward the calculation of such periods.
(c) With a view to making available to the Purchasers the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) and any other rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Purchaser to sell Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (A) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, until the earlier of (1) such date as all of the Purchasers Registrable Securities may be resold without volume or manner of sale limitations
pursuant to Rule 144(b) or any other rule of similar effect or (2) such date as all of the Purchasers Registrable Securities shall have been resold; (B) file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and (C) furnish to the Purchaser upon request, as long as the Purchaser owns any Registrable Securities, (1) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (2) a copy of the Companys most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, if available, except to the extent that such documents are available from the Commission on its EDGAR website, and (3) such other information as may be reasonably requested (including but not limited to, opinion of counsel) in order to avail the Purchaser of any rule or regulation of the Commission that permits the selling of any such Registrable Securities without registration.
8.2 Delay in Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Required Effective Date (subject to any extension for a permissible Suspension), then, in addition to any other rights available to the Purchasers, on such Required Effective Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Required Effective Date (if the Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission by such date) until the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall pay to each Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, a cash payment equal to 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser to the Company with respect to the Shares then held by such Purchaser that are Registrable Securities. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission; provided that the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Purchaser under this Section 8.2 shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser to the Company with respect to the Shares then held by such Purchaser that are Registrable Securities. The parties agree that such liquidated damages shall not be the exclusive damages under this Agreement with respect to the Registration Statement not being declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Required Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no liquidated or other damages shall be due to a Purchaser in respect of (A) any limitation on the number of Shares that may be registered imposed by the Commission following the Companys reasonable best efforts not to have such limitation imposed, or (B) the failure to have any Registration Statement declared effective on the Required Effective Date in the event that such failure results from a breach by such Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement.
8.3 Maintenance of Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Listing on Permitted Securities Exchange. If at any time after the Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, sales cannot be made thereunder due to the failure of the Company to maintain the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (other than during a permissible Suspension), in each case for a period of longer than 10 days, or for an aggregate in any 365-day period of longer than 60 days (each such period, a Maintenance Period and the final day of each such period, a Maintenance Date ), then, in addition to any other rights available to the Purchasers, on each such Maintenance Date and on each successive Maintenance Date, until the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission (if the Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission by such date), the Company shall pay to each Purchaser, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, a cash payment equal to 1.5% of the
aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser to the Company with respect to the Shares then held by such Purchaser that are Registrable Securities. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a pro rata basis for any portion of a Maintenance Period prior to the Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission; provided that the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Purchaser under this Section 8.3 shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Purchaser to the Company with respect to the Shares then held by such Purchaser that are Registrable Securities. The parties agree that such liquidated damages shall not be the exclusive damages under this Agreement with respect to the failure of the Company to maintain for any Maintenance Period the effectiveness of such Registration Statement (other than during a permissible Suspension). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no liquidated or other damages shall be due to a Purchaser in respect of the failure to maintain the effectiveness of any Registration Statement for any Maintenance Period or the failure of the Common Stock to be listed or included for quotation on a Permitted Securities Exchange for any Maintenance Period in the event that such failure results from a breach by such Purchaser of its obligations under this Agreement.
8.4 Restrictions on Transferability.
(a) Each Purchaser agrees that it will not effect any disposition of the Shares or its right to purchase the Shares that would constitute a sale within the meaning of the Securities Act or pursuant to any applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws of any state, except (i) as contemplated in the Registration Statement referred to in Section 8.1 above, (ii) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144 (in which case such Purchaser will provide the Company with reasonable evidence of such Purchasers compliance therewith) or (iii) pursuant to a written opinion of legal counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and addressed to the Company to the effect that registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act is not required in connection with the proposed transfer; whereupon the holder of such securities shall be entitled to transfer such securities. Each certificate evidencing the securities transferred as above provided shall bear the appropriate restrictive legends as may be required by Section 5.4.
(b) Each Purchaser hereby covenants that such Purchaser will not sell any Shares pursuant to any Prospectus during a Suspension.
(c) None of the Shares shall be transferable except upon the conditions specified in this Section 8, which are intended to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser will cause any proposed transferee of the Shares held by such Purchaser to agree to take and hold such Shares subject to the provisions and upon the conditions specified in this Section 8 if and to the extent that such Shares continue to be restricted securities in the hands of the transferee. In the case of a partnership distribution by any Purchaser, the foregoing agreement may be evidenced by a unilateral instruction letter or similar notice provided by the Purchaser to each transferee referencing this Agreement and informing the transferee that, by accepting the distribution of the Shares, the transferee will be subject to the provisions and conditions specified in this Section 8 if and to the extent that such Shares continue to be restricted securities in the hands of the transferee.
(d) Subject to Section 10 hereof, each Purchaser covenants that such Purchaser will sell or transfer any Shares in accordance with the applicable Registration
Statement (to the extent such Purchaser is not relying on clauses (ii) or (iii) of Section 8.4(a) hereof), the Securities Act, applicable state securities laws and, to the extent the exemption from prospectus delivery requirements in Rule 172 under the Securities Act is not available, the requirement of delivering a current prospectus in connection with any proposed transfer or sale of the Shares; provided, however , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Purchaser be liable for any violation of such laws, rules or regulations to the extent such violation results from a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company in this Agreement or any document delivered hereunder or thereunder or the failure by such Purchaser is directly caused by the Companys failure to provide written notice of a Suspension to such Purchaser.
8.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition to the Companys obligations to take any action under this Agreement with respect to the registration of a Purchasers Registrable Securities that such Purchaser shall promptly furnish to the Company, upon request, such reasonable and customary information regarding itself, such Purchasers Registrable Securities, and the intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities. In connection therewith, each Purchaser shall be required to represent to the Company that all such information which is given is both complete and accurate in all material respects when made.
SECTION 9. NOTICES.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be sent by confirmed facsimile or electronic mail, or mailed by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when so sent in the case of facsimile or electronic mail transmission, or when so received in the case of mail or courier, and addressed as follows:
(a) | if to the Company, to: |
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
1901 Olathe Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66103
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
E-Mail: sstpeter@aratana.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Latham & Watkins LLP
John Hancock Tower, 20 th Floor
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Attn: Peter N. Handrinos
Fax: (617) 948-6060
Email: peter.handrinos@lw.com
or to such other person at such other place as the Company shall designate to the Purchasers in writing; and
(b) if to a Purchaser, at the address as set forth on such Purchasers signature page to this Agreement, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.
SECTION 10. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
10.1 For purposes of this Section 10 only:
(a) the term Purchaser shall include the Purchaser and any affiliate (as such term is defined pursuant to Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of such Purchaser;
(b) the term Prospectus shall mean the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in the form first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act or, if no Rule 424(b) filing is required, filed as part of the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness, as supplemented or amended from time to time; and
(c) the term Registration Statement shall include any final prospectus, exhibit, supplement or amendment included in or relating to a Registration Statement.
10.2 The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Purchasers and each person, if any, who controls each Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, joint or several, to which such Purchasers may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls each Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act for any legal and other expenses as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Purchaser or any person, if any, who controls such Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however , that the Company will not be liable to such Purchaser in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus in reliance upon (and prior to the furnishing by the Purchaser of corrective information to the Company) and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Purchaser expressly for use therein; (ii) the failure of such Purchaser to comply with the covenants and agreements contained herein unless such failure by such Purchaser results from a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company in this Agreement or any other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or is caused by the Companys failure to provide written notice of a Suspension to such Purchaser; or (iii) the inaccuracy of any representations made by such Purchaser herein.
10.3 Each Purchaser shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the other Purchasers and the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to which the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed a Registration Statement or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of such Purchaser) insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Purchaser expressly for use therein, and will reimburse the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed a Registration Statement or controlling persons for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred, as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed a Registration Statement or controlling persons in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. No Purchaser shall be liable for the indemnification obligations of any other Purchaser.
10.4 Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of the threat or commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 10, promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party hereunder or otherwise to the extent it is not prejudiced in any material respect as a result of such failure. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however , if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to
such indemnified party under this Section 10 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed such counsel in connection with the assumption of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party, in the defense of any claim covered by this Section 10, shall, except with the prior written consent of the indemnified party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release of the indemnified party and the indemnifying party from all liability in respect to such claim. An indemnified party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party.
