UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): April 14, 2019

 

 

CATALENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36587   20-8737688

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey

  08873
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)   (Zip code)

(732) 537-6200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Merger Agreement

On April 14, 2019, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. (“Buyer”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Catalent” and, together with Buyer and its other subsidiaries, the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Catalent Holdco I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (“Merger Sub”), Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Paragon”), Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC, as representative of the Company Securityholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and, solely with respect to Section 4.12 of the Merger Agreement (solely with respect to the Equity Financing (as defined therein)) and Section 8.19 of the Merger Agreement, Catalent. The respective boards of directors of Catalent, Buyer, Merger Sub and Paragon have unanimously approved the Merger Agreement.

The Merger Agreement provides for the acquisition of Paragon by Buyer pursuant to the merger of Merger Sub with and into Paragon, with Paragon continuing as the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (the “Merger”). The aggregate purchase price payable by Buyer pursuant to the Merger Agreement is $1.2 billion in cash, subject to customary escrow arrangements and a purchase price adjustment related to, among other things, the amount of Paragon’s working capital and other adjustments (as adjusted, the “Closing Payment”). Catalent has agreed to guarantee to Paragon the complete and punctual payment, observance, performance and discharge of the obligations of Buyer under the Merger Agreement.    

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants of Paragon and Buyer. From the date of the Merger Agreement until the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby (the “Merger Closing”), Paragon is required to operate its business in the ordinary course and to comply with certain covenants regarding the operation of its business. The Company has obtained representation and warranty insurance, subject to exclusions, policy limits and certain other terms and conditions, to obtain coverage for any loss resulting from any breach of certain representations and warranties made by Paragon pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

The Merger Closing is subject to customary closing conditions, including, among others, (i) the absence of any governmental order restraining, enjoining or otherwise making illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (ii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”) applicable to the Merger, (iii) the accuracy of the parties’ representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement (subject to certain materiality qualifications), (iv) the parties’ compliance with the covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreement in all material respects, and (v) the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to Paragon. The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for Paragon and Buyer and, subject to certain limitations set forth therein, may be terminated by either Paragon or Buyer if the Merger Closing has not occurred on or before August 14, 2019. The Company currently anticipates that the Merger Closing will occur in the fourth quarter of the Company’s fiscal 2019, although no assurance can be given in that regard.

The foregoing summary of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreement has been filed to provide investors and securityholders with information regarding its terms and conditions. It is not intended to provide any other information about Paragon, Buyer, or Catalent. The Merger Agreement contains representations, warranties, and covenants of the parties thereto made to and solely for the benefit of each other, and such representations, warranties, and covenants may be subject to materiality and other qualifiers applicable to the contracting parties that differ from


those that may be viewed as material to investors. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties, and covenants are qualified by information in confidential disclosure schedules that Paragon delivered in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement and were made as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the Merger Closing, except those made as of a specified date. Accordingly, investors and securityholders should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants as characterizations of the actual state of facts. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties, and covenants may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Catalent’s public disclosures.

The Company expects to finance the Closing Payment with the net proceeds of the Preferred Stock Issuance and the Incremental Loan Facility (each as discussed below).

Debt Commitment Letter

Contemporaneous with Buyer’s entry into the Merger Agreement, Buyer entered into a debt commitment letter, dated April 14, 2019 (the “Commitment Letter”), with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Commitment Party”), pursuant to which and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Commitment Party has agreed to provide a $650 million term loan facility (the “Incremental Loan Facility”) issued as a new class of term loans under Buyer’s existing senior secured credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) for the purpose of providing the financing necessary to fund a portion of the Closing Payment, future capital expenses of Paragon and other corporate purposes (the “Incremental Loan Commitment”).

The Commitment Letter also provides that the Commitment Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain up to $300 million of incremental revolving credit commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter.

The funding of the Incremental Loan Facility is contingent upon the satisfaction of customary conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter, including (i) the execution and delivery of definitive documentation with respect to the Incremental Loan Commitment in accordance with the terms set forth in the Commitment Letter, and (ii) the consummation of the Merger in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

Investment Agreement

On April 14, 2019, Catalent entered into an equity commitment and investment agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with Green Equity Investors VII, L.P. and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P. (together, the “Investors”), both affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“Leonard Green”), in connection with the issuance and sale of Catalent’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series A Preferred Stock”) to the Investors. The Investment Agreement obligates the Investors to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Maximum Commitment Amount”) and not fewer than 650,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Minimum Commitment Amount”), for a purchase price of $1,000 per share (such issuance and sale, the “Preferred Stock Issuance”). The Investment Agreement provides that Catalent must, by written notice to the Investors prior to the closing of the Preferred Stock Issuance (the “Preferred Stock Issuance Closing”), specify the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be issued and sold to the Investors; provided, however, if Catalent delivers such notice more than ten business days after the date of the execution of the Merger Agreement, Catalent will be obligated to pay to the Investors a fee, in cash, equal to the product of $25 and the difference between the Maximum Commitment Amount and the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock specified by Catalent to be issued and sold in the Preferred Stock Issuance. The Preferred Stock Issuance Closing is conditioned upon customary closing conditions, including, among others (i) the simultaneous consummation of the Merger Closing and the funding of the Incremental Loan Facility, (ii) the absence of any governmental order restraining, enjoining or otherwise making illegal the consummation of the Preferred Stock Issuance, (iii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the Preferred Stock Issuance (separate and independent from the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the Merger), (iv) the approval for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) of Catalent’s shares of common


stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, and (v) pursuant to the Investment Agreement and in accordance with a stockholders’ agreement to be entered into by Catalent and the Investors as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, a form of which is attached as Schedule C to the Investment Agreement (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), Catalent taking all necessary actions to (a) cause the Investors’ designated director nominee to be appointed to Catalent’s board of directors (the “Board”) effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, and (b) acknowledge and affirm the right of the Investors’ designated non-voting observer to the Board to attend meetings of the Board effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing (each as discussed below).

The Series A Preferred Stock will rank senior to the Common Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of Catalent (a “Liquidation”). The Series A Preferred Stock will initially have a stated value of $1,000 per share (as such value may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation (as defined below), the “Stated Value”). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to cumulative dividends payable quarterly against the Stated Value at a rate of 5.00% per annum (as such rate may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the “Dividend Rate”). Dividends may be settled in cash, by increasing the Stated Value, or in a combination thereof, at Catalent’s election, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock, a form of which is attached as Schedule A to the Investment Agreement (the “Certificate of Designation”). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will also be entitled to receive dividends or distributions declared or paid on the Common Stock on an as-converted basis.

Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, the Dividend Rate is subject to adjustment if, as of the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the sixty consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date (the “Year Four Price”), by (ii) $41.2841 (the “Announcement Price”) is (a) 80% or greater, but less than 100%, then the Dividend Rate will be automatically adjusted as of the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing to 6.50% per annum, or (b) less than 80%, then the Dividend Rate will be automatically adjusted as of the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing to 8.00% per annum; provided, however, if the quotient obtained by dividing the Year Four Price by the Announcement Price is less than 100% but equal to or greater than the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the average closing value of the S&P 500 Index for the sixty consecutive trading days immediately preceding the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, by (2) the average closing value of the S&P 500 Index for the thirty consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of the execution of the Investment Agreement, then no such adjustment to the Dividend Rate will be made on the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing and the adjustment to the Dividend Rate, if any, will be determined and made effective on the fifth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing based on the Year Five Price (as defined in the Certificate of Designation) measured against the Announcement Price and otherwise in the manner provided above. If the Year Four Price equals or exceeds the Announcement Price, no adjustment to the Dividend Rate will occur. Similarly, if the determination of a potential adjustment to the Dividend Rate is to be made as of the fifth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing and the Year Five Price equals or exceeds the Announcement Price, then no adjustment to the Dividend Rate will occur.

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible at the option of the holders thereof, at any time after the first anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing (or, if earlier, the date Catalent sends any notice of certain change of control events), into shares of Common Stock at a price equal to $49.5409 (the “Conversion Price”), representing a 20% premium to the Announcement Price. At any time after the third anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, Catalent will have the right (but not the obligation) to cause all (and not less than all) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted into the relevant number of shares of Common Stock if the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the thirty consecutive trading days immediately preceding Catalent’s applicable notice of conversion exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price is subject to customary anti-dilution and other adjustments.

At any time after the fifth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, Catalent will have the right (but not the obligation) to redeem all (and not less than all) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for cash, shares of Common Stock, or in a combination thereof, at Catalent’s election, at a price per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the Stated Value plus (without duplication) all accrued but unpaid dividends.


Upon a Liquidation, subject to any senior-ranking securities, indebtedness or other senior rights, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, for each share of Series A Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Stated Value of such share, plus (without duplication) all accrued but unpaid dividends on such share, and (ii) the amount such holder would have received had such holder, immediately prior to such Liquidation, converted such share into shares of Common Stock at the then-applicable Conversion Price.

Upon certain change of control events involving Catalent, Catalent will be required to redeem each share of Series A Preferred Stock for the greater of (i) cash in an amount equal to the sum of (a) the product of (1) the applicable Mandatory Redemption Multiplier (as defined in the Certificate of Designation), multiplied by (2) the Stated Value of such share, plus (b) all accrued but unpaid dividends on such share, and (ii) the amount of cash and/or other assets the holder of Series A Preferred Stock would have received had such holder, as of the business day immediately preceding the effective date of such change of control event, converted such share into shares of Common Stock and participated in such event as a holder of Common Stock.

Pursuant to Article VI of the Certificate of Designation, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote with the holders of Common Stock as a single class on an “as-converted basis.” Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, for so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock beneficially own (i) (a) shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value of at least $250 million, or (b) either (1) shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $250 million (calculated by valuing each share of Common Stock at the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the NYSE for the thirty consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date of valuation (the “Common Stock Valuation Methodology”)), or (2) any combination of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $250 million, calculated by valuing each share of Series A Preferred Stock at the Stated Value of such share and each share of Common Stock pursuant to the Common Stock Valuation Methodology, such holders will have the right to designate one designee to be nominated by Catalent for election to the Board, and (ii) (a) shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value of at least $500 million, or (b) either (1) shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $500 million, calculated by valuing each share of Common Stock pursuant to the Common Stock Valuation Methodology, or (2) any combination of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $500 million, calculated by valuing each share of Series A Preferred Stock at the Stated Value of such share and each share of Common Stock pursuant to the Common Stock Valuation Methodology, such holders will have the right to appoint one non-voting observer to attend all meetings of the Board.

Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, for so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to designate a director to the Board, each such holder will be required to vote (i) in favor of each director nominated or recommended by the Board for election at any meeting of the stockholders of Catalent and against the removal of any director who has been elected following nomination or recommendation by the Board, (ii) against any stockholder nomination for director that is not approved and recommended by the Board for election at any such meeting, (iii) in favor of Catalent’s “say-on-pay” proposal and any proposal by Catalent relating to equity compensation that has been approved by the Board or the Compensation & Leadership Committee of the Board (or any successor committee thereto), (iv) in favor of Catalent’s proposal for ratification of the appointment of Catalent’s independent registered public accounting firm, and (v) in accordance with the recommendation of the Board with respect to any proposed merger, business combination or other similar transaction between Catalent and any other person; provided, however, no holder will be under any obligation to vote in the same manner as recommend by the Board, or in any other manner other than in its sole discretion, with respect to any other matter.


Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock will be subject to certain standstill restrictions pursuant to which such holders will be restricted, among other things and subject to certain customary exceptions, from purchasing additional securities of Catalent, publicly proposing any merger or other extraordinary corporate transaction, initiating any shareholder proposal, or soliciting proxies until the later of (i) the third anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, and (ii) the date on which such holders are no longer entitled to designate any director for nomination to the Board.

Subject to certain customary exceptions, the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock will be restricted by the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement from transferring such shares until the earlier to occur of (i) the eighteen-month anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, and (ii) the occurrence of a transaction resulting in a Change of Control (as defined in the Certificate of Designation). In addition, other than certain transfers in connection with a registered public offering or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding, without Catalent’s prior written consent, the holders may not transfer any Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to certain specified persons, including (a) certain competitors of Catalent, (b) any person that has filed (individually or jointly with others in a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”))) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G pursuant to Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act, (c) any person who the transferring holder knows or reasonably should know is or has been an activist investor in the three years prior to any such proposed transfer, or (d) any person who the transferring holder knows (after reasonable inquiry of such person) would be required to file (individually or jointly with others in a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G pursuant to Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act with respect to its ownership of shares of capital stock of Catalent as a result of the proposed transfer.

For so long as the holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issued upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to designate a director to the Board, such holders will have certain customary access and information rights. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, holders of a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock will have veto rights over Catalent’s (i) amendment to any provision of its organizational documents that would have an adverse effect on the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) issuance of senior or pari passu securities, or (iii) incurrence of indebtedness to the extent such incurrence would cause the Company’s Total Leverage Ratio for any applicable Test Period to exceed 6:00:1:00 determined on a Pro-Forma Basis (as such terms are defined in the Existing Credit Agreement).

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock and Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock will have certain customary registration rights with respect to such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of a registration rights agreement, a form of which is attached as Schedule B to the Investment Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

Catalent and the Investors make certain customary representations and warranties in the Investment Agreement, and each of Catalent and the Investors agree to indemnify the other applicable party relating to damages resulting from a breach of certain of its representations and warranties.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Investment Agreement, the Certificate of Designation, the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Investment Agreement and the schedules thereto, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.


The Investment Agreement has been filed to provide investors and securityholders with information regarding its terms and conditions. It is not intended to provide any other information about Leonard Green or Catalent. The Investment Agreement contains representations, warranties, and covenants of the parties thereto made to and solely for the benefit of each other, and such representations, warranties, and covenants may be subject to materiality and other qualifiers applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those that may be viewed as material to investors. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties, and covenants are qualified by information in confidential disclosure schedules that Catalent delivered in connection with the execution of the Investment Agreement and were made as of the date of the Investment Agreement and as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, except those made as of a specified date. Accordingly, investors and securityholders should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants as characterizations of the actual state of facts. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations, warranties, and covenants may change after the date of the Investment Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Catalent’s public disclosures.

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This report, including the exhibits filed and furnished herewith, contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified because they relate to the topics set forth above or by the use of statements that include phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “foresee,” “likely,” “may,” “will,” “would” or other words or phrases with similar meanings, and include the statements regarding Paragon’s 2019 revenues and its future growth rate, as well as the impact of the transaction on Catalent’s Adjusted Net Income. Similarly, statements that describe the Company’s objectives, plans or goals, including Catalent’s plans to close its agreement to acquire Paragon, to close on the related financing transactions, and to subsequently deleverage Catalent’s balance sheet, are, or may be, forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from our expectations and projections. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following: any delay or failure to conclude the acquisition of Paragon or the related financings on the terms previously agreed or difficulty in integrating the acquisition if closed or realizing on the anticipated business from the acquisition; changes to Catalent’s business, its industry, or the overall economic climate that limit its ability to obtain the desired deleveraging, general industry conditions and competition; product or other liability risk inherent in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of its offerings; inability to enhance Catalent’s existing or introduce new technology or services in a timely manner; economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances and patents attained by competitors; and Catalent’s substantial debt and debt service requirements that restrict its operating and financial flexibility and impose significant interest and financial costs; or difficulty in integrating other acquisitions into Catalent’s existing business, thereby reducing or eliminating the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Paragon. For a more detailed discussion of these and other factors, see the information under the caption “Risk Factors” in Catalent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this report speak only as of the date of this report or as of the date they are made, and Catalent does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments unless and to the extent required by law.


Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

The information contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

As described in Item 1.01, under the terms of the Investment Agreement, Catalent has agreed to issue shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Investors. This issuance and sale will be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof. The Investors represented to Catalent that each is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act and that the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are being acquired for investment purposes and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Increase in Size of the Board

In connection with the execution of the Investment Agreement, the Board has, contingent upon and effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, approved an increase in the size of the Board from ten members to eleven members.

Appointment of New Director

Contingent upon and effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, Peter Zippelius will be appointed to the Board to serve a term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Catalent’s stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Zippelius has been designated by the Investors to be appointed to the Board, effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement.

Mr. Zippelius is a partner of Leonard Green, which he joined in 2018. Previously Mr. Zippelius was a Managing Director and Co-Head of North American Healthcare Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan, which he joined in 2015. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Mr. Zippelius was a Managing Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Services Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank Securities, and prior to that, he was a Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Zippelius began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Solomon Smith Barney. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Virginia Tech.

Effective upon the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, Mr. Zippelius will receive Catalent’s standard compensation provided for service on the Board to all members of the Board who are not employees of the Company. This compensation currently includes an annual cash retainer of $100,000, payable in quarterly installments in arrears, and an annual grant of restricted stock units having a fair market value equal to $175,000. The restricted stock units vest in full after one year of service and are subject to accelerated vesting in the event of a “change of control.” The initial cash retainer and restricted stock unit award to be received by Mr. Zippelius will be pro-rated based on the portion of Catalent’s current fiscal year during which he is expected to serve.

In addition, pursuant to Catalent’s stock ownership policy, effective as of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, Mr. Zippelius will be required to own shares of Common Stock in an amount equal to five times the annual cash retainer. For purposes of this requirement, a director’s holdings include shares held directly or indirectly, individually or jointly, shares underlying vested equity-based awards, and shares held under a deferral or similar plan. Mr. Zippelius is also required to retain 100% of the shares received following exercise of options or upon settlement of vested restricted stock units (net of any shares used to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligations) until the minimum holding level is reached.


There is no transaction between Mr. Zippelius and the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, other than the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, if and when such transactions are consummated pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Investment Agreement.

The Board also considered the independence of Mr. Zippelius in the context of the NYSE listing standards and Catalent’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and concluded that Mr. Zippelius qualifies as an independent director, including with respect to such applicable standards and guidelines.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 15, 2019, Catalent issued a press release announcing the Acquisition. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall any such information or exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

  

The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  2.1

  

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 14, 2019, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., Paragon Bioservices, Inc., solely for purposes of 4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing (as defined therein)) and Section 8.19, Catalent, Inc., and Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC. Disclosure schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Merger Agreement as filed identifies such schedules and exhibits, including the general nature of their contents. The Company agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted attachment to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a confidential basis upon request.

10.1

  

Equity Commitment and Investment Agreement, dated as of April  14, 2019, by and among Catalent, Inc. Green Equity Investors VII, L.P. and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P. Disclosure schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item  601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Investment Agreement as filed identifies such schedules, including the general nature of their contents. The Company agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted attachment to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a confidential basis upon request.

  

The following Exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

99.1

  

Press release, dated April 15, 2019, issued by Catalent, Inc.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

  Catalent, Inc.
  (Registrant)

By:

  / S / STEVEN L. FASMAN
  Steven L. Fasman
 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel,

and Secretary

Date: April 17, 2019

Exhibit 2.1

CONFIDENTIAL

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

CATALENT, INC.

(“ Parent Guarantor ”),

CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC.

(“ Buyer ”),

CATALENT HOLDCO I INC.

(“ Merger Sub ”),

PARAGON BIOSERVICES, INC.

(the “ Company ”)

AND

PEARL SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE, LLC

(as “ Securityholder Representative ”)

 

 

April 14, 2019

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 THE MERGER

     1  

1.1

 

The Merger

     1  

1.2

 

Effective Time

     1  

1.3

 

The Closing

     2  

1.4

 

Actions at the Closing

     2  

1.5

 

Additional Action

     3  

1.6

 

Conversion of Shares; Cancellation of Options and Warrants

     3  

1.7

 

Letter of Transmittal

     7  

1.8

 

Escrow Funds; Securityholder Representative; Expense Holdback

     7  

1.9

 

Organizational Documents

     9  

1.10

 

Directors and Officers

     9  

1.11

 

No Further Rights

     10  

1.12

 

Purchase Price Adjustment

     10  

1.13

 

Withholding

     14  

ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

     14  

2.1

 

Organization and Standing

     14  

2.2

 

Capitalization

     14  

2.3

 

No Subsidiaries

     15  

2.4

 

Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements

     15  

2.5

 

Noncontravention

     15  

2.6

 

Litigation

     16  

2.7

 

Financial Statements and other Financial Records

     16  

2.8

 

Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities; Indebtedness

     17  

2.9

 

Absence of Changes

     17  

2.10

 

Taxes

     17  

2.11

 

Property and Assets

     19  

2.12

 

Intellectual Property; Information Technology and Data Privacy

     19  

2.13

 

Insurance

     21  

2.14

 

Material Agreements

     21  

2.15

 

Customers

     24  

2.16

 

Suppliers

     24  


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2.17

 

Loans and Advances; Affiliate Arrangements

     24  

2.18

 

Assumptions, Guarantees, Etc. of Indebtedness of Other Persons

     25  

2.19

 

Compliance with Laws

     25  

2.20

 

Debarment; Regulatory Matters

     27  

2.21

 

Employee Relations

     28  

2.22

 

Employee Plans

     29  

2.23

 

Permits

     30  

2.24

 

Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

     30  

2.25

 

Brokers

     31  

2.26

 

Product Warranties; Product Liability

     31  

2.27

 

Claims Under Prior Acquisition Agreements

     31  

2.28

 

Government Contracts

     32  

ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB

     32  

3.1

 

Organization and Power

     32  

3.2

 

Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements

     32  

3.3

 

Noncontravention

     33  

3.4

 

Litigation

     33  

3.5

 

Interim Operations of Merger Sub

     34  

3.6

 

Brokers

     34  

3.7

 

Financial Capacity

     34  

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

     35  

4.1

 

Conduct of Business

     35  

4.2

 

Negative Covenants Pending Closing

     36  

4.3

 

Corporate Examinations and Investigations

     39  

4.4

 

Further Assurances

     39  

4.5

 

Governmental and Third-Party Notices and Consents

     40  

4.6

 

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     42  

4.7

 

Requisite Company Securityholder Approval; Company Information Statement

     43  

4.8

 

Retention of and Access to Records

     44  

4.9

 

Employment and Benefits Matters

     44  

 

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4.10

 

No Solicitation

     46  

4.11

 

Financial Statement Preparation

     46  

4.12

 

Cooperation; Financial Information

     47  

4.13

 

Affiliate Arrangements

     53  

4.14

 

Tax Matters

     53  

4.15

 

Representations and Warranties Insurance Policy

     53  

ARTICLE 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB TO CLOSE

     53  

5.1

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants; No Company Material Adverse Effect

     54  

5.2

 

No Injunction or Order

     54  

5.3

 

HSR Act

     54  

ARTICLE 6 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE

     55  

6.1

 

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

     55  

6.2

 

No Injunction or Order

     55  

6.3

 

HSR Act

     55  

ARTICLE 7 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

     55  

7.1

 

Termination

     55  

7.2

 

Effect of Termination

     56  

7.3

 

Amendment

     57  

7.4

 

Waiver

     57  

ARTICLE 8 MISCELLANEOUS

     57  

8.1

 

No Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements

     57  

8.2

 

Notices

     58  

8.3

 

No Third Party Beneficiary

     60  

8.4

 

Public Announcements; Confidentiality

     60  

8.5

 

Fees and Expenses

     61  

8.6

 

Entire Agreement

     62  

8.7

 

Governing Law

     62  

8.8

 

Binding Effect; No Assignment

     62  

8.9

 

Article and Section Headings; Construction

     62  

 

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8.10

 

Counterparts

     63  

8.11

 

Severability

     63  

8.12

 

Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver

     63  

8.13

 

Waiver Of Jury Trial

     64  

8.14

 

Enforcement

     64  

8.15

 

Waiver of Conflicts; Privilege

     64  

8.16

 

No Other Representation; Non-Recourse

     66  

8.17

 

Release

     67  

8.18

 

Rules of Construction

     67  

8.19

 

Parent Guaranty

     67  

ARTICLE 9 DEFINITIONS

     68  

Exhibits

Exhibit A – Form of Certificate of Merger

Exhibit B – Form of Letter of Transmittal

 

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of April 14, 2019, is by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer ”); Catalent Holdco I Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Buyer (“ Merger Sub ”); solely with respect to Section  4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing) and Section  8.19 , Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent Guarantor ”); Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”); and, solely in its capacity as representative of the Company Securityholders, Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Securityholder Representative ”). Buyer, Merger Sub and the Company, and solely with respect to Section  4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing) and as provided in Section  8.19 Parent Guarantor, are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “ Parties ”. Any defined term not otherwise defined in a particular section shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 .

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company deems it advisable to enter into this Agreement and to effect the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company under the terms of this Agreement, and has approved and adopted this Agreement and approved such merger; and

WHEREAS, the board of directors of each of Merger Sub and Buyer deems it advisable to enter into this Agreement and to effect the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company under the terms of this Agreement, and each has approved and adopted this Agreement and approved such merger.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises recited above and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants set forth below, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

THE MERGER

1.1 The Merger . Upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, in accordance with the DGCL (the “ Merger ”). From and after the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving company (the “ Surviving Company ”). The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the DGCL.

1.2 Effective Time . On the Closing Date, the Parties shall cause a certificate of merger substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) with respect to the Merger to be filed and recorded in accordance with the DGCL, and shall take all such further actions as may be required by Law to make the Merger effective. The Merger shall be effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary in accordance with the DGCL, or at such later time as is specified in the Certificate of Merger (the “ Effective Time ”, and such date, the “ Effective Date ”).


1.3 The Closing . The Closing shall take place at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York, 10004, or by electronic exchange of documents, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time in New York City on the fourth (4th) Business Day after all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, set forth in Article 5 and Article 6 have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms can only be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions), or such other date as may be mutually agreeable to the Parties; provided, however that in no event shall Buyer be obligated to consummate the Closing prior to the date that is thirty (30) days following the date of this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer (the date on which the Closing occurs, the “ Closing Date ”).

1.4 Actions at the Closing . At the Closing:

(a) the Company shall file with the Delaware Secretary the Certificate of Merger;

(b) the Company shall deliver to Buyer and Merger Sub a schedule setting forth the allocation of the Net Merger Consideration payable to all Company Securityholders which shall be in accordance with the Company Charter, Company Equity Plans, Warrants and any other applicable Contract between the Company and any Company Securityholder as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “ Consideration Allocation Schedule ”);

(c) unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, Buyer shall, on behalf of the Company, pay all of the Company’s Indebtedness outstanding as of the Closing Date and under the agreements set forth on Schedule  1.4(c) (“ Repaid Debt ”), and cause all related Liens to be terminated (other than Permitted Liens), each in accordance with payoff letters and instruments of discharge in customary form and substance and delivered to Buyer by the Company at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date in final draft form;

(d) Buyer shall pay all Company Transaction Expenses as set forth in the Estimated Closing Statement, in each case by wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to written instructions provided to Buyer by the Company concurrently with the delivery of the Estimated Closing Statement;

(e) Buyer shall pay to the Securityholder Representative the Expense Holdback, which amount shall be held by the Securityholder Representative and disbursed to the Company Securityholders in accordance with Section  1.8(d) ;

(f) Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent in accordance with Section  1.8(a) , which amount shall be held by the Escrow Agent and disbursed to Buyer or to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for further distribution to the Company Securityholders) in accordance with Section  1.12 and the Escrow Agreement;

(g) Buyer shall pay to the Company, for further distribution to the Optionholders as reflected in the Consideration Allocation Schedule (after giving effect to any vesting or settlement of any such Option that occurs in connection with the consummation of the Merger), an amount equal to the portion of the Net Merger Consideration payable to the holders of vested Options as of immediately prior to the Effective Time as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule;

 

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(h) Buyer shall pay to the Company, for further distribution to the holders of Restricted Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time as reflected in the Consideration Allocation Schedule, an aggregate amount equal to the Net Merger Consideration payable to the holders of vested Restricted Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule; and

(i) Buyer shall pay to the Paying Agent pursuant to written instructions provided to Buyer by the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (for the benefit of, and further distribution to, the Company Securityholders holding Common Shares (other than Restricted Shares) or Preferred Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to compliance with Section  1.7 ) an aggregate amount equal to the portion of the Net Merger Consideration payable to such Company Securityholders as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule, which amount shall be distributed by the Paying Agent to the holders of Common Shares (other than Restricted Shares) or Preferred Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, subject to compliance with Section  1.7 , in accordance with the Consideration Allocation Schedule and the Paying Agent Agreement.

(j) Each of Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the Escrow Agent to execute and deliver, the Escrow Agreement.

(k) Each of Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the Paying Agent to execute and deliver, the Paying Agent Agreement.

(l) The Company shall deliver to Buyer a certificate dated as of the Closing Date pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-(2)(c)(3) stating that the Company is not nor has it been a U.S. real property holding corporation (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c) of the Code.

(m) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, subject to the actual payment by or on behalf of Buyer of the amounts required to be paid to the Company Securityholders hereunder, none of Buyer, the Surviving Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any Liability to any Person for any payment made in accordance with the calculations set forth in the Consideration Allocation Schedule or any other payment made to the Paying Agent for the benefit of the Company Securityholders pursuant to this Section 1.4 or Section  1.12 based on the written instructions of the Securityholder Representative (including with respect to any claim that the Consideration Allocation Schedule or such other written instruction is incomplete or inaccurate).

1.5 Additional Action . The Surviving Company may, at any time after the Effective Time, take any action, including executing and delivering any document, in the name and on behalf of either the Company or Merger Sub, in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

1.6 Conversion of Shares; Cancellation of Options and Warrants .

 

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(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holder of any of the following securities:

(i) Each Common Share (including each vested Restricted Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Share, subject to Section 1.6(e)) shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A)  a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section  1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C) subject to Section  1.8(d), a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Common Share as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule.

(ii) Each Series A Preferred Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Share, subject to Section 1.6(e)) shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A)  a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section 1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C)  subject to Section 1.8(d) , a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Series A Preferred Share as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule.

(iii) Each Series A-1 Preferred Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Share, subject to Section 1.6(e)) shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A)  a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section 1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C)  subject to Section 1.8(d) , a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Series A-1 Preferred Share as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule.

(iv) Each Series B Preferred Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Share, subject to Section 1.6(e)) shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A)  a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section 1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C)  subject to Section 1.8(d) , a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Series B Preferred Share as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule.

 

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(v) Each Junior Preferred Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any Dissenting Share, subject to Section 1.6(e)) shall automatically be cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to a portion of the Net Merger Consideration payable in respect of such Junior Preferred Share as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule.

(vi) Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and thereafter evidence one validly issued and fully paid equity interest in the Surviving Company, and such equity interests shall constitute the only outstanding equity interests of the Surviving Company.

(b) Each Option that is vested and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (as provided in Section 1.6(d) hereof) shall, immediately prior to the Effective Time, automatically be settled, cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A) a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section 1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C)  subject to Section 1.8(d) , a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Option as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule, and in each case less any applicable withholding Taxes (and, for the avoidance of doubt, upon such automatic settlement, cancellation, extinguishment and conversion, such Option shall no longer represent the right to be settled into Company Shares or any other equity interests of the Company, Buyer, the Surviving Company or any other Person or the right to receive any cash or other consideration as a result of the Merger or otherwise, other than the consideration payable in respect thereof under this Agreement).

(c) Each Warrant that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, immediately prior to the Effective Time, automatically be settled, cancelled, extinguished and converted into and represent the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the sum of (A) a portion of the Net Merger Consideration, plus (B) subject to Section 1.12 , a portion of any amount released from the Escrow Funds or otherwise payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section 1.12(d) , plus (C)  subject to Section 1.8(d) , a portion of any amount released from the Expense Holdback, if any, if and when released to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement, in each case payable in respect of such Warrant as set forth on the Consideration Allocation Schedule (and, for the avoidance of doubt, upon such automatic settlement, cancellation, extinguishment and conversion, such Warrant shall no longer represent the right to be settled into Company Shares or any other equity interests of the Company, Buyer, the Surviving Company or any other Person or the right to receive any cash or other consideration as a result of the Merger or otherwise, other than the consideration payable in respect thereof under this Agreement).

 

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(d) The Company shall, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Equity Plan and applicable Law, take all actions necessary to (i) cause all unvested Options issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by any Person (or any estate planning vehicle established by or for the benefit of such Person or his or her family members) that is and has been continuously employed by the Company for a period of no less than ten (10) months prior to the Closing Date to become fully vested on or before the Closing Date, but prior to the Effective Time, (ii) cause no less than forty percent (40%) of the unvested Options issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by any Person (or any estate planning vehicle established by or for the benefit of such Person or his or her family members) that is and has been continuously employed by the Company for a period of less than ten (10) months prior to the Closing Date to become fully vested on or before the Closing Date, but prior to the Effective Time, (iii) effectuate the settlement, cancellation, extinguishment and conversion of all outstanding Options and Restricted Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iv) cause the termination of each Company Equity Plan, effective as of the Effective Time. For purposes of clarity, any unvested Options that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that do not vest pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of the foregoing sentence or are otherwise vested in accordance with their terms will be immediately cancelled for no consideration immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each Company Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time held by a Company Stockholder who (i) has not voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or consented thereto in writing or otherwise waived such Company Stockholder’s rights to appraisal under applicable Law and (ii) has properly exercised appraisal rights with respect to such Company Share in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL (such Company Stockholder, a “ Dissenting Stockholder ”, and each such Company Share being referred to as a “ Dissenting Share ” until such time as such Dissenting Stockholder fails to perfect or otherwise loses such Dissenting Stockholder’s appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to such Dissenting Share) shall not be converted into a right to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration, but instead shall, effective as of the Effective Time, no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and extinguished and shall cease to exist, and except as otherwise provided by Law, the holder of such Dissenting Share shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto other than the rights granted pursuant to the DGCL; provided , however , that if, after the Effective Time, such Dissenting Stockholder fails to perfect, withdraws or loses such Dissenting Stockholder’s right to appraisal pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such Dissenting Stockholder is not entitled to the relief provided by Section 262 of the DGCL, such Dissenting Share shall be treated as if it had been converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration, if any, to which such Dissenting Stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section  1.6(a) without interest thereon. The Company shall provide Buyer prompt written notice of any demand received by the Company for appraisal of any Company Share and copies of all documents or correspondence relating thereto, and Buyer shall have the opportunity and right to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Except with the prior written consent of Buyer, the Company shall not make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands.

 

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1.7 Letter of Transmittal .

(a) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to each Company Stockholder a letter of transmittal substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Letter of Transmittal ”). Upon delivery of a Letter of Transmittal to the Company or the Paying Agent, duly completed and validly executed by the applicable Company Securityholder in accordance with the instructions thereto, together with such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions (including any stock certificate evidencing any Company Share held by such Company Securityholder, to the extent such Company Share is certificated, or, in each case, a duly executed affidavit of lost certificate), such holder of Company Shares shall be entitled to receive, by the means indicated in such Letter of Transmittal, promptly after the Effective Time (or within two (2) Business Days after delivery of the completed Letter of Transmittal in accordance with the delivery requirements in this Section 1.7(a) if such delivery occurs after a date that is two (2)  Business Days prior to the Closing Date), such holder’s applicable portion of the consideration payable in accordance with Section 1.6(a) . Upon receipt by the Company or the Paying Agent of any Letter of Transmittal (together with such other documents as may be required pursuant to the instructions therein), the Company or the Paying Agent shall promptly deliver a copy thereof to each of Buyer and the Securityholder Representative.

(b) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and no further registration of transfers of equity interests shall thereafter be made on the records of the Company.

(c) At any time that is more than one (1) year after the Effective Time, Buyer may cause the Paying Agent to pay over to the Surviving Company any portion of the Net Merger Consideration (including any earnings thereon) that had been delivered to the Paying Agent and that has not been disbursed to Company Stockholders as of such first anniversary (other than any amounts then subject to dispute). After the Paying Agent makes such payments to the Surviving Company, any Company Stockholder that has not theretofore delivered a Letter of Transmittal in the applicable form shall, following such date, look only to the Surviving Company for payment of any consideration to which such Company Stockholder is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, except with respect to any funds expressly required to be distributed by the Securityholder Representative to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section  1.8 and in connection with the Purchase Price Adjustment pursuant to Section  1.12 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, none of Buyer, Merger Sub, the Company or the Surviving Company shall be liable to any Person in respect of any portion of the Merger Consideration properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

1.8 Escrow Funds; Securityholder Representative; Expense Holdback .

(a) On the Closing Date, Buyer shall deposit the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Funds shall be used exclusively for the purpose of paying any Purchase Price Adjustment pursuant to Section 1.12(c) and shall be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement. The Escrow Funds shall be held in trust and shall not be subject to any Lien, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of any Party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and in

 

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accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement. The Escrow Agent will be required to release the Escrow Funds to Buyer or to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders, including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), as applicable, promptly following the final determination of the Purchase Price Adjustment in accordance with Section 1.12 and the joint written instructions delivered to the Escrow Agent, but no later than three (3)  Business Days following receipt of such joint written instructions. Buyer shall bear the fees and expenses of the Escrow Agent.

(b) Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall treat any disbursement of the Escrow Funds to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders) as (i) additional purchase price for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, except to the extent treated as compensation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, and (ii) composed of an interest element and a principal element, to the extent required by, and determined and reported consistent with, Section 483 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, except to the extent treated as compensation for U.S. federal income Tax purposes.

(c) This Agreement, when duly executed and delivered by the Parties, constitutes, and each Letter of Transmittal shall provide for, the irrevocable and unconditional approval of the appointment of the Securityholder Representative. Pursuant to such approval, the Securityholder Representative shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Company Securityholders to (i) make all decisions permitted by the Escrow Agreement and Paying Agent Agreement relating to the distribution of any amount payable to Buyer or the Company Securityholders under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement, (ii) give and receive all notices required to be given under or delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement to the Company Securityholders, (iii) take any and all additional action as is contemplated to be taken by or on behalf of the Company Securityholders by the terms of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement, (iv) administer the defense or settlement of any dispute regarding the Purchase Price Adjustment pursuant to Section  1.12(b) or any other claim or dispute for and on behalf of the Company Securityholders under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement, (v) amend, alter or waive any provision of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement for and on behalf of the Company Securityholders and (vi) determine the allocation among the Company Securityholders of any amount payable to the Company Securityholders under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement, including by updating the Consideration Allocation Schedule in connection with any amount payable to the Company Securityholders pursuant to Section  1.8(d) or 1.12(d) ( provided that such determination shall be made in accordance with the Company Charter, Company Equity Plans, Warrants and any other applicable Contract between the Company and any Company Securityholder as of immediately prior to the Effective Time). The Securityholder Representative shall not be responsible to any Company Securityholder for any loss or damage such holder may suffer by reason of the performance by the Securityholder Representative of its duties under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement, other than loss or damage arising from fraud or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties. The Company Securityholders shall indemnify and hold harmless the Securityholder Representative from and against all Liabilities, losses, costs,

 

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damages or expenses (including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees) incurred or suffered by the Securityholder Representative (including in connection with any action brought or otherwise initiated by any Company Securityholder) arising out of or otherwise resulting from any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Securityholder Representative under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Paying Agent Agreement, other than such Liabilities, losses, costs, damages or expenses arising out of or resulting from the fraud or willful misconduct of the Securityholder Representative. Buyer shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be deemed to have relied upon, all actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Securityholder Representative pursuant to this Agreement, all of which actions or omissions will be legally binding upon the Company Securityholders.

(d) An amount equal to $500,000 (the “ Expense Holdback ”) will be delivered by Buyer to the Securityholder Representative and retained and disbursed by the Securityholder Representative pursuant to this Section  1.8(d) . The Securityholder Representative shall hold the Expense Holdback as an administrative convenience for the benefit only of the Securityholder Representative and the Company Securityholders, and Buyer shall not have any right, title or interest in the Expense Holdback. The Securityholder Representative shall use the Expense Holdback solely to pay, after the Closing Date (on behalf and on account of the Company Securityholders) any cost or expense relating to the transactions contemplated hereby that are the responsibility of the Company Securityholders hereunder. Upon the Securityholder Representative’s determination, in its sole discretion, that no further cost or expense shall be incurred by the Company Securityholders hereunder, the Securityholder Representative shall disburse any remaining amount of the Expense Holdback to the Company Securityholders in accordance with Section  1.6 (including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time).

(e) The Securityholder Representative may resign at any time by giving notice to Buyer, the Surviving Company, the Escrow Agent and the Company Securityholders (at their addresses last known to the Securityholder Representative), which resignation shall be effective immediately upon the delivery of such notice. In the event of such resignation, a successor Securityholder Representative shall be appointed by the former Company Securityholders collectively holding, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a majority of the Company Shares.

1.9 Organizational Documents . The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company immediately following the Effective Time shall be the same as the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub (except, in each case, with respect to the name of the Surviving Company, which shall be Paragon Bioservices, Inc.) in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

1.10 Directors and Officers . The directors and officers of the Surviving Company immediately after the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of Merger Sub, in each case as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, each to serve until such person’s death, resignation or removal or until such person’s respective successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

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1.11 No Further Rights . From and after the Effective Time, no Company Share shall be deemed to be outstanding, and the former holders of such Company Shares shall cease to have any right with respect thereto except as provided herein or by Law.

1.12 Purchase Price Adjustment .

(a) Pre-Closing Estimates . At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a statement (the “ Estimated Closing Statement ”) including a detailed calculation of its good faith estimate of (i)  the Closing Net Working Capital Amount (the “ Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount ”), (ii) the Closing Indebtedness (the “ Estimated Closing Indebtedness ”), (iii) the Closing Cash (the “ Estimated Closing Cash ”) and (iv)  the Closing Transaction Expenses (the “ Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses ”). In calculating any item on the Estimated Closing Statement (other than the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses), such calculations shall not take into account (x)  the effect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the financing thereof or (y) any purchase price accounting or other similar adjustment resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Solely with respect to the calculation of the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, in the event of any conflict among Schedule 1.12, GAAP or the Accounting Principles, the following shall control: (1) first, Schedule  1.12 (provided that the components thereof shall in all cases be calculated in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles) and (2) second, GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles (to the extent the Accounting Principles are in accordance with GAAP).

(b) Post-Closing Settlement . Not later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Securityholder Representative a statement (the “ Closing Statement ”) setting forth Buyer’s good faith calculations of (i) the Net Working Capital Amount of the Company as of the Determination Time (the “ Closing Net Working Capital Amount ”), (ii) the Indebtedness of the Company outstanding as of the Effective Time (the “ Closing Indebtedness ”), (iii) the Cash and Cash Equivalents as of the Determination Time (the “ Closing Cash ”), (iv) the Company Transaction Expenses as of the Effective Time (the “ Closing Transaction Expenses ”) and (v) the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment based on such amounts. In calculating any items on the Closing Statement (other than the Closing Transaction Expenses), such calculations shall not take into account (x) the effect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the financing thereof, (y) any purchase price accounting or other similar adjustment resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (z) any of the plans, transactions, or changes that Buyer (or the Company or the Business) does or intends to initiate or make or cause to be initiated or made at or after the consummation of the Closing with respect to the Business. Solely with respect to the calculation of the Closing Net Working Capital Amount, in the event of any conflict among Schedule  1.12 , GAAP or the Accounting Principles, the following shall control: (1) first, Schedule  1.12 (provided that the components thereof shall in all cases be calculated in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles) and (2) second, GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles (to the extent the Accounting Principles are in accordance with GAAP). Buyer agrees that the purpose of preparing the Closing Statement and determining the Closing Net Working Capital Amount, the Closing Indebtedness, the Closing Cash and the Closing Transaction Expenses is to measure any deviation in the calculations of the Closing

 

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Net Working Capital Amount, the Closing Indebtedness, the Closing Cash and the Closing Transaction Expenses, as compared to the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, the Estimated Closing Cash and the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, respectively. Such calculations are not intended to, and shall not (i) introduce different components, judgments, accounting methods, policies, principles, practices, procedures, classifications or estimation methodologies for the purpose of preparing the Closing Statement or determining the Closing Net Working Capital Amount, the Closing Indebtedness, the Closing Cash and the Closing Transaction Expenses, from the judgments, accounting methods, policies, principles, practices, procedures, classifications or estimation methodologies used in preparing the Estimated Closing Statement or determining the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, the Estimated Closing Cash and the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses or (ii) take into account any event, condition or development first occurring after Closing with respect to any such calculation, component, judgment, accounting method, policy, principle, practice, procedure, classification or estimation methodology. Following Buyer’s delivery of the Closing Statement and upon the written request of the Securityholder Representative during the thirty (30) day review period referenced in the immediately following sentence, Buyer shall, and shall cause the Company to, provide the Securityholder Representative and its representatives with reasonable access to the books, records (including work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents) and supporting data prepared or generated in connection with the preparation of the Closing Statement. The Securityholder Representative shall have thirty (30) days after receipt of the Closing Statement to notify Buyer in writing that the Securityholder Representative (x) agrees with the Closing Statement and considers the Closing Statement as delivered by Buyer to be final, or (y) disputes any calculation in the Closing Statement (including a reasonable description of the nature and basis of each such dispute), and, if no such notice is given within such time period, the Closing Statement shall conclusively be deemed final. If the Securityholder Representative disputes any of the calculations in the Closing Statement and delivers written notice of such disputed calculations to Buyer within the thirty (30) day period referenced in the immediately preceding sentence, Buyer and the Securityholder Representative may negotiate in good faith to reconcile such disputes and reach agreement on a final Closing Statement. In the event Buyer and the Securityholder Representative are unable to reach an agreement on a final Closing Statement within thirty (30) days following the Securityholder Representative’s delivery of the dispute notice, then either Buyer or the Securityholder Representative may submit in writing the remaining issues in dispute to the Independent Accountant (with a copy to the Securityholder Representative or Buyer, respectively), and the Independent Accountant shall resolve such dispute within thirty (30) days following its selection. Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall cooperate with the Independent Accountant, including providing the Independent Accountant with work papers and back-up materials used in preparation and review of their respective calculations of the Closing Statement. No Party shall be permitted to communicate with the Independent Accountant other than as expressly set forth herein, and no ex parte communication with the Independent Accountant shall be permitted in any event. The Independent Accountant shall only have authority to make determinations in respect of those specific items for which an objection has been raised in the dispute notice, and all determinations shall be based solely on the written presentations of Buyer, the Securityholder Representative and their respective representatives, and not by independent review. In resolving any disputed item, the Independent Accountant, acting as expert and not as arbitrator: (x) shall be bound by the provisions of this Section  1.12(b) and the applicable definitions

 

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set forth herein (which, solely with respect to the calculation of the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount and the Closing Net Working Capital Amount, shall be calculated in the following order of priority: (1) first, Schedule  1.12 (provided that the components thereof shall in all cases be calculated in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles) and (2) second, GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles (to the extent the Accounting Principles are in accordance with GAAP)), and (y) shall not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either Party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either Party. The determination of the Closing Statement by the Independent Accountant shall be final and binding upon the Parties, absent manifest error or fraud. The fees, expenses and costs of the Independent Accountant shall be allocated between the Parties based upon the percentage which the portion of the contested amount not awarded to each Party bears to the total contested amount.

(c) Purchase Price Adjustment . Subject to Section  1.12(d) :

(i) To the extent that the Closing Net Working Capital Amount, as finally determined in accordance with Section 1.12(b) , is (x)  less than the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, then Buyer shall be entitled to receive such deficiency in accordance with Section 1.12(d) , or (y)  greater than the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, then the Company Securityholders shall be entitled to receive such excess in accordance with Section  1.12(d) .

(ii) To the extent that the Closing Indebtedness, as finally determined in accordance with Section  1.12(b) , is (x) greater than the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, then Buyer shall be entitled to receive such excess in accordance with Section  1.12(d) , or (y) less than the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, then the Company Securityholders shall be entitled to receive such deficiency in accordance with Section  1.12(d) .

(iii) To the extent that the Closing Cash, as finally determined in accordance with Section  1.12(b) , is (x) less than the Estimated Closing Cash, then Buyer shall be entitled to receive such deficiency in accordance with Section  1.12(d) , or (y) greater than the Estimated Closing Cash, then the Company Securityholders shall be entitled to receive such excess in accordance with Section  1.12(d) .

(iv) To the extent that the Closing Transaction Expenses, as finally determined in accordance with Section  1.12(b) , are (x) greater than the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, then Buyer shall be entitled to receive such excess in accordance with Section  1.12(d) , or (y) less than the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, then the Company Securityholders shall be entitled to receive such deficiency in accordance with Section  1.12(d) .

(d) Without duplication, all amounts owed pursuant to Section  1.12(c) above shall be aggregated, and the net amount (if any) owed by Buyer to the Company Securityholders, on the one hand, or the Company Securityholders to Buyer (solely from the Escrow Funds), on the other hand, shall be treated as an increase to the Merger Consideration (to the extent payable to the Company Securityholders) or a decrease to Merger Consideration (to the extent payable to Buyer) referred to as the “Purchase Price Adjustment”; provided, however , that no amount shall be due pursuant to this Section 1.12(d) unless the Purchase Price Adjustment is equal to or greater than ten percent (10%) of the absolute value of the Target Working Capital Amount.

 

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(i) If an adjustment is due pursuant to this Section 1.12(d) and the Purchase Price Adjustment results in a decrease to the Merger Consideration, Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall, within five (5) Business Days following the final determination of the Purchase Price Adjustment, deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to pay, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to (i)  Buyer, the lesser of (x)  the Purchase Price Adjustment and (y)  the total amount of the Escrow Funds, and (ii)  to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders, including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), any remaining Escrow Funds after the distribution required by the foregoing clause (i), payable in accordance with Section 1.6 .

(ii) If no adjustment to the Merger Consideration is due pursuant to this Section 1.12(d) , Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall, within five (5)  Business Days following the final determination of the Purchase Price Adjustment, deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to pay, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders, including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), the Escrow Funds, payable in accordance with Section 1.6 .

(iii) If an adjustment is due pursuant to this Section 1.12(d) and the Purchase Price Adjustment results in an increase to the Merger Consideration, within five (5)  Business Days following the final determination of the Purchase Price Adjustment, (i)  Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to pay, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders, including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), the Escrow Funds and (ii) Buyer shall pay in cash the Purchase Price Adjustment to or as directed by the Securityholder Representative (for the benefit of, and for further distribution to, the Company Securityholders, including by deposit and distribution by the Paying Agent and, with respect to Options and Restricted Shares, payment to the Company for distribution to the holders thereof as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), payable, in each case, in accordance with Section 1.6 .

(e) In no event shall the Company Securityholders be liable under this Section 1.12 for any amount in excess of the Escrow Funds, which shall represent Buyer’s and its Affiliates’ sole and exclusive recourse with respect to the Purchase Price Adjustment.

 

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1.13 Withholding . Buyer, Merger Sub, the Escrow Agent, the Paying Agent and the Surviving Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment pursuant to this Agreement to the extent required under applicable Tax Law. Any amount that is withheld and timely paid to a taxing authority shall be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to have been paid to the Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding were made. Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to (a) notify the Securityholder Representative in writing upon becoming aware that any such deducting or withholding is required and (b) provide the Securityholder Representative with the opportunity to reduce or otherwise eliminate any such withholding obligation.

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company represents and warrants to Buyer that, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Buyer concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, which is arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Article 2 (the “ Company Disclosure Schedule ”), the statements contained in this Article 2 are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Any disclosure, qualification or exception made on any particular numbered section of the Company Disclosure Schedule numbered to correspond to this Article 2 shall also be deemed made on each other section of the Company Disclosure Schedule where the applicability of such disclosure, qualification or exception to such other section is reasonably apparent from the face of such disclosure, qualification or exception. For purposes of this Article 2 , the phrase “to the knowledge of the Company” or any phrase of similar import shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of Peter Buzy, John Connor, Gerard Fleury, Ruby Hofmann, Deborah Wild and Philip Willis.

2.1 Organization and Standing . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own and operate its assets and to conduct the Business as presently conducted. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified would have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Buyer true, complete and accurate copies of the third amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company (the “ Company Charter ”) and the Company’s bylaws, each as amended to date and presently in effect (the “ Company Organizational Documents ”). The Company is not in default under, or in violation of, any provision of the Company Organizational Documents in any material respect.

