UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
Covis Mergerco Inc.
(Name of Filing Persons (Offeror))
a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Covis Group S.à r.l.
(Name of Filing Persons (Parent of Offeror))
Apollo Management IX, L.P.
(Name of Filing Persons (Other Person))
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
00163U106
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Covis Mergerco Inc.
c/o Covis Group S.à r.l.
2, avenue Charles de Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Attention: Francesco Tallarico
Telephone: +41 41 748 04 04
Fax: +41 41 748 04 09
(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
With a copy to:
David K. Lakhdhir
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Tel: +1 212 373-3030
Fax: +1 212 492-0030
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation* | Amount Of Filing Fee** | |
$497,510,049 | $54,278.35 | |
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Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated as the sum of (i) 34,502,648 outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company) multiplied by $13.75, (ii) for each of the 2,096,221 Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding Company in-the-money stock options, which are to receive cash in the Merger (as defined in the Offer to Purchase described below), the difference between $13.75 and the exercise price for such option (i.e. $8,871,142.50 in the aggregate), and (iii) 1,034,727 Shares (i.e. 987,485 (restricted stock units) + 47,242 (target-level performance-vesting restricted stock units)) issuable pursuant to restricted stock units multiplied by $13.75. The foregoing share figures have been provided by AMAG to the Offeror and are as of September 25, 2020, the most recent practicable date. |
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The filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2021, issued August 26, 2020, by multiplying the transaction value by 0.0001091. |
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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. |
Amount Previously Paid: N/A | Filing Party: N/A | |
Form or Registration No.: N/A | Date Filed: N/A |
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. |
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. |
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amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. |
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
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Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) |
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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) |
This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with any amendments and supplements hereto, this Schedule TO) is being filed by Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror), Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), and Apollo Management IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Management IX). The Offeror is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. Parent is controlled by equity funds managed by Management IX. This Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Offeror to purchase all of the issued and outstanding Shares at a purchase price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash (the Offer Price), without interest, less any applicable tax withholding, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger described below, collectively constitute the Offer), copies of which are annexed to and filed with this Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. All the information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference in response to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 in this Schedule TO and is supplemented by the information specifically provided in this Schedule TO. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) Covis Finco S.à r.l. (the Debt Financing Borrower), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (d)(1) hereto, is incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 4 through 11 of this Schedule TO. Unless otherwise indicated, references to sections in this Schedule TO are references to sections of the Offer to Purchase.
Item 1. Summary Term Sheet.
The information set forth in the section entitled Summary Term Sheet of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Subject Company Information.
(a) The name of the subject company and the issuer of the securities to which this Schedule TO relates is AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Its principal executive offices are located at 1100 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. AMAGs telephone number at its principal executive offices is (617) 498-3300.
(b) This Schedule TO relates to the Offerors offer to purchase all outstanding Shares. According to AMAG, as of September 25, 2020 there were 34,502,648 Shares issued and outstanding, (ii) 2,096,221 Shares subject to issuance pursuant to outstanding options to acquire Shares and (iii) 1,034,727 Shares (i.e. 987,485 (restricted stock units) + 47,242 (target-level performance-vesting restricted stock units)) Shares issuable pursuant to restricted stock units assuming target-level performance achievement.
(c) The information set forth in Section 6Price Range of Shares; Dividends of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. Identity and Background of Filing Person.
(a) (c) This Schedule TO is filed by the Offeror, Parent and Management IX. The information set forth in the section entitled Summary Term Sheet and Section 9Certain Information Concerning the Offeror, Parent and Management IX of, and Schedule A to, the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.
(a), (b) The information set forth in the sections entitled Summary Term Sheet and Introduction and Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11Certain Information Concerning AMAG, Certain Information Concerning the Offeror, Parent and Management IX, Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG and Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.
(a), (c)(1) (7) The information set forth in the sections entitled Summary Term Sheet and Introduction and Sections 6, 7, 10, 11 and 14Price Range of Shares; Dividends, Certain Effects of the Offer, Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG, Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents and Dividends and Distributions of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
(a), (d) The information set forth in Section 12Source and Amount of Funds of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 8. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.
The information set forth in Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11Certain Information Concerning AMAG, Certain Information Concerning the Offeror, Parent and Management IX, Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG and Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.
(a) The information set forth in Sections 10, 11 and 17Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG, Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents and Fees and Expenses of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. Financial Statements.
Not applicable. In accordance with instructions to Item 10 of the Schedule TO, the financial statements are not considered material because:
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The consideration offered consists solely of cash; |
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The Offer is not subject to any financing condition; and |
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The Offer is for all outstanding securities of the subject class. |
Item 11. Additional Information.
(a)(1) Except as disclosed in Items 1 through 10 above, there are no present or proposed material agreements, arrangements, understandings or relationships between (i) the Offeror, the Parent or any of their respective executive officers, directors, controlling persons or subsidiaries and (ii) AMAG or any of its executive officers, directors, controlling persons or subsidiaries.
(a)(2), (3) The information set forth in Sections 11, 13 and 15Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents, Conditions of the Offer and Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(4) The information set forth in Section 7Certain Effects of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(5) Not applicable.
(c) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1)(A) |
Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020.* | |
(a)(1)(B) |
Form of Letter of Transmittal (including Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9).* | |
(a)(1)(C) |
Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.* | |
(a)(1)(D) |
Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.* | |
(a)(1)(E) |
Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.* | |
(a)(1)(F) |
Text of Summary Advertisement, as published in The Wall Street Journal on October 15, 2020.* | |
(a)(2) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(3) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(4) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(5)(A) |
Press Release, dated October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 1, 2020). | |
(a)(5)(B) |
Email sent to the employees of the Company on October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 1, 2020) | |
(a)(5)(C) |
Presentation of Covis Pharma Group to the Companys employees held on October 13, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 13, 2020). | |
(a)(5)(D) |
Text of press release announcing launch of Tender Offer, dated October 15, 2020* | |
(b)(1) |
Debt Commitment Letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, among Covis Finco S.à r.l., HPS Investment Partners, LLC, and Capital One, National Association.* | |
(d)(1) |
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and Covis Finco S.à r.l. (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to AMAGs Form 8-K, filed on October 1, 2020). | |
(d)(2) |
Equity Commitment Letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, pursuant to which certain equity funds managed by Management IX have committed cash as capital to Parent.* | |
(d)(3) |
Limited Guarantee, dated as of October 1, 2020, delivered by certain equity funds managed by Management IX in favor of AMAG.* | |
(d)(4) |
Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2020, between Parent and AMAG.* | |
(g) |
Not applicable. | |
(h) |
Not applicable. |
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Filed herewith |
Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.
Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
COVIS MERGERCO INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Michael Porter |
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Name: | Michael Porter | |
Title: | President | |
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L. | ||
By: |
/s/ Michael Porter |
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Name: | Michael Porter | |
Title: | Class A Manager | |
By: |
/s/ Gaëtan Dumont |
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Name: | Gaëtan Dumont | |
Title: | Class B Manager | |
APOLLO MANAGEMENT IX, L.P. | ||
BY: AIF IX Management, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
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Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President |
Dated: October 15, 2020
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
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(a)(1)(A) |
Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020.* | |
(a)(1)(B) |
Form of Letter of Transmittal (including Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9).* | |
(a)(1)(C) |
Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.* | |
(a)(1)(D) |
Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.* | |
(a)(1)(E) |
Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.* | |
(a)(1)(F) |
Text of Summary Advertisement, as published in The Wall Street Journal on October 15, 2020.* | |
(a)(2) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(3) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(4) |
Not applicable. | |
(a)(5)(A) |
Press Release, dated October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 1, 2020). | |
(a)(5)(B) |
Email sent to the employees of the Company on October 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 1, 2020). |
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(a)(5)(C) |
Presentation of Covis Pharma Group to the Companys employees held on October 13, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Offerors Schedule TO-C, filed on October 13, 2020). | |
(a)(5)(D) |
Text of press release announcing launch of Tender Offer, dated October 15, 2020.* | |
(b)(1) |
Debt Commitment Letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, among Covis Finco S.à r.l., HPS Investment Partners, LLC, and Capital One, National Association.* | |
(d)(1) |
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and Covis Finco S.à r.l. (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to AMAGs Form 8-K, filed on October 1, 2020). | |
(d)(2) |
Equity Commitment Letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, pursuant to which certain equity funds managed by Management IX have committed cash as capital to Parent.* | |
(d)(3) |
Limited Guarantee, dated as of October 1, 2020, delivered by certain equity funds managed by Management IX in favor of AMAG.* | |
(d)(4) |
Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2020, between Parent and AMAG.* | |
(g) |
Not applicable. | |
(h) |
Not applicable. |
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Filed herewith |
Exhibit (a)(1)(A)
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
NOVEMBER 12, 2020), UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror), and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares (the Shares) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company), at a purchase price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash (the Offer Price), without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with this Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the Merger Agreement described below, collectively constitute the Offer). Parent and the Offeror are controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P. (Management IX).
The Offer is being made in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) Covis Finco S.à r.l., the direct parent company of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower) (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Offeror will merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG (the Surviving Corporation) surviving as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each outstanding Share of Common Stock (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by Parent or the Offeror, or Shares irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer, in each case immediately before the Effective Time, and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)), will be canceled and converted automatically into and will thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price (without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes). As a result of the Merger, the Shares will cease to be publicly traded, and AMAG will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding, in any event, the Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds of the Offer to Purchase), are collectively referred to in this Offer to Purchase as the Transactions.
The Board of Directors of AMAG (the AMAG Board) has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer.
There is no financing condition to the Offer. The Offer is subject to the satisfaction of the Minimum Condition and other conditions described in Section 13Conditions of the Offer. A summary of the principal terms of the Offer appears on pages 1 through 9 of this Offer to Purchase under the heading Summary Term Sheet. You should read this Offer to Purchase and the other documents to which this Offer to Purchase refers carefully before deciding whether to tender your Shares.
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (212) 297-0720
Shareholders and All Others Call Toll-Free: (844) 343-2621
Email: info@okapipartners.com
October 15, 2020
Important
If you desire to tender all or any portion of your Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer, you must (a) follow the procedures described in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares below or (b) if your Shares are held by a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact such nominee and request that they effect the transaction for you and tender your Shares.
If you desire to tender your Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer and the certificates representing your Shares are not immediately available, or you cannot comply in a timely manner with the procedures for tendering your Shares by book-entry transfer, or cannot deliver all required documents to the Depositary and Paying Agent (as defined below) by the expiration of the Offer, you may tender your Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer by following the procedures for guaranteed delivery described in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of this Offer to Purchase.
Beneficial owners of Shares holding their Shares through nominees should be aware that their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may establish its own earlier deadline for participation in the Offer. Accordingly, beneficial owners holding Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wish to participate in the Offer should contact such nominee as soon as possible in order to determine the times by which such owner must take action in order to participate in the Offer.
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Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to Okapi Partners LLC, the Information Agent for the Offer, at its address and telephone number set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other tender offer materials may also be directed to the Information Agent. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Offer or passed upon the merits or fairness of the Offer or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation on behalf of Parent or the Offeror not contained herein or in the Letter of Transmittal, and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized. No broker, dealer, bank, trust company, fiduciary or other person shall be deemed to be the agent of Parent, the Offeror, the Depositary and Paying Agent, or the Information Agent for the purpose of the Offer.
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The information contained in this summary term sheet is a summary only and is not meant to be a substitute for the more detailed description and information contained in this Offer to Purchase or the Letter of Transmittal. We have included cross-references in this summary term sheet to other sections of this Offer to Purchase where you will find more complete descriptions of the topics mentioned below. The information concerning AMAG (as defined below) contained herein and elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase has been provided to Parent (as defined below) and the Offeror (as defined below) by AMAG or has been taken from, or is based upon, publicly available documents or records of AMAG on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) or other public sources at the time of the Offer (as defined in the Introduction to this Offer to Purchase). Parent and the Offeror have not independently verified the accuracy and completeness of such information. Parent and the Offeror have no knowledge that would indicate that any statements contained herein relating to AMAG provided to Parent and the Offeror or taken from, or based upon, such documents and records filed with the SEC are untrue or incomplete in any material respect.
The following are some questions you, as a stockholder of AMAG, may have and answers to those questions. You should carefully read this entire Offer to Purchase and the other documents to which this Offer to Purchase refers to understand fully the Offer, the Merger Agreement (as defined below) and the other Transactions (as defined below) because the information in this summary term sheet is not complete. References to we, us, or our, unless the context otherwise requires, are references to the Offeror.
Securities Sought |
All issued and outstanding shares (the Shares) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company). | |
Price Offered Per Share |
$13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof in cash (the Offer Price), without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes. | |
Scheduled Expiration Date |
12:00 Midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 12, 2020), unless the offer is extended or earlier terminated. | |
Offeror |
Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent). Parent is controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P. (Management IX). | |
AMAGs Board of Directors Recommendation |
The board of directors of AMAG (the AMAG Board) has unanimously recommended that the stockholders of the Company tender their Shares in the Offer. |
Who is offering to buy my securities?
The Offeror is offering to purchase for cash all of the outstanding Shares. The Offeror is a Delaware corporation that was formed for the sole purpose of making the Offer and effecting the transaction in which the Offeror will be merged with and into AMAG, with AMAG surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) the Debt Financing Borrower (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement). The Offeror is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. See the Introduction to this Offer to Purchase and Section 9Certain Information Concerning the Offeror, Parent and Management IX. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding the Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds of this Offer to Purchase), are collectively referred to as the Transactions.
What securities are you offering to purchase?
We are offering to purchase all of the outstanding Shares. See Introduction and Section 1Terms of the Offer.
How much are you offering to pay for my securities, and what is the form of payment?
We are offering to pay $13.75 per Share, net to you in cash, without interest thereon, less any applicable withholding taxes.
Will I have to pay any fees or commissions?
If you are the record holder of your Shares (i.e., a stock certificate has been issued to you and registered in your name or your Shares are registered in book-entry form in your name with AMAGs transfer agent) and you directly tender your Shares to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent) in the Offer, you will not have to pay brokerage fees or commissions. If you own your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee tenders your Shares on your behalf, your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may charge you a fee for doing so. You should consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges will apply. See Introduction.
Will you have the financial resources to make payment?
Yes. Consummation of the Offer (the Offer Closing) is not subject to any financing condition. The total amount of funds required by the Offeror and Parent to consummate the Offer and to provide funding for the Merger is approximately $498 million, plus related fees and expenses. The Offeror and Parent expect to fund such cash requirements from the proceeds from (1) debt facilities contemplated by a debt commitment letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, that the Debt Financing Borrower has entered into in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement (the Debt Commitment Letter), which provides for (i) up to $460 million of incremental senior secured term loans, of which $140 million will be available to consummate the Offer and the Merger (such incremental senior secured term loans, the Initial Incremental Term Loans or the Debt Financing) and $320 million will be available after the Closing Date in the form of delayed draw term loans to fund the repurchase, retirement or redemption of the Convertible Notes (the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans), and (ii) a $25 million incremental senior secured revolving loan facility, the proceeds of which are not expected to be used to consummate the Offer or the Merger, but which may be used by the Surviving Corporation, together with the Debt Financing Borrowers existing $30 million revolving loan facility, for general corporate purposes after completion of the Transactions, and (2) an equity investment contemplated pursuant to an equity commitment letter, dated October 1, 2020, that Parent has entered into with limited partnerships that comprise Apollo Investment Fund IX, a private equity investment fund managed by Management IX, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement (the Equity Commitment Letter), which provides for up to $250 million in aggregate of equity financing and (3) Parents, AMAGs and their respective subsidiaries available cash which, as at September 30, 2020, totaled approximately $170.5 million in the aggregate. Funding of the debt facilities contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter and the equity financing contemplated by the Equity Commitment Letter are subject to the satisfaction of various customary conditions. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Debt Financing Borrowers credit agreement will provide for (i) $584.5 million of outstanding term loans (including the Initial Incremental Term Loans), (ii) commitments for $320 million of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans and (iii) a $55 million revolving loan facility. See Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds of this Offer to Purchase.
Is your financial condition material to my decision to tender in the Offer?
We do not believe our financial condition is material to your decision whether to tender your Shares and accept the Offer because (a) the Offer is being made for all of the issued and outstanding Shares solely for cash,
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(b) the Offer is not subject to any financing condition, (c) the Offer is being made for all outstanding Shares of AMAG, (d) if we consummate the Offer, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, we have agreed to acquire all remaining Shares (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by Parent or the Offeror, and Shares irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer, in each case immediately before the Effective Time (collectively, the Excluded Shares), and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)) for cash at the same price per share as the Offer Price in the Merger and (e) we have the financial resources, including committed debt and equity financing and available cash, sufficient to finance the Offer and the Merger. See Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds.
What are the most significant conditions to the Offer?
The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things:
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the number of Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, considered together with all other Shares (if any) beneficially owned by Parent and its affiliates (excluding any Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been received (as such term is defined in Section 251(h)(6)(f) of the DGCL)), representing at least one more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of Shares outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of Shares then issuable to holders of Company Options (as defined below) from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Options, RSUs (as defined below) and PRSUs (as defined below) (collectively, the Company Compensatory Awards) cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of Shares issuable to holders of Convertible Notes (as defined below) from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to Shares in accordance with the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which Shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes) (the Minimum Condition); |
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the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), in respect of the Transactions; |
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the absence of any law or order (including any injunction or other judgment), whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, in effect that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Transactions; |
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the accuracy of AMAGs representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement (subject to de minimis, materiality and Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement and described in Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents) (the Representations Condition); |
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AMAGs performance or compliance with its obligations, agreements and covenants as required under the Merger Agreement in all material respects (the Covenants Condition); |
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the absence, since the date of the Merger Agreement, of any effect, change, event or occurrence that, individually, or in the aggregate, has had (or would reasonably be expected to have) a Company Material Adverse Effect (the MAE Condition); and |
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the Merger Agreement not having been terminated in accordance with its terms. |
See Section 13Conditions of the Offer.
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Is there an agreement governing the Offer?
Yes. AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections of the Merger Agreement) the Debt Financing Borrower have entered into the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, for the terms and conditions of the Offer and, following consummation of the Offer, the Merger. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents.
What does the AMAG Board think about the Offer?
The Board of Directors of AMAG (the AMAG Board) has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer (such recommendation, the AMAG Board Recommendation).
See Introduction and Section 10Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG, Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents and AMAGs Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the Schedule 14D-9) filed with the SEC in connection with the Offer, a copy of which (without certain exhibits) is being furnished to AMAGs stockholders concurrently with this Offer to Purchase.
Has the AMAG Board received a fairness opinion in connection with the Offer and the Merger?
Yes. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Goldman Sachs), the financial advisor to AMAG, has rendered to the AMAG Board, on October 1, 2020, which was subsequently confirmed by delivery of its written opinion, dated October 1, 2020, that, as of such date and based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth therein, the $13.75 in cash per Share of AMAG Common Stock to be paid to the holders of Shares of AMAG Common Stock (other than Parent and its affiliates) pursuant to the Merger Agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such holders. The full text of Goldman Sachss written opinion, which describes the various assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations upon the review undertaken by Goldman Sachs in connection with its opinion, will be included as an annex to the Schedule 14D-9. Stockholders are urged to read the full text of that opinion carefully and in its entirety.
How long do I have to decide whether to tender in the Offer?
If you desire to tender all or any portion of your Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer, you must comply with the procedures described in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, as applicable, by the Expiration Date. The term Expiration Date means 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 12, 2020), unless the Offeror has extended the initial offering period of the Offer, in which event the term Expiration Date means the latest time and date at which the offering period of the Offer, as so extended by the Offeror, will expire.
If you desire to tender all or any portion of your Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer and you cannot deliver everything that is required in order to make a valid tender by the Expiration Date, you may be able to use a guaranteed delivery procedure by which a broker, a bank or a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an Eligible Institution) may guarantee that the missing items will be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent within three NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) trading days. For the tender to be valid, however, the Depositary and Paying Agent must receive the missing items within such three-trading-day period. See Section 1Terms of the Offer and Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares.
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Beneficial owners of Shares holding their Shares through nominees should be aware that their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may establish its own earlier deadline for participation in the Offer. Accordingly, beneficial owners holding Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wish to participate in the Offer should contact their nominee as soon as possible in order to determine the times by which such owner must take action in order to participate in the Offer.
Can the Offer be extended and under what circumstances?
Yes. We have agreed in the Merger Agreement that, subject to our rights in some circumstances to terminate the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and the Offerors right to waive any Offer Condition (other than the Minimum Condition):
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if on any date as of which the Offer is scheduled to expire (the Expiration Date), any condition to the Offer has not been satisfied or waived, we will extend the Offer on one or more occasions in consecutive increments of up to ten business days each (or such longer duration as Parent and AMAG may agree) in order to permit satisfaction of such condition; |
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we will extend the Offer for the minimum period required by applicable law, including any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) or its staff; and |
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if on any then scheduled Expiration Date (i) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied (other than those Offer Conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the first time at which the Offeror irrevocably accepts for payment any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer (the Acceptance Time), but which conditions would be capable of being satisfied as of such scheduled Expiration Date) and (ii) the full amount of the Debt Financing has not been funded and will not be available to be funded at the Offer Closing and the Closing, other than as a result of a breach or failure to perform by any of Parent, the Offeror or Debt Financing Borrower of certain of their representations, warranties or covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement, then (1) the Offeror shall extend the Offer for two successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period) and (2) thereafter the Offeror shall have the right in its sole discretion to extend the Offer for additional successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period), the length of each such period to be determined by Parent in its sole discretion (any such extension, a Debt Financing Extension); provided that, if we so extend the Offer pursuant to the foregoing, the Representations Condition (solely with respect to representations and warranties qualified by reference to Company Material Adverse Effect) and the MAE Condition will be deemed to have been irrevocably satisfied or waived from and at all times after any such initial extension. |
We are not, however, required to extend the Offer beyond 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on the End Date. The End Date is January 28, 2021.
How will I be notified if the Offer is extended?
If we extend the Offer, we will inform the Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer of that fact and will make a public announcement of the extension no later than 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day after the day on which the Offer was scheduled to expire.
Have any stockholders already agreed to tender their Shares in the Offer?
Yes. On October 1, 2020, certain of AMAGs stockholders, including its current directors and executive officers and Caligan Partners LP, one of the significant stockholders in AMAG, who collectively beneficially own 3,704,184 Shares (excluding Shares issuable upon exercise of Company Options and Shares issuable with respect to Company Restricted Stock Awards (as defined below)), have entered into a support agreement (the Support Agreement) with Parent and the Offeror, pursuant to which they agreed, among other things, to
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irrevocably tender their Shares (together with any Shares which such stockholders may acquire at any time in the future during the term of the Support Agreement) into the Offer. The Shares subject to the Support Agreement comprise approximately 10% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock. The Support Agreement will terminate upon certain circumstances, including upon termination of the Merger Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Support Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Support Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to AMAGs Form 8-K, filed on October 1, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
How do I tender my Shares?
If you wish to accept the Offer and:
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you hold your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you should contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and give instructions that your Shares be tendered in accordance with the procedures described in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal; |
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you are a record holder (i.e., a stock certificate has been issued to you and registered in your name or your Shares are registered in book entry form in your name with AMAGs transfer agent), you must deliver the stock certificate(s) representing your Shares (or follow the procedures described in this Offer to Purchase for book-entry transfer), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof) or an Agents Message (as defined in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares below) in connection with a book-entry delivery of Shares, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary and Paying Agent. These materials must reach the Depositary and Paying Agent before the Offer expires; or |
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you are a record holder, but your stock certificate is not available or you cannot deliver it to the Depositary and Paying Agent before the Offer expires, you may be able to obtain three additional NASDAQ trading days to tender your Shares using the enclosed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. |
See the Letter of Transmittal and Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares for more information.
May I withdraw Shares I previously tendered in the Offer? Until what time may I withdraw tendered Shares?
Yes. You may withdraw previously tendered Shares any time prior to the Expiration Date, and, if not previously accepted for payment, at any time after December 14, 2020, the date that is sixty days after the date of the commencement of the Offer, pursuant to SEC regulations, by following the procedures for withdrawing your Shares in a timely manner. To withdraw Shares, you must deliver a written notice of withdrawal, or a facsimile of one, with the required information to the Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer, while you have the right to withdraw the Shares. If you tendered your Shares by giving instructions to a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee prior to the Expiration Date to arrange for the withdrawal of your Shares in a timely manner. See Section 4Withdrawal Rights.