10.5 If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 10.2 or 10.3 above in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and each Purchaser on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or other matters which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, in the case of an untrue statement, whether the untrue statement relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or each Purchaser on the other and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement. The Company and the Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10.5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 10.5. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 10.5(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Purchasers obligations in this subsection to contribute are several in proportion to their sales of Securities to which such loss relates and not joint.
10.6 Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein, no Purchaser will be liable for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in excess of the net amount received by such Purchaser from the sale of the Securities.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.1 Waivers and Amendments. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged, terminated, modified or amended except upon the written consent of the Company and each Purchaser.
11.2 Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to be part of this Agreement.
11.3 Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be deemed invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and any such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision of this Agreement shall be replaced with a valid, legal and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the same economic, business and other purposes of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.
11.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York.
11.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other parties.
11.6 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators of the parties hereto.
11.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and other documents delivered pursuant hereto, including the exhibits, constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
11.8 Expenses. Each party hereto shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and all the transactions contemplated thereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Steven St. Peter | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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A DAGE C APITAL P ARTNERS , LP |
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By: |
/s/ Dan Lehan |
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Name: Dan Lehan |
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Title: Chief Operating Officer |
Address: | 200 Clarendon St., 52 nd Floor | |
Boston, MA 02116 |
Telephone: 617-867-2855
Telecopier: 617-867-2801
e-mail: djl@adagecapital.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
375,000 |
$ | 16 | $ | 6,000,000 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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F IDELITY A DVISOR S ERIES VII: F IDELITY A DVISOR H EALTH C ARE F UND | ||
By: |
/s/ Adrien Deberghes |
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Name: Adrian Deberghes | ||
Title: Deputy Treasurer |
Address: | M. Gardiner & Co | |
c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | ||
P.O. Box 35308 | ||
Newark, NJ 07101-8006 |
Telephone:
Telecopier:
e-mail: Fidelity.crcs@jpmorgan.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
113,365 |
$ | 16 | $ | 1,813,840 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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F IDELITY C ENTRAL I NVESTMENT P ORTFOLIOS LLC: F IDELITY H EALTH C ARE C ENTRAL F UND | ||
By: |
/s/ Adrien Deberghes |
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Name: Adrian Deberghes | ||
Title: Deputy Treasurer |
Address: | M. Gardiner & Co | |
c/o JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | ||
P.O. Box 35308 | ||
Newark, NJ 07101-8006 |
Telephone:
Telecopier:
e-mail: Fidelity.crcs@jpmorgan.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
196,710 |
$ | 16 | $ | 3,147,360 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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H UTCHIN H ILL C APITAL P RIMARY F UND , L TD . |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory N. Racz |
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Name: Gregory N. Racz | ||
Title: President |
Address: | c/o Hutchin Hill Capital, LP | |
142 W. 57 th Street, 15 th Floor | ||
New York, NY 10019 |
Telephone: 212-757-2212
Telecopier: 212-757-9298
e-mail: greg.racz@hutchinhill.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
62,500 |
$ | 16 | $ | 1,000,000 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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J ENNISON G LOBAL H EALTHCARE M ASTER F UND , L TD . | ||
By: Jennison Associates LLC |
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Its: Investment Manager to Jennison Global Healthcare Master Fund, Ltd. |
By: |
/s/ David Chan |
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Name: David Chan | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Address: | c/o Jennison Associates LLC | |
466 Lexington Avenue | ||
New York, NY 10017 |
Telephone: 212-833-0476
Telecopier: 212-986-6138
e-mail: dchan@jennison.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
188,408 |
$ | 16 | $ | 3,014,528.00 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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J ENOP G LOBAL H EALTHCARE F UND L IMITED |
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By: Jennison Associates LLC |
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Its: Investment Adviser to Jenop Global Healthcare Fund Limited | ||
By: |
/s/ David Chan |
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Name: David Chan | ||
Title: Managing Director |
Address: | c/o Jennison Associates LLC | |
466 Lexington Avenue | ||
New York, NY 10017 |
Telephone: 212-833-0476
Telecopier: 212-986-6138
e-mail: dchan@jennison.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
61,592 |
$ | 16 | $ | 985,472.00 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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S IO P ARTNERS , LP |
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By: |
/s/ Albert Vigneau |
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Name: Albert Vigneau | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Address: | 535 Fifth Avenue, Suite 910 | |
New York, NY 10017 |
Telephone: 212-601-9786
Telecopier: 212-257-7046
e-mail: albert.vigneau@siocapital.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
103,967 |
$ | 16 | $ | 1,663,472 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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S IO P ARTNERS O FFSHORE , L TD . |
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By: |
/s/ Albert Vigneau |
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Name: Albert Vigneau | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Address: | 535 Fifth Avenue, Suite 910 | |
New York, NY 10017 |
Telephone: 212-601-9786
Telecopier: 212-257-7046
e-mail: albert.vigneau@siocapital.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
49,792 |
$ | 16 | $ | 796,672 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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S IO P ARTNERS QP, LP |
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By: |
/s/ Albert Vigneau |
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Name: Albert Vigneau | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Address: | 535 Fifth Avenue, Suite 910 | |
New York, NY 10017 |
Telephone: 212-601-9786
Telecopier: 212-257-7046
e-mail: albert.vigneau@siocapital.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
18,116 |
$ | 16 | $ | 289,856 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
PURCHASER: |
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V ARIABLE I NSURANCE P RODUCTS F UND IV: H EALTH C ARE P ORTFOLIO |
By: |
/s/ Adrien Deberghes |
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Name: Adrian Deberghes | ||
Title: Deputy Treasurer |
Address: | M. Gardiner & Co | |
c/o JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. | ||
P.O. Box 35308 | ||
Newark, NJ 07101-8006 |
Telephone:
Telecopier:
e-mail: Fidelity.crcs@jpmorgan.com
Shares to be Purchased |
Price Per Share in
Dollars |
Aggregate Price | ||||||
64,925 |
$ | 16 | $ | 1,038,800 |
SIGNATURE PAGE TO
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF PURCHASERS
EXHIBIT B
STOCK CERTIFICATE QUESTIONNAIRE
Pursuant to Section 5 of the Agreement, please provide us with the following information:
1. | The exact name that your Shares are to be registered in (this is the name that will appear on your stock certificate(s)). You may use a nominee name if appropriate: |
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2. | The relationship between the Purchasers and the registered holder listed in response to item 1 above: |
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3. | The mailing address of the registered holder listed in response to item 1 above: |
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4. | The Social Security Number or Tax Identification Number of the registered holder listed in the response to item 1 above: |
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5. | The number of shares that you or your organization will own immediately after the Closing, including those Shares purchased by you or your organization pursuant to this Purchase Agreement and those shares purchased by you or your organization through other transactions: |
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EXHIBIT C
REGISTRATION STATEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, please provide us with the following information:
Plan of Distribution
Attached as Exhibit C-I hereto is a draft of the Plan of Distribution section of the Registration Statement. Do you propose to offer or sell any Shares of Common Stock to be registered on the Registration Statement by means other than those described in Exhibit C-I?
¨ Yes ¨ No
If yes, please describe the manner in which you propose to offer or sell such Shares of Common Stock:
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Selling Stockholders
Pursuant to the Selling Stockholder section of the Registration Statement, please state your or your organizations name exactly as it should appear in the Registration Statement:
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Please provide the number of shares that you or your organization will own immediately after Closing, including those Shares purchased by you or your organization pursuant to this Purchase Agreement and those shares purchased by you or your organization through other transactions:
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C-1
Have you or your organization had any position, office or other material relationship within the past three years with the Company or its affiliates?
¨ Yes ¨ No
If yes, please indicate the nature of any such relationships below:
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Are you (i) an NASD Member (see definition), (ii) a Controlling (see definition) shareholder of an NASD Member, (iii) a Person Associated with a Member of the NASD (see definition), (iv) an Underwriter or a Related Person (see definition) with respect to the proposed offering; (v) do you own any shares or other securities of any NASD Member not purchased in the open market; or (vi) have you made any outstanding subordinated loans to any NASD Member?