2.2 Capitalization . Section  2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth (a) a true, complete and accurate listing of the holders of Company Shares and Warrants as of the date hereof, including the identity of each holder of a Company Share or Warrant, the number and class or series of Company Shares held by each such holder (or issuable pursuant to such Warrant) and whether such Company Shares are subject to any restriction pursuant to any Company Equity Plan, and (b) a true, complete and accurate listing of all outstanding Options as of the date hereof, together with the holder, grant date, vesting schedule (and number of Options vested and unvested as of the date hereof) and Exercise Amount with respect to each such Option. None of the issued and outstanding Company Shares has been issued in violation of the Securities Act or of any other applicable securities or other Law of any jurisdiction, in each case, in any material respect. Except for the Company Shares, Warrants and Options listed on Section  2.2 of the Company Disclosure

 

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Schedule, there are no outstanding or authorized Equity Securities of the Company, or other Contracts or commitments that would reasonably be expected to require the Company to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to become outstanding any of its Equity Securities, and there is no instrument convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for any Equity Securities or other securities of the Company, and no Person holds any other sort of equity or ownership interest in the Company. Other than the Company Organizational Documents or as set forth on Section  2.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no voting trust, proxy, or other agreement or understanding with respect to the voting of Equity Securities of the Company.

2.3 No Subsidiaries . The Company does not have, and has never had, any Subsidiaries.

2.4 Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements . The Company has requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which the Company is or will be a party and, subject to receipt of the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company and all other necessary corporate action on the part of the Company in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Organizational Documents and any Contract relating to the voting, ownership or control of the Company’s Equity Securities, and other than the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval no other corporate (or other) proceeding on the part of the Company (including any stockholder vote or approval) is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby that are required to be performed by the Company. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document when duly executed and delivered by the Company will constitute, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

2.5 Noncontravention . Subject to receipt of the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval, compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws, the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL and as disclosed in Section  2.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (a) conflict with, violate or constitute a breach of, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any provision of the Company Organizational Documents, (b) require on the part of the Company any notice to or filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, (c) result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any provision of any Material Agreement or any other Contract to which the Company is a party or by which any of its properties is bound and which is material to the Company, (d) result in the imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of the assets or properties of the Company, or (e) conflict with or violate any Order, Permit or Law applicable to the Business, the Company or any of their respective properties or assets.

 

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2.6 Litigation . For the past three (3) years, there has been no Litigation or Action pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company, any of its assets or properties or any officer or member of the board of directors of the Company in such capacity. There is no Litigation or Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or involving the Company that questions the validity of the Transaction Documents, the right of the Company to enter into such Transaction Documents, or seeks to delay, restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There is no Litigation or Action by the Company pending or threatened against any third party with respect to the Business.

2.7 Financial Statements and other Financial Records .

(a) Attached to Section 2.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a true, complete and accurate copy of each of (i)  the audited financial statements of the Company for 2018, including the audited balance sheet of the Company (the “ Company Balance Sheet ”) as of December  31, 2018 (the “ Company Balance Sheet Date ”) and the related audited statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, together with the notes relating thereto, and (ii) the audited financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2017 including the audited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and the related audited statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, together with the notes relating thereto (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively the “ Company Financial Statements ”). The Company Financial Statements, together with the notes thereto, were prepared based on and are in accordance with the books and records of the Company in all material respects, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(b) The Company has established and maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations and with applicable Law, (ii) transactions, including transactions between the Company, on the one hand, and any Company Securityholder or its Affiliates (other than the Company), on the other hand, are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability therein, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any difference, except, in the case of each of (i) through (iv), for any deficiency that, individually or in the aggregate, is insignificant.

(c) The business records of the Company, including the unaudited monthly balance sheets of the Company as of January 31, 2019 and February 28, 2019 and related monthly statements of operations and cash flows for each month then ended (true, complete and accurate copies of which are attached to Section  2.7(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), have been maintained in accordance with customary business practices and fairly and accurately reflect, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and all transactions of the Company.

 

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(d) None of the Company, its employees, officers or directors, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective other Representatives, has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its internal accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company has engaged in questionable or improper accounting practices, practices that are contrary to GAAP or questionable or improper behavior in connection with any audit.

2.8 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities; Indebtedness . The Company does not have any material Liabilities, except for (a) Liabilities reflected on the Company Balance Sheet or otherwise specifically disclosed in Section  2.7 or Section  2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (b) Liabilities that have arisen since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business (whether or not of the type required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) (other than performance obligations under the executory portions of Contracts, but excluding any Liabilities arising or resulting from a breach or violation of any such Contract), or (c) Liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. All outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of the date hereof is identified in Section  2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

2.9 Absence of Changes . Since the Company Balance Sheet Date and except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the Company has conducted the Business in the ordinary course of business, (b) there has been no Event that, individually or in the aggregate with all other Events, has had a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (c) the Company has not taken any action that, if taken after the date hereof without the consent of Buyer, would constitute a breach of any of the covenants set forth in Section  4.2 .

2.10 Taxes .

(a) All income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed on or before the date hereof by or with respect to the Company have been filed within the time and in the manner prescribed by Law, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. All income and other material Taxes owed or required to be paid by the Company, whether or not shown on any Tax Return, have been paid.

(b) There is no Lien with respect to Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of the Company, other than Permitted Liens.

(c) To the knowledge of the Company, no audit or administrative or judicial Tax proceeding is pending, or has been threatened in writing, with respect to the Company. The Company has not received in writing a notice of deficiency or similar statement for any Taxes against the Company. The Company has not received any written notice of a claim by any taxing authority in any jurisdiction where it does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation by, or required to file Tax Returns with, that jurisdiction, which claim has not been settled or withdrawn.

 

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(d) There is no outstanding agreement, waiver or arrangement extending the statutory period of limitation applicable to any claim for, or the period for the collection or assessment of, Taxes due from or with respect to the Company for any taxable period (other than valid extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course). The Company is not a party to or bound by, or has any obligation under, any Tax allocation, sharing, or indemnification agreement (other than commercial agreements the principal purpose of which is not Taxes). The Company has no Liability with respect to the Taxes of any Person under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of Law), as a transferee or successor, by assumption or operation of Law.

(e) All material amounts of Taxes required to be withheld by the Company have been withheld and have been duly and timely paid to the proper taxing authority (or properly set aside for such payment), and the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable information reporting, backup withholding and recordkeeping requirements related thereto.

(f) The Company has not received or requested any ruling, closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of Law), transfer pricing agreement or similar agreement from any taxing authority with respect to any Tax, which agreement is still in effect (or pending, if requested).

(g) The Company has never participated in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) (or any corresponding or similar provision of Law).

(h) The Company has not in the past three (3) years been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a transaction that was intended to be governed in whole or in part under Section 355 of the Code (and such election is in effect).

(i) The Company will not be required to include any material item of income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date by reason of (i) a change in method of accounting for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending before the Closing, (ii) the use of an improper method of accounting for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending before the Closing, (iii) a closing agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed prior to the Closing, (iv) an installment sale or open transaction entered into prior to the Closing, (v) an election made pursuant to Code Section 108(i) (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), (vi) a prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued prior to the Closing, or (vii) the application of Section 965 of the Code.

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2.11 Property and Assets .

(a) The Company has valid title to, or in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of its properties and assets used or otherwise necessary to conduct the Business. None of such properties or assets is subject to any Lien, other than Permitted Liens or Liens that will be discharged at Closing. Such assets used or otherwise necessary for the conduct of the Business are (i) in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, (ii) not in need of maintenance or repair, except for ordinary routine maintenance or repairs that are not material in nature or cost, and (iii) adequate and sufficient for the continuing conduct of the Business as presently conducted. There is no physical condition affecting any of the assets or properties of the Company that would, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with the use or occupancy of such assets or properties or any portion thereof in the operation of the Business as presently conducted.

(b) The Company (i) does not own, and has never owned, any real property, building or other structure and (ii) is not a party to any option or any contractual obligation to purchase or acquire any interest in real property. Section  2.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all real property leases to which the Company is a party, including each amendment thereto (collectively, the “ Real Property Leases ”), indicating whether the Company is the lessor or lessee (or sub-lessor or sub-lessee) thereunder. The real property leased pursuant to the Real Property Leases is referred to collectively as the “ Real Property ”. All Real Property Leases are in full force and effect, and there is not, under any Real Property Lease, any existing default by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party to any such Real Property Lease. The Company (i) is not in material violation of any zoning, building or safety ordinance or requirement or other Law applicable to the ownership, maintenance or operation of any of the Real Property or (ii) has not received any written notice of violation with which it has not materially complied.

2.12 Intellectual Property ; Information Technology and Data Privacy .

(a) Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all (i) Registered Intellectual Property, (ii) Material Trade Secrets, and (iii)  material unregistered Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned by the Company. All of the Registered Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and enforceable. None of the Intellectual Property Rights listed on Section 2.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is the subject of any Litigation or Action.

(b) The Company exclusively owns, is validly licensed to use, or otherwise has the necessary and valid rights to use, practice and exploit, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for concluding that there will be, after the Closing, any restriction, limitation or bar on ownership of or the right to use, practice and exploit, all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary for the operation and conduct of the Business as currently conducted and currently planned by the Company to be conducted, other than any time limit on ownership imposed by Law, whether dependent on the payment of a maintenance or other fee or otherwise. The Company owns the Company Intellectual Property free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens). Except for the licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements disclosed in Section  2.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Company Out-Licenses ”) and any license, sublicense or other agreement for which the Company receives less than $100,000 per year, there is no agreement under which the Company has granted any right to any other Person in any Company Intellectual Property (other than customer agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business). Except for the licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements disclosed in Section  2.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “ Company In-Licenses ”), there is no agreement under which the Company is granted any right in any Intellectual Property Rights owned by any third party (other than commercially available software licensed under “shrinkwrap” or “clickwrap” agreements for less than $100,000 per year).

 

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(c) Neither the conduct of the Business nor the services of the Company, in each case as currently conducted, infringes, constitutes the misappropriation of or violates any valid Intellectual Property Right of any third party. The Company has not received any written notice of any claim from any Person asserting that the Business or any of the services of the Company infringes or may infringe, constitutes the misappropriation of or violates any Intellectual Property Rights of another Person. The Company has not asserted any claim against any third party of infringement or misappropriation of any Company Intellectual Property, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement or misappropriation by any third party of any of the Company Intellectual Property.

(d) The Company has taken commercially reasonable measures to establish and preserve the confidentiality, secrecy and ownership of all Company Intellectual Property (to the extent that confidentiality or secrecy is necessary to maintain rights to such Company Intellectual Property) and the confidential information and trade secrets of its customers. The Company has no knowledge of any violation of the confidentiality of any non-public confidential information or trade secrets of the Company. The Company is not making unlawful use of any confidential information or trade secret of any third party. None of the employees, consultants, or independent contractors of the Company has any agreement or arrangement with any former or current employer relating to confidential information or trade secrets of such employers that would interfere with the activities of the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, no activity assigned to any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company by the Company violates any agreement or arrangement that any such employee, consultant or independent contractor has with any former employer or any other third party, including any non-competition, non-solicitation or confidentiality agreement. All current employees of the Company who have contributed to the development of the products or services of the Company in performance of their duties and responsibilities to the Company have executed written instruments that assign to the Company all right, title and interest in and to any and all (i) inventions, improvements, ideas, discoveries, writings and other works of authorship, and information relating to the business of the Company and (ii) Intellectual Property Rights therein. No present or former employee, officer, director or manager of the Company holds any right, title or interest, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or to any Company Intellectual Property.

(e) No funding, facility or personnel of any Governmental Entity or any public or private university, college or other educational or research institution was used to develop or create, or has contributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, to any Company Intellectual Property.

(f) The software, computer hardware, firmware, networks, interfaces and related systems (collectively, “ Computer Systems ”) used by the Company (i) has, to the knowledge of the Company, no material bug, error or defect, and (ii) is sufficient in all material respects for the Company’s needs in the operation of the Business as currently conducted, including as to capacity and ability to process current peak volumes in a timely manner. In the

 

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past three (3) years, there has been no material failure, crash, continued substandard performance or other adverse event affecting the Computer Systems that have caused a material disruption or interruption to the Business or the ability of the Company to use such Computer Systems. To the knowledge of the Company, the Computer Systems contain no virus, Trojan horse, backdoor, or other potentially harmful program code. The Company has taken commercially reasonable actions to protect the integrity and security of the Computer Systems and the information stored therein from unauthorized use, access or modification.

(g) The Company operates and conducts, and for the past three (3) years has operated and conducted, the Businesses in material compliance with (i) all applicable Contracts related to the Processing of Personal Data, (ii) all applicable Privacy and Information Security Requirements, and (iii) any Company privacy policies or notices concerning the Processing of Personal Data. The Company has not received any written (or, to the knowledge of the Company, oral) notice, allegation, complaint or other communication, and there is no Action or Litigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing by any Governmental Entity, regarding any actual or possible violation by the Company of any Privacy and Information Security Requirements. To the knowledge of the Company, in the last three (3) years, (x) the Company has not suffered a security breach with respect to any Personal Data and (y) there has been no unauthorized or illegal use of or access to any Personal Data. In the last three (3) years, the Company has not notified, or has been required to notify, any Person of any information security breach involving Personal Data. The Company employs commercially reasonable security measures that comply in all material respects with all Privacy and Information Security Requirements to protect Personal Data within their custody or control and use reasonable best efforts to require the same of all vendors that Process Personal Data on its behalf.

2.13 Insurance . Section  2.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all insurance policies currently maintained by or on behalf of the Company. All such policies are in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of the Company, are valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms. The Company is not in default with respect to any provision contained in any such policy. The Company has not received written notice of (a) cancellation or non-renewal of any such policy or (b) any increase in premiums with respect to any of its insurance policies, except for general increases in rates to which similarly situated companies are subject. The Company has timely filed all claims for which it is seeking payment or other coverage under any of its insurance policies. The Company has not made any claim against an insurance policy as to which the insurer is denying coverage or defending the claim under a reservation of rights. There is no claim that, individually or in the aggregate with other claims, would reasonably be expected to materially impair any current or historical limits of insurance available to the Company.

2.14 Material Agreements . Section  2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of the following Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets or properties is bound (such Contracts as are required to be listed on Section  2.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the “ Material Agreements ”):

(a) any Contract with any Significant Company Customer or any Significant Company Supplier;

 

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(b) any Contract with any customer of the Company that (i) involved payments to the Company in excess of $1,500,000 in the most recent twelve (12) full months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement or (ii) that the Company reasonably anticipates may involve payments to the Company in excess of $1,500,000 in any twelve (12) month period ending on or after the date of this Agreement;

(c) any Contract with any supplier to the Company that (i) involved payments by the Company in excess of $250,000 in the most recent twelve (12) full months immediately preceding the date of this Agreement or (ii) that the Company reasonably anticipates may involve payments by the Company in excess of $250,000 in any twelve (12) month period ending on or after the date of this Agreement;

(d) any employment Contract providing for an annual base salary equal to or greater than $250,000 (other than offer letters in the ordinary course of business that do not provide for severance payments or benefits), and any material employee benefit, bonus, pension, profit-sharing or participation, stock option, stock appreciation, stock purchase or similar plan or arrangement that, in each case, is entered into with an employee whose annual base compensation is equal to or greater than $250,000;

(e) any collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any union or similar organization;

(f) Company In-Licenses and Company Out-Licenses;

(g) any Contract relating to a joint venture, partnership, collaboration or other arrangement involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs or Liabilities with any Person;

(h) any Contract that obligates the Company under any purchase price adjustment, earn-out or similar provision requiring any contingent payment;

(i) any Contract (other than arm’s-length employment Contracts) by and between the Company, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, (i) any Affiliate of the Company, (ii) any other Person with whom the Company is not dealing at arm’s-length, or (iii) any entity controlled by any one or more employees of the Company;

(j) any distributor, sales representative, broker or similar Contract;

(k) any Contract under which the Company is restricted in any respect from engaging in any line of business, acquiring any entity or competing with any Person or in any market or geographical area, or soliciting any individual or class of individuals for employment;

(l) any Contract that grants, or agrees to grant, any Person a right to “most favored nation” pricing terms or that imposes on the Company any take-or-pay or similar minimum purchase requirement;

(m) any indenture, trust agreement, loan agreement, note or other Contract that involves, relates to or evidences outstanding Indebtedness, relates to any mortgage, pledge or other security interest as to any asset or places a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any portion of the assets or properties of the Company;

 

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(n) any Contract for the disposition or sale of any portion of the Company’s assets (other than for the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business);

(o) any indemnification Contract entered into by the Company running to the benefit of any employee, director, officer or manager of the Company;

(p) any Contract relating to the voting, ownership or control of the Company’s Equity Securities or obligating the Company to register Equity Securities or other securities under the Securities Act or any other securities Law;

(q) any Contract evidencing or relating to any obligation of the Company with respect to the issuance, sale, repurchase or redemption of any Equity Securities of the Company;

(r) any Contract for the acquisition of any of the assets or properties of any Person other than the Company (other than in the ordinary course of business) or the grant to any Person of any option, right of first refusal or exclusive negotiation or any preferential or similar right to purchase any of such assets or properties;

(s) all Real Property Leases;

(t) any lease of personal property under which the Company is the lessee and is obligated to make one or more payments at any time during the term of such lease in excess of $75,000 in any twelve (12) month period;

(u) any Contract that involves any resolution or settlement of any actual or threatened Litigation or Action against or involving the Company or any of their respective assets or properties that has not been discharged or paid in full prior to the date hereof or that imposes any other material obligation or restriction that remains in effect;

(v) any Contract that contains any indemnification right or obligation other than any such right or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business with any customer or supplier, any type of standard director and officer indemnification arrangement and any employment agreement;

(w) any Government Contract; and

(x) any Contract that is a Prior Acquisition Agreement or otherwise relates to the acquisition or disposition by the Company (or any of their legal or corporate predecessors) of any Equity Securities, business or product line of any other Person entered into at any time during the last three (3) years (including any Contract for the ownership of or investment in any Person, including investments in minority equity investments).

 

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All of such Material Agreements are valid, in full force and effect and binding against the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, are binding against the other parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. None of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach, violation or default of any of its obligations under any Material Agreement, and there does not exist any Event (including the execution and delivery of or performance under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby), that (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) would constitute a breach, violation or default thereunder on the part of the Company, which breach, violation or default would be, or would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company. The Company has made available to Buyer true, complete and accurate copies of all Material Agreements.

2.15 Customers . Section  2.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, complete and accurate list of the ten (10) most significant customers (by revenue) of the Company for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 (“ Significant Company Customers ”) and the amount of revenue attributable to each Significant Company Customer in respect of such twelve-month period. During the past twelve (12) months, the Company has not received any written notice that any Significant Company Customer has ceased, or will cease, to conduct business with the Company, and no Significant Company Customer has otherwise materially and adversely modified its relationship with the Company or threatened in writing to do so. There is no outstanding material dispute with any Significant Company Customer.

2.16 Suppliers . Section  2.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, complete and accurate list of the ten (10) most significant suppliers (by payment) of raw materials, supplies, merchandise and other goods or services to the Company for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2018 (“ Significant Company Suppliers ”) and the amount for which each such Significant Company Supplier invoiced the Company during such period. During the past twelve (12) months, the Company has not received any written notice that any Significant Company Supplier has ceased, or will cease, to supply products or services to the Company, and no Significant Company Supplier has otherwise materially and adversely modified its relationship with the Company or threatened in writing to do so. There is no outstanding material dispute with any Significant Company Supplier.

2.17 Loans and Advances ; Affiliate Arrangements .

(a) The Company has no outstanding loan or advance to any Person and is not obligated to make any such loan or advance, except for advances to employees in the ordinary course of business in respect of reasonable reimbursable business expenses anticipated to be incurred by them in connection with their performance of services for the Company.

(b) No Company Securityholder, nor any direct or indirect equity holder, officer, director or manager of any Company Securityholder, nor any Affiliate of the foregoing (other than the Company) (i) has any interest in any property (real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible), used in or pertaining to the Business as currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted, (ii) is a party to any Contract (except for arm’s-length employment agreements, this Agreement or the agreements contemplated hereby (including any Letter of Transmittal) which, for the avoidance of doubt, do not constitute Affiliate Arrangements) with the

 

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Company, including with respect to compensation or remuneration to be paid to such Company Securityholder or direct or indirect equity holder, officer, director or manager of such Company Securityholder or any of its Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (other than with respect to award agreements providing for the issuance of Options or Restricted Shares or agreements providing for bonuses described in Schedule  4.2(e) entered into following the date hereof and prior to the Closing), or (iii) has any claim against or owes any amount (whether as obligor, guarantor or otherwise) to, or is owed any amount (whether as obligor, guarantor or otherwise) by, the Company, in each case for purposes of this clause (iii) other than (A) compensation, remuneration or reimbursements for expenses of employees to be paid to such Company Securityholder or direct or indirect equity holder, officer, director or manager of such Company Securityholder or any of its Affiliates or (B) any amounts payable to such Persons as expressly provided in this Agreement (all of the foregoing interests, Contracts, claims and other obligations, collectively, “ Affiliate Arrangements ”).

2.18 Assumptions, Guarantees, Etc. of Indebtedness of Other Persons . The Company has not assumed, guaranteed, endorsed or otherwise become directly or contingently liable on any Indebtedness of any other Person (including Liability by way of agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to or otherwise to invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss), except for guarantees by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.

2.19 Compliance with Laws .

(a) The Company is not subject to, or in violation of, any outstanding Order. The Company is, and for the past three (3) years has been, in compliance, in all material respects, with all Laws applicable to the Business, including the Food, Drug and Safety Laws related to the safety or efficacy of any drug product, biological compound or preparation or therapy used to treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition. To the knowledge of the Company, no Event has occurred or exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) would constitute or result in a violation in any material respect by the Company of, or failure on the part of the Company to comply with in any material respect, any applicable Law.

(b) Each of the Company and its employees, and, to the knowledge of the Company, each of their respective Representatives and any other Person associated with or acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, is, and has at all times during the last three (3) years been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Sanctions and Export Controls and no action has been taken by the Company (including any of its employees and, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective Representatives or any other Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing) that would be reasonably expected to cause a violation in any material respect of Sanctions or Export Controls. None of the Company, any Affiliate or employee of the Company is, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no Representative of any of them or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of any of the foregoing is, a Sanctioned Person. The Company has not had any direct or indirect dealing with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country during the last three (3) years.

(c) The Company has obtained any Permit, to the extent applicable, required for them to comply with Sanctions and Export Controls.

 

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(d) For the past three (3) years, neither the Company nor any of its respective officers, directors or managers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective employees, agents, or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company has, directly or indirectly, (i) used any funds for an unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other type of unlawful payment relating to political activity, or failed to disclose fully any such contribution in violation of applicable Law, (ii) given, offered, promised or conspired or authorized to give any money or thing of value to any foreign or domestic official or employee of any Governmental Entity (including any official or employee of any governmental-owned or controlled business and institution), any foreign or domestic political party or campaign official, candidate for foreign political office, official or employee of any public international organization, or any other Person who, to the knowledge of the Company, is closely connected to a government or acting on behalf of the foregoing (collectively, a “ Government Official ”), for the purpose of influencing an act or decision of the Government Official, or inducing the Government Official to use his or her influence or position to affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity; or (iii) given, offered, promised or conspired or authorized to give any money or thing of value to any Person (Government Official or private party) in violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; the U.S. Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952; the U.K. Bribery Act 2010; any applicable Law enacted in connection with, or arising under, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; or any other applicable Law of any foreign or domestic jurisdiction relating to bribery or corruption (collectively, “ Anti-Corruption Laws ”). The Company has not received any communication that alleges that the Company or any of its directors, officers, managers, employees, agents, or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company is or may be in violation of, or has, or may have, any unresolved Liability under, any Anti-Corruption Law. The Company has implemented and maintains written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent and detect violations by the Company of any applicable Anti-Corruption Law.

(e) To the knowledge of the Company, no director, officer or employee of the Company is excluded from participation under any Federal Health Care Program.

(f) To the knowledge of the Company, during the last three (3) years, no officer, director, manager, employee, or agent of the Company or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company has made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity, or committed an act, made a statement or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made, could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Entity to invoke with respect to the Company its policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities,” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (Sept. 10, 1991) or any similar policy (except for any statement, omission, act or invocation as would not be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company).

 

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2.20 Debarment; Regulatory Matters .

(a) For the past three (3) years, the Company has neither been debarred nor, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with any debarment. The Company does not employ any Person to provide services in any capacity where such Person is debarred under 21 U.S.C. 335a or other equivalent Laws of any other relevant jurisdiction. To the knowledge of the Company, during the last three (3) years, no officer, director, manager, employee, or agent of the Company or any other Person acting on behalf of the Company has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated or authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a or other equivalent Laws of any other relevant jurisdiction.

(b) During the last three (3) years, the Company has not received notice that any Governmental Entity (including the FDA and DEA) has (i) commenced any action to withdraw its approval or request the recall of any product made, fabricated or developed (or intended to be made, fabricated or developed), or containing or based on any product, material or solution containing any product or material made, fabricated or developed by the Company (including products that the Company or any third party on behalf of any of the Company fabricates, manufactures, processes, tests, stores, transports, imports, handles, packages or labels for sale or distribution) or the services rendered (or intended to be rendered) by the Company or any third party on behalf of the Company (collectively, the “ Products and Services ”), (ii) commenced any action to enjoin production, distribution or advertising of the Products and Services or (iii) declined to permit any product made, fabricated or developed by the Company, or any solution containing any such product, to enter any jurisdiction anywhere in the world, except, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), any such action, request or decision as would not be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company. During the last three (3) years, the Company has not undertaken any voluntary recall of any product or solution that (x) the Company makes, fabricates, develops or distributes or that contains a product that the Company makes, fabricates or develops or (y) contains an active pharmaceutical ingredient or drug substance made, fabricated, developed, distributed or handled by the Company or that was developed or manufactured using any material, product or solution made, fabricated or developed by the Company, where such recall was caused by or resulted from any act or omission of the Company.

(c) During the last three (3) years, the Company has not received (i) any FDA Form 483, warning letter, untitled letter or other similar notification under or in connection with the Food, Drug and Safety Laws in any jurisdiction with respect to the Business, the Real Property or the Products and Services, except for any letter or notification as would not be material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company or (ii) any warning letter, written communication or document from any Governmental Entity or any customer of the Company relating to any of the Products and Services that asserts lack of compliance by the Company in any material respect with any applicable Law or regulatory requirements of any Governmental Entity.

(d) The Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with any applicable Law, including the Food, Drug and Safety Laws, regarding the retention of records and documents. During the last three (3) years, the Company has filed all reports and notifications with each relevant Governmental Entity as required by applicable Law, including the Food, Drug and Safety Laws, in relation to the Products and Services.

 

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2.21 Employee Relations .

(a) Section 2.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all employees, independent contractors, and other individual service providers employed by or providing services to the Company by name and position as of the date hereof, indicating whether such individual is an employee. The Company has made available to Buyer true, complete and accurate information concerning the respective dates of hire, salaries, wages, incentive compensation, date of most recent salary increase, and leave status ( i.e ., whether such employee is actively employed or on an approved leave of absence) with respect to each such individual identified on Section 2.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, with respect to the current and most recently completed fiscal years.

(b) The Company is not (i) delinquent with respect to payments to any of its employees or consultants for any wage, salary, commission, bonus or other direct compensation for any service performed by them or any amount required to be reimbursed to any such employee or consultant or any Taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, or (ii) liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than immaterial routine payments to be made pursuant to claims in the ordinary course of business or as required by Law).

(c) The Company is not involved in or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with, any Litigation or Action relating to labor or employment, safety or discrimination matters involving any employee, including any charge of unfair labor practices, discrimination complaint or claim regarding recharacterization of independent contractors, that, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to result in material Liability. The Company is not presently, nor has it been in the past, a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to employees and no collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated by the Company. The Company has not experienced any strike, work stoppage, slowdown, lockout, material grievance, claim of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining dispute within the past two (2) years, and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the foregoing is threatened. No union or collective labor organizing campaign or activity with respect to employees of the Company is ongoing, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, and no such effort has occurred within the past two (2) years.

(d) No current executive employee or employee serving as an officer of the Company has submitted to the Company a written notice to terminate his or her employment relationship. Within the past two (2) years, the Company has not implemented or provided notice of employee layoffs implicating WARN or any similar state or local Laws.

(e) All individuals who perform services for the Company have been properly classified for purposes of, and have not been improperly excluded from, the Employee Plans and for purposes of employment Taxes, and the Company has no Liability for the misclassification of any such individual as exempt or non-exempt, or as an independent contractor, temporary employee, leased employee, or any other service provider compensated other than through reportable wages (as an employee) paid by the Company. The Company has no leased employee within the meaning of Section 414(n) of the Code.

 

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2.22 Employee Plans .

(a) Section  2.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of each Employee Plan. No Employee Plan is established or maintained outside of the jurisdiction of the United States or for the benefit of any employee, independent contractor or other individual service provider of the Company who resides or works outside of the United States. The Company has made available to Buyer each of the following with respect to each Employee Plan, as applicable: (i) the governing plan document (or a written summary of such Employee Plan’s material terms if no such written document exists), including all amendments thereto, and all related trust documents and funding instruments, (ii) the most recent summary plan description together with any summary of material modifications thereto, (iii) the most recent determination or opinion letter received from the IRS regarding each Employee Plan intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and any pending request for such letter, (iv) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 series and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), (v) the most recent audited financial statements and actuarial or other valuation reports prepared therefor, and (vi) all material correspondence and documentation related to, and all non-routine filings made, with any Governmental Entity within two (2) years of the date hereof.

(b) Each Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is, and has at all times been, so qualified, has received a favorable determination or approval letter from the IRS with respect to such qualification, or may rely on an opinion letter issued by the IRS with respect to a prototype plan adopted in accordance with the requirements for such reliance, or has time remaining for application to the IRS for a determination of the qualified status of such Employee Plan for any period for which such Employee Plan would not otherwise be covered by an IRS determination. No event or omission has occurred that would cause any Employee Plan to lose any such qualification.

(c) Each Employee Plan is in material compliance with applicable Laws and is administered in all material respects in accordance with applicable Laws and with its terms. No Litigation or Action (other than those relating to routine claims for benefits) is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Employee Plan or the assets of any fiduciary thereof (in such Person’s capacity as a fiduciary of such Employee Plan). All payments or contributions required to have been made with respect to all Employee Plans either have been made or have been accrued in accordance with the terms of the applicable Employee Plan and applicable Law. No “Prohibited Transaction” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 or 407 of ERISA and not otherwise exempt under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 408 of ERISA, as applicable, nor any breach of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA), has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan.

(d) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate maintains an employee benefit plan that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code, Section 302 of ERISA or is a Multiemployer Plan, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any Liability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been paid in full.

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(f) Each Employee Plan that constitutes in any part a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated and maintained in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations and applicable guidance thereunder. There is no Contract to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any current or former employee for additional Taxes paid pursuant to Section 409A.

(g) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in connection with the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events, including the lapse of time) will (i) result in, or cause the accelerated vesting, payment, funding or delivery of, or materially increase the amount or value of any payment or benefit to any employee or other service provider of the Company (other than the payments that will be made to the Company Securityholders in accordance with this Agreement); (ii) result in the triggering or imposition of any restriction or limitation on the right of the Company to amend or terminate any Employee Plan (or result in adverse consequences for so doing); or (iii) result in a requirement to pay any tax “gross-up” or similar “make-whole” payment to any employee or consultant of the Company. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in connection with the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events, including the lapse of time), will not, as of the Closing, constitute an event that will or may result in the payment of any amount that may be deemed an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code.

2.23 Permits . Section  2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all rights, permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, Orders, authorizations and approvals from any Governmental Entity (collectively, “ Permits ”) issued to or held by the Company. The Permits listed on Section  2.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule are the only Permits that are required for the Company to conduct the Business as presently conducted. Each such Permit is in full force and effect, and no suspension or cancellation of any such Permit is pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, has been threatened by any Person.

2.24 Environmental, Health and Safety Matters .

(a) The Company are and, for the past three (3)  years, have been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. The Company holds, and is in compliance in all material respects with, all Permits required under Environmental Laws for the operation of the Business (“ Environmental Permits ”) and has made all appropriate filings for issuance or renewal of such Environmental Permits. There is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened civil or criminal Litigation or Action or written notice of violation or notice of actual or potential responsibility alleging that the Company or any of their respective predecessors is in material violation of, or has material Liability under, any Environmental Law. There has been no Release of any Hazardous Materials into, on, at or from any real property currently or, to the knowledge of the Company, formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of their respective predecessors in an amount or manner which would reasonably be expected to result in material Liabilities to the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no past or present condition, Event, practice, incident, action, omission or plan that may (i) interfere with or prevent continued material compliance by the Company with Environmental Laws and the requirements of Environmental Permits or (ii) give rise to any material Liability under any Environmental Laws.

 

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(b) The Company has made available to Buyer copies within its possession of any and all material environmental audits, assessments or reports relating to the Company’s operations or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or any of their respective predecessors.

2.25 Brokers . Other than William Blair & Company, L.L.C., the Company has not retained any broker, finder, agent or similar intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and will not incur Liability for any broker or finders’ fees or commissions as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

2.26 Product Warranties; Product Liability .

(a) Except as contained in any customer contract entered by the Company in the ordinary course of business, the Company has not made any express warranty or guarantee with respect to the Products and Services. Each of the Products and Services has been in compliance in all material respects with any applicable Law, applicable government, trade association and other mandatory requirements, specifications and other forms of guidance, contractual commitments and express warranties, and the Company has no material Liability for damages in connection therewith.

(b) There is no material Litigation or Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in connection with any product liability arising in connection with the Products and Services. No Governmental Entity has commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate any Litigation or Action or requested the recall of any of the Products and Services. No Governmental Entity has commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to initiate any Litigation or Action to enjoin the manufacture, fabrication or development of any of the Products and Services.

2.27 Claims Under Prior Acquisition Agreements . Section  2.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, complete and accurate list of (a) all Contracts including as parties thereto the Company or any of its corporate or legal predecessors, on the one hand, and any other Person, on the other hand, relating to the acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) of any portion of the assets used by the Company in the conduct of its businesses (collectively, the “ Prior Acquisition Agreements ”), and (b) all claims for indemnification or breach, whether pending or resolved, made by the Company or any of its Affiliates (including any Company Securityholder) under or in connection with any of the Prior Acquisition Agreements. There is no Event that has given rise, or is reasonably likely to give rise (with or without notice, the lapse of time or both), to any claim for indemnification or breach under any of the Prior Acquisition Agreements. There is no deferred consideration, installment payment, earn-out or similar payment required under any of the Prior Acquisition Agreements, and neither the Company has any ongoing Liabilities, Indebtedness or other obligation under any of the Prior Acquisition Agreements.

 

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2.28 Government Contracts .

(a) Within the past three (3) years, with respect to any Government Contract, there have been no (i) to the knowledge of the Company, civil fraud or criminal investigations or allegations by any Governmental Entity, (ii) subpoenas or civil investigative demands (or equivalent formal requests) related to any civil fraud or criminal investigations or allegations, (iii) internal investigations by the Company with respect to any alleged material misstatements or omissions arising under or relating to a Government Contract, (iv) voluntary or mandatory disclosures to any Governmental Entity, (v) suspension or debarment proceedings (or equivalent proceedings) against the Company or any of its directors or officers, (vi) written requests by a Governmental Entity for a contract price adjustment based on a claimed disallowance by an applicable Governmental Entity or claim of defective pricing, (vii) terminations for default, cure notices, or show cause notices issued by any Governmental Entity or any prime contractor or subcontractor with respect to performance of any portion of the obligation of a Government Contract, and (viii) disputes between the Company and a Governmental Entity, prime contractor, or higher-tier subcontractor under the Contract Disputes Act or any other applicable Law.

(b) Within the past three (3) years, (i) each representation, warranty and certification made by the Company to any Governmental Entity, prime contractor or higher-tier subcontractor in connection with any Government Contract was accurate in all material respects as of the effective date thereof, and (ii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws governing each Government Contract.

(c) Within the past three (3) years, in connection with the award, performance or closeout of any Government Contract, neither the Company nor any of its directors or officers has received or otherwise identified any credible evidence of (i) a violation of federal criminal Law involving the fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, or gratuity provisions found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code, (ii) a violation of the civil False Claims Act, or (iii) a significant overpayment.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB

Each of Buyer and Merger Sub represents and warrants to the Company that the statements contained in this Article 3 are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing.

3.1 Organization and Power . Each of Buyer and Merger Sub (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, (b) has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to conduct its business as presently conducted and (c) has made available to the Company true, complete and accurate copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended to date and presently in effect. Neither Buyer nor Merger Sub is in default in the performance, observation or fulfillment of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

3.2 Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements . Each of Parent Guarantor, Buyer and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and all other agreements, documents and instruments being executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) to which it is a party, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents to which Parent Guarantor, Buyer or Merger Sub is or will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated

 

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hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized by the board of directors of each of Parent Guarantor, Buyer and Merger Sub and all other necessary corporate action on the part of Parent Guarantor, Buyer and Merger Sub in accordance with applicable Law and each of Parent Guarantor’s, Buyer’s and Merger Sub’s respective certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and subject to the immediately following sentence, no other corporate (or other) proceeding on the part of Parent Guarantor, Buyer or Merger Sub (including any stockholder vote or approval) is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which Parent Guarantor, Buyer or Merger Sub is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby that are required to be performed by Parent Guarantor, Buyer or Merger Sub. Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, this Agreement and the Merger will be adopted and approved by Buyer as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub. The Transaction Documents to which they are or will be a party, when duly executed and delivered by Parent Guarantor, Buyer and Merger Sub, will constitute valid and binding obligations of Parent Guarantor, Buyer and Merger Sub, respectively, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

3.3 Noncontravention . Subject to compliance with the applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws and the filing of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL, none of the execution, delivery or performance by Buyer and Merger Sub of this Agreement, nor the consummation by Buyer and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby, will (a) conflict with, violate or constitute a breach of, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Buyer or Merger Sub, (b) require on the part of Buyer or Merger Sub any notice to or filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, (c) result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any Contract or instrument to which Buyer or Merger Sub is a party or by which either of them is bound or to which any of their assets is subject, (d) result in the imposition of any material Lien upon any assets of Buyer or Merger Sub, (e) violate any Order or Law applicable to Buyer or Merger Sub or any of their properties or assets or (f) upon adoption by the respective boards of directors of each of Buyer and Merger Sub to the extent required and by Buyer as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, require any other act or proceeding on the part of Buyer or Merger Sub, except, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (f), for any such conflict, violation, default, termination, forfeiture or other occurrence which would not prevent or materially delay Buyer from performing its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

3.4 Litigation . There is no Litigation or Action pending or threatened against Buyer or Merger Sub that questions the validity of the Transaction Documents or the right of Buyer or Merger Sub to enter into such Transaction Documents or seeks to delay, restrain or prohibit the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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3.5 Interim Operations of Merger Sub . Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Merger and has not engaged in any business activity or conducted any operations other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and has no, and at all times prior to the Effective Time will have no, asset or Liability of any nature other than those incident to its formation and those incurred pursuant to this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

3.6 Broker s . Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6 , no broker, finder, agent or similar intermediary has acted on behalf of Buyer or Merger Sub in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and there is no brokerage commission, finders’ fee or similar fee or commission payable in connection herewith based on any agreement, arrangement or understanding with Buyer or Merger Sub or any action taken by or on behalf of Buyer or Merger Sub.

3.7 Financial Capacity . Assuming (a) that the parties to each of the Debt Commitment Letter and the Equity Commitment Arrangements (in each case other than Buyer and, in the case of the Equity Commitment Arrangements, Parent Guarantor) perform their respective obligations in accordance with the terms thereof and (b) satisfaction of the conditions precedent to Buyer’s obligations hereunder, Buyer shall have at the Closing sufficient cash, available lines of credit and other sources of immediately available funds to make payment of all amounts to be paid by it in order to consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereunder on the Closing Date, including (i) the amounts payable pursuant to Section  1.4 , including amounts owing pursuant to the outstanding amount of Repaid Debt and the Company Transaction Expenses, and (ii) all of the out-of-pocket costs of Buyer arising from the consummation of the transactions and any fees incurred in connection with the Financing (the foregoing amounts, collectively, the “ Required Closing Amount ”). Buyer has provided to the Company a true, complete and accurate copy of the fully executed (i) debt commitment letter, together with the related fee letter (subject to customary redactions of the fee amounts and other economic terms therein ( provided that such redactions do not include, for the avoidance of doubt, any terms that would adversely affect the conditionality or availability of the Debt Financing, and none of the redacted provisions would allow the Debt Financing Sources to reduce the amount of funding to be provided under the Debt Commitment Letter (or the definitive documentation entered into pursuant thereto) or change the conditions on which such funding is available if in any such case such change would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impede the consummation of the Debt Financing thereunder)), dated as of the date hereof, between the lenders party thereto (including any lender who becomes party thereto by joinder in accordance with the terms of such debt commitment letter, collectively, the “ Debt Financing Sources ”) and Buyer (such debt commitment letter and fee letter, together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and term sheets attached thereto, and, to the extent otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof, supplements and amendments thereto, the “ Debt Commitment Letter ”), pursuant to which the Debt Financing Sources party thereto have committed to lend the amounts set forth therein on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein for the purpose of funding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Debt Financing ”) and (ii) equity commitment and investment agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Equity Financing Sources ”), and Parent Guarantor (together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and, to the extent otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof, supplements and amendments thereto, the “ Equity Commitment Arrangements ” and, together with the Debt Commitment Letter, the “ Commitment Arrangements ”), pursuant to which the Equity Financing Sources agreed to invest the amounts set forth therein on the terms and

 

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subject to the conditions set forth therein for the purpose of funding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Equity Financing ” and, together with the Debt Financing, the “ Financing ”). The Commitment Arrangements have not been amended, supplemented or modified in any manner in contravention of this Agreement, and as of the date hereof the commitments contained in the Commitment Arrangements have not been withdrawn or rescinded in any respect. As of the date hereof, the Commitment Arrangements are in full force and effect and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer and, in the case of the Equity Commitment Arrangements, Parent Guarantor and, to Buyer’s knowledge, each of the other parties thereto, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity. Other than the Commitment Arrangements, there are no other agreements, side letters or arrangements relating to the amount, conditionality, availability or termination of the Financing. There is no condition precedent or other contingency related to the funding of the full amount of the Financing, other than as expressly set forth in the Commitment Arrangements. Buyer has fully paid any and all commitment fees or other fees required by the Debt Commitment Letter to be paid by it on or prior to the date hereof. Assuming the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to Buyer’s obligations hereunder, Buyer is not aware of any fact or occurrence that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach under any Commitment Arrangement and has no reason to believe that it will not be able to satisfy any term or condition that is required to be satisfied as a condition to the availability or funding of the full amount of the Financing, or that the Financing will not be made available to Buyer on the Closing Date. Each of Buyer and Merger Sub affirms that it is not a condition to the Closing that Buyer obtain the Financing or any other financing for the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

4.1 Conduct of Business . Except as (A) expressly required by this Agreement, (B) set forth on Schedule 4.1 , (C) consented to in writing by Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), or (D) required by Law, during the period from the date hereof to the Closing, the Company shall:

(a) Ordinary Course of Business . Operate the Business in the ordinary course of business;

(b) Preservation of Customers and Suppliers . Use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with it;

(c) Preservation of Personnel . Use commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of its current officers, employees and consultants;

(d) Insurance . Use commercially reasonable efforts to keep in effect the insurance policies listed in Section  2.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule through the earlier of the Closing or their scheduled expiration dates and use commercially reasonable efforts to renew any expiring policy with coverage amounts not less than those in effect on the date hereof;

 

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(e) Preservation of the Business; Maintenance of Properties, Contracts . Use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, goodwill and Business; maintain and keep its properties in good condition and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted; maintain and protect the Company Intellectual Property; promote and market the Business in accordance with past practices; and maintain, perform and comply in all material respects with the terms of the Material Agreements consistent with past practice; and

(f) Capital Expenditures . Make, or cause to be made, capital expenditures in accordance with the capital expenditures budget or plan set forth on Schedule 4.1(f) .

4.2 Negative Covenants Pending Closing . Except as (A) expressly required by this Agreement, (B) set forth on Schedule 4.2 , (C) consented to in writing by Buyer (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), or (D) required by Law, during the period from the date hereof to the Closing, the Company shall not take any of the following actions:

(a) Acquisitions . Acquire (i) by merging or consolidating with, by purchasing Equity Securities in or any substantial portion of the assets of, or in any other manner any Person or division thereof or (ii) any asset or collection of assets (A) for an amount, individually in the case of any particular asset or collection of assets or in the aggregate with respect to all assets or collections of assets, in excess of $500,000 or (B) that is material, individually or in the aggregate, to the Company, except arm’s length purchases of inventory in the ordinary course of business or as expressly required pursuant to Section  4.1(f) ;

(b) Disposition of Assets . Sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any asset or property, including the Company Intellectual Property, other than (i) arm’s length sales of Products and Services in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) licenses of Company Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business in connection with the license or sale of Products and Services to customers;

(c) Indebtedness . (i) Create, incur or assume any Indebtedness (excluding obligations in respect of capital leases in effect as of the date hereof, draws on credit facilities existing as of the date hereof and the incurrence of deferred reservation fees in the ordinary course of business, subject to Section  4.2(h) ) other than in the ordinary course of business; (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly or contingently) for the Indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person; or (iii) make any loan, advance or capital contribution to, or investment in, any other Person (other than loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business);

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(e) Employee Matters . Except as required by applicable Law or the terms of an existing Employee Plan, (i) increase the rate or terms of compensation, compensation opportunities, severance, retention, incentive, termination or change-in-control pay, or any other benefit, payable to any employee or consultant, other than any increase in base salary (and, if applicable, any increase in any type of bonus opportunity pegged prior to the date hereof to a percentage of base salary) not to exceed five percent (5%) individually or five percent (5%) in the aggregate; (ii) enter into, terminate, adopt or materially amend any Employee Plan or any other employment, severance or other agreement, arrangement, plan, policy or program that would constitute an Employee Plan if it had been in effect as of the date hereof other than in the ordinary course of business in connection with a new hire in accordance with Section 4.2(e)(iv) below to the extent the value of such arrangements provided or available to such new hire are consistent with past practice of making compensation and benefits available to newly hired employees in similar positions; (iii) accelerate any benefit or vesting under, or waive any requirement of, any Employee Plan; (iv) hire or engage any individual (other than ordinary course replacement hires or new hires with annual base compensation equal to or less than $225,000) or terminate (other than for cause) any new officer or key employee; (v) terminate employees in such numbers as would trigger any Liability under WARN; (vi) enter into, adopt or engage in negotiations regarding any collective bargaining or similar labor agreement or arrangement; or (vii) make any loan, advance or extension of credit to any employee (other than advances to employees for business-related expenses in the ordinary course of business);

(f) Material Agreements . (i) Terminate or cancel, or take or omit to take any action that would constitute a material violation of or default under, or waive any material rights under, any Material Agreement or (ii) waive any right of the Company under the confidentiality provisions of any Contract entered into with respect to the Business;

(g) Capital Expenditures . Authorize, or make any commitment with respect to, any capital expenditure that is inconsistent with the capital expenditures budget or plan set forth on Schedule 4.1(f) ;

(h) New Agreements . Enter into any new Contract that (i) would have been a Material Agreement if it had existed on the date hereof or (ii) purports to limit, curtail or restrict (A) the kinds of businesses in which the Company or any of its current or future Affiliates may conduct, (B) the Persons with whom the Company or any of its current or future Affiliates can compete, (C) the Persons to whom any of the Company or any of its current or future Affiliates can sell products or deliver services, (D) the Person or class of Persons the Company or any of its current or future Affiliates may solicit for employment, or (E) the acquisition of any business by the Company or any of its current or future Affiliates;

(i) Distributions; Redemptions . Declare, accrue, set aside or pay any non-cash dividend or make any other non-cash distribution in respect of any of its Equity Securities, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any such Equity Securities (other than in connection with the separation of employment of any employee in accordance with the terms of an existing Employee Plan);

(j) Equity Securities . Sell, issue, grant, authorize the issuance of, split, combine, redeem or reclassify, or purchase or otherwise acquire any (i) Equity Securities of the Company other than any issuance of Company Shares in connection with the exercise of Options or Warrants by the holders thereof, (ii) option or right to acquire any Equity Securities of the Company or (iii) instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any Equity Securities of the Company;

 

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(k) Organizational Documents . Modify or amend any of the Company Organizational Documents or any Contract relating to the voting, ownership or control of the Company’s Equity Securities;

(l) Trade Secrets . Disclose any trade secret or Confidential Information to any Person other than to current employees of the Company that are subject to confidentiality or non-disclosure covenants protecting against further disclosure, or sell, encumber, abandon or allow to lapse any Company Intellectual Property;

(m) Accounting Policies . Change its fiscal year or its accounting policies or procedures except to the extent required to conform with GAAP;

(n) Litigation and Actions . Settle, dismiss or initiate any Litigation or Action;

(o) Taxes . (i) Make, revoke or change any material Tax election; (ii) change any annual Tax accounting period; (iii) adopt or make any material change to any of its methods of accounting for Tax purposes; (iv) file or amend any income or other material Tax Return; (v) enter into any ruling request or closing agreement; or (vi) settle or compromise any Tax claim or assessment;

(p) Environmental Matters . Perform or cause any third party to perform any Phase II or other invasive environmental site assessment of any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company; or

(q) Obligations . Obligate itself to do, or authorize, agree or consent to (whether or not subject to any condition, including notice, the lapse of time or both) any of the foregoing.

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give Buyer the right to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its respective operations. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, prior to the Determination Time and so long as (i) no breach of the Company Organizational Documents or the Contracts with respect to the Company’s existing credit facilities would result therefrom, (ii) the Company provides to Buyer, prior to the Company’s delivery of the Estimated Closing Statement to Buyer pursuant to Section  1.12(a) , written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the actions proposed to be taken (including the amounts of Cash and Cash Equivalents proposed to be used in connection therewith), (iii) to the extent the Company takes any of the following actions after delivery of the Estimated Closing Statement to Buyer pursuant to Section  1.12(a) , the effect of such action on the applicable estimated amounts set forth in the Estimated Closing Statement is taken into account in such estimated amounts on the Estimated Closing Statement, and (iv) after giving effect to any such action, the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents as of the Effective Time is no less than $20,000,000, then the Company will be permitted to (A) provide to the Company Securityholders, by way of dividends, distributions, return of capital or otherwise any Cash and Cash Equivalents, and (B) use any Cash and Cash Equivalents to pay or repay any Indebtedness of the Company or pay Liabilities of the Company which, if not paid prior to Closing, would constitute Company Transaction Expenses.

 

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4.3 Corporate Examinations and Investigations . Prior to the Closing Date, Buyer shall be entitled, through its and its Affiliates’ respective Representatives (including their respective legal advisors and accountants), to have reasonable access to the premises, properties, financial, tax and accounting records, Contracts and, subject to the Company’s prior approval (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), personnel of the Company in connection with Buyer’s investigation of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Any such examination and investigation shall be conducted during regular business hours upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company, shall be conducted in a manner so as not to unreasonably interfere with the normal business operations of the Company and shall be subject to supervision by personnel of the Company and restrictions arising under applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such examination or investigation shall be permitted to the extent that it would require the Company or any of its Affiliates to disclose information (a) if such disclosure would cause the Company to be in violation of applicable Law or, as determined by the Company or such Affiliate upon the advice of counsel, result in the loss of the ability to successfully assert attorney-client privilege, (b) if such disclosure would cause the Company or such Affiliate to materially breach any confidentiality obligation under a Contract to which the Company or any such Affiliate is bound or (c) if such disclosure would, as determined by the Company or such Affiliate upon the advice of counsel, adversely impact the treatment of any Company Intellectual Property as a trade secret; provided , however , that, with respect to any information described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) or (c), the Company shall (i) to the extent permitted by applicable Law or Contract, provide Buyer notice of any information that has been withheld and (ii) use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all such alternative actions or things necessary, proper or advisable to make such information (or parts thereof) available to Buyer. Upon the written request of Buyer and subject to applicable Law, the Company shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer and its Affiliates to arrange for contacts and communications with customers or suppliers of the Company; provided that, without the prior written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Buyer shall not contact, and shall cause its Affiliates and Representatives not to contact, any customer or supplier of the Company regarding the Business or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit Buyer or its Affiliates or their respective Representatives from contacting any Person that is or may be a customer or supplier of the Company regarding any matter unrelated to the Company, the Business or the transactions contemplated hereby.