If I decide not to tender, how will the Offer affect my Shares?
If you decide not to tender your Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger occurs as described herein, you will receive as a result of the Merger the right to receive the same amount of cash per Share as if you had tendered your Shares pursuant to the Offer, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.
Subject to certain conditions, if we purchase Shares in the Offer, we are obligated under the Merger Agreement to cause the Merger to occur.
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Because the Merger will be governed by Section 251(h) of the DGCL, assuming the requirements of Section 251(h) of the DGCL are met, no stockholder vote by the stockholders of AMAG will be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger. We do not expect there to be significant time between the consummation of the Offer and the consummation of the Merger. See Section 7Certain Effects of the Offer.
Will there be a subsequent offering period?
No. Pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL, we expect the Merger to occur as promptly as practicable following the consummation of the Offer without a subsequent offering period.
Are appraisal rights available in either the Offer or the Merger?
No appraisal rights will be available to you in connection with the Offer. However, if we accept Shares in the Offer and the Merger is completed, stockholders will be entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the Merger with respect to Shares not tendered in the Offer if such stockholders properly perfect their right to seek appraisal under the DGCL. See Section 16Appraisal Rights.
If the Offer is completed, will AMAG continue as a public company?
No. Following the purchase of Shares tendered, we expect to consummate the Merger promptly in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and no stockholder vote by the stockholders of AMAG will be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger. If the Merger occurs, AMAG will no longer be publicly owned. We do not expect there to be a significant period of time between the consummation of the Offer and the consummation of the Merger. If you decide not to tender your Shares in the Offer and the Merger occurs as described above, you will receive, as a result of the Merger, the right to receive the same amount of cash per Share as if you had tendered your Shares in the Offer.
What are your plans for AMAG after the Merger?
Parents primary purpose, in entering into the Transactions, is to add AMAGs category leading treatments to its existing portfolio of therapeutic products. The Transactions also expand Parents portfolio into new therapeutic areas, providing additional diversity of product mix. Furthermore, Parent plans to look at life cycle management opportunities for the AMAG products, advance AMAGs development and commercial stage assets with continued investment in clinical studies and/or licensing opportunities. Parent will also be looking to maximize synergies across the two companies, given Parents established global platform.
See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents.
What is the market value of my Shares as of a recent date?
The Offer Price of $13.75 per Share represents a premium of approximately 46% over the closing price of $9.40 per Share reported on NASDAQ on September 30, 2020, the last full trading day prior to the public announcement of the signing of the Merger Agreement. On October 14, 2020, the last full trading day before the Offeror commenced the Offer, the closing price of the Shares reported on the NASDAQ was $13.45 per Share.
We advise you to obtain a recent quotation for Shares in deciding whether to tender your Shares in the Offer. See Section 6Price Range of Shares; Dividends.
If I tender my Shares, when and how will I get paid?
If the conditions to the Offer, as set forth in Section 13Conditions of the Offer, are satisfied or, to the extent permitted, waived and we consummate the Offer and accept your Shares for payment, we will pay you an amount in cash equal to the number of Shares you tendered multiplied by $13.75, without interest (and less any applicable withholding taxes), promptly following the Expiration Date. See Section 1Terms of the Offer and Section 2Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares.
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What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences of participating in the Offer?
A U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences) that disposes of Shares pursuant to the Offer generally will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the cash that the U.S. Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the Offer and the U.S. Holders adjusted tax basis in the Shares disposed of pursuant to the Offer.
We do not believe that AMAG is a USRPHC (as defined in Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences). Assuming this to be the case, a Non-U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences), generally will not be subject to United States federal income tax on gains recognized on the disposition of Shares pursuant to the Offer; provided that (a) the gain is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business by a Non-U.S. Holder in the United States and (b) in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is an individual, the Non-U.S. Holder is not present in the United States for one hundred eighty-three days or more during the taxable year of the disposition.
If, contrary to our belief, AMAG is or, during certain periods, has been, a USRPHC, a Non-U.S. Holder may be subject to United States federal income tax on any gain recognized upon the disposition of Shares pursuant to the Offer, even if the conditions described above are met. Whether or not a Non-U.S. Holder of a USRPHC will be subject to United States federal income tax depends on the number of Shares such Non-U.S. Holder holds and whether such Shares are considered to be regularly traded on an established securities market within the meaning of applicable Treasury Regulations issued by the IRS. See Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences of this Offer to Purchase.
AMAGs stockholders are urged to read carefully Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences and to consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences applicable to them in their particular circumstances of exchanging their Shares pursuant to the Offer or exchanging Shares pursuant to the Merger, including the consequences under any applicable state, local, non-U.S. or other tax laws. See Section 5Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.
What will happen to my stock options in the Offer and the Merger?
Options to purchase Shares (each, a Company Option) are not sought in or affected by the Offer. However, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Company Option for which the exercise price per Share is less than the Merger Consideration, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each Share underlying such Company Option, without interest and subject to deduction for any required tax withholding, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the excess of the Merger Consideration over the per Share exercise price of such Company Option.
What will happen to my outstanding time-based restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units in the Offer and the Merger?
Time-vesting Company restricted stock units (each, an RSU) and performance-vesting restricted stock units (each, a PRSU) are not sought in the Offer. Instead, immediately prior to the Effective Time, each RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each Share underlying such RSU, without interest and subject to deduction for any required tax withholding, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the Merger Consideration.
In addition, immediately prior to the Effective Time, each PRSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each Share underlying such PRSU that would vest at the higher of (i) 100% target performance level, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of calendar days from the first day of the PRSUs performance measurement period to the Expiration Date and the denominator of which shall be the number of days in the PRSUs performance measurement period, or (ii) the actual level of achievement of
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performance goals, calculated from the first day of the PRSUs performance measurement period through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the Expiration Date, without interest and subject to deduction for any required tax withholding, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the Merger Consideration.
What will happen to my Convertible Notes in the Merger?
The 3.25% senior unsecured convertible notes due 2022 (the Convertible Notes) issued by AMAG are not sought in the Offer. The Convertible Notes are not currently convertible, and are not expected to become convertible during the pendency of the Offer. However, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, following the Effective Time, Parent has agreed to cause the Surviving Corporation to take all actions required by the indenture dated as of May 10, 2017 by and between AMAG and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of May 10, 2017, governing the Convertible Notes (as supplemented, the Indenture) with respect to any Convertible Notes then outstanding.
If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is consummated, then, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Offeror will cause the Surviving Corporation to provide written notice (a Fundamental Change Company Notice) to all holders of the Convertible Notes notifying such holders of their right to require the Surviving Corporation to repurchase for cash such holders Convertible Notes (the Repurchase Right) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date specified by the Surviving Corporation in the Fundamental Change Company Notice.
If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is consummated, the Surviving Corporation will, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, also enter into a supplemental indenture providing that the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Convertible Notes into the amount of cash that a holder of Shares equal to the conversion rate immediately prior to the Merger would have been entitled to receive in the Merger, or $502.513 (with no further right to convert into shares of AMAG or any other entity). If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, holders will have a right, which right must be exercised during the period from the date of the Merger until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, to convert such holders Convertible Notes (the Conversion Right) into cash as described above. Since the purchase price per Share is less than $19.90, the conversion rate shall not be increased in connection with the Transactions.
If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is consummated, holders of the Convertible Notes will have the right to either (i) exercise their Repurchase Right, (ii) exercise their Conversion Right or (iii) decline to exercise either of those rights, in which case their Convertible Notes will remain outstanding subject to their then existing terms.
Since the amount of cash that would be received upon conversion of the Convertible Notes is materially less than the cash that may be received pursuant to the Repurchase Right, it is not expected that any holders of Convertible Notes will elect to exercise their Conversion Right.
Whom can I contact if I have questions about the Offer?
For further information, you can call Okapi Partners LLC, the Information Agent for the Offer. Banks and Brokerage Firms, please call: (212) 297-0720. Stockholders and all others call toll-free: (844) 343-2621.
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To: Holders of Shares of Common
Stock of AMAG:
Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), which is controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P. (Management IX), hereby offers to purchase all of the outstanding shares (the Shares) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG), at a purchase price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash (the Offer Price), without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with any permitted amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the Offer).
The Offer is being made in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020 by and among AMAG, Parent, the Offeror, and, solely with respect to certain sections thereof, Covis Finco S.à r.l. (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Offeror will merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). As a result of the Merger, the Shares will cease to be publicly traded, and AMAG will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding, in any event, the Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds below), are collectively referred to in this Offer to Purchase as the Transactions.
If your Shares are registered in your name and you tender directly to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent), you will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees or commissions on the purchase of Shares by the Offeror. If you hold your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you should check with your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee as to whether they charge any service fees.
The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. The Offer is conditioned upon, among others things, the following: (a) the number of Shares validly tendered (and not properly withdrawn) prior to the expiration of the Offer (but excluding Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been received, as defined by Section 251(h)(6) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)), together with any Shares then owned by Parent and its affiliates, represent at least one Share more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable to holders of Company Options from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Compensatory Awards cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of Convertible Notes (as described below) from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes) (the Minimum Condition); (b) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act) in respect of the Transactions; (c) the absence of any law or order (including any injunction or other judgment), whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, in effect that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Transactions; (d) the accuracy of AMAGs representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement (subject to de minimis, materiality and Company Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) (the Representations Condition); (e) AMAGs performance or compliance with its obligations,
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agreements and covenants as required under the Merger Agreement in all material respects (the Covenants Condition); (f) the absence, since the date of the Merger Agreement, of any effect, change, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect (the MAE Condition); and (g) the Merger Agreement not having been terminated. The Offer is also subject to certain other terms and conditions. See Section 13Conditions of the Offer.
On October 1, 2020, certain of AMAGs stockholders, including its current directors and executive officers and Caligan Partners LP, one of the significant stockholders in AMAG, who collectively beneficially own 3,704,184 Shares (excluding Shares issuable upon exercise of Company Options and Shares issuable with respect to Company Restricted Stock Awards (as defined below)), have entered into a support agreement (the Support Agreement) with Parent and the Offeror pursuant to which they agreed, among other things, to irrevocably tender their Shares (together with any Shares which such stockholders may acquire at any time in the future during the term of the Support Agreement) into the Offer. The Shares subject to the Support Agreement comprise approximately 10% of the outstanding Shares of Common Stock. The Support Agreement will terminate upon certain circumstances, including upon termination of the Merger Agreement.
The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 12, 2020) or, if the Offer has been extended pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the date and time to which the Offer has been so extended. See Section 1Terms of the Offer, Section 13Conditions of the Offer and Section 15Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals.
The AMAG Board has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer (such recommendation, the AMAG Board Recommendation).
For factors considered by the AMAG Board in connection with making its recommendation, see Item 4 of AMAGs Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the Schedule 14D-9) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), a copy of which (without certain exhibits) is being furnished to AMAGs stockholders concurrently herewith under the heading Reasons for Recommendation of the Board.
The Offer is being made pursuant to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Merger will be consummated by filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger (the Certificate of Merger), in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL. The Merger will become effective upon filing of the Certificate of Merger or at such later date or time as Parent and AMAG may agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger (the Effective Time). At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding Share (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AMAG or owned by Parent or the Offeror, in each case, immediately before the Effective Time (collectively, the Excluded Shares), and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL) will be converted automatically into and will thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price, without interest and less any applicable withholding tax (the Merger Consideration). The Merger Agreement is more fully described in Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents.
Section 251(h) of the DGCL provides that, subject to certain statutory requirements, if following consummation of a tender offer for a public Delaware corporation, the stock irrevocably accepted for purchase
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pursuant to such tender offer and received by the depositary prior to the expiration of such tender offer, plus the stock otherwise owned by the consummating corporation equals at least such percentage of the stock, and of each class or series thereof, of the target corporation that would otherwise be required to adopt a merger agreement under the DGCL or the target corporations certificate of incorporation, and each outstanding share of each class or series of stock that is the subject of such tender offer and is not irrevocably accepted for purchase in the offer is to be converted in such merger into the right to receive the same amount and kind of consideration to be paid for shares of such class or series of stock irrevocably accepted for purchase in such tender offer, the consummating corporation may effect a merger without a vote of the stockholders of the target corporation. Accordingly, if the Offer is consummated and the number of Shares validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Offer and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, together with the Shares then owned by Parent and its affiliates is, one Share more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable to holders of Company Options from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Compensatory Awards cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of Convertible Notes (as defined below) from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes), the Offeror does not anticipate seeking the approval of AMAGs remaining public stockholders before effecting the Merger. Section 251(h) also requires that the Merger Agreement provide that such merger shall be effected as soon as practicable following the consummation of the tender offer. Therefore, AMAG, Parent and the Offeror have agreed that, subject to the conditions specified in the Merger Agreement, the Merger will become effective as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, but in any event no later than the date of, and immediately following, the payment for the Shares tendered in the Offer. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents.
No appraisal rights are available in connection with the Offer. However, if we accept Shares in the Offer and the Merger is completed, stockholders may be entitled to appraisal rights in connection with the Merger if they do not tender Shares in the Offer and comply with the applicable procedures described under Section 262 of the DGCL. Such stockholder will not be entitled to receive the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration (in each case, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes), but instead will be entitled to receive only those rights provided under Section 262 of the DGCL. Stockholders must properly perfect their right to seek appraisal under the DGCL in connection with the Merger in order to exercise appraisal rights. See Section 16Appraisal Rights.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Goldman Sachs), the financial advisor to AMAG, has rendered to the AMAG Board, on October 1, 2020, which was subsequently confirmed by delivery of its written opinion, dated October 1, 2020, that, as of such date and based upon and subject to the factors and assumptions set forth therein, the $13.75 in cash per Share of AMAG Common Stock to be paid to the holders of Shares of AMAG Common Stock (other than Parent and its affiliates) pursuant to the Merger Agreement was fair from a financial point of view to such holders. The full text of Goldman Sachss written opinion, which describes the various assumptions made, procedures followed, matters considered and limitations upon the review undertaken by Goldman Sachs in connection with its opinion, will be included as an annex to the Schedule 14D-9. Stockholders are urged to read the full text of that opinion carefully and in its entirety.
The Offeror has engaged American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC to act as the depositary and paying agent for the Offer (the Depositary and Paying Agent). The Offeror has engaged Okapi Partners LLC to act as information agent for the Offer (the Information Agent). Parent and the Offeror will pay all charges and expenses of the Depositary and Paying Agent, and the Information Agent.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Requests for copies of this Offer to Purchase and
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the related Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent. Such copies will be furnished promptly at the Offerors expense. Stockholders may also contact brokers, dealers, commercial banks or trust companies for assistance concerning the Offer.
This Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the other documents referred to in this Offer to Purchase contain important information and such documents should be read carefully and in their entirety before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.
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Terms of the Offer |
Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted, waiver of the conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any extension or amendment), we have agreed in the Merger Agreement to accept for payment and pay for all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the Expiration Date in accordance with the procedures described in Section 4Withdrawal Rights. The term Expiration Date means 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 12, 2020), unless the Offeror, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, has extended the offering period of the Offer, in which event the term Expiration Date means the latest time and date at which the offering period of the Offer, as so extended by the Offeror, will expire. For purposes of the Offer, as provided under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), a business day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 A.M. through 12:00 midnight, New York City time.
The Offer is conditioned upon the satisfaction of the Minimum Condition and the other conditions described in Section 13Conditions of the Offer (the Offer Conditions). The Offeror may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, terminate the Offer without purchasing any Shares if the conditions described in Section 13 are not satisfied or waived. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementTermination.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of Parent and the Offeror has agreed that it will not, without the prior written consent of AMAG, (a) amend, modify or waive the Minimum Condition; (b) decrease the number of Shares sought to be purchased by the Offeror in the Offer; (c) reduce the Offer Price (except to the extent required under the Merger Agreement); (d) increase the Offer Price, except to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement in response to a Change in Recommendation, a Change in Circumstances Notice or a Superior Proposal Notice; (e) extend or otherwise change the expiration date of the Offer, except to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement; (f) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer; (g) impose any condition to the Offer in addition to the Offer Conditions; (h) amend, modify or supplement any of the terms of the Offer in any manner adversely affecting, or that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on, any of the holders of Shares; or (i) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL.
The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that with respect to the Offer Price and Merger Consideration, if at any time on or after the date of the Merger Agreement and at or prior to the time the Offeror accepts Shares for payment, the outstanding Shares are changed into a different number or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Offer Price shall be adjusted to the extent appropriate.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, unless the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Offeror is required to extend the Offer from time to time as follows: (i) if on the then scheduled Expiration Date, the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied or any of the other Offer Conditions has not been satisfied, or waived by Parent or the Offeror if permitted hereunder, then the Offeror
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shall extend the Offer for one or more occasions in consecutive increments of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be agreed by AMAG and Parent) in order to permit the satisfaction of such Offer Conditions (subject to the right of Parent or the Offeror to waive any Offer Condition to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement); provided, however, that the Offeror shall not be required to extend the Offer and the then scheduled Expiration Date to a date later than the End Date; and (ii) the Offeror shall extend the Offer for the minimum period required by applicable law, interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) or its staff.
If on any then scheduled Expiration Date (i) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied (other than those Offer Conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Acceptance Time, but which conditions would be capable of being satisfied as of such scheduled Expiration Date) and (ii) the full amount of the Debt Financing has not been funded and will not be available to be funded at the Offer Closing and the Closing, other than as a result of a breach or failure to perform by any of Parent, the Offeror or Debt Financing Borrower of certain of their representations, warranties or covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement, then (1) the Offeror is required to extend the Offer for two successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period) and (2) thereafter the Offeror shall have the right in its sole discretion to extend the Offer for additional successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period), the length of each such period to be determined by Parent in its sole discretion; provided that, if the Offeror so extends the Offer, the Representations Condition (solely with respect to representations and warranties qualified by reference to Company Material Adverse Effect) and the MAE Condition will be deemed to have been irrevocably satisfied or waived from and at all times after any such initial extension.
The Offeror is not, however, required to extend the Offer beyond 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on the End Date. The End Date is January 28, 2021. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementTermination.
Where the Offeror is not required under the Merger Agreement to extend the Offer, there can be no assurance that the Offeror will exercise any right to extend the Offer. During any extension of the initial offering period, all Shares previously validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and subject to withdrawal rights. See Section 4Withdrawal Rights.
If, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Offeror makes a material change in the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, or if it waives a material condition of the Offer, the Offeror will disseminate additional tender offer materials and extend the Offer if and to the extent required by Rules 14d-4(d), 14d-6(c) and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise. The minimum period during which an Offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the Offer, other than a change in price, percentage of securities sought, or inclusion of or changes to a dealers soliciting fee, will depend upon the facts and circumstances, including the materiality, of the changes. In the SECs view, an offer to purchase should remain open for a minimum of five business days from the date a material change is first published, sent or given to stockholders and, if material changes are made with respect to information that approaches the significance of price and share levels, a minimum of ten business days may be required to allow for adequate dissemination and investor response. Accordingly, if prior to the Expiration Date the Offeror decreases the number of Shares being sought or changes the consideration offered pursuant to the Offer, and if the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the tenth business day from the date that notice of that increase or change is first published, sent or given to stockholders, the Offer will be extended at least until the expiration of that tenth business day.
The Offeror expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, not to accept for payment any Shares if, at the expiration of the Offer, any of the Offer Conditions set forth in Section 13Conditions of the Offer have not been satisfied or upon the occurrence of any of the events set forth in Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementTermination. Under certain circumstances, Parent and the Offeror may terminate the Merger Agreement and the Offer, but Parent and the
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Offeror are prohibited from terminating the Offer prior to any then-scheduled Expiration Date without the prior written consent of AMAG, in its sole discretion, unless the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms.
Any extension of the Offer, waiver, amendment of the Offer, delay in acceptance for payment or payment or termination of the Offer will be followed, as promptly as practicable, by public announcement thereof, the announcement in the case of an extension to be issued not later than 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date in accordance with the public announcement requirements of Rules 14d-4(d), 14d-6(c) and l4e-1(d) under the Exchange Act. Without limiting the obligations of the Offeror under those rules or the manner in which the Offeror may choose to make any public announcement, the Offeror currently intends to make announcements by issuing a press release to a national news service and making any appropriate filings with the SEC.
AMAG has agreed to provide, or cause its transfer agent to provide, Parent and the Offeror with mailing labels containing the names and addresses of record holders of Shares, together with copies of all lists of stockholders, security position listings and computer files and all other information in AMAGs possession or control regarding the beneficial owners of Shares, in each case, as of the latest practicable date, and such information (including periodically updated lists of stockholders, security position listings and computer files) as Parent or the Offeror may reasonably request in connection with the Offer. This Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record holders of Shares whose names appear on AMAGs stockholder list and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agencys security position listing, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.
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Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares |
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), including satisfaction or waiver of all of the Offer Conditions, the Offeror will, and Parent will cause the Offeror to, at, or as promptly as practicable after, the Expiration Date, irrevocably accept for payment, and, at or as promptly as possible following acceptance for payment (but in any event within two business days (calculated as set forth in Rule 14d-1(g)(3) under the Exchange Act) thereafter) pay for, all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer. In addition, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules of the SEC, the Offeror reserves the right to delay acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Shares, pending receipt of the regulatory or governmental approvals specified in Section 15Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals. For information with respect to approvals that we are or may be required to obtain prior to the completion of the Offer, see Section 15Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals.
In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary and Paying Agent of (a) certificates representing those Shares or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of those Shares into the Depositary and Paying Agents account at The Depository Trust Company (DTC) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares, (b) a Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an Eligible Institution), a manually executed facsimile thereof or an Agents Message (as defined in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares below)), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. See Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares. Accordingly, tendering stockholders may be paid, at different times, depending upon when certificates or book-entry transfer confirmations with respect to their Shares are actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent.
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For purposes of the Offer, the Offeror will be deemed to have accepted for payment and thereby purchased Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn if and when the Offeror gives oral or written notice to the Depositary and Paying Agent of its acceptance for payment of those Shares pursuant to the Offer. Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price therefor with the Depositary and Paying Agent, which will act as agent for the tendering stockholders for purposes of receiving payments from the Offeror and transmitting those payments to the tendering stockholders. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Offer Price for Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in payment for Shares.
Shares tendered by a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will not be deemed validly tendered for any purpose, including for purposes of satisfying the Minimum Condition, unless and until Shares underlying such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent.
If any tendered Shares are not accepted for payment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offer for any reason, or if certificates are submitted for more Shares than are tendered, certificates for those unpurchased Shares will be returned (or new certificates for the Shares not tendered will be sent), without expense to the tendering stockholder (or, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer into the Depositary and Paying Agents account at DTC pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares, those Shares will be credited to an account maintained with DTC) promptly following expiration or termination of the Offer.
If, prior to the Expiration Date, the Offeror increases the consideration offered to holders of Shares pursuant to the Offer, that increased consideration will be paid to holders of all Shares that are tendered pursuant to the Offer, whether or not those Shares were tendered prior to that increase in consideration.
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Procedures for Tendering Shares |
Valid Tender of Shares. Except as set forth below, to validly tender Shares pursuant to the Offer, (a) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof) in accordance with the instructions of the Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message (as defined below) in connection with a book-entry delivery of Shares, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Date and either (1) certificates representing Shares tendered must be delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent or (2) those Shares must be properly delivered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer described below and a confirmation of that delivery received by the Depositary and Paying Agent (which confirmation must include an Agents Message if the tendering stockholder has not delivered a Letter of Transmittal), in each case, prior to the Expiration Date, or (b) the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below. The term Agents Message means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and Paying Agent and forming a part of a Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined below), which states that (x) DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering the Shares which are the subject of that Book-Entry Confirmation that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and (y) the Offeror may enforce that agreement against the participant.
Book-Entry Transfer. The Depositary and Paying Agent has agreed to establish an account with respect to the Shares at DTC for purposes of the Offer within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTCs systems may make a book-entry transfer of Shares by causing DTC to transfer those Shares into the Depositary and Paying Agents account in accordance with DTCs procedures for that transfer using DTCs ATOP system. However, although delivery of Shares may be effected through book-entry transfer, either the Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal, and any other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth
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on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase by the Expiration Date, or the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. The confirmation of a book-entry transfer of Shares into the Depositary and Paying Agents account at DTC as described above is referred to herein as a Book-Entry Confirmation.
Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures does not constitute delivery to the Depositary and Paying Agent.
Signature Guarantees and Stock Powers. Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on a Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by an Eligible Institution. Signatures on a Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed (a) if the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) (which term, for purposes of this section, includes any participant in any of DTCs systems whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares) of Shares tendered therewith, the owners powers are not signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity and such registered owner has not completed the box entitled Special Payment Instructions or the box entitled Special Delivery Instructions on the Letter of Transmittal or (b) if those Shares are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instructions 1 and 5 of the Letter of Transmittal. If the certificates for Shares are held through a person other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made or certificates for Shares not tendered or not accepted for payment are to be returned to a person other than the registered owner of the certificates surrendered, then the tendered certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner(s) or holder(s) appear on the certificates, with the signatures on the certificates or stock powers guaranteed as described above. See Instructions 1 and 5 of the Letter of Transmittal.
If certificates representing Shares are forwarded separately to the Depositary and Paying Agent, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal must accompany each delivery of certificates.
Guaranteed Delivery. A stockholder who desires to tender Shares pursuant to the Offer and whose certificates for Shares are not immediately available, or who cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, or who cannot deliver all required documents to the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the Expiration Date, may tender those Shares by satisfying all of the requirements set forth below:
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the tender is made by or through an Eligible Institution; |
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a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form provided by the Offeror, is received by the Depositary and Paying Agent (as provided below) prior to the Expiration Date; and |
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the certificates for all tendered Shares, in proper form for transfer (or a Book-Entry Confirmation with respect to all those Shares), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal), and any other required documents, are received by the Depositary and Paying Agent within three trading days after the date of execution of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. A trading day is any day on which the NASDAQ is open for business. |
The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by overnight courier or transmitted via facsimile transmission or mailed to the Depositary and Paying Agent and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery made available by the Offeror. In the case of Shares held through DTC, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent by a participant by means of the confirmation system of DTC.
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Shares tendered by a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will not be deemed validly tendered for any purpose, including for purposes of satisfying the Minimum Condition, unless and until Shares underlying such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent.
The method of delivery of Shares, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents, including delivery through DTC, is at the election and risk of the tendering stockholder. Delivery of all those documents will be deemed made, and risk of loss of the certificate representing Shares will pass, only when actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by Book-Entry Confirmation). If the delivery is by mail, it is recommended that all those documents be sent by properly insured registered mail with return receipt requested. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
The tender of Shares (pursuant to any one of the procedures described above) will constitute the tendering stockholders acceptance of the Offer, as well as the tendering stockholders representation and warranty that such stockholder has the full power and authority to tender, sell, transfer and assign the Shares tendered, as specified in the Letter of Transmittal (and any and all other Shares or other securities issued or issuable in respect of such Shares), and that when the Offeror accepts the Shares for payment, it will acquire good and unencumbered title, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claims. The Offerors acceptance for payment of Shares (tendered pursuant to one of the procedures described above) will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering stockholder and the Offeror upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
Other Requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of this Offer to Purchase, the Offeror will pay for Shares pursuant to the Offer only after timely receipt by the Depositary and Paying Agent of (a) certificates for (or a timely Book-Entry Confirmation with respect to) those Shares, (b) a Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal) and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, tendering stockholders may be paid at different times depending upon when certificates or Book-Entry Confirmations with respect to their Shares are actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent. Under no circumstances will interest be paid by the Offeror on the purchase price of Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making that payment.
Binding Agreement. The acceptance for payment by the Offeror of Shares (tendered pursuant to one of the procedures described above) will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering stockholder and the Offeror upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
Irrevocable Appointment as Proxy. By executing and delivering a Letter of Transmittal as set forth above (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by delivery of an Agents Message in lieu of a Letter of Transmittal), the tendering stockholder irrevocably appoints designees of the Offeror as that stockholders true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact and proxies, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to the full extent of that stockholders rights with respect to the Shares tendered by that stockholder and accepted for payment by the Offeror and with respect to any and all other Shares or other securities issued or issuable in respect of those Shares on or after the date of the Merger Agreement. Such proxies and powers of attorney will be irrevocable and deemed to be coupled with an interest in the tendered Shares. Such appointment is effective when, and only to the extent that, the Offeror accepts for payment Shares tendered by the stockholder as provided herein. Upon the effectiveness of the appointment, all prior powers of attorney, proxies and consents given by that stockholder will be revoked, and no subsequent powers of attorney, proxies and consents may be given (and, if given, will not be deemed effective). Upon the effectiveness of the appointment, the Offerors designees will, with respect to the Shares or other securities and rights for which the appointment is effective, be empowered to exercise all voting and other rights of that stockholder as they, in their sole discretion, may deem proper at any annual, special, adjourned or postponed meeting of AMAGs stockholders, by written consent in lieu of any such meeting or
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otherwise. The Offeror reserves the right to require that, in order for Shares to be deemed validly tendered, immediately upon the Offerors payment for those Shares, the Offeror must be able to exercise full voting, consent and other rights to the extent permitted under applicable law with respect to those Shares, including voting at any meeting of stockholders or executing a written consent concerning any matter.
Determination of Validity. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any tender of Shares will be determined by the Offeror (which may delegate such power, in whole or in part, to the Depositary and Paying Agent) in its sole and absolute discretion, which determination will be final and binding absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Offeror reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for which may, in the opinion of the Offeror, be unlawful. The Offeror also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares of any particular stockholder whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of any other stockholder. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities relating thereto have been cured or waived. None of Parent, the Offeror or any of their respective affiliates or assigns, the Depositary and Paying Agent, the Information Agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. The Offerors interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and the Instructions thereto and any other documents related to the Offer) will be final and binding.
No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted.
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Withdrawal Rights |
A stockholder may withdraw Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date and, if not previously accepted for payment, at any time after December 14, 2020, the date that is sixty days after the date of the commencement of the Offer, pursuant to SEC regulations, but only in accordance with the procedures described in this Section 4; otherwise, the tender of Shares pursuant to the Offer is irrevocable.
For a withdrawal of Shares to be effective, a written or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, facsimile transmission, notice of withdrawal with respect to the Shares must be timely received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person having tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of the Shares to be withdrawn, if different from that of the person who tendered those Shares. The signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, unless those Shares have been tendered for the account of any Eligible Institution. If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer as set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn Shares. If certificates representing the Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary and Paying Agent, the name of the registered owner and the serial numbers shown on those certificates must also be furnished to the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the physical release of those certificates. If a stockholder tenders Shares by giving instructions to a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, the stockholder must instruct the broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to arrange for the withdrawal of those Shares.
If the Offeror extends the Offer, is delayed in its acceptance for payment of Shares or is unable to accept for payment Shares pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to the Offerors rights under this Offer, the Depositary and Paying Agent may nevertheless, on behalf of the Offeror, retain tendered Shares, and those Shares may not be withdrawn except to the extent that tendering stockholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described herein.
Withdrawals of tenders of Shares may not be rescinded, and any Shares validly withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be retendered by
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following one of the procedures for tendering shares described in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of any notice of withdrawal will be determined by the Offeror (which may delegate such power in whole or in part to the Depositary and Paying Agent), in its sole and absolute discretion, which determination shall be final and binding absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Offeror also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the notice of withdrawal of any particular stockholder whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of any other stockholder. No withdrawal of Shares shall be deemed to have been properly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. None of Parent, the Offeror or any of their respective affiliates or assigns, the Depositary and Paying Agent, the Information Agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give that notification.
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Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences |
The following summary describes certain U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders of Shares with respect to the disposition of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger. It addresses only holders that hold Shares as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).
The following summary does not purport to be a complete analysis of all of the potential U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to particular holders in light of their particular circumstances nor does it deal with persons that are subject to special tax rules, such as brokers, dealers in securities or currencies, financial institutions, mutual funds, insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, qualified retirement plans or other tax deferred accounts, holders that own or have owned more than 5% of the Shares by vote or value (whether those Shares are or were actually or constructively owned), regulated investment companies, real estate mortgage investment conduits, real estate investment trusts, common trust funds, holders subject to the alternative minimum tax, entities that are controlled foreign corporations or passive foreign investment companies for U.S. federal income tax purposes, corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, persons holding Shares as part of a straddle, hedge or conversion transaction or as part of a synthetic security or other integrated transaction, traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings, U.S. Holders (as defined below) that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, U.S. expatriates, dissenting stockholders, persons that acquired Shares in a compensatory transaction and persons required to conform their tax reporting of income to their financial statements under Section 451(b) of the Code. In addition, this summary does not address persons that hold an interest in a partnership, S corporation or other pass-through entity that holds Shares, or tax considerations arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. jurisdiction or U.S. federal non-income tax considerations (e.g., the federal estate or gift tax).
The following is based on the provisions of the Code, final, proposed and temporary Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code (Treasury Regulations), administrative rulings and other guidance, and court decisions, in each case as in effect on the date of this Offer to Purchase, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.
As used herein, the term U.S. Holder means a beneficial owner of Shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or individual resident of the United States; (b) a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (c) an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (d) a trust if (1) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons, within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, have authority to control all of the trusts substantial decisions or (2) the trust has properly elected under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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A Non-U.S. Holder is a beneficial owner of Shares, other than a partnership or an entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is not a U.S. Holder.
The tax treatment of a partner in a partnership (or other entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes) may depend on the status or activities of the partner or the partnership. Partnerships that are beneficial owners of Shares, and partners in such partnerships, are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax considerations applicable to them with respect to the disposition of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger.
This summary is of a general nature only. It is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed to constitute, legal or tax advice to any particular holder. Because individual circumstances may vary, holders of Shares are urged to consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of the Offer and the Merger on a beneficial holder of Shares in their particular circumstances, including the application of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws and any changes in such laws.
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences for U.S. Holders
A U.S. Holder that disposes of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger generally will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the cash that the U.S. Holder receives pursuant to the Offer or the Merger and the U.S. Holders adjusted tax basis in the Shares disposed of pursuant to the Offer or the Merger, respectively. Gain or loss must be determined separately for each block of Shares (i.e., Shares acquired at the same cost in a single transaction) disposed of pursuant to the Offer or the Merger. Such recognized gain or loss will generally constitute a capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares disposed of in the Offer or the Merger are held for more than one year. Certain non-corporate U.S. Holders may be eligible for preferential rates of U.S. federal income tax in respect of long-term capital gains. The deductibility of capital loss is subject to limitations.
U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates or trusts, and whose income exceeds certain thresholds, are required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on their net investment income. Net investment income includes, among other items, capital gains recognized on the receipt of cash in exchange for Shares, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of the net investment income tax on their exchange of Shares for cash pursuant to the Offer or the Merger.
Tax Consequences for Non-U.S. Holders
Any gain recognized on the receipt of cash pursuant to the Offer or the Merger by a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless:
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the gain is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business by such Non-U.S. Holder (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is also attributable to a permanent establishment in the United States maintained by such Non-U.S. Holder), in which case the Non-U.S. Holder generally will be subject to tax on such gain in the same manner as a U.S. Holder, and, if the Non-U.S. Holder is a Non-U.S. corporation, such corporation may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at the rate of 30% on the effectively connected gain (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty); |
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in the case of an individual, the Non-U.S. Holder has been present in the United States for at least one hundred eighty-three days in the taxable year of disposition (and certain other conditions are satisfied), in which case the Non-U.S. Holder may be subject to a flat 30% tax (or a lower applicable income tax treaty rate) on any United States-source gain derived from the sale, exchange, or other taxable disposition of Shares (other than gain effectively connected with a United States trade or business), which may be offset by United States-source capital losses; or |
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AMAG is or has been a United States real property holding corporation (USRPHC) for United States federal income tax purposes, at any time during the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of the disposition and the non-U.S. Holders holding period for its Shares and, if the Shares are regularly traded on an established securities market, the Non-U.S. Holder held, directly or indirectly, at any time during such period, more than 5% of the issued and outstanding Shares, in which case the consequences will be as described below. |
We believe that AMAG is not, and has not been, a USRPHC. If, contrary to our belief, AMAG is or has been a USRPHC during the applicable time periods described in the third bullet above, any gain recognized by a Non-U.S. Holder on the exchange of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger may be subject to United States federal income tax in the same manner as gain recognized by a U.S. Holder. However, so long as the Shares are considered to be regularly traded on an established securities market (regularly traded) at any time during the calendar year, a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to tax on any gain recognized on the exchange of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger, unless the Non-U.S. Holder owned (actually or constructively) more than 5% of the total outstanding Shares at any time during the applicable period described in the third bullet point above. A Non-U.S. Holder may, under certain circumstances, be subject to withholding in an amount equal to 15% of the gross proceeds on the sale or disposition of Shares. However, because we believe that the Shares are regularly traded, no withholding should be required under these rules upon the exchange of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Tax
Payments made to holders of Shares in the Offer or the Merger generally will be subject to information reporting and may be subject to a backup withholding tax (currently at a rate of 24%). To avoid backup withholding, U.S. Holders that do not otherwise establish an exemption should properly complete and return IRS Form W-9 included in the Letter of Transmittal, certifying that such stockholder is a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, the taxpayer identification number provided is correct, and that such stockholder is not subject to backup withholding. Non-U.S. Holders that do not otherwise establish an exemption should submit an appropriate and properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or other appropriate W-8, a copy of which may be obtained from the Depositary and Paying Agent, in order to avoid backup withholding. Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine which IRS Form W-8 is appropriate.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against a holders United States federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished in the appropriate manner to the IRS.
THE ABOVE SUMMARY IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HOLDERS OF SHARES WITH RESPECT TO THE DISPOSITION OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER OR THE MERGER. HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES APPLICABLE TO THEM IN THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
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Price Range of Shares; Dividends |
The Shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol AMAG. The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low sales prices per Share on the NASDAQ as reported by published financial sources with respect to periods occurring in fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020:
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2018: |
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First Quarter |
$ | 21.60 | $ | 11.95 | ||||
Second Quarter |
$ | 25.625 | $ | 18.75 | ||||
Third Quarter |
$ | 26.10 | $ | 19.10 | ||||
Fourth Quarter |
$ | 23.77 | $ | 14.35 | ||||
2019: |
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First Quarter |
$ | 17.39 | $ | 10.70 | ||||
Second Quarter |
$ | 13.40 | $ | 7.81 | ||||
Third Quarter |
$ | 13.45 | $ | 6.81 | ||||
Fourth Quarter |
$ | 13.53 | $ | 8.89 | ||||
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First Quarter |
$ | 13.00 | $ | 4.41 | ||||
Second Quarter |
$ | 9.30 | $ | 5.88 | ||||
Third Quarter |
$ | 12.00 | $ | 6.93 | ||||
Fourth Quarter (through October 14, 2020) |
$ | 13.80 | $ | 12.55 |
On September 30, 2020, the last full trading day prior to the public announcement of the terms of the Offer and the Merger, the reported closing price per Share on the NASDAQ was $9.40 per Share. On October 14, 2020, the last full trading day prior to the commencement of the Offer, the reported closing sales price per Share on the NASDAQ was $13.45 per Share. Stockholders are urged to obtain a current market quotation for the Shares.
AMAG has not declared or paid cash dividends on its Common Stock since its initial public offering in 2010. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, AMAG is generally not permitted, without the prior written consent of Parent, to declare, set aside or pay dividends, or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise), with respect to the Shares. See Section 14Dividends and Distributions.
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Certain Effects of the Offer |
If, as a result of the Offer, the Offeror owns Shares representing at least one Share more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable to holders of Company Options from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Compensatory Awards cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of Convertible Notes from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes), Parent, the Offeror and AMAG will, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, consummate the Merger under the provisions of Section 251(h) of the DGCL without prior notice to, or any action by, any other stockholder of AMAG as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer. We do not expect there to be a significant period of time between the consummation of the Offer and the consummation of the Merger.
Market for the Shares. If the Offer is consummated, there will be no market for the Shares because Parent and the Offeror intend to consummate the Merger as promptly as practicable following the Offer Closing.
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NASDAQ Listing. The Shares are currently listed on the NASDAQ and trade under the symbol AMAG. Immediately following the consummation of the Merger (which is expected to occur as promptly as practicable following the Offer Closing), the Shares will no longer meet the requirements for continued listing on the NASDAQ because the only stockholder will be a subsidiary of Parent. Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, Parent intends to cause AMAG to delist the Shares from the NASDAQ.
Exchange Act Registration. The Shares are currently registered under the Exchange Act. Parent intends to seek to cause AMAG to apply for termination of registration of the Shares as soon as possible after consummation of the Merger if the requirements for termination of registration are met. Termination of registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act would reduce the information required to be furnished by AMAG to its stockholders and to the SEC, and would make certain provisions of the Exchange Act (such as the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16(b), the requirement of furnishing a proxy statement or information statement in connection with stockholders meetings or actions in lieu of a stockholders meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) and 14(c) of the Exchange Act and the related requirement of furnishing an annual report to stockholders) no longer applicable with respect to the Shares. Furthermore, the ability of affiliates of AMAG and persons holding restricted securities of AMAG to dispose of such securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, will be impaired or eliminated.
Margin Regulations. The Shares are currently margin securities under the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve Board), which has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to extend credit using such Shares as collateral. Following the Merger, the Shares will no longer constitute margin securities for purposes of the margin regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, and the Shares will be ineligible as collateral for margin loans made by brokers.
Convertible Notes. AMAG has issued and outstanding $320.0 million principal amount of 3.25% convertible senior notes due 2022 (the Convertible Notes) issued under an indenture, dated as of May 10, 2017, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of May 10, 2017 (the indenture as supplemented, the Indenture). The Convertible Notes are not currently convertible, and are not expected to become convertible during the pendency of the Offer. If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger occurs, however, a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture) will have occurred, and each holder of the Convertible Notes will then have the right (i) pursuant to Section 15.02 of the Indenture, to require AMAG to repurchase for cash such holders Convertible Notes (the Repurchase Right) at a repurchase price equal to 100% of principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date specified by AMAG (as defined in the Indenture, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) that is not less than twenty business days or more than thirty-five business days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice (as defined in the Indenture), which must be sent within twenty business days of the closing of the Offer and Merger, or (ii) pursuant to Sections 14.01(b)(iii) and 14.07 of the Indenture, to convert each $1,000 principal amount of such holders Convertible Notes into the amount of cash that a holder of Shares equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the Merger would have been entitled to receive in the Merger, or $502.513, which right must be exercised during the period from the date of such Fundamental Change until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or (iii) to decline to exercise either of those rights, and remain outstanding as a creditor of AMAG (with no further right to convert into shares of AMAG or any other entity). Because the amount of cash that would be received upon conversion of the Convertible Notes pursuant to Sections 14.01(b)(iii) and 14.07 of the Indenture is materially less than the cash that may be received pursuant to the Repurchase Right, it is not expected that any holders of Convertible Notes will elect to convert. Parent and the Offeror have agreed, in the Merger Agreement, to take the actions required by the Indenture to facilitate the right of holders of Convertible Notes to exercise their Repurchase Right.
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Certain Information Concerning AMAG |
AMAG was incorporated in Delaware on November 9, 1981 under the name BioClinical Group, Inc. AMAGs principal executive offices are located at 1100 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451. AMAGs telephone number at its principal executive offices is (617) 498-3300.
AMAG is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing innovative products to patients with unmet medical needs. The company does this by leveraging its development and commercial expertise to invest in and grow its pharmaceutical products across a range of therapeutic areas.
Available Information. AMAG is currently subject to the information and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith is obligated to file reports and other information with the SEC relating to its business, financial condition and other matters. Certain information, as of particular dates, concerning AMAGs business, principal physical properties, capital structure, material pending litigation, operating results, financial condition, directors and officers (including their compensation), the principal holders of AMAGs securities, any material interests of those persons in transactions with AMAG, and other matters is required to be disclosed in proxy statements and periodic and current reports distributed to AMAGs stockholders and filed with the SEC. Those reports, proxy statements and other information are available for inspection at the public reference room at the SECs office at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Copies may be obtained by mail, upon payment of the SECs customary charges, by writing to its principal office at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Further information on the operation of the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, DC can be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet web site that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, such as AMAG, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov.
Sources of Information. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the information concerning AMAG and its business has been taken from AMAGs Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as amended, publicly available documents and records on file with the SEC and other public sources and is qualified in its entirety by such records. Although we have no knowledge that any such information contains any misstatements or omissions, none of Parent, the Offeror, the Information Agent or the Depositary and Paying Agent, or any of their respective affiliates or assigns assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning AMAG contained in those documents and records or for any failure by AMAG to disclose events which may have occurred or may affect the significance or accuracy of any such information.
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Certain Information Concerning the Offeror, Parent and Management IX |
Parent is a Luxembourg private limited liability company, which was incorporated on August 10, 2018 but engaged in no business activities until it acquired Covis Pharma B.V. and Covis Pharma Europe B.V. (the group referred to as Covis) on March 10, 2020. Covis is headquartered in Luxembourg with operations in Zug, Switzerland and is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that markets therapeutic solutions for patients with life-threatening conditions and chronic illnesses. Additional information is available at www.covispharma.com, which website is not deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Offer to Purchase. The majority of the equity of Parent is and will, upon completion of the Transactions, be owned by equity funds managed by Management IX. The principal office address of Parent is 2, avenue Charles de Gaulle L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The telephone number at the principal office is +352 2088 1300.
The Offeror is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Offeror is a Delaware corporation that was incorporated on September 21, 2020, solely for the purpose of completing the Offer and the Merger and has conducted no business activities other than those related to the structuring and negotiation of the Offer and the Merger. Until immediately prior to the time the Offeror purchases Shares pursuant to the Offer, it is not anticipated that the Offeror will have any significant assets or liabilities or engage in activities other than those incidental to its formation, capitalization and the effectuation of the transactions contemplated by the Offer and/
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or the Merger. The principal office address of the Offeror is c/o Covis Group S.à r.l., 2, avenue Charles de Gaulle L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The telephone number at the principal office is +352 2088 1300.
Management IX is a Delaware limited partnership. The principal business activity of Management IX is to manage investment funds. The principal office address of Management IX is 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019. The telephone number at the principal office is 212-515-3200.
Pursuant to an Equity Commitment Letter dated October 1, 2020 (the Equity Commitment Letter), equity investment funds managed by Management IX (the Equity Investors) have committed up to $250 million in aggregate of equity financing to Parent in connection with completion of the Offer and the Merger, subject to the applicable conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter.
The name, business address, citizenship, present principal occupation and employment history of each of the directors, executive officers and control persons of each of Parent, the Offeror and Management IX are set forth in Schedule A to this Offer to Purchase (Schedule A). Except as set forth elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase, (i) none of Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of Parent, the Offeror and Management IX, any of the entities or persons listed in Schedule A has, during the past five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and (ii) none of Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the best of their knowledge, any of the entities or persons listed in Schedule A has, during the past five years, been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding (except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws.
Except as set forth elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase (including Schedule A), (i) none of Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of Parent, the Offeror and Management IX, any of the entities or persons listed in Schedule A, beneficially owns or has a right to acquire any Shares or any other equity securities of AMAG, and (ii) none of Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of Parent, the Offeror, and Management IX, any of the entities or persons referred to in clause (i) above, has effected any transaction in Shares or any other equity securities of AMAG during the past sixty days.
Except as set forth elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase (including Schedule A), (i) none of Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of Parent, the Offeror and Management IX, any of the entities or persons listed on Schedule A, has any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person with respect to any securities of AMAG, including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship concerning the transfer or voting of such securities, finders fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss or the giving or withholding of proxies, (ii) during the two years prior to the date of this Offer to Purchase, there have been no transactions that would require reporting under the rules and regulations of the SEC between Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of Parent, the Offeror and Management IX, any of the entities or persons listed in Schedule A, on the one hand, and AMAG or any of its executive officers, directors and/or affiliates, on the other hand, and (iii) there have been no contracts, negotiations or transactions between Parent, the Offeror, Management IX or, to the knowledge of each of the Parent, the Offeror and Management IX, any of the entities or persons listed in Schedule A, on the one hand, and AMAG or any of its executive officers, directors and/or affiliates, on the other hand concerning a merger, consolidation or acquisition, tender offer or other acquisition of securities, an election of directors or a sale or other transfer of a material amount of assets.