Answer: ¨ Yes ¨ No If yes to any of such questions, please identify the question and describe below:
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NASD Member. The term NASD member means either any broker or dealer admitted to membership in the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD). (NASD Manual, By-laws Article I, Definitions)
Control. The term control (including the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power, either individually or with others, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. (Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended)
Person Associated with a member of the NASD. The term person associated with a member of the NASD means every sole proprietor, partner, officer, director, branch manager or executive representative of any NASD Member, or any natural person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any natural person engaged in the investment banking or securities business who is directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by a NASD Member, whether or not such person is registered or exempt from registration with the NASD pursuant to its by-laws. (NASD Manual, By-laws Article I, Definitions)
C-2
Underwriter or a Related Person. The term underwriter or a related person means, with respect to a proposed offering, underwriters, underwriters counsel, financial consultants and advisors, finders, members of the selling or distribution group, and any and all other persons associated with or related to any of such persons. (NASD Interpretation)
C-3
EXHIBIT C-I
FORM OF PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The selling stockholders, which as used herein includes donees, pledgees, transferees or other successorsininterest selling shares received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a gift, pledge, partnership distribution or other transfer, may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of their shares on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market price, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.
The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when disposing of shares:
| ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
| block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
| purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
| an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
| privately negotiated transactions; |
| short sales effected after the date the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective by the SEC; |
| through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
| broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
| a combination of any such methods of sale; or |
| any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus. The selling stockholders are not obligated to, and there is no assurance that the selling stockholders will, sell all or any of the shares we are registering. The selling stockholders may transfer, devise or gift such shares by other means not described in this prospectus.
In connection with the sale of our shares, the selling stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or create one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction to the extent required by law).
The aggregate proceeds to the selling stockholders from the sale of the common stock offered by them will be the purchase price of the common stock less discounts or commissions, if any. Each of the selling stockholders reserves the right to accept and, together with their agents from time to time, to reject, in whole or in part, any proposed purchase of common stock to be made directly or through agents. We will not receive any of the proceeds from this offering.
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved. Any profits on the resale of shares by a broker-dealer acting as principal might be deemed to be underwriting discounts or commissions under the Securities Act. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, attributable to the sale of shares will be borne by a selling stockholder. The selling stockholders may agree to indemnify any agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in transactions involving sales of the shares against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify the selling stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The selling stockholders, broker-dealers or agents that participate in the sale of the common stock may be underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Any discounts, commissions, concessions or profit they earn on any resale of the shares may be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Selling stockholders who are underwriters within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of any of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares from time to time under this prospectus as it may be supplemented from time to time, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
To the extent required, the shares to be sold, the names of the selling stockholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any agents, dealers or underwriters, any applicable commissions or discounts with respect to a particular offer will be set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement or, if appropriate, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
In order to comply with the securities laws of some states, if applicable, the common stock may be sold in these jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common stock may not be sold unless it has been registered or qualified for sale or an exemption from registration or qualification requirements is available and is complied with.
The anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. In addition, we will make copies of this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time) available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
We have agreed with the selling stockholders to keep the registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of (1) such time as all of the shares covered by this prospectus have been disposed of pursuant to and in accordance with the registration statement, or (2) the date on which the shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without volume or manner of sale restrictions.
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
October 13, 2013
Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.
1901 Olathe Boulevard
Kansas City, Kansas 66103
Ladies & Gentlemen:
This Lock-Up Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement ), dated as of October 13, 2013 by and among Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company ) and the investors party thereto (the Investors ), providing for the purchase by the Investor of shares (the Shares ) of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock ) of the Company (the Financing ).
In consideration of the execution of the Purchase Agreement by the Investors, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned hereby irrevocably agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Company, the undersigned will not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock acquired in the Financing (including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) and shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of any option or warrant) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of shares of Common Stock acquired in the Financing, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 90 days after the date that is the Closing Date, as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Jayhawk Acquisition Corporation and Vet Therapeutics, Inc. (such 90-day period, the Lock-Up Period ).
The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to (1) transfers of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of Common Stock made as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, (2) transfers of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of Common Stock to an immediate family member of the undersigned or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or an immediate family member of the undersigned, provided that the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement prior to such transfer, (3) distributions to partners, members, shareholders or affiliates of the undersigned, provided that the undersigned is a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation and the distributees thereof agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement
prior to such distribution, (4) if multiple funds with the same strategy and managed by a single investment advisor have purchased Shares in the Financing, transfers of Common Stock between such funds for the purpose of redistribution and/or rebalancing, (5) transfers of Common Stock owned by the undersigned prior to the Financing and (6) transfers of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions after the Financing.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Investors will proceed with the Financing in reliance on this Lock-Up Agreement.
The terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
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Exhibit 10.3
CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT (INDICATED BY ASTERISKS) HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT.
FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement (this First Amendment and Joinder ), dated as of October 11, 2013, is executed and delivered by VET THERAPEUTICS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( New Borrower ), ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. ( Borrower ), and SQUARE 1 BANK ( Bank ). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Loan Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
a. Borrower and Bank are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 4, 2013 (as amended from time to time, the Original Loan Agreement ).
b. From and after the date hereof (the Effective Date ), New Borrower, Borrower, and Bank desire to amend and supplement the terms and provisions of the Original Loan Agreement as provided herein, and the Original Loan Agreement as supplemented by this First Amendment and Joinder, and as may be hereafter further supplemented, amended, modified or restated from time to time, shall be referred to collectively as the Loan Agreement .
c. Bank desires that New Borrower execute this First Amendment and Joinder for the purpose of acknowledging that it is and shall be a Borrower under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
d. New Borrower has read and approved the Loan Documents and has asked Bank to agree to allow New Borrower to become a party to the Loan Documents in order to facilitate its ability to continue to operate its business by achieving a stronger financial base for itself and its affiliated companies.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto (intending to be legally bound) hereby agree as follows:
1. Incorporation . The foregoing preamble and recitals are incorporated herein by this reference.
2. Joinder and Assumption . From and after the Effective Date, New Borrower hereby absolutely and unconditionally:
(a) (i) joins as and becomes a party to the Loan Agreement as a Borrower thereunder, (ii) assumes, as a joint and several obligor thereunder, all of the obligations, liabilities and indemnities of a Borrower under the Loan Agreement and all other Loan Documents, and (iii) covenants and agrees to be bound by and adhere to all of the terms, covenants, waivers, releases, agreements and conditions of or respecting a Borrower with respect to the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and all of the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement (in the manner set forth in Section 5 of this First Amendment and Joinder) and the other Loan Documents with respect to New Borrower; and
(b) collaterally assigns and transfers to Bank, and hereby grants to Bank, a continuing security interest in all of New Borrowers now owned and existing and hereafter acquired and
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arising assets and Collateral, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Obligations. New Borrower hereby authorizes Bank to file at any time uniform commercial code financing statements in such jurisdictions and offices as Bank deems necessary in connection with the perfection of a security interest in all of New Borrowers now owned or hereafter arising or acquired assets and property, including, without limitation, accounts receivable, deposit accounts, equipment, general intangibles, inventory, and any and all other personal property of New Borrower, and all products, substitutions, replacements, and proceeds of such property and assets. New Borrower has read the Loan Agreement and affirmatively grants to Bank all rights to New Borrowers assets as set forth in said Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents.
From and after the Effective Date, any reference to the term Borrower in the Loan Agreement shall also include New Borrower. Except as expressly provided herein, the Loan Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
3. Amendments to Loan Agreement .
(a) Section 2.1(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as follows:
(b) Term Loans
(i) Bank has heretofore made a term loan to Borrower in an amount equal to $5,000,000 (the Tranche A Term Loan). The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loan shall be used to supplement the growth capital needs of Borrower and for general corporate purposes and working capital needs. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank agrees to make one (1) or more term loans to Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) (each a Tranche B Term Loan and collectively the Tranche B Term Loans, and together with the Tranche A Term Loan, each a Term Loan and collectively the Term Loans). Borrower may request Tranche B Term Loans at any time from October 11, 2013 through the Availability End Date. The proceeds of Tranche B Term Loans shall be used to finance Borrowers acquisition of Vet Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(ii) Interest shall accrue from the date of each Term Loan at the rate specified in Section 2.3(a), and prior to the Availability End Date shall be payable monthly in arrears beginning on the first date of the month next following the date such Term Loan was funded, and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter. Any Term Loans that are outstanding on the Availability End Date shall be payable in 24 equal monthly installments of principal, plus all accrued interest, beginning on April 1, 2014 and continuing on the same day of each month thereafter through the Term Loan Maturity Date, at which time all amounts due in connection with the Term Loans and any other amounts due under this Agreement shall be immediately due and payable. Term Loans, once repaid, may not be reborrowed. Borrower may prepay any Term Loans without penalty or premium.