4.4 Further Assurances . Prior to, on and after the Closing Date, each of the Parties shall execute such documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably required or desirable to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and put Buyer in operating control of the assets, properties and Business of the Company as of the Closing and to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement. Each Party shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to take such other actions to ensure that, to the extent within its control or capable of influence by it, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be fully carried out in a timely fashion. Except as set forth in Section  4.5 and Section  4.9 , each of the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the conditions to the obligations of the other Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are satisfied.

 

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4.5 Governmental and Third-Party Notices and Consents .

(a) Subject to the further subsections of this Section 4.5 , each Party shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, at its expense (subject to Section 8.5 ), any waiver, Permit, consent, approval or other authorization from any Governmental Entity or third parties, in each case, as necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to otherwise comply with all applicable Laws relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including by effecting any registration, filing or notice with or to any Governmental Entity in order to obtain any such waiver, Permit, consent, approval or other authorization.

(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the obligations set forth in Section  4.5(a) , each of the Company, Buyer and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable) shall: (i) promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the execution of this Agreement, file any and all notices, reports and other documents required to be filed by such Party under the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and shall use reasonable best efforts promptly to cause the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act (including, at the Company’s request, seeking to obtain early termination of the waiting period thereunder), (ii) as promptly as reasonably practicable provide such information as may reasonably be requested by the DOJ or the FTC under the HSR Act or by any other Governmental Entity under any other applicable Antitrust Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as well as any information required to be submitted to comply with, a request for additional information in order to commence or end a statutory waiting period, (iii) use reasonable best efforts to cause to be taken, on a timely basis, all other actions necessary or appropriate for the purpose of consummating and effectuating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (iv) promptly take, and cause its Affiliates to take, all reasonable actions and steps requested or required by any Governmental Entity as a condition to granting any consent, Permit, authorization, waiver, clearance or approval, and to cause the prompt expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period and to resolve such objections, if any, of the FTC and the DOJ, or other Governmental Entities of any other jurisdiction for which consents, Permits, authorizations, waivers, clearances, approvals or expirations or terminations of waiting periods are required with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Company will only be required to take or commit to take any such action, or agree to any such condition or restriction, if such action, commitment, agreement, condition or restriction is binding on the Company only in the event the Closing occurs.

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written communications and (iv) pull and re-file any notice under the HSR Act only with the consent of the other Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Subject to applicable Law, in advance and to the extent practicable, each of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, will consult the other on all the information relating to Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates that appear in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall incorporate all comments reasonably proposed by Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be; provided , however , that, if review of any information would be material in connection with any second request (or similar process), such information shall be provided solely to those individuals acting as outside antitrust counsel for the other Parties provided that such counsel shall not disclose such information to such other Parties and shall enter into a joint defense or interest agreement with the providing Party. In addition, except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Entity or by any applicable Law, in connection with any such request, inquiry, investigation, Litigation or Action in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Party will permit authorized Representatives of the other Party to be present at each meeting or conference relating to such request, inquiry, investigation, Litigation or Action and to have access to and be consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any Governmental Entity in connection with such request, inquiry, investigation, Litigation or Action.

(d) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, Buyer and Merger Sub agree to take promptly any and all steps necessary to avoid, eliminate or resolve each and every impediment and obtain all clearances, consents, approvals and waivers under Antitrust Laws that may be required by any Governmental Entity, so as to enable the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable (and in any event no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Outside Date), including (i) committing to or effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, trust, or otherwise, the sale, license, transfer, assignment, dissolution or other disposition of assets, product lines or businesses of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company or their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) terminating, relinquishing, modifying, transferring, assigning, restructuring, or waiving existing agreements, collaborations, relationships, ventures, contractual rights, obligations or other arrangements of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company or their respective Subsidiaries and (iii) creating or consenting to create any relationship, venture, contractual right, obligation, behavioral undertaking or other arrangement of Buyer, Merger Sub or the Company or their respective Subsidiaries (and, in each case, to enter, or offer to enter, into agreements and stipulate to the entry of an Order or decree or file appropriate applications with any Governmental Entity in connection with any of the foregoing and in the case of actions by or with respect to the Company or its businesses or assets, by consenting to such action by the Company; provided , however , that any such action may, at the discretion of the Company, be conditioned upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (each, a “ Divestiture Action ”) as may be necessary or required, to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of or vacate or lift, any Order, decree or ruling, that would otherwise have the effect of preventing consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to ensure that no Governmental Entity with the authority to clear, authorize or otherwise approve consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, fails to do so as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than four (4) Business Days prior to the Outside Date. Prior to the Closing, Buyer will not, will cause Parent Guarantor not to, and will neither suffer nor permit the Equity Financing Sources (and the managers, investment advisors or other controlling Persons of the Equity Financing Sources or any affiliated investment funds) to, take any action that is or would reasonably be expected to be a proximate cause of any failure to obtain satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in Section 5.2 or 5.3 .

 

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(e) In the event that any Litigation or Action is commenced challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Litigation or Action seeks, or would reasonably be expected to seek, to prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Buyer and Merger Sub shall take any and all action to resolve any such Litigation or Action and each of the Company, Buyer and Merger Sub shall cooperate with each other and use its respective reasonable best efforts to contest any such Litigation or Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other Order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

4.6 Indemnification of Directors and Officers .

(a) Indemnification . Without limiting any additional rights that any D&O Indemnified Person may have under any other Contract with the Company, from and after the Closing, Buyer shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (but solely to the extent and scope provided by the Company as of the date hereof pursuant to the Company Organizational Documents or any indemnification or similar Contract to which the Company is a party as of the date hereof) to, indemnify (and advance funds in respect thereof) each present and former director or officer of the Company (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “ D&O Indemnified Person ”) against any cost or expense (including advancing reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each D&O Indemnified Person to the fullest extent permitted by Law), judgment, fine, loss, claim, damage, Liability and amount paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened Litigation or Action, arising out of, relating to or in connection with any action or omission by such D&O Indemnified Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer occurring or alleged to have occurred prior to the Closing (including acts or omissions in connection with such D&O Indemnified Person’s service as an officer, director or other fiduciary in any entity if such service was at the request or for the benefit of the Company). In the event of any such Litigation or Action, Buyer shall reasonably cooperate with the D&O Indemnified Person in the defense of any such Litigation or Action.

(b) Survival of Indemnification . To the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable Law, from and after the Closing, all rights to indemnification existing as of the date hereof in favor of the D&O Indemnified Persons with respect to their activities as such prior to the Closing Date, as provided in the Company Organizational Documents or any indemnification agreement of the Company in effect on the date of such activities or otherwise in effect on the date hereof, shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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(c) Insurance . Prior to the Closing, the Company shall obtain on behalf of the Company fully paid, at Buyer’s expense and at no expense to the beneficiaries, non-cancellable “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of at least six (6) years from and after the Closing from insurance carriers with the same or better claims-paying ability ratings and credit ratings as the Company’s current insurance carriers with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, “ D&O Insurance ”), for the Persons who are or were prior to the date hereof, covered by the Company’s existing D&O Insurance, with terms, conditions, retentions, limits of liability and levels of coverage that are at least as favorable as the Company’s existing D&O Insurance with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Closing (including in connection with this Agreement or the Merger). The Surviving Company shall not modify, change or alter the D&O Insurance in any manner that would impair such coverage.

(d) Successors . In the event that, after the Closing Date, the Company or Buyer or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or a substantial portion of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company or Buyer, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section  4.6 .

(e) Benefit . The provisions of this Section  4.6 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Person, his or her heirs, executors or administrators and his or her other representatives.

4.7 Requisite Company Securityholder Approval ; Company Information Statement .

(a) As soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, and in any event no later than 11:59 P.M. ET on the date hereof, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain and deliver to Buyer evidence of the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval.

(b) As promptly as practicable after the receipt of the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and deliver to every Company Stockholder as of the record date determined by the Company for such purpose, the notices required by Section 228(e) and 262 of the DGCL and an information statement prepared in accordance with the DGCL and applicable Law relating to the action of the Company’s stockholders by written consent in lieu of a meeting to approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger, and accurately describing, in all material respects, the material terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the applicable provisions of the DGCL, including such provisions with respect to appraisal rights (together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “ Company Information Statement ”). The Company Information Statement shall reflect that the board of directors of the Company approved and adopted this Agreement and shall include such information as is required pursuant to the DGCL. The Company shall afford Buyer and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon the Company Information Statement or other materials or notices relating thereof, and the Company will consider in good faith any comments received from Buyer and its counsel prior to the Company Information Statement or such other materials or notices being delivered to the Company Stockholders.

 

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4.8 Retention of and Access to Records . For a period of five (5) years after the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be required by applicable Law), Buyer shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to (a) retain the books and records of the Company relating to periods prior to the Closing in accordance with Buyer’s document retention policies as in effect from time to time and (b) provide the Securityholder Representative and its Representatives reasonable access thereto, during normal business hours and on at least five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice, to the extent reasonably necessary for the Securityholder Representative to respond to any proceeding or inquiry by a Governmental Entity or as otherwise required by Law.

4.9 Employment and Benefits Matters .

(a) For the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending twelve (12) months after the Effective Time, Buyer shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain (i) base salary and annual incentive opportunities (other than equity-based incentives), for the employees of the Company who remain employed after the Effective Time (the “ Company Employees ”), at levels that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those in effect for the Company Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) health and welfare benefits, retirement benefits and other employee benefits (other than equity-based incentives) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to similarly situated employees of Buyer and its Affiliates; provided , that to the extent that a Company Employee continues to participate in an Employee Plan following the Effective Time, such continued participation on terms substantially comparable to those offered immediately prior to the Effective Time will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (ii) of this Section  4.9(a) . Buyer will treat, and cause the applicable benefit plans to treat, the service of the Company Employees with the Company attributable to any period before the Effective Time as service rendered to Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility and vesting under Buyer’s vacation program, health or welfare plan(s) maintained by Buyer and Buyer’s defined contribution plans, except, in each case, where credit would result in duplication of benefits. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent that any Company Employee participates in any health or other group welfare benefit plan of Buyer following the Effective Time, Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to cause (A) any pre-existing condition limitation, eligibility waiting period or required physical examination under any health or similar welfare plan of Buyer to be waived with respect to the Company Employees and their eligible dependents, to the extent waived under the corresponding plan in which the Company Employee participated immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (B) any deductible paid by the Company Employee under any of the Company’s health plans in the plan year in which the Effective Time occurs to be credited towards deductibles under the health plans of Buyer or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b) To the extent requested by Buyer in writing no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, the Company shall, prior to the Closing Date, take such corporate action as is necessary to cause the Paragon Bioservices, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “ Company 401(k) Plan ”) to be terminated effective immediately prior to the Closing, subject to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, Buyer or its Affiliates, as applicable, shall take all steps reasonably necessary to permit each Company Employee who was participating in the Company 401(k) Plan immediately prior to the Closing to begin participating in a 401(k) plan maintained by Buyer or one of its Affiliates, subject to the eligibility requirements applicable to similarly situated employees of Buyer and its Affiliates as of the Closing.

 

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(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall confer upon any Company Employee any right to continue in the employ or service of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of Buyer, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of any Company Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section  4.9 shall (i) be deemed or construed to be an amendment or other modification of any Employee Plan or Buyer employee benefit plan, or (ii) create any third-party right in any current or former employee, director or other service provider of Buyer, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates (or any beneficiary or dependent thereof).

(d) Section  280G Waiver and Approval Process .

(i) Buyer and the Company acknowledge that certain amounts which may be received by any Person in connection with the Merger may be deemed to constitute a “parachute payment” (within the meaning of Section 280G). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, prior to the solicitation of the requisite Company Stockholders (as described in Section  4.9(d)(ii) ), a Section 280G Waiver from each Disqualified Individual, as determined immediately prior to the initiation of the solicitation of the requisite Company Stockholder approval described in Section  4.9(d)(ii) , and who might otherwise receive or have the right or entitlement to receive a “parachute payment” under Section 280G in connection with the Merger, unless the requisite Company Stockholder approval of such “parachute payments” is obtained pursuant to Section  4.9(d)(ii) .

(ii) Subject to the last sentence of this Section  4.9(d)(ii) , as soon as practicable following the receipt by the Company of the Section 280G Waivers for the applicable individuals described in Section  4.9(d)(i) , the Company shall submit to the applicable Company Stockholders for approval in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code any payments and 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. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Buyer, with respect to any payments or benefits that are subject to a Section 280G Waiver: (A) evidence that a Company Stockholder vote was solicited in conformance with Section 280G, and the requisite Company Stockholder approval was obtained with respect to any payments and/or benefits that were subject to the Company Stockholder vote (the “ Section  280G Approval ”), or (B) notice 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. The Company shall deliver to Buyer at least two (2) Business Days prior to submission to the Company Stockholders copies of all documents being submitted by the Company to the Company Stockholders pursuant to this Section  4.9(d)(ii) , as well as the underlying calculation materials, and Buyer shall provide comments as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of such materials that the Company shall reasonably consider prior to distributing the applicable documents to the Company Stockholders; provided that, in any event, the Company’s inadvertent failure to include in the materials for Section 280G

 

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Approval described herein any Contract, agreement, or plan that is entered into by Buyer, the Surviving Company or any of their respective Affiliates and a Disqualified Individual in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement before the Closing Date and which is known to the Company will not result in a breach of the covenants set forth in this Section  4.9(d) .

4.10 No Solicitation . Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Representatives shall directly or indirectly (including by way of providing information regarding the Company or the Business to any Person or providing access to any Person) (a) solicit any offer, proposal or inquiry (oral, written or electronic), or encourage or facilitate the solicitation of any offer, proposal or inquiry (oral, written or electronic) relating to any potential Competing Transaction; (b) participate in, continue or engage in any discussion or negotiation relating to, furnish any information concerning the Company or the Business or any property of the Company with respect to, afford access to any of its or their properties or business records in connection with, or facilitate in any other manner any effort or attempt by any Person other than Buyer to make or seek any potential Competing Transaction; or (c) enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding (oral, written or electronic) relating to any potential Competing Transaction. The Company shall promptly notify Buyer if any such offer or inquiry is received by, any such information is requested from or any such negotiation or discussion is sought to be initiated or continued with the Company or any of their respective Representatives, including the nature and terms of any of the foregoing and any modification to the nature or terms relating to any potential Competing Transaction. The Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, advise their applicable officers, directors, managers, equityholders and executive employees of the existence of the foregoing covenants, and the Company shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to respond to any inquiry received by their respective Representatives regarding any Competing Transaction by stating that the Company and its Affiliates are subject to the foregoing covenants.

4.11 Financial Statement Preparation . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts prior to Closing to prepare, or assist Buyer in causing to be prepared, as promptly as practicable, any financial statements that Buyer is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Form 8-K and Rule 3-05 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) or that are necessary in order for Buyer to comply with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include (a) the audited balance sheets and the related audited statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of the Company as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 (the “ 2017 Audited Financial Statements ”) and December 31, 2018 (the “ 2018 Audited Financial Statements ” and, together with the 2017 Audited Financial Statements, the “ Audited Financial Statements ”), in each case, audited in accordance the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“ AICPA ”) standards by auditors selected by the Company (provided that such auditors are reasonably expected to be able to deliver such audited financial statements and the “comfort letters” described below prior to the date that is seventy six (76) days following the Closing Date) that are independent thereunder and who can provide customary “comfort letters” (including customary “negative assurances”) with respect to such financial statements included in any offering memorandum for a Rule 144A offering of debt securities of Buyer, (b) the unaudited balance sheets and related statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for each subsequent fiscal quarter after the most recent balance sheet date described in clause (a) that ends at least forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the Closing Date (including the comparable information for the comparable prior-year period), in

 

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each case, reviewed in accordance with AICPA Statement of Auditing Standards 100 by AICPA independent auditors selected by the Company (provided that such auditors are reasonably expected to be able to deliver such reviewed financial statements and the “comfort letters” described below prior to the date that is seventy six (76) days following the Closing Date) who can provide customary “comfort letters” (including customary “negative assurances”) with respect to such financial statements included in any offering memorandum for a Rule 144A offering of debt securities of Buyer (collectively, the “ Interim Financial Statements ”), and (c) information regarding the Company necessary for Buyer’s preparation of customary pro forma financial statements that comply with Rule 11-02(c)(3) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, including the unaudited balance sheets and related statements of operations and cash flows of the Company for the six month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2018 (the “ 11-02(c)(3) Company Information ”), in each case, reviewed in accordance with AICPA Statement of Auditing Standards 100 by AICPA independent auditors selected by the Company (provided that such auditors are reasonably expected to be able to deliver such reviewed financial statements and the “comfort letters” described below prior to the date that is seventy six (76) days following the Closing Date) who can provide customary “comfort letters” (including customary “negative assurances”) with respect to such financial statements included in any offering memorandum for a Rule 144A offering of debt securities of Buyer (the 11-02(c)(3) Company Information, together with the 2017 Audited Financial Statements, the “ 11-02(c)(3) Financial Statements ”). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the consents of its auditors with respect to the 2018 Audited Financial Statements as may be required by applicable SEC regulations and Form 8-K. Buyer and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that delivering or obtaining the financial statements and other documents and information contemplated by this Section  4.11 is not a condition to Closing and shall in no event delay the consummation of the Closing.

4.12 Cooperation; Financial Information .

(a) From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and termination of this Agreement as provided herein, Buyer (and, with respect to the Equity Financing, Parent Guarantor) shall use reasonable best efforts to, and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or advisable to arrange and consummate the Financing, including with respect to the (i) Debt Financing: by maintaining the Debt Commitment Letter in full force and effect, and obtaining the financing contemplated thereby as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event by the Closing Date, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (including the “market flex” provisions in the fee letter), including complying with Buyer’s obligations under the Debt Commitment Letter and using reasonable best efforts to, and using reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, (A)  as promptly as practicable, negotiate, execute, and deliver definitive agreements with respect to the Financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter on the terms and conditions contemplated thereby (including the “market flex” provisions in the fee letter), (B) satisfy (or seek the waiver of), on a timely basis, all conditions to funding that are applicable to Buyer in the Debt Commitment Letter, (C)  require the Debt Financing Sources to abide by their obligations under the Debt Commitment Letter and (D)  subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter and Article 5 , consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing Date, and (ii)  Equity Financing: by maintaining the Equity Commitment Arrangements in full force and effect, and obtaining the financing contemplated thereby as promptly as reasonably

 

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practicable, and in any event by the Closing Date, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Equity Commitment Arrangements, including complying with Parent Guarantor’s and Buyer’s obligations under the Equity Commitment Arrangements and using reasonable best efforts to, and using reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, (A) as promptly as practicable, negotiate, execute, and deliver definitive agreements with respect to the Financing contemplated by the Equity Commitment Arrangements on the terms and conditions contemplated thereby, (B)  satisfy (or seek the waiver of), on a timely basis, all conditions to funding that are applicable to Parent Guarantor and Buyer in the Equity Commitment Arrangements, (C)  require the Equity Financing Sources to abide by their obligations under the Equity Commitment Arrangements and (D)  subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Equity Commitment Arrangements and Article 5 , consummate the Equity Financing at or prior to the Closing Date. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, in the event that any portion of the Financing becomes unavailable on the terms and conditions set forth in the Commitment Arrangements or it becomes reasonably likely that it would become so unavailable, Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) and Buyer shall as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2)  Business Days) following the occurrence of such event, notify the Company thereof in writing and use reasonable best efforts to, and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, obtain (x)  alternative financing from alternative sources in an amount sufficient to pay the Required Closing Amount and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that does not contain any condition to funding that would be more onerous than those contained in the Debt Commitment Letter or Equity Commitment Arrangements, as applicable, on the date of this Agreement or any term that would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impede the consummation of the financing thereunder and that is otherwise on terms no less favorable, in the aggregate, to Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) or Buyer than the Debt Commitment Letter or Equity Commitment Arrangements, as applicable, as of the date of this Agreement (the “ Alternate Financing ”), and (y)  one or more new financing commitment letters or agreements with respect to such Alternate Financing (each, a “ New Commitment Arrangement ”), in each case, which New Commitment Arrangement(s) will replace the existing applicable Commitment Arrangement in whole or in part. Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) and Buyer shall promptly provide the Company with a true, complete and accurate copy of any New Commitment Arrangement, together with any related exhibit, schedule, supplement and term sheet, and a true, complete and accurate copy of any fee letter in connection with any New Commitment Arrangement replacing all or any part of the Debt Commitment Letter (it being understood that the fee amounts and other economic terms in such letter will be redacted in a customary manner; provided that such redactions do not include, for the avoidance of doubt, any terms that would adversely affect the conditionality or availability of the Alternate Financing, and none of the redacted provisions would allow the financing sources thereof to reduce the amount of funding to be provided under the New Commitment Arrangement (or the definitive documentation entered into pursuant thereto) or change the conditions on which such funding is available if in any such case any such change would reasonably be expected to prevent, materially delay or impede the consummation of the financing thereunder). In the event that any New Commitment Arrangement is obtained, (A)  any reference in this Agreement to the “Commitment Arrangements”, “Debt Financing”, “Debt Commitment Letter”, “Equity Financing”, “Equity Commitment Arrangements” or “Financing” shall mean the Commitment Arrangements, Debt Financing, Debt Commitment Letter, Equity Financing or Equity Commitment Arrangements, as applicable, to the

 

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extent not superseded and still in effect at the time in question and such New Commitment Arrangement (along with any related fee letter), and (B) any reference in this Agreement to the “Debt Financing”, “Equity Financing” or the “Financing” will mean the Debt Financing, Equity Financing or Financing contemplated by the applicable Commitment Arrangements as modified pursuant to the foregoing.

(b) Neither Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) nor Buyer will consent to any amendment, restatement, replacement, supplement, termination, assignment, modification or waiver of any provision (including any condition) of, or remedy under, the Commitment Arrangements without the prior written consent of the Company, to the extent such amendment, restatement, replacement, supplement, termination, assignment, modification or waiver (i) reduces the aggregate amount of the Financing below the Required Closing Amount, (ii) imposes new or additional conditions, or otherwise expands or adversely modifies any of the conditions, to the availability or funding of the Financing, (iii) adversely affects the ability of Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) or Buyer to enforce its rights against the other parties to the Equity Commitment Arrangements, or (iv) individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to (A) prevent, materially delay or impede the Closing, (B) make the funding of the Financing or satisfaction of the conditions to obtaining the Financing, in each case necessary to pay the Required Closing Amount and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, less likely in any material respect to occur at or prior to the Closing, or (C) adversely affect the ability of Buyer in any material respect to consummate timely the transactions contemplated hereby (each of the items described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being referred to herein as a “ Restricted Modification ”); provided, however , that, so long as not constituting a Restricted Modification, Buyer may (A) amend the Debt Commitment Letter to add lenders, lead arrangers, bookrunners, agents, syndication agents, documentation agents, or similar entities who had not executed the Debt Commitment Letter as of the date hereof in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Debt Commitment Letter, (B) amend or otherwise modify the Debt Commitment Letter to implement any flex provisions applicable thereto, or (C) otherwise amend, modify or replace, or agree to any waiver in respect of, the Debt Commitment Letter or the Equity Commitment Arrangements in connection with an Alternate Financing so long as the requirements with respect to Alternate Financings set forth in Section  4.12(a) are satisfied. Each of Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) and Buyer shall keep the Company informed on a reasonably current basis and in reasonable detail with respect to all material activity and developments concerning the status of its efforts to arrange and consummate the Financing. Without limiting the foregoing, each of Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) and Buyer shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after it becomes aware thereof) notify the Company of (i) the expiration or termination of any Commitment Arrangement or any definitive agreement related to the Financing, (ii) any material breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, could reasonably be expected to give rise to any material breach or default) by any party to the Commitment Arrangements or any definitive agreement related to the Financing, (iii) receipt of any written notice or other written communication from any Financing Source party to any Commitment Arrangement with respect to any: (A) actual default, termination or repudiation by such Financing Source of any Commitment Arrangement or (B) material dispute or disagreement between or among any parties to any Commitment Arrangement or any definitive agreement related to the Financing (in each case, other than ordinary course negotiations), (iv) if for any reason Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) or Buyer no longer believes

 

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that it will be able to satisfy any term or condition that is required to be satisfied as a condition to the availability or funding of the full amount of the Financing, or that the Financing will not be made available to Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) or Buyer, on the Closing Date and (v) if for any reason Parent Guarantor (with respect to the Equity Financing) or Buyer no longer believes Buyer shall have at the Closing sufficient cash, available lines of credit and other sources of immediately available funds to pay the Required Closing Amount and consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereunder on the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the execution, delivery and performance of the Equity Commitment Arrangements by the parties thereto will not relieve Parent Guarantor or Buyer of any of its obligations under this Section  4.12 unless and until the Equity Financing is consummated in accordance with the Equity Commitment Arrangements and all proceeds thereof are contributed to Buyer.

(c) From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing and termination of this Agreement as provided herein, the Company shall, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable best efforts to, provide such cooperation and assistance to Buyer, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing as is (x) customary for debt financings of the type contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter and (y) reasonably requested by Buyer, including the following actions:

(i) participating, at mutually agreed upon times and subject to customary confidentiality agreements, in (A) a reasonable number of meetings with the Debt Financing Sources and prospective providers of the Debt Financing (and causing the members of senior management of the Company to participate in such meetings), (B) rating agency presentations in respect of the Debt Financing and (C) due diligence sessions with the Debt Financing Sources and prospective providers of the Debt Financing, and cooperating reasonably with the marketing efforts of Buyer and the Debt Financing Sources in connection with all or any portion of the Debt Financing;

(ii) using reasonable best efforts to assist Buyer and the Debt Financing Sources in the preparation of rating agency presentations, bank information memoranda (including a version thereof that does not contain material non-public information), lender presentations, and other similar materials for the Debt Financing, including, to the extent requested by the Debt Financing Sources, to cause the execution and delivery of reasonable and customary representation and authorization letters in connection with any bank information memoranda;

(iii) (A) furnishing to Buyer and the Debt Financing Sources as promptly as reasonably practical the Company Financial Statements (which Buyer acknowledges and agrees have been furnished as of the date of this Agreement), and (B) using reasonable best efforts to furnish to Buyer and the Debt Financing Sources as promptly as reasonably practical such financial or pertinent information regarding the Company as may be reasonably available to the Company and that is (I) reasonably requested by Buyer in connection with the preparation of a confidential information memorandum customary for the type of financing contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter as in effect on the date hereof, and (II) reasonably necessary in order to consummate the Debt Financing;

 

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(iv) cooperating reasonably with the Debt Financing Sources’ customary due diligence;

(v) using reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are reasonably requested by Buyer or the Debt Financing Sources to facilitate the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (including reasonably facilitating, effective no earlier than the Closing Date, the taking of collateral of the Company contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter) and the taking of corporate actions by the Company with respect to entering into definitive documentation with respect to the Debt Financing; provided that any such corporate action shall be contingent upon, and shall only be effective as of, the Closing;

(vi) executing and delivering, at and effective as of the Closing, such definitive financing documents and other customary closing documents as may be reasonably requested by Buyer and are required in connection with the Debt Financing;

(vii) cooperating reasonably in connection with (A) the termination of existing guarantees of Indebtedness and the release of related Liens, if any, at and effective as of the Closing and the payoff of the Repaid Debt in accordance with this Agreement and the payoff letters and lien termination documentation delivered in accordance herewith, and (B) Buyer’s efforts to effect the replacement or backing of any outstanding letter of credit maintained or provided by the Company at and effective as of the Closing;

(viii) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, providing all documentation and other information regarding the Company required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering Laws, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the “Beneficial Ownership Regulations” (31 CFR §1010.230), including any certification regarding individual beneficial ownership solely to the extent required by 31 CFR §1010.230, that has been requested in writing by Buyer at least eight (8) Business Days prior to the Closing Date in order to satisfy the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (if applicable); and

(ix) facilitate the taking of all corporate or similar actions reasonably requested by Buyer to permit the consummation of the Debt Financing (it being understood that all such actions shall be contingent on the occurrence of, and no such action will be effective until at or after, the Closing Date).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the requirements of Section 4.12(c) , (i) the Company shall not be required to enter into or approve (or commit to enter into or approve) any certificate, document, agreement, instrument, or financing agreement, in each case, that will be effective prior to the Closing Date (other than reasonable and customary representation and authorization letters (including with respect to the absence or the presence of material non-public information) in connection with any bank information memoranda as contemplated above and subject to customary exclusions), (ii) the Company and its

 

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Representatives shall not be required (A) to pay or commit to pay any commitment or other fee or incur any other Liability (including any guarantee, indemnity or pledge) in connection with the Financing prior to the Closing or that would be treated as a Company Transaction Expense, (B) provide any cooperation that would unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company, (C) take any action that would result in any officer, director or other Representative of the Company incurring any personal liability with respect to any matters relating to the Financing or (D) deliver or cause the delivery of any legal opinions or any certificate as to solvency, and (iii) nothing herein will require the Company or any of its Representatives to provide any information or take any action, the disclosure or taking of which would violate applicable Law, any fiduciary duty, any Contract, or obligation of confidentiality owing to a third party, or jeopardize the protection of the attorney-client privilege (it being agreed that the Company shall give notice to Buyer of the fact that it is withholding such information or documents on the basis of any such Law, duty, Contract, obligation or privilege, shall withhold only that portion of such information that is reasonably necessary to be withheld to not violate any applicable Law, duty, Contract or obligation and to preserve the attorney-client privilege, and thereafter the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to violate such Law, duty, Contract or obligation or waive the attorney-client privilege). The Company and its Representatives shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review (following reasonable request therefor) and comment on any documentation and any materials that are to be presented during any meetings conducted in connection with the Financing, and Buyer shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by the Company and its Representatives.

(e) Buyer will, upon request by the Company, reimburse the Company for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Company or any of its Representatives in connection with the Financing, including in connection with the cooperation of the Company and any of its Representatives contemplated by this Section  4.12 . Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its Representatives from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interest, awards, judgments, and penalties incurred or suffered by them in connection with the Financing; provided that Buyer shall not have any obligation to indemnify and hold harmless any such party or Person to the extent that any such damages suffered or incurred result from the Company’s or its Representatives’ willful misconduct or gross negligence, in each case, as determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(f) Buyer and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that obtaining the Financing is not a condition to Closing.

(g) The Company hereby consents to the use of its logos in connection with the Debt Financing; provided that such logos are used solely in a manner that does not, and would not reasonably be likely to, harm or disparage the Company or any of its Affiliates or their reputation or goodwill. All non-public information regarding the Company and its Affiliates provided to any of Buyer, the Financing Sources or any of their respective Representatives pursuant to this Section  4.12 shall be kept confidential, except for disclosure to potential lenders and investors and their respective Representatives that is reasonably required in connection with the Financing and is subject to customary confidentiality protections.

 

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4.13 Affiliate Arrangements . Except for the Contracts and other Affiliate Arrangements set forth on Schedule 4.13 , on or prior to the Closing, the Company shall terminate all Affiliate Arrangements in a manner and on such terms that shall not subject the Company, Buyer or their respective Affiliates to any ongoing Liability or require the Company or its Affiliates to make any termination, indemnity or other payment on or after the Closing Date.

4.14 Tax Matters .

(a) All transfer, excise, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other such taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (“ Transfer Taxes ) shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by Buyer and fifty percent (50%) by (i) the Company Securityholders as a Company Transaction Expense pursuant to Section  8.5 or (ii) to the extent any such Transfer Taxes are not provided for in Company Transaction Expenses, the Securityholder Representative (on behalf of the Company Securityholders). The Party responsible under applicable Law for filing any tax return and other documentation with respect to any such Transfer Tax shall prepare and file all such tax returns and other documentation, and each other Party shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, cooperate with respect to the preparation and filing of such tax returns and other documentation.

(b) Any compensatory payment under this Agreement, including with respect to holders of vested Options with respect to such Options, shall be subject to withholding and Tax reporting, and all such withholding and Tax reporting shall be effectuated by use of the payroll system of the Company or Surviving Company, as applicable.

4.15 Representations and Warranties Insurance Policy . In the event Buyer, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates elects to obtain a representations and warranties insurance policy in respect of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or other instrument contemplated by or delivered in connection with this Agreement, (a) all premiums, underwriting fees, brokers’ commissions and other costs and expenses related to such representations and warranties insurance policy shall be borne solely by Buyer, Merger Sub or such Affiliate and (b) such representations and warranties insurance policy shall not provide for any “seller retention” (as such phrase is commonly used in the representations and warranty policy industry) and shall expressly waive any claims of subrogation, except in the case of fraud.

ARTICLE 5

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION

OF BUYER AND MERGER SUB TO CLOSE

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5.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants ; No Company Material Adverse Effect .

(a) Each of the representations and warranties (i) made by the Company in Article 2 of this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties made in Section 2.1 (Organization and Standing), Section 2.2 (Capitalization), Section 2.3 (No Subsidiaries), Section 2.4 (Authority to Execute and Perform Agreements) and Section 2.25 (Brokers) (collectively, the “ Fundamental Representations ”)) shall be true and correct, without regard to any qualification as to “material”, “materiality”, or “Company Material Adverse Effect” (or any correlative term) contained in such representations and warranties (except for any use of the term “Material Agreement” and the reference to “Company Material Adverse Effect” in Section 2.9(b) ), as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, other than representations and warranties made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date), in each case, except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (ii)  that is a Fundamental Representation shall be true and correct in all material respects, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, other than (x)  any Fundamental Representation made as of a particular date (in which case such Fundamental Representation shall be true and correct as of such date) and (y) the first sentence of Section  2.2 , which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date except for any de minimis inaccuracy.

(b) The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date; provided , that for purposes of this Section  5.1(b) , a breach by the Company of Section  4.11 or 4.12 or any other provision in this Agreement relating to the Financing shall not be taken into account in determining whether the condition set forth in this Section  5.1(b) has been satisfied unless (i) the Company acts in bad faith in any material respect with respect to its obligations under Section  4.11 or 4.12 or such other provision (as applicable), (ii) such breach has not been cured within five (5) Business Days after the Company’s receipt of written notice thereof from Buyer specifying in reasonable detail the nature of such breach and (iii) such breach is a substantial cause of the Debt Financing not being obtained on the Closing Date (it being understood that Buyer’s receipt of any Financing or any of the financial statements or other documents or information contemplated by Section  4.11 and 4.12 is not a condition to Buyer’s or Merger Sub’s obligation to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).

(c) Since the date hereof, there shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The Company shall have delivered to Buyer a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a duly authorized officer of the Company and dated the Closing Date, certifying the fulfillment of the conditions contained in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section  5.1 .

5.2 No Injunction or Order . No Governmental Entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case that is in effect and prevents or prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

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ARTICLE 6

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION

OF THE COMPANY TO CLOSE

The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver by the Company in writing, as of the Closing Date, of the following conditions:

6.1 Representations, Warranties and Covenants . Each of the representations and warranties made by Buyer and Merger Sub in Article 3 of this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, other than representations and warranties made as of a particular date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such date), in each case, except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, does not constitute a material adverse effect on Buyer’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of Buyer and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date. Buyer shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed on behalf of Buyer and Merger Sub by their respective Presidents (or other duly authorized officers) and dated the Closing Date, certifying the fulfillment of the conditions contained in the foregoing sentences of this Section  6.1 .

6.2 No Injunction or Order . No Governmental Entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case that is in effect and prevents or prohibits consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

6.3 HSR Act . All required filings under the HSR Act shall have been completed and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired or been terminated.

ARTICLE 7

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

7.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:

(a) by mutual written consent of the Parties;

(b) by either the Company or Buyer by written notice to the other, if the Closing Date shall not have occurred on or before August 14, 2019 (the “ Outside Date ”); provided, however, that (i) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section  7.1(b) shall not be available to any Party whose breach of a representation or warranty or failure to fulfill any covenant or other agreement under this Agreement is the principal cause of, or resulted in the failure of, the Merger to occur on or before such date and (ii) if the satisfaction, or waiver by the appropriate Party, of all of the conditions contained in Article 5 and Article 6 (other than those conditions that by their nature only can be satisfied by actions taken at the Closing, but subject to such conditions being able to be satisfied at the Closing) occurs four (4) Business Days or less

 

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before the Outside Date, then neither Buyer nor the Company will be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(b) until the fourth Business Day after the Outside Date; provided , further , that no Party will have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(b) during the pendency of a legal proceeding by any other Party for specific performance pursuant to Section  8.14 ;

(c) by either the Company or Buyer, by written notice to the other, if any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued any injunction or other Litigation or Action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and such injunction or other Litigation or Action shall have become final and non-appealable;

(d) by Buyer, by written notice to the Company, if (i) the Company is in breach of the representations or warranties made by it in Article 2 or any covenant set forth in this Agreement, (ii) such breach is not cured within ten (10) Business Days (or, with respect to the Company’s failure to consummate the Closing when required pursuant to this Agreement, five (5) Business Days) of written notice of such breach from Buyer (to the extent such breach is curable) and (iii) such breach, if not cured, would render the conditions set forth in Article 5 to not be satisfied; provided, however , that Buyer shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(d) if there has been a breach of this Agreement by Buyer that has prevented or would prevent satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section  6.1 ;

(e) by the Company, by written notice to Buyer, if (i) Buyer is in breach of the representations or warranties made by it in Article 3 or any covenant set forth in this Agreement, (ii) such breach is not cured within ten (10) Business Days (or, with respect to Buyer’s or Merger Sub’s failure to consummate the Closing when required pursuant to this Agreement, five (5) Business Days) of written notice of such breach from the Company (to the extent such breach is curable) and (iii) such breach, if not cured, would render the conditions set forth in Article 6 not to be satisfied; provided, however , that the Company shall not be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(e) if there has been a breach of this Agreement by the Company that has prevented or would prevent satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section  5.1(a) or 5.1(b) ;

(f) by Buyer by written notice to the Company, if, at any time following the date hereof and prior to the Closing, there shall occur a Company Material Adverse Effect and such Company Material Adverse Effect is continuing and not cured within ten (10) Business Days of written notice of such Company Material Adverse Effect from Buyer; or

(g) from and after 11:59 P.M. ET on the date of this Agreement, by Buyer if, and only if, the Requisite Company Securityholder Approval shall not have been obtained.

7.2 Effect of Termination . If this Agreement is terminated as provided in this Article 7, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without liability on the part of the Parties and their respective Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, managers, officers, members or equityholders, except that (a)  Section  4.12(e) , this Article 7 and Article 8 shall survive any such termination, and (b) no such termination shall relieve any Party from any liabilities, losses, damages, obligations, costs or expenses (which the Parties acknowledge and agree will not

 

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be limited to reimbursement of expenses or out-of-pocket costs, and will include the benefit of the bargain lost by the Company or the Company Securityholders, taking into consideration relevant matters, including other combination opportunities and the time value of money, which will be deemed in such event to be damages of the Company) by reason of any knowing and intentional breach of this Agreement or Actual Fraud. For purposes of clarification, if Buyer or Merger Sub does not consummate the Closing within five (5) Business Days following the date on which Buyer was required to consummate the Closing pursuant to Section  1.3 (whether or not the Debt Financing or Equity Financing has been or is capable of being funded), such failure to consummate the Closing shall be deemed to be a knowing and intentional breach (within the meaning of this Section  7.2 ) by such Persons of this Agreement.

7.3 Amendment . This Agreement may be amended at any time after execution of this Agreement by a written instrument signed by (a) Buyer and (b) if prior to the Closing, the Company and, if after the Closing, the Securityholder Representative; provided that none of this Section  7.3 , Section  7.4 , Section  8.3 , Section  8.7 , Section  8.12 , Section  8.13 or Section  8.16(c) (and any other provision of this Agreement to the extent a modification, waiver or termination of such other provision would modify the substance of any of the foregoing Sections as they relate to the Financing Sources) shall be amended in a manner that is materially adverse to any Financing Source without the prior written consent of such Financing Sources party to the applicable Commitment Arrangement that have consent rights over amendments to this Agreement.

7.4 Waiver . At any time prior to the Closing Date, either the Company or Buyer may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the Company (in the case of a waiver by Buyer) or Buyer, Merger Sub or Parent Guarantor (in the case of a waiver by the Company) or (b) waive compliance with any of the covenants or agreements of the Company (in the case of a waiver by Buyer) or Buyer, Merger Sub or Parent Guarantor (in the case of a waiver by the Company) or any conditions to its own obligations, in each case only to the extent such obligations, agreements and conditions are intended for its benefit; provided that (i) any such extension or waiver shall be binding upon a Party only if such extension or waiver is set forth in a writing executed by such Party, and (ii) no such modification or waiver of any of this Section  7.4 , Section  7.3 , Section  8.3 , Section  8.7 , Section  8.12 , Section  8.13 or Section  8.16(c) (and any other provision of this Agreement to the extent a modification, waiver or termination of such other provision would modify the substance of any of the foregoing Sections as they relate to the Financing Sources) in a manner that is materially adverse to any Financing Source shall be made without the prior written consent of such Financing Sources party to the applicable Commitment Arrangement that have consent rights over modifications or waivers to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 8

MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 No Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements . Upon the consummation of the Closing, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements (other than those covenants and agreements that by their terms are to be performed in whole or in part on or after the Effective Time, but only to the extent of such performance on or after the Effective Time) contained in this Agreement or in any document, schedule or certificate delivered pursuant

 

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hereto shall not survive beyond the Effective Time and shall terminate on the Effective Time, and there shall be no liability or obligation in respect thereof, whether such liability or obligation has accrued prior to or after the Effective Time, on the part of any Party or its Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, managers, officers, members or equityholders, regardless of the theory of liability, whether in contract, tort or otherwise to the maximum extent permitted by Law, except, solely with respect to the waiver of claims for subrogation in any representations and warranties insurance policy contemplated by Section  4.15 , in the case of fraud.

8.2 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, sent by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of receipt) or electronic mail (with confirmation of receipt, provided that any Person’s failure to confirm receipt shall not render such notice to be deemed to have not been delivered) or sent by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, the next day if sent by an overnight courier service, when sent if sent by facsimile transmission or electronic mail or, if mailed, five (5) days after the date of deposit in the United States mail, as follows:

 

If to Buyer, Merger Sub,

the Surviving Company or

Parent Guarantor, to:

  

c/o Catalent, Inc.

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

Attn: General Counsel – Steven L. Fasman

Facsimile: (732) 537-6490

E-mail: GenCouns@catalent.com

With a copy (which shall not

constitute notice) to:

  

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Steven Epstein

           Matthew V. Soran

Facsimile: (212) 859-4000

Email: steven.epstein@friedfrank.com

            matthew.soran@friedfrank.com

If to the Company (prior to the

Closing):

  

Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

801 W. Baltimore St., Suite 302

Baltimore, MD 21201

Attention: Peter Buzy, CEO

E-mail: PBuzy@paragonbioservices.com

 

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With a copy (which shall not

constitute notice) to:

  

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attention: Neal     J. Reenan, P.C.

                               Justin Petzold

Facsimile:             (312) 862-2200

Email:                   neal.reenan@kirkland.com

                              justin.petzold@kirkland.com

And a copy (which shall not

constitute notice) to:

  

Gordon Feinblatt, LLC

233 East Redwood Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Attn: Abba David Poliakoff

            Michele Walsh

Telephone: 410-576-4067

Facsimile: 410-576-4032

E-mail: apoliakoff@gfrlaw.com

          mwalsh@gfrlaw.com

If to the Securityholder

Representative:

  

Newspring Health Capital, II, L.P.

555 E. Lancaster Avenue

3rd Floor

Radnor, PA 19087

Attention: Kapila Ratnam

Telephone: (610) 567-2395

E-mail: kratnam@newspringcapital.com

Camden Partners Strategic Fund V, LP

500 East Pratt Street

Suite 1200

Baltimore, MD 21202

Attention: Donald W. Hughes

E-mail: DHughes@CamdenPartners.com

With a copy (which shall not

constitute notice) to:

  

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Attention:         Neal J. Reenan, P.C.

                          Justin Petzold

Facsimile:        (312) 862-2200

Email:              neal.reenan@kirkland.com

                          justin.petzold@kirkland.com

Any Party may by notice given in accordance with this Section  8.2 to the other Parties designate another address or Person for receipt of notices hereunder.

 

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8.3 No Third Party Beneficiary . This Agreement shall not confer any right or remedy upon any Person (including any Person making a claim by or through Buyer, Merger Sub or their Affiliates under this Agreement) other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that (a) the provisions of Section  4.6 concerning indemnification are intended for the benefit of the D&O Indemnified Persons, and such provisions of Section  4.6 shall expressly inure to the benefit of the D&O Indemnified Persons and the D&O Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to rely on and enforce such provisions of Section  4.6 , and (b) the Financing Sources shall be express third-party beneficiaries of Section  7.3 , Section  7.4 , this Section  8.3 , Section  8.7 , Section  8.12 , Section  8.13 and Section  8.16(c) to the extent such Sections relate to the Financing Sources, and each such Section referenced in this clause (b) of this Section  8.3 shall expressly inure to the benefit of the applicable Financing Sources and the applicable Financing Sources shall be entitled to rely on and enforce the provisions of such Sections.

8.4 Public Announcements ; Confidentiality .

(a) The initial press release regarding this Agreement shall be made at such time and in such form as Buyer and the Company agree. If Buyer and the Company cannot agree on the initial press release, then, from the date hereof until the Closing, either such Party shall be permitted to make any disclosure relating to the matters contemplated by this Agreement that may be required by Law or the rules or regulations of any exchange to which it is subject; provided that the Party proposing to issue any press release or similar public announcement or communication in compliance with any such disclosure obligation shall use reasonable best efforts to consult in good faith with the other Party before doing so. Following the Closing and the initial press release, none of Buyer, the Company, the Securityholder Representative or any of its or their respective Affiliates shall issue or make any subsequent press release or public statement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby containing any substantive information in addition to that previously permitted to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 8.4 without the prior consent of Buyer and the Securityholder Representative, except as (a)  may be required by Law or the rules or regulations of any exchange to which it is subject or (b)  consistent with any previous public disclosures regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that the Party proposing to issue any press release or similar public announcement or communication in compliance with any such disclosure obligation shall use reasonable best efforts to consult in good faith with the other Party before doing so.

(b) The Confidentiality Agreement is terminated as of the date hereof and is of no further force or effect. During the period from the date hereof through the earlier of (x) two (2) years following the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms and (y) the Closing Date, Buyer shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, keep the Confidential Information confidential and not disclose any of it to any Person in any manner whatsoever or use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than in furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided , however , that Buyer may (i) make any disclosure of the Confidential Information to which the Company gives its prior written consent, (ii) disclose any of such information to such Representatives who need to know such information and who are advised of the confidentiality obligations that attach to the Confidential Information (it being agreed that Buyer will be responsible for any violation of the provisions of this Section  8.4(b) by any of its Representatives), and (iii) disclose that information which, on the advice of counsel, is

 

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required to be disclosed by Law or pursuant to a demand of any Governmental Entity (which requirement or demand shall not have been caused by any act of Buyer or its Representatives in violation of this Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in the event that Buyer or any of its Representatives is required to or reasonably believes that it is required by Law to disclose any of the Confidential Information, such party shall, to the extent legally permissible, provide the Company with prompt written notice of any such requirement so that the Company may seek (at its cost and expense) a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided that, in the event that such protective order or other appropriate remedy or waiver by the Company is not obtained or granted, and Buyer or any of its Representatives is nonetheless, on the advice of counsel, required by Law to disclose Confidential Information, such Person may disclose to, or as required by, the applicable Governmental Entity only that portion of the Confidential Information that such counsel advises is legally required to be disclosed (and any such disclosure shall be made only to such Persons to whom such counsel advises such information is legally required to be disclosed); provided that Buyer and its Representatives shall exercise reasonable best efforts (at their cost and expense) to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, including by reasonably cooperating with the Company to obtain an appropriate protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information.

8.5 Fees and Expenses . The fees and expenses incurred or accrued by the Company and the Company Securityholders prior to the Closing (solely to the extent such amounts are a liability of the Company as of or following the Closing) in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including (a) fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors, consultants and accountants retained or acting in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) any sale bonus, change in control bonus, retention or transaction bonus, or any similar compensatory amount that accelerates or becomes payable upon or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the occurrence of any other event or circumstance (and not conditioned upon a subsequent action taken by Buyer or its Affiliates (including the Company at the direction of Buyer) at or following the Closing), (c) the employer portion of any payroll, employment or similar Taxes incurred with respect to any payment described in clause (b)  and the aggregate amount of the Merger Consideration payable to the Company Securityholders in respect of Options and Restricted Shares and (d) fifty percent (50%) of any Transfer Taxes (the “ Company Transaction Expenses ”) shall be borne by the Company Securityholders in the calculation of Net Merger Consideration or, in the event the Closing does not occur, by the Company. The expenses incurred by Buyer and Merger Sub in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including (i) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Escrow Agreement and Paying Agent Agreement, (ii) all filing or other fees incurred in connection with obtaining any necessary or appropriate governmental approval, including approvals under the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws and (iii) all fees, costs and expenses of obtaining the “tail” policies contemplated by Section  4.6(c) shall be paid by Buyer (and shall not be borne by the Company Securityholders as a reduction to the Merger Consideration, as Company Transaction Expense or otherwise).

 

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8.6 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Exhibits and other Schedules hereto, the Escrow Agreement and the Paying Agent Agreement) and any collateral agreement executed in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein together contain the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the Merger and related transactions and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect thereto.

8.7 Governing Law . This Agreement (including any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any Law, including any applicable statute of limitations, other than the Laws of the State of Delaware; provided that all claims or causes of action (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) against any of the Financing Sources in any way relating to the Financing or the performance thereof shall be exclusively governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, any determination regarding whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred under this Agreement or the Commitment Arrangements will be determined in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware.

8.8 Binding Effect; No Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement is not assignable without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided that Buyer may assign all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without such consent to (a) any wholly owned U.S. Subsidiary of Parent Guarantor or (b) any lender (or any agent or other representative thereof) under the Debt Commitment Letter or any of Buyer’s other financing arrangements as collateral security for Buyer’s obligations thereunder (including any refinancings, extensions, refundings, or renewals thereof), in each case which assignment shall not relieve Buyer of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment in violation of this Section  8.8 shall be void ab initio .

8.9 Article  and Section  Headings; Construction . The headings of Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation. Unless otherwise specified, all references to “Article,” “Articles,” “Section” or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Article, Articles, Section or Sections of this Agreement. The Company Disclosure Schedule and the Exhibits and other Schedules to this Agreement are a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the successive words or terms and shall have the meaning “including, without limitation,” whether or not so specified. If any period expires on a day that is not a Business Day or any event or condition is required by the terms of this Agreement to occur or be fulfilled on a day that is not a Business Day, such period shall expire or such event or condition shall occur or be fulfilled, as the case may be, on the next succeeding Business Day. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”. The phrase “ordinary course of business” means, with respect to the Company, the ordinary and usual course of operations of the Company

 

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consistent with past practice. Any Contract, instrument or Law defined or referred to herein means such Contract, instrument or Law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, whether or not so specified. All documents and agreements relating to the Company that have been posted as of 11:59 P.M. on the day prior to the date hereof to the electronic data room established by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be deemed to have been “delivered”, “provided” or “made available” (or any phrase of similar import) to Buyer by the Company.

8.10 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be exchanged by email (in .pdf format) or facsimile by the Parties.

8.11 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable. The Parties further agree to replace such invalid 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 invalid or unenforceable provision.

8.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver . Except as set forth in Section  1.12(b) , each Party irrevocably agrees that any dispute, action, claim or proceeding with respect to this Agreement shall be exclusively brought and determined in the courts of the State of Delaware or the United States federal courts, in each case located in Wilmington, Delaware. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, any claim (a) that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure to lawfully serve process (and any such process may be served by any permitted means of notice under Section  8.2 (other than email)), (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, that (i) the suit, action or proceeding in such courts is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper and (iii) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts; provided that (A) no Party will bring or support any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim of any kind or description, whether at law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any of the Financing Sources or their Financing Sources Related Parties in any way relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to any Financing (or any Alternate Financing) or the performance thereof, in any forum other than the New York Supreme Court located in New York County or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals in such courts (collectively, the “ Financing Courts ”) and (B) with respect to any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim of any kind or description, whether at law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any of the Financing Sources or their Financing Sources Related Parties each party hereto irrevocably (w) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Financing Courts, (x) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or proceeding in the Financing Courts, (y) waives any objection that the Financing Courts are brought in an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party hereto and (z) agrees not to seek a transfer of venue on the basis that another forum is more convenient.

