As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| New York | 13-3444607 | |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Joseph J. LaRosa, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, New York 10591-6707
(914) 847-7000
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(914) 347-7000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
David J. Goldschmidt, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Telephone: (212) 735-3000
Facsimile: (212) 735-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large Accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
| Non-Accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ | |||
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
37,045,648 | $308.675 | $3,704,100,000.00 | $477,088.08 | ||||
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also registers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Registrant which may become issuable under the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) in connection with certain corporate transactions or events, including any recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, stock dividend, stock split or any other similar transaction effected which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
| (2) | As described in the Explanatory Note below, the number of shares being registered hereunder consists of (i) 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock newly available for issuance under the 2014 Plan being registered for the first time and (ii) 25,045,648 shares of Common Stock previously registered by the Registrant under the Registrant’s Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-174863) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 13, 2011 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). A post-effective amendment to the Prior Registration Statement to deregister the 25,045,648 shares of Common Stock previously registered by the Registrant is being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement. |
| (3) | Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low sales prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 13, 2014. In accordance with Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8 and the principles set forth in Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations (July 1997) of the Division of Corporate Finance of the Commission, the Registrant is paying registration fees solely with respect to the 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock being newly registered. Registration fees with respect to the previously registered 25,045,648 shares of Common Stock were paid in connection with prior registration. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ Regeneron ,” the “ Company ” or the “ Registrant ”) held on June 13, 2014 (the “ Approval Date ”), the Company’s shareholders approved the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ 2014 Plan ”).
Under the 2014 Plan, there are available for issuance:
| (i) | 12,000,000 shares (the “ New Shares ”) of Regeneron common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), newly available for issuance under the 2014 Plan; |
| (ii) | 4,456,631 shares of Common Stock (the “ Rollover Shares ”) rolled over into the 2014 Plan from the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ 2000 Plan ”); |
| (iii) | 28,702 shares of Common Stock (the “ Returned Shares ”) underlying previously granted awards under the 2000 Plan and subsequently returned to the 2000 Plan in accordance with its terms, which have been rolled over into the 2014 Plan; and |
| (iv) | up to an additional 20,560,315 shares of Common Stock (the “ Carryover Shares ”) subject to outstanding awards under the 2000 Plan as of the date immediately preceding the Approval Date that (A) remain unissued upon the cancellation, surrender, exchange or termination of any such award for any reason whatsoever or are forfeited, (B) are delivered (or deliverable) pursuant to an exercise of an option to purchase Common Stock and received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery or attestation) in payment of the option exercise price or (C) are received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery, attestation or otherwise) in connection with the exercise, vesting or delivery of such award granted under the 2000 Plan in respect of tax withholding or other similar tax obligation, which will become issuable under the 2014 Plan. |
The Rollover Shares, the Returned Shares and the Carryover Shares are collectively referred to in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “ Registration Statement ”) as the “ Reallocated Shares .” In accordance with Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8 and the principles set forth in Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations (July 1997) of the Division of Corporate Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”), the purpose of this Registration Statement is to (i) register the New Shares and (ii) carry forward and reallocate to this Registration Statement the Reallocated Shares that were previously registered by the Company under the 2000 Plan pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-174863) filed with the Commission on June 13, 2011 (the “ Prior Registration Statement ”). A post-effective amendment to the Prior Registration Statement to deregister the Reallocated Shares is being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this Registration Statement. No additional awards may be made under the 2000 Plan and new awards may only be made under the 2014 Plan.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The documents containing the information specified in Part I have been sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”).
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission:
| (a) | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (filed with the Commission on February 13, 2014) (the “ 2013 Form 10-K ”); |
| (b) | Portions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that are incorporated by reference into Part III of the 2013 Form 10-K (filed with the Commission on April 24, 2014); |
| (c) | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014 (filed with the Commission on May 8, 2014); |
| (d) | Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 13, 2014; January 16, 2014; February 5, 2014; April 9, 2014; May 19, 2014; and May 23, 2014, respectively; and |
| (e) | The description of Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), on February 20, 1991, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article Seven of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the New York Business Corporation Law, no director or officer shall be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty in such capacity.
Section 722 of the New York Business Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide for the indemnification of members of its board of directors and its officers against actions or proceedings, or the threat thereof, by or in the right of the corporation. In order to receive indemnification such director or officer must have (i) acted in good faith for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, (ii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, also had no reasonable belief that such conduct was unlawful.
Article IV of the Company’s By-Laws provides that the directors and certain other personnel of the Company shall be indemnified against expenses and certain other liabilities arising out of legal actions brought or threatened against them for their conduct on behalf of the Company, subject to certain qualifications and provided that each such person acted in good faith for a purpose that they reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company.
The Company’s employment agreement with its President and Chief Executive Officer includes a provision indemnifying him to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with his serving as an officer or director of the Company. Such indemnification is in addition to and not in lieu of other indemnification rights. The Company maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which insures against liabilities that directors or officers of the Company may incur in such capacities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index below filed as part of this Registration Statement. Each such exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
| (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
| (i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
| (ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; |
| (iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
provided, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Greenburgh, State of New York, on June 16, 2014.
| REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
| By |
/s/ LEONARD S. SCHLEIFER |
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| Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Leonard S. Schleifer, Robert E. Landry, Douglas S. McCorkle and Joseph J. LaRosa, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting along with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 16, 2014.