(iii) When Borrower desires to obtain a Tranche B Term Loan, Borrower shall notify Bank (which notice shall be irrevocable) by facsimile transmission to be received no later than 3:30 p.m. Eastern time on the Business Day prior to the date on which the Term Loan is to be made. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C. The notice shall be signed by an Authorized Officer.
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(b) Section 2.5(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as follows:
(c) Success Fee . Immediately upon consummation of an Acquisition, (i) if Bank has advanced at least $5,000,000 of the Tranche B Term Loans, Borrower shall pay a success fee to Bank of $250,000 and (ii) if Bank has not advanced at least $5,000,000 of the Tranche B Term Loans, Borrower shall pay a success fee to Bank of $125,000.
(c) Section 5.10 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as follows:
5.10 Subsidiaries. Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities of any Person, except (i) Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. owns 100 percent of the stock of Vet Therapeutics, Inc. and (ii) Permitted Investments.
(d) Section 6.7(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as follows:
(b) Liquidity Ratio . Beginning January 1, 2014, a Liquidity Ratio of at least 1.00:1.00; provided, however, that if Bank receives evidence in form and substance satisfactory to it that Borrower has two products that have received either (i) FDA approval or (ii) a USDA Biologic License, the required Liquidity Ratio shall be lowered to 0.50:1.00.
(e) Section 7.4 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated, as follows:
7.4 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary so to do, other than Permitted Indebtedness, or prepay any Indebtedness or take any actions which impose on Borrower an obligation to prepay any Indebtedness, except (i) Indebtedness to Bank, (ii) as permitted under any subordination agreement in connection with Subordinated Debt, or (iii) payments pursuant to the Sellers Note.
(f) A new Article 13 is hereby added to the Loan Agreement, as follows:
13. CO-BORROWER PROVISIONS .
13.1 Primary Obligation . This Agreement is a primary and original obligation of each Borrower and shall remain in effect notwithstanding future changes in conditions, including any change of law or any invalidity or irregularity in the creation or acquisition of any Obligations or in the execution or delivery of any agreement between Bank and any Borrower. Each Borrower shall be liable for existing and future Obligations as fully as if all Credit Extensions were advanced to such Borrower. Bank may rely on any certificate or representation made by any Borrower as made on behalf of, and binding on, such Borrower and each other Borrower, including without limitation Loan Advance / Paydown Request Forms, Borrowing Base Certificates and Compliance Certificates.
13.2 Enforcement of Rights . Each Borrower is jointly and severally liable for the Obligations, and Bank may proceed against any Borrower to enforce the Obligations without waiving its right to proceed against any other Borrower.
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13.3 Borrowers as Agents . Each Borrower appoints each other Borrower as its agent with all necessary power and authority to give and receive notices, certificates or demands for and on behalf of each Borrower, to act as disbursing agent for receipt of any Credit Extensions on behalf of each Borrower and to apply to Bank on behalf of each Borrower for Credit Extensions, any waivers and any consents. This authorization cannot be revoked, and Bank need not inquire as to each Borrowers authority to act for or on behalf of a Borrower.
13.4 Subrogation and Similar Rights . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Borrower irrevocably waives all rights that it may have at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law subrogating such Borrower to the rights of Bank under the Loan Documents) to seek contribution, indemnification, or any other form of reimbursement from any other Borrower, or any other Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any of the Obligations, for any payment made by such Borrower with respect to the Obligations in connection with the Loan Documents or otherwise and all rights that it might have to benefit from, or to participate in, any security for the Obligations as a result of any payment made by the Borrower with respect to the Obligations in connection with the Loan Documents or otherwise. Any agreement providing for indemnification, reimbursement or any other arrangement prohibited under this Section 13.4 shall be null and void. If any payment is made to a Borrower in contravention of this Section 13.4, such Borrower shall hold such payment in trust for Bank and such payment shall be promptly delivered to Bank for application to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
13.5 Waivers of Notice . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Borrower waives notice of acceptance hereof; notice of the existence, creation or acquisition of any of the Obligations; notice of an Event of Default; notice of the amount of the Obligations outstanding at any time; notice of intent to accelerate; notice of acceleration; notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of any other Borrower or of any other fact that might increase the Borrowers risk; presentment for payment; demand; protest and notice thereof as to any instrument; default; and all other notices and demands to which the Borrower would otherwise be entitled. Each Borrower waives any defense arising from any defense of any other Borrower, or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other Borrower. Banks failure at any time to require strict performance by any Borrower of any provision of the Loan Documents shall not waive, alter or diminish any right of Bank thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance therewith. Nothing contained herein shall prevent Bank from foreclosing on the Lien of any deed of trust, mortgage or other security instrument, or exercising any rights available thereunder, and the exercise of any such rights shall not constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Borrower. Each Borrower also waives any defense arising from any act or omission of Bank that changes the scope of the Borrowers risks hereunder.
13.6 Subrogation Defenses . Each Borrower hereby waives any defense based on impairment or destruction of its subrogation or other rights against any other Borrower and waives all benefits which might otherwise be available to it under any statutory or common law suretyship defenses or marshalling rights, now and hereafter in effect.
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13.7 Right to Settle, Release .
(a) The liability of each Borrower hereunder shall not be diminished by (i) any agreement, understanding or representation that any of the Obligations is or was to be guaranteed by another Person or secured by other property, or (ii) any release or unenforceability, whether partial or total, of rights, if any, which Bank may now or hereafter have against any other Person, including another Borrower, or property with respect to any of the Obligations.
(b) Without affecting the liability of any Borrower hereunder, Bank may (i) compromise, settle, renew, extend the time for payment, change the manner or terms of payment, discharge the performance of, decline to enforce, or release all or any of the Obligations with respect to a Borrower, (ii) grant other indulgences to a Borrower in respect of the Obligations, (iii) modify in any manner any documents relating to the Obligations with respect to a Borrower, (iv) release, surrender or exchange any deposits or other property securing the Obligations, whether pledged by a Borrower or any other Person, or (v) compromise, settle, renew, or extend the time for payment, discharge the performance of, decline to enforce, or release all or any obligations of any guarantor, endorser or other Person who is now or may hereafter be liable with respect to any of the Obligations.
13.8 Subordination . All indebtedness of a Borrower now or hereafter arising held by another Borrower is subordinated to the Obligations and the Borrower holding the indebtedness shall take all actions reasonably requested by Bank to effect, to enforce and to give notice of such subordination.
(g) The following definitions in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement are hereby amended and restated, as follows:
Cash Burn means an amount equal to the prior periods Cash minus the current periods ending Cash that has been adjusted for any changes to Cash as a result of borrowings and repayments of borrowings, proceeds from the sale of equity and the exercise of stock options or warrants, paid-in-capital and minority interest, and capital expenditures financed under a capital lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the calculation of Cash Burn shall exclude the cash outflow for Borrowers acquisition of Vet Therapeutics, Inc. to the extent that such cash outflow is offset by concurrent cash inflows from the issuance of Borrowers equity securities.
Collateral States means the states where the Collateral is located, which are California and Kansas.
(h) The following new clause (g) is hereby added to the definition of Permitted Indebtedness in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement:
(g) The Sellers Note.
(i) The following new clause (m) is hereby added to the definition of Permitted Investment in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement:
(m) Investments by Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. in Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
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(j) The following new definition is hereby added in alphabetical order to Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement:
Sellers Note means that certain Promissory Note, dated October 15, 2013, issued by Vet Therapeutics, Inc. to Jeffrey Miles, on behalf of the Company Stockholders as the Stockholders Representative (as each is defined in the Sellers Note).