 

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8.13 Waiver Of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY FINANCING OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.13 .

8.14 Enforcement . The Parties recognize and agree that, if for any reason the provisions of this Agreement, including the non-payment of any amounts due under this Agreement, are not performed in accordance with their terms or are otherwise breached, immediate and irreparable harm or injury would be caused for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, each Party agrees that, in addition to any other remedy the other Parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, including an injunction restraining any violation or threatened violation of the provisions of this Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement. In the event that any equitable remedy shall be sought in any action brought by the non-breaching Party to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, the defending Party (a) shall concede that there is no adequate remedy at law, (b) waive any requirement that the non-breaching Party must post security as a prerequisite to obtaining equitable relief and (c) will not assert that a remedy of specific performance or other equitable relief is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason, and will not assert that a remedy of monetary damages would provide an adequate remedy or that the Parties otherwise have an adequate remedy at law. Each Party agrees that the right of specific performance and other equitable relief is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without that right, neither the Company nor Buyer would have entered into this Agreement. If, before the Outside Date, any Party brings any action, in each case in accordance with Sections  8.12 and 8.13 , to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof by any other Party, the Outside Date will automatically be extended (y) for the period during which such action is pending, plus ten (10) Business Days or (z) by such longer time period established by the court presiding over such action, as the case may be.

8.15 Waiver of Conflicts; Privilege .

(a) Each of Buyer and the Company hereby acknowledges that Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gordon Feinblatt LLC (collectively, “ Company Counsel ”) has acted as legal counsel to the Company, certain of the Company Securityholders and the Securityholder Representative in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of and performance under this Agreement and, following consummation of the Closing, Company Counsel (or any of its successors) may serve as counsel to the Securityholder Representative, the Company

 

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Securityholders and their respective Affiliates (other than the Company) (individually and collectively, the “ Seller Group ”) in connection with any Action, Litigation, claim or obligation arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, notwithstanding such prior representation of the Company. Buyer hereby consents thereto and waives any conflict of interest arising therefrom and shall cause its Affiliates (including the Company following the Closing) and Representatives to consent to and waive any conflict of interest arising from such representation. Buyer, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and Representatives, including the Company following the Closing, hereby irrevocably acknowledges and agrees that all communications prior to the Closing between any member of the Seller Group, on the one hand, and Company Counsel, on the other hand, made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of and performance under, or any dispute or proceeding arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other agreement contemplated hereby or thereby or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or any matter relating to any of the foregoing, do not lose any status they may have as attorney-client communications or work product communications between any member of the Seller Group and Company Counsel, as applicable (collectively, the “ Seller Privileged Communications ”) by reason of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise and are deemed to be property of the Securityholder Representative, and, from and after the Closing, Buyer shall not, and shall not permit its Affiliates (including the Company following the Closing) or Representatives to, claim that any such privilege has been waived as to the Seller Privileged Communications by reason of such law firm’s role in this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) The Securityholder Representative hereby acknowledges, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and other Representatives that Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (“ Fried Frank ”) has acted as legal counsel to Buyer in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of and performance under this Agreement and acknowledges and agrees that, following consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject to Section  8.15(a) , Fried Frank (or any successor) may serve as counsel to Buyer, the Company and any Affiliates of Buyer in connection with any Action, Litigation, claim or obligation arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, notwithstanding such prior representation of Buyer. The Securityholder Representative hereby consents thereto and waives any conflict of interest arising therefrom and shall cause any of its Affiliates to consent to and waive any conflict of interest arising from such representation. The Securityholder Representative, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and other Representatives, hereby irrevocably acknowledges and agrees that all communications prior to the Closing between Buyer, on the one hand, and Fried Frank, on the other hand, made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of and performance under, or any dispute or proceeding arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other agreement contemplated hereby or thereby or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or any matter relating to any of the foregoing, do not lose any status they may have as attorney-client communications or work product communications between Buyer and Fried Frank (collectively, the “ Buyer Privileged Communications ”) by reason of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise and are deemed to be property of Buyer, and, from and after the Closing, the Securityholder Representative shall not, and shall not permit its Affiliates or other Representatives to, claim that any such privilege has been waived as to the Buyer Privileged Communications by reason of Fried Frank’s role in this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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8.16 No Other Representation; Non-Recourse .

(a) Each of Buyer and Merger Sub knowingly, willingly, irrevocably and expressly acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Buyer Group) that, except as expressly set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement, none of the Company nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, by statute or otherwise, and any other representation or warranty is hereby expressly disclaimed, including any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (i) none of the Company nor any other Person shall be deemed to make or to have made to Buyer or Merger Sub or their Affiliates or Representatives any representation or warranty other than as expressly made by the Company by a representation and warranty contained in Article 2 of this Agreement and (ii)  none of the Company nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty to Buyer or Merger Sub or any other Person with respect to (x)  any projection, estimate or budget heretofore delivered to or made available to Buyer, Merger Sub or their respective Representatives, including with respect to future revenues, expenses or expenditures or future results of operations of the Company, or (y)  any other information or documents (financial or otherwise) made available to Buyer, Merger Sub or their respective counsel, accountants or advisors, including meetings, calls or correspondence with management of the Company or its Representatives. Except as expressly set forth in Article 3 of this Agreement, none of Buyer, Merger Sub nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, by statute or otherwise. Any other representation or warranty is hereby expressly disclaimed, including any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to make to Company, any representation or warranty other than as expressly made by such Person in this Agreement and except as expressly covered by a representation and warranty contained in Article 3 of this Agreement.

(b) Each of Buyer and Merger Sub is a sophisticated Person and has engaged expert advisors experienced in the evaluation and acquisition of companies such as the Company as contemplated hereunder. Each of Buyer and Merger Sub has undertaken such investigation and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of Buyer and Merger Sub knowingly, willingly, irrevocably and expressly acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Buyer Group) that it is relying exclusively on the representations set forth in Article 2 of this Agreement and that it is not relying on any other statements, information or documents whenever, wherever and however made, and each of Buyer and Merger Sub (on its own behalf and on behalf of the Buyer Group) hereby expressly disclaims reliance upon any such statements, information or documents.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Parties (on behalf of itself, its Affiliates, employees and its other Representatives) acknowledges and agrees that it (and such other Persons) shall have no recourse against any Non-Party (including the Financing Sources or their Financing Sources Related Parties), and no such Non-Party (including the Financing Sources or their Financing Sources Related Parties) shall be subject to Liability or claim by any Party (or such other Persons) in connection with any Financing or in any way relating to this Agreement, any Commitment Arrangement, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort, or otherwise, and agrees that in no event shall any Non-Party (including the Financing Sources or their Financing Sources Related Parties) have any Liability or obligations to any Party or its Affiliates or their respective employees or other Representatives, in each case, relating to, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, any Commitment Arrangement, the definitive agreements with respect thereto or any Financing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement, including this Section  8.16 , shall in any way limit or modify (i) the rights of Parent Guarantor, Buyer or their respective Affiliates under the Debt Commitment Letter or the Equity Commitment Arrangements or (ii) the obligations of the Financing Sources under the Debt Commitment Letter or the Equity Commitment Arrangements.

8.17 Release . Effective as of the Closing, except (i) for any rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents as expressly set forth herein or therein, (ii) for any rights or obligations under any Contract of insurance or other indemnification obligations covering or otherwise in favor of the D&O Indemnified Persons as contemplated by Section  4.6 and which survive the Closing pursuant to Section  4.13 , (iii) for any rights to receive accrued but unpaid compensation (including pursuant to any employment agreement or other arrangement) or health, disability or life insurance benefits payable in accordance with the Employee Plans and (iv) any existing Contract between the Company and such Seller Releasing Party that remains executory in whole or in part and will survive the Closing pursuant to Section  4.13 , each Company Securityholder, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates and each of its current and former officers, directors, employees, partners, managers, members, advisors, successors and assigns (collectively, the “ Seller Releasing Parties ”), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its Non-Parties (including, following the Closing, Buyer and its Non-Parties) (collectively, the “ Seller Released Parties ”) of and from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, executions, judgments, duties, debts, dues, accounts, bonds, contracts and covenants (whether express or implied), and claims and demands whatsoever whether in law or in equity which the Seller Releasing Parties may have against each of the Seller Released Parties, now or in the future, relating to the organization, management or operation of the Company prior to the Closing Date (but excluding violations or criminal or regulatory requirements).

8.18 Rules of Construction . The Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, holding or rule of construction providing that any ambiguity in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

8.19 Parent Guaranty . To induce the Company to enter into this Agreement, Parent Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Company the complete and punctual payment, observance, performance and discharge of the obligations of Buyer under this Agreement. This is an unconditional guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection. Solely with respect to Parent Guarantor’s obligations under Section  4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing) and this Section  8.19 , Parent Guarantor shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Article 8 (and for such purpose only shall be deemed to be a “Party” hereto), mutatis mutandis . Parent Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the statements contained in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 with respect to Parent Guarantor are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of the Closing.

 

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ARTICLE 9

DEFINITIONS

In addition to terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

11-02(c)(3) Company Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

11-02(c)(3) Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

2017 Audited Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

2018 Audited Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

Audited Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

Accounting Principles ” means the applicable components, judgments, accounting methods, policies, principles, practices, procedures, classifications or estimation methodologies used in the preparation of the Company Balance Sheet (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall apply ASC 605 and not ASC 606).

Action ” means any claim, demand, action, cause of action, chose in action, right of recovery, right of set-off, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity.

Actual Fraud ” means a claim for actual (and not constructive) common law fraud as defined under the Laws of Delaware in the making of the representations and warranties set forth in Article 2 or Article 3 hereof with a specific intent to deceive. For the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed and understood that “Actual Fraud” does not include (a) any claim for equitable fraud, promissory fraud, unfair dealings fraud or any torts based on negligence or recklessness, or (b) extra-contractual representations made, or alleged to have been made, by or on behalf of any Person.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person that now or in the future, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person (and, for purposes of this definition and the definition of “Subsidiary”, the term “ control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power 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, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto).

Affiliate Arrangements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.17(b) .

 

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Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

AICPA ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

Alternate Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.12(a) .

Anti-Corruption Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.19(d) .

Antitrust Laws ” means the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, all applicable foreign anti-trust Laws and all other Laws and Orders issued by a Governmental Entity that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.

Business ” means the business of development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals on a contract basis for clients, including viral vectors-based gene therapies, advanced vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, and recombinant proteins, and providing process development, analytical development, and cGMP manufacturing and testing services for pre-clinical, clinical and commercial activities, as conducted by the Company on or prior to the date hereof.

Business Day ” means any day of the year on which national banking institutions in New York City, New York or Baltimore, Maryland are open to the public for conducting business and are neither required nor authorized to close.

Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Buyer Group ” means Buyer, Merger Sub and any of their Affiliates (including, but solely after the Closing, the Company).

Buyer Privileged Communications ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.15(b) .

Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means cash and cash equivalents of the Company, determined in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles. For the avoidance of doubt, Cash and Cash Equivalents will be determined without including the amount of cash needed to satisfy any outstanding check or wire transfer written or initiated by the Company at the time of determination, but shall include the amount of cash payable to the Company as a result of any check or wire transfer made or deposits in transit at the time of determination but not yet cashed or received by the Company.

CERCLA ” means the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

Certificate of Merger ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.2 .

cGMP ” means current good manufacturing practices to which the Company is subject as defined by any Governmental Entity charged with overseeing Food, Drug and Safety Laws and such practices, including those set forth in any applicable Law.

 

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Closing ” means the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Closing Cash ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(b) .

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.3 .

Closing Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(b) .

Closing Net Working Capital Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(b) .

Closing Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(b) .

Closing Transaction Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(b) .

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commitment Arrangements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Common Share ” means a share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.000261575 per share.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company 401(k) Plan ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.9(b) .

Company Balance Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

Company Balance Sheet Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

Company Charter ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.1 .

Company Counsel ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.15 .

Company Disclosure Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to Article 2 .

Company Employees ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.9(a) .

Company Equity Plan ” means each of (a) the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and (b) the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

Company Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

Company In-Licenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.12(b) .

Company Information Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.7(b) .

Company Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned by the Company, including the Registered Intellectual Property.

 

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Company Material Adverse Effect ” means any Event that, individually or together with one or more other Events, (a) has, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the Company, or the results of operations, assets or financial condition of the Company; provided , however , that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this clause (a): any Event relating to or arising out of (i) general business or economic conditions, (ii) national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by the United States in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack upon the United States or any of its territories, possessions or diplomatic or consular offices or upon any military installation, equipment or personnel of the United States, (iii) the financial, banking or securities markets (including the disruption thereof, any decline in the price of any security, market index or any change in prevailing interest rates and any increased cost, or decreased availability, of capital or pricing or terms related to any financing for the transactions contemplated hereby), (iv) any change in GAAP or other accounting requirements or principles or the interpretation thereof, (v) the announcement of this Agreement, the announcement of or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, or any action taken that is expressly required to be taken or the failure to take any action that is expressly prohibited from being taken, in either case pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement, (vi) the identity of, or any action taken by, Buyer or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, (vii) changes in conditions generally applicable to the industry in which the Company operates, (viii) any natural or man-made disaster or acts of God (including earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, pandemic, weather condition, explosion or fire), (ix) any failure of any customer or potential customer of the Company to receive regulatory approval from any Governmental Entity with respect to any of its products, or to otherwise achieve commercial or clinical success ( provided that the Company is not the direct or proximate cause of such failure), (x) any failure by the Company to meet any internal or external projection, forecast or revenue or earnings prediction for any period (it being understood that the Events giving rise or contributing to such failure may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect), (xi) any change in Laws, or (xii) any actual or potential sequester, stoppage, shutdown, default or similar event or occurrence by or involving any Governmental Entity, except, with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (xi) and (xii), to the extent (and only to the extent) that the Company is disproportionately affected by such Events in comparison to others in the industry in which they operate, or (b) prevents or materially impairs, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impair, the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

Company Organizational Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.1 .

Company Out-Licenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.12(b) .

Company Securityholders ” means the Company Stockholders, the Warrantholders and the Optionholders.

Company Shares ” means, collectively, the Preferred Shares and the Common Shares.

 

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Company Stockholders ” means the holders of Company Shares as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Company Transaction Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.5 .

Competing Transaction ” means any transaction (a) similar to the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) that could be inconsistent with, or that could otherwise preclude, the transactions contemplated hereby, including any (i) merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, sale or purchase of assets, securities or debt instruments, dissolution, liquidation or other similar transaction of or involving the Company, or (ii) other acquisition or equity investment transaction involving or otherwise relating to the Company, in each case involving any other Person other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates, including the formation of a partnership or joint venture with or for the Company.

Computer Systems ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.12(f) .

Confidential Information ” means information that is not generally known to the public with respect to the terms of the transactions contemplated hereby and the non-public or proprietary information of the Company, including non-public or proprietary Company Intellectual Property and non-public or proprietary information related to the Business.

Confidentiality Agreement ” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated October 3, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated December 18, 2018, by and between Buyer and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. on behalf of the Company.

Consideration Allocation Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.4(b) .

Contract ” means any agreement, contract, purchase order, arrangement, understanding, obligation or commitment to which a Person is bound or to which its assets or properties are subject, and any schedule, exhibit, amendment or supplement to any of them.

D&O Indemnified Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.6(a) .

D&O Insurance ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.6(c) .

DEA ” means the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Debt Commitment Letter ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Debt Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Debt Financing Sources ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Delaware Secretary ” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Determination Time ” means 11:59 P.M. on the last day immediately preceding the Closing Date.

DGCL ” means the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended and in effect.

 

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Disqualified Individual ” means any individual who is a “disqualified individual” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.280G-1) with respect to the Company.

Dissenting Share ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.6(e) .

Dissenting Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.6(e) .

Divestiture Action ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.5(d) .

DOJ ” means the United States Department of Justice.

Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.2 .

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.2 .

Employee Plan ” means (A) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA whether or not subject to ERISA; (B) offer letters, restrictive covenant agreements, independent contractor or consulting agreements or arrangements, stock option plans, stock appreciation plans, phantom plans, stock purchase plans, bonus or incentive award plans (whether cash- or equity-based) and any award or grant agreements thereunder, severance pay plans, programs or arrangements, deferred compensation arrangements or agreements, employment agreements, executive compensation plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, change in control, transaction, or retention bonus plans, programs or arrangements, supplemental income arrangements, vacation and paid time-off plans, retirement, pension, savings, health and welfare, fringe benefit, insurance, hospitalization, and all other employee benefit or compensation plans, programs, policies, agreements, and arrangements, not described in (A) above; and (C) plans or arrangements providing compensation to employee and non-employee directors, in each case, whether formal or informal, written or unwritten, and which (x) the Company sponsors, contributes to, or provides benefits under or through, (y) the Company has or could reasonably be expected to have any Liability to contribute to or provide benefits under or through, or (z) pursuant to which any current or former employee, officer or director of the Company (or their spouses, dependents, or beneficiaries) has any present or future right to benefits.

Environmental Laws ” means all applicable Laws pertaining to the protection of worker health and safety or the environment, including CERCLA; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 11 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.; and any state or local statute regulating or affecting any similar subject matter.

Environmental Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.24 .

Equity Commitment Arrangements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Equity Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

 

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Equity Securities ” of any Person means any and all shares of capital stock, warrants, options or other rights to purchase shares of capital stock (in each case, whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity (including common stock, preferred stock and limited liability company, partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person, and all securities or Contracts that are exchangeable for, derivatives of, or convertible or exercisable into, any of the foregoing (including restricted stock units, restricted stock, phantom stock and stock appreciation rights).

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any entity that would have ever been considered a single employer with the Company under Section 4001(b) of ERISA or part of the same “controlled group” as the Company for purposes of Section 302(d)(3) of ERISA.

Escrow Agent ” means SRS Acquiom.

Escrow Agreemen t” means an escrow agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and the Securityholder Representative (which Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate in good faith prior to the Closing), to be entered into effective as of the Closing Date, by and among Buyer, the Securityholder Representative and the Escrow Agent.

Escrow Amount ” means fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).

Escrow Funds ” means the Escrow Amount, together with interest or other earnings accrued thereon from time to time.

Estimated Closing Cash ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(a) .

Estimated Closing Indebtedness ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(a) .

Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(a) .

Estimated Closing Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(a) .

Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(a) .

Event ” means any event, change, development, effect, condition, circumstance, matter, occurrence or state of facts.

Exchange Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

Exercise Amount ” means, with respect to an Option, the per share exercise price payable by the holder thereof in respect of the exercise of such Option.

Expense Holdback ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.8(d) .

 

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Export Controls ” means (a) U.S. Laws restricting the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any good, software, technology or service, including the Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and (b) to the extent applicable to the Company, any United Kingdom, European Union, European Union member state, or other non-U.S. Laws restricting the export, reexport or transfer (in-country) of any good, software, technology or service.

FDA ” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Federal Health Care Program ” means any plan or program that provides health benefits, whether directly, through insurance or otherwise, and that is funded directly, in whole or in part, by the U.S. government or a state health care program (except for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program) (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b).

Financing ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

Financing Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.12 .

Financing Sources ” means (i) the agents, arrangers, underwriters, purchasers, lenders and other entities that have committed to provide or arrange or otherwise entered into agreements in connection with any Financing, including the parties to any commitment letter or agreement (including the Debt Commitment Letter and the Equity Commitment Arrangements) or engagement letter in respect of any Financing or to any joinder agreement, indenture, credit agreement or other agreement entered into pursuant thereto or relating thereto, together with (ii) their Affiliates and the current, former or future officers, directors, employees, partners, trustees, shareholders, equityholders, managers, members, limited partners, controlling persons, agents and representatives of each of them and the successors and assigns of any of the foregoing Persons (the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) collectively, the “ Financing Sources Related Parties ”).

Food, Drug and Safety Laws ” means all applicable Laws relating to the use, manufacture, fabrication, processing, testing, handling, storage, packaging, licensing, labeling, distribution, marketing, advertising or sale of any food, drug, device, natural health product, cosmetic, biological or other medical product or therapy used to treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition, including the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Public Health Service Act, the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, regulations of the FDA and all similar applicable Laws in any other jurisdiction, including all applicable Laws prohibiting, or requiring the disclosure of, specific ingredients (including allergens), all applicable Laws regarding cGMP and all applicable health and safety Laws.

FTC ” means the United States Federal Trade Commission.

Fundamental Representations ” has the meaning set forth in Section  5.1(a) .

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles and practices in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

 

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Government Contract ” means any prime Contract, subcontract, facility Contract, teaming agreement or arrangement, joint venture, basic ordering agreement, blanket purchase agreement, pricing agreement, letter Contract, other transaction authority agreement, individual purchase order, task order or delivery order between the Company and (a) any Governmental Entity, (b) any prime contractor of a Governmental Entity in its capacity as a prime contractor or (c) any higher-tier subcontractor in connection with or with respect to any Contract of a type described in either of the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Government Official ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.19(d) .

Governmental Entity ” means any federal, state, regional, provincial, county, city, municipal, whether foreign or domestic, court, arbitrator or other tribunal (public or private), or governmental, regulatory, legislative or administrative body.

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any chemical, material or substance (i) defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “hazardous air pollutants,” “contaminants,” “toxic chemicals,” “extremely hazardous substances,” or “pesticides” in, or (ii) otherwise regulated by or that may form the basis of Liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, or (b) any petroleum or petroleum product, oil, natural or synthetic gas, radioactive material, polychlorinated biphenyl, poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance, asbestos or asbestos-containing material or urea formaldehyde foam insulation.

HSR Act ” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person (i) to any Person for borrowed money or (ii) evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other debt security, (b) all indebtedness secured by a purchase money mortgage or other Lien to secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject to such Lien, (c) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (whether or not the rights and remedies of such Person or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (d) all obligations of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, in each case, to the extent drawn, (e) all obligations or indebtedness created or arising under any lease required to be treated as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles, (f) all obligations or indebtedness for any earn-out or other arrangement for the deferral of purchase price of any property determined in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles, (g) all obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Securities (but, solely for purposes of the calculation of Estimated Closing Indebtedness and Closing Indebtedness, only to the extent such obligations survive following the Effective Time), (h) all obligations or indebtedness under any interest rate swap, forward Contract, future or other hedging arrangement, including any breakage cost associated therewith to the extent triggered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (i) in the case of the Company, the aggregate amount of deferred reservation fees, accounts payable specifically related to capital expenditures and accrued expenses specifically related to capital expenditures, in each case calculated in accordance with

 

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GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles, (j) all indebtedness of any other Person referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such first Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such first Person through an agreement to pay or purchase such indebtedness or to advance or supply funds for the payment or purchase of such indebtedness, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss, and (k) with respect to the foregoing clauses (a) through (j), all obligations and indebtedness, including the principal amount, accrued interest, prepayment or termination fees or other premiums, penalties, make-whole payments or obligations or other costs, fees or expenses (if any) related thereto or that otherwise would be required to be paid by the borrower or obligor pursuant to a payoff letter delivered pursuant to Section  1.4(c) , in each case to the extent such indebtedness were repaid on the Closing Date.

Independent Accountant ” means a mutually acceptable nationally recognized independent accountant that has not been engaged by Buyer (or any of its Affiliates) or the Company within three (3) years before the date of selection of the Independent Accountant.

Intellectual Property Rights ” means all United States and foreign: (i) patents and patent applications, including continuations, divisionals, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations-in-part, or reissues of patent applications and patents issuing thereon; (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, service names, brand names and trade dress rights, whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications to register any of the foregoing with any agency or authority; (iii) copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, and all applications, registrations and renewals thereof and mask work rights; (iv) internet domain name registrations and applications therefor; (v) inventions, trade secrets and confidential business information, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, including all confidential formulae, processes, know-how, technical and clinical data, shop rights, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information and media or other tangible embodiment thereof and all descriptions thereof; and (vi) similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (anywhere in the world).

Interim Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.11 .

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Junior Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of the Company designated as “Junior Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share.

Laws ” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and Orders of any Governmental Entity.

Letter of Transmittal ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.7(a) .

Liabilities ” means any and all debts, liabilities, obligations or commitments of any kind or nature, whether accrued or fixed, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, or disputed or undisputed, including those arising under any Law, Action, Litigation or Order.

 

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Lien ” means any claim, mortgage, pledge, security interest, attachment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), right of first refusal or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing).

Litigation ” means any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, arbitration, claim, complaint, investigation (including any written request for documents or information or any subpoena from any Governmental Entity), audit, notice of violation or proceeding, whether at law, in equity or otherwise, before or by any Governmental Entity.

Material Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.14 .

Material Trade Secrets ” means trade secrets owned or purported to be owned by the Company that are material to the operation of the Business.

Merger ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.1 .

Merger Consideration ” means the payments that the Company Securityholders are entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement in respect of their Company Shares, Options and Warrants.

Merger Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Multiemployer Plan ” means an employee pension or welfare benefit plan to which more than one unaffiliated employer contributes and that is maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements.

Net Merger Consideration ” means (a) the Purchase Price, plus (b) Estimated Closing Cash, plus (c) the Transaction Tax Benefit Amount, plus (d) the amount, if any, by which the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount exceeds the Target Working Capital Amount, minus (e) the amount, if any, by which the Target Working Capital Amount exceeds the Estimated Closing Net Working Capital Amount, minus (f) Estimated Closing Indebtedness, minus (g) the Estimated Closing Transaction Expenses, minus (h) the Escrow Amount, minus (i) the Expense Holdback.

Net Working Capital Amount ” means, as of any time of determination, (a) current assets (excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents and Tax assets) minus (b) current liabilities (excluding Closing Indebtedness, Closing Transaction Expenses, Tax liabilities and deferred rent), in each case, as of such time and determined by solely including the line items and adjustments set forth in the sample working capital amount calculations set forth on Schedule 1.12 (provided that the component thereof shall in all cases be calculated in accordance with GAAP as applied in accordance with the Accounting Principles).

New Commitment Arrangement ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.12(a) .

 

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Non-Party ” means any Person who is not a Party hereto, including (a) any former, current or future: direct or indirect equity holder, controlling Person, management company, incorporator, member, partner, manager, director, officer, employee, agent, Affiliate, attorney or representative of, and any financial or other advisor or lender to (all above-described Persons in this subclause (a), collectively, “ Affiliated Persons ”) a Party hereto or any Affiliate of such Party but in each case specifically excluding the Parties hereto, and (b) any Affiliated Persons of such Affiliated Persons but in each case specifically excluding the Parties hereto, and (c) the respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors or administrators of the Persons in subclauses (a) and (b) (but in each case specifically excluding the Parties hereto).

Option ” means the unexercised portion of each option to purchase any Common Share that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, pursuant to the terms of a Company Equity Plan.

Optionholder ” means any holder of an Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Order ” means any judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, stipulation, determination, award or decree of or by, or any settlement under the jurisdiction of, any Governmental Entity.

Outside Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section  7.1(b) .

Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Paying Agent ” means SRS Acquiom.

Paying Agent Agreement ” means a paying agent agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and the Securityholder Representative (which Buyer and the Securityholder Representative shall use reasonable best efforts to negotiate in good faith prior to the Closing), to be entered into effective as of the Closing Date, by and among Buyer, the Securityholder Representative and the Paying Agent.

Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.23 .

Permitted Liens ” means (a) statutory Liens of landlords, Liens of carriers, warehousepersons, mechanics and material persons incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums (i) not yet due and payable or (ii) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been recorded in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other similar types of social security programs or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government Contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (c) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances, in each case, that do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the Business and do not materially detract from the value of the property upon which such encumbrance exists, (d) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable and Taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been recorded in accordance with GAAP, (e) Liens, assessments and governmental charges not yet due and payable, (f) any restriction on transfer arising under applicable securities Laws, (g) Liens that will be and are terminated at or prior to the Closing and (h) Liens set forth on Schedule  9.01 .

 

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Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, trust or any other entity, including any Governmental Entity.

Personal Data ” means all personal information, as defined under applicable Privacy and Security Information Requirements.

Preferred Shares ” means, collectively, the Series A Preferred Shares, the Series A-1 Preferred Shares, the Series B Preferred Shares and the Junior Preferred Shares.

Prior Acquisition Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.27 .

Privacy and Information Security Requirements ” means all Laws relating to the Processing of Personal Data (including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679).

Process ” or “ Processing ” means the operation or set of operations that is performed on Personal Data pursuant to applicable Privacy and Security Information Requirements.

Products and Services ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.20(b) .

Purchase Price ” means one billion two hundred million dollars ($1,200,000,000).

Purchase Price Adjustment ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.12(d) .

Real Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.11(b) .

Real Property Leases ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.11(b) .

Registered Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property Rights that are the subject of a pending application or an issued patent, trademark, copyright, domain name or other similar registration formalizing exclusive rights and that are owned by, or registered or currently applied for under the name of, the Company.

Release ” has the meaning specified in CERCLA and, for the avoidance of doubt, includes any dispersing or migrating in, into, onto or through the indoor or outdoor environment.

Repaid Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.4(c) .

Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, the Person’s Affiliates, and its and their respective employees, officers, directors, managing members, general partners, agents, consultants, advisors (including financial advisors, counsel, auditors and accountants) and other representatives, and in the case of Buyer, shall include the Financing Sources.

Required Closing Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.7 .

 

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Requisite Company Securityholder Approval ” means the affirmative vote by written consent of (i) the Company Securityholders holding at least 66-2/3% of the Senior Preferred Stock (as defined in the Company Charter), voting as a separate class, and (ii) the Company Securityholders holding at least 50% of the Senior Preferred Stock (as defined in the certificate of incorporation of the Company) and Common Shares, voting together as a separate class, in each case issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, approving this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Company Organizational Documents, any Contract relating to the voting, ownership or control of the Company’s Equity Securities and applicable Law.

Restricted Modification ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.12(b) .

Restricted Shares ” means any Common Share subject to restrictions pursuant to the terms of a Company Equity Plan that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory that is the subject or target of any Sanctions.

Sanctioned Person ” means any Person (a) listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the European Union or any European Union member state, (b) operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country with which or whom dealing is prohibited by any party to this Agreement, or (c) that is fifty percent (50%) or greater owned by any one more Persons described in clause (a).

Sanctions ” means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the European Union or any European Union member state.

Section  280G ” means Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section  280G Approval ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.9(d)(ii) .

Section  280G Waiver ” means, with respect to any individual, a written Contract waiving such individual’s right to receive any “parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G) and to accept in substitution therefor the right to receive such payments only if approved by the Company Stockholders in a manner that complies with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Securityholder Representative ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Seller Group ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.15(a) .

Seller Privileged Communications ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.15(a) .

 

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Seller Released Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.17 .

Seller Releasing Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section  8.17 .

Series A Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of the Company designated as “Series A Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share.

Series A-1 Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of the Company designated as “Series A-1 Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share.

Series B Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of the Company designated as “Series B Preferred Stock”, par value $0.001 per share.

Significant Company Customers ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.15 .

Significant Company Suppliers ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.16 .

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) a partnership of which such Person or any Subsidiary or such Person is a general partner, (ii) any other entity of which such Person holds a majority of the securities or other interests having voting power with respect to election of the board of directors, managers or others performing similar functions with respect to such entity or (iii) any other entity directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, any Subsidiary of such Person or any combination of such Person and one or more Subsidiaries.

Surviving Company ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.1 .

Target Working Capital Amount ” means negative five million dollars (-$5,000,000).

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, including all income, profits, gross receipts, excise, real or personal property, sales, ad valorem, withholding, social security, employment, unemployment, minimum, alternative, estimated, severance, stamp, occupation, workers’ compensation, environmental, windfall profits, use, service, net worth, payroll, franchise, wealth, license, production, inventory, transfer or other tax, duty, levy, tariff, impost, toll, custom, assessment or charge, of any kind whatsoever, imposed by any taxing authority, together with any interest, penalties, fees, fines, or additions to tax relating thereto.

Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or statement, and any schedule, attachment or amendment thereto, filed or required to be filed with any taxing authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection, payment, refund or credit of any Tax.

Transaction Documents ” has the meaning set forth in Section  3.2 .

Transaction Tax Benefit Amount ” means twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).

Transfer Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in Section  4.14(a) .

Treasury Regulations ” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

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WARN ” means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988.

Warrantholder ” means each holder of unexercised Warrants as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Warrants ” means the unexercised portion of each warrant to purchase Series A Preferred Shares, Series A-1 Preferred Shares or Common Shares, as the case may be, that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by themselves or their duly authorized respective officers, all as of the date first written above.

 

PARENT GUARANTOR:

(solely with respect to Section 4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing) and Section 8.19 )

 

Catalent, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ John Chiminski

 

Name:  John Chiminski

 

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]


BUYER:

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Wetteny Joseph

 

Name: Wetteny Joseph

 

Title:   Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]


MERGER SUB:

Catalent Holdco I Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Steven L. Fasman

 

Name: Steven L. Fasman

 

Title: Senior Vice President & General Counsel

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]


COMPANY:

Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Peter Buzy

 

Name: Peter Buzy

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]


THE SECURITYHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE:

(solely in its capacity as the Securityholder Representative)

PEARL SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Kapila Ratnam

 

Name: Kapila Ratnam

 

Title: Authorized Person

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

EQUITY COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

dated as of April 14, 2019

by and among

Catalent, Inc.,

Green Equity Investors VII, L.P.

and

Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P.

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I PURCHASE; CLOSING

     1  

1.1

 

Purchase

     1  

1.2

 

Closing

     1  

1.3

 

Closing Conditions

     3  

ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     5  

2.1

 

Representations and Warranties of the Company

     5  

2.2

 

Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser

     18  

ARTICLE III COVENANTS

     22  

3.1

 

Filings; Other Actions

     22  

3.2

 

Reasonable Best Efforts to Close

     23  

3.3

 

Authorized Common Stock

     24  

3.4

 

Certain Adjustments

     24  

3.5

 

Confidentiality

     24  

3.6

 

NYSE Listing of Shares

     25  

3.7

 

State Securities Laws

     25  

3.8

 

Negative Covenants

     25  

3.9

 

Merger Agreement and Debt Financing

     26  

3.10

 

Investor Information

     27  

ARTICLE IV ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

     27  

4.1

 

Legend

     27  

4.2

 

Tax Matters

     28  

ARTICLE V INDEMNITY

     29  

5.1

 

Indemnification by the Company

     29  

5.2

 

Indemnification by the Purchaser

     30  

5.3

 

Indemnification Procedure

     30  

5.4

 

Tax Matters

     31  

5.5

 

Survival

     31  

5.6

 

Limitation on Damages

     32  

ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

     32  

6.1

 

Expenses

     32  

6.2

 

Amendment; Waiver

     32  

6.3

 

Counterparts; Electronic Transmission

     32  

6.4

 

Governing Law

     32  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(Cont’d)

 

         Page  

6.5

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     33  

6.6

 

Notices

     33  

6.7

 

Entire Agreement

     34  

6.8

 

Assignment

     34  

6.9

 

Interpretation; Other Definitions

     35  

6.10

 

Captions

     39  

6.11

 

Severability

     39  

6.12

 

No Third Party Beneficiaries

     40  

6.13

 

Public Announcements

     40  

6.14

 

Specific Performance

     40  

6.15

 

Termination

     40  

6.16

 

Effects of Termination

     41  

6.17

 

Non-Recourse

     41  

 

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

Term

  

Location of Definition

Affiliate

  

6.9(f)

Aggregate Purchase Price

  

1.1(a)

Agreement

  

Preamble

Alternate Financing

  

6.9(g)

Board of Directors

  

2.1(c)(1)

Business Day

  

6.9(d)

Buyer

  

Recitals

Bylaws

  

2.1(c)(2)

Capitalization Date

  

2.1(b)(1)

Certificate of Incorporation

  

2.1(c)(2)

Closing

  

1.2(a)

Closing Date

  

1.2(a)

Code

  

4.2(a)

Common Stock

  

Recitals

Company

  

Preamble

Company Disclosure Schedules

  

2.1

Company Material Adverse Effect

  

6.9(h)

Company Payment Amount

  

1.1(c)

Company Permit

  

6.9(i)

Company Related Parties

  

5.2

Company Securities

  

2.1(b)(2)

Company Stock Awards

  

2.1(b)(1)

Company Stock Options

  

2.1(b)(1)

Company Subsidiary

  

2.1(a)(2)

Confidentiality Agreement

  

3.5

control/controlled by/under common control with

  

6.9(f)

Credit Agreement

  

6.9(j)

DEA

  

2.1(t)(2)

Debt Commitment Letter

  

6.9(k)

Debt Financing

  

6.9(l)

Effect

  

6.9(m)

Environmental Law

  

6.9(n)

ERISA

  

6.9(o)

Exchange Act

  

2.1

FATCA

  

6.9(p)

FDA

  

2.1(t)(2)

Fund VII

  

Preamble

Fund Side VII

  

Preamble

GAAP

  

2.1(f)(4)

Government Entity

  

2.1(u)

Government Official

  

2.1(u)

Governmental Entity

  

6.9(q)

 

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Term

  

Location of Definition

Health Care Laws

  

2.1(t)(1)

herein/hereof/hereunder

  

6.9(c)

HSR Act

  

3.1

including/includes/included/include

  

6.9(b)

Indemnified Party

  

5.3(b)

Indemnifying Party

  

5.3(b)

Indentures

  

6.9(r)

Information

  

3.5

Intellectual Property

  

6.9(s)

Knowledge of the Company

  

6.9(t)

Knowledge of the Purchaser

  

6.9(u)

Law

  

6.9(v)

Lien

  

6.9(w)

Losses

  

5.1

Material Adverse Impact

  

6.9(x)

Materials of Environmental Concern

  

6.9(y)

Maximum Commitment Amount

  

1.1(a)

Merger

  

Recitals

Merger Agreement

  

Recitals

Merger Closing

  

6.9(z)

Merger Closing Date

  

6.9(aa)

Merger Sub

  

Recitals

Non-Recourse Party

  

6.17

NYSE

  

1.3(b)(5)

Order

  

6.9(bb)

Permitted Transferee

  

6.9(cc)

person

  

6.9(e)

Plan

  

6.9(dd)

Pre-Closing Period

  

3.1

Preferred Stock

  

Recitals

Purchase Notice

  

1.1(b)

Purchase Price

  

1.1(a)

Purchased Shares

  

1.1(b)

Purchaser

  

Preamble

Purchaser Related Parties

  

5.1

Registration Rights Agreement

  

6.9(ee)

SEC

  

6.9(ff)

SEC Documents

  

2.1(f)(1)

Securities Act

  

2.1

Series A Certificate

  

Recitals

Series A Preferred Stock

  

Recitals

Stockholders’ Agreement

  

6.9(gg)

Submissions

  

2.1(t)(3)

Subsidiary

  

2.1(a)(2)

 

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Term

  

Location of Definition

Target

  

Recitals

Target Material Adverse Effect

  

6.9(hh)

Tax Return

  

6.9(ii)

Taxes

  

6.9(jj)

Third Party Claim

  

5.3(b)

Transaction Documents

  

6.9(kk)

Treasury Regulations

  

6.9(ll)

Voting Debt

  

2.1(b)(2)

LIST OF SCHEDULES

 

Schedule A:

  

Form of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation

Schedule B:

  

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

Schedule C:

  

Form of Stockholders’ Agreement

 

 

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EQUITY COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT , dated as of April 14, 2019 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Fund VII ”), and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Fund Side VII ” and, together with Fund VII, the “ Purchaser ”). The obligations of the Purchaser set forth in this Agreement shall be several and not joint among Fund VII and Fund Side VII and apportioned in percentages of 45.83720% and 54.16280%, respectively.

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ Buyer ”), is entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), by and among Buyer, solely with respect to Section 4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing (as defined therein)) and Section 8.19 thereof, the Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Buyer (“ Merger Sub ”), Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Target ”), and Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as representative of the Company Securityholders (as defined therein), pursuant to, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of which, Buyer will acquire Target by means of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Target (the “ Merger ”), with Target continuing as the surviving entity of the Merger;

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the Purchaser (including its permitted assignees pursuant to Section  6.8 ) shares of its preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”), having the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designation (the “ Series A Certificate ”) in substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Schedule A , subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”); and

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth in Section  6.9 or such other section indicated in the preceding Index of Defined Terms.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises recited above and the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

PURCHASE; CLOSING

1.1 Purchase .

(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions herein, on the Closing Date, the Company agrees to sell and issue to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company no more than 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the aggregate (such number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the “ Maximum Commitment Amount ”) and no fewer than 650,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the aggregate, free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens incurred by the Purchaser or restrictions arising under applicable securities Laws and the Stockholders’ Agreement), at a purchase price of $1,000 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the “ Purchase Price ” per share of Series A Preferred Stock; the Purchase Price multiplied by the number of Purchased Shares, the “ Aggregate Purchase Price ”).

(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to, no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, deliver a written notice (the “ Purchase Notice ”) to the Purchaser specifying (subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section  1.1 ) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be purchased and sold at the Closing, not to exceed the Maximum Commitment Amount (the shares so specified, the “ Purchased Shares ”); provided that in no event shall the Company deliver the Purchase Notice to the Purchaser later than the date on which the approval or authorization of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by each applicable Governmental Entity is granted, or any applicable waiting period is terminated or expires, under the HSR Act. Upon delivery of the Purchase Notice specifying the number of Purchased Shares, the Company shall be required to sell, and the Purchaser shall be required to purchase, such number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the conditions to Closing set forth in Section  1.3 .

(c) If (i) the Company delivers the Purchase Notice more than ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the Company elects in the Purchase Notice to sell fewer shares of Series A Preferred Stock than the Maximum Commitment Amount, then, at the Closing, the Company shall pay to the Purchaser, in accordance with the percentages set forth in the last line of the preamble, an amount in cash equal to the product of (A) $25.00, multiplied by (B) the difference between (1) the Maximum Commitment Amount, minus (2) the number of Purchased Shares (such product, the “ Company Payment Amount ”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company delivers the Purchase Notice to the Purchaser on or before the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, then the Company shall not be required to pay the Company Payment Amount hereunder.

1.2 Closing .

(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent any such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the closing of the purchase by the Purchaser of the Purchased Shares referred to in Section  1.1 pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall be held at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004 simultaneously with the Merger Closing Date or at such other date, time and place as the Company and the Purchaser agree (the “ Closing Date ”).

(b) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent any such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) on or prior to the Closing Date of the applicable conditions to the Closing in Section  1.3 , at the Closing:

 

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(1) the Company will deliver to the Purchaser (i) evidence of entry in the stock ledger of the Purchaser’s ownership of the Purchased Shares reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser, (ii) to bank account(s) designated by Purchaser in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company Payment Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds, if applicable, (iii) the executed Registration Rights Agreement, in substantially the form of Schedule B hereto, and (iv) the executed Stockholders’ Agreement, in substantially the form of Schedule C hereto, and (v) all other documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by the Company to the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement; and

(2) the Purchaser will deliver or cause to be delivered (i) to a bank account designated by the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Aggregate Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) the executed Registration Rights Agreement, (iii) the executed Stockholders’ Agreement, and (iv) all other documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by the Purchaser to the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

(c) All deliveries at the Closing will be deemed to occur simultaneously.

1.3 Closing Conditions .

(a) The obligation of the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, to effect the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (to the extent any such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) by the Purchaser and the Company prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(1) no Governmental Entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), in any case that is in effect and prevents or prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and

(2) all required filings under the HSR Act shall have been completed and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired or been terminated.

(b) The obligation of the Purchaser to effect the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (to the extent any such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(1) (i) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section  2.1 hereof (other than Sections 2.1(a)(1) , 2.1(b) , 2.1(c)(1) , 2.1(d) , 2.1(e) , 2.1(h) , and 2.1(s)(1) ) shall be true and correct (disregarding all qualifications or limitations therein as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect) as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representation or warranty speaks to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the representations and

 

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warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 2.1(a)(1) , 2.1(b) , 2.1(c)(1) , 2.1(d) , 2.1(e) , and 2.1(h) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date, and (iii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section  2.1(s)(1) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date;

(2) the Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

(3) the Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a duly authorized person certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 1.3(b)(1) and (2)  have been satisfied;

(4) the Company shall have adopted and filed the Series A Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the Series A Certificate shall be in full force and effect;

(5) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”), subject to official notice of issuance;

(6) the Board of Directors shall have taken all actions necessary, (i) without expanding the Board of Directors beyond eleven (11) directors, to cause to be appointed to the Board of Directors, effective immediately upon the Closing, Peter Zippelius, subject to compliance with applicable Law and NYSE rules regarding qualification and completion by such individual of a customary D&O questionnaire and such other customary documentation or agreements that the Company generally requires from its independent directors or candidates for director, and (ii) to acknowledge and affirm that John Baumer shall be a non-voting observer to the Board of Directors entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations set forth in the Stockholders’ Agreement, effective immediately upon the Closing, subject to completion by such individual of such customary documentation or agreements that the Company generally requires from its independent directors or candidates for director, and the Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by a duly authorized person certifying as to the effectiveness of the taking of such actions pursuant to an excerpt of resolutions duly passed by the Board of Directors;

(7) the Merger shall have been consummated or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the Closing on the terms and conditions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (subject to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to the Merger Agreement not prohibited by Section  3.9 or otherwise consented to in writing by the Purchaser);

(8) the Debt Financing (or any Alternate Financing) shall have been, or substantially concurrently with the funding of the Aggregate Purchase Price shall be, consummated in an amount sufficient (together with the proceeds from the funding of the Aggregate Purchase Price and cash on hand) for Buyer to consummate the Merger;

 

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(9) from the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date, no Target Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred; and

(10) the Company shall have provided the Purchaser with written notice of the Closing Date at least three (3) Business Days’ prior to the Closing Date.

(c) The obligation of the Company to effect the Closing is also subject to the satisfaction or written waiver (to the extent any such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) by the Company prior to the Closing of the following conditions:

(1) (i) the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Section  2.2 hereof (other than Sections 2.2(a) , 2.2(b)(1) , 2.2(b)(2)(i)(A) , 2.2(c) , 2.2(f) , and 2.2(j) ) shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representation or warranty speaks of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Purchaser to fully perform its covenants and obligations under the Transaction Documents, and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Sections 2.2(a) , 2.2(b)(1) , 2.2(b)(2)(i)(A) , 2.2(c) , 2.2(f) , and 2.2(j) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date;

(2) the Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

(3) the Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Purchaser by a duly authorized person certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 1.3(c)(1) and (2)  have been satisfied; and

(4) the Merger shall have been consummated or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the Closing.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as set forth (x) in SEC Documents filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement, excluding any disclosure set forth in any risk factor section, any disclosure in any section relating to forward-looking statements and any other disclosure included in any such form, report, schedule, statement or other document to the extent such disclosure is predictive or forward-looking in nature or constitutes a “forward looking statement” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or (y) in a correspondingly identified schedule separately provided by the Company to the Purchaser on the date hereof (the “ Company Disclosure Schedules ”) ( provided

 

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that any such disclosure set forth on one section or subsection of such schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to each other representation and warranty to which the relevance of such exception is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure), the Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent made only as of a specified date in which case as of such date), that:

(a) Organization and Authority .

(1) The Company is a duly organized and validly existing Delaware corporation, has all requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have Company Material Adverse Effect. True and accurate copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, each as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, are publicly available in the SEC Documents.

(2) Each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) is duly organized and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has all requisite corporate or other applicable entity power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity (i) of which such specified person or a Subsidiary of such specified person is a general partner, or (ii) of which a majority of the voting securities or other voting interests, or 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 persons performing similar functions with respect to such person, is directly or indirectly owned by such specified person or one or more subsidiaries thereof; and “ Company Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company.

(b) Capitalization .

(1) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 1,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. As of the close of business on April 11, 2019 (the “ Capitalization Date ”), there were 145,706,760 shares of Common Stock (including shares of time-vesting and performance-vesting restricted stock, assuming achievement of maximum performance thresholds with respect to any such performance-vesting restricted stock) issued and outstanding and zero shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. As of the close of business on the Capitalization Date, (i)

 

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1,896,207 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock options outstanding on such date (“ Company Stock Options ”), 1,024,597 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the settlement or payment of time-based restricted stock units outstanding on such date, and 959,914 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance upon the settlement or payment of performance-based restricted stock units (assuming achievement of maximum performance thresholds) outstanding on such date (such time-based restricted stock units and such performance-based restricted stock units, collectively, the “ Company Stock Awards ”), and (ii) zero shares of Common Stock were held by the Company in its treasury. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. From the Capitalization Date through and as of the date of this Agreement, no other shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock have been issued other than shares of Common Stock issued in respect of the exercise of Company Stock Options or grant or payment of Company Stock Awards in the ordinary course of business. The Company does not have outstanding stockholder rights or “poison pill” or any similar arrangement in effect.

(2) No bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness having the right to vote (or convertible into or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which the stockholders of the Company may vote (“ Voting Debt ”) are issued and outstanding. Except (i) pursuant to any cashless exercise provisions of any Company Stock Options or pursuant to the surrender of shares to the Company or the withholding of shares by the Company to cover tax withholding obligations under Company Stock Options or Company Stock Awards, and (ii) as set forth in Section  2.1(b)(1) , there are no outstanding equity securities of the Company, the Company does not have and is not bound by any outstanding options, preemptive rights, rights of first offer, warrants, calls, or other similar rights or written commitments or agreements calling for the purchase, redemption or issuance of, or securities or rights convertible into, or exchangeable for, any shares of Common Stock or any other equity securities of the Company or Voting Debt or any securities representing the right to purchase or otherwise receive any equity securities of the Company (including any stockholder rights plan or agreement) (collectively, “ Company Securities ”), or any obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make any payments based on the price or value of any Company Securities. Except for the Stockholders’ Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party to any stockholders’ agreement, voting trust agreement or other similar agreement or understanding relating to any Company Securities or any other agreement relating to the disposition, voting or dividends with respect to any Company Securities.

(c) Authorization .

(1) The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of

 

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the Company (the “ Board of Directors ”). This Agreement has been, and (as of the Closing) the other Transaction Documents will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Purchaser, this Agreement is, and (as of the Closing) each of the other Transaction Documents will be, a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles). No other corporate proceedings are necessary for the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the performance by it of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(2) Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof or thereof (including the conversion provisions of the Series A Certificate), will (i) require notice, consent or approval pursuant to, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) the certificate of incorporation of the Company (as amended or modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) or bylaws of the Company (as amended or modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Bylaws ”) or the certificate of incorporation, charter, bylaws or other governing instrument of any Company Subsidiary, (B) subject to the terms and conditions of the following clause (C) , any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary may be subject, or (C) the Credit Agreement or the Indentures or, as of the Closing Date, any agreement entered into in connection with the Debt Financing (or any Alternate Financing), or (ii) violate any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or assets, except (1) in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (ii)  for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (2) in the case of clause (i)(C) for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have more than a de minimis adverse impact on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as whole, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have more than a de minimis adverse impact on the rights and obligations of the Purchaser set forth in the Transaction Documents.

 

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(3) Other than (i) the securities or blue sky Laws of the various states, (ii) approval or expiration of applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act, (iii) the filing of a Form D and one or more Forms 8-K, and (iv) the listing on the NYSE of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, no notice to, registration, declaration or filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, order, consent or approval of any Governmental Entity or stock exchange, nor expiration or termination of any statutory waiting period, is necessary for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

(d) Sale of Securities . Assuming the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations in Section  2.2 , the offer and sale of the Purchased Shares is exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other person authorized by the Company to act on its behalf, has engaged in a general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of the Purchased Shares and neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any person acting on its behalf, has made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause the offering or issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act that would result in Regulation D under the Securities Act or any other applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act not being available, nor will the Company take any action or steps that would cause the offering or issuance of the Purchased Shares under this Agreement to be integrated with other offerings.