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/s/ LEONARD S. SCHLEIFER |
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Leonard S. Schleifer, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||||
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/s/ ROBERT E. LANDRY |
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Robert E. Landry | ||||||
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/s/ DOUGLAS S. McCORKLE |
Vice President, Controller, and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer) | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Douglas S. McCorkle | ||||||
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/s/ GEORGE D. YANCOPOULOS |
Chief Scientific Officer, President, Regeneron Laboratories, and Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||||
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/s/ P. ROY VAGELOS |
Chairman of the Board | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| P. Roy Vagelos, M.D. | ||||||
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/s/ CHARLES A. BAKER |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Charles A. Baker | ||||||
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/s/ MICHAEL S. BROWN |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Michael S. Brown, M.D. | ||||||
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/s/ ALFRED G. GILMAN |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Alfred G. Gilman, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||||
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/s/ JOSEPH L. GOLDSTEIN |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D. | ||||||
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/s/ ROBERT A. INGRAM |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Robert A. Ingram | ||||||
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/s/ CHRISTINE A. POON |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
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Christine A. Poon |
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/s/ ARTHUR F. RYAN |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Arthur F. Ryan | ||||||
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/s/ GEORGE L. SING |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| George L. Sing | ||||||
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/s/ MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE |
Director | June 16, 2014 | ||||
| Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D. | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
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| 4.1 | Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2008). | |
| 4.2 | By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 13, 2007). | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). | |
| 24 | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement). | |
| 99.1 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan. | |
Exhibit 5.1
[Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Letterhead]
June 16, 2014
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, New York 10591-6707
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), on the date hereof, relating to the registration of 37,045,648 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the Registration Statement in the form filed with the Commission on the date hereof; (ii) the Plan; (iii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect and as certified by the Secretary of State of the State of New York; (iv) the By-Laws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect and as certified by the Secretary of the Company; (v) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (vi) certain resolutions adopted on April 4, 2014 by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the Plan, the filing of the Registration Statement and certain related matters; and (vii) the Final Report of the Inspector of Election for the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, reflecting approval of the Plan (Proposal No. 4) by a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at such meeting. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.
In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder
and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.
In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that the certificates evidencing the Shares will be manually signed by one of the authorized officers of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar and will conform to the specimen certificate examined by us evidencing the Common Stock. We have also assumed that each award agreement setting forth the terms of each grant of options or other award under the Plan will be consistent with the Plan, duly authorized, and if applicable, validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and that the Shares will be issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan for consideration in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares.
Members of our firm are admitted to the bar in the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than the corporate laws of the State of New York, and we do not express any opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinion stated herein.
Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, when the Shares are issued and paid for in full in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and any applicable award agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 13, 2014 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Florham Park, NJ
June 16, 2014
Exhibit 99.1
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
| 1. | Purpose; Establishment |
The Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is intended to promote the interests of the Company (as defined below) and its shareholders by providing officers, other employees of the Company (including directors who are also employees of the Company) and consultants to the Company with appropriate incentives and rewards to encourage them to enter into and continue in the employ or service of the Company and to acquire a proprietary interest in the long-term success of the Company; to compensate the Company’s nonemployee directors and provide incentives to such nonemployee directors that are directly linked to increases in stock value; and to reward the performance of individual officers, other employees, consultants and nonemployee directors of the Company in fulfilling their personal responsibilities for long-term achievements.
The Plan was adopted and approved by the Board of Directors (defined below) on April 4, 2014 and became effective as of such date, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company.
| 2. | Definitions |
As used in the Plan, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in the Plan, the following definitions shall have the respective meanings indicated below:
| (a) | “ Affiliate ” means any entity if, at the time of granting of an Award (A) the Company, directly or indirectly, owns at least 50% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of such entity or at least 50% of the ownership interests in such entity or (B) such entity, directly or indirectly, owns at least 50% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company. |
| (b) | “ Agreement ” shall mean the written agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing an Award (or, if no written agreement is entered into, a notice issued by the Company evidencing an Award). |
| (c) | “ Award ” shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock, Stock Bonus or Other Award granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan. |
| (d) | “ Beneficial Owner ” and “ Beneficially Owned ” shall have the meaning afforded to such terms in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. |
| (e) | “ Board of Directors ” shall mean the Board of Directors of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| (f) | A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if the event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred after the Effective Date: |
| (1) | any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company) representing 20% or more of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who is an officer or director of the Company or who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (A) of paragraph (3) below; or |
| (2) | the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: individuals who, on the Effective Date, constitute the Board of Directors and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended; or |
| (3) | there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any directly or indirectly held subsidiary of the Company with any entity other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company) representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or |
| (4) | the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity at least 60% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by Persons in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale or disposition. |
| (g) | “ Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement, or if no such definition is set forth in the Agreement, shall be determined by the Committee in its reasonable discretion. |
| (h) | “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. |
| (i) | “ Committee ” shall mean, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, the full Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors, which shall consist of two or more persons, each of whom, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, is an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 and who meets such other applicable independence standards imposed by law, regulation or listing standard. |
| (j) | “ Company ” shall mean Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a New York corporation, and, where appropriate (but specifically not for purposes of Section 2(f)), each of its Affiliates. |
| (k) | “ Company Stock ” shall mean the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share. |
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| (l) | “ Covered Employee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code. |
| (m) | “ Effective Date ” shall mean April 4, 2014. |
| (n) | “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. |
| (o) | “ Fair Market Value ” of a share of Company Stock, as of a date of determination, shall mean (1) the average of the high and low sales price per share of Company Stock on the national securities exchange or national market system on which such stock is principally traded on such date or, if such date is not a trading day, on the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such stock on such exchange, or (2) if the shares of Company Stock are not then listed on a national securities exchange or national market system, or the value of such shares is not otherwise determinable, such value as determined by the Committee in good faith. |
| (p) | “ Incentive Stock Option ” shall mean an Option that is an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and that is designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option. |
| (q) | “ Nonemployee Director ” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors who is not an employee of the Company. |
| (r) | “ Nonqualified Stock Option ” shall mean an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option. |
| (s) | “ Option ” shall mean an option to purchase shares of Company Stock granted pursuant to Section 7 (or, with respect to a Nonemployee Director, pursuant to Section 12 hereof). |
| (t) | “ Other Award ” shall mean an award granted pursuant to Section 11 hereof. |
| (u) | “ Participant ” shall mean an employee or consultant of the Company or a Nonemployee Director to whom an Award is granted pursuant to the Plan, or upon the death of such individual, his or her successors, heirs, executors and administrators, as the case may be. |
| (v) | “ Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (1) the Company, (2) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, (3) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (4) an entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company. |
| (w) | “ Phantom Stock ” shall mean the right, granted pursuant to Section 9, to receive in cash or shares the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock. |
| (x) | “ Restricted Stock ” shall mean a share of Company Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms of Section 8 hereof and which is subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8(c) and/or 8(d). |
| (y) | “ Rule 16b-3 ” shall mean the Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time. |
| (z) | “ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. |
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| (aa) | “ Stock Bonus ” shall mean a bonus payable in shares of Company Stock granted pursuant to Section 10. |
| (bb) | “ Subsidiary ” shall mean a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. |
| (cc) | “ Vesting Date ” shall mean the date established by the Committee on which a share of Restricted Stock or Phantom Stock vests. |
| 3. | Stock Subject to the Plan |
| (a) | Shares Available for Awards |
The shares of Company Stock that may be issued with respect to Awards made under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Company Stock or authorized and issued Company Stock held in the Company treasury (including authorized and issued shares of Company Stock acquired or purchased by the Company and held by the Company as treasury shares).