None of Parent, the Offeror, or Management IX has made arrangements in connection with the Offer to provide holders of Shares access to their corporate files or to obtain counsel or appraisal services at their expense.
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Pursuant to Rule 14d-3 under the Exchange Act, the Offeror, Parent and Management IX have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (as amended, the Schedule TO), of which this Offer to Purchase forms a part, and exhibits to the Schedule TO. The Schedule TO and its exhibits are available for inspection at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Copies of this information may be obtainable by mail, upon payment of the SECs customary charges, by writing to the SEC at the address above. The SEC also maintains a website on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov that contains the Schedule TO and its exhibits and other information that the Offeror has filed electronically with the SEC.
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Background of the Offer; Contacts with AMAG |
The following is a description of significant contacts between representatives of Management IX, Parent, and the Offeror, on the one hand, and representatives of AMAG, on the other hand, that resulted in the execution of the Merger Agreement and commencement of the Offer. The discussion below covers only the key events and does not attempt to describe every communication among the parties. For a review of AMAGs activities relating to the contacts leading to the Merger Agreement, please refer to AMAGs Schedule 14D-9, which will be filed with the SEC and is being mailed to its stockholders with this Offer to Purchase.
In December 2019, Covis approached AMAG on a proposal to acquire global rights to Feraheme®. Although Covis did not engage in any further material discussions with AMAG at that time, Coviss senior management continued to monitor the business of AMAG, and remained interested in its core products.
Following the completion of Parents acquisition of Covis in March 2020, Parents senior management began again to consider an acquisition of AMAG. On April 3, 2020, Alexander Mironov, Parents Chief Business Officer, contacted Gino Santini, chair of the AMAG Board, to express Coviss interest in a potential acquisition of AMAG and, on April 7, 2020, Parent approached AMAG with a written non-binding acquisition proposal to acquire AMAG for an indicative purchase price of $11.00 per Share, based on its review of AMAGs publicly available information. Parent made clear in discussions at that time that, in order to firm up and potentially improve its initial offer, it would need access to non-public information, and it requested a period of exclusivity. On April 25, 2020, however, Mr. Mironov was informed by Mr. Santini that AMAG at that time was focusing on other matters and would only later consider Parents proposal in depth.
On May 21, 2020, Mr. Mironov and Michael Porter, Parents Chief Executive Officer, had another telephone call with Mr. Santini and were informed that Parents suggested indicative price of $11.00 per Share was not at a level at which AMAG would be willing to transact. AMAG expressed its willingness to engage in initial discussions and make available certain additional information with respect to its business. On May 29, 2020 Parent and AMAG entered into a confidentiality agreement (the Confidentiality Agreement), under which Parent agreed, on behalf of itself and its affiliates that might be involved in any potential transaction, to hold in confidence any non-public information concerning AMAG that the Company might elect to provide. Parent and its advisors commenced a review of the limited amount of additional information that AMAG provided at that time and, based on that review and discussions between the parties, on July 13, 2020 submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest to acquire the entire company at a purchase price of $11.50 per Share plus contingent consideration, in the form of a contingent value right of up to $1.50 based on certain metrics related to its leading products. The revised non-binding indication of interest requested a limited period of exclusivity.
That offer led to further discussions between senior management of Parent and AMAG, as well as representatives of Management IX and Goldman Sachs, about both price and process. On July 23, 2020, Parent submitted a revised non-binding offer of $13.00 per Share in cash, payable entirely at closing, subject to a number of conditions including the satisfactory conclusion of a due diligence review covering a range of topics and issues. Following that submission, the parties agreed on an expanded due diligence process, designed to facilitate Parents confirmation of its proposed price by month-end. In the revised non-binding offer, Parent
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requested exclusivity for six weeks to engage in due diligence and negotiate definitive documentation. During August 2020, Parent continued its due diligence exercise and, as part of that effort, from August 24, 2020 through August 30, 2020, a series of calls were held between members of senior management of AMAG, Goldman Sachs and representatives of Parent. On August 24, 2020, Goldman Sachs furnished a draft merger agreement to Parent.
On September 1, 2020, Parent submitted a non-binding letter confirming its willingness to proceed with a transaction at an indicative price of $13.00 per Share, but after considering that offer, the AMAG Board responded, through its financial advisor Goldman Sachs and Chief Executive Officer, that the Board would insist on an improved price in order to be willing to move forward with a transaction and to consider granting Parent with a period of exclusivity. At the same time, AMAG continued to provide additional information, in the ongoing due diligence process, on a number of topics of interest to Parent and Management IXs representatives, presumably to assist Parent in its consideration of an improved offer.
On September 8, 2020, Mr. Porter had a telephone call with Mr. Myers, and on September 9, 2020, Parent submitted yet another non-binding proposal, in this case offering $13.75 per Share, which Parents Chief Executive Officer characterized at the time as its best and final offer. Parent also demanded that AMAG provide it with exclusivity until the end of September, in order to allow it to complete its confirmatory due diligence on the Company and negotiate a definitive merger agreement.
On September 11, 2020, after a meeting of the AMAG Board, the chief executive officers of Parent and AMAG spoke and agreed on a period of exclusivity until month-end, to facilitate the completion of Parents due diligence, the finalization of its financing arrangements, and the negotiation of the Merger Agreement. Parent and the Company entered into an agreement granting Parent with exclusivity for that limited (eighteen day) period.
Between September 12, 2020 and the signing of the Merger Agreement on the morning of October 1, 2020, the parties negotiated the Merger Agreement, exchanging and discussing several drafts thereof, while Parent finalized its financing arrangements and completed its confirmatory due diligence. During this period Parent also requested that each director and executive officer of AMAG and certain affiliates of Caligan Partners, L.P. agree to enter into agreements to tender their Shares and otherwise support the Transactions. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents. for a description of these agreements.
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Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents |
Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG. The Offer is being made pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The purpose of the Offer is for Parent to acquire control of, and all of the outstanding equity interests in, AMAG. The Offer, as the first step in the acquisition of AMAG, is intended to facilitate the acquisition of all outstanding Shares. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that (i) the Offeror will be merged with and into AMAG and that, upon consummation of the Merger, AMAG, as the Surviving Corporation, will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
If you sell your Shares in the Offer, you will cease to have any equity interest in AMAG or any right to participate in its earnings and future growth. If you do not tender your Shares, but the Merger is consummated, you also will no longer have an equity interest in the Surviving Corporation and will not have any right to participate in its earnings and future growth. Similarly, after selling your Shares in the Offer or the conversion of your Shares in the subsequent Merger, you will not bear the risk of any decrease in the value of AMAG or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable.
Parents primary purpose, in entering into the Transactions, is to add to its existing portfolio of therapeutic products AMAGs category leading treatments, which it views as strong strategic complements to Parents existing therapeutic portfolio. Parents mission statement is to market and develop therapeutic solutions for patients with life-threatening conditions and chronic illnesses. Parent believes that AMAGs two commercial
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products Feraheme®, an intra-venous iron product used to treat iron deficiency anemia, and Makena®, a current FDA-approved therapy to reduce the risk of preterm birth in women who have a prior history of preterm birth together with Ciraparantag, a promising anticoagulant drug in AMAGs development pipeline, present a strong strategic fit.
Parent plans to advance AMAGs development and commercial stage assets with continued material investment in clinical studies, including: if the FDA Commissioner accepts AMAGs request for a public hearing on the proposal by the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) to withdraw Makena® from the market and as a result of that hearing allows AMAG time to conduct a further study to confirm Makenas efficacy, proceeding expeditiously to propose, design (in consultation with the FDA) and then carry out such a study to confirm Makenas efficacy; exploring potential label expansion opportunities for Feraheme®; assessing bringing these products to new markets outside the United States, following the receipt of requisite regulatory clearances; and investing in the continued development of Ciraparantag.
Parent will also be looking to maximize synergies across the two companies. Specifics about what that will entail will only be decided once Parent has completed its integration planning process, but Parents goal will be to manage the combined portfolio of therapeutics as efficiently and effectively as possible. Initiatives to achieve this objective are likely to include, but may not be limited to: the consolidation of the combined companies intellectual property assets under unified ownership and management; the reduction of overlapping functions; elimination of functions not needed in a company that no longer has public reporting requirements and elimination of redundancies. These initiatives are likely to entail a post-closing internal reorganization of the Covis and AMAG companies, including transfers of assets and personnel within the group, but at this time it is not expected that these transactions will include any sale or other transfer of assets outside the combined group.
The Merger Agreement. The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Merger Agreement. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (d)(1) to the Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used in this Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger Agreement, but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement may be examined and copies may be obtained in the manner set forth in Section 8Certain Information Concerning AMAGAvailable Information.
The Offer. The Merger Agreement provides that the Offeror will commence the Offer as promptly as reasonably practicable, but in any event on or prior to the tenth business day following the date of the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of Parent and the Offeror has agreed that it will not, without the prior written consent of AMAG, (a) reduce the maximum number of Shares sought to be purchased in the Offer, (b) reduce the Offer Price (except to the extent required pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement in connection with a stock split, division or subdivision of Shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction) or increase the Offer Price (except where expressly permitted by the Merger Agreement), (c) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (d) change, modify or waive the Minimum Condition, (e) impose conditions to the Offer in addition to the Offer Conditions, (f) except as otherwise required or expressly permitted by the Merger Agreement, extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date, (g) otherwise amend, modify or supplement any of the terms of the Offer in any manner adversely affecting, or that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on, the holders of the Common Stock or (h) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, unless the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Offeror is required to extend the Offer from time to time as follows: (i) if on the then scheduled Expiration Date, the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied or any of the other Offer
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Conditions has not been satisfied, or waived by Parent or the Offeror if permitted hereunder, then the Offeror shall extend the Offer for one or more occasions in consecutive increments of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be agreed by AMAG and Parent) in order to permit the satisfaction of such Offer Conditions (subject to the right of Parent or the Offeror to waive any Offer Condition to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement); provided, however, that the Offeror shall not be required to extend the Offer and the then scheduled Expiration Date to a date later than the End Date; and (ii) the Offeror shall extend the Offer for the minimum period required by applicable law, interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or the NASDAQ Global Select Market (NASDAQ) or its staff.
If on any then scheduled Expiration Date (i) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied (other than those Offer Conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Acceptance Time, but which conditions would be capable of being satisfied as of such scheduled Expiration Date) and (ii) the full amount of the Debt Financing has not been funded and will not be available to be funded at the Offer Closing and the Closing, other than as a result of a breach or failure to perform by any of Parent, the Offeror or Debt Financing Borrower of certain of their representations, warranties or covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement, then (1) the Offeror is required to extend the Offer for two successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period) and (2) thereafter the Offeror will have the right in its sole discretion to extend the Offer for additional successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period), the length of each such period to be determined by Parent in its sole discretion; provided that, if the Offeror so extends the Offer, the Representations Condition (solely with respect to representations and warranties qualified by reference to Company Material Adverse Effect) and the MAE Condition will be deemed to have been irrevocably satisfied or waived from and at all times after any such initial extension.
The Offeror is not, however, required to extend the Offer beyond 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time, on the End Date. The End Date is January 28, 2021.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and the satisfaction or waiver of the Offer Conditions, the Offeror will, and Parent will cause the Offeror to, as promptly as practicable on the later of (i) the earliest date as of which the Offeror is permitted under applicable law to accept for payment Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer (and not validly withdrawn), and (ii) the earliest date as of which each of the Offer Conditions shall have been satisfied or waived, irrevocably accept for payment, and, at or as promptly as practicable following acceptance for payment (but in any event within two business days), to pay for, all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer. Subject to its rights and obligations under the Merger Agreement to extend the Offer, the Offeror will not be required to accept for payment or pay for any tendered Shares in the event that any Offer Condition has not been satisfied or waived at the scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer.
Recommendation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, AMAG has represented that the AMAG Board has (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company accept the Offer and tender their Shares of Common Stock to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer (such recommendation, the AMAG Board Recommendation).
The Merger. The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, and in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL (including Section 251(h) of the DGCL), at the Effective Time, the Offeror will be merged with and into AMAG, and the separate corporate existence of the Offeror will cease and AMAG will be the Surviving Corporation. Subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by applicable law) of the conditions to the Merger, the closing of the Merger (the Closing) will take place as soon as practicable following the consummation (as defined in Section 251(h) of the DGCL) of
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the Offer, but in any event no later than the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions to the Merger (such date, the Closing Date). The parties are required to use reasonable efforts to align the timing of the Offer Closing with the Closing Date. The Merger will become effective upon the date and time of the filing of a certificate of merger duly executed by AMAG and satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL to be filed by AMAG as soon as practicable on the Closing Date with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or such later date and time as is agreed upon in writing by the parties to the Merger Agreement and specified in the certificate of merger (such date and time, the Effective Time). The Merger will be governed by and effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, AMAG has represented that, assuming the Transactions are consummated in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL and assuming the accuracy of Parent and the Offerors representations and warranties with respect to none of Parent or any of its affiliates or associates being, or having been within the three years preceding the date of the Merger Agreement, an interested stockholder (in each case as such terms are defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) of AMAG, no stockholder votes or consents are needed to authorize the Merger Agreement or to consummate the Transactions.
Charter, Bylaws, Directors, and Officers. The Merger Agreement provides that at the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of AMAG will be amended so that it reads in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A to the Merger Agreement and, as so amended, will be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation. At the Effective Time, the bylaws of AMAG will be amended so that they read in their entirety as set forth in Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement, and, as so amended, will be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The Merger Agreement further provides that immediately following the Effective Time, the directors of the Offeror immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the directors of the Surviving Corporation, that the officers of AMAG immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable law.
Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time:
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each share of common stock of the Offeror issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted automatically into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and will constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation; |
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each Excluded Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled automatically, be extinguished and will cease to exist and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor; and |
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each share of Common Stock (other than shares of Common Stock (a) held in the treasury of AMAG, (b) that at the commencement of the Offer were owned by Parent or the Offeror, or (c) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer (collectively, the Excluded Shares)) will be automatically canceled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price (the Merger Consideration), without interest. |
Treatment of Equity Awards. The Merger Agreement provides that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Company In-the-Money Option, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each share of Common Stock underlying such Company Option, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the excess of the Merger Consideration over the per share exercise price of such Company Option.
The Merger Agreement provides that immediately prior to the Effective Time, each RSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each share of Common Stock underlying such RSU, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the Merger Consideration.
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Additionally, the Merger Agreement provides that immediately prior to the Effective Time, each PRSU that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive for each share of Common Stock underlying such PRSU that would vest at the higher of (i) 100% target performance level, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of calendar days from the first day of the PRSUs performance measurement period to the Expiration Date and the denominator of which shall be the number of days in the PRSUs performance measurement period, or (ii) the actual level of achievement of performance goals, calculated from the first day of the PRSUs performance measurement period through the end of the calendar month immediately preceding the Expiration Date, without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes, an amount in cash from Parent or the Surviving Corporation equal to the Merger Consideration.
Representations and Warranties. In the Merger Agreement, AMAG has made customary representations and warranties to Parent and the Offeror with respect to, among other matters, its organization and good standing, organizational documents and subsidiaries, capitalization, authority, non-contravention and consents, required filings, financial statements, compliance with laws, permits, public filings, disclosure controls and procedures, absence of undisclosed liabilities, absence of certain changes or events (including the absence of a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined below)), litigation, employee benefit plans, labor matters, company products, intellectual property rights, privacy and data security, tax matters, title to assets, real property, environmental matters, material contracts, insurance, compliance with anti-corruption and international trade laws, information included in the Schedule 14D-9, the fairness opinion of AMAGs financial advisor in connection with the Transactions, brokers fees, and the AMAG Board Recommendation. Each of Parent and the Offeror has made customary representations and warranties to AMAG with respect to, among other matters, organization, authority, conflicts, required filings and consents, litigation, financing and availability of funds, information to be included in the Offer Documents and any information statement to be sent to stockholders in connection with the Merger, competing businesses, brokers fees, and non-ownership of any Shares.
Some of the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement made by AMAG are qualified as to materiality or a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of the Merger Agreement, Company Material Adverse Effect, as it relates to AMAG (a Company Material Adverse Effect), means any event, change, effect, occurrence, circumstance or development (Effect) that (1) would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of AMAG and its subsidiaries (collectively, the Acquired Companies) taken as a whole, or (2) would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay AMAG from consummating the Offer and the Merger; provided that in no event shall any of the following (alone or in combination), or any Effect to the extent arising out of or resulting from any of the following (alone or in combination), be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or may, would or could occur: (i) changes in AMAGs stock price or trading volume (provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such failures has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect); (ii) any failure by AMAG to meet, or changes to, public estimates or forecasts of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics, or any failure by AMAG to meet any internal projections, forecasts or budgets of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics (provided that the exception in this clause (ii) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any Effect underlying such failures has resulted in, or contributed to, a Company Material Adverse Effect); (iii) general business, economic or political conditions, including a government shutdown, in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein; (iv) conditions in the financial, credit, banking, capital or currency markets in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or changes therein, including (A) changes in interest rates in the United States or any other country and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries and (B) any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market operating in the United States or any other country or region in the world; (v) changes in general conditions in an industry in which the Acquired Companies operate or in any specific jurisdiction or geographical area in the United States or elsewhere in the world; (vi) acts of hostilities, war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions (including any outbreak, escalation or general
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worsening of any such acts of hostilities, war, sabotage, cyberterrorism, terrorism or military actions) in the United States or any other country or region in the world; (vii) earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires, weather conditions or other natural or man-made disasters or acts of God in the United States or any other country or region in the world, or any escalation of the foregoing; (viii) any pandemic (including precautionary or emergency measures, recommendations, protocols or orders taken or issued by any person in response to the COVID-19 pandemic), epidemic, plague, or other outbreak of illness or public health event; (ix) the execution or announcement of the Merger Agreement or the pendency or consummation of the Transactions, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of the Acquired Companies with employees, customers, investors, contractors, lenders, suppliers, vendors, partners, licensors, licensees, payors, governmental entities or other third parties related thereto or any litigation, or the identity of Parent or any of its Affiliates as the acquiror of AMAG, or any facts or circumstances concerning Parent or any of its Affiliates; (x) (A) any action taken, or failure to take any action, in each case to which Parent has in writing approved, consented to or requested, (B) any action taken in compliance with the terms of, or the taking of any action required by, the Merger Agreement or (C) the failure to take any action prohibited by the Merger Agreement; (xi) changes or proposed changes in law, regulation or other legal or regulatory conditions (or the enforcement or interpretation of any of the foregoing); (xii) changes or proposed changes in GAAP or other accounting standards (or the enforcement or interpretation of any of the foregoing); (xiii) the availability or cost of equity, debt or other financing to Parent, the Offeror or the Surviving Corporation; (xiv) any (A) demand or Legal Proceeding existing as of the date of the Merger Agreement or arising out of any action or inaction described in clause (x) above or (B) Transaction Litigation, including for appraisal of the fair value of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the DGCL in connection with the Merger Agreement; and (xv) any regulatory, preclinical, clinical, competitive, pricing, manufacturing, reimbursement or supply chain outcomes, events, changes, effects, occurrences, circumstances or developments relating to or affecting any Company Product or activity (including (A) any suspension, rejection, refusal of, request to refile or any delay in obtaining, making, or maintaining any regulatory application or filing relating to any Company Product, (B) any negative regulatory actions, requests, recommendations, determinations or decisions of any governmental entity relating to any Company Product or the manufacture or commercialization thereof, or any other regulatory or preclinical or clinical development relating to any Company Product, (C) any outcomes of preclinical or clinical studies, trials, tests, results, adverse events, side effects or safety observations, or announcements of any of the foregoing, with respect to any Company Product, (D) any delay, hold or termination of any preclinical or clinical study, trial or test or any delay, hold or termination of any planned application for investigational new drug application or application for marketing approval with respect to any Company Product whether such delay, hold, or termination is imposed by Government Entities or an outside institutional review board or ethics committee, (E) any preclinical or clinical studies, trials, tests, results, adverse events, side effects or safety observations, or announcements of any of the foregoing, with respect to any product or product candidate competitive with or related to any Company Product, (F) FDA approval (or other preclinical or clinical or regulatory developments), market entry or threatened market entry of any product or product candidate competitive with or related to any Company Product, including any generic versions of any Company Product, (G) any production or supply chain disruption affecting the manufacture of any Company Product or (H) any recommendations, statements, decisions or other pronouncements made, published or proposed by professional medical organizations, payors, Governmental Entities or representatives of any of the foregoing, or any panel or advisory body empowered or appointed thereby, relating to any Company Product or any products or product candidates of any competitors of AMAG); provided that, in each of the foregoing clauses (iii), (iv), (v), (viii), (xi) and (xii), such Effects referred to therein may be taken into account to the extent that AMAG is materially disproportionally affected relative to other similarly-situated companies in the industry in which the Acquired Companies operate, in which case only the incremental disproportionate impact or impacts may be taken into account in determining whether or not there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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The representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement have been made by each party to the Merger Agreement solely for the benefit of the other parties, and those representations and warranties should not be relied on by any other person. In addition, those representations, warranties and covenants:
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with respect to AMAG, have been qualified by (i) matters disclosed in the confidential disclosure schedule delivered by AMAG to Parent and the Offeror in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement (the Company Disclosure Schedule), which information modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement, and (ii) matters set forth in the reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein) required to be filed by AMAG with the SEC since January 1, 2018 (the Company SEC Documents) to the extent it is reasonably apparent that any such disclosure would qualify the representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement, and excluding from the Company SEC Documents any risk factor disclosures, disclosures about market risk or other cautionary, predictive or forward-looking disclosures contained therein (other than those disclosures which relate to specific historical events or circumstances affecting AMAG) (provided that the qualification in section (ii) above does not apply to certain fundamental representations and warranties identified in the Merger Agreement); |
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have been included in the Merger Agreement for the purpose of allocating risk between the contracting parties rather than establishing matters of fact; |
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were made only as of the date of the Merger Agreement or such other date as is specified in the Merger Agreement; and |
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are subject to materiality qualifications contained in the Merger Agreement, which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, including qualifications as to materiality or a Company Material Adverse Effect, as described above. |
Conduct of Business. The Merger Agreement requires that, during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement through the earlier of the Acceptance Time or the date of termination of the Merger Agreement, except (i) to the extent Parent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (iii) as permitted by the Merger Agreement, (iv) as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the Transactions, (v) as may on the advice of outside counsel be required to facilitate compliance with any law or contract, or (vi) as required by the rules or regulations of NASDAQ, (x) AMAG shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct its business in the ordinary course; except that the parties agreed that the Acquired Companies may continue any changes in their respective business practices adopted prior to the date of the Merger Agreement to address and adapt to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and AMAG may take such further actions as it deems reasonably advisable or necessary to (A) protect the health and safety of AMAGs or AMAG Subsidiarys employees, suppliers, customers and other individuals having business dealings with any Acquired Company or (B) respond to third-party supply or service disruptions caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and (y) AMAG shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, do any of the following: (a) amend the AMAG Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of AMAG or the Organizational Documents of any of AMAGs Subsidiaries (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise); (b) (i) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of, any capital stock of any Acquired Company, other than (x) dividends and distributions by a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of AMAG to its parent, consistent with past practice, and (y) distributions resulting from the vesting or exercise of Company Compensatory Awards that are outstanding on the date hereof, (ii) split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of the Acquired Companies, or (iii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any AMAG securities, except for (x) acquisitions of shares of Common Stock by AMAG in satisfaction of the applicable exercise price and/or
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withholding taxes with respect to any Company Compensatory Awards that are outstanding on the date hereof or granted in a manner not in violation of the Merger Agreement, and (y) the acquisition of Convertible Notes deemed to occur upon conversion thereof in accordance with their terms; (c) (i) issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge, transfer, subject to any Encumbrance (other than transfer restrictions arising under applicable law) or dispose of any AMAG securities, other than (w) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or settlement of Company Compensatory Awards outstanding as of the date hereof or granted not in violation of the Merger Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Compensatory Award, (x) the issuance of AMAG securities required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Company ESPP, or (y) the delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Convertible Notes in accordance with their terms, or (ii) amend any term of any security of the Acquired Companies (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise); (d) adopt a plan or agreement of, or resolutions providing for or authorizing, complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, each with respect to the Acquired Companies; (e) except to the extent required pursuant to the terms of any Company Benefit Plan as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement that is not then out of compliance with applicable law, (A) adopt, establish, enter into, terminate, amend or modify any material Company Benefit Plan, (B) increase the base compensation payable or to become payable to AMAGs employees at the Vice President level or above, (C) grant or amend any award under any Company Benefit Plan (including any equity or equity-based compensation), or remove or modify existing restrictions in any Company Benefit Plan or awards made thereunder, (D) enter into any employment, change in control, severance, separation, retention or similar agreement with AMAGs employees or service providers (other than ordinary course offer letters and related confidentiality, assignment of invention agreements and similar agreements ancillary to employment not prohibited by clause (F) below), or enter into any consulting agreement other than in the ordinary course of business that is not terminable on less than thirty days notice without penalty, (E) take any action to accelerate the time of payment or vesting of any rights, compensation, benefits or funding obligations under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise, (F) hire any employee at the Vice President level or above or terminate the employment of any such employee, other than for cause (as determined by the Company in its reasonable discretion consistent with past practice) or due to such employees death or disability or (G) make any material determination under any Company Benefit Plan that is inconsistent with AMAGs ordinary course of business or past practice; (f) acquire any business, assets or capital stock of any person or division thereof, whether in whole or in part (and whether by purchase of stock, purchase of assets, merger, consolidation, or otherwise), other than one or more acquisitions of assets or rights in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that, individually, involve a purchase price of not more than $100,000; (g) enter into any joint venture or strategic alliance, or similar long-term business combination, arrangement or agreement; (h) enter into any long-term license, supply or distribution agreement, in each case with an expected annual cost or revenue to AMAG in excess of $250,000 and which cannot be terminated on less than thirty days notice without penalty; (i) sell, lease, license, pledge, transfer, subject to any Encumbrance or otherwise dispose of any Intellectual Property assets, material assets or material properties except (i) pursuant to existing Contracts or commitments specified in the Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property assets to its customers, contractors, partners or suppliers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) sales of inventory or used equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances; (j) change any of the accounting methods used by AMAG materially affecting its assets, liabilities or business, except for such changes that are required by GAAP or Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act or as otherwise specifically disclosed in the Company SEC Documents; (k) (x) incur or assume any long-term or short-term indebtedness for borrowed money, except in respect of indebtedness owing by any wholly-owned Subsidiary of AMAG to AMAG or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of AMAG in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for indebtedness of borrowed money of any other person (other than another Acquired Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice); (l) enter into, modify in any material respect or voluntarily terminate any Material Contract or any Contract that would have constituted a Material Contract if in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement (provided that AMAG shall be permitted to renew any Contract so long as such renewal is on substantially the same terms as currently in place); 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expected to result in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate (as defined in and pursuant to the Indenture) for the Convertible Notes; (n) make inconsistent with past practice, rescind or change any material Tax election, settle or compromise any claim relating to a material amount of Taxes, waive or extend the statute of limitations in respect of a material amount of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code (or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign law) with respect to a material amount of Taxes, amend any Tax Return relating to a material amount of Taxes or make any material change in any of the methods, principles or practices used by it for Tax accounting except as required by Law, surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund (including any such refund to the extent it is used to offset or otherwise reduce Tax liability) or enter into any Tax sharing agreements or similar arrangements, including Tax indemnity arrangements (other than customary agreements and contracts, the principal purpose of which is not related to Taxes); or (o) authorize, commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.