(e) Status of Securities . The shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor as provided in this Agreement or the Series A Certificate, as applicable, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will not be subject to preemptive rights of any other stockholder of the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, any applicable state, foreign or other securities Laws, the Stockholders’ Agreement and Liens incurred by the Purchaser. Upon any conversion of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock into, or the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock in exchange for, shares of Common Stock pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Series A Certificate, the shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion or redemption will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will not be subject to preemptive rights of any other stockholder of the Company, and will effectively vest in the Purchaser good title to all such securities, free and clear of all Liens, except restrictions imposed by the Securities Act, any applicable state, foreign or other securities Laws, the Stockholders’ Agreement and Liens incurred by the Purchaser. The respective rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Common Stock are as stated in Certificate of Incorporation or, in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock, in the Series A Certificate. As of the Closing, the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon any conversion or redemption of the Purchased Shares shall have been duly reserved for such issuance.

 

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(f) SEC Documents ; Financial Statements .

(1) The Company has filed with or furnished to the SEC, on a timely basis, all required reports, proxy statements, schedules, forms, and other documents required to be filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since July 1, 2016 (the foregoing, together with all exhibits thereto,

collectively, the “ SEC Documents ”). Each of the SEC Documents, as of its respective filing date, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such SEC Documents, and, except to the extent that information contained in any SEC Document has been revised, amended or superseded by a later filed SEC Document filed and publicly available prior to any date as to which this representation speaks, none of the SEC Documents as of such respective dates of filing or furnishing (or, if revised, amended or superseded by a later filed SEC Document, as of the date of the filing or furnishing of such revision or amendment) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(2) The Company (i) has implemented and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated Company Subsidiaries, is made known to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC, and (ii) has disclosed, based on its most recent evaluation prior to the date of this Agreement, to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Board of Directors (A) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(3) There is no transaction, arrangement or other relationship between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and an unconsolidated or other off-balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its SEC Documents and is not so disclosed.

(4) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries included in the SEC Documents (i) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, in each case as of the date such SEC Document was filed (or, if any such SEC Document was revised, amended or superseded by a later filed SEC Document, as of the date of the filing or furnishing of such revision or amendment), and (ii) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto) and fairly present in

 

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all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Company Subsidiaries for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, to the absence of footnote disclosures and normal year-end audit adjustments).

(g) Undisclosed Liabilities . Except for (i) those liabilities that are reflected or reserved for in the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, (ii) liabilities incurred since June 30, 2018 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) liabilities incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement (including the Debt Commitment Letter), the Registration Rights Agreement or the Stockholders’ Agreement, and (iv) liabilities that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Company Subsidiaries do not have any liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise).

(h) Brokers and Finders . Except for Centerview Partners LLC, the fees and expenses of which will be paid by the Company, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents has employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees, and no broker or finder has acted directly or indirectly for the Company in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(i) Litigation . There is no action, suit, or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigation, action, suit or proceeding threatened (including “cease and desist” letters or invitations to take patent license) against, nor any outstanding Order against, the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective assets before or by any Governmental Entity, which individually or in the aggregate have, or if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Taxes . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be excepted to have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

(1) each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has filed all Tax Returns required to have been filed, such Tax Returns were accurate in all respects, and all Taxes due and payable (taking into account any extensions properly obtained) by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid, except for those which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained in accordance with GAAP;

(2) no examination or audit of any Tax Return relating to any Taxes of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or with respect to any Taxes due from or with respect to the Company or any Company Subsidiary by any taxing authority is currently in progress or threatened in writing;

 

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(3) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has engaged in, or has any liability or obligation with respect to, any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4; and

(4) the Company is not and has not been during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States real property holding Corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.

(k) Permits and Licenses . The Company and the Company Subsidiaries possess all Company Permits necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except where the failure to possess such Company Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in violation of any term of any such Company Permit, except for violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice that any Governmental Entity has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, materially modify or revoke any Company Permit and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no such Governmental Entity is considering any such action, and (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any Company Permit.

(l) Environmental Matters . The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with all, and since July 1, 2016 have not violated any, applicable Environmental Laws except where failure to be in such compliance or such violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold and since July 1, 2016 have held, and are and since July 1, 2016 have been in compliance with, all Company Permits required under Environmental Laws to conduct their businesses, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has released Materials of Environmental Concern at and, to the Knowledge of the Company, Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, under, in or affecting, any property currently or formerly owned, leased or used by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or at any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been sent by the Company or any Company Subsidiary for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage or disposal, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no claim or proceeding under Environmental Laws pending against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(m) Title . Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has (i) good and marketable title to its property that is owned real property, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, valid leases to its property that is leased real property, and (iii) good and valid title to all of its other property, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(n) Intellectual Property . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company or a Company Subsidiary owns all (A) Intellectual Property registrations and applications filed in their respective names, the registrations of which are subsisting and unexpired, and to the Knowledge of the Company, valid and enforceable, and (B) other Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the businesses of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that is not used pursuant to a license or in the public domain; provided , however , the foregoing representation in Section  2.1(n)(i)(B) is subject to the Knowledge of the Company with respect to patents owned by third parties under which a license may be needed to practice any such Intellectual Property; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the businesses of Company and the Company Subsidiaries does not infringe the Intellectual Property of any third party, and no person is infringing any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries; (iii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries take reasonable actions to protect the trade secrets and confidential information owned by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries and the security and operation of their software, websites and systems (and the data therein), and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no instance of unauthorized use or disclosure, security breach, malfunction or outage of the same; and (iv) since July 1, 2016, there has been no judicial or administrative order, decree or judgment to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a party or by which they are bound that restricts any right to any proprietary Intellectual Property used in the conduct of the businesses of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries.

(o) Employee Benefits/Labor .

(1) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan complies with, and has been operated and administered in compliance with, its terms and all applicable Laws (including ERISA and the Code), (ii) the Company and each Company Subsidiary have each filed all reports, returns, notices, and other documentation required by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Law to be filed by such Person with any Governmental Entity with respect to each Plan, (iii) with respect to any Plan, no action, Lien, lawsuit, claim or complaint (other than routine claims for benefits, appeals of such claims and domestic relations order proceedings) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, and (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred with respect to a Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in a liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to any Governmental Entity or adversely affect the qualified status for any such Plan. None of the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any other entity which, together with the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, would be treated as a single employer under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code, has at any time during the last six (6) years maintained, sponsored or contributed to any employee benefit plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, including any “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).

 

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(2) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement: (i) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other contract or agreement with any labor organization or other representative of any of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor is any such contract or agreement presently being negotiated; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no campaign is being conducted to solicit cards from any of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to authorize representation by any labor organization, and no such campaign has been conducted within the past three years; (iii) no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage, dispute, lockout or other labor controversy is in effect or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has experienced any such labor controversy since July 1, 2016; (iv) no unfair labor practice charge or complaint is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing with respect to any employment practice of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; (v) no action, complaint, charge, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or on behalf of any current or former employee, labor organization or other representative of the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (including persons employed jointly by such entities with any other staffing or other similar entity) is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing; (vi) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance with all applicable Laws, agreements, contracts, policies, plans and programs relating to employment, employment practices, compensation, benefits, hours, terms and conditions of employment, health and safety, employment discrimination, disability rights or benefits, affirmative action, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, secondment, employee leave issues, payment of social security and other similar Taxes, termination of employment (including any obligation pursuant to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended), the classification of employees as exempt or non-exempt from overtime pay requirements, the provision of meal and rest breaks and pay for all working time, and the proper classification of individuals as non-employee contractors or consultants; and (vii) the Company and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to child labor, forced labor and involuntary servitude.

(p) Indebtedness . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in default in the payment of any material indebtedness or in default under any agreement relating to its material indebtedness.

(q) Registration Rights . Except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has not granted or agreed to grant, and is not under any obligation to provide, any right to register under the Securities Act any of its presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may be issued subsequently.

(r) Compliance with Laws . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is, or since July 1, 2016 has been, in violation of any applicable Law, except where such violation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, or has not had, a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is being investigated with respect to any applicable Law, or has received written notice from any Governmental Entity inquiring about or asserting any violation of any applicable Law, or is or has been subject to any adverse inspection,

 

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examination, finding of deficiency, finding of noncompliance, penalty, fine, sanction, assessment, audit, request for corrective or remedial action, or other supervisory, compliance or enforcement action by any Governmental Entity with respect to any applicable Law, except for such of the foregoing as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section  2.1(r) , the Company makes no representation or warranty in this Section  2.1(r) with respect to compliance by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any Health Care Laws or the terms of any Company Permit required by any Health Care Law, it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties that the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section  2.1(t) constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to Health Care Laws and the terms of any Company Permit required by any Health Care Law.

(s) Absence of Changes . Since June 30, 2018, there has not been (1) a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (2) any action or omission of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that, if such action or omission occurred between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, would violate Section  3.8 .

(t) Regulatory Matters .

(1) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are currently, and since July 1, 2016 have been, operating in compliance with all Health Care Laws to the extent applicable to the business of the Company, except where the failure to so comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. “ Health Care Laws ” means (i) the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), as amended; (ii) the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), as amended; (iii) the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.), as amended; (iv) all foreign, federal and state fraud and abuse Laws, including, but not limited to, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), as amended, the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.), as amended, the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), as amended, (v) the quality, safety and accreditation requirements of all applicable federal and state Laws or Governmental Entities; (vi) any and all foreign Laws comparable or similar to any of the foregoing; and (vii) the regulations promulgated by any Governmental Entity charged with implementing any of such Laws.

(2) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary since July 1, 2016 has received any Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (the “ DEA ”) or any court, arbitrator or other federal, state, local or foreign Governmental Entity alleging or asserting noncompliance with either any of the Health Care Laws or any term of any Company Permit required by any of the Health Care Laws, nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity by the Company or any Company Subsidiary is in violation of any Health Care Laws or Company Permit, and the Company has no knowledge that any such Governmental Entity or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(3) Since July 1, 2016, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Company and each Company Subsidiary has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments thereto (collectively, “ Submissions ”) as required by any Health Care Laws or Company Permit, (b) all such Submissions were complete and correct in all material respects and not misleading on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission), and (c) the Company is not aware of any reasonable basis for any material liability with respect to such Submissions. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any letter of deficiency with respect to any drug master file submitted to the FDA, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(4) The products manufactured by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries comply, and since July 1, 2016 have complied, with all applicable Health Care Laws relating to current good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices and good documentation practices, except where such non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, or has not had, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(5) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted, issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued any recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post-sale warning, “dear doctor” letter, or other notice or action relating to the alleged lack of safety or efficacy of any product or any alleged product defect or violation, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no customer of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has initiated, conducted or intends to initiate any such recall, market withdrawal or replacement, safety alert, post-sale warning, “dear doctor” letter, or other notice or action with respect to products manufactured by the Company or any Company Subsidiary due to any act, omission or alleged act or omission of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(6) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligation pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of correction or similar agreement with or imposed by any Governmental Entity relating to Health Care Laws, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Additionally, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or, to the Knowledge of the Company, agents, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion.

 

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(u) Illegal Payments; FCPA Violations . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Impact, since January 1, 2016, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, employee, agent, representative or consultant acting on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (and only in their capacities as such) has, in connection with the business of the Company: (i) unlawfully offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of, directly or indirectly, anything of value, including money, loans, gifts, travel, or entertainment, to any Government Official with the purpose of (A) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his official capacity; (B) inducing such Government Official to perform or omit to perform any activity in violation of his legal duties; (C) securing any improper advantage; or (D) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of such Government Entity, except, with respect to the foregoing clauses (A) - (D) , as permitted under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or other applicable Law; (ii) made any illegal contribution to any political party or candidate; (iii) made, offered or promised to pay any unlawful bribe, payoff, influence payment, kickback, unlawful rebate, or other similar unlawful payment of any nature, directly or indirectly, in connection with the business of the Company, to any person, including any supplier or customer; (iv) knowingly established or maintained any unrecorded fund or asset or made any false entry on any book or record of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for any purpose; or (v) otherwise violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the UK Bribery Act 2010, as amended, or any other applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery Law.

(1) For purposes of this Section, “ Government Official ” means any officer or employee of a Government Entity or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such Government Entity or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization, or any political party, party official, or candidate thereof, excluding officials of the governments of the United States, the several states thereof, any local subdivision of any of them or any agency, department or unit of any of the foregoing; and

(2) “ Government Entity ” means any foreign government, any political subdivision thereof, or any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by any Government or any sovereign wealth fund, excluding the governments of the United States, the several states thereof, any local subdivision of any of them or any agency, department or unit of any of the foregoing.

(v) Economic Sanctions . Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company is not in contravention of any sanction, and has not engaged in any conduct sanctionable, under U.S. economic sanctions Laws, including Laws administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, 31 C.F.R. Part V, the Iran Sanctions Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, as amended, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act, as amended, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, as amended, and any executive order issued pursuant to any of the foregoing.

 

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(w) Listing and Maintenance Requirements . The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action intended to, or which, to the Knowledge of the Company, is reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, nor has the Company received as of the date of this Agreement any written notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration.

(x) No Restriction on Ability to Pay Cash Dividends . Except as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Indentures, each as in effect as of the date hereof, the Company is not party to any contract, agreement, arrangement or other understanding, oral or written, express or implied, and is not subject to any provision in its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or resolutions of the Board of Directors that, in each case, by its terms, restricts, limits, prohibits or prevents the Company from paying any dividend, including in full in cash on the Purchased Shares in the amounts contemplated by the Series A Certificate.

(y) No Additional Representations . Except as expressly set forth in this Section  2.1 , none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, by statute or otherwise, and any other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed, including, without limitation, any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, shall be deemed to make to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates any representation or warranty other than as expressly made by the Company in this Agreement and except as expressly covered by a representation and warranty contained in this Section  2.1 , and (b) none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, makes any representation or warranty to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates with respect to (i) any projections, estimates or budgets heretofore delivered to or made available to Purchaser or its Affiliates or their respective counsel, accountants or advisors of future revenues, expenses or expenditures or future results of operations of either (x) the Company and its Company Subsidiaries, or (y) Target or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any other information or documents (financial or otherwise) made available to the Purchaser or its Affiliates or their respective counsel, accountants or advisors with respect to either (x) the Company and its Company Subsidiaries, or (y) Target or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of the Purchaser and its Affiliates to rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto, nor will anything in this Agreement operate to limit any claim by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates for actual and intentional fraud.

2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser . The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent made only as of a specified date in which case as of such date), that:

 

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(a) Organization and Authority . The Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis, and the Purchaser has the corporate or other power and authority and governmental authorizations to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

(b) Authorization .

(1) The Purchaser has the limited partnership power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by the Purchaser and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Purchaser, and no further approval or authorization by any of its stockholders, partners, members or other equity owners, as the case may be, is required. This Agreement has been and (as of the Closing) the other Transaction Documents will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, is, and (as of the Closing) each of the other Transaction Documents will be, a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms (except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or by general equity principles).

(2) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance by the Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) require notice, consent or approval pursuant to, violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration of, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Purchaser under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (A) its organizational documents or (B) any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which the Purchaser or any of the properties or assets of the Purchaser may be subject, or (ii) subject to compliance with the statutes and regulations referred to in the next paragraph, violate any Laws applicable to the Purchaser or any of their respective properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (ii) , for such violations, conflicts and breaches as would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or have a material adverse effect on the Purchaser’s ability to fully perform its respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(3) Other than (i) the securities or blue sky Laws of the various states, (ii) the approval or expiration of applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act, and (iii) the filing of a Schedule 13D with the SEC, no notice to, registration, declaration or filing with, exemption or review by, or authorization, order, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, nor expiration or termination of any statutory waiting period, is necessary for the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

(c) Purchase for Investment . The Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities Laws. The Purchaser (1) acknowledges that it is acquiring the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act solely for investment with no present intention to distribute any of the Purchased Shares or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares to any person in violation of applicable securities Laws, (2) will not sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Shares or shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares, except in compliance with this Agreement, the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act, any other applicable securities Laws and the Stockholders’ Agreement, (3) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and in investments of this type that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares and of making an informed investment decision, (4) is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act), and (5) without prejudice to any claim of Purchaser hereunder for breach of the Company’s representations and warranties or for actual and intentional fraud, (i) has been furnished with or has had full access to all the information that it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares, (ii) has had an opportunity to discuss with management of the Company the intended business and financial affairs of the Company and to obtain information (to the extent the Company possessed such information or could acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify any information furnished to it or to which it had access and (iii) can bear the economic risk of (A) an investment in the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares indefinitely and (B) a total loss in respect of such investment. The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters so as to enable it to understand and evaluate the risks of and form an investment decision with respect to, its investment in the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Purchased Shares and to protect its own interest in connection with such investment.

 

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(d) Litigation . There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser, investigation, action, suit or proceeding threatened (including “cease and desist” letters) against, nor any outstanding Order against, the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective assets before or by any Governmental Entity, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

(e) Compliance with Laws . Neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates is in material violation of any applicable Law that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis. To the Knowledge of the Purchaser as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates is being investigated with respect to any applicable Law, or has received written notice from any Governmental Entity inquiring about or asserting any violation of any applicable Law, or is subject to any adverse inspection, examination, finding of deficiency, finding of noncompliance, penalty, fine, sanction, assessment, audit, request for corrective or remedial action, or other supervisory, compliance or enforcement action by any Governmental Entity that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

(f) Financial Capability . The Purchaser at the Closing will have available funds necessary to consummate the Closing on the terms and conditions contemplated by this Agreement and to make any other necessary payment contemplated hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents. The Purchaser is not aware of any reason why the funds sufficient to fulfill its obligations under Article I (including the Aggregate Purchase Price) and under the other Transaction Documents will not be available on the Closing Date.

(g) Ownership of Company Securities . Neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates beneficially owns any share of Common Stock as of the date hereof.

(h) Access to Information . The Purchaser and its Affiliates have been given access to all Company documents, records and other information, and have had adequate opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the Company’s officers, employees, agents, accountants, and representatives concerning the Company’s business, operations, financial condition, assets, liabilities and all other matters the Purchaser has deemed relevant to its investment in the Purchased Shares. The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Section  2.2(h) shall not affect the ability of the Purchaser to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company pursuant to Section  2.1 of this Agreement.

(i) Interested Stockholder . As of the date hereof, the Purchaser is not an “interested stockholder” (as defined in Section 203(c)(5) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) of the Company.

(j) Brokers and Finders . None of the Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents has employed any broker or finder for which the Company will incur any liability for any financial advisory fees, brokerage fees, commissions or finder’s fees with respect to the purchase of the Purchased Shares or any investment in the Company.

 

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(k) Non-Reliance . Except as expressly set forth in Section  2.1 , the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, at law or in equity, by statute or otherwise, and any other representations or warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed by the Company, including, without limitation, any implied representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, shall be deemed to make to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates any representation or warranty other than as expressly made by the Company in this Agreement and except as expressly covered by a representation and warranty contained in Section  2.1 , and (b) none of the Company or its Company Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, has made any representation or warranty to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates with respect to (i) any projections, estimates or budgets heretofore delivered to or made available to Purchaser or its Affiliates or their respective counsel, accountants or advisors of future revenues, expenses or expenditures or future results of operations of either (x) the Company and its Company Subsidiaries, or (y) Target or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any other information or documents (financial or otherwise) made available to the Purchaser or its Affiliates or their respective counsel, accountants or advisors with respect to either (x) the Company and its Company Subsidiaries, or (y) Target or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of the Purchaser and its Affiliates to rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto, nor will anything in this Agreement operate to limit any claim by the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates for actual and intentional fraud.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

3.1 Filings; Other Actions . During the period commencing on the date hereof and terminating on the earlier to occur of (a) the Closing, and (b) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 6.15 (the “ Pre-Closing Period ”), each of the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, will cooperate and consult with the other and use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file all necessary documentation, to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents, and to obtain all necessary permits, consents, orders, approvals and authorizations of, or any exemption by, all third parties and Governmental Entities, and the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period, necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to perform the covenants contemplated by this Agreement. Each party shall execute and deliver both before and after the Closing such further certificates, agreements and other documents and take such other actions as the other party may reasonably request to consummate or implement such transactions or to evidence such events or matters. In addition, the Purchaser and the Company shall use all reasonable best efforts to obtain or submit, as the case may be, as promptly as practicable following the date hereof, the approvals and authorizations of, all filings and registrations with, and all notifications to, or expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period, under the Hart-Scott

 

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Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “ HSR Act ”) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of Purchased Shares and shares of Common Stock to the Purchaser (upon conversion of any Series A Preferred Stock). Without limiting the foregoing, the Purchaser and the Company shall, as promptly as practicable following the date hereof (but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days following the date hereof), each prepare and file a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Purchaser and the Company will each have the right to review in advance, and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other, in each case, subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, concerning, all the information relating to such other party, and any of their respective Affiliates, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party shall keep the other party apprised of the status of the matters referred to in this Section  3.1 . The Purchaser shall promptly furnish the Company, and the Company shall promptly furnish the Purchaser, to the extent permitted by Law, with copies of written communications received by it or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates from any Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Purchaser and the Company may, as each deems advisable and necessary, reasonably designate any competitively sensitive material provided to the other under this Section  3.1 as “Outside Counsel Only Material.” Such materials and information contained therein shall be given only to the outside counsel of the recipient and, subject to any additional confidentiality or joint defense agreement the parties may mutually propose and enter into, will not be disclosed by such outside counsel to employees, officers or directors of the recipient unless express permission is obtained in advance from the source of such materials (the Purchaser or the Company, as the case may be) or its legal counsel. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  3.1 , materials provided to the other party or its outside counsel may be redacted (i) to remove references concerning valuation, (ii) as necessary to comply with contractual arrangements, and (iii) as necessary to address reasonable attorney-client or other privilege or confidentiality concerns. Neither the Purchaser nor the Company shall participate in any substantive meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless it consults with the other party in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Governmental Entity, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and participate therein or thereat.

3.2 Reasonable Best Efforts to Close . During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company and the Purchaser will use their respective reasonable best efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary under applicable Laws so as to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby as promptly as practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall cooperate reasonably with the other party to that end, including in relation to the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 1.3(a) , (b) and (c) and cooperating in seeking to obtain any consent required from Governmental Entities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent necessary or required by an applicable Governmental Entity in order to permit the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 1.3(a) , as promptly as practicable, the Purchaser shall offer, accept and agree to, by consent decree or otherwise, impose limitations on the ability of the Purchaser or its Affiliates effectively to acquire, hold or exercise

 

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full rights of ownership of, any shares of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Company or any Company Subsidiary be obligated to enter into any settlement, undertaking, consent decree, stipulation or agreement with any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement.

3.3 Authorized Common Stock . At any time that any Purchased Shares are issued and outstanding, the Company shall from time to time take all lawful action within its control to cause the authorized capital stock of the Company to include a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to satisfy the conversion requirements of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding pursuant to Article VII of the Series A Certificate. All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be newly issued shares or shares held in treasury by the Company, shall have been duly authorized and validly issued and shall be fully paid and nonassessable, and free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens incurred by the Purchaser or restrictions arising under applicable securities Laws or the Stockholders’ Agreement).

3.4 Certain Adjustments . If, after the date hereof and prior to the Closing, the Company effects any transaction that would have resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Article IX of the Series A Certificate if the Series A Preferred Stock had been issued since the date hereof, the Company shall adjust the Conversion Rate, effective as of the Closing, in the same manner as would have been required by Article IX of the Series A Certificate if the Series A Preferred Stock had been issued and outstanding since the date hereof.

3.5 Confidentiality . The Purchaser will hold, and will cause its respective Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors to hold, in strict confidence, unless disclosure is requested or legally compelled (in either case pursuant to the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or a federal, state or local governmental or regulatory body or pursuant to a civil investigative demand or similar judicial process, and in such cases, the Purchaser shall provide the Company with prompt written notice of the proposed disclosure so that the Company may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy (and in the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that the Company waives compliance with this provision, the Purchaser will furnish only that portion of such information that the Purchaser is advised by legal counsel is legally required and will exercise its best efforts to obtain a protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information)), all non-public records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, “ Information ”) concerning the Company furnished to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or its representatives in connection with the investigation of the matters contemplated by, or the negotiations concerning, this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Debt Commitment Letter or pursuant to this Agreement or the matters contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown (a) to have been previously known to the Purchaser on a non-confidential basis, prior to its disclosure by the Company, from other sources that, after reasonable inquiry, is entitled to disclose such information and is not bound by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to the Company of confidentiality with respect to such information, (b) to have been or to be generally known to the public through no violation of this

 

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Section  3.5 by the Purchaser, directly or through any of its respective Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors, (c) to have been in the possession of the Purchaser on a non-confidential basis, prior to its disclosure by the Company or (d) to be subsequently developed by the Purchaser without using all or any portion of the Information or violating any of the obligations of the Purchaser under this Agreement), and the Purchaser shall not release or disclose such Information to any other person, except its auditors, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors, to the extent that they bear customary obligations of confidentiality to the Purchaser. In addition, nothing in this Section  3.5 shall restrict the disclosure by Purchaser, its Affiliates or its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants and financial advisors to (x) Permitted Transferees in connection with a proposed transfer of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock (it being understood that (i) prior to any such disclosure, the prospective transferee shall be informed of the confidential nature of the information, and (ii) the Purchaser shall be responsible for any breach of this Section  3.5 by such person), or (y) the Purchaser’s existing or prospective limited partners that are bound by a customary written confidentiality obligation that contains reasonable restrictions on the use and disclosure of the Company’s non-public information; provided that for purposes of this clause (y), (i) such Information is limited to financial information and other information regarding the Company or the Company Subsidiaries that is contractually required or customarily provided to existing or prospective investors in the Purchaser, and (ii) the Purchaser shall be responsible for any breach of this Section  3.5 by such person. The Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2019 (the “ Confidentiality Agreement ”), by and between Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., shall remain in full force and effect.

3.6 NYSE Listing of Shares . To the extent it has not already done so, the Company shall promptly apply for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance, any share of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

3.7 State Securities Laws . During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (a) obtain all necessary permits and qualifications, if any, or secure an exemption therefrom, required by any state or country prior to the offer and sale of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock or the Series A Preferred Stock, and (b) cause such authorization, approval, permit or qualification to be effective as of the Closing and, as to such shares of Common Stock, as of any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.

3.8 Negative Covenants . Except as set forth on Section  3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, from the date of this Agreement through the Closing, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts to operate their businesses in the ordinary course and, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), shall not:

(a) declare, or make payment in respect of, any dividend or other distribution upon any shares of the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section  3.8 , this clause (a)  shall not be applicable to any Company Subsidiary;

 

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(b) redeem, repurchase or acquire any capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, other than repurchases of capital stock (i) approved by the Board of Directors and publicly announced prior to the date hereof, (ii) made in an “open market” transaction at the then-prevailing price or through an “accelerated share repurchase” on customary terms, (iii) from employees, officers or directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any of the Company’s agreements or plans then in effect, or (iv) of one Company Subsidiary by one or more other Company Subsidiaries or the Company;

(c) authorize or issue any share of capital stock, or reclassify any capital stock, of the Company, or authorize or issue or change the terms of any security exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into, capital stock of the Company, other than (i) the authorization and issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, or (ii) issuances of shares, or securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company to employees, officers and directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any of the Company’s agreements or plans then in effect; or

(d) amend or otherwise change, or waive any provision of, its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational documents), including as a result of a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar or extraordinary transaction, in a manner that would adversely affect the Purchaser as a holder of the Series A Preferred Stock or with respect to the rights of the Purchaser under this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Stockholders’ Agreement.

3.9 Merger Agreement and Debt Financing . At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall not permit Buyer to, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, make any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to the Merger Agreement that would be materially adverse to the Purchaser. Without limiting the foregoing, the parties agree that it shall be materially adverse to Purchaser to make any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to the Merger Agreement to (a) increase the Purchase Price (as defined in the Merger Agreement), or (b) materially modify the conditions to the Merger Closing set forth in Articles 5 and 6 of the Merger Agreement. Prior or to the Closing, the Company shall not permit Buyer to, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, (i) amend, supplement, waive or modify the Debt Commitment Letter, the Credit Agreement or the Indentures, (ii) enter into any agreement or arrangement relating to or otherwise complete the Debt Financing (or any Alternate Financing) on any terms that are inconsistent with the terms set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter or (iii) otherwise enter into any agreement or arrangement relating to or otherwise complete the Debt Financing (or any Alternate Financing), in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), in a manner that would be materially adverse to the rights and obligations of the Purchaser set forth in the Transaction Documents. The Company shall keep the Purchaser reasonably informed regarding the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Debt Commitment Letter, including the expected timing of the Merger Closing and any Effect that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate along with other Effects, to materially delay the Merger Closing or make the Merger Closing unlikely to occur.

 

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3.10 Investor Information . The information relating to the Purchaser and its Affiliates that is or will be supplied in writing by the Purchaser or its Affiliates for inclusion in any document (a) filed with the SEC by the Company in connection with this Agreement (including any report filed with the SEC by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act), or (b) prepared in connection with the consummation of the Debt Financing (or any Alternate Financing), in each case, will not, at the time such document is so filed, furnished or prepared, as applicable, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

ARTICLE IV

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

4.1 Legend .

(a) The Purchaser agrees that all certificates (if any) or other instruments or records representing the Purchased Shares subject to this Agreement (or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) will bear or contain a legend substantially to the following effect:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFER AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN A STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF [•], 2019, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE ISSUER.

(b) Upon request of the Purchaser (or any Permitted Transferee), upon receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such legend is no longer required under the Securities Act and applicable state Laws, the Company shall promptly cause the first paragraph of the legend to be removed from, or no longer applied to, any certificate for, or record representing, any share of Series A Preferred Stock to be transferred in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchased Shares and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities Laws and will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Purchased Shares or shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, except in compliance with the registration requirements or exemption provisions of the Securities Act, any other applicable securities Laws and the Stockholders’ Agreement.

 

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4.2 Tax Matters .

(a) Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will timely furnish the Company and its agents with any tax form or certification (including Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, an applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (together with all applicable attachments), or any successor to such Internal Revenue Service forms) that the Company or its agents reasonably request (i) to permit the Company and its agents to make payments to such holder without, or at a reduced rate of, deduction or withholding, (ii) to enable the Company and its agents to qualify for a reduced rate of reduction or withholding in any jurisdiction from or through which they receive payments, and (iii) to enable the Company and its agents to satisfy reporting and other obligations under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), Treasury Regulations, or any other applicable Law or regulation, and will update or replace such tax form or certification in accordance with their terms or subsequent amendments. Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock acknowledges that the failure to provide, update or replace any such form or certificate may result in the imposition of withholding or back-up withholding on payments to such holder, or to the Company. Amounts withheld by the Company or its agents that are, in their reasonable judgment, required to be withheld pursuant to applicable tax Laws will be treated as having been paid to the holder of Series A Preferred Stock by the Company. Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will also provide the Company or its agents with any correct, complete and accurate information or documentation that may be required for the Company to comply with FATCA and to prevent the imposition of United States federal withholding tax under FATCA on payments to or for the benefit of the Company.

(b) Absent a change in Law or Internal Revenue Service practice, or a contrary determination (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code), the Purchaser and the Company agree for United States federal income tax and withholding tax purposes not to treat (i) the Purchased Shares (based on their terms as set forth in the Series A Certificate) as “preferred stock” within the meaning of Section 305 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.305-5, or (ii) payments made pursuant to Section  1.1(c) of this Agreement as “fixed or determinable annual or periodical income” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-2(b) and shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatments.

(c) The Company shall pay any and all documentary, stamp and similar issue or transfer tax due on (i) the issuance of the Purchased Shares or (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. However, in the case of conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the shares to be converted, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issuance has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that any such tax or duty has been paid.

(d) The Purchaser and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with any redemption of part of the Purchased Shares and use good-faith efforts to structure such redemption so that such redemption may be treated as a sale or exchange pursuant to Section 302 of the Code; provided that nothing in this Section  4.2(d) shall require the Company to purchase any of the Purchased Shares; provided , further , that the Company makes no representation or warranty hereunder regarding the tax treatment of any redemption of the Purchased Shares.

 

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(e) If (i) the Company has issued Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company (“ Convertible Debt ”), and (ii) the accrual of any PIK Dividend on the Purchaser’s Series A Preferred Stock would reasonably be expected (as determined by the Company in good faith) to cause the Purchaser to be treated, pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Code, as receiving a distribution of property to which Section 301 of the Code applies as a result of a payment (including interest paid in kind) on the Convertible Debt, then the Company agrees that it will elect to declare and pay a Cash and PIK Dividend on the Purchaser’s Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which the Cash and PIK Dividend Aggregate Cash Amount shall be such amount as the Purchaser shall request in writing but shall in no event be greater than the amount that the Purchaser and the Company reasonably determine is sufficient for the Purchaser to make pro rata cash distributions to its direct or indirect equity holders until each such equity holder receives an amount equal to the product of (A) the greatest of (1) the highest effective marginal combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate applicable to a corporation or an individual residing in Los Angeles, California, taking into account the character of such income, (2) the rate imposed under Code Section 871(a), and (3) the rate imposed under Code Section 881(a), multiplied by (B) the value of such Cash and PIK Dividend allocated to such equity holder. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section  4.2(e) shall limit or restrict the Company’s right to elect to settle any Regular Dividend (or portion thereof) pursuant to a cash payment. Defined terms used in this Section  4.2(e) and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Series A Certificate.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNITY

5.1 Indemnification by the Company . From and after the Closing, the Company shall indemnify the Purchaser and its Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, managers, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Purchaser Related Parties ”) from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all losses, expenses, damages, actions, suits, proceedings (including any investigation, litigation or inquiry), demands, claims and causes of action (“ Losses ”) and, in connection therewith and promptly upon demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, losses, liabilities, damages or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and all other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them or asserted against or involve any of them), whether or not involving a Third Party Claim, incurred by or asserted against such Purchaser Related Parties, as a result of or arising out of (a) the failure of the representations or warranties made by the Company contained in Section  2.1(a) , 2.1(b) , 2.1(c)(1) , 2.1(d) , 2.1(e) , 2.1(f)(1) , 2.1(f)(4) or in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto to be true and correct, or (b) the breach of any of the covenants of the Company contained herein; provided that, in the case of the immediately preceding clause (a) , such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of any representation or warranty is made prior to the expiration of such representation or warranty as set forth in Section  5.5 ; provided , further , that, for purposes of determining when an indemnification claim has been made, the date upon which a Purchaser Related Party shall have given written notice (stating in reasonable detail the basis of the claim for indemnification) to the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall constitute the date upon which such claim has been made.

 

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5.2 Indemnification by the Purchaser . From and after the Closing, the Purchaser shall indemnify the Company, and its controlled Affiliates and its and their officers, directors, managers, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Company Related Parties ”) from, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all Losses and, in connection therewith and promptly upon demand, pay or reimburse each of them for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs, losses, liabilities, damages or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and all other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending or preparing to defend any such matter that may be incurred by them or asserted against or involve any of them), whether or not involving a Third Party Claim, incurred by or asserted against such Company Related Parties as a result of or arising out of (a) the failure of any of the representations or warranties made by the Purchaser contained in Section  2.2(a) , 2.2(b)(1) , 2.2(b)(2)(i)(A) or 2.2(c) to be true and correct, (b) the breach of any applicable securities Laws in connection with the assignment of the Purchased Shares by the Purchaser, or any of its successors or assigns, to any Permitted Transferee, or (c) the breach of any of the covenants of the Purchaser contained herein; provided that, in the case of the immediately preceding clause (a) , such claim for indemnification relating to a breach of any representation or warranty is made prior to the expiration of such representation or warranty as set forth in Section  5.5 ; provided , further , that, for purposes of determining when an indemnification claim has been made, the date upon which a Company Related Party shall have given written notice (stating in reasonable detail the basis of the claim for indemnification) to the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall constitute the date upon which such claim has been made.

5.3 Indemnification Procedure .

(a) A claim for indemnification for any matter not involving a Third Party Claim may be asserted by written notice to the party from whom indemnification is sought in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided , however , that failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not preclude the Indemnified Party from any indemnification that it may claim in accordance with this Article V unless and to the extent the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure.

(b) Promptly after any Company Related Party or Purchaser Related Party (in such context, the “ Indemnified Party ”) has received notice of any indemnifiable claim hereunder from, or the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by, a person unaffiliated with either party or its respective Affiliates, which claim the Indemnified Party believes in good faith is an indemnifiable claim under this Agreement (each, a “ Third Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party shall give the indemnitor hereunder (in such context, the “ Indemnifying Party ”) written notice of such Third Party Claim identifying the nature and the basis of such Third Party Claim to the extent then known, but failure or delay to so notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability it may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder except to

 

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the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure or delay. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume and control the defense of, and settle, at its own expense and by its own counsel, any such matter as long as the Indemnifying Party pursues the same diligently and in good faith. If the Indemnifying Party undertakes to assume and control the defense or settle such Third Party Claim, it shall promptly, and in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after notice of such claim, notify the Indemnified Party of its intention to do so, and the Indemnified Party shall cooperate in good faith with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in all reasonable respects in the defense thereof or the settlement thereof. Subject to the requirements of applicable Law, any material agreement pursuant to which the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying Party is bound and the applicability of attorney-client privilege, such cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to, furnishing the Indemnifying Party with any books, records and other information reasonably requested by the Indemnifying Party and in the Indemnified Party’s possession or control. The Indemnifying Party shall bear all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs of the Indemnified Party associated with such cooperation by the Indemnified Party. After the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party of its intention to undertake to defend or settle any such asserted liability, and for so long as the Indemnifying Party diligently pursues such defense in good faith, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any additional legal expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with any defense or settlement of such asserted liability; provided , however , that the Indemnified Party shall be entitled (i) at its own expense, to participate in the defense of such asserted liability and any negotiations of the settlement thereof and (ii) if (A) the Indemnifying Party has, within fifteen (15) Business Days of when the Indemnified Party provides written notice of a Third Party Claim, failed to (x) assume the defense or settlement of such Third Party Claim, and (y) notify the Indemnified Party of such assumption, or (B) the defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall have concluded that there may be one or more reasonable defenses available to the Indemnified Party that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party or if the interests of the Indemnified Party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the Indemnifying Party, then, in each case, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to select one (1) separate counsel and, upon prompt notice to the Indemnifying Party, to assume such settlement or legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party as incurred. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Indemnifying Party shall not settle any indemnifiable claim hereunder without the consent of the Indemnified Party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a complete release from liability of, and does not contain any admission of wrongdoing by, the Indemnified Party.

5.4 Tax Matters . All indemnification payments under this Article V shall be treated as adjustments to the Aggregate Purchase Price for tax purposes, except as otherwise required by applicable Law.

5.5 Survival . The representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement shall survive for twelve (12) months following the Closing, except that (a) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Sections 2.1(a) , 2.1(b) , 2.1(c)(1) and 2.1(e) will survive for two (2) years following the Closing, and (b) the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Sections 2.2(a) , 2.2(b)(1) or 2.2(c) will survive until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations. All of the covenants or other agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement shall survive until fully performed or fulfilled, unless and to the extent that non-compliance with such covenants or agreements is waived in writing by the party entitled to such performance.

 

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5.6 Limitation on Damages . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, except in the case of actual and intentional fraud, no party shall have any liability to the other party in excess of the Aggregate Purchase Price, and neither party shall be liable for any exemplary or punitive damages or any other damages or losses to the extent not reasonably foreseeable arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (in each case, unless any such damages are awarded pursuant to a Third Party Claim).

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Expenses . Each of the parties will bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf in connection with the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement, except as set forth in Section  4.2(c) .

6.2 Amendment; Waiver . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective with respect to any party unless made in writing and signed by an officer of a duly authorized representative of such party. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The conditions to each party’s obligation to consummate the Closing are for the sole benefit of such party and may be waived by such party in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable Law. No waiver of any party will be effective unless it is in a writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the waiving party that makes express reference to the provision or provisions subject to such waiver. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

6.3 Counterparts; Electronic Transmission . For the convenience of the parties, this Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission and such facsimiles or other means of electronic transmission will be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature pages had been delivered.

6.4 Governing Law . This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York (excluding those choice-of-law principles of such State that would permit the application of the Laws of a jurisdiction other than such State), without regard to any conflicts of laws principles that would result in the application of the Laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction state and federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, State of New York for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions

 

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contemplated hereby; provided , however , that any judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding may be enforced in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party in accordance with the procedures provided in Section  6.6 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

6.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

6.6 Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by facsimile or electronic communication, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the third Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other address as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice.

 

 

(a)

If to Purchaser:

 

    c/o Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

    11111 Santa Monica Blvd., #2000

    Los Angeles, CA 90025

    Attn:                 Peter Zippelius

    E-mail:             pzippelius@leonardgreen.com

    Fax:                  310-954-0404

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attn:                 Howard A. Sobel, Jason H. Silvera and Greg Rodgers

E-mail:             howard.sobel@lw.com; jason.silvera@lw.com;

                          greg.rodgers@lw.com

Fax:                  212-751-4864

 

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(b)

If to the Company:

Catalent, Inc.

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

Attn:                 General Counsel – Steven L. Fasman

E-mail:             GenCouns@catalent.com

Fax:                  (732) 537-6490

with a copy to (which copy alone shall not constitute notice):

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attn:                 Steven Epstein ; Matthew Soran

E-mail:               steven.epstein@friedfrank.com ; matthew.soran@friedfrank.com

Fax:                   212-859-4000

Additionally, so long as the Purchaser owns any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall provide to the Purchaser in the manner set forth in this Section  6.6 a copy of any notice, request, instruction or other document given under the Series A Certificate to the Purchaser.

6.7 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including the Schedules hereto and the documents and instruments referred to in this Agreement) and the Confidentiality Agreement, constitute the entire agreement among the parties, and this Agreement supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and transactions contemplated hereby, other than the Confidentiality Agreement.

6.8 Assignment . Neither this Agreement, nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other party; provided , however , that (a) (i) subject to the terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Purchaser may assign its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, to one or more Permitted Transferees, and (ii) in the event of such assignment, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement, including the rights, interests and obligations so assigned and (b) the Purchaser may assign Section  4.2 and applicable provisions of this Article VI to any transferee permitted by the terms and conditions of the Stockholders’ Agreement; provided that no such assignment will relieve any such assignor Purchaser of its obligations hereunder prior to the Closing; provided , further , that the Purchaser shall not assign any of its obligations hereunder with the primary intent of avoiding, circumventing or eliminating its obligations hereunder. Any assignment not expressly permitted by this Agreement shall be void ab initio .

 

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6.9 Interpretation; Other Definitions . Wherever required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and references to any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to refer to such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time. All article, section, paragraph or clause references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement, and all exhibit, annex, letter and schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such exhibits, annexes, letters and schedules to this Agreement. In addition, the following terms are ascribed the following meanings:

(a) the word “ or ” is not exclusive;

(b) the words “ including ,” “ includes ,” “ included ” and “ include ” are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

(c) the terms “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision;

(d) the term “ Business Day ” shall mean a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, generally are authorized or obligated by Law to close.

(e) the term “ person ” has the meaning given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

(f) “ Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such specified person; provided , however , that (i) portfolio companies in which any person or any of its Affiliates has an investment shall not be deemed an Affiliate of such person (except, for the purposes of Sections 3.2 , 5.1 , 6.16 and 6.17 , such portfolio companies shall be deemed Affiliates), or (ii) the Company, any Company Subsidiary, or any of the Company’s other controlled Affiliates, in each case, will not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Purchaser, any Permitted Transferee of the Purchaser or any portfolio company of the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , that for the purposes of Section  3.5 , any portfolio company of the Purchaser or its Affiliates that (but for clause (i) of this definition) would be an Affiliate of the Purchaser or a Permitted Transferee of the Purchaser will be an Affiliate if the Purchaser, a Permitted Transferee of the Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates (or any representative on behalf of the Purchaser, any Permitted Transferee of the Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates) has provided, directly or indirectly, such portfolio company with Information subject to the restrictions in Section  3.5 . For purposes of this definition, “ control ” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

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(h) “ Company Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean, with respect to the Company, any Effect that, individually or taken together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Company Material Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the following individually or taken together, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) any change in the credit rating of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any change in the Company’s stock price or trading volume on the NYSE, (ii) any failure by the Company (or any Company Subsidiary) to meet internal or analyst revenue, earnings or other financial projections or expectations for any period or periods, (iii) any Effect that results from changes affecting the industry in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary operates, or the United States economy generally, or any Effect that results from changes affecting general worldwide economic or United States or global capital market conditions, including any increase in the costs of, or the unavailability or any shortage of, products, supplies and materials purchased by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries from third parties, (iv) any Effect caused by the announcement of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, or the identity of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or equityholders as the purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (v) political conditions, including acts of war (whether or not any declaration of war is made) or terrorism, natural disasters, weather or meteorological conditions, changes to climate, pandemics or natural disasters, (vi) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (other than pursuant to the first paragraph of Section  3.8 ) or otherwise at the written request or with the prior written consent of the Purchaser, (vii) changes in GAAP or other accounting standards (or any interpretation thereof), or (viii) changes in any Laws or other binding directives issued by any Governmental Entity or interpretations or enforcement thereof; provided , however , that (A) the exceptions in clause (i) and (ii) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such change or failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (B) with respect to clauses (iii), (v), (vii) and (viii), such Effects, alone or in combination, may be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred, but only to the extent such Effects disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared to other companies operating in the industries and markets in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate (in which case only the disproportionate Effects may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect).

(i) “ Company Permit ” means any license, certificate, authorization, approval, clearance, exemption, registration or permit issued by any Governmental Entity held by the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

(j) “ Credit Agreement ” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2014, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., PTS Intermediate Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., as administrative agent, collateral agent and swing line lender and other lenders as parties thereto, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014, Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2016, and Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2017 (including as supplemented by any Incremental Amendment (as defined therein), including in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement).

 

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(k) “ Debt Commitment Letter ” shall mean the “Debt Commitment Letter”, together with the related fee letter (subject to customary redactions), each in the form as provided to the Purchaser at 5:12 p.m., New York City Time on April 13, 2019.

(l) “ Debt Financing ” shall mean the “Debt Financing”, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

(m) “ Effect ” shall mean any change, event, effect, development or circumstance.

(n) “ Environmental Law ” shall mean any Laws regulating, relating to or imposing standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human health and safety as related to exposure to hazardous substances.

(o) “ ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and all rules, regulations, rulings and interpretations adopted by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor thereunder.

(p) “ FATCA ” shall mean Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and applicable intergovernmental agreements and related legislation or official administrative rules or practices with respect thereto.

(q) “ Governmental Entity ” shall mean any court, administrative or regulatory agency or commission or other governmental or arbitral body or authority or instrumentality, including any state-controlled or -owned corporation or enterprise, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.

(r) “ Indentures ” shall mean, collectively, that certain (i) Indenture, dated December 9, 2016, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as transfer agent and registrar, (ii) Indenture, dated October 18, 2017, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and (iii) (A) the indenture relating to issuance of senior unsecured notes or other debt securities, or (B) the bridge loan agreement relating to senior unsecured increasing rate loans, in each case, entered into in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

(s) “ Intellectual Property ” shall mean all worldwide intellectual property rights, whether or not registered, including patents, utility models, trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, and trade dress (and all goodwill relating thereto), domain names, copyrights and copyrighted works, inventions, know-how, trade secrets, methods, processes, formulae, technical or proprietary information and technology and all registrations, applications, renewals, re-examinations, re-issues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in part and foreign counterparts thereof.

 

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(t) “ Knowledge of the Company ” shall mean the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry of their respective direct reports, of one or more of John Chiminski, Wetteny Joseph, Steven L. Fasman or Scott Gunther.

(u) “ Knowledge of the Purchaser ” shall mean the actual knowledge, after reasonably inquiry of their respective direct reports, of one or more of Peter Zippelius, John Baumer or Andrew Goldberg.

(v) “ Law ” shall mean any law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, ordinance, regulation and Order of any Governmental Entity.

(w) “ Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or other restriction of any kind, whether based on common law, statute or contract.

(x) “ Material Adverse Impact ” means any Effect that would, individually or in the aggregate with one or more other Effects, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ (taken as a whole) ability to operate in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(y) “ Materials of Environmental Concern ” shall mean any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), petroleum product, polychlorinated biphenyl, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutant, contaminant, radioactivity, and any other substance regulated pursuant to or that could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

(z) “ Merger Closing ” shall mean the “Closing”, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

(aa) “ Merger Closing Date ” shall mean the “Closing Date”, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

(bb) “ Order ” shall mean any judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, stipulation, determination, award or decree of or by, or any settlement under the jurisdiction of, any Governmental Entity.

(cc) “ Permitted Transferee ” shall mean any “Permitted Transferee”, as defined in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(dd) “ Plan ” shall mean (i) any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2)(A) of ERISA) maintained for employees of the Company or of any member of a “controlled group,” as such term is defined in Section 414 of the Code, of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a part, or any such employee pension benefit plan to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is required to contribute on behalf of its employees, and any other employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA; or (ii) any compensation or other benefit plan, policy, program, agreement or arrangement, including any employment, change in control, bonus, equity-based compensation, retention or other similar agreement, that the Company or any Company Subsidiary, maintains, sponsors, is a party to, or as to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary otherwise has any material obligation or material liability in respect of its employees; in each case, excluding any compensation or benefit arrangement maintained by a Governmental Entity.

 

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(ee) “ Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule B .

(ff) “ SEC ” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(gg) “ Stockholders Agreement ” shall mean that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Schedule C .

(hh) “ Target Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a “Company Material Adverse Effect”, as defined in the Merger Agreement.

(ii) “ Tax Return ” shall mean any return, declaration, report, statement or other document filed or required to be filed in respect of Taxes (including any attachments thereto), including any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

(jj) “ Taxes ” shall mean all United States federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, excise, real and personal property, profits, estimated, severance, occupation, production, capital gains, capital stock, goods and services, environmental, employment, withholding, stamp, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, sales, transfer, use, license, payroll and franchise taxes or any other tax of any kind whatsoever, and such term shall include any interest, penalties, fines, or additions to tax attributable to such taxes, charges, fees, levies or other assessments, and any liability for Taxes (as heretofore defined) payable by reason of contract, assumption, transferee liability, operation of Law, Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor or successor thereof and any analogous or similar provision under Law).

(kk) “ Transaction Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the Series A Certificate, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement.

(ll) “ Treasury Regulations ” shall mean the regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time.

6.10 Captions . The article, section, paragraph and clause captions herein are for convenience of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and will not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof.

6.11 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person (including the officers and directors of the parties) or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, will remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.

 

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6.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries . Nothing contained in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person other than the parties (and their permitted assigns), any benefit, right or remedy, other than (a) the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Article V , and (b) Buyer shall be a direct third party beneficiary of the covenants and agreements of the Purchaser set forth in Article I of this Agreement, entitled the rights and benefits of the Company set forth therein and the right to enforce the Purchaser’s full compliance with such provisions as if Buyer were a party to this Agreement.

6.13 Public Announcements . Subject to each party’s disclosure obligations imposed by Law or the rules of any stock exchange upon which its securities are listed, each of the parties will cooperate in good faith with each other in the development and distribution of all news releases and other public information disclosures with respect to this Agreement and any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and neither the Company nor the Purchaser (or the Purchaser’s Affiliates) will make any such news release or public disclosure without first consulting with the other, and, in each case, also receiving the other’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and each party shall coordinate with the party whose consent is required with respect to any such news release or public disclosure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, this Section  6.13 shall not apply to any press release or other public statement made by the Company or the Purchaser (or the Purchaser’s Affiliates) which (a) is consistent with prior disclosure (including pursuant to any communications plan agreed to between the Company and the Purchaser and its Affiliates prior to such disclosure) and does not contain any information relating to the transactions that has not been previously announced or made public in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or (b) is made, in compliance with the terms and conditions of Section  3.5 , to its (1) auditors, attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, or Permitted Transferees, or (2) limited partners.

6.14 Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not fully performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, without the necessity of posting bond or other undertaking, the parties shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof or an injunction or injunctions restraining any such breach or threatened breach, this being in addition to any other remedies to which they are entitled at law or equity, and in the event that any action or suit is brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, and no party will allege, and each party hereby waives, the defense or counterclaim that there is an adequate remedy at law.