(k) Exhibit B-1 is hereby added to the Loan Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix I.
(l) Exhibit E to the Loan Agreement is hereby supplemented with respect to New Borrower pursuant to the attached Appendix II.
4. Consent to Acquisition . Borrower has informed Bank that Borrower wishes to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement ), pursuant to which New Borrower will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower (the New Borrower Acquisition ). Bank hereby consents to the New Borrower Acquisition, subject to the conditions that (i) Bank has been provided with a copy of the final Merger Agreement, along with all accompanying exhibits and schedules, and approved the terms and conditions of the New Borrower Acquisition, (ii) Bank has confirmed, to its satisfaction, that there are no security interests, liens, or other encumbrances of record on any of New Borrowers assets, and (iii) Borrower and New Borrower execute this First Amendment and Joinder simultaneously with the closing of the New Borrower Acquisition.
5. Representations and Warranties . New Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery hereof, that: (a) this First Amendment and Joinder is the legally valid and binding obligation of New Borrower, enforceable against New Borrower in accordance with its terms, and (b) except as otherwise set forth below, each of the representations and warranties contained in the Original Loan Agreement, as well as all other representations and warranties contained in the other Loan Documents, are true and correct in all respects to the extent required under the Original Loan Agreement.
6. Successors and Assigns . This First Amendment and Joinder shall be binding upon New Borrower, Borrower, and Bank and Banks successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of New Borrower, Borrower, Bank and Banks successors and assigns. No other person or entity shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this First Amendment and Joinder. New Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this First Amendment and Joinder without the prior written consent of Bank.
7. Severability; Construction . Wherever possible, each provision of this First Amendment and Joinder shall be interpreted in such a manner so as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this First Amendment and Joinder shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such provision or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this First Amendment and Joinder. All obligations of Borrower and New Borrower and rights of Bank expressed herein shall be in addition to and not in limitation of those provided by applicable law.
8. Counterparts; Facsimile and other Electronic Transmission . This First Amendment and Joinder may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same First Amendment and Joinder. Receipt of an executed signature page to this First Amendment and Joinder by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute for all purposes effective delivery thereof. Electronic records of this executed First Amendment and Joinder maintained by Bank shall be deemed to be originals.
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9. GOVERNING LAW . THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND BE CONSTRUED, ENFORCED AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . BANK, NEW BORROWER, AND BORROWER EACH WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CLAIMS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY BASES. ALL DISPUTES, CONTROVERSIES, CLAIMS, ACTIONS AND SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS ARISING WITH RESPECT TO BORROWERS OR NEW BORROWERS ACCOUNTS OR ANY RELATED AGREEMENT OR TRANSACTION SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SITTING IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BELOW WITH RESPECT TO ARBITRATION OF SUCH MATTERS. IF THE JURY WAIVER SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION IS NOT ENFORCEABLE, THEN ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN WILL BE FINALLY SETTLED BY BINDING ARBITRATION IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THEN-CURRENT COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION RULES OF THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION BY ONE ARBITRATOR APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID RULES. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL APPLY NORTH CAROLINA LAW TO THE RESOLUTION OF ANY DISPUTE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO RULES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW OR RULES OF STATUTORY ARBITRATION. JUDGMENT ON THE AWARD RENDERED BY THE ARBITRATOR MAY BE ENTERED IN ANY COURT HAVING JURISDICTION THEREOF. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES MAY APPLY TO ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION FOR PRELIMINARY OR INTERIM EQUITABLE RELIEF, OR TO COMPEL ARBITRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARAGRAPH. THE EXPENSES OF THE ARBITRATION, INCLUDING THE ARBITRATORS FEES, REASONABLE ATTORNEYS FEES AND EXPERT WITNESS FEES, INCURRED BY THE PARTIES TO THE ARBITRATION, MAY BE AWARDED TO THE PREVAILING PARTY, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE ARBITRATOR, OR MAY BE APPORTIONED BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN ANY MANNER DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE ARBITRATOR. UNLESS AND UNTIL THE ARBITRATOR DECIDES THAT ONE PARTY IS TO PAY FOR ALL (OR A SHARE) OF SUCH EXPENSES, THE PARTIES SHALL SHARE EQUALLY IN THE PAYMENT OF THE ARBITRATORS FEES AS AND WHEN BILLED BY THE ARBITRATOR.
11. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of First Amendment and Joinder . The agreement of Bank to enter into this First Amendment and Joinder on the date hereof is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, each the following items and completed each of the following requirements:
(c) this First Amendment and Joinder, duly executed by New Borrower and Borrower;
(d) all conditions precedent to the consummation of the acquisition of New Borrower by Borrower and any related transactions, each as specified in the Merger Agreement, have been satisfied or will be satisfied simultaneously with the initial funding of Tranche B Term Loans, in each case as determined by Bank in Banks sole discretion;
Aratana Therapeutics First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement
(e) an officers certificate of each of Borrower and New Borrower with respect to incumbency and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this First Amendment and Joinder;
(f) a financing statement (Form UCC-1) with respect to New Borrower;
(g) payment of a $10,000 facility fee, which may be debited from any of Borrowers or New Borrowers accounts with Bank;
(h) payment of the fees and Bank Expenses in connection with the documentation of this First Amendment and Joinder and any other related documentation, which may be debited from any of Borrowers or New Borrowers accounts with Bank;
(i) current SOS Reports indicating that, as to New Borrower, except for Permitted Liens, there are no other security interests or Liens of record in the Collateral;
(j) a Borrower Information Certificate from New Borrower; and
(k) such other documents or certificates, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.
12. Notices . The address for notices to be sent to Bank and for the payment of all sums due under the Loan Agreement is correctly set forth therein, and Bank confirms said address is:
Square 1 Bank
406 Blackwell Street, Suite 240
Durham, NC 27701
Attn: Loan Operations Manager
FAX: 919-314-3080
For purposes hereof, the address for notices to be sent to New Borrower is:
Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
1901 Olathe Blvd.
Kansas City, Kansas 66103
Attn: Louise Mawhinney
FAX: (913) 904-9641
13. Effectiveness of Joinder . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this First Amendment and Joinder, Bank, New Borrower, and Borrower hereby agree that New Borrower will be deemed to have entered into this First Amendment and Joinder simultaneously with consummation of the New Borrower Acquisition.
[Signature Page Follows]
Aratana Therapeutics First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have caused this First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
NEW BORROWER : | ||
VET THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Name: |
Steven St. Peter |
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Title: |
President |
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BANK : | ||
SQUARE 1 BANK | ||
By: |
/s/ Zach Robbins |
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Name: |
Zach Robbins |
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Title: |
AVP |
Acknowledged and Agreed : | ||
BORROWER : | ||
ARATANA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Steven St. Peter |
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Name: |
Steven St. Peter |
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Title: |
President & CEO |
[Signature Page to First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Security Agreement]
APPENDIX I
DEBTOR: | VET THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
SECURED PARTY: | SQUARE 1 BANK |
EXHIBIT B-1
COLLATERAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
All personal property of Borrower (herein referred to as Borrower or Debtor) whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired, and wherever located, including, but not limited to:
(a) all accounts (including health-care-insurance receivables), chattel paper (including tangible and electronic chattel paper), deposit accounts, documents (including negotiable documents), equipment (including all accessions and additions thereto), financial assets, general intangibles (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, goodwill, payment intangibles, domain names and software), goods (including fixtures), instruments (including promissory notes), inventory (including all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, and including returns and repossessions), investment property (including securities and securities entitlements), letter of credit rights, money, and all of Debtors books and records with respect to any of the foregoing, and the computers and equipment containing said books and records;
(b) any and all cash proceeds and/or noncash proceeds of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, and all supporting obligations and the security therefor or for any right to payment. All terms above have the meanings given to them in the North Carolina Uniform Commercial Code, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including revised Division 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not include any of the intellectual property, in any medium, of any kind or nature whatsoever, now or hereafter owned or acquired or received by Borrower, or in which Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires or receives any right or interest (collectively, the Intellectual Property); provided, however, that the Collateral shall include all accounts and general intangibles that consist of rights to payment and proceeds from the sale, licensing or disposition of all or any part, or rights in, the foregoing (the Rights to Payment).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a judicial authority (including a U.S. Bankruptcy Court) holds that a security interest in the underlying Intellectual Property is necessary to have a security interest in the Rights to Payment, then the Collateral shall automatically, and effective as of October 11, 2013, include the Intellectual Property to the extent and only to the extent necessary to permit perfection of Banks security interest in the Rights to Payment, and further provided, however, that Banks enforcement rights with respect to any security interest in the Intellectual Property shall be absolutely limited to the Rights to Payment only, and Bank shall have no recourse whatsoever with respect to the underlying Intellectual Property.