Stockholder Approval. If the Offer is consummated and as a result the Offeror owns Shares that represent one Share more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable to holders of Company Options from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Compensatory Awards cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of Convertible Notes from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes), we do not anticipate seeking the approval of AMAGs remaining public stockholders before effecting the Merger. Section 251(h) of the DGCL provides that, subject to certain statutory requirements, if following consummation of a successful tender offer for a public corporation, the acquirer holds at least the amount of shares of each class of stock of the target corporation that would otherwise be required to approve a merger involving the target corporation, and the other stockholders receive the same consideration for their stock in the merger as was payable in the tender offer, the acquirer can effect a merger without the action of the other stockholders of the target corporation. Therefore, the parties have agreed that, subject to the conditions specified in the Merger Agreement, the Merger will be effected as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, but in any event no later than the second business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the following conditions: (i) the Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn having been accepted for payment by the Offeror (or Parent on its behalf), and (ii) there being no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger having been issued by any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction and remaining in effect, and there being any law enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal.
No Solicitation. Under the Merger Agreement, AMAG agrees that it shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers and employees not to, and shall not authorize or instruct its directors, officers, financial and legal advisors, accountants, agents and other representatives of any Acquired Company (the Company Representatives) to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Company Representatives not to: (i) solicit, initiate, or knowingly facilitate or encourage the submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (including by approving any transaction, or approving any person becoming an interested stockholder, for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL); (ii) furnish any non-public information regarding AMAG to any person, or afford to any person access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of any Acquired Company, for the purpose of facilitating or encouraging, or in response to, an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry; (iii) engage or participate in or continue any discussions or negotiations with any person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry (except that the foregoing does not prohibit AMAG or the Company Representatives from making such person aware of the non-solicit restrictions in response to the receipt of an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or clarifying the terms of any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry); (iv) terminate, waive, amend or modify any provision of, or grant
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permission under, any confidentiality agreement to which any Acquired Company is a party and that contains a standstill provision; (v) enter into any Alternative Acquisition Agreement or any Contract requiring AMAG to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Transactions; or (vi) resolve or agree to take any of the foregoing actions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a material breach of the aforementioned restrictions, if the AMAG Board determines in good faith, after consultation with AMAGs outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that (i) such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal and (ii) the failure to take the actions set forth in clauses (x), (y) and/or (z) below with respect to such Acquisition Proposal would be inconsistent with the AMAG Boards fiduciary obligations to AMAGs stockholders, then (x) AMAG and its representatives may engage in discussions or negotiations with the Third Party that has made such Acquisition Proposal (and such Third Partys representatives), (y) if such Third Party executes or has executed an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, AMAG may provide such Person (and such Persons representatives) with information concerning the Acquired Companies and/or (z) AMAG may decline to enforce, or may waive, any standstill or similar provision in effect on September 10, 2020. Prior to or concurrent with providing any material non-public information to any such Third Party, AMAG is required to make such material non-public information available to Parent (to the extent such material non-public information has not been previously made available by AMAG to Parent or Parents representatives).
An Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement means a confidentiality agreement containing terms not materially less restrictive in the aggregate to the counterparty thereto than the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement (except that such confidentiality agreement need not prohibit the making of an Acquisition Proposal or otherwise contain any standstill or similar provision). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person who has previously entered into a confidentiality agreement with AMAG, on or after January 1, 2020, is not required to enter into a new or revised confidentiality agreement, and such existing confidentiality agreement shall be deemed to be an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement.
An Acquisition Inquiry means an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information (other than an inquiry, indication of interest or request for information made or submitted by or on behalf of Parent or any of its Affiliates) that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal.
An Acquisition Proposal means any proposal or offer relating to (i) the acquisition of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Common Stock by any Third Party, (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, sale of assets, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction that would result in any Third Party acquiring assets (including intellectual property rights or the capital stock of or interest in any Subsidiary of AMAG) representing, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of the assets of the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer, as such terms are defined under the Exchange Act, that, if consummated, would result in any Third Party beneficially owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for twenty percent (20%) or more of such outstanding shares), (iv) any merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving AMAG that would result in any Third Party (or stockholders of such Third Party) holding twenty percent (20%) or more of the equity interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction or (v) any combination of the foregoing.
A Superior Proposal means a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (with all of the references to 20% included in the definition of Acquisition Proposal being deemed to be replaced with references to 50%) that the AMAG Board (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with AMAGs financial advisor and outside legal counsel, and taking into consideration, among other things, any legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal and the Merger Agreement that the AMAG Board (or a committee thereof) deems relevant (in each case taking into account any revisions to the Merger Agreement
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made in writing by Parent prior to the time of determination pursuant to the terms thereof with respect to Superior Proposals), would result in a transaction more favorable to the holders of Common Stock than the transactions provided for in the Merger Agreement.
Except as otherwise provided in the Merger Agreement, neither the AMAG Board nor a committee thereof is permitted to: (i) withdraw, modify, amend or qualify, in a manner adverse to Parent and the Offeror, the AMAG Board Recommendation; (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable any Acquisition Proposal; (iii) publicly propose or announce any intention to take any of the foregoing actions (any action described in clause (i), (ii) or clause (iii) being referred to as a Change in Recommendation); or (iv) cause AMAG to enter into any contract (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into in compliance with the aforementioned restrictions contemplating an Acquisition Proposal (any such contract, an Alternative Acquisition Agreement)).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Merger Agreement, at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, the AMAG Board may make a Change in Recommendation in response to an Acquisition Proposal and/or cause the Company to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement concerning an Acquisition Proposal but only if:
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the AMAG Board (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (1) after consultation with AMAGs outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal would constitute a Superior Proposal and (2) after consultation with AMAGs outside legal counsel, that in light of such Acquisition Proposal, a failure to make a Change in Recommendation and/or to cause AMAG to enter into such Alternative Acquisition Agreement would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the AMAG Boards fiduciary obligations to AMAGs stockholders under applicable law; |
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AMAG has first delivered to Parent a written notice (the Superior Proposal Notice) stating that the AMAG Board intends to take such action and (in the event the AMAG Board contemplates causing the Company to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement) including a summary of the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Acquisition Agreement; |
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during the three business day period commencing on the date of Parents receipt of such Superior Proposal Notice, AMAG has negotiated in good faith and has made its representatives reasonably available for the purpose of engaging in negotiations with Parent (to the extent Parent desires to negotiate) regarding a possible amendment of the Merger Agreement or the Offer or a possible alternative transaction so that the Acquisition Proposal that is the subject of the Superior Proposal Notice ceases to be a Superior Proposal; |
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after the expiration of the aforementioned negotiation period, the AMAG Board (or a committee thereof) shall have determined in good faith, after taking into account any amendments to the Merger Agreement and the Offer that Parent and the Offeror have irrevocably agreed in writing to make as a result of the negotiations, that (1) after consultation with AMAGs outside legal counsel and financial advisor, such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal, and (2) after consultation with AMAGs outside legal counsel, the failure to make a Change in Recommendation and/or enter into such Alternative Acquisition Agreement would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the AMAG Boards fiduciary obligations to AMAGs stockholders under applicable Law. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Merger Agreement, at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, the AMAG Board may make a Change in Recommendation in response to a Change in Circumstances (as defined below) but only if:
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A Change in Circumstances means any material change in circumstances affecting AMAG that does not relate to any Acquisition Proposal and was not known or reasonably foreseeable by the AMAG Board prior to the date of the Merger Agreement (or if known or reasonably foreseeable, the material consequences of which were not known).
In addition to the obligations of AMAG set forth above, if AMAG receives an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Inquiry, then AMAG is required promptly (and in no event later than forty-eight hours after receipt of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry) to notify Parent in writing of its receipt of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, and is required thereafter to keep Parent reasonably informed of any material change to the terms of any such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry.
Nothing set forth in the Merger Agreement prohibits AMAG, the AMAG Board (or any committee thereof) or their representatives from: (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of AMAG a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or making a statement contemplated by Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A or Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, or from issuing a stop, look and listen statement pending disclosure of its position thereunder (or any substantially similar communication); provided that any such disclosure does not contain an express Change in Recommendation; (ii) disclosing to AMAGs stockholders any factual information regarding the business, financial condition or results of operations of AMAG or the fact that an Acquisition Proposal has been made, the identity of the party making such Acquisition Proposal or the material terms of such Acquisition Proposal (and no such disclosure shall, taken by itself, be deemed to be a Change in Recommendation); or (iii) communicating with any person (or the representatives of such person) that makes any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry to the extent necessary to direct such Person to the applicable non-solicitation provisions of the Merger Agreement and/or to clarify and understand the terms and conditions of an Acquisition Proposal made by such person.
Employee Matters. For a period of not less than twelve months after the Closing Date (or, if earlier, the date of termination of the relevant employee), Parent has agreed that it will, or will cause the Surviving Corporation to, provide to each employee of the Acquired Companies who is employed as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a Continuing Employee) with (i) base salary or base hourly wage rate (as applicable) no less favorable than those provided to such Continuing Employee prior to the Effective Time, (ii) cash target bonus and in the case of field-based employees only, cash target incentive compensation opportunity (excluding retention, change in control and equity-based compensation), if any, that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to Continuing Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time, (iii) retirement and welfare benefits (excluding any severance benefits, post-employment health benefits, post-employment
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welfare benefits and defined benefit pension and nonqualified deferred compensation plans), that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to (A) those provided to Continuing Employees immediately prior to the Effective Time or (B) those provided to employees of Parent or its applicable Subsidiaries, as determined by Parent in its sole discretion. In addition, Parent has agreed that it will, or will cause the Surviving Corporation to, unless prohibited by applicable law, give, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be given, to Continuing Employees credit for purposes of eligibility to participate (other than any defined benefit pension, post-employment health benefits or post-employment welfare benefits plan), vesting and, with respect to vacation, paid-time off and other leave benefits only, determining level and accrual of benefits under employee benefit plans, programs or policies maintained by Parent or the Surviving Corporation and in which such employees participate after the Effective Time, for such employees service prior to the Closing with any Acquired Company, to the same extent recognized by the relevant Acquired Company prior to the Effective Time. Such crediting of service shall not operate to duplicate any benefit or the funding of any such benefit.
From and after the Effective Time, with respect to each benefit plan maintained by Parent or the Surviving Corporation that is an employee welfare benefit plan as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA (each, a Parent Welfare Plan) in which any Continuing Employee is or becomes eligible to participate, Parent has agreed to use reasonable best efforts to cause each such Parent Welfare Plan to (i) waive all limitations as to pre-existing conditions, waiting periods, required physical examinations and exclusions with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable under such Parent Welfare Plan for such Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents to the same extent that such pre-existing conditions, waiting periods, required physical examinations and exclusions would not have applied or would have been waived under the corresponding Company Benefit Plan in which such Continuing Employee was a participant immediately prior to his or her commencement of participation in such Parent Welfare Plan but, with respect to long-term disability and life insurance benefits and coverage, solely to the extent permitted under the terms and conditions of Parents applicable insurance contracts in effect as of the Effective Time; and (ii) provide each Continuing Employee and their eligible dependents with credit for any co-payments and deductibles paid in the calendar year that, and prior to the date that, such Continuing Employee commences participation in such Parent Welfare Plan in satisfying any applicable co-payment or deductible requirements under such Parent Welfare Plan for the applicable calendar year, to the extent that such expenses were recognized for such purposes under the comparable Company Benefit Plan.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Parent undertakes to cause the Surviving Corporation to honor in accordance with their terms all deferred compensation plans, agreements and arrangements, severance and separation pay plans, agreements and arrangements, and all written employment, severance, retention, incentive, change in control and termination agreements (including any change in control provisions therein) applicable to employees of the Acquired Companies and in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement (as listed in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Assumed Employee Arrangements); except that Parent or the Surviving Corporation is not prevented from terminating or severing any employees from and after the Closing in its sole discretion. Parent also acknowledged that the consummation of the Offer constitutes a change of control or a change in control (or a term of similar import) for purposes of any Company Benefit Plan that contains a definition of change of control or change in control (or a term of similar import), as applicable, including under the Assumed Employee Arrangements. Outstanding cash bonuses pursuant to AMAGs annual bonus plan, the Assumed Employee Arrangements or any incentive compensation plan for field-based employees with respect to service during the 2020 calendar year, as in effect immediately prior to the date of the Merger Agreement and listed in the Company Disclosure Schedule, will be paid to AMAG employees who participate in such plans to the extent provided in the Company Disclosure Schedule.
AMAG has agreed to terminate any and all Company Benefit Plans intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code (the Company 401(k) Plans), effective not later than the business day immediately preceding the Acceptance Time, and shall take (or cause to be taken) such other actions in furtherance of terminating such 401(k) Plans as Parent may reasonably require and Parent shall take all necessary and legally permissible actions to direct its or one of its Affiliates defined contribution plan to accept the rollover by any participant of the
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Company 401(k) Plan of any eligible rollover distribution (within the meaning of Section 402(c)(4) of the Code) from or outstanding loans under the Company 401(k) Plans.
Upon Parents reasonable request from time to time prior to Closing, AMAG will, during a reasonable period of time following receipt of such request (but in no event more than five business days following such request), provide Parent with the then-most recent calculations and reasonable back-up information relating to Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code relating to the Merger, including any non-compete valuations.
Nothing in the Merger Agreement is intended or should be construed to (i) be treated as an amendment to any particular Company Benefit Plan, (ii) prevent Parent from amending or terminating any benefit plans in accordance with their terms, (iii) create a right in any employee to employment with Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any Acquired Company, or (iv) create any third-party beneficiary rights in any Person with respect to the compensation, terms and conditions of employment and/or benefits that may be provided to any Continuing Employee by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any Acquired Company or under any benefit plan which Parent, any Acquired Company or the Surviving Corporation may maintain.
Indemnification and Insurance. The Merger Agreement provides that, for six years after the Acceptance Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain directors and officers liability insurance, fiduciary liability insurance and employment practices liability insurance in respect of any acts, errors or omissions occurring on or before the Acceptance Time, including in respect of the Transactions, covering each such person currently covered by AMAGs directors and officers liability insurance, fiduciary liability insurance and employment liability insurance policies on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorable than those of such policies in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement; except that neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of 300% of the amount the Company paid in its last full fiscal year prior to the date hereof for such insurance (the Current Premium) and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed 300% of the Current Premium, then Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain policies of insurance that, in Parents and the Surviving Corporations good faith judgment, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to 300% of the Current Premium. The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied if prepaid tail or runoff policies have been obtained by AMAG prior to the Acceptance Time, which policies provide such persons currently covered by such policies with coverage for an aggregate period of six years with respect to claims arising from any acts, errors or omissions that occurred on or before the Acceptance Time, including in respect of the Transactions; provided, however, that the amount paid for such prepaid policies does not exceed 300% of the Current Premium. If such prepaid policies have been obtained prior to the Acceptance Time, the Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to) maintain such policies in full force and effect for their full term, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder.
From and after the Acceptance Time, the Surviving Corporation shall: (i) indemnify and hold harmless each individual who at the Acceptance Time is, or at any time prior to the Acceptance Time was, a director or officer of any Acquired Company (each an Indemnified Party) for any and all costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel, which shall be advanced as they are incurred; provided that, if required by applicable law, the Indemnified Party shall have made an undertaking to repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to such indemnification, such undertaking to be unsecured, interest-free and made without reference to the Indemnified Partys ability to repay such advances or ultimate entitlement to indemnification), judgments, fines, penalties or liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement or compromise) imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with or arising out of any demand, action, suit or other Legal Proceeding (whether civil or criminal) in which such Indemnified Party may be involved or with which he or she may be threatened (regardless of whether as a named party or as a participant other than as a named party, including as a witness) (an Indemnified Party Proceeding) (A) by reason of such Indemnified Partys being or having been such director or officer or an employee or agent of any Acquired Company or otherwise in connection with any action taken or not taken at the request of any Acquired
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Company or (B) arising out of such Indemnified Partys service in connection with any other corporation or organization for which he or she serves or has served as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or fiduciary at the request of the Company (including in any capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan), in each of (A) or (B), whether or not the Indemnified Party continues in such position at the time such Indemnified Party Proceeding is brought or threatened and at, or at any time prior to, the Acceptance Time (including any Indemnified Party Proceeding relating in whole or in part to the Transactions or relating to the enforcement of this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party), to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; and (ii) fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of AMAG pursuant to: (x) each indemnification agreement in effect as of the date hereof between AMAG and any Indemnified Party; and (y) any indemnification provision (including advancement of expenses) and any exculpation provision set forth in the AMAG Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement. Parents and the Surviving Corporations obligations under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) shall continue in full force and effect for a period of six years from the Acceptance Time; provided, however, that all rights to indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses in respect of any claim asserted or made within such period shall continue until the final disposition of such claim. If Parent or the Surviving Corporation fails to comply with the aforementioned obligations and an Indemnified Party commences a suit which results in a determination that Parent or the Surviving Corporation failed to comply with such obligation, Parent shall pay such Indemnified Party his or her costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) in connection with such suit, together with interest thereon at the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, in effect on the date such payment was required to be made through the date of payment (calculated daily on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five days and the actual number of days elapsed, without compounding).
If Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth above.
The Merger Agreement also provides that the foregoing covenants are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and (ii) in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such individual may have under any certificate of incorporation or bylaws, by contract or otherwise. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation with respect to such provisions shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights of any Indemnified Party unless (x) such termination or modification is required by applicable law or (y) the affected Indemnified Party shall have consented in writing to such termination or modification. Parent and the Surviving Corporation jointly and severally agree to pay or advance, upon written request of an Indemnified Party, all costs, fees and expenses, including attorneys fees, that may be incurred by the Indemnified Parties in enforcing their indemnity rights and other rights described above.
Filings. The Merger Agreement provides that each of AMAG, Parent and the Offeror shall: (i) promptly (and, with respect to any filings under the HSR Act, in no event later than the date that is five business days after the date of the Merger Agreement) use reasonable best efforts to make and effect all registrations, filings and submissions required to be made or effected by it or otherwise advisable pursuant to the HSR Act, any other applicable antitrust laws, the Exchange Act and other applicable law with respect to the Offer and the Merger; (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all other consents and approvals required from third parties in connection with the Transactions; and (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; provided, however, that in no event shall AMAG be required to pay, prior to the Effective Time, any fee, penalty or other consideration to any person for any consent or approval required for the consummation of any of the Transactions. Each of Parent and the Offeror (A) shall promptly use its best efforts to provide all information requested by any governmental entity in connection with the Offer, the Merger or any of the other Transactions
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and (B) shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly take, and to cause its Affiliates to take, all actions and steps necessary to obtain and secure the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act or any other applicable antitrust laws and obtain any clearance or approval required to be obtained from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions as soon as possible, but in any event no later than ten business days prior to the End Date.
The Merger Agreement also provides that each party to the Merger Agreement shall: (i) give the other parties prompt written notice of the making or commencement of any request, inquiry, investigation, action or Legal Proceeding by or before any governmental entity with respect to the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Transactions; (ii) keep the other parties informed as to the status of any such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Legal Proceeding; and (iii) promptly inform the other parties of any communication to or from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice or any other Governmental Entity regarding the Offer or the Merger. Each party will consult and cooperate with the other parties and will consider in good faith the views of the other parties in connection with any analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion or proposal made or submitted in connection with any such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Legal Proceeding. In addition, except as may be prohibited by any governmental entity or by any law, in connection with any such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Legal Proceeding, each party will permit authorized representatives of the other parties to be present at each meeting or conference relating to such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Legal Proceeding 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, action or Legal Proceeding.
Subject to the timing deadlines referenced above, in the event that any litigation or other administrative or judicial action or Legal Proceeding is commenced challenging the Offer or the Merger or any of the other Transactions and such litigation, action or Legal Proceeding seeks, or would reasonably be expected to seek, to prevent the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or the other Transactions, Parent and the Offeror shall take any and all reasonable actions to resolve any such litigation, action or Legal Proceeding and each of AMAG, Parent and the Offeror shall cooperate with each other and use its respective reasonable best efforts to contest any such litigation, action or Legal Proceeding 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 Offer or the Merger or the other Transactions.
Neither Parent nor the Offeror shall, nor shall they permit their Subsidiaries or direct or indirect related parent companies to, acquire or agree to acquire any rights, interests, assets, business, person or division thereof (through acquisition, license, joint venture, collaboration or otherwise), if such acquisition would reasonably be expected to increase the risk of not obtaining any applicable clearance, consent, approval or waiver under Antitrust Laws with respect to the Offer or the Merger or the other Transactions or otherwise not complying with the requirements set forth above.
Delisting. The Merger Agreement provides that the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Common Stock to be de-listed from NASDAQ and de-registered under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable following the Effective Time.