Subject to the subsequent provisions of this Section 3, including the adjustment provisions contained herein, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that may be delivered pursuant to Awards made under the Plan shall equal the sum of: (1) 16,456,631 shares of Company Stock; (2) the shares of Company Stock subject to outstanding awards under the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “ 2000 Plan ”) as of April 17, 2014 that (i) remain unissued upon the cancellation, surrender, exchange or termination of any such award for any reason whatsoever or are forfeited, (ii) are delivered (or deliverable) pursuant to an exercise of an option to purchase Company Stock and received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery or attestation) in payment of the option exercise price or (iii) are received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery, attestation or otherwise) in connection with the exercise, vesting or delivery of such award granted under the 2000 Plan in respect of tax withholding or other similar tax obligation; and (3) any shares of Company Stock that again become available for Awards pursuant to Section 3(e) below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options during the term of the Plan shall be 16,456,631 shares.
| (b) | Individual Limitation |
To the extent required by Section 162(m) of the Code, the total number of shares of Company Stock subject to Awards (including Awards which may be payable in cash but denominated as shares of Company Stock, i.e., Phantom Stock) awarded to any Participant shall not exceed 1,500,000 shares during any tax year of the Company in which the employee first becomes employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, or 1,000,000 shares in any other tax year of the Company (in each case subject to adjustment as provided herein). In addition, for any tax year of the Company, the maximum number of shares of Restricted Stock that may be granted to a Covered Employee for which the lapse of the restrictions of Section 8(d) is subject to the attainment of pre-established performance goals in accordance with Section 6 shall not exceed 1,000,000 (subject to adjustment as provided herein).
| (c) | Adjustment for Change in Capitalization |
In the event that any dividend or other distribution is declared (whether in the form of cash, Company Stock or other property), or there occurs any recapitalization, Company Stock split, reverse Company Stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase or share exchange, or other similar corporate transaction or event, unless the Committee determines that it is otherwise
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inappropriate, (1) the number and kind of shares of Company Stock which may thereafter be issued in connection with Awards, (2) the number and kind of shares of Company Stock issued or issuable in respect of outstanding Awards, (3) the exercise price, grant price or purchase price relating to any Award, (4) the maximum number of shares of Company Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options during the term of the Plan, (5) the number of Awards that do not need to comply with the conditions of Section 31 hereof, and (6) the maximum number of shares subject to Awards which may be awarded to any Participant during any tax year of the Company shall be equitably adjusted as necessary to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants without change in the aggregate purchase price; provided that, with respect to Incentive Stock Options, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with Section 424 of the Code.
| (d) | Adjustment for Change or Exchange of Shares for Other Consideration |
In the event the outstanding shares of Company Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for any other class or series of capital stock or cash, securities or other property pursuant to a recapitalization, reclassification, merger, consolidation, combination or similar transaction (“ Transaction ”), then, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion, (1) each Option shall thereafter become exercisable for the number and/or kind of capital stock, and/or the amount of cash, securities or other property so distributed, into which the shares of Company Stock subject to the Option would have been changed or exchanged had the Option been exercised in full prior to such transaction, provided that, if the kind or amount of capital stock or cash, securities or other property received in such transaction is not the same for each outstanding share, then the kind or amount of capital stock or cash, securities or other property for which the Option shall thereafter become exercisable (or the other Award shall thereafter represent) shall be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the shares of Company Stock, and provided further that, if necessary, the provisions of the Option shall be appropriately adjusted so as to be applicable, as nearly as may reasonably be, to any shares of capital stock, cash, securities or other property thereafter issuable or deliverable upon exercise of the Option, and (2) each Award that is not an Option and that is not automatically changed in connection with the Transaction shall represent the number and/or kind of shares of capital stock, and/or the amount of cash, securities or other property so distributed, into which the number of shares of Company Stock covered by the Award would have been changed or exchanged had they been held by a shareholder of the Company.
| (e) | Reuse of Shares |
The following shares of Company Stock shall again become available for Awards: (1) any shares subject to an Award that remain unissued upon the cancellation, surrender, exchange or termination of such award for any reason whatsoever and any shares of Restricted Stock forfeited; (2) any shares delivered (or deliverable) to the Participant pursuant to an Option exercise and received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery or attestation) in payment of the Option Exercise Price upon a Participant’s exercise of an Option as permitted under Section 7(c)(3) hereof; and (3) any shares received (or retained) by the Company (whether by actual delivery, attestation or otherwise) in connection with the exercise, vesting or delivery of an Award in respect of tax withholding or other similar tax obligations.