APPENDIX II
EXHIBIT E
SCHEDULE OF EXCEPTIONS
Permitted Indebtedness (Exhibit A)
The Sellers Note.
Permitted Investments (Exhibit A) None.
Permitted Liens (Exhibit A) None.
Intellectual Property (Section 5.4)
See attached.
Prior Names (Section 5.5) None.
Litigation (Section 5.6) None.
Inbound Licenses (Section 5.12)
Exclusive Commercial License Agreement by and between [***] and Vet Therapeutics, Inc., dated November 28, 2012, including the Side Letter by and between [***] and Vet Therapeutics, Inc., November 21, 2012.
Commercial License Agreement by and between Crucell Holland B.V. and Vet Therapeutics, Inc., dated April 2, 2013.
Collaboration Agreement by and between Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. and Vet Therapeutics, Inc., dated April 2, 2009.
* | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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Exhibit 99.1
Aratana Agrees to Acquire Vet Therapeutics, Inc.
Add Biologics to its Pet Therapeutics Platform
Announces $19.75M Equity Financing and $5M Expansion of Existing Debt Facility
Aratana to Host Conference Call Monday, October 14 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
KANSAS CITY, KS and BOSTON, MA, October 14, 2013 Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PETX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative medications for pets (pet therapeutics), today announced that it has entered into a merger agreement providing for the strategic acquisition of Vet Therapeutics, Inc., a San Diego-based company with a proprietary antibody-based biologics platform. Under the agreement, Aratana plans to continue to advance the pipeline of high value biologic drugs, including its lymphoma franchise. Importantly, the acquisition of Vet Therapeutics is expected to significantly accelerate Aratanas pathway toward becoming a commercial-stage pet therapeutics company.
Vet Therapeutics canine antibody product intended as an aid for the treatment of canine T-cell lymphoma in dogs has been submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for review. The companys canine monoclonal antibody intended as an aid for the treatment of B-cell lymphoma in dogs has been granted a conditional license by the USDA. The product is commercialized under a distribution agreement with a large animal health company in certain territories. Beyond these products, Vet Therapeutics current pipeline includes biologics for the treatment of other cancers, atopic dermatitis and other immune conditions. After the closing of the acquisition, Geneviève Hansen, Ph.D., founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Vet Therapeutics, is expected to become Aratanas Head of Biologics, and continue to manage Vet Therapeutics, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of Aratana.
Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer in dogs, accounting for an estimated 6% of total dog cancers. With more than 150,000 dogs treated with standard of care chemotherapy per year, it is also the most treated dog cancer in the United States, with treatment costs ranging between $3,500 and $10,000. Vet Therapeutics canine-specific monoclonal antibodies for B-cell and T-cell diseases are first-in-class biologic product candidates that have shown potent activity in studies against validated cancer targets.
Steven St. Peter, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Aratana Therapeutics, stated, Biologics represent an extremely promising new frontier for treating important diseases in pets. We are proud to be expanding our leadership in pet therapeutics by acquiring a leader in pet biologics development, Vet Therapeutics, and expect to offer an even more robust, complementary pet therapeutics pipeline. We are particularly excited about the lead B-cell lymphoma product, as we strongly believe a canine-specific antibody therapy could achieve the same therapeutic success in dogs that Genentechs Rituxan ® has achieved in human lymphoma. After the closing, we look forward to continuing to work with Vet Therapeutics large animal health collaborator in bringing canine specific versions of some of the most innovative molecules in biotech for the treatment of Lymphoma to these members of our family.
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Beyond the product candidates already in development, we believe that the addition of an internal development platform and manufacturing capability for biologics represents an attractive growth opportunity for Aratana that is characterized by fast-to-market, targeted therapies. We view biologics as a valuable complement to our in-licensing strategy for small molecules.
Dr. Hansen stated, Aratana has the vision and drive to bring our biologic products to market and the ability to leverage and defend our proprietary antibody platform over the years to come. As we near reaching the market with our lead programs, we are excited to partner with such a committed group to support the development and commercialization of these innovative therapies. As part of Aratana after the closing, we look forward to continuing our work of enhancing the quality of care for pets.
Aratana also announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement providing for a $19.75 million private placement of shares of its common stock. The company agreed to issue 1,234,375 shares for a purchase price of $16.00 per share. The financing is expected to close on or prior to October 17, 2013. Pursuant to the share purchase agreement, Aratana agreed to register all of such shares for resale. The investors agreed not to sell any of such shares before the date that is 90 days after the closing date of the Vet Therapeutics acquisition. Aratana also announced a $5 million expansion of its existing venture debt facility with Square 1 Bank to partially fund the acquisition.
Under the terms of the merger agreement for the Vet Therapeutics acquisition, Aratana agreed to pay to Vet Therapeutics equity holders at the closing $30 million in cash, issue 625,000 shares of common stock and issue a promissory note for $3 million with a maturity date of December 31, 2014, subject to prepayment in the event of specified equity financings. Aratana also agreed to pay up to $5 million in contingent cash consideration upon the achievement of certain regulatory and manufacturing milestones for the B-cell lymphoma product. The Board of Directors and stockholders of Vet Therapeutics have approved the merger. The closing is subject to other customary closing conditions and is expected to occur on Tuesday, October 15. Upon the closing of the acquisition, Vet Therapeutics will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Aratana, and is expected to continue to operate out of its San Diego location.
We also announced today that Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Lazard Capital Markets LLC, the lead book-running managing underwriters in the Companys recent public offering of 6,612,500 shares of common stock, are releasing a lock-up restriction with respect to the shares of the Companys common stock held by the Companys officers and directors and each of the other stockholders of the Company who signed a lock-up agreement. The release will take effect at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 9, 2013, and the shares may be sold on or after such time. However, each of the Companys officers and directors and several other stockholders (representing a total of approximately 14 million shares) have agreed with the Company to a new lock-up restriction for a period of 90 days after the closing of the acquisition of
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Vet Therapeutics. As a result, the lock-up restriction from the Companys initial public offering on approximately 4 million shares will be released at 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 9, 2013.