Financing. The Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds), or any alternative financing, is not a condition to the Offer or the Merger. The Merger Agreement provides that Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower shall use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and obtain the Financing on the terms and subject only to the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter and the Equity Commitment Letter (collectively, the Commitment Letters), including using reasonable best efforts to (i) maintain in full force and effect the Commitment Letters, (ii) satisfy on a timely basis and in any event no later than the Closing Date all conditions applicable to Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower under the Debt
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Commitment Letter, (iii) comply at all times with their obligations under the Commitment Letters to the extent constituting a condition to the availability of funds thereunder, (iv) negotiate and enter into definitive agreements with respect to the Debt Financing on the terms and subject only to the conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter (or on other terms that, with respect to conditionality, are no less favorable to Parent, the Offeror or the Debt Financing Borrower than the terms contained in the Debt Commitment Letter), (v) enforce their rights under the Commitment Letters and (vi) consummate the Debt Financing at or prior to the Closing Date. Upon the reasonable written request of AMAG (or its counsel), Parent shall promptly (and in any event within two business days following such written request) inform AMAG and its counsel in reasonable detail of the current status of the Debt Financing and the status of Parents efforts to obtain the Debt Financing. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall promptly (and in any event within one business day following becoming aware thereof) notify AMAG in writing if at any time prior to the Closing Date Parent becomes aware of (A) any breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would or would reasonably be expected to give rise to any breach or default) by any party to the Debt Commitment Letter of which Parent becomes aware that would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in Debt Financing in the amount necessary to consummate the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including payment of related fees, discounts and expenses (the Required Amount) (after taking into account the Equity Financing) not being available at Closing, (B) the receipt, on or prior to the Closing Date, of any written notice or other written communication from any financial institution and other lenders party to the Debt Commitment Letter (excluding any Parent Related Party) (the Debt Financing Sources) with respect to any actual breach, default, termination or repudiation by any party to the Debt Commitment Letter that would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in Debt Financing in the amount necessary to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing) not being available at Closing or (C) if for any reason Parent believes in good faith that Parent or the Debt Financing Borrower will not be able to obtain on or prior to the Closing Date all or any portion of the Debt Financing in the amount necessary to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing and any available cash of Parent, AMAG and their respective Subsidiaries). Upon the reasonable written request of AMAG, Parent shall promptly (and in any event within two business days following such written request) provide any information reasonably requested by AMAG relating to any circumstance referred to in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of the immediately preceding sentence.
Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower have agreed that they will not, without the prior written consent of AMAG, agree to or permit any termination of or amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or modification to be made to the Commitment Letters (other than to add lenders, lead arrangers, bookrunners, syndication agents or other similar entities who had not executed the Debt Commitment Letter as of the date hereof) if such termination, amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement, modification or waiver would (A) reduce the aggregate amount of the Financing such that the aggregate amount of the Financing would be below the amount required to pay the Required Amount (after taking into account available cash of Parent, AMAG and their respective Subsidiaries), (B) impose new or additional conditions precedent to the availability of the Financing or otherwise expand, amend or modify any of the conditions precedent to the Financing in a manner that would reasonably be expected to materially delay or prevent the funding of the Financing (or satisfaction of the conditions to the Financing) at the Offer Closing and at the Closing or (C) adversely impact the ability of Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower to enforce its rights against other parties to the Commitment Letters.
In the event that the Debt Financing necessary to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing and any available cash of Parent, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries) will not be available to Parent and the Debt Financing Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter, Parent shall promptly (and in any event within one business day following the occurrence thereof) notify AMAG in writing and, prior to the termination of the Merger Agreement, use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to arrange, obtain and consummate as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of any such financing failure event, alternative debt financing, including from alternative sources in an amount sufficient to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing and any available cash of Parent, AMAG and their
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respective Subsidiaries) as promptly as possible following the occurrence of such event, which alternative debt financing will not include terms and conditions that are less favorable to Parent or the Debt Financing Borrower than those contained in the Debt Commitment Letter and the associated fee letter (determined after giving effect to all amendments and other modifications permitted pursuant to the market flex provisions of such fee letter as if such amendments and other modifications had been implemented to the maximum extent permitted thereunder).
Financing Assistance. The Merger Agreement provides that, during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement through the earlier of the Closing Date or the date of termination of the Merger Agreement, AMAG shall use reasonable best efforts to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and use reasonable best efforts to cause their respective representatives to provide, in each case at Parents sole expense, such cooperation as may be reasonably requested in writing by Parent in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing. Parent agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Acquired Companies and their respective representatives prior to the Closing or the termination of the Merger Agreement (and thereafter, promptly upon demand and in each case directly to the applicable representative) from and for all costs, expenses, fees, losses, damages, claims, judgments, fines, penalties, interest, awards and liabilities such persons may incur in connection with the Debt Financing and the performance of their respective obligations set forth above and the provision of any information utilized in connection therewith (other than information provided by the Acquired Companies) (including reasonable and documented costs and expenses of counsel and advisors), except to the extent incurred as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Acquired Company and its respective representatives, and Parents obligation in this sentence shall survive any termination or expiration of the Merger Agreement.
Convertible Notes. The Merger Agreement provides that, during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement through the earlier of the Closing Date or the date of termination of the Merger Agreement, AMAG shall take all actions required by the Indenture to be performed by AMAG as a result of the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the giving of any notices that may be required in connection with the Convertible Notes and the delivery to the trustee under the Indenture of any certificates, opinions, documents or instruments required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture as reasonably determined by Parent. Following the Effective Time, Parent has agreed to cause the Surviving Corporation to take all actions required by the Indenture with respect to any Convertible Notes then outstanding. If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is consummated, then, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Offeror will cause the Surviving Corporation to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice to all holders of the Convertible Notes notifying such holders of their Repurchase Right at a repurchase price equal to 100% of principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the date specified by the Surviving Corporation in the Fundamental Change Company Notice. If the Offeror accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is consummated, the Surviving Corporation will, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, also enter into a supplemental indenture providing that the right to convert each $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such principal amount of Convertible Notes into the amount of cash that a holder of Shares equal to the conversion rate immediately prior to the Merger would have been entitled to receive in the Merger, or $502.513 (with no further right to convert into shares of AMAG or any other entity).
Transaction Litigation. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, AMAG has agreed, promptly as reasonably practicable, to notify Parent in writing of, and shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense and settlement of, any Transaction Litigation. AMAG shall keep Parent reasonably apprised of the proposed strategy and other significant decisions with respect to any Transaction Litigation (to the extent that the attorney-client privilege is not undermined or otherwise adversely affected), and Parent may offer comments or suggestions with respect to such Transaction Litigation which AMAG shall consider in good faith.
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Conditions to Consummation of the Merger. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the respective obligations of AMAG, Parent and the Offeror to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions prior to the Effective Time:
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the Offeror (or Parent on the Offerors behalf) having accepted for payment the Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn; and |
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no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger having been issued by any governmental entity of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect, and no law having been enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal. |
Termination. The Merger Agreement provides that it may be terminated, and the Offer and the Merger may be abandoned as follows:
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by mutual written consent of AMAG and Parent at any time prior to the Acceptance Time; |
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by either Parent or the Company upon prior written notice to the other: |
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if the Acceptance Time has not occurred by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 28, 2021 (the End Date); except that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event will not be available to any party (or any Affiliate of such party) whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement has been the proximate cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Acceptance Time to have occurred on or before the End Date; |
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at any time prior to the Acceptance Time if there shall be any law (other than an Order, which is addressed below) enacted after the date of the Merger Agreement and remaining in effect that makes the acceptance for payment of, or the payment for, Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer or the Merger illegal or that prohibits the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, or any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity shall have issued a final and non-appealable writ, judgment, injunction, consent, order, decree, stipulation, award or executive order of or by any governmental entity (an Order) or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer or the Merger or prohibiting the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, and such Order shall have become final and non-appealable; except that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event will not be available to any party (or any Affiliate of such party) whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement has been the proximate cause of, or resulted in, the issuance, promulgation, enforcement or entry of any such Order; |
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if the Offer (as it may have been extended in accordance with the Merger Agreement) expires as a result of the non-satisfaction of one or more Offer Conditions, or is terminated or withdrawn prior to the Acceptance Time (to the extent permitted under the terms of the Merger Agreement), without the Offeror having accepted for payment any Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer; except that a party will not be permitted to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event if the non-satisfaction of any Offer Condition or the termination or withdrawal of the Offer results from the failure of such party (or any Affiliate of such party) to perform any covenant required to be performed by such party (or any Affiliate of such party) at or prior to the Acceptance Time; |
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by AMAG: |
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if the Offeror fails to commence the Offer on or prior to the tenth business day following the date of the Merger Agreement; except that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event will not be available to AMAG if AMAG is in breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement that has been the proximate cause of, or resulted in, the Offerors failure to commence the Offer in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement; |
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if each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) on the Expiration Date (disregarding any Debt Financing Extension, but, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to all other extensions thereof), all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Acceptance Time, but which conditions would be capable of being satisfied if the Expiration Date were the date of AMAGs delivery of the Companys Notice), (ii) the Offeror shall have failed to consummate the Offer within two business days following the Expiration Date, (iii) AMAG has delivered written notice (the Companys Notice) to Parent of AMAGs intention to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to this provision if the Offeror fails to consummate the Offer by one minute after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the fourth business day following the date of AMAGs delivery of the Companys Notice (or such shorter period of time as remains prior to one minute after 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the End Date; the shorter of such periods, the Failure Notice Period), (iv) the Offeror fails to consummate the Offer prior to the expiration of the Failure Notice Period and (v) at all times during the Failure Notice Period, AMAG stood ready, willing and able to consummate the Transactions; |
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at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, in connection with the AMAG Board making a Change in Recommendation in response to a Superior Proposal in order to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement, if AMAG and the AMAG Board shall have complied in all material respects with the notice, negotiation and other requirements set forth in the Merger Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal; |
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at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, if a breach in any material respect of any representation or warranty or failure to perform in any material respect any covenant or obligation contained in the Merger Agreement on the part of Parent, the Offeror or the Debt Financing Borrower shall have occurred, in each case if such breach or failure prevents or would reasonably be expected to prevent Parent, the Offeror or the Debt Financing Borrower from consummating the Offer, the Merger or any other Transactions; except that, if such a breach is curable by Parent within twenty business days of the date AMAG gives Parent written notice of such breach and Parent is continuing to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach, then AMAG may not terminate the Merger Agreement on account of such breach unless such breach shall remain uncured upon the expiration of such twenty business day period; and the Merger Agreement provides further that AMAG will not be entitled to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event if AMAG is in breach of its obligations under the Merger Agreement such that Parent would be entitled to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to the provision described immediately below; |
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by Parent: |
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at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, if a breach of any representation or warranty of AMAG or failure to perform any covenant or obligation contained in the Merger Agreement on the part of AMAG shall have occurred that would cause a failure of any of the Offer Conditions related to the accuracy of AMAGs representations and warranties, AMAGs compliance with the obligations or covenants required to be performed by it under the Merger Agreement and/or delivery of a certificate signed on behalf of AMAG by a senior executive officer of AMAG certifying satisfaction of the foregoing conditions; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the covenant in relation to financing assistance shall be deemed satisfied unless (x) the Debt Financing has not been obtained primarily as a result of AMAGs material breach of its obligations under the financing assistance covenant, (y) Parent provided to AMAG written notice of such breach within two business days of first becoming aware of such breach and (z) AMAG failed to cure such breach within four business days after such notice is received by AMAG; and if such a breach is curable by AMAG within twenty business days of the date Parent gives AMAG notice of such breach and AMAG is continuing to use commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach, then Parent may not terminate the Merger Agreement on account of such breach |
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unless such breach shall remain uncured upon the expiration of such twenty business day period; and the Merger Agreement provides further that Parent will not be entitled to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to this provision if Parent, the Offeror or the Debt Financing Borrower is in breach of its obligations under the Merger Agreement such that AMAG would be entitled to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to the provision described immediately above; |
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at any time prior to the Acceptance Time if the AMAG Board shall have effected a Change in Recommendation; except that Parent will not be permitted to terminate the Merger Agreement in this event unless the notice of termination is delivered by Parent to AMAG within five business days following the occurrence of the event giving rise to Parents right to terminate the Merger Agreement pursuant to this provision. |
Effect of Termination. If the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Merger Agreement will be of no further force or effect without liability of any party (or any representative of such party) to each other party thereto, except that the applicable definitions, confidentiality, expense reimbursement and indemnification provisions contained in the financing assistance covenant, and the indemnification provisions in connection with the conduct of one or more offers to purchase and (if Parent and/or the Offeror so elects) conduct of a consent solicitation with respect to the outstanding Convertible Notes, expenses and termination fees and miscellaneous provisions shall survive the termination of the Merger Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect; and (b) subject in all respects to the applicable limitations, the termination of the Merger Agreement shall not relieve any party from any liabilities or damages (which the parties acknowledge and agree shall not be limited to reimbursement of expenses or out-of-pocket costs, and may include to the extent proven the benefit of the bargain lost by such party or such partys equity holders (taking into consideration all relevant matters)) determined to be damages of such party arising out of its Willful and Material Breach of any provision of the Merger Agreement or any other agreement delivered in connection therewith or any fraud, subject only, with respect to any such liabilities of AMAG, to the provisions with respect to the Termination Fee (as defined below), and, with respect to any such liabilities of Parent and the Offeror, to the provisions with respect to the Parent Termination Fee (as defined below).
For purposes of the Merger Agreement, Willful and Material Breach means a breach that is a consequence of an intentional act or intentional failure to act undertaken by the breaching party with actual knowledge that such partys act or failure to act would cause, result in or constitute a breach.
Fees and Expenses Following Termination. Except as set forth below, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement and the Offer shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Offer and Merger are consummated. The Merger Agreement provides that (i) Parent will pay all filing fees payable for filings required or otherwise made pursuant to the HSR Act or any other applicable antitrust laws, and (ii) AMAG will not be required to pay any fees or other payments to any governmental entity in connection with any filings under the HSR Act or such other filings as may be required under applicable Antitrust Laws in connection with the Merger or the other Transactions.
AMAG shall pay or cause to be paid to Parent a termination fee in the amount of $16.25 million (the Termination Fee) if:
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(A) the Merger Agreement is validly terminated by Parent or AMAG pursuant to the provision described in paragraph (2)(a) above or paragraph 2(c) above, (B) following the date of the Merger Agreement and prior to the time of the termination of the Merger Agreement, an Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced (and such Acquisition Proposal shall not have been withdrawn prior to the time of the termination of the Merger Agreement) and (C) AMAG consummates an Acquisition Proposal (with all references to 20% in the definition of Acquisition Proposal being treated as 50% for these purposes within nine months after such termination or AMAG enters into a definitive agreement within nine months after such termination to effect an Acquisition Proposal, which Acquisition Proposal is subsequently consummated; |
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the Merger Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to the provision described in paragraph 4(b) above; or |
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the Merger Agreement is terminated by AMAG pursuant to pursuant to the provision described in paragraph 3(c) above. |
Any Termination Fee shall be paid: (x) in the case of clause 1 above, within two business days after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such Acquisition Proposal, (y) in the case of clause 2 above, within two business days following termination of the Merger Agreement and (z) in the case of clause 3 above, substantially concurrently with a termination of the Merger Agreement (or no later than on the next business day if such termination occurs on a day that is not a business day), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Parent. The receipt of the Termination Fee in full shall be deemed to be liquidated damages for any and all losses or damages suffered or incurred by Parent, the Offeror, any of their respective Affiliates or any other person in connection with the Merger Agreement (and the termination thereof), the Offer and the Merger (and the abandonment thereof) or any matter forming the basis for such termination.
If AMAG so elects, Parent shall pay or cause to be paid to AMAG a termination fee of $30 million (the Parent Termination Fee) if the Merger Agreement is validly terminated by:
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AMAG, pursuant to the provision described in paragraph 3(a) or paragraph 3(d) above, and the material breach or failure to perform by Parent or the Offeror or the failure to commence the Offer within the time period specified in the Merger Agreement, as the case may be, is the primary reason for the failure of the Offer Closing or Closing to be consummated, or pursuant to the provision described in paragraph 3(b) above, or |
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Parent, pursuant to paragraph 2(a) above and at such time AMAG could have terminated the Merger Agreement pursuant to the provision described in paragraph 3(a), paragraph 3(b), or paragraph 3(d) above. |
Any Parent Termination Fee shall be paid within two business days of the date of AMAGs termination of the Merger Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by AMAG. In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated by AMAG because of a Debt Failure, or if AMAG elects to receive the Parent Termination Fee under other circumstances where the Parent Termination Fee is payable, the Parent Termination Fee (including, without duplication, AMAGs right to enforce the Limited Guarantee with respect thereto, in accordance with the terms thereof, and receive the Parent Termination Fee from the Guarantors to the extent payable thereunder), shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Acquired Companies against the Parent Related Parties or the Debt Financing Sources Related Parties for all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties suffered as a result of the failure of the Transactions to be consummated or for a breach or failure to perform thereunder or otherwise, and upon payment of such amount, none of the Parent Related Parties or the Debt Financing Sources Related Parties shall have any further liability relating to or arising out of the Merger Agreement or the Transactions, except that Parent and the Offeror (or their Affiliates) will remain obligated with respect to, and AMAG may be entitled to remedies with respect to, the Confidentiality Agreement, expense reimbursement and indemnity provisions in connection with the financing assistance covenant and the indemnification in connection with the conduct of one or more offers to purchase and (if Parent and/or the Offeror so elects) conduct of a consent solicitation with respect to the outstanding Convertible Notes, effect of termination, and certain provisions relating to the fees and expenses. In any case where the Parent Termination Fee is or would be payable because of a Debt Failure or where AMAG otherwise elects to receive the Parent Termination Fee, the maximum aggregate liability, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort or otherwise, together with any payment of the Parent Termination Fee and any other payment in connection with the Merger Agreement or otherwise, of the Parent Related Parties collectively (including monetary damages for breach, whether willful, intentional, unintentional or otherwise) (i) under the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (ii) in connection with the failure of the Offer,
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Merger or the other Transactions to be consummated, or (iii) in respect of any representation or warranty made or alleged to have been made in connection with the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, will not exceed under any circumstances an amount equal to (x) the Parent Termination Fee, plus (y) the amounts, if any, due and owing under the provisions with respect to indemnity in connection with the Debt Financing and the conduct of one or more offers to purchase and (if Parent and/or the Offeror so elects) conduct of a consent solicitation with respect to the outstanding Convertible Notes, indemnity in connection with the Debt Financing and interest (if any) payable with respect to the Parent Termination Fee in accordance with the provisions below, plus (z) the reimbursement of any other expenses explicitly required pursuant to the Merger Agreement (collectively, the Maximum Liability Amount).
For the purposes of the Merger Agreement, a Debt Failure means that the Debt Financing is not able to be funded in accordance with the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter primarily as a result of the non-performance of the Debt Financing Sources (other than as a result of a material breach by any of Parent, the Offeror and Debt Financing Borrower of any of their representations, warranties or covenants in relation to Debt Financing set forth in the Merger Agreement).
In the event that AMAG fails to pay the Termination Fee, or Parent fails to pay or cause to be paid the Parent Termination Fee when due, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to receive interest on such unpaid Termination Fee (in the case of Parent) or Parent Termination Fee (in the case of AMAG) commencing on the date that the Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, became due, at a rate equal to the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal, Eastern Edition, in effect on the date such payment was required to be made through the date of payment (calculated daily on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five days and the actual number of days elapsed, without compounding) and any reasonable and documented out of pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the non-breaching party in connection with enforcing its rights under this provision.
Amendment. Any provision of the Merger Agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented or waived prior to the Effective Time if, but only if, such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, modification or supplement by each party to the Merger Agreement (or their respective boards of directors, if required) or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective (or its board of directors, if required); except that (i) following the Acceptance Time, the Merger Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented and (ii) certain provisions of the Merger Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner adverse to the Debt Financing Sources in any material respect without the prior written consent of such Debt Financing Sources.
Waiver. The Merger Agreement provides that failure of any party to assert any rights or remedies will not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies, nor will any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right or remedy hereunder. No failure on the part of any party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under the Merger Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under the Merger Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. No party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of the Merger Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under the Merger Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
Specific Performance. Under the Merger Agreement, the parties are entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of the Merger Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the Merger Agreement (including specific performance or other equitable relief to cause Parent to perform any obligations required of it to enforce its rights under the Equity Commitment Letter) in the Delaware courts and, in any action for specific performance, each party waives the defense of adequacy of a remedy at law
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and waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with such remedy, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity (subject to the limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is explicitly agreed that the right of AMAG or any Affiliate or stockholder thereof to enforce or seek an injunction, specific performance or other equitable remedies in connection with enforcing the Parent or the Offerors obligation (i) to cause the Equity Financing to be funded (whether under the Merger Agreement or the Equity Commitment Letter) or (ii) to fund the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration or (iii) to cause the Acceptance Time to occur and to effect the Offer Closing and the Closing (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not the right of the Company to seek an injunction, specific performance or other equitable remedies for any other reason) will be subject to the following conditions: (A) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied or waived (other than those Offer Conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Acceptance Time, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver of such Offer Conditions at the Acceptance Time), (B) the Debt Financing shall have been funded in accordance with the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter or the Debt Financing Sources shall have irrevocably confirmed in writing that the Debt Financing will be funded in accordance with the terms thereof at the Offer Closing and at the Closing if the Equity Financing is funded at the Offer Closing and at the Closing; provided, that Parent and the Offeror shall not be required to draw down the Equity Financing or consummate the Offer or the Merger, as applicable, if the Debt Financing is not in fact funded at the Offer Closing or the Closing (other than as a result of a material breach by any of Parent, the Offeror or Debt Financing Borrower of certain of their representations, warranties or covenants with respect to Financing set forth in the Merger Agreement), (C) AMAG shall have irrevocably confirmed in writing to Parent that if specific performance is granted and the Financing is funded, then it would take such actions required of it by the Merger Agreement to cause the consummation of the Offer and the Closing to occur and (D) Parent or the Offeror shall have failed to consummate the applicable Transactions within two business days after delivery of the AMAGs irrevocable written confirmation.
Under no circumstances is AMAG, directly or indirectly, permitted or entitled to receive (1) both a grant of specific performance that results in the Closing, on the one hand, and the payment of the Parent Termination Fee and any interest thereon as and when due, on the other hand, or (2) both payment of any monetary damages whatsoever from Parent or the Offeror pursuant to an Order or settlement arising in connection with any Legal Proceeding initiated by AMAG for matters related to the Merger Agreement, on the one hand, and payment of any of the Parent Termination Fee and any interest thereon as and when due, on the other hand.
Non-Recourse. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each party agrees, on behalf of itself and its Related Parties, that all Legal Proceedings that may be based upon, in respect of, arise under, out or by reason of, be connected with, or relate in any manner to: (a) the Merger Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including the Financing); (b) the negotiation, execution or performance the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (including any representation or warranty made in connection with, or as an inducement to, the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents); (c) any breach or violation of the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and (d) any failure of any of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including the Financing) to be consummated, in each case, may be made only against (and are those solely of) the persons that are, in the case of the Merger Agreement, expressly identified as parties thereto, and in the case of the other Transaction Documents, expressly identified as parties thereto and in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Merger Agreement or such Transaction Documents, as applicable. Each party also agrees, on behalf of itself and its Related Parties, that no recourse under the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including the Financing) will be sought or had against any other person, including any Related Party and any Debt Financing Sources Related Party, and no other person, including any Related Party and any Debt Financing Sources Related Party, will have any liabilities (whether in Contract or in tort, in Law or in equity or otherwise, or granted by statute or otherwise, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company veil or any other theory or doctrine, including alter ego or otherwise), for any claims, causes of
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action or liabilities arising under, out of, in connection with or related in any manner to the items in the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (d), it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability or losses whatsoever will attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any of the aforementioned, as such, arising under, out of, in connection with or related in any manner to the items in the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (d), in each case, except for claims that AMAG, Parent or the Offeror, as applicable, may assert (subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement) (i) against any person that is party to, and solely pursuant to the terms and conditions of, the Confidentiality Agreement, (ii) against each Guarantor (and their legal successors and assigns of their obligations hereunder) under, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Limited Guarantee, (iii) against each Guarantor for specific performance of its obligation to fund its committed portions of the Equity Financing in accordance with the Equity Commitment Letter, or (iv) against AMAG, Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower solely in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of, the Merger Agreement. No Parent Related Party or Debt Financing Sources Related Party will be responsible or liable for any multiple, consequential, indirect, special, statutory, exemplary or punitive damages that may be alleged as a result of the Merger Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereunder (including the Financing), or the termination or abandonment of any of the foregoing.