| 4. | Administration of the Plan |
The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall have the authority in its sole discretion, subject to and not inconsistent with the express provisions of the Plan, to administer the Plan and to exercise all the powers and authorities either specifically granted to it under the Plan or necessary or advisable in the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, the authority to grant Awards; to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which Awards shall be granted; to determine the type and number of Awards to be granted, the number of shares of Stock to which an Award may
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relate and the terms, conditions, restrictions and performance criteria relating to any Award; to determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances an Award may be settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered; to make adjustments in the performance goals in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company (to the extent not inconsistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable), or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting principles; to construe and interpret the Plan and any Award; to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; to determine the terms and provisions of Agreements; and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
The Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, without amendment to the Plan, (a) accelerate the date on which any Option granted under the Plan becomes exercisable, waive or amend the operation of Plan provisions respecting exercise after termination of employment or otherwise adjust any of the terms of such Option, and (b) accelerate the Vesting Date, or waive any condition imposed hereunder, with respect to any share of Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock or other Award or otherwise adjust any of the terms applicable to any such Award. Except pursuant to the operation of Section 3(c) or 3(d), the Committee shall not have the authority to decrease the exercise price of Options granted under the Plan.
The Committee may delegate to one or more of the Company’s executive officers (or, in the case of ministerial duties only, other employees) all or any portion of the Committee’s authority, powers, responsibilities and administrative duties under the Plan, with such conditions and limitations as are required under applicable law or as the Committee may otherwise prescribe; provided, however, that only the Committee is authorized to grant Awards to, or make decisions or interpretations with respect to Awards granted to, Participants who are either (i) subject to potential liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act with respect to transactions involving equity securities of the Company or (ii) Covered Employees. A record of all actions taken by any executive officer (or other employee) to whom the Committee has delegated a portion of its powers or responsibilities shall periodically be filed with the minutes of the meetings of the Committee and shall be made available for review by the Committee upon request.
| 5. | Eligibility |
The persons who shall be eligible to receive Awards pursuant to the Plan shall be such employees of the Company (including officers of the Company, whether or not they are directors of the Company), Nonemployee Directors and nonemployee service providers and consultants to the Company, in each case as the Committee shall select from time to time. Nonqualified Stock Options shall be granted to Nonemployee Directors in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof and as otherwise determined by the Committee. The grant of any Award hereunder at any time to any such Nonemployee Director, employee, service provider or consultant shall not entitle such person to a grant of an Award at any future time.
| 6. | Awards Under the Plan; Agreement; Performance Goals |
The Committee may grant Options, shares of Restricted Stock, Phantom Stock, Stock Bonuses and Other Awards in such amounts and with such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, subject to the provisions of the Plan. Nonqualified Stock Options shall be granted to Nonemployee Directors in accordance with Section 12 hereof.
Each Award granted under the Plan (except an unconditional Stock Bonus) shall be evidenced by an Agreement which shall contain such provisions as the Committee may in its sole discretion deem necessary or desirable which are not in conflict with the terms of the Plan. By accepting an Award, a Participant thereby agrees that the award shall be subject to all of the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable Agreement.
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Any Company Stock required to be issued to a Participant under the Plan shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may in its sole discretion deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or delivery of stock certificates. References in the Plan or in any Agreement to stock certificates shall be deemed to refer to book-entry registration in the case of any Company Stock evidenced in such manner and the provisions regarding stock certificates shall be applicable to Company Stock evidenced in book-entry form mutatis mutandis .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, any Award granted under the Plan may be (but is not required to be) subject to vesting based on the attainment by the Company of performance goals pre-established by the Committee, based on one or more of the following criteria: (1) total shareholder return; (2) return on equity; (3) return on invested capital; (4) cash flows; (5) earnings per share of Company Stock; (6) net income (before or after taxes); (7) earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; (8) revenues; (9) return on assets; (10) market share; (11) cost reduction goals; (12) the initiation or completion of clinical trials; (13) the achievement of certain target levels of discovery and/or development of products, including, without limitation, the regulatory progress and approval of new products; (14) the achievement of certain target levels of sales of new products or licensing in or out of new products or product candidates; (15) the achievement of certain research and development objectives; (16) the formation of joint ventures, research or development collaborations, or the completion of other corporate transactions; (17) any combination of, or a specified increase in, any of the foregoing; and (18) such other criteria as the shareholders of the Company may approve. These performance goals may be applied either individually, alternatively, or in any combination, either to the Company as a whole or to a defined business unit or function. In addition, such performance goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of Company performance under one or more measures described above on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to prior years’ results or to the performance of a designated comparison group, measured either annually, cumulatively over a period of years or for such other period as the Committee may determine. To the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code (including, without limitation, compliance with any requirements for shareholder approval), the Committee may adjust, modify or amend the aforementioned business criteria. To the extent an Award is intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, no amount shall be paid under any Award subject to such criteria, nor shall any such Award be released from applicable restrictions (as the case may be), except only after the attainment of such performance measures has been certified by the Committee. To the extent an Award is not intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, additional or different performance criteria may be utilized and there shall be no requirement to comply with the other requirements imposed on qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
| 7. | Options |
| (a) | Identification of Options |
Each Option shall be clearly identified in the applicable Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option.