Aratana is also providing the following additional information regarding Vet Therapeutics and the terms of the acquisition, some of which will also be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K expected to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, October 15:
| Vet Therapeutics has six programs in development, focused on the following indications: |
| B-cell Lymphoma |
| T-cell Lymphoma |
| Diagnostic to support lymphoma phenotyping |
| Mast Cell Tumor |
| Atopic Dermatitis |
| Feline Lymphoma |
| We believe the existing market in the United States for pet oncology treatment is approximately $2 billion based on off-label use of human chemotherapy products. We believe species-specific antibodies represent a large opportunity. |
| Vet Therapeutics believes it has the leading intellectual property estate in pet therapeutics: |
| An issued patent (US Patent No. 8,337,842) related to the speciesization of antibodies; expiration date of 2029. Claims are directed to heterochimeric antibodies, and covers all of Vet Therapeutics products. The patent also has claims directed to both canine CD20 & CD52 and a divisional directed to methods of treatment. |
| Filed patents related to antibody constant domain regions and uses thereof which similarly covers all Vet Therapeutics products, and has notice of allowance until 2030. |
| Filed patents that cover canine monoclonal antibodies directed to canine CD20 (at least 2031) and canine CD52 (at least 2031). |
| Unpublished patent applications for pet-specific monoclonal antibodies directed against IL-6 and the Her2 Receptor. |
| A leading proprietary platform, with pet-specific antibodies covering over 85% of pet sequences, including the Fc region, and an effective IgG sequence, which we believe are highly specific, potent, cost-effective and compatible with pet immune systems. |
| Responses seen to date in dogs treated with B-cell Lymphoma product in combination with chemotherapy showed a significant increase in remission time in studies initiated by Board certified veterinary oncologists. |
| Treated dogs received a reduced chemotherapy treatment alone followed by several cycles of antibody therapy alone. |
| Treated dogs had significantly longer remission times when compared to dogs treated only with chemotherapy. |
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| T- cell Lymphoma proposed product addresses a significant need in dogs. |
| A study has been conducted wherein dogs were treated with antibody as monotherapy. |
| The primary endpoint (survival) was met and the product was well tolerated. |
| We believe that some of the side effects in humans of Campath (an antibody to human CD52) may not be applicable in canines and are potentially treatable, if seen. |
| Attractive double-digit percentage royalties and low single-digit milestones (in millions of dollars) from a large animal health company for the B-cell Lymphoma product in certain geographies. |
| Aratana sales force will initiate commercialization for the T-cell lymphoma product following its licensure from the USDA, if received (typically, within twelve months of submission). |
| Aratana anticipates hiring a 10-15 person commercial team in 2014 which will be doubled in 2015 in anticipation of a full approval in 2016. |
This press release is not an offer or sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited. Neither the shares to be issued pursuant to the share purchase agreement, nor the shares to be issued in connection with the merger have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
Investors and other interested participants may access the conference call by dialing 1-877-870-4263 (U.S.), or 1-412-317-0790 (international). A live audio webcast will be accessible via the Investor Relations section of the Aratana web site, http://aratana.investorroom.com.
A telephonic replay of the call will be available beginning approximately one hour after the conference call ends. Access numbers for this replay are 1-877-344-7529 (U.S./Canada) and 1-412-317-0088 (international); conference ID: 10035489. The webcast replay will remain available in the Investor Relations section of the Aratana web site for 14 days.
JMP Securities LLC acted as financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to Aratana in the transaction.
About Aratana Therapeutics
Aratana Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative medications for pets, or pet therapeutics. Aratana believes that it can leverage the investment in the human biopharmaceutical industry to bring therapeutics to pets in a capital and time efficient manner. Aratanas strategy is to in-license proprietary compounds from human biopharmaceutical companies and to develop these product candidates into therapeutics specifically for use in pets. Aratana believes the development and commercialization of these therapeutics will permit veterinarians and pet owners to manage pets medical needs safely and effectively, resulting in longer and improved quality of life for pets.
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About Vet Therapeutics
Vet Therapeutics is developing antibody-based therapies to treat pet cancer and chronic conditions. The company is committed to bringing the same modality of products that constitute the standard of care in humans to animal health by applying world-class science to new products for companion animals. The Vet Therapeutics team has more than 30 years experience and a successful track record at developing antibody-based biologics for humans, which is directed towards the development of pet-specific biologics to treat pet cancer and chronic conditions.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our proposed acquisition of Vet Therapeutics; proposed private placement of shares of common stock; expectations regarding the approval of products; the prospects for Vet Therapeutics; expected future cash balance and liquidity; expectations regarding development programs, trials, studies, and approval; expectations regarding in-license initiatives; and expectations regarding the Companys plans and opportunities.
These forward-looking statements are based on managements current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: our limited operating history and expectations of losses for the foreseeable future; our lack of commercial sales; our failure to obtain any necessary additional financing; our substantial dependence on the success of our current compounds, AT-001, AT-002 and AT-003, which are still in development; our inability to identify, license, develop and commercialize additional product candidates; our inability to obtain regulatory approval for our existing or future product candidates; the lack of commercial success of our current or future product candidates; uncertainties regarding the outcomes of studies regarding our products; effects of competition; our failure to attract and keep senior management and key scientific personnel; our complete reliance on third-party manufacturers and third parties to conduct all our target animal studies and certain other development efforts; our lack of a sales organization; our significant costs of operating as a public company; our lack of effective internal control over financial reporting; changes in distribution channels for pet therapeutics; consolidation of our customers; impacts of generic products; unanticipated safety or efficacy concerns; our limited patents and patent rights; our failure to comply with our intellectual property license obligations; our infringement of third party patents and challenges to our patents or rights; our failure to comply with regulatory requirements; our failure to report adverse medical events related to our products; legislative or regulatory changes; the volatility of our stock price; our status as an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act; the potential for dilution if we sell shares of our common stock in future financings; the significant control over our business by our principal stockholders and management; the potential that a significant portion of our total outstanding shares could be sold into the market in the near future; effects of anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law; and our intention not to pay dividends. These and other important factors discussed under the caption
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Risk Factors in the Companys final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on June 27, 2013 relating to its Registration Statement on Form S-1, and our other reports filed with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent managements estimates as of the date of this press release. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
***
Contacts:
Tiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.
Joshua Drumm, Ph.D. (investors)
jdrumm@tiberend.com; (212) 375-2664
Andrew Mielach (media)
amielach@tiberend.com; (212) 375-2694
Exhibit 99.2
Exhibit 99.2
ARATANA
THERAPEUTICS
A new beginning ... in pet biologics October 2013
Vet
THERAPEUTICS
Safe Harbor Statement
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this presentation that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our proposed acquisition of Vet Therapeutics; proposed private placement of shares of common stock; expectations regarding the approval of products; the prospects for Vet Therapeutics; expected future cash balance and liquidity; expectations regarding development programs, trials, studies, and approval; expectations regarding in-license initiatives; and expectations regarding the Companys plans and opportunities.
These forward-looking statements are based on managements current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: our limited operating history and expectations of losses for the foreseeable future; our lack of commercial sales; our failure to obtain any necessary additional financing; our substantial dependence on the success of our current compounds, AT-001, AT-002 and AT-003, which are still in development; our inability to identify, license, develop and commercialize additional product candidates; our inability to obtain regulatory approval for our existing or future product candidates; the lack of commercial success of our current or future product candidates; uncertainties regarding the outcomes of studies regarding our products; effects of competition; our failure to attract and keep senior management and key scientific personnel; our complete reliance on third-party manufacturers and third parties to conduct all our target animal studies and certain other development efforts; our lack of a sales organization; our significant costs of operating as a public company; our lack of effective internal control over financial reporting; changes in distribution channels for pet therapeutics; consolidation of our customers; impacts of generic products; unanticipated safety or efficacy concerns; our limited patents and patent rights; our failure to comply with our intellectual property license obligations; our infringement of third party patents and challenges to our patents or rights; our failure to comply with regulatory requirements; our failure to report adverse medical events related to our products; legislative or regulatory changes; the volatility of our stock price; our status as an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act; the potential for dilution if we sell shares of our common stock in future financings; the significant control over our business by our principal stockholders and management; the potential that a significant portion of our total outstanding shares could be sold into the market in the near future; effects of anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law; and our intention not to pay dividends. These and other important factors discussed under the caption Risk Factors in the Companys final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on June 27, 2013 relating to its Registration Statement on Form S-1, and our other reports filed with the SEC could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this presentation. Any such forward-looking statements represent managements estimates as of the date of this presentation. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this presentation.
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Investment Highlights
Large, growing market
De-risked drug development
Private-pay
Portfolio approach
Scalable and capital-efficient
Pure-play, first mover
The new beginning in pet therapeutics.
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Vet Therapeutics
Strategic Rationale
Biologics (specifically, monoclonal antibodies) promising second front
- Fast to market, targeted, high-value therapies
- Vet Therapeutics has a leading IP position
Oncology is a key therapeutic area
- Good fit with PETX portfolio (AT-002, AT-003)
- Dog lymphoma is a leading indication
Early commercialization potential
- Licensure anticipated within next twelve months
- If licensure achieved, limited launch in 2014 to gain clinical experience with the product pending full licensure
- Full launch may be possible as early as 2016 for T-cell product
Pipeline beyond lymphoma and cancer
- Mast Cell Tumor, Atopic Dermatitis, Feline lymphoma
- Diagnostic opportunity
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Deal Structure
$43M upfront
- Combination of cash, sellers debt and equity
$30.0M at close
$3.0M in sellers debt
- Cash pay interest at 7%
- Due 12/31/2014
625,000 in restricted common stock (same terms as PIPE)
$5.0M in earn-outs
- On achievement of regulatory and manufacturing milestones
Significant upside to PETX
- Animal health partnership with significant economics
- T-cell rights retained worldwide; B-cell owned in certain territories
- Mast Cell Tumor, Atopic Dermatitis, Feline Lymphoma, Arthritis, etc.