The foregoing summary and description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (d)(1) to the Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Confidentiality Agreement. On May 29, 2020, AMAG and Parent entered into the Confidentiality Agreement, under which Parent agreed, on behalf of itself and its affiliates that might be involved in any potential transaction, to hold in confidence any non-public information concerning AMAG that AMAG might elect to provide (Confidential Information). As a condition to being furnished with the Confidential Information, Parent agreed that such Confidential Information will be kept by it and its representatives (which includes Management IX) confidential and will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating a possible transaction involving AMAG. The Confidentiality Agreement contains customary non-solicit, non-compete and standstill provisions for a term of one year.
The foregoing summary and description of the Confidentiality Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Confidentiality Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (d)(4) to the Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Sources and Amount of Funds |
The Offeror estimates that it will need approximately $498 million to purchase Shares in the Offer, to pay the Offer Price and the Merger Consideration, and to pay certain fees and expenses related to the Transactions. The Debt Financing Borrower has received a commitment from certain lenders to provide the Debt Financing Borrower with senior secured incremental term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $460 million, of which $140 million will be available to consummate the Offer and the Merger (such incremental senior secured term loans, the Initial Incremental Term Loans) and $320 million will be available after the Closing Date in the form of delayed draw term loans to fund the repurchase, retirement or redemption of the Convertible Notes (the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans and, together with the Initial Incremental Term Loans, the Incremental Term Loans). The Initial Incremental Term Loans are referred to herein as the Debt Financing. Funding of the Incremental Term Loans are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
We do not believe our financial condition is material to your decision whether to tender your Shares and accept the Offer because (a) the Offer is being made for all of the issued and outstanding Shares solely for cash, (b) the Offer is not subject to any financing condition, (c) the Offer is being made for all outstanding Shares of AMAG, (d) if we consummate the Offer, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, we have agreed to acquire all remaining Shares (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by
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Parent or the Offeror, and Shares irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer, in each case immediately before the Effective Time (collectively, the Excluded Shares), and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)) for cash at the same price per share as the Offer Price in the Merger and (e) we have the financial resources, including committed debt and equity financing and available cash, sufficient to finance the Offer and the Merger.
Debt Financing.
Parent has received a Debt Commitment Letter, dated as of October 1, 2020, (the Debt Commitment Letter), from certain lenders to provide, subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the lenders) of the conditions set forth therein, to the Debt Financing Borrower up to $485 million of senior secured financing, comprised of the Incremental Term Loans and a $25 million incremental senior secured revolving loan facility (the proceeds of which are not expected to be used to consummate the Offer or the Merger, but which may be used by the Surviving Corporation, together with the Debt Financing Borrowers existing $30 million revolving loan facility, for general corporate purposes after completion of the Transactions) (collectively, the Incremental Facilities), for the purpose of financing the Offer and the Merger, purchasing any Convertible Notes that are repurchased, retired or redeemed, paying fees and expenses in connection therewith and providing ongoing working capital and for other general corporate purposes of the Debt Financing Borrower and its subsidiaries. The Incremental Facilities will be incurred under the Debt Financing Borrowers existing credit agreement, dated as of March 10, 2020 (the Existing Credit Agreement), under which the Debt Financing Borrower has previously incurred $450 million of senior secured term loans, of which $444.4 million are outstanding as of the date of this document, and which provides for a $30 million revolving loan facility (the Existing Credit Agreement as amended in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and the incurrence of the Incremental Facilities, the Amended Credit Agreement).
In the event that (a) the Closing Date does not occur on or before 11:59, New York City Time, on January 28, 2021, (b) the Merger Agreement is validly terminated without the consummation of the Merger having occurred, (c) the Offer lapses or is withdrawn or (d) the Merger closes without the use of the Incremental Facilities, then the Debt Commitment Letter and the commitment of the lenders with respect to the Incremental Facilities will automatically terminate, unless the lenders, in their discretion, agree to an extension. The documentation governing the Incremental Facilities has not been finalized and, accordingly, the actual terms of the Incremental Facilities may differ from those described in this document. Each of Parent and the Offeror has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Debt Financing on the terms and conditions described in the Debt Commitment Letter. In the event that the Debt Financing necessary to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing and any available cash of Parent, AMAG and their respective Subsidiaries) becomes unavailable to Parent and the Debt Financing Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter, Parent has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to arrange, obtain and consummate as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of any such financing failure event, alternative debt financing, including from alternative sources in an amount sufficient to fund the Required Amount (after taking into account the Equity Financing and any available cash of Parent, AMAG and their respective Subsidiaries).
Although the Debt Financing described in this document is not subject to a due diligence or market out condition, such financing may not be considered assured. As of the date hereof, no alternative financing arrangements or alternative financing plans have been made in the event the Debt Financing described herein is not available. There is no financing condition to the Offer.
Conditions Precedent to the Debt Financing. The availability of the Initial Incremental Term Loans is subject to, among other things:
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modification, waiver or consent that is (in the aggregate) materially adverse to the interests of the lenders (in their capacities as such), other than with the approval of the lenders); |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any event, change, effect, occurrence, circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; |
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absence of debt for borrowed money (other than the Debt Financing, the Convertible Notes and indebtedness permitted to remain outstanding pursuant to the Merger Agreement); |
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Description of Credit Facilities. The Incremental Facilities will be comprised of (i) senior secured incremental term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $460 million, consisting of the Initial Incremental Term Loans and the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans and (ii) a $25 million incremental senior secured revolving loan facility (the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments). The Incremental Facilities will be incurred under the Amended Credit Agreement. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Amended Credit Agreement will provide for (i) $584.5 million of outstanding term loans (including the Initial Incremental Term Loans), (ii) commitments for $320 million of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans, which will be available after the Closing Date to fund the repurchase, retirement or redemption of the Convertible Notes and (iii) a $55 million revolving loan facility (including the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments) (collectively, the Credit Facilities). The existing term loans and the Incremental Term Loans are referred to herein as the Term Loans.
Interest Rate. Loans under the Credit Facilities are expected to bear interest, at the Debt Financing Borrowers option, at a rate equal to the adjusted LIBOR or an alternate base rate, in each case plus a spread.
Prepayments. The Debt Financing Borrower will be permitted to make voluntary prepayments with respect to the Term Loans at any time in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon subject to certain prepayment premiums and reimbursement of the lenders redeployment costs in the case of a prepayment of adjusted LIBOR borrowings other than on the last day of the relevant interest period.
Guarantors. All obligations of the Debt Financing Borrower under the Credit Facilities and, at the option of the Debt Financing Borrower, under certain hedging agreements and cash management arrangements will be guaranteed by the direct parent of the Debt Financing Borrower and each of the existing and future direct and indirect, material wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Debt Financing Borrower organized in agreed security jurisdictions (subject to customary exceptions).
Security. The obligations of the Debt Financing Borrower and the guarantors under the Credit Facilities and under certain hedging agreements and cash management arrangements will be secured, subject to permitted liens and other agreed upon exceptions, on a first priority basis by a perfected security interest in subject to customary exceptions, substantially all of the material owned assets of the Debt Financing Borrower and each guarantor, in each case, whether owned on the Closing Date or thereafter acquired.
Other Terms. The Credit Facilities will contain certain representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants, including, among other things, a covenant requiring compliance with a maximum leverage ratio and covenants restricting indebtedness, investments, sales of assets, mergers and acquisitions, transactions with affiliates, liens and dividends and other distributions. The Credit Facilities will also include certain events of defaults including change of control.
This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Debt Commitment Letter, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (b)(1) to Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Equity Financing.
Parent has received an Equity Commitment Letter, dated October 1, 2020, from the Equity Investors pursuant to which the Equity Investors have committed, severally, and not jointly, subject to the conditions of the Equity Commitment Letter, to provide equity financing (Equity Financing and together with the Debt Financing, the Financing) up to $250 million in aggregate in equity for the purpose of enabling (a) Parent to cause the Offeror to accept for payment and pay for any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer at the Offer Closing (the Offer Amount) and (b) Parent to make the payments due under the Merger Agreement (the Merger Amount). With respect to the Offer Amount and the Merger Amount, the conditions to the Equity Investors funding obligation under the Equity Commitment Letter include: (a) with respect to the Offer Amount, (i) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by AMAG, (ii) the satisfaction or waiver by the Offeror or Parent of the Offer Conditions, (iii) the contemporaneous acceptance for payment by the Offeror of all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer and (iv) the simultaneous closing of the Debt Financing pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter; and (b) with respect to the Merger Amount, (i) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by AMAG, (ii) the satisfaction or waiver by AMAG, the Offeror and Parent of the conditions precedent to Parents and the Offerors obligations set forth in the Merger Agreement and (iii) the simultaneous closing of the Debt Financing pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter.
The obligations of the Equity Investors in the aggregate to fund the Commitment will terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of: (1) the funding of the aggregate amount of the Commitment; (2) a valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms subject to certain exceptions; (3) the payment in full by the Equity Investors of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Limited Guarantee) under the Limited Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions thereof; and (4) the assertion by AMAG or any of its Affiliates or its or their respective Representatives, or certain claims against any Equity Investor and certain other related parties.
This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity Commitment Letter, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (d)(2) to the Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Conditions of the Offer |
Capitalized terms used in this Section 13Conditions of the Offer, but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Merger Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer or the Merger Agreement and in addition to (and not in limitation of) the Offerors right to extend and amend the Offer pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Offeror will not be required to (and Parent will not be required to cause the Offeror to) accept for payment or (subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act) pay for any validly tendered Shares and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, and, subject to the provisions of the Merger Agreement, may delay the acceptance for payment of or payment for Shares or may terminate or amend the Offer if:
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the number of Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the expiration of the Offer (but excluding Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been received, as defined by Section 251(h)(6) of the General Corporation Law of the DGCL), together with any Shares then owned by the Parent and its Affiliates, do not represent at least one Share more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then issuable to holders of Company Options from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), it being understood that Company Compensatory Awards cancelled in |
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accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to holders of Convertible Notes (as defined below) from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which shares of Common Stock have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes) (the Minimum Condition); |
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the waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the HSR Act in respect of the Transactions has not expired or been terminated (the HSR Condition); |
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the representations and warranties of AMAG set forth in the Merger Agreement (subject to de minimis, materiality and Company Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) are not true and correct when made and as of the Expiration Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date) (the Representations Condition); |
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AMAGs not having performed or complied in all material respects with its obligations and covenants required to be performed by it under the Merger Agreement, and such failure not having been cured prior to the Expiration Date (the Covenants Condition); |
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since the date of the Merger Agreement, there has occurred any event, change, effect, occurrence circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect (the MAE Condition); and |
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Except for the Minimum Condition and the HSR Condition, the foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent and the Offeror and, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and applicable law, may be waived by Parent and the Offeror, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time (other than the Minimum Condition and HSR Condition) prior to the Expiration Date. The Minimum Condition may be waived by Parent and the Offeror only with the prior written consent of the Company, which may be granted or withheld in the Companys sole discretion. The failure by Parent or the Offeror at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any such right and each such right will be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
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Dividends and Distributions |
AMAG has not declared or paid cash dividends on the Common Stock since its initial public offering in 2010.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, AMAG is not permitted, without the prior written consent of Parent, to declare, set aside or pay dividends, or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise), with respect to the Shares. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementCovenants.
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Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals |
General. Except as otherwise set forth in this Offer to Purchase, based on Parents and the Offerors review of publicly available filings by AMAG with the SEC and other information regarding AMAG, Parent and the
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Offeror are not aware of any licenses or other regulatory permits which appear to be material to the business of AMAG and which might be adversely affected by the acquisition of Shares by the Offeror or Parent pursuant to the Offer or of any approval or other action by any governmental, administrative or regulatory agency or authority which would be required for the acquisition or ownership of Shares by the Offeror, or Parent pursuant to the Offer. In addition, except as set forth below, Parent and the Offeror are not aware of any filings, approvals or other actions by or with any governmental authority or administrative or regulatory agency that would be required for Parents and the Offerors acquisition or ownership of the Shares. Should any such approval or other action be required, Parent and the Offeror currently expect that such approval or action, except as described below under State Takeover Laws, would be sought or taken. There can be no assurance that any such approval or action, if needed, would be obtained or, if obtained, that it will be obtained without substantial conditions. In such an event, we may not be required to purchase any Shares in the Offer. See Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementTermination, Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction DocumentsThe Merger AgreementFurther Action; Reasonable Best Efforts and Section 13Conditions of the Offer.
U.S. Antitrust Compliance. Under the HSR Act, and the related rules and regulations that have been issued by the FTC, certain transactions having a value above specified thresholds may not be consummated until specified information and documentary material (Premerger Notification and Report Forms) have been furnished to the FTC and the Antitrust Division and certain waiting period requirements have been satisfied.
It is a condition to the Offerors obligation to accept for payment and pay for Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer that the waiting period (and any extension of the waiting period) applicable to the Offer under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated. Under the HSR Act, the purchase of Shares in the Offer may not be completed until the expiration of a fifteen calendar day waiting period following the filing by the ultimate parent entity of Parent, of a Premerger Notification and Report Form concerning the Offer with the FTC and the Antitrust Division, unless the waiting period is earlier terminated by the FTC or the Antitrust Division. If within the fifteen calendar day waiting period either the FTC or the Antitrust Division were to issue a request for additional documentary material or information (a Second Request), the waiting period with respect to the Transactions would be extended until ten calendar days following the date of substantial compliance by Parent with that request, unless the FTC or the Antitrust Division terminated the additional waiting period before its expiration. After the expiration of the ten calendar day waiting period, the waiting period could be extended only by court order or with consent of Parent. If either the fifteen-day or ten-day waiting period expires on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, then such waiting period will be extended until 11:59 p.m. of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday. Only one extension of the waiting period pursuant to a Second Request is authorized by the HSR Act. After that time, the waiting period may be extended only by court order or with our consent. The FTC or the Antitrust Division may terminate the additional ten-day waiting period before its expiration. In practice, complying with a Second Request can take a significant period of time. If the HSR Act waiting period expired or was terminated, completion of the Merger would not require an additional filing under the HSR Act if the Offeror owns 50% or more of the outstanding Shares at the time of the Merger or if the Merger occurs within one year after the HSR Act waiting period applicable to the Transactions expired or was terminated.
The FTC and the Antitrust Division frequently scrutinize the legality under the antitrust laws of transactions such as the Offerors proposed acquisition of AMAG. At any time before or after the Offerors acceptance for payment of Shares pursuant to the Offer, if the Antitrust Division or the FTC believes that the Offer would violate the U.S. federal antitrust laws by substantially lessening competition in any line of commerce affecting U.S. consumers, the FTC and the Antitrust Division have the authority to challenge the Transactions by seeking a federal court order enjoining the Transactions or, if Shares have already been acquired, requiring disposition of those Shares, or the divestiture of substantial assets of the Offeror, AMAG, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, or seek other conduct relief. At any time before or after consummation of the Transactions, notwithstanding the early termination of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, U.S. state attorneys general and private persons may also bring legal action under the antitrust laws seeking similar relief or seeking
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conditions to the completion of the Offer. There can be no assurance that a challenge to the Offer on antitrust grounds will not be made or, if a challenge is made, what the result will be. If any such action is threatened or commenced by the FTC, the Antitrust Division or any state or any other person, the Offeror may not be obligated to consummate the Offer or the Merger. See Section 13Conditions of the Offer.
The ultimate parent entity of Parent filed a Premerger Notification and Report Form on October 8, 2020. AMAG filed a Premerger Notification and Report Form on October 8, 2020.
State Takeover Laws. AMAG is incorporated under the laws of Delaware. Section 203 of the DGCL prevents a Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination (defined to include mergers and certain other actions) with an interested stockholder (including a person who owns or has the right to acquire 15% or more of a corporations outstanding voting stock) for a period of three years following the time such person became an interested stockholder unless, among other things, the business combination or the transaction pursuant to which such person becomes an interested stockholder is approved by the board of directors of such corporation before such person became an interested stockholder. The AMAG Board has approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL.
AMAG, directly or through subsidiaries, conducts business in a number of states throughout the United States, some of which have enacted takeover laws. We do not know whether any of these laws will, by their terms, apply to the Offer or the Merger and have not attempted to comply with any such laws. Should any person seek to apply any state takeover law, we will take such action as then appears desirable, which may include challenging the validity or applicability of any such statute in appropriate court proceedings. In the event any person asserts that the takeover laws of any state are applicable to the Offer or the Merger, and an appropriate court does not determine that it is inapplicable or invalid as applied to the Offer or the Merger, we may be required to file certain information with, or receive approvals from, the relevant state authorities. In addition, if enjoined, we may be unable to accept for payment any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer, or be delayed in continuing or consummating the Offer and the Merger. In such case, we may not be obligated to accept for payment any Shares tendered in the Offer. See Section 13Conditions of the Offer.
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No appraisal rights are available to the holders of Shares in connection with the Offer. However, if the Merger takes place pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL stockholders who have not tendered their Shares pursuant to the Offer and who comply with the applicable legal requirements will have appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL. If you choose to exercise your appraisal rights in connection with the Merger and you comply with the applicable legal requirements under the DGCL, you will be entitled to payment in cash in an amount equal to the fair value of your Shares (exclusive of any element of value arising from the accomplishment or expectation of the Merger) as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery, together with interest, if any, to be paid upon the amount determined to be the fair value. This value may be the same, more or less than the price that the Offeror is offering to pay you in the Offer and the Merger. Moreover, the Surviving Corporation may argue in an appraisal proceeding that, for purposes of such a proceeding, the fair value of such Shares is less than the price paid in the Offer and the Merger.
Under Section 262 of the DGCL, where a merger is approved under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, either a constituent corporation before the effective date of the merger, or the Surviving Corporation within ten days thereafter, will notify each of the holders of any class or series of stock of such constituent corporation who are entitled to appraisal rights of the approval of the merger and that appraisal rights are available for any or all shares of such class or series of stock of such constituent corporation, and will include in such notice a copy of Section 262. The Schedule 14D-9 constitutes the formal notice of appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL. Any holder of Shares who wishes to exercise such appraisal rights or who wishes to preserve his, her or its right to do so, should review the discussion of appraisal rights in the Schedule 14D-9 as well as Section 262 of
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the DGCL, attached as Annex B to the Schedule 14D-9, carefully because failure to timely and properly comply with the procedures specified may result in the loss of appraisal rights under the DGCL.
Any stockholder wishing to exercise appraisal rights is urged to consult legal counsel before attempting to exercise such rights.
As described more fully in the Schedule 14D-9, if a stockholder elects to exercise appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL with respect to Shares held immediately prior to the Effective Time, such stockholder must do all of the following:
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within the later of the consummation of the Offer, which will occur on the date on which the Offeror irrevocably accepts for purchase the Shares validly tendered in the Offer, and twenty days after the date of mailing of the notice of appraisal rights in the Schedule 14D-9 (which date of mailing is October 15, 2020), deliver to AMAG at the address indicated in the Schedule 14D-9, a demand in writing for appraisal of such Shares, which demand must reasonably inform AMAG of the identity of the stockholder and that the stockholder is demanding appraisal for such Shares; |
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The foregoing summary of the rights of AMAGs stockholders to seek appraisal rights under Delaware law does not purport to be a complete statement of the procedures to be followed by stockholders desiring to exercise appraisal rights and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Section 262 of the DGCL. The preservation and proper exercise of appraisal rights requires strict adherence to the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Failure to fully and precisely follow the steps required by Section 262 of the DGCL for the perfection of appraisal rights may result in the loss of those rights. A copy of Section 262 of the DGCL is included as Annex B to the Schedule 14D-9.
You will not be entitled to appraisal rights unless the Merger is completed. The information provided above is for informational purposes only with respect to your alternatives if the Merger is completed. If you tender your shares in the Offer, you will not be entitled to exercise appraisal rights with respect to your shares but, instead, upon the terms and subject to the conditions to the Offer, you will receive the Offer Price for your Shares.
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Fees and Expenses |
The Offeror has retained the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent in connection with the Offer. Each of the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent will receive customary compensation, reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses, and indemnification against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including liabilities under the federal securities laws. As part of the services included in such retention, the Information Agent may contact holders of Shares by personal interview, mail, electronic mail, telephone, telex, telegraph and other methods of electronic communication and may request brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees to forward the Offer materials to beneficial holders of Shares.
Except as set forth above, neither Parent nor the Offeror will pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. Brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees will upon request be reimbursed by the Offeror, upon request, for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the offering material to their clients.
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Miscellaneous |
The Offer is not being made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. However, the Offeror may, in its discretion, take such action as it may deem necessary to make the Offer in any such jurisdiction and extend the Offer to holders of Shares in such jurisdiction.
The Offeror and Parent have filed with the SEC the Schedule TO (including exhibits) in accordance with the Exchange Act, furnishing certain additional information with respect to the Offer and may file amendments thereto. The Schedule TO and any amendments thereto, including exhibits, may be examined and copies may be obtained from the SEC in the manner set forth in Section 8Certain Information Concerning AMAGAvailable Information.
No person has been authorized to give any information or make any representation on behalf of Parent or the Offeror not contained in this Offer to Purchase or in the Letter of Transmittal and, if given or made, that information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized. Neither delivery of this Offer to Purchase nor any purchase pursuant to the Offer will, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of Parent, the Offeror, AMAG or any of their respective subsidiaries since the date as of which information is furnished or the date of this Offer to Purchase.
Covis Mergerco Inc.
October 15, 2020
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Directors and Executive Officers of
The Offeror, Parent, Management IX and Controlling Entities
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The Offeror |
The Offeror, a Delaware corporation, was formed on September 21, 2020, solely for the purpose of completing the proposed Offer and Merger and has conducted no business activities other than those related to the structuring and negotiation of the Offer and the Merger and arranging financing therefor. The Offeror is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and has not engaged in any business except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The principal office address of the Offeror for purposes of this Offer to Purchase is 250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019. The telephone number at the principal office for purposes of this Offer is +352 2088 1300.
Directors and Executive Officers of the Offeror
The name, position, business address, citizenship, present principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment for the past five years of each of the directors and executive officers of the Offeror are set forth below.
Name and Position |
Business Address and Citizenship |
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Employment
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Michael Porter; Director, Chief Executive Officer and President |
250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019
United States |
Mr. Porter is the CEO of Covis Pharma. Previously he was COO of Covis Pharma S.à r.l., where he was responsible for the partial monetization of the business for $1.2 billion. He has over twenty years of private equity experience. Prior to Covis, Mr. Porter was with Cerberus Capital Management where he was a Senior Operating Executive.
He was previously with another large distressed private equity fund and began his career at AlixPartners in their Turnaround and Performance Improvement Group.
Mr. Porter received his MBA from Columbia Business School with a concentration in Finance via the accelerated program. In addition, he studied International Business at Senshu University in Kawasaki, Japan. |
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Ozgur Kilic, Chief Financial Officer |
250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019
Turkish |
Mr. Kilic is the Global CFO of Covis Pharma. Previously Mr. Kilic was the CFO of Vertice Pharma, a specialty generic pharma company in the U.S., backed by Warburg Pincus. Mr. Kilic brings over seventeen years of healthcare finance experience ranging from branded and generic pharmaceuticals to vaccines and medical devices both in the U.S. and Europe.
Prior to Vertice, Mr. Kilic spent fourteen years at Novartis in progressive Finance roles including Country and Region CFO roles in Switzerland, U.K., |
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Italy and the U.S. He has significant experience in partnering with commercial, manufacturing, R&D and BD&L / M&A teams at operational and strategical level to drive business results.
Mr. Kilic received his B.A. in Business Administration from Koç University in Turkey, MBA in Finance and Investment with distinction from Stuttgart Institute of Management Technology (SIMT), Germany and Executive Education in Finance from Harvard Business School. Mr. Kilic is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA UK). |
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Francesco Tallarico, General Counsel, Secretary |
250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019
Canadian |
Mr. Tallarico is the General Counsel and Group Corporate Secretary of Covis Pharma.
Prior to joining Covis, Mr. Tallarico served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at The Flowr Corporation, a federally licensed global cannabis producer listed on the TSX-V. At Flowr, Mr. Tallarico managed all aspects of the legal and regulatory function of the company, including having led the companys M&A and corporate finance transactions valued at over CAD$340 million.