| (b) | Exercise Price |
Each Agreement with respect to an Option shall set forth the amount (the “ Option Exercise Price ”) payable by the grantee to the Company upon exercise of the Option. The Option Exercise Price per share
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shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the Option Exercise Price shall in no event be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date the Option is granted. Without limitation of the authority set forth in Section 3(c) or 3(d) hereof, no Option (or stock appreciation right) shall be settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered in exchange or otherwise in consideration for a new Option (or stock appreciation right) with an Option Exercise Price (or stock appreciation right exercise price) that is less than that of such settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered Option (or stock appreciation right), nor shall any Option (or stock appreciation right) be settled, canceled, forfeited, exchanged or surrendered in exchange or otherwise in consideration for a cash payment from the Company in excess of the difference between the Option Exercise Price of such Option (or the exercise price of such stock appreciation right) and the Fair Market Value of the shares of Company Stock subject to such Option (or stock appreciation right) on the day of such payment.
| (c) | Term and Exercise of Options |
| (1) | Unless the applicable Agreement provides otherwise, an Option shall become cumulatively exercisable as to 25% of the shares covered thereby on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. The Committee shall determine the expiration date of each Option; provided, however, that no Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date of grant. |
| (2) | To the extent that an Option to purchase shares is not exercised by a Participant when it becomes initially exercisable, it shall not expire but carry forward and shall be exercisable until its expiration or as provided by Section 7(e) hereof. If any Option is exercisable in the amount of one hundred (100) or more full shares of Company stock, the Company shall not be obligated to permit the partial exercise of such exercisable Option for less than one hundred (100) full shares. |
| (3) | An Option shall be exercised by delivering notice as specified in the Agreement on the form of notice provided by the Company. Payment for the exercise price of the shares of Company Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option shall be made on the effective date of such exercise by one or a combination of the following means: (A) in cash or by personal check, certified check, bank cashier’s check or wire transfer; (B) in shares of Company Stock owned by the Participant for at least six months prior to the date of exercise and valued at their Fair Market Value on the effective date of such exercise; or (C) by any such other methods as the Committee may from time to time authorize (which shall include the use of a broker-assisted cashless exercise procedure and the payment of the exercise price by authorizing the Company to retain shares of Company Stock that otherwise would be distributed to the Participant upon exercise of the Option). In the case of a Participant who is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Company may require that the method of making such payment be in compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Any payment in shares of Company Stock shall be effected by the delivery of such shares to the Secretary of the Company, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank, together with any other documents and evidences as the Secretary of the Company shall require. |
| (4) | Certificates (if any) for shares of Company Stock purchased upon the exercise of an Option shall be issued in the name of or for the account of the Participant or other person entitled to receive such shares, and delivered to the Participant or such other person as soon as practicable following the effective date on which the Option is exercised. |
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| (d) | Limitations on Incentive Stock Options |
| (1) | To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of shares of Company Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plan of the Company or a Subsidiary shall exceed $100,000, such Options shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. Such Fair Market Value shall be determined as of the date on which each such Incentive Stock Option is granted. |
| (2) | No Incentive Stock Option may be granted to an individual if, at the time of the proposed grant, such individual owns (or is deemed to own under the Code) stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company unless (A) the exercise price of such Incentive Stock Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock at the time such Incentive Stock Option is granted, and (B) such Incentive Stock Option is not exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date such Incentive Stock Option is granted. |
| (e) | Effect of Termination of Employment |
| (1) | In the event that the employment of a Participant with the Company shall terminate for any reason other than (A) Cause or (B) death, the Options granted to such Participant, to the extent that they are exercisable at the time of such termination, shall remain exercisable for such period as may be provided in the Agreement (or as may be provided by the Committee), but in no event following the expiration of its term. The treatment of any Option that remains unexercisable as of the date of termination shall be as set forth in the Agreement (or as may be otherwise determined by the Committee). |
| (2) | In the event that the employment of a Participant with the Company shall terminate on account of the death of the Participant, all Options granted to such Participant that remain outstanding as of the date of death shall become fully exercisable and shall remain exercisable by the Participant’s legal representatives, heirs or legatees for such period as may be provided in the Agreement (or as otherwise may be determined by the Committee), but in no event following the expiration of their respective terms. Unless the applicable Agreement provides otherwise, cessation of active employment or service due to commencement of long-term disability as determined by the Committee shall not be deemed to constitute a termination of employment or service for purposes of the Plan, and during the continuance of such long-term disability the individual shall be deemed to continue active employment or service with the Company; provided, however, that the Committee may in its sole discretion determine that a Participant’s long-term disability constitutes a permanent disability and may deem such permanent disability to be a termination of employment or service for any or all purposes under this Plan. |
| (3) | In the event of the termination of a Participant’s employment for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall expire at the commencement of business on the date of such termination. |
| (f) | Acceleration of Exercise Date Upon Change in Control |
The Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may provide, either at the time of grant as provided in the Agreement or thereafter, that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, an Option granted under the Plan and outstanding at such time shall (1) become immediately
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exercisable in whole or in part (in which case the Committee shall determine the period during which such Option shall remain exercisable), and/or (2) be canceled in exchange for the right to receive property equivalent in value to such Option, as determined by the Committee.
| (g) | Leave of Absence |
In the case of any Participant on an approved leave of absence, the Committee may make such provision respecting the continuance of the Options held by such Participant while in the employ or service of the Company as it may deem equitable, except that in no event may an Option be exercised after its expiration.
| 8. | Restricted Stock |
| (a) | Price |
At the time of the grant of shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall determine the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for each share of Restricted Stock subject to the Award.
| (b) | Vesting Date |
Subject to Section 31 hereof, at the time of the grant of shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall establish a Vesting Date or Vesting Dates with respect to such shares. The Committee may divide such shares into classes and assign a different Vesting Date for each class. Provided that all conditions to the vesting of a share of Restricted Stock imposed pursuant to Section 8(c) are satisfied, and except as provided in Section 8(h), upon the occurrence of the Vesting Date with respect to a share of Restricted Stock, such share shall vest and the restrictions of Section 8(d) shall lapse.