6.15 Termination . Prior to the Closing, this Agreement may only be terminated:

(a) by mutual written agreement of the Company and the Purchaser;

 

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(b) by the Company or the Purchaser, upon written notice to the other party given at any time on or after five Business Days after August 14, 2019, in the event that the Closing shall not have occurred on or before such date; provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  6.15(b) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any obligations under this Agreement shall have been the principal cause of, or shall have primarily resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or prior to such date;

(c) without any action by either party, if the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms at any time prior to the Closing;

(d) by written notice given by the Company to the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, if there have been one or more inaccuracies in or breaches of one or more representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Purchaser in this Agreement such that the conditions in Section  1.3(c)(1) or (2)  would not be satisfied and which have not been cured by the Purchaser thirty (30) days after receipt by the Purchaser of written notice from the Company requesting such inaccuracies or breaches to be cured; or

(e) by written notice given by the Purchaser to the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, if there have been one or more inaccuracies in or breaches of one or more representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement such that the conditions in Section  1.3(b)(1) or (2)  would not be satisfied and which have not been cured by the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of written notice from the Purchaser requesting such inaccuracies or breaches to be cured.

6.16 Effects of Termination . In the event of any termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section  6.15 , neither party (nor any of its Affiliates) shall have any liability or obligation to the other (or any of its Affiliates) under or in respect of this Agreement, except to the extent of (a) any liability arising from any breach by such party of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement arising prior to such termination, and (b) any actual and intentional fraud or intentional or willful breach of this Agreement. In the event of any such termination, this Agreement shall become void and have no effect, and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be abandoned without further action by the parties, in each case, except (x) as set forth in the preceding sentence and (y) that the provisions of Sections 3.5 ( Confidentiality ), 6.2 to 6.14 ( Amendment, Waiver; Counterparts, Electronic Transmission; Governing Law ; Waiver of Jury Trial; Notices; Entire Agreement , Assignment; Interpretation; Other Definitions; Captions; Severability; No Third Party Beneficiaries; Public Announcements; and Specific Performance ) and Section  6.17 ( Non-Recourse ) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

6.17 Non-Recourse . This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement may only be made against the entities that are expressly identified as parties, including entities that become parties after the date hereof, including permitted assignees and successors, or that agree in writing for the benefit of the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement applicable to the Purchaser, and no former, current or future equityholders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates of any party or any former, current or future equityholder, controlling person, director,

 

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officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, advisor, agent or Affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “ Non-Recourse Party ”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties, in no event shall any party or any of its Affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of the parties as of the date first herein above written.

 

CATALENT, INC.

By:

 

/s/ John Chiminski

Name:

 

John Chiminski

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment and Investment Agreement]

 


GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

 

By:

 

/s/ Pete Zippelius

Name:

 

Pete Zippelius

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS SIDE VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

/s/ Pete Zippelius

Name:

 

Pete Zippelius

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

[Signature Page to Equity Commitment and Investment Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

Form of Series A Certificate

[See Attached]

 


SCHEDULE A

CATALENT, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE

DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

The undersigned, Steven L. Fasman, does hereby certify that:

 

 

1.

I am the Secretary of Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”).

 

 

2.

The Corporation is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, none of which has been issued prior to the date hereof.

 

 

3.

The following resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”):

WHEREAS, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Charter ”) provides for a class of its authorized stock known as Preferred Stock, consisting of 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, to provide, out of the unissued shares of preferred stock, for one or more series of preferred stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix, without further stockholder approval, the designation of such series, the powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and the number of shares of such series; and

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Directors, pursuant to its authority as aforesaid, to fix the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and other matters relating to a series of shares of preferred stock, which shall initially consist of [●] 1 shares of preferred stock that the Corporation has the authority to issue as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, as follows:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide for the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

 

 

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Note to Draft : To equal number of shares set forth in the “Purchase Notice” to be delivered by the Corporation pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE I

DESIGNATION AND FORM

The shares of such series shall be designated “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series shall initially be [●] (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Article VI, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding) by (a) further resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof, and (b) the filing of an amendment to this Certificate of Designation pursuant to the applicable provisions of the DGCL stating that such increase, or decrease, as applicable, has been so authorized . Series A Preferred Stock will be evidenced in book-entry form and shall not be certificated.

ARTICLE II

CURRENCY

All shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be denominated in United States dollars, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto shall be made in United States dollars. All references herein to “$” or “dollars” refer to United States dollars.

ARTICLE III

RANKING

The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event, rank:

A.     senior to each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation now existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity basis with, or senior to, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon a Liquidation Event, including the shares of common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) (all such Capital Stock, including the Common Stock, collectively, the “ Junior Stock ”);

B.     on a parity basis with each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation now existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks on a parity basis with the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon a Liquidation Event (all such Capital Stock collectively, the “ Parity Stock ”); and

C.     junior to each other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation now existing or hereafter authorized, classified or reclassified, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon a Liquidation Event (all such Capital Stock collectively, the “ Senior Stock ”).

 

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The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation Event, rank junior to any and all existing or future claims in respect of Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries.

ARTICLE IV

DIVIDENDS

A.     Each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized and declared by the Board of Directors, out of any funds legally available therefor, cumulative dividends in an amount equal to (i) 5.00% per annum of the Stated Value of such share as of the Record Date for such dividend (such rate per annum, as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof, including Section (H) of this Article IV, the “ Dividend Rate ”; each such dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock, a “ Regular Dividend ” and, collectively, the “ Regular Dividends ”), and (ii) on an as-converted basis, any dividend or other distribution, whether paid in cash, in-kind or in other property (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any securities), authorized and declared by the Board of Directors on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock in an amount determined by assuming that the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of such Series A Preferred Stock could be converted pursuant to Section (C) of Article VII on the applicable Record Date for such dividend or distribution on the Common Stock were issued to, and held by, the Holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock on such Record Date (each such dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this clause (ii), a “ Participating Dividend ” and, collectively, the “ Participating Dividends ” and, together with the Regular Dividends, the “ Dividends ”). For purposes of this Certificate of Designation, the term “ Stated Value ” shall mean $1,000.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, as adjusted pursuant to Sections (C) and (D) of this Article IV, as applicable.

B.     Regular Dividends shall be payable quarterly in arrears, if, as and when authorized and declared by the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof, to the extent not prohibited by law, on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year (unless any such day is not a Business Day, in which event such Regular Dividends shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day, without accrual of interest thereon to the actual payment date), commencing on [•], 2019 2 (each such payment date, a “ Regular Dividend Payment Date ,” and the period from, and including, the Issue Date to, and including, the first Regular Dividend Payment Date and each such quarterly period thereafter from, but excluding, the immediately preceding Regular Dividend Payment Date to, and including, the next occurring Regular Dividend Payment Date, a “ Regular Dividend Period ”). The amount of Regular Dividends payable in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve thirty-day months. Regular Dividends shall begin to accrue from the Issue Date whether or not declared and whether or not the Corporation has assets legally available to make payment thereof, at a rate equal to the applicable Dividend Rate and, if not declared and paid, shall be cumulative, regardless of whether or not in any Regular Dividend Period there are funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such Regular Dividend. In the event that the Board of Directors has authorized the payment of any

 

 

2 Note to Draft : First Regular Dividend Payment Date following the Issue Date.

 

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Regular Dividend, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, settle such Regular Dividend in cash out of funds legally available therefor, in-kind pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section (C) of this Article IV, or a combination of cash and in-kind settlement pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section (D) of this Article IV, and the Corporation shall set aside sufficient funds for the portion of any Regular Dividend to be paid in whole or in part in cash before the Board of Directors or any other authorized Person may declare, set apart funds for or pay any dividend on the Junior Stock; provided , however , that, to the extent any such payment in cash is prohibited by the Specified Contract Terms, such payment will be made in-kind in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section (C) of this Article IV. Participating Dividends shall be payable as and when paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock (each such date, a “ Participating Dividend Payment Date ” and, together with a Regular Dividend Payment Date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”). Participating Dividends are payable on a cumulative basis once declared, regardless of whether or not there are then funds of the Corporation available for the payment of such Participating Dividend pursuant to law or Specified Contract Terms.

C.     With respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, any Regular Dividend or portion thereof in respect of such share of Series A Preferred Stock that has accrued during any applicable Regular Dividend Period but is not paid (in whole or in part) in cash on the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date (the amount of any accrued and unpaid Regular Dividend with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock for any Regular Dividend Period, regardless of whether such Regular Dividend is paid in cash or kind, the “ Accrued Dividend Amount ” with respect to such share of Series A Preferred Stock for such Regular Dividend Period) shall, regardless of whether or not such Regular Dividend is authorized and declared by the Board of Directors, or whether the Corporation has assets legally available to make payment thereof, be added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock immediately following the Close of Business on such Regular Dividend Payment Date. Any such addition of the Accrued Dividend Amount in respect of a share of Series A Preferred Stock to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section (C) of Article IV is referred to herein as a “ PIK Dividend .” The Accrued Dividend Amount in respect of any Regular Dividend Period that is not paid (in whole or in part) in cash shall, without duplication of any prior PIK Dividends (if any) only be added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock once. Regular Dividends with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall continue, from and after the date of each PIK Dividend, if any, to accrue in an amount per annum equal to the Dividend Rate (as such amount per annum may be adjusted pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof) of the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the relevant Record Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation, the Corporation will not be permitted to make any PIK Dividend election to the extent such election would violate the listing standards of the Principal Stock Exchange; provided , however , that nothing herein will affect the compounding of any Regular Dividend that the Corporation does not pay in cash (which compounding will apply even if the Corporation is otherwise prohibited from electing to make any PIK Dividend pursuant to this sentence).

 

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D.     In the event that the Board of Directors has authorized and declared the payment of a Regular Dividend and the settlement of such Regular Dividend payment in part by payment of cash to each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and in part pursuant to a PIK Dividend (any such Regular Dividend, a “ Cash and PIK Dividend ”), the Corporation shall, on the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date and in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock, (i) pay to the Holder thereof an amount of cash equal to the Cash and PIK Dividend Cash Settlement Amount in respect of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, and (ii) add to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock an amount equal to (A) the Accrued Dividend Amount with respect to such share of Series A Preferred Stock for the Regular Dividend Period ending on, and including, such Regular Dividend Payment Date, minus (B) the Cash and PIK Dividend Cash Settlement Amount in respect of such share of Series A Preferred Stock. If the Board of Directors declares a Cash and PIK Dividend, and any portion of the cash payment of such Cash and PIK Dividend per share of Series A Preferred Stock is not paid pursuant to the terms of this Article IV, then such portion shall be added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of this Section (D) of Article IV.

E.     In the event that the Board of Directors has authorized and declared the payment of a Participating Dividend, such Participating Dividend shall be paid in a manner consistent with the payments of dividends on the shares of Common Stock. The Corporation will not declare any dividend or distribution on the Common Stock unless, concurrently therewith, the Corporation declares a corresponding Participating Dividend in accordance with Section (A) of this Article IV.

F.     Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Corporation pays, in cash, less than the total amount of Dividends then accrued, but unpaid, with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such cash payment shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders thereof based upon the Stated Value of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each such Holder as of the Record Date for such payment. When Dividends are not paid in full upon the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared on Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata so that the amount of dividends so declared on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio as accrued, but unpaid, Dividends (for the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recently completed Regular Dividend Period if dividends were declared in full on non-cumulative Parity Stock) on the Series A Preferred Stock and such other class or series of Parity Stock bear to each other.

G.     Within one Business Day of the Record Date for any Regular Dividend, the Corporation will send written notice to each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock stating (i) whether such Regular Dividend will be paid in cash, by increasing the Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section (C) of this Article IV, or pursuant to a Cash and PIK Dividend pursuant to Section (D) of this Article IV, and (ii) if such Regular Dividend will be paid, at least in part, by increasing the Stated Value of a share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section (C) of this Article IV or pursuant to a Cash and PIK Dividend pursuant to Section (D) of this Article IV, the Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock immediately before and immediately after the applicable increase. If the Corporation fails to send such written notice at or before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Record Date for any Regular Dividend, then the Corporation will be deemed to have irrevocably elected to pay such Regular Dividend solely by increasing the Stated Value of each share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section (C) of this Article IV.

 

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H.     If the quotient obtained by dividing the Year Four Price by the Announcement Price is (i) eighty percent (80.0%) or greater, but less than one hundred percent (100%), then, effective from and after the four-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the Dividend Rate shall be automatically adjusted to 6.50% per annum, or (ii) less than eighty percent (80%), then, effective from and after the four-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the Dividend Rate shall be automatically adjusted to 8.00% per annum; provided , however , that, if the quotient obtained by dividing the Year Four Price by the Announcement Price is equal to or greater than the quotient obtained by dividing the S&P Year Four Price by the S&P Announcement Price, then (x) no adjustment to the Dividend Rate shall be made on the four-year anniversary of the Issue Date, and (y) in lieu of such adjustment, if, on the five-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the quotient obtained by dividing the Year Five Price by the Announcement Price is (I) eighty percent (80.0%) or greater, but less than one hundred percent (100%), then, effective from and after the five-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the Dividend Rate shall be automatically adjusted to 6.50% per annum, or (II) less than eighty percent (80%), then, effective from and after the five-year anniversary of the Issue Date, the Dividend Rate shall be automatically adjusted to 8.00% per annum. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event that the Year Four Price or Year Five Price, as applicable, is equal to or in excess of the Announcement Price, no adjustment or modification to the Dividend Rate shall be made hereunder. Except as set forth in this Section (H) of Article IV, the Dividend Rate shall not be subject to any adjustment or modification hereunder.

I.     Subject to the terms and conditions of Articles VII and VIII, for so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, from and after the time, if any, that the Corporation shall have failed to satisfy any accrued, but unpaid, Regular Dividend for all prior Regular Dividend Periods in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Article IV or failed to pay or distribute, as applicable, any unpaid Participating Dividend in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Article IV, no dividend shall be declared, paid or set apart for payment, and no other distribution declared or made, upon any Junior Stock, nor shall any Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (nor shall any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption or other purchase of any such Junior Stock) by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, until (i) the unpaid Accrued Dividend Amount for all prior Regular Dividend Periods, together with the amount of all unpaid Participating Dividends, if any, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full, or (ii) all such Dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of such Accrued Dividend Amount together with any unpaid Participating Dividend with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock has been or is set aside for the benefit of the Holders, in each case without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders; provided , however , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

 

 

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purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors, managers or consultants of or to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock solely for any other class or series of Junior Stock (and cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares of such Junior Stock);

 

 

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any dividend in the form of shares, warrants, options or other rights where the dividended shares or the shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights are the same shares as those on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to such shares;

 

 

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any distribution, to holders of Junior Stock, of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or

 

 

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any dividend in connection with the implementation of a bona fide stockholder rights or similar plan, or a redemption or repurchase of any Junior Stock pursuant to any such stockholder rights or similar plan.

ARTICLE V

LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP

A.     Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (each, a “ Liquidation Event ”), after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to creditors of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any class or series of Senior Stock and before any distribution or payment shall be made to any holder of any Junior Stock, and subject to Section (C) of this Article V, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) legally available therefor, an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater of:

 

 

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the sum of (a) the Stated Value with respect to such share, plus (b) any unpaid Participating Dividend as of the date of the liquidating payment, plus (c) without duplication of any accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends previously added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends with respect to such share through, but excluding, the date of the liquidating payment; and

 

 

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the amount that such Holder would have received had such Holder, as of the commencement of such Liquidation Event, converted each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder into Conversion Shares (as defined below) pursuant to Section (C) of Article VII using the then-applicable Conversion Price (the greater of the applicable amounts referred to in Sections (A)(1) and (A)(2) of this Article V, the “ Liquidation Preference ”).

 

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B.     No Holder shall (i) be entitled to any payment in respect of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the event of any Liquidation Event other than payment of the Liquidation Preference expressly provided for in Section (A) of this Article V, or (ii) have any further right or claim to any of the Corporation’s remaining assets, including any right or claim to participate in the receipt of any payment on Junior Stock in connection therewith (except as provided in Section (A)(2) of this Article V).

C.     If, in connection with any liquidating distribution pursuant to Section (A) of this Article V, the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the applicable Liquidation Preference payable on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding liquidating distributions payable on the shares of Parity Stock, if any, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the full respective aggregate liquidating distributions that would be payable on all such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

D.     For purposes of this Article V, the (i) merger, consolidation, exchange, amalgamation or combination of the Corporation with or into any other entity, (ii) merger, consolidation, exchange, amalgamation or combination of any other entity with or into the Corporation, or (iii) sale, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, in each case, shall not constitute a Liquidation Event.

ARTICLE VI

VOTING RIGHTS

A.     Except as otherwise required by law, (i) each Holder shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the largest number of whole shares of Common Stock into which all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held of record by such Holder could then be converted pursuant to Section (C) of Article VII as of the Record Date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote or consent on the applicable matter(s) or, if no such Record Date is established, at the date such vote or consent is taken or any written consent of such stockholders is first executed, (ii) except as otherwise provided in this Article VI and subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Holders shall be entitled to vote as a single class together with the holders of shares of Common Stock (and, to the extent applicable, with the holders of any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation) on all matters submitted for a vote of or consent by holders of shares of Common Stock (subject to that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, to be entered into as of the Issue Date, by and between the Corporation, Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (as may be amended from time to time, the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”) with respect to the election of directors), (iii) each Holder shall be entitled to notice of all meetings of the holders of shares of Common Stock (or of any proposed action by written consent of such holders) in accordance with the Bylaws as if the Holders were holders of shares of Common Stock, and (iv) so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Holders shall be entitled to vote as a single class on the election of such director as provided in Section (C) of this Article VI.

 

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B.     For so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without first obtaining the written consent of the Majority Holders or the affirmative vote of the Majority Holders at a meeting of all Holders called for that purpose, take any of the following actions:

 

 

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any change, amendment, alteration or repeal (including as a result of a merger, consolidation, exchange, amalgamation, combination, or other similar or extraordinary transaction) of any provision of the Charter or the Bylaws that would have an adverse effect on the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock;

 

 

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any change, amendment, alteration or repeal (including as a result of a merger, consolidation, exchange, amalgamation, combination, or other similar or extraordinary transaction) of any provision of the Charter, or any other action, in each case to authorize (or increase the number of authorized shares of), create, classify, reclassify or issue any Parity Stock (or any additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock) or Senior Stock; provided , however , that, effective as of such time there are fewer than 100,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, the approval right of the Majority Holders pursuant to this Section (B)(2) of Article VI shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect without the requirement of any additional action by any Holder or the Corporation; or

 

 

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cause the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to incur any Indebtedness to the extent such incurrence would cause the Corporation’s Total Leverage Ratio for any applicable Test Period to exceed 6:00:1:00 determined on a Pro-Forma Basis (as the terms “Indebtedness,” “Total Leverage Ratio,” “Test Period,” “Pro-Forma Basis” and all related and constituent defined terms, including “Consolidated Total Debt” and “Consolidated EBITDA,” are defined in the Credit Agreement).

Upon the first date that all shares of Series A Preferred Stock cease to be issued and outstanding, the provisions set forth in the foregoing Sections (B)(1) through (B)(3) of this Article VI shall (unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms and conditions of any such provision) automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect without the requirement of any additional action by any of the Holders or the Corporation.

C.     For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Majority Holders shall have the right to elect and appoint one member of the Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation at which directors are to be elected or appointed, except such meetings for the purpose of filling vacancies or newly created directorships (other than for the purpose of filling a vacancy or newly created directorship to be filled by the person to be

 

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elected by the Majority Holders), voting as a separate class from the holders of shares of Common Stock (and, to the extent applicable, as a separate class from the holders of any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation) or by execution of a written consent in lieu of such vote. Any Person elected or appointed pursuant to this Article VI shall, at all times, serve a one-year term and shall not be designated as a member of any class of directors of the Corporation (it being acknowledged and agreed that such Person (or such Person’s designated successor in accordance with the Stockholders’ Agreement and Section (D) of this Article VI) shall be a nominee for election at the Corporation’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and each subsequent meeting of stockholders of the Corporation at which directors are to be elected or appointed, except such meetings for the purpose of filling vacancies or newly created directorships (other than a vacancy to be filled by the person to be elected by the Majority Holders)).

D.     In the event of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, disability or removal of a director elected or appointed by the Majority Holders, the Majority Holders may, to the extent the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Stockholders’ Agreement at such time, elect or appoint a replacement designee to fill the resulting vacancy; provided that, if a director elected by the Majority Holders is removed for cause, the replacement designee shall not be the same person who was so removed. Other than for cause, a director elected or appointed by the Majority Holders may not be removed by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders.

E.     For purposes of clarification, any right of election, designation or appointment hereunder by the Majority Holders, as of any time of determination, shall mean a right of election, designation or appointment of such Holders at such time of determination as determined by the written consent, or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose, of the Majority Holders.

F.     For so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, the Holders shall be entitled to vote as a single class on any amendment to this Certificate of Designation that relates solely to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote thereon.

G.     For so long as any share of Series A Preferred Stock remains issued and outstanding, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be effected without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Majority Holders and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of holders of any other class or series of Capital Stock of the Corporation are recorded.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CONVERSION

A.     Mandatory Conversion Right of the Corporation . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII (including the conversion procedures set forth in Section (D) of this Article VII), at any time after the third anniversary of the Issue Date, if the 30-Day VWAP, measured as of the date that the Corporation’s Notice of Mandatory Conversion is sent pursuant to Section (B) of this Article VII, exceeds 150% of the Conversion Price, the Corporation shall have the right (but not the obligation) to convert (a “ Mandatory Conversion ”) all (and not less than all) of the then-issued-and-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (the date selected by the Corporation for any Mandatory Conversion pursuant to this Section (A) of Article VII, the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ” and the foregoing right of the Corporation, the “ Mandatory Conversion Right ”). In the case of a Mandatory Conversion, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, in respect of all of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the number of such shares, a Holder’s “ Mandatory Converting Amount ”), (i) a number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) such Holder’s Mandatory Converting Amount, multiplied by (B) the quotient of (1) the sum of (x) the Stated Value of one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, plus (y) the aggregate amount of unpaid Participating Dividends, if any, with respect to one share of Series A Preferred Stock, as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, plus (z) without duplication of all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends previously added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock through, but excluding, the Mandatory Conversion Date, divided by (2) the Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, and (ii) cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise due (but for the requirement to deliver only whole shares) under clause (i), determined in accordance with Section (H) of Article IX; provided , however , that, if the Mandatory Conversion Date occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (aa) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding the Corporation’s exercise of its Mandatory Conversion Right, and (bb) the amount of such Dividend, if a Regular Dividend, will not be included in the Stated Value referred to in clause (i)(B)(1)(x) above or added pursuant to clause (i)(B)(1)(z) above; provided , further , that the Corporation will in no event fix a Mandatory Conversion Date that is on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date unless the Board shall have authorized and declared such Dividend and the Corporation shall have set aside the full amount of such Dividend due on such Dividend Payment Date.

B.     Mandatory Conversion Process . If the Corporation elects to effect a Mandatory Conversion, the Corporation shall provide written notice of the Mandatory Conversion to each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (such notice, a “ Notice of Mandatory Conversion ”). The Mandatory Conversion Date selected by the Corporation shall be at least five (5) Business Days and not more than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which the Corporation provides the Notice of Mandatory Conversion to each such Holder pursuant to this Section (B) of Article VII. The Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall state, as

 

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appropriate: (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date selected by the Corporation; (ii) the Conversion Price as in effect on the date of the Notice of Mandatory Conversion; (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued (and the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of any fractional share) to such Holder upon conversion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, calculated in accordance with the Conversion Price referred to in the immediately preceding clause (ii); and (iv) to the extent applicable pursuant to the first proviso in Section (A) of this Article VII, the amount of Dividends to be paid to such Holder on the next Dividend Payment Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VII, the Corporation may not issue a Notice of Mandatory Conversion or effect a Mandatory Conversion or settle any such conversion unless the Liquidity Conditions are satisfied, as of the date such notice is sent, as of the related Mandatory Conversion Date and as of the date the Mandatory Conversion is settled, with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection therewith.

C.     Optional Conversion Right of the Holders . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article VII (including the conversion procedures set forth in Section (D) of this Article VII), at any time after the twelve-month anniversary of the Issue Date (or, if earlier, the date the Corporation sends any Change of Control Notice), each Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert any or all of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock (a Holder’s “ Optional Conversion Right ”), and the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to a Holder’s exercise of its Optional Conversion Right (such number, a Holder’s “ Optional Converting Amount ”) shall be converted into (i) a number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) such Holder’s Optional Converting Amount, multiplied by (B) the quotient of (1) the sum of (x) the Stated Value of one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the related Optional Conversion Date, plus (y) the aggregate amount of unpaid Participating Dividends, if any, with respect to one share of Series A Preferred Stock, as of such Optional Conversion Date, plus (z) without duplication of any accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends previously added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock through, but excluding, such Optional Conversion Date, divided by (2) the Conversion Price as of such Optional Conversion Date, and (ii) cash in lieu of any fractional share otherwise due (but for the requirement to deliver only whole shares) under clause (i), determined in accordance with Section (H) of Article IX; provided , however , that, if the applicable Optional Conversion Date for the conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (x) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the applicable Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding any such Holder’s exercise of its Optional Conversion Right, and (y) the amount of such Dividend, if a Regular Dividend, will not be included in the Stated Value referred to in clause (i)(B)(1)(x) above or added pursuant to clause (i)(B)(1)(z) above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section (C) of Article VII, in no event shall a Holder be entitled to exercise its Optional Conversion Right in respect of fewer than 25,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (unless such Holder’s exercise of its Optional Conversion Right is in respect of all remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder).

 

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D.     Conversion Procedures . A Holder must comply with each of the following requirements in order to convert its Optional Converting Amount pursuant to Section (C) of this Article VII:

 

 

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complete and manually sign the conversion notice substantially in the form of Annex A attached hereto (the “ Notice of Conversion ”), and deliver such Notice of Conversion to the Conversion Agent;

 

 

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if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Corporation; and

 

 

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if required, pay any share transfer, documentary, stamp or similar taxes not payable by the Corporation pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

The “ Optional Conversion Date ” shall mean the date on which a holder complies with the procedures set forth in this Section (D) of Article VII.

E.     Effect of Conversion . Except to the extent provided in the first proviso to Section (A) of this Article VII or in the proviso to Section (C) of this Article VII, effective immediately as of to the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date or the Optional Conversion Date, Dividends shall no longer accrue or be declared on any such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding.

F.     Record Holder of Securities Underlying a Conversion or Redemption; Settlement of Conversion Shares . The Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to any exercise of (i) the Corporation’s Mandatory Conversion Right, (ii) a Holder’s Optional Conversion Right, or (iii) the Corporation Optional Redemption Right pursuant to Section (A) of Article VIII (to the extent, if any, that the Corporation shall elect to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to such redemption), in each case, entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or redemption (such shares of Common Stock, the “ Conversion Shares ”) shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Optional Conversion Date or the Corporation Optional Redemption Date (as defined below), respectively; provided , however , that such Holder may identify one or more other Persons to receive such Conversion Shares in connection with any such conversion or redemption in such Holder’s Notice of Conversion (or, in the case of a Mandatory Conversion, in a written notice sent to the Corporation no later than the Business Day immediately following the related Mandatory Conversion Date) or documentation necessary to consummate such redemption duly submitted to the Conversion Agent or the Corporation, as applicable. In the case of a conversion, as promptly as practicable on or after the applicable Optional Conversion Date or Mandatory Conversion Date (and in no event later than the third Trading Day thereafter), the Corporation shall issue to such record holder(s) the number of whole Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion (and deliver payment of cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise due (but for the requirement to issue only whole shares), as determined in accordance with Section (H) of

 

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Article IX)). In the case of any exercise of the Corporation Optional Redemption Right (to the extent, if any, that the Corporation shall elect to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to such redemption), the related Conversion Shares will be issued on the related Corporation Optional Redemption Date. Conversion Shares shall not be certificated and shall be registered in the name of DTC’s nominee and delivered to the DTC (or the DTC custodian of the Common Stock) or, if directed otherwise by the applicable Holder, to the account so directed. In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice comply with any of the requirements set forth in this Section (F) of Article VII, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such Conversion Shares or, as applicable, cash to and in the name of the Holder in the manner shown in the books and records of the Corporation.

G.     Status of Converted or Acquired Shares . Without limiting the right of Holders to receive any Dividend on a Dividend Payment Date pursuant to the first proviso to Section (A) of this Article VII or the proviso to Section (C) of this Article VII, (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designation, or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall be canceled upon the conversion or acquisition thereof, and (ii) all such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall upon their cancelation constitute authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation or classification as to series, until such shares are once more designated or classified as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Charter.

ARTICLE VIII

REDEMPTION

A.     Redemption at the Option of the Corporation . At any time after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, the Corporation shall have the right (but not the obligation) (the “ Corporation Optional Redemption Right ”) to redeem all (and not less than all) of the then-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, upon providing the Holders the applicable notice of redemption pursuant to Section (C) of this Article VIII, at a redemption price per share of Series A Preferred Stock (payable by the Corporation in cash, whole shares of Common Stock, or a combination of a cash and whole shares of Common Stock, at the Corporation’s election) equal to the sum of (i) Stated Value of one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Corporation Optional Redemption Date, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of unpaid Participating Dividends, if any, with respect to one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Corporation Optional Redemption Date, plus (z) without duplication of any accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends previously added to the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, all accrued and unpaid Regular Dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock through, but excluding, the Corporation Optional Redemption Date (the “ Corporation Optional Redemption Price ”); provided , however , that, if the Corporation Optional Redemption Date occurs on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date and Dividends have been declared for such Dividend Payment Date, then (A) on such Dividend Payment Date, such Dividend will be paid to the Holder of each share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the applicable Record Date for such Dividend, notwithstanding the Corporation’s exercise of the Corporation Optional Redemption Right; and (B) the amount of such Dividend, if a Regular Dividend, will not be included in the Stated Value

 

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referred to in the immediately preceding sentence or added pursuant to clause (ii)(z) of such sentence; provided , further , that the Corporation will in no event fix a Corporation Optional Redemption Date that is on or after the Record Date for a Dividend and on or before the immediately following Dividend Payment Date unless the Board shall have authorized and declared such Dividend and the Corporation shall have set aside the full amount of such Dividend due on such Dividend Payment Date. The Corporation Optional Redemption Price shall be paid to the Holders in the same form(s) of consideration and on a pro rata basis such that each Holder shall be entitled to receive, with respect to each single share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, the same amount of cash, shares of Common Stock, or combination thereof as each other Holder is entitled to receive with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such other Holder. In the event that the Corporation elects to settle the payment of the Corporation Optional Redemption Price to each Holder through delivery of shares of Common Stock (a “ Physical Redemption Settlement ”) or a combination of a cash payment and delivery of shares of Common Stock (a “ Combination Redemption Settlement ”), (1) the value of each share of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such payment shall be equal to the 30-Day VWAP, measured as of the date that the Corporation provides the Holders the applicable notice of redemption pursuant to Section (C) of this Article VIII, and (2) the Corporation shall pay to each Holder cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise due (but for the requirement to deliver only whole shares) under this Section (A) of Article VIII, determined in accordance with Section (H) of Article IX. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VIII, the Corporation may not exercise the Corporation Optional Redemption Right pursuant to a Physical Redemption Settlement or a Combination Redemption Settlement, issue any related notice with respect thereto, or settle any such redemption (I) unless the Liquidity Conditions are satisfied, as of the date the notice of the related redemption is sent and as of the Corporation Optional Redemption Date, with respect to the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection therewith; and (II) before the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, if at all, to the extent the number of Conversion Shares that would thereby be issuable would exceed the Number of Available Shares as of the date the related notice of redemption is sent pursuant to Section (C) of this Article VIII.

B.     Mandatory Redemption Upon the Occurrence of a Change of Control .

 

 

1.

In the event of a transaction resulting in a Change of Control, the Corporation (or its successor) shall be required to redeem, by irrevocable written notice to the Holders, all of the then-issued-and-outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by all Holders. Upon such redemption, the Corporation will pay or deliver, as applicable, to each Holder in respect of each share of Series A Preferred Stock held by such Holder, an amount equal to the greater of (a) cash in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the product of (x) the applicable Mandatory Redemption Multiplier, multiplied by (y) the Stated Value of one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Redemption Date plus the aggregate amount of unpaid Participating Dividends, if any, with respect to one share of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Mandatory Redemption Date, plus (2) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid Dividends from the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding the Mandatory

 

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Redemption Date through, but excluding, the Mandatory Redemption Date, and (b) the amount of cash and/or other assets such Holder would have received had such Holder, as of the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction resulting in a Change of Control, converted such share of Series A Preferred Stock into Conversion Shares pursuant to Section (C) of Article VII and participated in such transaction resulting in such Change of Control as a holder of shares of Common Stock (such greater amount, the “ Mandatory Redemption Price ”). No later than the consummation of any transaction resulting in a Change of Control, the Corporation (or its successor) shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder the Mandatory Redemption Price with respect to such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock; provided , that, in each case, the Corporation shall only be required to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price to the extent such payment can be made out of funds legally available therefor; provided , further , that the Corporation shall only pay the Mandatory Redemption Price in cash to the extent, and in an aggregate amount with respect to all shares of Series A Preferred Stock, not prohibited by the Specified Contract Terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designation (including the terms and conditions of Section (I) of Article IX), the Corporation will (I) not be permitted to deliver any shares of Common Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control to the extent such delivery would violate the rules and regulations of the Principal Stock Exchange, and (II) be required to settle any such amount in cash or other non-stock assets.

 

 

2.

On or prior to the tenth (10 th ) Business Day prior to the date on which the Corporation anticipates consummating a transaction which would result in a Change of Control (or, if later, promptly after the Corporation shall have discovered that a transaction resulting in a Change of Control has occurred), the Corporation shall send written notice (a “ Change of Control Notice ”) in the manner set forth in Article XI to the Holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which such Change of Control Notice shall include (a) the date on which the transaction that would result in a Change of Control is anticipated to be effected (or, to the extent applicable, the date on which a Schedule TO or other similar schedule, form or report disclosing the occurrence of a Change of Control was filed), (b) a description of the material terms and conditions of such transaction, (c) a statement that all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed by the Corporation (or its successor) on a date specified in such Change of Control Notice (the “ Mandatory Redemption Date ”), which such date must be a Business Day of the Corporation’s choosing that is no later than the date of the consummation of the transaction resulting in such

 

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Change of Control, (d) the Mandatory Redemption Price with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, and (e) the procedures that Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock must follow in order for their shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Any Change of Control Notice mailed or delivered as provided in this Section (B)(2) of Article VIII shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not any applicable Holder receives such notice, but failure to duly give such notice by mail or delivery, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing or delivery thereof, to any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed pursuant to this Section (B) of Article VIII shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other share(s) of Series A Preferred Stock to the extent that such failure to duly give notice or any defect in such notice or the mailing or delivery thereof (in each case, to the extent such failure or defect is not promptly cured or corrected) does not materially prejudice any such Holder. The Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock subject to any redemption pursuant to this Section (B) of Article VIII entitled to receive any securities or other assets payable upon such redemption pursuant to Section (B)(1)(b) of this Article VIII shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such securities or assets as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Redemption Date; provided , however , that such Holder may identify one or more other Persons to receive such securities or assets in connection with any such redemption in a written notice sent to the Corporation no later than three Business Days prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date.

 

 

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If, in connection with a transaction resulting in a Change of Control, the Corporation or its successor shall not have sufficient funds legally available under the DGCL to redeem all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then the Corporation shall (a) redeem, pro rata among the Holders, a number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that can be redeemed with the maximum amount legally available for the redemption of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock under the DGCL, and (b) redeem all remaining shares of Series A Preferred Stock not redeemed because of the foregoing limitations at the applicable Mandatory Redemption Price as soon as practicable after the Corporation (or its successor) is able to make such redemption out of assets legally available for the purchase of such share of Series A Preferred Stock. The inability of the Corporation (or its successor) to make a redemption payment for any reason shall not relieve the Corporation (or its successor) from its obligation to effect any required redemption when, as and if permitted by applicable law.

 

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C.     Notice of Redemption . Notice of any redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section (A) of this Article VIII shall be given pursuant to Article XI. Such mailing shall be at least thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for any such redemption. Any notice mailed or delivered as provided in this Section (C) of Article VIII shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not any applicable Holder receives such notice, but failure to duly give such notice by mail or delivery, or any defect in such notice or in the mailing or delivery thereof, to any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption pursuant to Section (A) of this Article VIII shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other share(s) of Series A Preferred Stock to the extent that such failure to duly give notice or any defect in such notice or the mailing or delivery thereof (in each case, to the extent such failure or defect is not promptly cured or corrected) does not materially prejudice any such Holder. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall include: (i) the applicable redemption date in respect of the Corporation’s exercise of the Corporation Optional Redemption Right (the “ Corporation Optional Redemption Date ”); (ii) the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii) with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation Optional Redemption Price; and (iv) the procedures that Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock must follow in order for their shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed. For the avoidance of doubt, Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to convert all or a portion of the Series A Preferred Stock at any time prior to the Corporation Optional Redemption Date, and any Common Stock resulting from such conversion shall not be redeemed.

D.     Status of Redeemed Shares . Without limiting the right of any Holder to receive any Dividend on a Dividend Payment Date pursuant to the provisos set forth in Section (A) of this Article VIII, (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly redeemed in accordance with this Certificate of Designation, or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall be canceled upon the acquisition thereof, and (ii) all such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall upon their cancelation constitute authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation or classification as to series, until such shares are once more designated or classified as part of a particular series by the Board of Director pursuant to the provisions of the Charter.

ARTICLE IX

CONVERSION ADJUSTMENTS

A.     Anti-Dilution Adjustments . The Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment under the following circumstances at any time or from time to time while any share of Series A Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding:

 

 

1.

If a subdivision or consolidation of the shares of Common Stock or a reclassification of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock occurs, then the Conversion Price will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where:

 

 

CP 0  =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification;

 

 

CP 1  =

the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such effective date;

 

 

OS 0  =

the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such effective date, without giving effect to such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification; and

 

 

OS 1  =

the number of shares of Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section (A)(1) of Article IX shall be effective as of the time set forth in the definition of CP 1 above. If any such event is declared but does not occur, the Conversion Price shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Corporation announces that such event shall not occur, to the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such event had not been declared.

 

 

2.

If the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than any such payment (A) made (x) pursuant to an “open market” transaction in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, or (y) in connection with an “accelerated share repurchase” on customary terms, and (B) that does not constitute a “tender offer” under the Exchange Act), where the cash and value (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors as of the time such tender or exchange offer expires (such time, the “ Expiration Time ”)) of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock purchased exceeds the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) (such last date, the “ Expiration Date ”), then the Conversion Price will be decreased based on the following formula:

 

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CP 0  =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the Expiration Time;

 

 

CP 1  =

the new Conversion Price in effect immediately after the Expiration Time;

 

 

AC =

the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), as of the Expiration time, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for such shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer;

 

 

OS 1  =

the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

 

OS 0  =

the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (before giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

 

SP =

the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;

provided, however , that, if the application of such adjustment with respect to such purchase would result in an increase to the Conversion Price, then no such adjustment will be made for such purchase. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section (A)(2) of Article IX shall become effective as of the time set forth in the definition of CP 1 above. In the event that the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries becomes obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock in a transaction that resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section (A)(2) of Article IX but is prevented by applicable law from effecting such purchase, or such purchase is rescinded, then the Conversion Price shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Price that would then be in effect if such adjustment had not been made (and shall be re-adjusted again if such purchase shall later be permitted to occur).

 

 

3.

If the Corporation shall issue (x) shares of Common Stock or (y) any other security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, whether immediately, during specified times, upon the satisfaction of any one or more conditions or otherwise (any such security referred to in this clause (y), an “ Equity-Linked Security ”), in each case at an Effective Price per share of Common Stock that is less than the Conversion Price in effect (before giving effect to the adjustment required by this Section (A)(3) of Article IX as of the date of

 

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the issuance or sale of such shares or Equity-Linked Securities (such an issuance or sale, a “ Qualified Issuance ”), other than an Excluded Issuance, then, effective as of the Close of Business on such date, the Conversion Price will be decreased to an amount equal to the Weighted Average Issuance Price. For these purposes, the “ Weighted Average Issuance Price ” will be equal to:

 

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where:

 

 

CP  =

the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Qualified Issuance;

 

 

OS  =

the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately before such Qualified Issuance;

 

 

EP  =

the Effective Price per share of Common Stock with respect to such Qualified Issuance; and

 

 

X  =

the sum, without duplication, of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock issued in such Qualified Issuance; and (y) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked Securities issued in such Qualified Issuance;

provided, however , that, if the application of such adjustment with respect to such Qualified Issuance would result in an increase to the Conversion Price, then no such adjustment will be made for such Qualified Issuance. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section (A)(3) of Article IX shall become effective immediately after the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section (A)(3) of Article IX, before the date, if any, when the Requisite Stockholder Approval is obtained, (x) the Conversion Price will not be adjusted pursuant to this Section (A)(3) of Article IX to an amount that is less than [•] 3 (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock splits, dividends and combinations and similar transactions); and (y) the Corporation will not engage in any Qualified Issuance that would result in the application of the immediately preceding clause (x) without the approval of the Majority Holders.

 

 

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Note to Draft : To be the lowest possible Conversion Price permitted without requirement for the Corporation to obtain the Requisite Stockholder Approval, calculated as of close of business on the trading day immediately prior to the Issue Date.

 

 

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B.     Calculation of Adjustments . All adjustments to the Conversion Price shall be calculated by the Corporation to the nearest $0.0001 (with $0.00005 rounded upward).

C.     When No Adjustment Required .

 

 

1.

Except as otherwise provided in this Article IX, the Conversion Price will not be adjusted (a) for the issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing, or (b) for the repurchase of shares of Common Stock.

 

 

2.

No adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made as a result of the issuance of, the distribution of separate certificates representing, the exercise or redemption of, or the termination or invalidation of, rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plans.

 

 

3.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Article IX, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall be made:

 

 

(a)

upon the issuance of Conversion Shares;

 

 

(b)

upon the issuance of any share of Common Stock or option or right to purchase, or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock pursuant to any former, present or future employee, director, manager or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or of any employee or director agreement, arrangement or program, in each case where such issuance, plan, program, agreement or arrangement is or has been approved by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved by the holders of shares of Common Stock at the Corporation’s 2018 annual meeting of the holders of shares of Common Stock);

 

 

(c)

upon the issuance of any share of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Parity Stock or Junior Stock;

 

 

(d)

upon the issuance of any Parity Stock or Junior Stock in connection with any “business combination” (as defined in the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC) or otherwise in connection with bona fide acquisitions of securities or substantially all of the assets of another Person, business unit, division or business;

 

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(e)

upon the issuance of capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation issued to the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation;

 

 

(f)

upon the issuance of securities of a joint venture (provided that no Affiliate (other than any Subsidiary of the Corporation) of the Corporation acquires any interest in such securities in connection with such issuance) (any such issuance referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) – (f), an “ Excluded Issuance ”); or

 

 

(g)

for a change in the par value of the shares of Common Stock.

D.     Successive Adjustments; Multiple Adjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, (i) after an adjustment to the Conversion Price under this Article IX, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article IX shall cause an adjustment to such Conversion Price as so adjusted, and (ii) if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Price pursuant to more than one subsection of Section (A) of this Article IX, such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder; provided , however , that, if more than one subsection of Section (A) of this Article IX is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment.

E.     Other Adjustments . Subject to the applicable listing standards of the Principal Stock Exchange, the Corporation may, but shall not be required to, make such decreases to the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by this Article IX, as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holder of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of shares or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for shares or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.

F.     Notice of Adjustments . Subject to the terms and conditions of Section (B) of this Article IX, the Corporation shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment under Section (A) of this Article IX (or, if the Corporation is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming so aware) or the date the Corporation makes an adjustment pursuant to Section (E) of this Article IX:

 

 

1.

compute the adjusted applicable Conversion Price in accordance with this Article IX and prepare and transmit to the Conversion Agent an officer’s certificate setting forth the applicable Conversion Price, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

 

 

2.

provide a written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then issued and outstanding of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the applicable Conversion Price was determined and setting forth the adjusted applicable Conversion Price.

 

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G.     Conversion Agent . The Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to determine whether any fact or event exists or has been approved or authorized that may require any adjustment of the applicable Conversion Price or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Conversion Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any notice delivered pursuant to Section (F) of this Article IX and any adjustment contained therein and the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such notice or certificate. The Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any share of Series A Preferred Stock or any share of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, that may at the time of any adjustment or conversion be issued or delivered with respect to any share of Series A Preferred Stock, and the Conversion Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Conversion Agent, if other than the Corporation, shall not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to issue, transfer or deliver any share of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Corporation contained in this Article IX.

H.     Fractional Shares . The Corporation shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion or redemption, as applicable, of any share of Series A Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable, Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a share of Common Stock, multiplied by (ii) the 30-Day VWAP, measured as of (A) in the event of the Corporation’s exercise of its Mandatory Conversion Right pursuant to Section (A) of Article VII, the date that the Corporation provides the Holders with the Notice of Mandatory Conversion pursuant to Section (B) of Article VII, (B) in the event that a Holder has exercised its Optional Conversion Right pursuant to Section (C) of Article VII, the date that the Corporation receives such Holder’s Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section (D) of Article VII, or (C) in the event that the Corporation has exercised the Corporation Optional Conversion Right pursuant to Section (A) of Article VIII and has selected to settle the payment of the Corporation Optional Redemption Price pursuant to a Physical Redemption Settlement or a Combination Redemption Settlement, the date that the Corporation provides the Holders with notice of such redemption pursuant to Section (C) of Article VIII, as applicable. In order to determine whether the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock upon the conversion of such Holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock will include a fractional share (in lieu of which cash would be paid hereunder), such determination shall be based on the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of such Holder that are being converted with the same Conversion Date or Corporation Optional Redemption Date, as applicable.

I.     Reorganization Events .

 

 

1.

If there occurs:

 

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(a)

any reclassification, statutory exchange, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other similar business combination of the Corporation with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock is changed or converted into, or exchanged for, or represent solely the right to receive, cash, securities or other property;

 

 

(b)

any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all the property and assets of the Corporation, in each case pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are converted into cash, securities or other property; or

 

 

(c)

any statutory exchange of securities of the Corporation with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or amalgamation covered by Section I(1)(a) of this Article IX) or reclassification, recapitalization or reorganization of the shares of Common Stock into other securities,

(each of which is referred to as a “ Reorganization Event ,” with such cash, securities or other property being referred to as “ Reference Property ” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Reorganization Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property and without any interest on such Reference Property or any right to any dividend or distribution on such Reference Property that has a record date that is prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event) being referred to as a “ Reference Property Unit ”)) then, effective as of the effective time of such Reorganization Event, without the requirement of any action by or receipt of any consent from any Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock (but subject to the terms and conditions of Section (I)(2) of this Article IX), (I) the consideration due upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, or in connection with any Physical Redemption Settlement, Combination Redemption Settlement, the adjustments to the Conversion Price, the determination of the amount and kind of Participating Dividends that Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, and the conditions to any Mandatory Conversion, will each be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Certificate of Designation were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (II) for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control,” the “Capital Stock” of the Corporation will be deemed to mean the common equity, if any, forming part of such Reference Property. For these purposes, the Closing Price or VWAP of any Reference

 

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Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Corporation (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

If such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of shares of Common Stock held by Affiliates of the Corporation and non-Affiliates or by the Person with which the Corporation amalgamated or consolidated or into which the Corporation merged or which merged into the Corporation or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (any such Person, a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be determined based on the cash, securities or other property that were distributed in such Reorganization Event to holders of shares of Common Stock that are not Constituent Persons or Affiliates of the Corporation or Constituent Persons. In addition, if the kind or amount of cash, securities or other property receivable upon a Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by a Person other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate of the Corporation or a Constituent Person, then for the purpose of this Section (I) of Article IX, the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be determined based on the weighted average, as determined by the Corporation in good faith, of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of shares of Common Stock.

 

 

2.

Exchange Property Election . In the event that the holders of shares of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in a Reorganization Event, the Exchange Property that the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive shall be determined by the Majority Holders on or before the earlier of (a) the deadline for elections by holders of shares of Common Stock, and (b) two Business Days before the anticipated effective date of such Reorganization Event.

 

 

3.

Reorganization Event Notice . The Corporation (or any successor) shall, no less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Reference Property Unit. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of the remainder of this Section (I) of Article IX.

 

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Limitation on Reorganization Event Agreements . The Corporation shall not enter into any agreement with respect to a transaction that, upon consummation, would constitute a Reorganization Event unless (a) such agreement provides for or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable) conversion or other settlement of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then-issued-and-outstanding in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section (I)(1) of this Article IX, and (b) to the extent that the Corporation is not the surviving entity in such Reorganization Event or will be dissolved in connection with such Reorganization Event, proper provision shall be made in the agreement or series of agreements governing such Reorganization Event for (I) the conversion or other settlement of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the Reorganization Event in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section (I)(1) of this Article IX, and (II) in the case of a Reorganization Event described in Section (I)(1)(b) of this Article IX, an exchange of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the Reorganization Event for comparable shares of the Person to whom the Corporation’s assets are conveyed or transferred, having voting powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights as nearly equal as possible to those provided in this Certificate of Designation.

 

 

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Change of Control . Nothing in this Section (I) of Article IX will affect the Corporation’s obligation to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section (B) of Article VIII.

J.     Stockholder Rights Plans . If the Corporation distributes any right pursuant to any stockholder rights plan on or after the Issue Date, then such distribution will not require a Participating Dividend except to the extent provided in the immediately following sentence. If any share of Common Stock is issued upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock and, at the time of such conversion, the Corporation has in effect a stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive or have the benefit of, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the consideration otherwise payable under this Certificate of Designation upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan.

ARTICLE X

RESERVATION OF SHARES

The Corporation shall, at all times when any share of Series A Preferred Stock is issued and outstanding, reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as will from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all then issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Prior to the delivery of any securities that the

 

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Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion or redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations that require action to be taken by the Corporation to authorize, permit or cause such delivery. Each share of Common Stock, when issued upon conversion or redemption of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will be listed on each stock exchange, if any, on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed.

ARTICLE XI

NOTICES

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, (ii) the date of actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is given, and (iii) five (5) days following the date of mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested to the address of the recipient set forth in this Article XI or, if not so set forth, as otherwise reflected in the Corporation’s records. The addresses for such communications shall be: (A) if to the Corporation, to: Catalent, Inc., 14 Schoolhouse Road, Somerset, NJ 08873, Attention: General Counsel (email: GenCouns@Catalent.com), or (B) if to a Holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, to the address appearing on the Corporation’s shareholder records or such other address as such holder may provide to the Corporation in accordance with this Article XI. The address for the initial Holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the Issue Date is c/o Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., #2000, Los Angeles, CA 90025, Attention Peter Zippelius (email: pzippelius@leonardgreen.com). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through DTC or any similar facility, any such notice may be given to a Holder of the Series A Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.

ARTICLE XII

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

As used in this Certificate of Designation, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

30-Day VWAP ” per share of Common Stock, measured as of any date of determination, shall mean the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share of Common Stock for each of the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding such date of determination.

60-Day VWAP ” per share of Common Stock, measured as of any date of determination, shall mean the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share of Common Stock for each of the sixty (60) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding such date of determination.

Accrued Dividend Amount ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article IV.

 

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Affiliate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 144(a) under the Securities Act.

Announcement Date ” shall mean the day on which the execution of the Merger Agreement is first publicly announced.

Announcement Price ” shall mean $41.2841 per share of Common Stock.

Beneficially Own ” shall mean “beneficially own” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

Board of Directors ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.

Business Day ” shall mean a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Buyer ” shall mean Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Bylaws ” shall mean the Bylaws of the Corporation as in effect on any date of determination.

Capital Stock ” shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) shares issued by the Corporation, including the Common Stock and the Corporation’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Cash and PIK Dividend ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (D) of Article IV.

Cash and PIK Dividend Aggregate Cash Amount ” shall mean, with respect to any Cash and PIK Dividend authorized and declared by the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), the aggregate amount of cash authorized and declared to be paid to the Holders in respect of all issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Record Date for such Cash and PIK Dividend.