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Pro-Forma Pipeline
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Development Programs:
AT - 001 (Pain)
AT - 002 (Appetite Stimulant)
AT - 003 (Post-Operative Pain)
B-Lymphoma*
T-Lymphoma
Dx Lymphoma
Mast Cell Tumor
Atopic Dermatitis
Feline Lymphoma
Additional Products
Option Programs:
Option 1 (Alpha)
Option 2 (Beta)
Option 3 (Gamma)
Full License
Conditional License
Decision
Decision
Decision
Approval
Approval
Approval
Full License
License
*Partnered in certain territories
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The Promise of Biologics
TRANSLATING THE BEST OF HUMAN INNOVATION TO PETS
Biology underlying cancer and immune conditions are similar
Human Biologics Standard of Care
20 years of knowledge, and experience
Pet Biologics
Engineered biologics for pets based on existing human blockbuster products
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Oncology Is Target-Rich
$57B Human Chemo Market
$20B Human Cancer Antibody Market
Chemotheraphy
Cyclophosphamide
Doxorubicin
Vincristine
Prednisone
L-asparaginase
Carboplatin
Cis-platinum
Mitoxantrone
Lomustine
Methotrexate
Antibody
Rituxan (CD20)
Avastin (VEGF)
Erbitux (EGFR)
Herceptin (HER2)
Campath (CD52)
Mylotarg (CD33)
Zevalin (CD20)
Bexxar (CD20)
Vectibix (EGFR)
TheraCIM (EGFR)
Human Cancer Use
Lymphomas MM, solid tumors
Lymphomas MM, solid tumors
Lymphomas MM, solid tumors
Lymphomas MM, solid tumors
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Solid Tumors
Sarcoma, Carcinoma, Lymphoma
Breast cancer, AML, Lymphomas
Brain/CNS, Lymphoma, Mast cell
Lymphomas Osteosarcoma
Human Cancer Use
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Solid Tumors
Solid Tumors
Breast Cancer
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Follicular Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Solid Tumors
Solid Tumors
Companion Animal Cancer Use
Companion Animal Cancer Use
$2B+ Chemo Market
Human drugs migrate unchanged into veterinary practice
$0 Protein Market
Immunogenicity
Lack of efficacy
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Pet Antibodies
A proprietary platform
VL VH
CL CH1
CH2 CH3
heavy chain
light chain
Mouse
VX Proprietary Platform
Pet specific antibodies with 85%+ pet sequences
Pet Fc region
Most effective IgG sequence
Straightforward engineering with no shuffling
IP protected
Pet Specific
Pet Specific Antibodies
Highly specific
- Developed against pet targets
Non immunogenic
- Compatible with pet immune system
Highly potent
- Engages pet immune system
Cost effective
- High yield production
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Intellectual Property
US Patent No. 8,337,842 (speciesization of Abs)
- Family of patents (expiration 2029)
Claims directed to heterochimeric Ab
Covers all VX products
- Dependent claims directed to both CD52 & CD20
- Additionally, a divisional directed to methods of treatment
Antibody Constant Domain Regions and Uses Thereof
- Notice of Allowance (at least 2030)
- Covers all VX products
Monoclonal Antibodies Directed to CD20 (at least 2031)
Monoclonal Antibodies Directed to CD52 (at least 2031)
Unpublished applications against IL-6, Her2 Receptor
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FDA and USDA
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
Proof of Concept INAD
Chemistry, Mfg. & Controls (CMC) Safety
Effectiveness
Labeling, FOI Summary, Other Administrative NADA
USDA - Center for Veterinary Biologics
Proof of Concept
Manufacturing
File for Product License
Preclinical
Field Safety and Efficacy
Conditional Product License*
Extended Field Safety and Efficacy Study
Full Product License
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
* Conditional licenses granted under special circumstances
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Canine Lymphoma
Ideal for first antibody therapy
RITUXAN FOR DOG LYMPHOMA
A canine-specific antibody therapy could achieve in dogs what Rituxan has done for human lymphoma
Lymphoma is most common blood cancer in dogs
6% of total dog cancer
Lymphoma is the most treated cancer
Chemotherapy is the current standard of care 150,000+ dogs per year under treatment in US Treatment cost ranges between $3,500 and $10,000
Clinical manifestations are similar to humans
Lymphocyte targeting has proven efficacious in pets
Mammary
Hemangiosarcoma
Sarcoma
Lymphoma
Mast Cell
Skin
Bone
Other
Incidence
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B-cell Lymphoma Treatment
Combination therapy increases remission time
Percent Remission
150
100
50
0
0
100
200
300
Days
Treated
Control
Comparison of Remission Time for the Control Group Treated with Chemotherapy Alone (Control) vs. the Group Treated with Combination (Comb or Treated). Time shown on X-axis is in days. Percent of dogs in remission is shown on Y-axis. P<0.0007***
Treated dogs received one cycle of Chemotherapy alone then several cycles of antibody therapy alone.
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T-Cell Lymphoma Treatment
First in Class Potential
Cohort of client-owned dogs
Primary endpoint
Survival at fixed time point
Study predicted <50% would be alive
Results
All dogs alive at fixed time point
Several dogs alive longer than would be predicted
Well tolerated
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Antibody Positioning
Standard of Care in human lymphoma comes to veterinary medicine
Canine Rituxan
Canine Campath
Lymphoma phenotyping allows B-cell and T-cell lymphomas to be treated differently
CD20 and CD52 are more precise immunotherapy targets
Value will be determined by efficacy, toxicity and ease of use
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Strategic Fit
Pet therapeutics as the exclusive focus
Cutting edge science and innovation
AT-001 Pain EP4 Receptor Antagonist
AT-002 Appetite Stimulant Ghrelin Agonist
AT-003 Post-Operative Pain Bupivicaine Liposome
PETX portfolio complementary to cancer
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U.S. Sales Force
2014
1 National Sales Director
1 National Accounts and Distribution Manager
6 Territory Managers Tier 1 states
1 Professional Services Director
1 Professional Services Manager
1 Customer Service Manager
1 Sales Administration
1 Inside Sales
2015
+6 Territory Managers Tier 2 states
+1 Regional Sales Manager
+1 Professional Services Manager
+1 Pharmacovigilance Manager
+1 Customer Service Rep
+ 1 Inside Sales
+1 Sales Operations Manager
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Financing Overview
No financing contingency, HSR review, or PETX shareholder approval
Uses of Funds
$30.0M in cash
$3.0M upfront paid as Sellers Debt (Due 12/31/2014)
625,000 shares paid as equity
Sources of Funds
$19.75M from PIPE
$10.0M from additional draw/amendment on debt facility
$3M of Sellers Debt due 12/31/2014
Balance Sheet Cash for expenses
Shares to be issued on PIPE terms
Earn-outs
$5M based on clinical, regulatory and manufacturing milestones
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Our Financial Profile
~ $10M loss expected in 2H2013
Expect to end 2013 with $45M to $50M of cash on the balance sheet
Non-dilutive sources of capital
- OUS partnering expected in 2014
AT-001/002/003/T-Cell Lymphoma product funded to approval
Current financial profile is expected to enable:
- One new program per year through 2015
- Sufficient cash through 2015
MPMCAPITAL
Avalon
square 1 bank
Institution Name
Wellington Management
Adage Capital Partners
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Jennison Associates
Principal Financial Group
D.E. Shaw & Co.
Hutchin Hill Capital
Kopp Investment Advisors
Shares
1,049,390
1,000,000
766,440
726,200
425,000
350,000
237,752
175,000
53,295
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Investment Highlights
Large, growing market
De-risked drug development
Private-pay
Portfolio approach
Scalable and capital-efficient
Pure-play, first mover
The new beginning in pet therapeutics.
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