| (c) | Conditions to Vesting |
Subject to Section 31 hereof, at the time of the grant of shares of Restricted Stock, the Committee may impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of such shares as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate.
| (d) | Restrictions on Transfer Prior to Vesting |
Prior to the vesting of a share of Restricted Stock, no transfer of a Participant’s rights with respect to such share, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, shall be permitted. Immediately upon any attempt to transfer such rights, such share, and all of the rights related thereto, shall be forfeited by the Participant.
| (e) | Dividends on Restricted Stock |
The Committee in its discretion may require that any dividends paid on shares of Restricted Stock be held in escrow until all restrictions on such shares have lapsed.
| (f) | Issuance of Certificates |
| (1) |
Reasonably promptly after the date of grant with respect to shares of Restricted Stock, the Company shall cause to be issued a stock certificate, registered in the name of or for the |
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| account of the Participant to whom such shares were granted, evidencing such shares. Each such stock certificate shall bear a legend substantially in the following form: |
The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including forfeiture provisions and restrictions against transfer) contained in the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner of such shares and the Company. A copy of the Plan and the Agreement is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Company, 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591-6707.
Such legend shall not be removed until such shares vest pursuant to the terms hereof. Alternatively, in its sole discretion, the Company may document ownership of such shares in book-entry form.
| (2) | Each certificate (if any) issued pursuant to this Section 8(f), together with the stock powers relating to the shares of Restricted Stock evidenced by such certificate, shall be held by the Company unless the Committee determines otherwise. |
| (g) | Consequences of Vesting |
Upon the vesting of a share of Restricted Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, the restrictions of Section 8(d) shall lapse with respect to such share. Reasonably promptly after a share of Restricted Stock vests, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Participant to whom such shares were granted a certificate evidencing such share, free of the legend set forth in Section 8(f), or cause a removal of such legend from the book entry evidencing such shares.
| (h) | Effect of Termination of Employment |
| (1) | Except as the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may otherwise provide in the applicable Agreement, and subject to the Committee’s amendment authority pursuant to Section 4, upon the termination of a Participant’s employment for any reason other than Cause, any and all shares to which restrictions on transferability apply shall be immediately forfeited by the Participant and transferred to, and reacquired by, the Company; provided that if the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall within thirty (30) days after such termination of employment notify the Participant in writing of its decision not to terminate the Participant’s rights in such shares, then the Participant shall continue to be the owner of such shares subject to such continuing restrictions as the Committee may prescribe in such notice. In the event of a forfeiture of shares pursuant to this section, the Company shall repay to the Participant (or the Participant’s estate) any amount paid by the Participant for such shares. In the event that the Company requires a return of shares, it shall also have the right to require the return of all dividends paid on such shares, whether by termination of any escrow arrangement under which such dividends are held or otherwise. |
| (2) | In the event of the termination of a Participant’s employment for Cause, all shares of Restricted Stock granted to such Participant which have not vested as of the date of such termination shall immediately be returned to the Company, together with any dividends paid on such shares, in return for which the Company shall repay to the Participant any amount paid by the Participant for such shares. |
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| (i) | Effect of Change in Control |
The Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may provide, either at the time of grant or thereafter, that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, shares of Restricted Stock which have not theretofore vested shall immediately vest in whole or in part and all restrictions on such shares shall immediately lapse in whole or in part.
| 9. | Phantom Stock |
| (a) | Vesting Date |
Subject to Section 31 hereof, at the time of the grant of shares of Phantom Stock, the Committee shall establish a Vesting Date or Vesting Dates with respect to such shares. The Committee may divide such shares into classes and assign a different Vesting Date for each class. Provided that all conditions to the vesting of a share of Phantom Stock imposed pursuant to Section 9(c) are satisfied, and except as provided in Section 9(d), upon the occurrence of the Vesting Date with respect to a share of Phantom Stock, such share shall vest.
| (b) | Benefit Upon Vesting |
Upon the vesting of a share of Phantom Stock, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, within thirty (30) days of the date on which such share vests, an amount, in cash and/or shares of Company Stock, as determined by the Committee, equal to the sum of (1) the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date on which such share of Phantom Stock vests, and (2) the aggregate amount of cash dividends paid with respect to a share of Company Stock during the period commencing on the date on which the share of Phantom Stock was granted and terminating on the date on which such share vests (unless such dividends have already been paid to the Participant).
| (c) | Conditions to Vesting |
Subject to Section 31 hereof, at the time of the grant of shares of Phantom Stock, the Committee may impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of such shares as it, in its absolute discretion, deems appropriate, to be contained in the Agreement.
| (d) | Effect of Termination of Employment |
Except as the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may otherwise provide in the applicable Agreement, and subject to the Committee’s amendment authority pursuant to Section 4, shares of Phantom Stock that have not vested, together with any dividends credited on such shares, shall be forfeited upon the Participant’s termination of employment for any reason.
| (e) | Effect of Change in Control |
The Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may provide, either at the time of grant or thereafter, that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, outstanding shares of Phantom Stock which have not theretofore vested shall immediately vest in whole or in part and payment in respect of such vested shares shall be made in accordance with the terms of this Plan.