Cash and PIK Dividend Cash Settlement Amount ” shall mean, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the quotient of (A) the Cash and PIK Dividend Aggregate Cash Amount, divided by (B) the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the Record Date for the applicable Cash and PIK Dividend.

Certificate of Designation ” shall mean this Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Limitations of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

A.     the Corporation becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or Group, including any Group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (as defined below) of more than fifty percent (50.0%) of the voting power of all of the Corporation’s then-outstanding common equity (directly or through the acquisition of voting power of the common equity of any of the Corporation’s direct or indirect parent entities); or

B.     the consummation of (1) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, or (2) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property;

provided , however , that (a) any transaction in which the Corporation or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Corporation becomes a Subsidiary of another Person, or any transaction described in clause (B)(2) above, shall not constitute a Change of Control if the Persons beneficially owning all of the voting power of the common equity of the Corporation or such parent entity immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than fifty percent (50.0%) of all voting power of the common equity of the Corporation or such parent entity or the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, immediately following the consummation of such transaction, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction, (b) the transfer of assets between or among the Corporation and its Subsidiaries in accordance with Specified Contract Terms shall not itself constitute a “Change of Control,” and (c) a “person” or “group” shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or any voting or option agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both clause (A) and in clause (B)(1) or (B)(2) above (without giving effect to the proviso set forth in this definition) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such proviso); and (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner” and whether shares are “beneficially owned” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

Change of Control Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B)(2) of Article VIII.

Charter ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.

Close of Business ” shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Business Day.

Closing Price ” of the shares of Common Stock for any Trading Day shall mean the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in

 

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composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed. If the shares of Common Stock are not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Closing Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the shares of Common Stock are not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Closing Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Corporation in good faith.

Code ” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Combination Redemption Settlement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VIII.

Common Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article III.

Constituent Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (I) of Article IX.

Conversion Agent ” shall mean the Person acting as conversion agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in Article XVI.

Conversion Date ” shall mean any Mandatory Conversion Date or Optional Conversion Date.

Conversion Price ” shall mean $49.5409 per share of Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article IX.

Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (F) of Article VII.

Corporation ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.

Corporation Optional Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article VIII.

Corporation Optional Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VIII.

Corporation Optional Redemption Right ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VIII.

Credit Agreement ” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2014, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., PTS Intermediate Holdings LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., as administrative agent, collateral agent and swing line lender and other lenders as parties thereto, as amended by that certain Amendment No.

 

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1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2014, Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2016, and Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2017, in the form such agreement is on file on EDGAR as of April 14, 2019, but including as supplemented by any Incremental Amendment (as defined in the Credit Agreement), entered into in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

DGCL ” shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Dividends ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article IV.

Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article IV.

Dividend Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article IV.

DTC ” shall mean the Depository Trust Company.

Equity-Linked Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A)(3) of Article IX.

Effective Price ” shall mean, with respect to the issuance of any share of Common Stock or any Equity-Linked Security:

A.     in the case of the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance price of such shares of Common Stock, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock; and

B.     in the case of the issuance of any Equity-Linked Security, an amount equal to a fraction whose:

 

 

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numerator is equal to the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate value of the issuance price of all such Equity-Linked Securities; and (b) the aggregate value of the minimum aggregate additional consideration, if any, payable to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Equity-Linked Securities; and

 

 

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denominator is equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked Securities;

provided , however , that:

(w)     for purposes of clauses (A) and (B)(1) above, all underwriting commissions, placement agency commissions or similar commissions paid to any broker-dealer by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates in connection with such issuance (excluding any other fees or expenses incurred by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates) will be included in the aggregate issuance price referred to in such clauses;

 

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(x)     for purposes of clause (B) above, if such minimum aggregate consideration, or such maximum number of shares of Common Stock, is not determinable at the time such Equity-Linked Securities are issued or sold, then (I) the initial consideration payable under such Equity-Linked Securities, or the initial number of shares of Common Stock underlying such Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable, will be used; and (II) at each time thereafter when such amount of consideration or number of shares becomes determinable or is otherwise adjusted (including pursuant to “anti-dilution” or similar provisions), there will be deemed to occur, for purposes of Section (A)(3) of Article IX and without affecting any prior adjustment theretofore made to the Conversion Price, an issuance of additional Equity-Linked Securities;

(y)     for purposes of clause (B) above, the surrender, extinguishment, maturity or other expiration of any such Equity-Linked Securities will be deemed not to constitute consideration payable to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Equity-Linked Securities; and

(z)     the “value” of any such consideration will be the fair value thereof, as of the date such shares or Equity-Linked Securities, as applicable, are issued, determined in good faith by the Corporation (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

Ex-Dividend Date ” shall mean, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of shares of Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Exchange Property ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (I) of Article IX.

Exchange Property Unit ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (I) of Article IX.

Excluded Issuance ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C)(3)(f) of Article IX.

Group ” shall mean any group of one or more persons if such group would be deemed a “group” as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.

 

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Holder ” shall mean a Person in whose name any share of Series A Preferred Stock is registered, which such Person shall be treated by the Corporation, the Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent as the absolute owner of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making any payment and settling any conversion and for all other purposes under this Certificate of Designation; provided that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (A) no Person that has received any share of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be deemed a Holder, (B) the Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall not, unless otherwise directed by the Corporation, recognize any such Person as a Holder, and (C) the Person in whose name such share of Series A Preferred Stock was registered immediately prior to such transfer shall remain the Holder of such share.

Indebtedness ” shall mean any indebtedness (including principal and premium) in respect of borrowed money.

Indentures ” shall mean (A) the Indenture, dated October 18, 2017, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee; (B) the Indenture, dated December 9, 2016, by and among Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Deutsche Trustee Company Limited, as trustee, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., as transfer agent and registrar, in each case in the form such indentures are on file on EDGAR as of April 14, 2019; and (C) (1) the indenture relating to issuance of senior unsecured notes or other debt securities, or (2) the bridge loan agreement relating to senior unsecured increasing rate loans, in each case, entered into in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Investment Agreement ” shall mean that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2019, by and among the Corporation, Green Equity Investors VII, L.P. and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P.

Issue Date ” shall mean the date this Certificate of Designation is filed with, and accepted by, the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Junior Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article III.

Liquidation Event ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article V.

Liquidation Preference ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A)(2) of Article V.

Liquidity Conditions ” shall mean, with respect to any share of Common Stock, that (A) such share (1) will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company under an “unrestricted” CUSIP number; and (2) is either (a) freely transferrable, in the hands of the Holder to whom such share is to be issued, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, without limitation as to volume, manner-of-sale, notice or the availability of public information; or (b) covered by a resale shelf registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act and that names such Holder as a selling stockholder, the prospectus accompanying which does not contain any material misstatement or omission; and (B) to the knowledge of the Corporation, the resale of such share by such Holder during the next fifteen (15) calendar days is not expected in good faith by the Corporation to be restricted by any blackout or similar period under any policy or contract (including the Registration Rights Agreement) of the Corporation that is applicable to such Holder.

 

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Majority Approved Holders ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

Majority Holders ” means, as of any date of determination, the Holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

Mandatory Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VII.

Mandatory Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VII.

Mandatory Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VII.

Mandatory Converting Amount ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VII.

Mandatory Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B)(2) of Article VIII.

Mandatory Redemption Multiplier ” shall mean:

A.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs before the first anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred fifteen percent (115%);

B.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs on or after the first anniversary of the Issue Date but before the second anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred fourteen percent (114%);

C.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs on or after the second anniversary of the Issue Date but before the third anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred twelve percent (112%);

D.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs on or after the third anniversary of the Issue Date but before the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred nine percent (109%);

E.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs on or after the fourth anniversary of the Issue Date but before the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred five percent (105%); and

F.     with respect to any Change of Control that occurs on or after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date, one hundred percent (100%).

 

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Mandatory Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B)(1) of Article VIII.

Market Disruption Event ” shall mean, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which shares of Common Stock are listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) of shares of Common Stock or of any option, contract or future contract relating to shares of Common Stock.

Maximum Number of Conversion Shares ” shall mean, as of any time of determination, the sum of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued before such time to settle conversions of the Series A Preferred Stock (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock splits, dividends and combinations and similar transactions), if any, plus (B) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be required to settle the conversion of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued and outstanding at such time based on the Conversion Price in effect as of such time.

Merger Agreement ” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Buyer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer, solely with respect to Section 4.12 (solely with respect to the Equity Financing (as defined therein)) and Section 8.19 thereof, the Company, Paragon Bioservices, Inc., and Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC as representative of the Company Securityholders (as defined therein).

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (D)(1) of Article VII.

Notice of Mandatory Conversion ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article VII.

Number of Available Shares ” shall mean, as of any time of determination, the excess, if any, of the Principal Stock Exchange Maximum Number of Shares as of such time over the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares as of such time.

Open of Business ” shall mean 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day.

Optional Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (D) of Article VII.

Optional Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article VII.

Optional Converting Amount ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article VII.

Parity Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article III.

 

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Participating Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article IV.

Participating Dividend ” or “ Participating Dividends ” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section (A) of Article IV.

Paying Agent ” shall mean the Person acting as paying agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in Article XVI.

Person ” shall mean any individual, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Physical Redemption Settlement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VIII.

PIK Dividend ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article IV.

Principal Stock Exchange ” shall mean (A) the New York Stock Exchange, or (B) in the event that the shares of Common Stock are no longer listed or quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal United States or foreign national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are so listed or quoted, or if the shares of Common Stock are not so listed or quoted on a United States or foreign national securities exchange, the last quoted Trading Day bid price for shares of Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc.

Principal Stock Exchange Maximum Number of Shares ” shall mean a number of shares of Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares) equal to the product of (A) twenty percent (20%), multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the date of the Investment Agreement (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock splits, dividends and combinations and similar transactions).

Qualified Issuance ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A)(3) of Article IX.

Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of shares of Common Stock or shares of Series A Preferred Stock, as applicable, have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the shares of Common Stock or shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or other applicable security), as applicable, is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, or by statute, contract, this Certificate of Designation or otherwise). With respect to any Regular Dividend payable on any Regular Dividend Payment Date, the Record Date therefor will be the immediately preceding March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15, as applicable.

 

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Registrar ” shall mean the Person acting as registrar for the Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in Article XVI.

Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Corporation and Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Regular Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article IV.

Regular Dividend Period ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (B) of Article IV.

Regular Dividend ” or “ Regular Dividends ” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section (A) of Article IV.

Reorganization Event ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (I) of Article IX.

Requisite Stockholder Approval ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the applicable stockholder approval required by the listing standards of the Principal Stock Exchange with respect to the issuance of Conversion Shares upon conversion or redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock in excess of the limitations imposed by such listing standards (as of the Issue Date, the stockholder approval required pursuant to NYSE Listing Standard Rule 312.03(c)); provided , however , that the Requisite Stockholder Approval will be deemed to be obtained if, due to any amendment or binding change in the interpretation of the applicable listing standards of the Principal Stock Exchange, such stockholder approval is no longer required for the Corporation to issue any number of Conversion Shares to settle conversions or redemptions of the Series A Preferred Stock.

S&P 500 Index ” shall mean the S&P 500 Index owned and maintained by S&P Global (or any successor owner thereto).

S&P Announcement Price ” shall mean the arithmetic average of the closing value of the S&P 500 Index for each of the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding the Announcement Date.

S&P Year Four Price ” shall mean the arithmetic average of the closing value of the S&P 500 Index for each of the sixty (60) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding the four-year anniversary of the Issue Date.

SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933.

Senior Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (C) of Article III.

 

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Series A Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Article I.

Specified Contract Terms ” shall mean the covenants, terms and provisions of the Indentures and the Credit Agreement, until such time as such instruments have been discharged or such covenants, terms or provisions are no longer in effect.

Stated Value ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article IV.

Stockholders’ Agreement ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A) of Article VI.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (1) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (2) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

Trading Day ” shall mean any day on which (A) trading of shares of Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are then listed or, if shares of Common Stock are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which shares of Common Stock are then traded, and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If shares of Common Stock are not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Transfer Agent ” shall mean the Person acting as transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, as provided in Article XVI.

VWAP ” shall mean, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “CTLT <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Corporation in good faith. The VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

 

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VWAP Market Disruption Event ” shall mean, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are then listed, or, if shares of Common Stock are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which shares of Common Stock are then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date, or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) of shares of Common Stock or, if traded on such exchange, of any option, contract or future contract relating to shares of Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

VWAP Trading Day ” shall mean a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event, and (B) trading of shares of Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are then listed or, if shares of Common Stock are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which shares of Common Stock are then traded. If shares of Common Stock are not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Weighted Average Issuance Price ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section (A)(3) of Article IX.

Year Five Price ” shall mean the 60-Day VWAP measured as of the five-year anniversary of the Issue Date.

Year Four Price ” shall mean 60-Day VWAP measured as of the four-year anniversary of the Issue Date.

ARTICLE XIII

HEADINGS

The headings of the paragraphs of this Certificate of Designation are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

ARTICLE XIV

RECORD HOLDERS

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock as the absolute owner of such share of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of making any payment and settling any conversion or redemption of such share of Series A Preferred Stock and for all other purposes under this Certificate of Designation, and the Corporation shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary; provided that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) no Person that has received any share of Series A Preferred Stock in violation of the Stockholders’ Agreement shall be deemed a

 

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record holder of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) the Transfer Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall not, unless otherwise directed by the Corporation, recognize any such Person as a record holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock, and (iii) the Person in whose name such share of Series A Preferred Stock was registered immediately prior to such transfer shall remain the record holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock.

ARTICLE XV

CALCULATIONS

Whenever any provision of this Certificate of Designation requires the Corporation to calculate the Closing Prices or the VWAPs, or any function thereof, over a span of multiple days (including to calculate an adjustment to the Conversion Price), the Corporation will make appropriate adjustments to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Price that becomes effective, or any transaction or other event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Price or requiring a Participating Dividend, where the Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, of such transaction or event occurs, at any time during the period when such Closing Prices, VWAPs or function thereof are to be calculated. The Corporation will make all calculations under this Certificate of Designation in good faith, which calculations will, absent manifest error, control for purposes this Certificate of Designation.

ARTICLE XVI

TRANSFER AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT, AND REGISTRAR

The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, and Registrar for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be [Computershare Trust Company, N.A.]. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar in accordance with the terms and conditions of any agreement between the Corporation and such Person(s); provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor Transfer Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar, as applicable, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of any such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

ARTICLE XVII

SEVERABILITY

If any term of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms set forth herein that can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable term will, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no term herein set forth will be deemed dependent upon any other such term unless expressed stated herein.

 

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ARTICLE XVIII

OTHER RIGHTS

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any right, preference, privilege or voting power or relative, participating, optional or other special right, or qualification, limitation or restriction thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter, Bylaws or as provided by applicable law.

ARTICLE XIX

TRANSFER RIGHTS

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any share of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or redemption of any share of Series A Preferred Stock may not be sold or otherwise transferred except as permitted in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

ARTICLE XX

WITHHOLDING

All payments and distributions (or deemed distributions) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock (and any share of Common Stock issued upon the conversion or redemption of any share of Series A Preferred Stock) shall be subject to withholding and backup withholding of taxes to the extent required by applicable law, subject to applicable exemptions, and amounts withheld, if any, shall be treated as received by the Holders to the extent timely paid by the Corporation or the Paying Agent to the appropriate taxing authority.

 

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ARTICLE XXI

SECTION HEADINGS; CONSTRUCTION

The headings of Sections in this Certificate of Designation are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation. Unless otherwise specified, all references to “Section”, “Sections”, “clause” or “clauses” refer to the corresponding Section, Sections, clause or clauses of this Certificate of Designation. All words used in this Certificate of Designation will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the preceding words or terms and shall have the meaning “including, without limitation,” whether or not so specified. If any period expires on a day that is not a Business Day or any event or condition is required by the terms of this Certificate of Designation to occur or be fulfilled on a day that is not a Business Day, such period shall expire or such event or condition shall occur or be fulfilled, as the case may be, on the next succeeding Business Day. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends and such phrase shall not mean “if”. The words “herein”, “hereof” or “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this Certificate of Designation as a whole and not to any specific provision; the word “or” is not exclusive. All references herein to “$” or “dollars” refer to United States dollars and cents. Terms that are defined in this Certificate of Designation in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa. Any contract, instrument, law or regulation defined or referred to herein means such contract, instrument, law or regulation as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented or otherwise in effect, whether or not so specified, together with any rules or regulations promulgated under any such laws.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Catalent, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designation to be duly executed by its authorized officer this _______ day of ________________, 2019.

 

CATALENT, INC.

By:                                                                

Name: Steven L. Fasman

Title: Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary


ANNEX A

CONVERSION NOTICE

CATALENT, INC.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”) of Catalent, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of [•] shares of Series A Preferred Stock directs the Corporation to convert:

[•] shares of Series A Preferred Stock registered in the name of the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby directs the Corporation to cause the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) issued by the Corporation in response to this Conversion Notice to be registered in the following name:

_________________________________________,

and to mail evidence of book-entry of such issuance of shares of Common Stock and the cash, if any, payable in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the following address:

_________________________________________

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Date:

       
 

 

  

 

     (Legal Name of Holder)
    

By:

  
       

 

Name:

       

Title:

[Signature Page to Conversion Notice]


SCHEDULE B

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

[See Attached]


SCHEDULE B

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of [•], 2019, is by and among Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, on a several and not joint basis, the “ Purchaser ”). The Purchaser and any other Person who may become a party hereto pursuant to Section 11(c) are referred to individually as a “ Shareholder ” and collectively as the “ Shareholders .”

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser are parties to the Equity Commitment and Investment Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2019 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Investment Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to have, and the Company desires to grant, certain registration and other rights with respect to the Registrable Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

Section  1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings, and terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Investment Agreement:

Adverse Disclosure ” means public disclosure of material non-public information that the Company has determined in good faith (after consultation with legal counsel): (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus filed with the SEC by the Company so that such Registration Statement or Prospectus would not be materially misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement or Prospectus; and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, (i) “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise and (ii) the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings. For purposes of this Agreement (but not for purposes of the definition of “Registrable Securities”), none of the Shareholders and their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

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Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Common Stock ” means all shares currently or hereafter existing of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Convertible Preferred Stock ” means all currently or hereafter existing shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

Demand Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).

Investment Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Long-Form Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

Marketed Offering ” means a registered underwritten offering of Registrable Securities (including any registered underwritten Shelf Offering) that is consummated, withdrawn or abandoned by the applicable Shareholders following the participation by the Company’s management in a customary “road show” (including an “electronic road show”) or other similar marketing effort by the Company.

Offering Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(o).

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, estate, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity and any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

Piggyback Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

 

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Proceeding ” means an action, claim, suit, arbitration or proceeding (including an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or Rule 430B of the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Public Offering ” means the sale of shares of Common Stock to the public pursuant to an effective Registration Statement (other than Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form) filed under the Securities Act or any comparable law or regulatory scheme of any foreign jurisdiction.

Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registrable Securities ” means, as of any date of determination, any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Common Stock that the Shareholders have acquired or have the right to acquire upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, and any other securities issued or issuable with respect to any such shares by way of share split, share subdivision, share dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, replacement or similar event or otherwise acquired. As to any particular Registrable Securities, once issued, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing a restrictive legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; and (iii) such securities shall cease to be issued and outstanding. In addition, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities with respect to any holder upon the later of the date (A) such holder, together with its, his or her Affiliates, beneficially owns less than [ • ] 1 shares of Common Stock (including all shares issuable upon the conversion of all Convertible Preferred Stock) and (B) such holder is able to dispose of all of its, his or her Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 without any notice requirement, volume limitation or manner of sale limitation thereunder.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company under the Securities Act which covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

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Note to Draft: $150 million divided by the closing sale price as of the trading day immediately prior to the Closing Date.

 

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Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 of the Securities Act.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Shareholders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Shelf Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).

Short-Form Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

Stockholders’ Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(h).

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity (x) of which such Person or a subsidiary of such Person is a general partner or (y) of which a majority of the voting securities or other voting interests, or 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 Persons performing similar functions with respect to such Person, is directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or one or more subsidiaries thereof.

Take-Down Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).

Triggering Demand Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

The terms “ underwritten registration ” or “ underwritten offering ” means a registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

Well-Known Seasoned Issuer ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Section  2. Holders of Registrable Securities . A holder of Registrable Securities means a Shareholder that owns or has a right to acquire such Registrable Securities.

Section  3. Shelf Registration; Demand Registrations .

(a) Filing and Effectiveness of Shelf Registration Statement . Subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) prepare, file and cause to be declared effective by the SEC (if such Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement), within one hundred twenty (120) days following the Closing, a Registration Statement, in the form of a Short-Form Registration (if the Company is then eligible for the same) or in the form of a Long-Form Registration (if the Company is not then eligible for a Short-Form Registration), as applicable, covering the sale or distribution from time to time by the Shareholders pursuant to a plan of distribution acceptable to a majority of the

 

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Shareholders, on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act, of all of the Registrable Securities; and (ii) cause such Registration Statement (including by filing a new, replacement Registration Statement as required under the Securities Act) to remain effective under the Securities Act continuously until no Registrable Securities are outstanding.

(b) Requests for Registration .

Subject to the following paragraphs of this Section 3(b), following the Closing, one or more Shareholders shall have the right, by delivering or causing to be delivered a written notice to the Company, to require the Company to register pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, the offer, sale and distribution of the number of Registrable Securities requested to be so registered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on Form S-3 (which, unless all Shareholders delivering such notice request otherwise, shall be (A) filed pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act and (B) if the Company is a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer at the time of filing such Registration Statement with the SEC, designated by the Company as an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement), if the Company is then eligible for such short-form, or any similar or successor short-form registration (each, a “ Short-Form Registration ”) or, if the Company is not then eligible for such short form registration, on Form S-1 or any similar or successor long-form registration (each, a “ Long-Form Registration ”) (any such written notice, a “ Demand Notice ” and any such registration, a “ Demand Registration ”), as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery of such Demand Notice, but, in any event, the Company shall be required to make the initial filing of the Registration Statement within sixty (60) days following receipt of such Demand Notice in the case of a Short-Form Registration or within ninety (90) days following receipt of such Demand Notice in the case of a Long-Form Registration; provided , however , that, unless a Shareholder requests to have registered all of its Registrable Securities, a Demand Notice may only be made if the sale of the Registrable Securities requested to be registered by such Shareholders is reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross cash proceeds in excess of $150,000,000 (without regard to any underwriting discount or commission). Following receipt of a Demand Notice for a Demand Registration in accordance with this Section 3(b), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof (if such Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement).

(i) No Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Section 3(b) or Section 4(c), and any Demand Notice delivered in connection therewith shall not count as a Demand Notice for purposes of Section 3(f) or 4(c), if (A) the Registration Statement relating thereto (and covering not less than all Registrable Securities specified in the applicable Demand Notice for sale in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution specified in such Demand Notice) (1) does not become effective, or (2) is not maintained as effective for the period required pursuant to this Section 3, (B) the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement is subject to a stop order, injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such period, or (C) the conditions to closing specified in any underwriting agreement, purchase agreement, or similar agreement entered into in connection with the registration relating to such request are not satisfied other than as a result of the Shareholders’ actions.

 

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(ii) Each Demand Notice made pursuant to this Section 3(b) must: (A) state that it is a notice to initiate a Demand Registration under this Agreement; (B) identify the Shareholders effecting the request; and (C) specify the number of Registrable Securities of each such Shareholder to be registered and the intended method(s) of disposition thereof.

(iii) Except as otherwise agreed by all Shareholders with Registrable Securities subject to a Demand Registration, the Company shall maintain the continuous effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to such Demand Registration until the earliest to occur of (x) the date on which such securities cease to be Registrable Securities, (y) the date on which such Registrable Securities have actually been sold and (z) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of such Registration Statement.

(iv) Within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Company of a Demand Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b) (the “ Triggering Demand Notice ”), the Company shall deliver a written notice of any such Demand Notice to all other holders of Registrable Securities, and the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3(c), include in such Demand Registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein meeting all of the requirements of a Demand Notice under this Agreement (whether or not any of the other Shareholders demanding such inclusion have exercised such Shareholders’ conversion rights) within five (5) days after the date that such notice from the Company has been delivered; provided that (A) all of such other Shareholders must agree to the plan of distribution proposed by the Shareholders who delivered the Triggering Demand Notice and (B) in connection with any underwritten registration, such holders must agree to abide and be bound by the underwriting agreement approved by the Company and the Shareholders who delivered the Triggering Demand Notice as if they were such Shareholders. All requests made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall specify the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities to be registered and the intended method of distribution of such securities.

(v) For the avoidance of doubt, an underwritten registration pursuant to a Demand Registration may be made pursuant to an effective shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof.

(c) Priority on Demand Registration . If any of the Registrable Securities registered pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter(s) advise the holders of such securities in writing that in its good faith opinion the total number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as to adversely affect the price, timing or distribution of such underwritten offering, then there shall be included in such underwritten offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that in the opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without adversely affecting such underwritten offering, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated pro rata among the Shareholders of Registrable Securities that have requested to participate in such Demand Registration on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by such holders.

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(d) Postponement of Registration . The Company shall be entitled to postpone the filing (but not the preparation) or the initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, a Registration Statement, in each case for a reasonable period of time not more than twice in any twelve (12) month period and that does not exceed (x) sixty (60) days on any one occasion or (y) in the aggregate together with all other such postponements or suspensions, ninety (90) days in any twelve (12) month period, if the Company delivers, as applicable, to the Shareholders requesting registration or the Shareholders named in a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3(a) a certificate signed by an executive officer certifying that such registration and offering would (A) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or (B) materially interfere with any bona fide material financing, acquisition, disposition or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries then under consideration. Such certificate shall contain a statement of the reasons for such postponement and an approximation of the anticipated delay. The Shareholders receiving such certificate shall keep the information contained in such certificate confidential subject to the same extent and on the same terms and conditions as set forth in Section 6(o).

(i) If the Company shall so postpone the filing of a Registration Statement in accordance with this Section 3(d) or suspend its use following the delivery of a Demand Notice, the Shareholders who sent the Demand Notice initiating such registration shall have the right to withdraw such Demand Notice pursuant to Section 3(b) by giving written notice to the Company during the period beginning from the date of postponement notice to the tenth (10th) day prior to the anticipated termination date of the postponement period, as provided in the certificate delivered to the applicable Shareholders and, for the avoidance of doubt, upon such withdrawal, the withdrawn request shall not constitute a Demand Notice; provided that, in the event such Shareholders do not so withdraw their Demand Notice, the Company shall continue to prepare a Registration Statement during such postponement such that, if the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3(d), it shall be in a position to and shall, as promptly as practicable following the expiration of the applicable deferral or suspension period, file or update and use its reasonable efforts to cause the effectiveness of the applicable deferred or suspended Registration Statement.

(ii) In the event the Company exercises its rights to postpone the initial effectiveness of, or suspend the use of, a Registration Statement, the Shareholders participating in such Demand Registration shall suspend, promptly upon their receipt of the certificate referred to above, use of the Prospectus relating to such Demand Registration or the Prospectus contained within the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3(a) in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities.

(e) Cancellation of a Demand Registration . Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities subject to the original Triggering Demand Notice shall have the right to notify the Company that they have determined that the applicable Registration Statement be abandoned or withdrawn by giving written notice of such abandonment or withdrawal at any time prior to the effective time of such Registration Statement, in which event the Company shall abandon or withdraw such Registration Statement; provided that any Demand Notice underlying such abandonment or withdrawal shall not be deemed to be a Demand Notice for purposes of Section 3(f) if such Demand Notice is abandoned or withdrawn in response to a material adverse change regarding the Company or a material adverse change in the financial markets generally. The Company shall cease all efforts to secure registration following any such abandonment or withdrawal.

 

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(f) Number of Demand Notices . In connection with the provisions of this Section 3, the Shareholders collectively shall have four (4) Demand Notices in connection with Marketed Offerings, which they are permitted to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Company hereunder; provided that in connection therewith, the Company shall cause its officers to use their reasonable best efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including participation in “ road shows ”); provided that (A) the Shareholders may not make more than two (2) Demand Registration requests in any 365-day period and (B) the Shareholders may not make a Demand Registration requesting to launch an underwritten offering within the period commencing fourteen (14) days prior to the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company and ending two (2) days following the date on which the Company shall publicly announce its earnings for such fiscal quarter or the year ending on such fiscal quarter. For the avoidance of doubt, the Shareholders shall have no further rights to Demand Registrations of its Registrable Securities other than pursuant to this Section 3(f).

Section  4. Piggyback Registration; Shelf Take Down .

(a) Right to Piggyback . Except with respect to a Demand Registration, the procedures for which are addressed in Section 3, if the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock, whether or not for sale for its own account and whether or not an underwritten offering or an underwritten registration (other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto or (ii) filed to effectuate an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), then the Company shall give prompt written notice of such filing no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing date (the “ Piggyback Notice ”) to all of the holders of Registrable Securities. The Piggyback Notice shall offer such holders the opportunity to include (or cause to be included) in such Registration Statement the number of Registrable Securities as each such holder may request (each registration wherein a holder participates in accordance with this Section 4, a “ Piggyback Registration ”). Subject to Section 4(b), the Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein (each a “ Piggyback Request ”) within five (5) Business Days after notice has been given to the applicable holder. The Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a Piggyback Registration beyond the earlier to occur of (x) one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date thereof and (y) consummation of the distribution of the Common Stock (other than the Registrable Securities identified in such Piggyback Requests) that are the subject of such Registration Statement proposed to be filed by the Company.

(b) Priority on Piggyback Registrations . If any of the Registrable Securities to be registered pursuant to the registration giving rise to the rights under this Section 4 are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the managing underwriter(s) of a proposed underwritten offering to permit holders of Registrable Securities who have timely submitted a Piggyback Request in connection with such offering to include in such offering all Registrable Securities included in each holder’s Piggyback Request on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as any other shares, if any, of the Company included in the

 

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offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering advise the Company in writing that it is their good faith opinion the total number or dollar amount of securities that such holders, the Company and any other Persons having rights to participate in such registration, intend to include in such offering is such as to adversely affect the price, timing or distribution of the securities in such offering, then there shall be included in such underwritten offering the number or dollar amount of securities that in the opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without so adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities shall be allocated as follows:

(i) if the registration involves an underwritten primary offering on behalf of the Company, (A)  first , all securities proposed to be sold by the Company for its own account; (B)  second , all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Shareholders pursuant to this Section 4, pro rata among such holders on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by all holders that made such Piggyback Request; and (C)  third , all other securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by other holders of securities entitled to include such securities in such Registration Statement pursuant to piggyback registration rights; provided that any Shareholder may, prior to the earlier of (x) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and (y) the time at which the offering price or underwriter’s discount are determined with the managing underwriter(s), withdraw its request to be included in such registration pursuant to this Section 4.

(ii) if the registration involves an underwritten offering that was initially requested by any Person(s) (other than a Shareholder) to whom the Company has granted registration rights which are not inconsistent with the rights granted in, and do not otherwise conflict with the terms of, this Agreement, (A)  first , the securities requested to be included in such underwritten offering by such other Person(s) pro rata among such Person(s) on the basis of the percentage of the securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by all holders that made such request; (B)  second , all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Shareholders pursuant to this Section 4, pro rata among such holders on the basis of the percentage of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by all holders that made such Piggyback Request; (C)  third , all other securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by other holders of securities entitled to include such securities in such Registration Statement pursuant to piggyback registration rights; and (D)  fourth , all securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement by the Company for its own account; provided that any Shareholder may, prior to the earlier of (x) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and (y) the time at which the offering price or underwriter’s discount are determined with the managing underwriter(s), withdraw its request to be included in such registration pursuant to this Section 4.

(c) Shelf-Take Downs . At any time that a shelf Registration Statement covering Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 (or otherwise) is effective, if any Shareholder delivers a notice to the Company (each, a “ Take-Down Notice ”) stating that it intends to sell all or part of its Registrable Securities included by it on the shelf Registration Statement (each, a “ Shelf Offering ”), then the Company shall amend or supplement the shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed pursuant to the Shelf Offering. In connection with any Shelf Offering, including any Shelf Offering that is an underwritten offering (including a Marketed Offering):

 

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(i) such proposing holder(s) shall also deliver the Take-Down Notice to all other holders of Registrable Securities included on such shelf Registration Statement and permit each such holder to include its Registrable Securities included on the shelf Registration Statement in the Shelf Offering if such holder notifies the proposing holder(s) and the Company within five (5) days after delivery of the Take-Down Notice to such holder; and

(ii) if the Shelf Offering is underwritten, in the event that the managing underwriter(s) of such Shelf Offering advise such holders in writing that it is their good faith opinion the total number or dollar amount of securities proposed to be sold exceeds the total number or dollar amount of such securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Registrable Securities to be included, then the managing underwriter(s) may limit the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise be included in such Shelf Offering in the same manner as described in Section 3(c) with respect to a limitation of shares to be included in a registration;

provided , however , that each Shelf Offering that is an underwritten offering initiated by a Shareholder shall be deemed to be a demand subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) (subject to Section 3(e)), and shall decrease by one the number of Demand Notices the Shareholders are entitled to pursuant to Sections 3(f)(i) and 3(f)(ii), as applicable.

Section  5. Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities .

(a) If any registration pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 of this Agreement shall be in connection with any: (i) Marketed Offering (including with respect to a Shelf Offering pursuant to Sections 3(a) or 4(c) hereof), the Company will cause each of its executive officers and directors to sign a customary “lock-up” agreement containing provisions consistent with those contemplated pursuant to Section 5(b); or (ii) underwritten offering (including with respect to a Shelf Offering pursuant to Sections 3(a) or 4(c) hereof), the Company will also not effect any public sale or distribution of any common equity (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common equity) (other than a registration statement (A) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto or (B) filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan) for its own account, within ninety (90) days after the date of the Prospectus (or Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a shelf Registration Statement) for such offering except as may otherwise be agreed with the holders of the Registrable Securities in such offering.

(b) Each Shareholder agrees, in connection with any underwritten offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4, as applicable, that, if requested in writing by the managing underwriter or underwriters in such offering, it will not (i) subject to customary exceptions, effect any public sale or distribution of any of the Company’s securities (except as part of such underwritten offering), including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 or any swap or other economic arrangement that transfers to another Person any of the economic consequences of owning Common Stock, or (ii) give any Demand Notice during the period

 

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commencing on the date of the Prospectus pursuant to which such underwritten offering may be made and continuing for not more than thirty (30) days after the date of such Prospectus (or Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a shelf Registration Statement). In connection with any underwritten offering made pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4, the Company, or, if Shareholders will be selling more Registrable Securities in the offering than the Company, Shareholders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities shall be responsible for negotiating all “lock-up” agreements with the underwriters and, in addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, the Shareholders agree to execute the form so negotiated; provided that the form so negotiated is reasonably acceptable to the Company or the Shareholders, as applicable, and consistent with the agreement set forth in this Section 5 and that the Company’s executive officers and directors shall also have executed a form of agreement substantially similar to the agreement so negotiated, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions applicable to natural persons.

Section  6. Registration Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Section 3 or Section 4, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall use its reasonable best efforts, as promptly as practicable to the extent applicable, to:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such form as shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the holders thereof or by the Company in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof and in accordance with this Agreement, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and to remain effective as provided herein; provided , however, that, before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including documents that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, except to the extent that such documents shall have previously been filed with or furnished to the SEC), the Company shall furnish or otherwise make available to counsel for the holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement (who may share such documents with their clients) and the managing underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each Prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Company’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors; provided that nothing in this Section 6(a) is intended to effect any waiver of the Company’s attorney-client or other legal privilege. The Company shall not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including such documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, except to the extent that such documents shall have previously been filed with or furnished to the SEC) with respect to a Demand Registration to which the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object, in writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, such filing is necessary to comply with applicable law;

 

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(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective during the period provided herein and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement; and cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration Statement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act;

(c) notify counsel to each selling holder of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriters, if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such Person or such selling holder) confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective (if such Registration Statement is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement), (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related Prospectus or for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceeding for that purpose, (iv) if at any time the Company has reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 6(n) below cease to be true and correct, (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, and (vi) if the Company has knowledge of the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any change in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and that, in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (which notice shall notify the selling Shareholders only of the occurrence of such an event and shall provide no additional information regarding such event to the extent such information would constitute material non-public information);

(d) prevent the issuance or obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest date reasonably practicable;

(e) if requested by the managing underwriters, if any, or the holders of a majority of the then-issued and outstanding Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an underwritten offering, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement such information as the managing underwriters, if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received such request; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to take any action under this Section 6(e) that is not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable law;

 

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(f) furnish or make available to counsel for each selling holder of Registrable Securities and each managing underwriter, if any, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and Prospectus supplements, if applicable, and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements (but excluding schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits, unless requested in writing by such counsel, the holder such counsel represents or such underwriter); provided that the Company may furnish or make available any such document in electronic format;

(g) deliver to each selling holder of Registrable Securities, its counsel, and the underwriters, if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of Prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the distribution of the Registrable Securities; provided that the Company may furnish or make available any such document in electronic format (other than, in the case of a Marketed Offering, upon the request of the managing underwriters thereof for printed copies of any such Prospectus or Prospectuses); and the Company, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6, hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any such amendment or supplement thereto;

(h) prior to any Public Offering of Registrable Securities, register or qualify or cooperate with the selling holders of Registrable Securities, the underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any seller or underwriter reasonably requests in writing and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to this Agreement and to take any other action that may be necessary or advisable to enable such holders of Registrable Securities to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdiction; provided , however , that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Agreement or (ii) take any action that would subject it to taxation or general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject but for this Agreement;

(i) cooperate with, and direct the Company’s transfer agent to cooperate with, the selling holders of Registrable Securities and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely settlement of any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, including the preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any legend) or book-entry (not bearing stop transfer instructions) representing Registrable Securities to be sold after receiving written representations from each holder of such Registrable Securities that the Registrable Securities represented by the certificates so delivered by such holder will be transferred in accordance with the Registration Statement and, in connection therewith, if reasonably required by the Company’s transfer agent,

 

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the Company shall promptly after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement cause an opinion of counsel as to the effectiveness of any Registration Statement to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorization, certificate, or direction required by the transfer agent that authorizes and directs the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without restriction upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement;

(j) upon the occurrence of, or, if later, the Company’s receipt of knowledge of, any event contemplated by Section 6(c)(vi) above, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus (then in effect) or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, such that the Registration Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, and the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(k) prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities;

(l) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(m) cause all shares of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement to be listed on a national securities exchange if shares of the particular class of Registrable Securities are at that time listed on such exchange, as the case may be, prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement;

(n) enter into such agreements (including underwriting agreements in form, scope and substance as is customary in underwritten offerings and such other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreements, including customary legal opinions and auditor “comfort” letters) and take all such other actions reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the managing underwriters, if any) to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(o) in connection with a customary due diligence review, make available for inspection by a representative of the selling holders of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Securities, if any, and any counsel or accountants retained by such selling holders or underwriter (collectively, the “ Offering Persons ”), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all information and participate in customary due diligence sessions in each case reasonably requested by any such

 

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Offering Persons in connection with such Registration Statement; provided , however , that any information that is not generally publicly available at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such Offering Persons except (i) where disclosure of such information is requested or legally compelled (in either case pursuant to the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or a federal, state or local governmental or regulatory body or pursuant to a civil investigative demand or similar judicial process), (ii) where such information is or becomes generally known to the public other than as a result of a non-permitted disclosure or failure to safeguard by such Offering Persons in violation of this Agreement, (iii) where such information (A) was known to such Offering Persons on a nonconfidential basis (prior to its disclosure by the Company) from a source other than the Company that, after reasonable inquiry, is entitled to disclose such information and is not bound by any contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to the Company with respect to such information, (B) was in the possession of the Offering Persons on a nonconfidential basis prior to its disclosure to the Offering Persons by the Company or (C) is subsequently developed by the Offering Persons without using all or any portion of such information or violating any of the obligations of such Persons under this Agreement or (iv) for disclosure in connection with any suit, arbitration, claim or litigation involving this Agreement or against any Offering Person under federal, state or other securities laws in connection with the offer and sale of any Registrable Securities. In the case of a proposed disclosure pursuant to (i) (or, unless such Person and the Company are adversaries in such suit, arbitration, claim or litigation, (iv)) above, such Person shall be required to give the Company written notice of the proposed disclosure prior to such disclosure and to cooperate with the Company, at the Company’s cost, in any effort the Company undertakes to obtain a protective order or other remedy. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that the Company waives compliance with this provision, the Offering Persons will furnish only that portion of such information that the Offering Persons are advised by legal counsel is legally required and will exercise their reasonable best efforts to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information;

(p) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA, including the use of reasonable best efforts to obtain FINRA’s pre-clearance or pre-approval of the Registration Statement and applicable Prospectus upon filing with the SEC; and

(q) cause its officers and employees to use their respective reasonable best efforts to support the reasonable marketing of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement (including participation in, and preparation of materials for, any “road show”) in a Marketed Offering.

Each holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected shall promptly furnish to the Company in writing such information required in connection with such registration regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request in writing as a condition for any Registrable Securities to be included in the applicable registration hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, failure of any holder of Registrable Securities to furnish the Company with such information as requested by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence shall relieve the Company of any obligation hereunder to include the applicable Registrable Securities of such holder in the Registration Statement with respect to which such information was requested.

 

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Each Shareholder agrees that, upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 6(c)(ii), (iii), (iv) or (v), such holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or Prospectus until such holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(j), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filing that is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; provided , however , that the time periods under Section 3 with respect to the length of time that the effectiveness of a Registration Statement must be maintained shall automatically be extended by the amount of time the holder is required to discontinue disposition of such securities.

Section  7. Registration Expenses . All fees and expenses incurred by the Company and incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company (including (i) all registration and filing fees (including fees and expenses with respect to (A) all SEC, stock exchange or trading system and FINRA registration, listing, filing and qualification and any other fees associated with such filings, including with respect to counsel for the underwriters and any qualified independent underwriter in connection with FINRA qualifications, (B) rating agencies and (C) compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws, including any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with “blue sky” qualifications of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 6(h)), (ii) fees and expenses of the financial printer, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) fees and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort letters” required by or incident to such performance and compliance) and all reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel (together with any appropriate local counsel(s)) retained by the holders of Registrable Securities, shall be borne by the Company, whether or not any Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective. All underwriters’ discounts and selling commissions, in each case related to Registrable Securities registered in accordance with this Agreement, shall be borne by the holders of Registrable Securities included in such registration pro rata among each other on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities so registered. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder.

Section  8. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, without limitation as to time, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each holder of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, its officers, directors, partners and managing members and each Person who controls each such holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all reasonably foreseeable losses, claims, damages,

 

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liabilities, costs (including costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and any legal or other fees or expenses actually incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or Proceeding), expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, in each case arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, any amendments or supplements thereto, “issuer free writing prospectus” (as such term is defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) or other document (including any related Registration Statement, notification, or the like or any materials prepared by or on behalf of the Company as part of any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act)) incident to any such registration, qualification, or compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 8(a)) will reimburse each such holder, each of its officers, directors, partners and managing members and each Person who controls each such holder, for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal and any other expenses actually incurred in connection with investigating and defending or, subject to the last sentence of this Section 8(a), settling any such Loss or action; provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or omission by such holder, but only if such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information regarding such holder of Registrable Securities furnished to the Company by such holder of Registrable Securities or its authorized representatives expressly for inclusion therein. It is agreed that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Loss or action if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

(b) Indemnification by Holder of Registrable Securities . In connection with any Registration Statement in which a holder of Registrable Securities is participating, each such holder of Registrable Securities shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, severally and not jointly with any other participating holder of Registrable Securities, the Company, its officers, directors and managing members and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) against all Losses arising out of or based on any untrue statement of a material fact contained in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, any amendments or supplements thereto, “issuer free writing prospectus” (as such term is defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) or other document, or any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and to reimburse the Company or such officers, directors, managing members and control persons for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal or any other expenses actually incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such Loss or action, subject to the immediately following proviso, settling any such Loss or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such Registration Statement, Prospectus, offering circular, any amendments or supplements thereto, “issuer free writing prospectus” (as such term is defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act) or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information regarding such holder of Registrable Securities furnished to the Company by such holder of Registrable Securities or its

 

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authorized representatives expressly for inclusion therein; provided , however , that the foregoing obligations shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) if such settlement is effected without the consent of such holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); and provided , further , that the liability of such holder of Registrable Securities shall be limited to the net proceeds received by such selling holder from the sale of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement.

(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Person shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice to the party from which such indemnity is sought (each, an “ Indemnifying Party ”) of any claim or of the commencement of any Proceeding with respect to which such Indemnified Party seeks indemnification or contribution pursuant hereto; provided , however , that the delay or failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation or liability except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been materially prejudiced by such delay or failure. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to an Indemnified Party promptly after the receipt of written notice from such Indemnified Party of such claim or Proceeding, to, unless in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist in respect of such claim, assume, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, the defense of any such claim or Proceeding, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party; provided , however , that an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such claim or Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless: (i) the Indemnifying Party agrees to pay such fees and expenses; or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails promptly to assume, or in the event of a conflict of interest cannot assume, the defense of such claim or Proceeding or fails to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, in which case the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to assume the defense of such claim or proceeding at the Indemnifying Party’s expense; provided , further , however , that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such claim or Proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related claims or Proceedings in the same jurisdiction, arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one firm of attorneys (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all of the Indemnified Parties. Whether or not such defense is assumed by the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnifying Party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnifying Party shall not consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, from all liability in respect of such claim or litigation for which such Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder. All fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 8) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, promptly upon receipt of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder; provided that the Indemnifying Party may require such Indemnified Party to undertake to reimburse all such fees and expenses to the extent it is finally judicially determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 8).

 

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(d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses (other than in accordance with its terms), then each applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made (or omitted) by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent any such action, statement or omission.

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), an Indemnifying Party that is a selling holder of Registrable Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total net proceeds received by such holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation and sold by such holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the applicable action, statement or omission. 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 obligations of the holders of Registrable Securities to contribute pursuant to this Section are several and not joint.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.

Section  9. Rule 144 . The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to: (i) file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner, to the extent required from time to time to enable all holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144; and (ii) so long as any Registrable Securities are issued and outstanding, furnish holders thereof upon request (A) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 and of the Exchange Act and (B) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company (except to the extent the same is available on EDGAR).

Section  10. Underwritten Registrations . In connection with any underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and managers shall be selected by the Shareholders holding the majority of Registrable Securities included in any Demand Registration, including any Shelf Offering, initiated by such Shareholders, subject to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company.

 

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Section  11. Miscellaneous .

(a) Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given by, but only with, the written consent of the Shareholders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other holders of Registrable Securities may be given by holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold by such holders pursuant to such Registration Statement.

(b) Notices . All notices required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given if personally delivered, telecopied and confirmed, emailed and confirmed or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or recognized overnight delivery service with proof of receipt maintained, at the following address (or any other address that any such party may designate by written notice to the other parties): If to the Company, to the address of its principal executive offices, addressed to the attention of its General Counsel (email: GenCouns@Catalent.com). If to any Shareholder, at such Shareholder’s address as set forth on the records of the Company or such other address as such Shareholder notifies the Company in writing. Any such notice shall, if delivered personally, be deemed received upon delivery; shall, if delivered by telecopy or email, be deemed received on the first Business Day following confirmation; shall, if delivered by overnight delivery service, be deemed received the first Business Day after being sent; and shall, if delivered by mail, be deemed received upon the earlier of actual receipt thereof or five (5) Business Days after the date of deposit in the United States mail.

(c) Successors and Assigns; Shareholder Status . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including subsequent holders of Registrable Securities acquired, directly or indirectly, from the Shareholders in compliance with any restrictions on transfer or assignment; provided , however , that (x) the Company may not assign this Agreement (in whole or in part) without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities and (y) such successor or assign shall not be entitled to such rights unless the successor or assign shall have executed and delivered to the Company an Addendum Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto promptly following the acquisition of such Registrable Securities (including the provision of an address, which the Company may use as the Shareholder’s notice address for purposes of Section 11(b) unless such address is changed in accordance with such Section by notice); provided, further, that a Shareholder may only assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement upon written notice to the Company (i) if such assignment is in connection with (A) a transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the Registrable Securities held by such Shareholder or (B) a transfer or sale of at least 25.0% of the shares of Registrable Securities sold to the Shareholder on the Closing Date on an “as converted basis” or (ii) to any of its partners, members, equityholders or Affiliates or one or more private equity funds sponsored or managed by an Affiliate.

(d) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts and delivered by facsimile, pdf or other electronic transmission with the same effect as if all signatory parties had signed and delivered the same original document, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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(e) Headings; Construction . The section and paragraph headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise: (i) pronouns in the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa; (ii) the term “including” shall be construed to be expansive rather than limiting in nature and to mean “including, without limitation,”; (iii) references to sections and paragraphs refer to sections and paragraphs of this Agreement; (iv) the words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including Exhibit A hereto, and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited; (v) unless otherwise specified, the term “days” shall mean calendar days; (vi) a “percentage” (or a “majority”) of the Registrable Securities (or, where applicable, any class of securities) shall be determined based on the number of shares of such securities; and (vii) unless otherwise provided, the currency for all dollar figures included in this Agreement shall be the US Dollar.

(f) Governing Law . This Agreement (and any claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(g) Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

(h) Entire Agreement . This Agreement, that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2019, by and between Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., that certain Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Purchaser (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”) and the Investment Agreement are intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement, and are intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein, with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to Registrable Securities. This Agreement, together with the Investment Agreement and the Stockholders’ Agreement, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not supersede the transfer restrictions in the Stockholders’ Agreement.

 

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(i) Securities Held by the Company or its Subsidiaries . Whenever the consent or approval of holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company or its subsidiaries shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the holders of such required percentage.

(j) Specific Performance; Further Assurances . The parties hereto recognize and agree that money damages may be insufficient to compensate the holders of any Registrable Securities for breaches by the Company of the terms hereof and, consequently, that the equitable remedy of specific performance of the terms hereof will be available in the event of any such breach. The parties hereto agree that in the event the registrations and sales of Registrable Securities are effected pursuant to the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States, such parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to give effect as closely as possible to the rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement, taking into account customary practices of such foreign jurisdiction, including executing such documents and taking such further actions as may be reasonably necessary in order to carry out the foregoing.

(k) Term; Other Agreements . This Agreement shall terminate with respect to a Shareholder on the date on which such Shareholder ceases to hold Registrable Securities; provided that such Shareholder’s rights and obligations pursuant to Section 8, as well as the Company’s obligations to pay expenses pursuant to Section 7, shall survive with respect to any Registration Statement in which any Registrable Securities of such Shareholders were included. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the consent of the Shareholders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities, enter into any agreement with any Person, including any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company, giving any registration rights (i) the terms of which are more favorable than, senior to or conflict with, the registration rights granted to the Shareholders hereunder or (ii) permitting such Person to exercise a demand registration right during the period expiring on the second anniversary of the date hereof; provided that the Company may enter into an agreement granting such rights if such agreement provides the Shareholders with piggyback rights consistent with those granted to the Shareholders pursuant to Section 4, and, if such agreement contains any underwriter cutbacks consistent with Section 4(b), then the Shareholders shall participate with such other holders on a pro rata basis; and provided , further , that the Company may enter into an agreement granting such demand rights in connection with the issuance of securities of the Company pursuant to (i) a bona fide material acquisition, disposition or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) an exchange of indebtedness of the Company into equity and (iii) a proposed resale of convertible securities of the Company by any holder thereof, in each case, to the extent that the entering into of such an agreement is customary in a transaction of the type contemplated.

(l) Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the federal courts of the United States of America located in New York County, and the appropriate appellate courts therefrom for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; provided , however , that any judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding may be enforced in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such action, suit or proceeding and irrevocably waive, to the

 

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fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such action, suit or proceeding in any such court or that any such action, suit or proceeding which is brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court.

Each of the parties hereto hereby consents to process being served by any party to this Agreement in any suit, action, or proceeding of the nature specified in the paragraph above by the mailing of a copy thereof in the manner specified by the provisions of Section 11(b).