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| 10. | Stock Bonuses |
In the event that the Committee grants a Stock Bonus, a certificate for the shares of Company Stock constituting such Stock Bonus shall be issued in the name of the Participant to whom such grant was made and delivered to such Participant as soon as practicable after the date on which such Stock Bonus is payable. Covered Employees shall be eligible to receive Stock Bonus grants hereunder only after a determination of eligibility is made by the Committee, in its sole discretion.
| 11. | Other Awards |
Other forms of Awards (“ Other Awards ”) valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Company Stock may be granted either alone or in addition to other Awards under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Awards shall be granted, the number of shares of Company Stock to be granted pursuant to such Other Awards and all other conditions of such Other Awards, subject to Section 31 hereof.
| 12. | Nonemployee Director Stock Options |
The provisions of this Section 12 shall apply only to grants of Nonqualified Stock Options to Nonemployee Directors.
| (a) | General |
Nonemployee Directors shall receive Nonqualified Stock Options under the Plan. The exercise price per share of Company Stock purchasable pursuant to a Nonqualified Stock Option granted to a Nonemployee Director shall be the Fair Market Value of a share of Company Stock on the date of grant.
| (b) | Timing and Amount of Grant |
Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, on the day on which annual Awards are made to the employees of the Company and, if no such Awards are made in a particular year, on the first business day (i.e., a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day in which the securities exchange on which the Company Stock trades is closed) of January of the subsequent year, each then serving Nonemployee Director shall be automatically granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase 12,750 shares of Company Stock (or such other number as the Committee may determine from time to time). In addition to the foregoing automatic grant, Nonqualified Stock Options may be granted to Nonemployee Directors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 12 by the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion.
| (c) | Method and Time of Payment |
Each Nonqualified Stock Option granted under this Section 12 shall be exercised in the manner described in Section 7(c)(3).
| (d) | Term and Exercisability |
Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, each Nonqualified Stock Option granted under this Section 12 shall (1) become cumulatively exercisable as to 33-1/3% of the shares covered thereby on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date that the Nonqualified
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Stock Option is granted and (2) expire ten years from the date of grant. The exercisability of each Nonqualified Stock Option granted to a Nonemployee Director shall be subject to an acceleration of exercisability upon a Change in Control as described in Section 7(f).
| (e) | Termination |
Except as the Committee in its sole and absolute discretion may otherwise provide in an applicable Agreement, and subject to the Committee’s amendment authority pursuant to Section 4, in the event of the termination of a Nonemployee Director’s service with the Company other than for Cause, any outstanding Nonqualified Stock Option held by such Nonemployee Director under this Section 12, to the extent that it is exercisable on the date of such termination, may be exercised by such Nonemployee Director (or, if applicable, by his or her executors, administrator, legatees or distributees) during such period as may be provided in the Agreement (or as may be otherwise determined by the Committee) but in no event following the expiration of such Nonqualified Stock Option, and the remainder of the Nonqualified Stock Option which is not exercisable on the date of such termination shall expire at the commencement of business on the date of such termination. In the event of the termination of a Nonemployee Director’s service with the Company for Cause, all outstanding Nonqualified Stock Options granted to such Nonemployee Director shall expire at the commencement of business on the date of such termination. For purposes of the Plan, any termination of a Nonemployee Director’s service with the Company shall not be deemed to occur if the Nonemployee Director continues to serve for the Company as consultant, employee or in any other capacity.
| (f) | No Limitation |
The provisions of this Section 12 shall not be construed to limit the Committee’s authority to make other Awards under the Plan.
| 13. | Rights as a Shareholder |
No person shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares of Company Stock covered by or relating to any Award until the date of issuance of a stock certificate with respect to such shares or registering a book entry evidencing the issuance of such shares. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(c), no adjustment to any Award shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date occurs prior to the date such stock certificate is issued or such book entry is registered.
| 14. | No Employment Rights; No Right to Award |
Nothing contained in the Plan or any Agreement shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company, subject to the terms of any separate employment agreement to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Participant.
No person shall have any claim or right to receive an Award hereunder. The Committee’s granting of an Award to a participant at any time shall neither require the Committee to grant any other Award to such Participant or other person at any time or preclude the Committee from making subsequent grants to such Participant or any other person.
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| 15. | Securities Matters |
| (a) | The Company shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of any interests in the Plan or any shares of Company Stock to be issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under any state laws. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be issued or delivered any certificates, or to cause to be registered any book entries, evidencing shares of Company Stock pursuant to the Plan unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the issuance and delivery of such certificates, or the book-entry registration, is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which shares of Company Stock are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition of the issuance and delivery of certificates, or the book-entry registration, evidencing shares of Company Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such shares make such agreements and representations, and that such certificates or book entries bear or are subject to such legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable. |
| (b) | The transfer of any shares of Company Stock hereunder shall be effective only at such time as counsel to the Company shall have determined that the issuance and delivery of such shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any securities exchange on which shares of Company Stock are traded. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of any transfer of shares of Company Stock hereunder in order to allow the issuance of such shares to be made pursuant to registration or an exemption from registration or other methods for compliance available under federal or state securities laws. The Committee shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of a transfer. During the period of such deferral in connection with the exercise of an Option, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw such exercise and obtain the refund of any amount paid with respect thereto. |
| 16. | Withholding Taxes |
Whenever cash is to be paid pursuant to an Award, the Company shall have the right to deduct therefrom an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto.
Whenever shares of Company Stock are to be delivered pursuant to an Award, the Company shall have the right to require the Participant to remit to the Company in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto. With the approval of the Committee, a Participant may satisfy the foregoing requirement by electing to have the Company withhold from delivery shares of Company Stock having a value equal to the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld. Such shares shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. Fractional share amounts shall be settled in cash. Such a withholding election may be made with respect to all or any portion of the shares to be delivered pursuant to an Award.
| 17. | Notification of Election Under Section 83(b) of the Code |
If any Participant shall, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Company Stock under the Plan, make the election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code, such Participant shall notify the Company of such election within ten (10) days of filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service.
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| 18. | Notification Upon Disqualifying Disposition Under Section 421(b) of the Code |
Each Agreement with respect to an Incentive Stock Option shall require the Participant to notify the Company of any disposition of shares of Company Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of such Option under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code (relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), within ten (10) days of such disposition.
| 19. | Amendment or Termination of the Plan |
The Board of Directors may, at any time, suspend or terminate the Plan or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever; provided, however, that shareholder approval shall be required if and to the extent the Board of Directors determines that such approval is appropriate for purposes of satisfying Sections 162(m) or 422 of the Code or Rule 16b-3 or other applicable law or regulation (including listing standards). Awards may be granted under the Plan prior to the receipt of such shareholder approval but each such grant shall be subject in its entirety to such approval and no award may be exercised, vested or otherwise satisfied prior to the receipt of such approval. Nothing herein shall restrict the Committee’s ability to exercise its discretionary authority pursuant to Section 4, which discretion may be exercised without amendment to the Plan. Without limiting the authority of the Committee under Section 3(c) or 3(d), and subject to Section 32 hereof, no action hereunder may, without the consent of a Participant, reduce the Participant’s rights under any outstanding Award.
| 20. | Transferability |
Upon the death of a Participant, outstanding Awards granted to such Participant may be exercised only by the executor or administrator of the Participant’s or Nonemployee Director’s estate or by a person who shall have acquired the right to such exercise by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. No transfer of an Award by will or the laws of descent and distribution shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Committee shall have been furnished with (a) written notice thereof and with a copy of the will and/or such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer, and (b) an agreement by the transferee to comply with all the terms and conditions of the Award that are or would have been applicable to the Participant and to be bound by the acknowledgments made by the Participant or in connection with the grant of the Award.
During the lifetime of a Participant, the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the transfer of an outstanding Option, unless such Option is an Incentive Stock Option and the Committee and the Participant intends that it shall retain such status. Subject to the approval of the Committee and to any conditions that the Committee may prescribe, a Participant may, upon providing written notice to the Secretary of the Company, elect to transfer any or all Options granted to such Participant pursuant to the Plan to members of his or her immediate family (including, but not limited to, children, grandchildren and spouse or to trusts for the benefit of such immediate family members or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners) or to other persons or entities approved by the Committee; provided, however, that no such transfer by any Participant may be made in exchange for consideration.
| 21. | Expenses |
The expenses of the Plan shall be paid by the Company.
| 22. | Failure to Comply |
In addition to the remedies of the Company elsewhere provided for herein, failure by a Participant (or beneficiary) to comply with any of the terms and conditions of the Plan or the applicable Agreement,
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unless such failure is remedied by such Participant (or beneficiary) within ten days after notice of such failure by the Committee, shall be grounds for the cancellation and forfeiture of such Award, in whole or in part, as the Committee, in its absolute discretion, may determine.
| 23. | Effective Date and Term of Plan |
The Plan shall be subject to the requisite approval of the shareholders of the Company. Unless earlier terminated by the Board of Directors, the right to grant Awards under the Plan shall terminate on April 4, 2024. Awards outstanding at Plan termination shall remain in effect according to their terms and the provisions of the Plan.
| 24. | Applicable Law |
Except to the extent preempted by any applicable federal law, the Plan shall be construed and administered in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to its principles of conflicts of law.
| 25. | Participant Rights |
No Participant shall have any claim to be granted any award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment for Participants. Except as provided specifically herein, a Participant or a transferee of an Award shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by any Award until the date of the issuance of a Company Stock certificate to him or her or the book-entry registration in such Participant’s or such transferee’s name for such shares.
| 26. | Unfunded Status of Awards |
The Plan is intended to constitute an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Agreement shall give any such Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.
| 27. | No Fractional Shares |
No fractional shares of Company Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan. The Committee shall determine whether cash, other Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.
| 28. | Beneficiary |
A Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of a beneficiary on such form as may be prescribed by the Committee and may, from time to time, amend or revoke such designation. If no designated beneficiary survives the Participant, the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate shall be deemed to be the grantee’s beneficiary.
| 29. | Interpretation |
The Plan is designed and intended to permit the grant of Awards which comply with the exemption set forth in Rule 16b-3 and, to the extent applicable, to permit awards of qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code and to permit the grant of awards which either comply with or exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. All provisions hereof shall be construed in a manner to so comply with such intention.
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| 30. | Severability |
If any provision of the Plan is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of the Plan shall not be affected but shall be applied as if the invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included in the Plan.
| 31. | Certain Limitations on Vesting of Awards Other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights |
Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary (but subject to the last two sentences of this Section 31), if the vesting condition for any Award (other than an Option or a stock appreciation right) made to a Participant who is an employee of the Company is based solely upon continued employment for a period of time, such vesting period shall not be less than 36 months for the vesting of the entire Award; provided that ratable portions of each such Award may vest periodically during such 36 month period. If the vesting condition for any Award (other than an Option or a stock appreciation right) made to a Participant who is an employee of the Company is based upon the attainment of specified performance measures, such performance vesting period shall not be less than one (1) year. The provisions of this Section 31 shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Committee to provide for accelerated vesting upon a Change in Control or upon a termination of a Participant’s employment. In addition, during the term of the Plan the Committee may, in its discretion, grant Awards with respect to not more than an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Company Stock which do not comply with the conditions of this Section 31 (for the avoidance of doubt it being understood that this Section 31 does not limit or restrict in any way the vesting conditions that may be applicable to Awards consisting of Options or stock appreciation rights, and Awards consisting of Options and stock appreciation rights shall not be counted against the aggregate limit on Awards that are not required to comply with the provisions of this Section 31).
| 32. | Applicability of Company Policy |
By accepting an Award under the Plan, each Participant agrees that the terms and conditions of the Company’s Policy Regarding Recoupment or Reduction of Incentive Compensation for Compliance Violations, as in effect from time to time, shall apply to such Participant’s Award(s) under the Plan.
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