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(m) Interpretation . Wherever required by the context of this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and references to any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to refer to such agreement, document or instrument as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time. All article, section, paragraph or clause references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement, and all exhibit, annex, letter and schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such exhibits, annexes, letters and schedules to this Agreement. In addition, the following terms are ascribed the following meanings:

(i) the word “ or ” is not exclusive;

(ii) the words “ including ,” “ includes ,” “ included ” and “ include ” are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

(iii) the terms “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision;

(iv) the term “ Business Day ” shall mean a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, generally are authorized or obligated by law to close; and

(v) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

CATALENT, INC.

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

[S IGNATURE P AGE TO R EGISTRATION R IGHTS A GREEMENT ]


GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

                     

Name:

Title:

GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS SIDE VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

            

Name:

Title:

[S IGNATURE P AGE TO R EGISTRATION R IGHTS A GREEMENT ]


EXHIBIT A

ADDENDUM AGREEMENT

This Addendum Agreement (this “ Addendum Agreement ”) is made this [•] day of [•], 20[•], by and between [•], a [•] (the “ New Shareholder ”) and Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of [ ] , 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), by and among the Company, Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to provide registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the New Shareholder has acquired the number and type of Registrable Securities specified below directly or indirectly from a Shareholder in accordance with the Agreement and all applicable law;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Shareholders have required in the Agreement that all Persons desiring registration rights pursuant to the Agreement must enter into an Addendum Agreement binding the New Shareholder to the Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party thereto; and

WHEREAS, the New Shareholder has caused this Addendum Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized individual.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises recited above and intending to be bound, the New Shareholder acknowledges that it has received and read the Agreement and that the New Shareholder shall be bound by, and shall have the benefit of, all of the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party to the Agreement (or as otherwise provided therein) and shall be deemed to be a Shareholder thereunder. The Company may rely on the foregoing acknowledgement without further inquiry and is relieved of any liability for such reliance.

 

[Name of New Shareholder]

By:

 

                     

Name:

Title:

Registrable Securities:

Type:                                                    


Number:

 

 

Notice Address:

 

 

 

Attn:

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

Email:

 

 


SCHEDULE C

Form of Stockholders’ Agreement

[See Attached]


SCHEDULE C

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

by and among

CATALENT, INC.,

GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS VII, L.P.

and

GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS SIDE VII, L.P.

Dated as of [•], 2019

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I GOVERNANCE

     1  

1.1

 

Board of Directors

     1  

1.2

 

Voting

     5  

ARTICLE II OTHER COVENANTS

     5  

2.1

 

Information Rights

     5  

2.2

 

Standstill

     6  

2.3

 

Transfer Restrictions

     8  

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     10  

3.1

 

Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders

     10  

3.2

 

Representations and Warranties of the Company

     10  

ARTICLE IV DEFINITIONS

     11  

4.1

 

Defined Terms

     11  

4.2

 

Terms Generally

     15  

ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS

     15  

5.1

 

Term

     15  

5.2

 

Amendments and Waivers

     15  

5.3

 

Successors and Assigns

     16  

5.4

 

Confidentiality

     16  

5.5

 

Severability

     17  

5.6

 

Counterparts

     17  

5.7

 

Entire Agreement

     17  

5.8

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     17  

5.9

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     18  

5.10

 

Specific Performance

     18  

5.11

 

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

     18  

5.12

 

Notices

     18  

5.13

 

Corporate Opportunities

     19  

 

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STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT, dated as of [•], 2019 (as may be amended from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), by and among Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Fund VII ”), and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Fund Side VII ” and, together with Fund VII, the “ Initial Stockholder ”). The obligations of the Initial Stockholder set forth in this Agreement shall be several and not joint among Fund VII and Fund Side VII and apportioned in percentages of 45.83720% and 54.16280%, respectively.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company and the Initial Stockholder have entered into an Equity Commitment and Investment Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2019 (as may be amended from time to time, the “ Investment Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company is issuing to the Initial Stockholder shares of Series A Preferred Stock;

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties, the Company and the Initial Stockholder have entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [•], 2019 (as may be amended from time to time, the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company grants the Initial Stockholder certain registration and other rights with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the shares of Common Stock issued upon any conversion or redemption of shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and

WHEREAS, each of the parties wishes to set forth in this Agreement certain terms and conditions regarding ownership of the Securities;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of circumstances recited above and the mutual covenants, representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

GOVERNANCE

1.1 Board of Directors .

(a) Effective as of the Closing, the board of directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) will (i) increase the size of the Board to eleven (11) members and the Board shall appoint Peter Zippelius to the Board to serve for a term expiring at the next annual general meeting of the Company’s stockholders following his appointment and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or, if earlier, his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, and (ii) acknowledge and affirm that John Baumer shall, for so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a non-voting observer to the Board pursuant to Section  1.1(e) , be a non-voting observer to the Board entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations set forth in this Agreement until his successor is duly appointed or, if earlier, his death or relinquishment of such position.


(b) For so long as the Approved Holders beneficially own (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value of at least $250,000,000, or (ii) either (A) shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $250,000,000, calculated by valuing each share of Common Stock at the 30-Day VWAP of one share of Common Stock as of the measurement date (the “ Common Stock Valuation ”), or (B) any combination of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $250,000,000, calculated by valuing each share of Series A Preferred Stock at the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock and each share of Common Stock at the Common Stock Valuation, the Majority Approved Holders shall have the right to designate one (1) designee to be nominated by the Company for election (including in accordance with Section (C) of Article VI of the Company’s Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Series A Certificate ”), if applicable), to the Board; provided that such designee is (A) a partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and reasonably acceptable to the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, or (B) acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion. At any time that none of the thresholds set forth in this Section  1.1(b) is satisfied, the designee shall, and the Majority Approved Holders shall cause such designee to, promptly offer to resign from the Board (and any committee of the Board of which such designee is then a member) in a writing submitted to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (or any successor committee, however denominated).

(c) For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) , the Board shall include such designee in the slate of nominees to be elected or appointed to the Board at the next annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected or appointed and each subsequent such meeting, except such meetings for the purpose of filling vacancies or newly created directorships (other than a vacancy to be filled by a designee selected by the Majority Approved Holders) (including pursuant to Section (C) of Article VI of the Series A Certificate, if applicable), in each case, subject to (i) such designee’s satisfaction of all applicable requirements regarding service as a director of the Company under (A) NYSE rules (or the rules of the principal market on which shares of Common Stock are then listed) regarding service as a director, and (B) Applicable Law, (ii) such designee having not been involved in any of the events enumerated under Items 2(d) or 2(e) of Schedule 13D pursuant to Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and (iii) such designee’s satisfaction of all such other criteria and qualifications for service as a director applicable to all directors of the Company as in effect on the date thereof; provided , however , that in no event shall any such designee’s relationship with the Approved Holders or their Affiliates (or any other actual or potential lack of independence resulting therefrom), in and of itself, be considered to disqualify such designee from being a nominee or member of the Board pursuant to this Section  1.1 .

(d) For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) :

(i) the Company or the Board shall (A) to the extent necessary cause the Board to have a vacancy to permit such Person to be added as a member of the Board, (B) nominate such Person for election to the Board in accordance with Section  1.1(c) , and (C) to the extent that a vote of the Company’s stockholders shall be required, recommend that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the Person designated for nomination by the Majority Approved

 

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Holders pursuant to Section  1.1(b) . In the event of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, disability or removal of any Person designated by the Majority Approved Holders as a member of the Board, subject to the continuing satisfaction of the applicable thresholds set forth in Section  1.1(b) , the Majority Approved Holders may designate a Person satisfying the criteria and qualifications set forth in Section  1.1(c) to replace such Person, and the Company shall cause such newly designated Person to fill such resulting vacancy. So long as any Person designated by the Majority Approved Holders as a member of the Board is eligible to be so designated in accordance with this Section  1.1 , the Company shall not take any action to remove such Person as a director without cause without the prior written consent of the Majority Approved Holders;

(ii) the Majority Approved Holders’ designee for the Board shall have the rights and obligations of a director of the Company, including the right to (A) attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of any committee(s) of the Board, if any, on which such designee then serves, (B) receive advance notice of each meeting, including such meeting’s time and place, at the same time and in the same manner as such notice is provided to the other members of the Board, and (C) receive copies of all materials, including notices, minutes, consents and regularly compiled financial and operating data distributed to the other members of the Board at the same time such materials are distributed to the other members of the Board;

(iii) the Majority Approved Holders’ designee for the Board shall be bound by all confidentiality, conflicts of interests, trading, disclosure and other governance requirements of a director on the Board, as determined by the Board from time to time;

(iv) the Company shall not, without the prior written approval of the Majority Approved Holders, (A) increase the size of the Board in excess of thirteen (13), or (B) decrease the size of the Board if such decrease would require the resignation of the Majority Approved Holders’ designee from the Board;

(v) the Majority Approved Holders’ designee for the Board shall be entitled to compensation consistent with the compensation received by other independent directors of the Board, including any fee or equity award, and reimbursement for reasonable, out-of-pocket and documented expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board and its committees; and

(vi) the Company shall provide the Majority Approved Holders’ designee for the Board with the same rights to indemnification and advancement and the same director and officer insurance that it provides to the other members of the Board.

(e) In addition to the rights conferred on the Majority Approved Holders pursuant to Sections 1.1(b) - 1.1(d) , for so long as the Approved Holders beneficially own (i) shares of Series A Preferred Stock with an aggregate Stated Value of at least $500,000,000, or (ii) either (A) shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $500,000,000, calculated by valuing each share of Common Stock at the Common Stock Valuation, or (B) any combination of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock having an aggregate value of at least $500,000,000, calculated by valuing each share of Series A Preferred Stock at the Stated Value of such share of Series A Preferred Stock and each share of Common Stock at the Common Stock Valuation, the Majority Approved Holders shall have the right to designate one (1) non-

 

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voting observer to the Board, subject to (x) such observer’s satisfaction of all applicable requirements regarding service as a director of the Company under (1) NYSE rules (or the rules of the principal market on which the Common Stock is then listed) regarding service as a director, and (2) Applicable Law, (y) such observer having not been involved in any of the events enumerated under Items 2(d) or 2(e) of Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision thereto, or Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, or any successor provision thereto, and (z) such observer’s satisfaction of all such other criteria and qualifications for service as an observer of the Board, as determined by the Board from time to time reasonably and in good faith; provided that such observer is (I) a partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and reasonably acceptable to the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, or (II) otherwise acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion. At any time that none of the thresholds set forth in this Section  1.1(e) is satisfied, all rights of the Majority Approved Holders to designate an observer to the Board and for any previously designated observer to observe under this Agreement shall terminate without the requirement of further action by the Company or any other Person.

(f) For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a non-voting observer to the Board, such observer to the Board shall have the right to (i) attend all meetings of the Board (but whose presence shall not be counted towards the Board’s quorum) and all meetings of any committee(s) of the Board, if any, on which the Person designated as a director by the Majority Approved Holders pursuant to Section  1.1(b) then serves (but whose presence shall not be counted towards any such committee(s)’ quorum), in each case, in a non-voting observer capacity, (ii) receive advance notice of each meeting, including such meeting’s time and place, at the same time and in the same manner as such notice is provided to the members of the Board, and (iii) receive copies of all materials, including notices, minutes, consents and regularly compiled financial and operating data distributed to the members of the Board at the same time as such materials are distributed to the Board; provided , however , (A) the Company shall have the right to exclude such observer or withhold such information to the extent such observer’s presence or receipt of such information could reasonably be expected to result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or any other privilege or a violation of antitrust, export control or other Applicable Laws, breach of any confidentiality agreement or any other adverse consequence to the Company, and (B) that such observer shall not be entitled to attend the portion of any Board or committee meeting that constitutes an executive session of the Board or any such committee thereof that is limited solely to independent directors of the Board and the Company’s independent auditors or legal counsel, as applicable. The Board observer shall be bound by all confidentiality, conflicts of interests, trading and disclosure and other governance requirements of a director on the Board, as determined by the Board from time to time.

(g) If the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) and the Majority Approved Holders notify the Company in writing that the Majority Approved Holders elect or agree not to designate a director for nomination, then the Majority Approved Holders shall have the right to instead designate a second non-voting observer to the Board with the rights set forth in Sections 1.1(e) and 1.1(f) .

 

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1.2 Voting . For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) , at each meeting of the stockholders of the Company and at every postponement or adjournment thereof, each Stockholder shall take such action as may be required so that all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Stockholder and entitled to vote at such meeting of stockholders are voted (i) in favor of each director nominated or recommended by the Board for election at any such meeting ( provided that such nomination is not inconsistent with Section  1.1(b) ), and against the removal of any director who has been elected following nomination or recommendation by the Board, (ii) against any stockholder nomination for director that is not approved and recommended by the Board for election at any such meeting, (iii) in favor of the Company’s “say-on-pay” proposal and any proposal by the Company relating to equity compensation that has been approved by the Board or the Compensation & Leadership Committee of the Board (or any successor committee, however denominated), (iv) in favor of the Company’s proposal for ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, and (v) in accordance with the recommendation of the Board with respect to any proposed merger, business combination or similar transaction between the Company and any other Person, but no Stockholder shall be under any obligation to vote in the same manner as recommended by the Board or in any other manner, other than in its sole discretion, with respect to any other matter. In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) , each Stockholder shall take such action as may be required so that such Stockholder is present, in person or by proxy, at each meeting of the stockholders of the Company and at every postponement or adjournment thereof so that all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Stockholder may be counted for the purposes of determining the presence of a quorum and voted in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section  1.2 .

ARTICLE II

OTHER COVENANTS

2.1 Information Rights .

(a) For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) , and subject to the terms and conditions of Section  5.4 , the Company shall provide the Approved Holders with:

(i) quarterly financial statements as soon as reasonably practicable after they become available but no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company; provided that this requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if, on or prior to such date, the Company files its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the applicable fiscal quarter with the SEC; and

(ii) audited (by a nationally recognized accounting firm) annual financial statements as soon as reasonably practicable after they become available but no later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company; provided that this requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if, on or prior to such date, the Company files its annual report on Form 10-K for the applicable fiscal year with the SEC,

 

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in each case, prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, which such financial statements shall include the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the related consolidated statements of operations, income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows. Subject to reasonable restrictions imposed by the Company to comply with antitrust, export control and other Applicable Laws, the Company shall permit the Approved Holders or any authorized representatives designated by the Approved Holders (other than any Permitted Initial Stockholder LP or authorized representative thereof) reasonable access to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including its and their books of accounting and other records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times and as often as the Approved Holders may reasonably request. Any investigation pursuant to this Section  2.2 shall be conducted during normal business hours and in such manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(b) For so long as the Majority Approved Holders have the right to designate a director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1(b) , subject to the terms and conditions of Section  5.4 , the Company shall provide to the Approved Holders copies of all material written information that is provided to the Board at substantially the same time at which such information is first delivered or otherwise made available in writing to the Board; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to provide any such information to the extent the terms and conditions of Section  2.1(c) apply.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any obligation to disclose any information, other than the financial statements required by Section  2.1(a) , to the extent that (i) such disclosure is prohibited by Applicable Law, or (ii) such disclosure would reasonably be expected to cause a violation of any agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or would cause a risk of loss of privilege to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries ( provided that the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements under circumstances where the restrictions in any of the foregoing clauses (i) (ii) of this Section  2.1(c) apply).

2.2 Standstill .

(a) Until the later of (x) the three (3) year anniversary of the Closing, and (y) the date on which the Majority Approved Holders are no longer entitled to designate any director for nomination pursuant to Section  1.1 (or have irrevocably waived their right), each Stockholder agrees that, without the prior approval of the Board, such Stockholder will not (in its own capacity or with or through any other Person), directly or indirectly:

(i) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, solicit an offer to sell or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase or otherwise, any direct or indirect “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of any securities of the Company or its Subsidiaries, including shares of Common Stock, any securities convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock or direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, any voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired (A) pursuant to a conversion or redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, bonus issue, dividend or distribution by the Company or otherwise acquired pursuant to the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Investment Agreement), or (B) by a Person from the Company in connection with such Person’s service as a director or Board observer;

 

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(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, make, or in any way knowingly encourage or participate in, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any “solicitation” of “proxies” to vote (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC promulgated pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act), any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not any such vote relates to the election or removal of directors) whether subject to or exempt from the federal proxy rules, seek to advise or influence in any manner whatsoever any Person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or seek to propose to influence, advise, change or control the management, board of directors (or similar governing body), policies, affairs or strategy of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by way of any public communication or other communications to their respective equityholders intended for such purpose;

(iii) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or as required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, form, join or in any way participate or act in a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(iv) acquire, offer to acquire or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, (A) any of the assets (tangible or intangible) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) any direct or indirect right, warrant or option to acquire any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the event any such asset as is then being offered for sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(v) arrange, or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in any financing for the purchase of any securities or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any securities or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such securities or assets as are then being offered for sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(vi) act, alone or in concert with others, to make any public announcement or seek to propose (in each case, with or without any condition) to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective equityholders any amalgamation, merger, business combination, tender or exchange offer, restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation of or other similar transaction to or with the Company or any such Subsidiary (or in respect of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or otherwise seek, alone or in concert with others, to control, change or influence the management, board of directors or policies of the Company or any such Subsidiary or nominate any Person as a director who is not nominated by the then-incumbent Board, or propose any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company;

 

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(vii) make any request or proposal to amend, waive or terminate any provision of this Section  2.2(a) ; provided that this clause shall not prohibit a Stockholder from making a confidential request or proposal to the Chief Executive Officer or Chair of the Board seeking any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Section  2.2 , which the Company may accept or reject in its sole discretion, so long as any such request is made in a manner that does not require public disclosure thereof; or

(viii) take any action that might result in the Company having to make a public announcement regarding any of the matters referred to in clauses (i) - (vii) of this Section  2.2(a) , or announce any intention to do, or enter into any arrangement, understanding or discussion with any one or more other Persons to do, any of the actions restricted or prohibited under clauses (i) (vii) of this Section  2.2(a) .

(b) Nothing in Section  2.2(a) will limit the Stockholders’ ability to vote (subject to Section  1.2 above), Transfer (subject to Section  2.3 below), convert (subject to Section (C) of Article VII of the Series A Certificate) or otherwise exercise the rights of its shares of Common Stock or shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the ability of the Stockholders’ director designee elected to the Board pursuant to Section  1.1 to vote or otherwise exercise its legal duties or otherwise act in its capacity as a member of the Board.

2.3 Transfer Restrictions .

(a) Until the earlier of (x) eighteen (18) months following the Closing, and (y) the occurrence of a transaction resulting in a Change of Control (as defined in the Series A Certificate) of the Company, no Stockholder shall Transfer any share of Series A Preferred Stock or any share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Section  2.3(b) .

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section  2.3(a) , each Stockholder shall be permitted to Transfer any portion or all of its shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock at any time under the following circumstances:

(i) Transfers to any Permitted Transferee, but only if (A) such Permitted Transferee agrees in writing for the benefit of the Company (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and with a copy thereof to be furnished to the Company) to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, which writing shall be deemed acceptable to the Company if in the form of a joinder substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “ Joinder ”); and (B) such Permitted Transferee and the applicable Transferor Stockholder agree in writing for the benefit of the Company that such Permitted Transferee shall Transfer its shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any share of Series A Preferred Stock back to such Transferor Stockholder at or before such time as such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify hereunder as a Permitted Transferee of such Transferor Stockholder, which writing shall be deemed acceptable to the Company if in the form substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B ;

 

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(ii) Transfers pursuant to an amalgamation, merger, tender offer or exchange offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction entered into by the Company or any transaction resulting in a Change of Control of the Company; or

(iii) Transfers that have been approved in writing by the Board prior to such Transfer.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2.3(a) and (b) , for as long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement are issued and outstanding, without the prior written consent of the Company in its sole discretion, no Stockholder may Transfer any share of Series A Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or redemption of any share of Series A Preferred Stock to (i) any Company Competitor, (ii) any Person that has filed (individually or jointly with others in a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G pursuant to Regulation 13D-G under the Exchange Act with respect to its ownership of shares of capital stock of the Company if (A) such Person has a current obligation to file (individually or jointly with others in a group) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, and (B) the last such report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or amendment thereto) filed (individually or jointly with others in a group) by such Person states that such Person beneficially owns more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (any such Person that has filed or has a current obligation to file a report on Schedule 13G, a “ Schedule 13G Filer ”), (iii) any Person that such Stockholder knows or reasonably should know (1) is or has been an investor in the Company, and (2) in the three years prior to the date of any such proposed Transfer has stated an intention to or has actually attempted to (pursuant to proxy solicitation, tender or exchange offer or other means) obtain a seat on the Board, or (iv) any Person that such Stockholder knows (after reasonably inquiry of such Person) would be required to file (individually or jointly with others in a group) a report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with respect to its ownership of shares of the Company as a result of such Transfer (any such Person, a “ Prohibited Transferee ”); provided that the restrictions set forth in the foregoing clauses (ii)  and (iv) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the first date that there is no longer any share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding; provided , further , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, this Section  2.3(c) shall not apply to restrict a Transfer pursuant to a registered public offering (other than a direct placement) or Rule 144 under the Securities Act ( provided that any such Transfer pursuant to Rule 144 either is not a direct placement or satisfies the requirements of paragraph (f) of such rule), so long as, in the case of a Transfer to which either of the foregoing clauses (ii)(A) or (ii)(B) of this Section  2.3(c) would otherwise apply, such Transfer is not knowingly (without any obligation of investigation) made by any Stockholder to a Prohibited Transferee (other than a Schedule 13G Filer, except for any Schedule 13G Filer who is a Company Competitor).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or otherwise, “Transfer” shall not include, and this Section  2.3 shall not prohibit, any encumbrance or pledge of any share of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issued upon conversion of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock, or any exercise of remedies with respect to any of the foregoing, pursuant to (i) one or more credit facilities of the Initial Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, so long as (A) the Initial Stockholder shall provide prompt written notice to the Company (pursuant to Section  5.12 ) if any event of default pursuant to any such credit facility occurs which results in any lender thereunder becoming entitled (with the provision of notice, lapse of time, or both) to foreclose on such collateral, (B) any such credit facility provides that the Company will be entitled to redeem any share of Series A Preferred Stock or share of Common Stock issued upon conversion

 

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of any share of Series A Preferred Stock, within twenty (20) Business Days following notice to the Company of such foreclosure, for the redemption price set forth in Section (A) of Article VIII of the Series A Certificate, and (C) any such credit facility provides that any lender thereunder will not be entitled to exercise any right pursuant to Sections 1.1 or 2.1, including in the event of any such foreclosure or (ii) any back leverage financing, so long as any such financing provides that any lender thereunder will not be entitled to exercise any right pursuant to Sections 1.1 or 2.1 , including in the event of any foreclosure.

(e) Any attempted Transfer in violation of this Section  2.3 shall be null and void ab initio and the Company shall not be required to give any effect thereto.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

3.1 Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders . The Initial Stockholder, as of the date hereof, and each other Stockholder, as of the date such Stockholder becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to the execution of a Joinder, hereby represent and warrant to the Company as follows:

(a) Such Stockholder has been duly formed, is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Such Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement (or to deliver a Joinder and join this Agreement, as applicable) and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement (or the execution and delivery of a Joinder and the joining of this Agreement, as applicable) and the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not conflict with, violate any provision of or require the consent or approval of any Person under (i) Applicable Law, (ii) the organizational documents of such Stockholder, or (iii) any Contract to which such Stockholder is a party or to which any of its assets is subject, except, in case of clauses (i) and (iii), as would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Stockholder’s performance of its obligations hereunder.

(c) The execution and delivery by such Stockholder of this Agreement (or the execution and delivery of a Joinder and the joining in this Agreement, as applicable) and the performance by such Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or similar) action on the part of such Stockholder. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Stockholder, enforceable against such Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.

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(a) The Company is a duly incorporated and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(b) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement do not and will not conflict with, violate any provision of or require any consent or approval of any Person under (i) Applicable Law, (ii) the organizational documents of the Company, or (iii) any Contract to which the Company is a party or to which any asset of the Company and its Subsidiaries is subject, except, in case of clauses (i)  and (iii) , as would not be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries’ ability to operate in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Initial Stockholder, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.

ARTICLE IV

DEFINITIONS

4.1 Defined Terms . Capitalized terms when used in this Agreement have the following meanings:

30-Day VWAP ” has the meaning set forth in the Series A Certificate.

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “ control ,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ” have correlative meanings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, none of the Stockholders or their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

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Approved Holders ” means the Initial Stockholder and any Permitted Transferees of the Initial Stockholder or any other direct or indirect Permitted Transferee of the Initial Stockholder.

Board ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.1(a) .

Business Day ” means a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, generally are authorized or obligated by Applicable Law to close.

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company.

Common Stock Valuation ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.1(b) .

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Company Competitor ” means, as of any date of determination, any Person that competes with the Company with respect to (i) delivery technologies or development solutions for drugs, biologics or consumer and animal health products, (ii) manufacturing, packaging, labeling, storage, distribution or inventory management of customer-required patient kits for clinical trials of drugs or biologics, or (iii) any other business in development by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may then be engaged, including the formulation, development, manufacture or sale of viral vectors or related bioanalytical testing, in each case in a manner material to the Company or any of the Company’s reporting segments.

Confidential Information ” means any and all confidential, non-public or proprietary information or data pertaining to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the respective businesses and operations thereof, furnished or made available by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Stockholder or any of its Representatives purporting to act on its behalf; provided that “Confidential Information” shall not include information that (i) is at the time of disclosure to such Stockholder or Representative, already in such Stockholder’s or Representative’s possession ( provided , however , that such information is not, to the knowledge of such Stockholder following reasonable inquiry subject to an obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person), (ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such Stockholder or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in violation of this Agreement or any applicable confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, (iii) becomes available to such Stockholder on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives ( provided , however , that such source is not known by such Stockholder following reasonable inquiry to be bound by an obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person), or (iv) is developed by such Stockholder without using all or any portion of Confidential Information or violating any of the obligations of such Stockholder under this Agreement.

 

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Confidentiality Agreement ” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2019, by and between Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

Contract ” means any contract, agreement, note, bond, indenture, guarantee, subcontract, lease or undertaking.

Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Fund VII ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Fund Side VII ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Governmental Entity ” means any court, administrative or regulatory agency or commission or other governmental or arbitral body or authority or instrumentality, including any state-controlled or -owned corporation or enterprise, in each case whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.

Initial Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Investment Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Majority Approved Holders ” means, as of any date, any one or more of the Approved Holders holding in the aggregate a majority of the shares of Common Stock then held, on a fully-diluted and as converted basis, by all Approved Holders.

Other Investments ” has the meaning set forth in Section  5.13 .

Permitted Initial Stockholder LP ” means any limited partner of, or Affiliate of a limited partner of, Fund VII or Fund Side VII or any of their parallel or feeder funds that is not a Prohibited Transferee.

Permitted Transferee ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any successor entity of such Person, (ii) if such Person is an investment fund, vehicle or similar entity, any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity controlled by a Related GP Entity and managed by a Related IM Entity for so long as such fund or investment vehicle remains controlled by a Related GP Entity and managed by a Related IM Entity, (iii) a wholly owned Subsidiary of such Person and (iv) with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, any Permitted Initial Stockholder LP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, “ Permitted Transferee ” shall not include any portfolio company or investment of any fund or investment vehicle controlled by a Related GP Entity and managed by a Related IM Entity.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, trust, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

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Prohibited Transferee ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.3(c) .

Purchaser Group ” has the meaning set forth in Section  5.13 .

Registration Rights Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Related IM Entity ” means any Person (i) that, pursuant to contract, manages or directs the investment decision-making of an affiliated pooled investment fund or vehicle sponsored by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., and (ii) whose outstanding equity interests are at least seventy-five percent (75%) owned by current or former (as of the date of determination) Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. personnel or their estate planning vehicles.

Related GP Entity ” means any Person (i) that acts as the general partner or managing member (or in a similar capacity) of an affiliated pooled investment fund or vehicle sponsored by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., and (ii) whose outstanding equity interests are at least seventy-five percent (75%) owned by current or former (as of the date of determination) Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. personnel or their estate planning vehicles or an Affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

Renounced Business Opportunity ” has the meaning set forth in Section  5.13 .

Representative ” means, with respect to any Person, any director, officer, employee, general partner, member, manager, advisor (including any financial advisor, legal counsel, accountant or consultant), agent or other representative of such Person.

Schedule 13G Filer ” has the meaning set forth in Section  2.3(c) .

Securities ” means the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement on the date hereof or the shares of Common Stock issued in connection with the conversion or redemption of all or any portion of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock (without duplication).

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Series A Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section  1.1(b) .

Series A Preferred Stock ” means the preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, designated as “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”, of the Company issued on the date hereof pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

Stated Value ” has the meaning set forth in the Series A Certificate.

Stockholders ” means the Initial Stockholder and any Person (i)(x) who acquires shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or to whom shares of Series A Preferred Stock is transferred), whether from an existing Stockholder, the Company or otherwise or (y) to whom any right, interest or obligation hereunder is assigned pursuant to and in accordance with Section  5.3 , and (ii) in the case of both clauses (i)(x) and (i)(y) , who executes a written joinder substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity (i) of which such Person or a subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, or (ii) of which a majority of the voting securities or other voting interests, or 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 Persons performing similar functions with respect to such Person, is directly or indirectly owned by such Person and/or one or more subsidiaries thereof.

Transfer ” by any Person means, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge (subject to Section  2.3(d) ), encumber (subject to Section  2.3(d) ), hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge (subject to Section  2.3(d) ), encumbrance (subject to Section  2.3(d) ), hypothecation or similar disposition of, any securities owned by such Person or of any interest (including any voting interest) in any securities owned by such Person. Correlative terms, including the terms “ Transferor ”, “ Transferee ” and “ Transferred ”, shall have correlative meanings.

4.2 Terms Generally . The words “hereby,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in which such word appears. All references herein to “Articles” and “Sections” shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” References to “$” or “dollars” means United States dollars. The definitions given for terms in this ARTICLE IV and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. References herein to any agreement or letter shall be deemed references to such agreement or letter as it may be amended, restated or otherwise revised from time to time.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Term . This Agreement will be effective as of the Closing and, except as otherwise set forth herein, will continue in effect thereafter until the mutual written agreement of the Company and the Majority Approved Holders to terminate this Agreement.

5.2 Amendments and Waivers . Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Agreement may be amended or waived only upon the prior written consent of the Company and the Majority Approved Holders. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any right or remedy provided by Applicable Law.

 

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5.3 Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section  5.3 , neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties (whether an initial party or made party through a Joinder or otherwise), in whole or in part (whether by operation of law or otherwise), without the prior written consent of the Company and the Majority Approved Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, (a) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, a Stockholder may assign all or any portion of its rights and interests under this Agreement to any Person (i) to which such Stockholder properly assigns or transfers Securities in accordance with Section  2.3, and (ii) that executes a Joinder, and (b) this Agreement may be assigned by operation of law by the Company. This Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section  5.3 shall be null and void ab initio .

5.4 Confidentiality . The parties recognize that, in connection with the performance of this Agreement, the Company may provide the Stockholders with access to, or otherwise furnish or make available to the Stockholders certain Confidential Information. Each Stockholder shall keep all Confidential Information strictly confidential and not disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person, except as may be requested or legally compelled (in either case pursuant to the terms of a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a Governmental Entity or pursuant to a civil investigative demand or similar judicial or legal process); provided , however , that each Stockholder may disclose such Confidential Information to (i) its Representatives who need to know such Confidential Information for purposes of evaluating or monitoring such Stockholder’s investment in the Company and who agree to be bound by the terms of this Section  5.4 or otherwise have a professional duty of confidentiality with respect to information received from such Stockholder, it being acknowledged and agreed by each Stockholder that such Stockholder shall be liable for any breach of this Section  5.4 by any of its Representatives, (ii) proposed Permitted Transferees in connection with a proposed Transfer of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock (it being understood and agreed by each Stockholder that (A) prior to any such disclosure, the Stockholder shall inform the prospective Permitted Transferee of the confidential nature of the information, and (B) such Stockholder shall be liable for any breach of this Section  5.4 by such prospective Permitted Transferee), or (iii) any Permitted Initial Stockholder LP that is bound by a customary written confidentiality obligation that contains reasonable restrictions on the use and disclosure of the Company’s non-public information; provided that, for purposes of this clause (iii) , (x) such Confidential Information is limited to financial and other information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries that is contractually required or customarily provided to existing or prospective investors in the Initial Stockholder, and (y) such Stockholder shall be responsible for any breach of this Section  5.4 by such Person. Furthermore, no Stockholder shall, and each Stockholder shall cause its Representatives not to, use any Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever other than to evaluate, monitor, manage or ascribe a value to its investment in the Company or enforce its rights under this Agreement, it being acknowledged and agreed by each Stockholder that such Stockholder shall be liable for any breach of this Section  5.4 by any of its Representatives. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Stockholder shall take precautions that are reasonable, necessary and appropriate to guard the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and shall treat such Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care which it applies to its own confidential and proprietary information. In the event that any Stockholder (or any Affiliate or Representative

 

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thereof) is requested or required to disclose any Confidential Information pursuant to this Section  5.4 , it shall provide prompt written notice to the Company of the proposed disclosure prior to such disclosure and shall cooperate with the Company in good faith, at the Company’s cost and expense, in any effort the Company undertakes in order to obtain a protective order or other similar remedy. In the event that such protective order or other remedy either is not obtained or does not completely block such disclosure, or that the Company waives compliance with this provision, such Stockholder will furnish only that portion of such Confidential Information that such Stockholder is advised by legal counsel is legally required and will exercise its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. Each Stockholder hereby acknowledges and agrees that all Confidential Information is and shall at all times remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of this Section  5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

5.5 Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but, if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any Applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any such provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

5.6 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 counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that each party need not sign the same counterpart.

5.7 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including the documents and the instruments referred to in this Agreement), together with the Confidentiality Agreement, the Investment Agreement, the Series A Certificate, and the Registration Rights Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties or to which they are subject and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

5.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware (excluding those choice-of-law principles of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State), without regard to any applicable conflicts-of-law principles. Any suit, action or proceeding brought by any party to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought exclusively in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or, to the extent such court shall not have jurisdiction over the subject matter, in any state or federal court sitting in New Castle County, Delaware, and each of the parties submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided , however , that any judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding may be enforced in any court with jurisdiction over the subject matter. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent

 

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permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party in any manner provided for notice in Section  5.12 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.

5.9 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

5.10 Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage may occur if any provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof in any court set forth in Section  5.8 , in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

5.11 No Third-Party Beneficiaries . Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any right upon any Person other than the parties and each such party’s respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, all of whom shall be express third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

5.12 Notices . Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to the other will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally or by facsimile or electronic communication, upon confirmation of receipt, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service, or (c) on the third Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. 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.

If to the Company, to:

Catalent, Inc.

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

Attn:                 General Counsel – Steven L. Fasman

E-mail:              GenCouns@catalent.com

Fax:                 (732) 537-6490

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Attn:                 Steven Epstein; Matthew Soran

E-mail:              steven.epstein@friedfrank.com ;

                           matthew.soran@friedfrank.com

Fax:                 (212) 859-4000

 

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If to the Initial Stockholder, to:

c/o Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

11111 Santa Monica Blvd., #2000

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Attn:                 Peter Zippelius

E-mail:             pzippelius@leonardgreen.com

Facsimile:        (310) 954-0404

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022-4834

Attn:                 Howard A. Sobel

                          Jason H. Silvera

                          Greg Rodgers

E-mail:             howard.sobel@lw.com

                          jason.silvera@lw.com

                          greg.rodgers@lw.com

Fax:                  (212) 751-4864

5.13 Corporate Opportunities . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to the terms and conditions of Section  2.2 and the proviso set forth in the penultimate sentence of this Section  5.13 , the Company, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, (a) acknowledges and affirms that the Initial Stockholder and its Affiliates, employees, directors, partners and members, including any director or observer designated pursuant to Section  1.1 (the “ Purchaser Group ”): (i) have participated (directly or indirectly) and will continue to participate (directly or indirectly) in private equity, venture capital and other direct investments in corporations, joint ventures, limited liability companies and other entities (“ Other Investments ”), including Other Investments engaged in various aspects of businesses similar to those engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries (and related services businesses) that may, are or will be competitive with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses or that could be suitable for the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ interests, (ii) have interests in, participate with, aid and maintain seats on the board of directors or similar governing bodies of, Other Investments, (iii) may develop or become aware of business opportunities for Other Investments; and (iv) may or will, as a result of or arising from the matters referenced in this Section  5.13 , the nature of the Purchaser Group’s businesses and other factors, have conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest, (b) hereby renounces and disclaims any interest or expectancy in any business opportunity (including any Other Investments or any other

 

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opportunities that may arise in connection with the circumstances described in the foregoing clauses (a)(i) (a)(iv) (each, a “ Renounced Business Opportunity ”)), and (c) acknowledges and affirms that no member of Purchaser Group, including any director or observer designated pursuant to Section  1.1 , shall have any obligation to communicate or offer any Renounced Business Opportunity to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any member of Purchaser Group may pursue a Renounced Business Opportunity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Company does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity if such corporate opportunity was expressly offered to a member of the Board or observer of the Board designated pursuant to Section  1.1 solely in his or her capacity as a member of the Board or an observer of the Board; provided that such opportunity has not been separately presented to the Initial Stockholder or its Affiliates or is not otherwise being independently pursued by the Initial Stockholder or its Affiliates (in each case, whether before or after such opportunity is presented to such director), other than as a result of a breach of the confidentiality obligations of such member of the Board or observer of the Board owed to the Company pursuant to (A)  Section  5.4 , or (B) Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Company shall not be prohibited from pursuing any Renounced Business Opportunity as a result of this Section  5.13 .

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement by their authorized representatives as of the date first above written.

 

CATALENT, INC.

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

[Signature Page to Stockholders’ Agreement]


GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

GREEN EQUITY INVESTORS SIDE VII, L.P.

By: GEI Capital VII, LLC, its General Partner

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

[Signature Page to Stockholders’ Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF JOINDER

Catalent, Inc.

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

Attention: General Counsel – Steven L. Fasman

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of [ • ], 2019 (as such agreement may have been or may be amended from time to time) (the “ Agreement ”), by and among Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, each of Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and any other party identified on the signature page of any joinder substantially similar to this joinder executed or otherwise permitted pursuant to Section  2.3(b)(i)(A) of the Agreement and delivered in accordance with the Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it has acquired [[•] shares of Series A Preferred Stock][shares of Common Stock] from [•] on the date hereof. The undersigned agrees that, as of the date hereof, the undersigned shall become a party to the Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Agreement as a “Stockholder,” as though an original party thereto. The undersigned represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section  3.1 of the Agreement are true and correct as to the undersigned in all respects as of the date hereof.

THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.9 OF THE AGREEMENT.

This joinder and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this joinder (whether based on contract, equity, tort or any other theory) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding choice-of-law principles of the laws of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State), without regard to any applicable conflicts-of-law principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Joinder as of the [    ]th day of [                        ], [        ].

 

[                                             ]

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

Notice Address:

 

 

 

Attn:

 

            

Facsimile:

 

                

Email:

 

                

[Joinder to Catalent, Inc. Stockholders’ Agreement]


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF TRANSFER GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Catalent, Inc.

14 Schoolhouse Road

Somerset, New Jersey 08873

Attention: General Counsel – Steven L. Fasman

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of [ • ], 2019 (as such agreement may have been or may be amended from time to time) (the “ Agreement ”), by and among Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, each of Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and any other party identified on the signature page of any joinder executed pursuant to Section  2.3(b)(i)(A) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this letter agreement (this “ Transfer Guarantee Agreement ”) have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

The undersigned [ name of Permitted Transferee ] (the “ Permitted Transferee ”) represents and warrants that, on the date hereof, it has (a) acquired [[•] shares of Series A Preferred Stock][shares of Common Stock] (the “ Acquired Shares ”) from [ name of Transferor ] (the “ Transferor Stockholder ”), and (b) executed a joinder to become a party to the Agreement and fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Agreement as a “Stockholder,” as though an original party thereto. Each of the Permitted Transferee and the Transferor Stockholder severally (i) acknowledges that entry into this Transfer Guarantee Agreement is a required precondition under the Agreement for the Transfer of the Acquired Shares to the Permitted Transferee, and (ii) represents and warrants that (A) it has full power and authority to enter into this Transfer Guarantee Agreement, and (B) this Agreement, once executed by both parties, will constitute a binding obligation in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity.

In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Permitted Transferee and the Transferor Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees to comply with the terms and conditions of Section  2.3(b)(i)(B) of the Agreement and that, if the Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under the Agreement as a Permitted Transferee of the Transferor Stockholder at any time prior to the date that is eighteen (18) months following the Closing, then at or before such time the (a) Permitted Transferee shall Transfer the Acquired Shares to the Transferor Stockholder for all purposes of the Agreement, and (b) the Transferor Stockholder shall accept the Transfer of, and acquire, the Acquired Shares from the Permitted Transferee for all purposes of the Agreement. The Company shall be an express third-party beneficiary of the terms and conditions of this Transfer Guarantee


Agreement, entitled to sue upon and enforce this Transfer Guarantee Agreement as if the Company were a party hereto. The Permitted Transferee and the Transferor Stockholder hereby acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage may occur if any provision of this Transfer Guarantee Agreement or Section  2.3(b)(i)(B) of the Agreement is not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties (including the Company as an express third-party beneficiary) will be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Transfer Guarantee Agreement or Section  2.3(b)(i)(B) of the Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof in any court described in the last paragraph hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

This Transfer Guarantee Agreement and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Transfer Guarantee Agreement (whether based on contract, equity, tort or any other theory) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding choice-of-law principles of the laws of such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State), without regard to any applicable conflicts-of-law principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Transfer Guarantee Agreement as of the [    ]th day of [                            ], [        ].

 

[ Permitted Transferee ]

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

[ Transferor Stockholder ]

By:

 

                

Name:

Title:

Exhibit 99.1

 

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Catalent to acquire gene therapy leader Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

for $1.2 billion

Will provide new expertise and capabilities in one of the fastest-growing areas of healthcare,

positioning Catalent for accelerated long-term growth

SOMERSET, N.J. and BALTIMORE, M.D. – April  15, 2019 – Catalent, Inc. (NYSE: CTLT), the leading global diversified provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, and Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a leading viral vector development and manufacturing partner for gene therapies, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Catalent will acquire Paragon for $1.2 billion.

“Paragon’s unparalleled expertise in the rapidly growing market of gene therapy manufacturing will be a transformative addition to our business that we believe will accelerate our long-term growth. Paragon brings to Catalent a complementary capability that will fundamentally enhance our biologics business and our end-to-end integrated biopharmaceutical solutions for customers,” said John Chiminski, Catalent’s Chair & Chief Executive Officer. “We look forward to working with Paragon’s incredibly talented team and world-class customers to complete the significant ongoing investments into expanded state-of-the-art facilities and deliver revolutionary, lifesaving treatments to patients.”

Paragon’s differentiated scientific, development and manufacturing capabilities have positioned it to capitalize on strong industry tailwinds in the potentially $40 billion addressable market for gene therapy. Paragon brings specialized expertise in adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, the most commonly used delivery system for gene therapy, as well as unique capabilities in GMP plasmids and lentivirus vectors.

For over 25 years, Paragon has partnered with some of the world’s best biotech and pharma companies to develop and manufacture products based on transformative technologies, including AAV and other gene therapies, next-generation vaccines, oncology immunotherapies (oncolytic viruses and CAR-T cell therapies), therapeutic proteins, and other complex biologics.

 

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Pete Buzy, Paragon’s President and CEO, said, “Our existing investors, NewSpring Health Capital and Camden Partners, were extremely supportive in getting us to where we are today. We are excited to join forces with the leading drug development and manufacturing partner in our industry. This transaction will enable us to achieve our next stage of development and expand our capabilities and platform for the benefit of our customers and their patients.”

Financial Impact and Value Creation

The transaction will deliver highly compelling value to Catalent’s shareholders. Although Paragon will represent a small percentage of Catalent’s business in the near term, it will transform the company’s business profile and meaningfully accelerate its revenue and EBITDA growth over time. Paragon is expected to achieve more than $200 million in revenue in calendar year 2019, with nearly 90% of this revenue target already reflected in signed contracts. The gene therapy market is expected to have sustained growth of 25% in the medium term, and, as a leader in the industry, Paragon is expected to outpace this market growth for the foreseeable future. Catalent expects the transaction to be accretive to its Adjusted Net Income per share in the second full fiscal year after closing, and significantly accretive thereafter.

Financing and Approvals

The definitive merger agreement for the acquisition contemplates an all-cash purchase of all of Paragon’s outstanding equity for $1.2 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis. Catalent intends to fund the transaction with the proceeds of a $650 million incremental term loan under its existing senior secured credit facilities and the issuance of $650 million of a new series of convertible preferred stock to funds affiliated with Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“LGP”), although the acquisition is not subject to a financing condition. Catalent will use the funds remaining from these financings, after the payment of the purchase price and the fees and expenses associated with the transaction, to pay a portion of the costs of capital expansion projects currently underway at Paragon’s facilities in Maryland, with the remaining costs to be paid with cash on hand. The incremental term loan and the issuance of the convertible preferred stock are each conditioned upon the closing of the acquisition.

 

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The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the expiration of the waiting period under the U.S. antitrust laws, and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019. At June 30, 2019, after the expected closing of the acquisition and related financings, Catalent’s pro forma net leverage ratio, after taking into account the acquisition and the related financings, is expected to be approximately 4.0x, with plans to deleverage to 3.5x within 12 to 18 months of closing.

Catalent has obtained a binding commitment for the incremental term loan facility, subject to customary closing conditions and the execution of definitive documentation, from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which will act as lead arranger for the financing. Catalent has separately entered into a definitive agreement to issue up to $1 billion of convertible preferred stock to the funds affiliated with LGP, of which Catalent intends to issue $650 million. The convertible preferred stock will initially pay dividends of 5%, subject to later adjustment under conditions set forth in the stock’s certificate of designation, and may be converted into common stock or redeemed for common stock or cash on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the certificate of designation. Catalent intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K that will have further details concerning the acquisition and the related financings.

Management and Board of Directors

Upon completion of the transaction, Paragon’s entire organization will remain under the leadership of Pete Buzy, with its industry-leading management team and approximately 380 employees joining the Catalent team.

In conjunction with the investment in Catalent by the LGP funds, Peter Zippelius, a Partner at LGP, will join Catalent’s Board of Directors, marking the beginning of a long-term strategic partnership.

 

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Advisors

Centerview Partners LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor to Catalent, and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is serving as Catalent’s legal counsel. William Blair & Company is serving as financial advisor to Paragon, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gordon Feinblatt LLC serving as Paragon’s legal counsel. UBS Investment Bank is serving as exclusive financial advisor to LGP and Latham & Watkins LLP is serving as LGP’s legal counsel.

Conference Call / Webcast

On Monday, April 15, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. ET, Catalent will host a webcast presentation to discuss the transaction. Links to the webcast and accompanying documents will be available on the company’s Investor Relations website, http://investor.catalent.com .

About Catalent

Catalent is the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products. With over 85 years serving the industry, Catalent has proven expertise in bringing more customer products to market faster, enhancing product performance and ensuring reliable clinical and commercial product supply. Catalent employs over 11,000 people, including over 1,800 scientists, at more than 30 facilities across five continents, and in fiscal year 2018 generated approximately $2.5 billion in annual revenue. Catalent is headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.catalent.com .

Catalent Biologics provides advanced technologies and integrated solutions for biologic and biosimilar development and manufacturing, from DNA to fill/finish and commercial supply, through its extensive Biologics network including: Bloomington, Indiana, where the company recently announced a twentieth commercial launch of a fill/finish product, and Madison, Wisconsin, home of Catalent Biologics’ proprietary GPEx® technology for stable, high-yielding mammalian cell lines with eleven approved molecules. For more information on Catalent Biologics, visit www.catalent.com/biologics .

More products. Better treatments. Reliably supplied.

 

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About Paragon Bioservices, Inc.

Paragon Bioservices, Inc. is an industry-leading, private-equity-backed contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) whose focus is the development and manufacturing of cutting-edge biopharmaceuticals. Paragon aims to build strong client partnerships with the world’s best biotech and pharma companies, focusing on transformative technologies, including gene therapies (AAV), next-generation vaccines, oncology immunotherapies (oncolytic viruses), and other complex biologics.

About Leonard Green & Partners

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. is a leading private equity investment firm founded in 1989 and based in Los Angeles. The firm partners with experienced management teams and often with founders to invest in market-leading companies. Since inception, LGP has invested in over 90 companies in the form of traditional buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, growth equity, and selective public equity and debt positions. LGP primarily focuses on companies providing services, including consumer, business, and healthcare services, as well as retail, distribution, and industrials. Select past and current investments include IQVIA, MultiPlan, Aspen Dental, Whole Foods Market, Shake Shack, Activision, and Petco. Its most recent fund, Green Equity Investors VII, L.P., closed in 2016 with $9.6 billion of committed capital. For more information, please visit www.leonardgreen.com .

About Camden Partners

Camden Partners is a multi-strategy private equity firm based in Baltimore, MD. Founded in 1995, the firm focuses on both growth and seed stage investments. Camden Partners’ growth strategy leverages domain expertise in the technology-enabled business services, healthcare services and education sectors to turn lower middle market companies in these sectors into market leaders. Donald W. Hughes, Partner at Camden Partners, represents Camden’s investment on the Board of Directors of Paragon Bioservices.

 

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About NewSpring Health Capital

NewSpring Health Capital is the dedicated healthcare fund of NewSpring Capital, a private equity firm based in Radnor, PA. NewSpring Health Capital partners with management teams to accelerate the success of differentiated healthcare companies, delivering capital for growth, recapitalizations, and mergers & acquisitions within the segments of technology-enabled services, niche clinical providers and specialty pharmaceuticals. Kapila Ratnam, PhD, a partner at NewSpring Capital, has served on the Board of Directors at Paragon Bioservices since 2014 following NewSpring Health Capital’s investment.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of statements that include phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate”, “plan”, “project”, “foresee”, “likely”, “may”, “will”, “would” or other words or phrases with similar meanings, and include the statements regarding Paragon’s 2019 revenues and its future growth rate, as well as the impact of the transaction on our Adjusted Net Income. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals, including our plans to close our agreement to acquire Paragon, to close on the related financing transactions, and to subsequently deleverage our balance sheet, are, or may be, forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from our expectations and projections. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following: any delay or failure to conclude the acquisition of Paragon Bioservices, Inc. or the related financings on the terms previously agreed or difficulty in integrating the acquisition if closed or realizing on the anticipated business from the acquisition; changes to our business, our industry, or the overall economic climate that limit our ability to obtain the desired deleveraging, general industry conditions and competition; product or other liability risk inherent in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of our offerings; inability to enhance our existing or introduce new technology or services in a timely manner; economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances and patents attained by competitors; and our substantial debt and debt service requirements that restrict our operating and financial flexibility and impose significant interest and financial costs; or difficulty in integrating other acquisitions into our existing business, thereby reducing or eliminating the anticipated benefits of the acquisition. For a more detailed discussion of these and other factors, see the information under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release or as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments unless and to the extent required by law.

 

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Under our credit agreement, our ability to engage in certain activities, such as incurring certain additional indebtedness, making certain investments and paying certain dividends, is tied to ratios based on Adjusted EBITDA (which is defined as “Consolidated EBITDA” in senior secured credit agreement). Adjusted EBITDA is based on the definitions in our credit agreement, is not defined under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and is subject to important limitations. Adjusted EBITDA is the covenant compliance measure used in certain covenants under our credit agreement, particularly those governing debt incurrence and restricted payments. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. In this press release, we have referred to Adjusted Net Income, which we calculate by tax-adjusting our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA after deducting depreciation and amortization. Adjusted Net Income is also not a GAAP measure and may also not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

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Catalent Contacts

Investors:

Thomas Castellano, Investor Relations, Catalent

+1 732 537-6325

investors@catalent.com

Media:

Chris Halling, Global Communications, Catalent

+44 (0)7580 041073

chris.halling@catalent.com

Brunswick Group

+1 212 333 3810

catalent@brunswickgroup.com

Paragon Contacts

Media:

Colleen Floreck, Paragon Communications

+1 410 975 8708

cfloreck@paragonbiservices.com

 

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