Prior to Flowr, Mr. Tallarico served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Concordia International Corp. (now Advanz Pharma), a global specialty pharmaceutical company previously listed on the TSX and NASDAQ. At Concordia, Mr. Tallarico led the global legal and compliance functions, including having led Concordias M&A transactions valued at over USD$4.5 billion and corporate restructuring that resulted in Concordia reducing its debt by approximately USD$2.4 billion. Before joining Concordia, Mr. Tallarico practiced law in Toronto at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, specializing in corporate finance, M&A and securities matters.
Mr. Tallarico received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and his Juris Doctor from the University of Windsor. |
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Parent |
Parent is a Luxembourg private limited liability company, which was incorporated on August 10, 2018. Parent and its affiliates engaged in no business activities until it acquired Covis Pharma B.V. and Covis Pharma Europe B.V. on March 10, 2020. Parent is controlled by certain equity funds managed by Management IX. The principal office address of Parent is 2, avenue Charles de Gaulle L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The telephone number at the principal office is +352 2088 1300.
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Directors and Executive Officers of Parent
The name, position, business address, citizenship, present principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment for the past five years of each of the directors and executive officers of Parent are set forth below.
Name and Position |
Business Address and Citizenship |
Present Principal Occupation or Employment and
Employment
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Michael Porter; Class A Manager |
250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019
United States |
Mr. Porter is the CEO of Covis Pharma. Previously he was COO of Covis Pharma S.à r.l., where he was responsible for the partial monetization of the business for $1.2 billion. He has over twenty years of private equity experience. Prior to Covis, Mr. Porter was with Cerberus Capital Management where he was a Senior Operating Executive.
He was previously with another large distressed private equity fund and began his career at AlixPartners in their Turnaround and Performance Improvement Group.
Mr. Porter received his MBA from Columbia Business School with a concentration in Finance via the accelerated program. In addition, he studied International Business at Senshu University in Kawasaki, Japan. |
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Michael Saffer, Class A Manager |
c/o Apollo Management International LLP, 25 St George St, Mayfair, London W1S 1FS, United Kingdom
British citizen |
Mr. Saffer is a Principal in the London Private Equity team at Apollo, having joined in 2015. Since he joined Apollo, Mr. Saffer has been involved in various private equity transactions, including OLB, Catalina, Aspen, Gamenet and Covis.
Mr. Saffer currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen, Gamenet and Parent. Previously, Mr. Saffer was a member of the M&A group at Credit Suisse based in London.
Mr. Saffer graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc in Economics. |
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Rajiv De Silva, Class A Manager |
250 West 55th Street, New York, New York, 25th Floor, 10019
United States |
Mr. Rajiv De Silva is the Managing Partner of Asiri Advisors, a firm focused on advising private equity, and other corporate and financial institutions on the biopharmaceutical sector. He has broad international experience, having managed businesses in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, South Africa and Australia.
He was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Endo International, Plc, a publicly traded multinational pharmaceutical company, from 2013 to 2016. Prior to joining Endo, he served as the President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. from |
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2010 to 2013 and served as its Chief Operating Officer, Specialty Pharmaceuticals from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Valeant, Mr. De Silva held various leadership positions with Novartis AG. He served as President of Novartis Vaccines USA and Head, Vaccines of the Americas at Novartis. Mr. De Silva also served as President of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada. He originally joined Novartis as Global Head of Strategic Planning for Novartis Pharma AG in Basel, Switzerland. Prior to his time at Novartis, Mr. De Silva was a Partner at McKinsey & Company and served as a member of the leadership group of its Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice. Mr. De Silva was a Director of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2012 to 2013. He served on the Board of Rx&D, the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association from 2005 to 2007, was a member of the Board of Trustees of The Kent Place School in Summit, NJ, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of The Gill St. Bernards School in Gladstone, NJ.
Mr. Rajiv holds a BSE, Honors from Princeton University, an MS from Stanford University and an MBA with Distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Mr. Gaëtan Dumont, Class B Manager |
11 Rue des Trois Cantons, L-8399 Windhof, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Belgian |
Mr. Dumont is an Apollo Advisor in Luxembourg who also founded The Square Finance, a privately owned advisory company focused on providing corporate finance, treasury, compliance, risk management, corporate governance, process and internal organizational services to clients. Mr. Dumont also serves as a professional independent director and is certified from various risk management organizations and was the Treasury Manager of the Year in 2016 in the Luxembourg Finance Awards. Mr. Dumont is a member of ILA (Luxembourg Directors Institute) and Board member of ATEL (corporate treasurers). Mr. Dumont has requisite pharma experience as a board member of the Lux board of the UCB group. Mr. Dumont has an Engineer degree from HEC Liege University. | ||
Mr. Xavier Rouviere, Class B Manager |
15, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg
French |
Mr. Rouviere is Senior Legal Manager at Alter Domus Luxembourg.
Mr. Rouviere joined Alter Domus in October 2016 as Legal Manager. He operates as a Team Leader in Private Equity & Infrastructure at Alter Domus Luxembourg. |
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Mr. Rouviere also sits on the board of several Luxembourg entities investing directly or indirectly in private equity and distressed debt. He is regularly involved in complex transactions such as acquisitions, group refinancing, exit processes and cash repatriation.
Mr. Rouviere has thirteen years of professional experience in the financial sector. Before joining Alter Domus, he was managing the company administration team at J.P. Morgan Bank Luxembourg, dealing mainly with UCITS and regulated alternative investment vehicles.
Mr. Rouviere holds a Degree in Law from the University of Nancy and a Degree in Management from the University of Metz. |
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Mr. Ibrahim Jabri, Class B Manager |
15, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg
Belgium |
Mr. Jabri is a Private Equity & Infrastructure Director at Alter Domus Luxembourg
Mr. Jabri joined Alter Domus in December 2014. He operates as a Team Leader in Private Equity & Infrastructure at Alter Domus Luxembourg.
Together with his team, he ensures the administration of his clients companies are under control in all aspects including financial reporting, tax and legal compliance, from set-up to exit stage. Mr. Jabri further serves as board member of Luxembourg companies for multinationals and Private Equity firms.
Before joining Alter Domus, Mr. Jabri worked six years at PWC Luxembourg, first in the audit department, then as tax and accounting expert with focus on private equity and real estate groups. He then worked a couple of years in Capita Fiduciary Group before joining Alter Domus.
Mr. Jabri holds a degree in Business Administration from UCL Mons, Belgium. He is also a member of the Luxembourg Ordre des Experts Comptables (Luxembourg chartered accountant). |
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Mr. Bruno Bagnouls, Class B Manager |
15, Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, L-2411 Luxembourg
French |
Mr. Bagnouls is Group Head of Sales and Relationship Management and Group Head of Products and Innovation. |
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Employment
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Mr. Bagnouls joined Alter Domus in May 2019, and oversees the management and growth of the Groups product and service offering, as well as the development and implementation of new products and innovation to our offering together with the Groups Sales and Relationship Management arm.
Previously Mr. Bagnouls was Global Head of Private Equity and Real Estate at TMF Group, where he acquired extensive experience in the implementation, management, accounting and administration of private equity and real assets funds and SPVs. Prior to this, Mr. Bagnouls was Head of Corporate Services at Alter Domus for fifteen years.
Mr. Bagnouls has a degree in Business Studies from IPAG (Ecole supérieure de commerce) in Paris and in French Accounting (D.E.C.F, Diplôme dEtudes Comptables et Financières). |
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Management IX |
Management IX is a Delaware limited partnership that serves as the investment manager of Apollo Investment Fund IX, L.P. and other Apollo investment funds. The general partner of Management IX is AIF IX Management, LLC (AIF IX LLC). Apollo Management, L.P. (Apollo LP) is the sole member of AIF IX LLC. Apollo Management GP, LLC (Management GP) is the general partner of Apollo LP. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (Management Holdings) is the sole member and manager of Management GP. Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (Management Holdings GP, and together with Management IX, AIF IX LLC, Apollo LP, Management GP and Management Holdings, the Apollo Management Entities) is the general partner of Management Holdings. Leon Black, Joshua Harris and Marc Rowan are the managers, as well as principal executive officers of Management Holdings GP. The principal office address of each of the Apollo Management Entities is 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019. The telephone number at the principal office is 212-515-3200.
The principal business of Management IX is managing the Equity Investors and other Apollo investment funds. The principal business of AIF IX LLC is serving as the general partner of Management IX. The principal business of Apollo LP is serving as the sole member and manager of AIF IX LP and other Apollo Management Entities. The principal business of Management GP is serving as the general partner of Apollo LP. The principal business of Management Holdings is serving as the sole member and manager of Management GP and other Apollo Management Entities. The principal business of Management Holdings GP is serving as the general partner of Management Holdings LP.
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Managers and Principal Executive Officers of Management Holdings GP
The name, position, business address, citizenship, present principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment for the past five years of the managers and principal executive officers of Management Holdings GP are set forth below.
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Leon Black |
c/o Apollo Global Management, Inc. 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019
United States citizen |
Mr. Black is the Chairman of the board of directors and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo and a Managing Partner of Apollo Management, L.P. In 1990, Mr. Black founded Apollo Management, L.P. and Lion Advisors, L.P. to manage investment capital on behalf of a group of institutional investors, focusing on corporate restructuring, leveraged buyouts and taking minority positions in growth-oriented companies. From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Black worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, where he served as a Managing Director, head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, and co-head of the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Black previously served on the boards of directors of the general partner of AAA and of Sirius XM Radio Inc. Mr. Black is a Co-Chairman of The Museum of Modern Art and a trustee of The Mount Sinai Medical Center and The Asia Society. He is a Director of Melanoma Research Alliance. He is also a member of The Council on Foreign Relations and The Partnership for New York City. He is also a member of the board of directors of FasterCures. Mr. Black graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1973 with a major in Philosophy and History and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1975. | ||
Joshua Harris |
c/o Apollo Global Management, Inc. 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019
United States citizen |
Mr. Harris is a Senior Managing Director and a member of the board of directors of Apollo and a Managing Partner of Apollo Management, L.P., which he co-founded in 1990. Prior to 1990, Mr. Harris was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions group of Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated. Mr. Harris is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorks Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets and the Council of Foreign Relations. He is a Managing Partner of the Philadelphia 76ers, Chairman of the Board and Managing Member of the New Jersey Devils, a General Partner of the Crystal Palace Football Club and a member of the Board of Governors of the National Basketball Association. Mr. Harris also serves on the Board of Trustees of Mount Sinai Medical Center, Harvard Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Mr. Harris has previously served on the board of directors of Berry Plastics Group Inc., EP Energy Corporation, EPE Acquisition, LLC, CEVA Logistics, Constellium N.V., and LyondellBasell Industries B.V. Mr. Harris graduated summa cum laude and Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business with a B.S. in Economics and received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker and Loeb Scholar. | ||||
Marc Rowan |
c/o Apollo Global Management, Inc. 9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019
United States citizen |
Mr. Rowan is a Senior Managing Director and member of the board of directors of Apollo and a Managing Partner of Apollo Management, L.P., which he co-founded in 1990. Prior to 1990, Mr. Rowan was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, with responsibilities in high yield financing, transaction idea generation and merger structure negotiation. Mr. Rowan currently serves on the boards of directors of, inter alia, Athene Holding Ltd, Athora Holding Ltd. and VA Capital. He has previously served on the boards of directors of, inter alia, the general partner of AAA, AMC Entertainment, Inc., Beats Music, Cablecom GmbH, Cannondale Bicycle Corp., Caesars Acquisition Co., Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Culligan Water Technologies, Inc., Countrywide Holdings Limited, Furniture Brands International Inc., Mobile Satellite Ventures, LLC, National Cinemedia, Inc., National Financial Partners, Inc., New World Communications, Inc., the New York City Police Foundation, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Quality Distribution, Inc., Samsonite Corporation, SkyTerra Communications Inc., Unity Media SCA, Vail Resorts, Inc. and Wyndham International, Inc.
Mr. Rowan is also active in charitable activities. He is a founding member and Chairman of the Youth Renewal Fund, is Chair of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rowan also serves on the boards of directors of Jerusalem U, Tapd, Inc. and Penthera Partners, Inc. Mr. Rowan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business with a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Finance. |
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The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer is:
If delivering by hand, express mail, courier or any other expedited service: |
If delivering by mail: | |
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attn: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11219 |
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attn: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11219 |
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (212) 297-0720
Shareholders and All Others Call Toll-Free: (844) 343-2621
Email: info@okapipartners.com
Exhibit (a)(1)(B)
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
to Tender Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT
12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020
(ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
NOVEMBER 12, 2020), UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer Is:
If delivering by overnight courier: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
If delivering by mail: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219
If delivering by facsimile: For Eligible Institutions Only: (718) 234-5001 |
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED |
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* Need not be completed by book-entry stockholders. ** Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. represented by certificates described above are being tendered hereby. See Instruction 4. |
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DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY AND PAYMENT AGENT. YOU MUST SIGN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL WHERE INDICATED BELOW, WITH A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE IF REQUIRED, AND COMPLETE EITHER THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-9 ACCOMPANYING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR AN APPLICABLE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-8 (FOR PAYEES THAT ARE NOT UNITED STATES PERSONS). SEE INSTRUCTION 9 BELOW.
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE MAY BE MADE TO OR OBTAINED FROM THE INFORMATION AGENT AT THE ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS SET FORTH AT THE END OF THE DOCUMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR ANY OF THE OTHER OFFERING DOCUMENTS, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE INFORMATION AGENT, OKAPI PARTNERS LLC, TOLL-FREE AT (844) 343-2621. BANKS AND BROKERS MAY CALL (212) 297-0720.
You have received this Letter of Transmittal in connection with the cash tender offer by Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company), at a price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020.
The Offer (as defined below) is not being made to (nor will tender of the Shares be accepted from or on behalf of) stockholders in any jurisdiction where it would be illegal to do so.
You should use this Letter of Transmittal to deliver to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent) Shares represented by stock certificates or shares represented by DRS for tender. If you are delivering your Shares by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by the Depositary and Paying Agent at The Depository Trust Company (DTC), you may use this Letter of Transmittal or you may use an Agents Message (as defined in Instruction 2 below). In this document, stockholders who deliver certificates representing their Shares are referred to as Certificate Stockholders. Stockholders who deliver their Shares through book-entry transfer are referred to as Book-Entry Stockholders.
If certificates for your Shares are not immediately available or you cannot deliver your certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary and Paying Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 1Terms of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase), or you cannot comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis, you may nevertheless tender your Shares according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase. See Instruction 2. Delivery of documents to DTC will not constitute delivery to the Depositary and Paying Agent.
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CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE DEPOSITARY AND PAYING AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING. PLEASE ENCLOSE A PHOTOCOPY OF SUCH NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. |
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NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), the above-described shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company), pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), at a price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted therein, collectively constitute the Offer).
On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of such extension or amendment), subject to, and effective upon, acceptance for payment of the Shares validly tendered herewith in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Offeror, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Shares being tendered hereby and any and all cash dividends, distributions, rights, other Shares or other securities issued or issuable in respect of such Shares on or after the date of acceptance of the tendered shares by Offeror (other than those with a record date prior to such date) (collectively, Distributions). In addition, by executing and delivering this Letter of Transmittal (or taking action resulting in the delivery of an Agents Message), the undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent) the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact and proxy of the undersigned with respect to such Shares and any Distributions with full power of substitution and re-substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest in the Shares tendered by this Letter of Transmittal) to the fullest extent of such stockholders rights with respect to such Shares and any Distributions (a) to deliver certificates representing Shares (the Share Certificates) and any Distributions, or transfer ownership of such Shares and any Distributions on the account books maintained by DTC, together, in either such case, with all accompanying evidence of transfer and authenticity, to or upon the order of, the Offeror, (b) to present such Shares and any Distributions for transfer on the books of AMAG, and (c) to receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Shares and any Distributions, all in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
By executing and delivering this Letter of Transmittal (or taking action resulting in the delivery of an Agents Message), the undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints each of the Offeror, its officers and any other designees of the Offeror the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact and proxies of the undersigned, each with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to the full extent of such stockholders rights with respect to the Shares tendered hereby which have been accepted for payment and with respect to any Distributions. Each of the Offeror, its officers and any other designees of the Offeror will, with respect to the Shares and any associated Distributions for which the appointment is effective, be empowered to exercise all voting and any other rights of such stockholder, as they, in their sole discretion, may deem proper at any annual, special, adjourned or postponed meeting of AMAGs stockholders, by written consent in lieu of any such meeting or otherwise. This proxy and power of attorney shall be irrevocable and coupled with an interest in the tendered Shares. Such appointment is effective when, and only to the extent that, the Offeror accepts the Shares tendered with this Letter of Transmittal for payment pursuant to the Offer. Upon the effectiveness of such appointment, without further action, all prior powers of attorney, proxies and consents given by the undersigned with respect to such Shares and any associated Distributions will be revoked and no subsequent powers of attorney, proxies, consents or revocations may be given (and, if given, will not be deemed effective). The Offeror reserves the right to require that, in order for Shares to be deemed validly tendered, immediately upon the Offerors acceptance for payment of such Shares, the Offeror must be able to exercise full voting, consent and other rights, to the extent permitted under applicable law, with respect to such Shares and any associated Distributions, including voting at any meeting of stockholders or executing a written consent concerning any matter.
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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Shares and any Distributions tendered hereby and, when the same is accepted for payment by the Offeror, the Offeror will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is the registered owner of the Shares or the Share Certificate(s) have been endorsed to the undersigned in blank or the undersigned is a participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing participant as the owner of the Shares. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary and Paying Agent or the Offeror to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Shares and any Distributions tendered hereby. In addition, the undersigned shall promptly remit and transfer to the Depositary and Paying Agent for the account of the Offeror any and all Distributions in respect of the Shares tendered hereby, accompanied by appropriate documentation of transfer and, pending such remittance or appropriate assurance thereof, the Offeror shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as owner of any such Distributions and may withhold the entire purchase price or deduct from the purchase price the amount or value thereof, as determined by the Offeror in its sole discretion.
It is understood that the undersigned will not receive payment for the Shares unless and until the Shares are accepted for payment and until the Share Certificate(s) owned by the undersigned are received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at the address set forth above, together with such additional documents as the Depositary and Paying Agent may require (including a properly completed and duly executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate W-8, as applicable), or, in the case of Shares held in book-entry form, ownership of Shares is validly transferred on the account books maintained by DTC, and until the same are processed for payment by the Depositary and Paying Agent. It is understood that the method of delivery of the Shares, the Share Certificate(s) and all other required documents (including delivery through DTC) is at the option and risk of the undersigned and that the risk of loss of such Shares, Share Certificate(s) and other documents shall pass only after the Depositary and Paying Agent has actually received the Shares or Share Certificate(s) (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by Book-Entry Confirmation (as defined below)).
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.
The undersigned understands that the acceptance for payment by the Offeror of Shares tendered pursuant to one of the procedures described in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Offeror upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. The undersigned recognizes that under certain circumstances set forth in the Offer, the Offeror may not be required to accept for payment any Shares tendered hereby.
Unless otherwise indicated herein under Special Payment Instructions, please issue the check for the purchase price in the name(s) of, and/or return any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment to, the registered owner(s) appearing under Description of Shares Tendered. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under Special Delivery Instructions, please mail the check for the purchase price and/or return any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the address(es) of the registered owner(s) appearing under Description of Shares Tendered. In the event that both the Special Delivery Instructions and the Special Payment Instructions are completed, please issue the check for the purchase price and/or issue or return any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) in the name of, and deliver such check and/or return such Share Certificates (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) to, the person or persons so indicated. Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box titled Special Payment Instructions, please credit any Shares tendered hereby or by an Agents Message and delivered by book-entry transfer, but which are not purchased, by crediting the account at DTC designated above. The undersigned recognizes that the Offeror has no obligation pursuant to the Special Payment Instructions to transfer any Shares from the name of the registered owner thereof if the Offeror does not accept for payment any of the Shares so tendered.
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SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7) |
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To be completed ONLY if Share Certificate(s) not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for the purchase price of Shares accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned.
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To be completed ONLY if Share Certificate(s) not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for the purchase price of Shares accepted for payment are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown in the box titled Description of Shares Tendered above.
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IMPORTANTSIGN HERE (Please also complete the Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 included herein or the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as applicable) (Signature of Stockholder(s)) |
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(Must be signed by registered owner(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Share Certificate(s) or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered owner(s) by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title and see Instruction 5. For information concerning signature guarantees, see Instruction 1.) |
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GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)
(For use by Eligible Institutions only;
see Instructions 1 and 5)
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Authorized Signature: |
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Instructions
Forming part of the terms and conditions of the offer
1. Guarantee of signatures. Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an Eligible Institution). Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed (a) if this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) (which term, for purposes of this document, includes any participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares) of Shares tendered herewith, owners powers are not signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity and such registered owner has not completed the box titled Special Payment Instructions or the box titled Special Delivery Instructions on this Letter of Transmittal or (b) if such Shares are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 5.
2. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and certificates or book-entry confirmations. This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by stockholders either if Share Certificates are to be forwarded herewith or, unless an Agents Message is utilized, if tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for tender by book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase. For any Eligible Institution, a manually executed facsimile of this document may be used in lieu of the original. Share Certificates representing all physically tendered Shares, or confirmation of any book-entry transfer into the Depositarys and Paying Agents account at DTC of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer (Book Entry Confirmation), as well as this Letter of Transmittal properly completed and duly executed with any required signature guarantees, unless an Agents Message in the case of a book-entry transfer is utilized, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth herein on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 1Terms of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase) (unless the tender is made during a subsequent offering period, if one is provided, in which case the Share Certificates representing Shares, in the case of physical certificates, and this Letter of Transmittal, or an Agents Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, and other documents must be received before the expiration of the subsequent offering period). Please do not send your Share Certificates directly to the Offeror, Parent or AMAG.
Stockholders whose Share Certificates are not immediately available or who cannot deliver all other required documents to the Depositary and Paying Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may nevertheless tender their Shares by properly completing and duly executing a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase. Pursuant to such procedure: (a) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution, (b) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in the form provided by the Offeror must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the Expiration Date, and (c) Share Certificates representing all tendered Shares, in proper form for transfer (or a Book Entry Confirmation with respect to such Shares), as well as a Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed with any required signature guarantees (unless, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message is utilized), and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by overnight courier, facsimile or mailed to the Depositary and Paying Agent and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery made available by the Offeror. In case of Shares held through DTC, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent by a participant by means of the confirmation system of DTC.
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A properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof) must accompany each such delivery of Share Certificates to the Depositary and Paying Agent.
The term Agents Message means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and Paying Agent and forming part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering the Shares which are the subject of such Book-Entry Confirmation that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that the Offeror may enforce such agreement against the participant.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE SHARES, THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH DTC, IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING STOCKHOLDER. DELIVERY OF ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE DEEMED MADE AND RISK OF LOSS OF THE CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES WILL PASS, ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY AND PAYING AGENT (INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, BY BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION). IF THE DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS BE SENT BY PROPERLY INSURED REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.
No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering stockholders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof), waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of their Shares for payment.
All questions as to validity, form and eligibility of the surrender of any Share Certificate hereunder will be determined by the Offeror (which may delegate power in whole or in part to the Depositary and Paying Agent) in its sole and absolute discretion, which determination shall be final and binding absent a finding. The Offeror reserves the right to waive any irregularities or defects in the surrender of any Shares or Share Certificate(s). A surrender will not be deemed to have been made until all irregularities have been cured or waived.
3. Inadequate space. If the space provided herein is inadequate, the certificate numbers, the number of Shares represented by such Share Certificates and/or the number of Shares tendered should be listed on a separate schedule attached hereto and separately signed on each page thereof in the same manner as this Letter of Transmittal is signed.
4. Partial tenders (applicable to certificate stockholders only). If fewer than all the Shares evidenced by any Share Certificate delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares which are to be tendered in the column titled Number of Shares Tendered in the box titled Description of Shares Tendered. In such cases, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the Shares that were evidenced by the old certificate(s) but not tendered will be sent to the registered owner, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. All Shares represented by Share Certificates delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.
5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal; stock powers and endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the Share Certificate(s) without alteration or any other change whatsoever.
If any Shares tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.
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If any tendered Shares are registered in the names of different holder(s), it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof) as there are different registrations of such Shares.
If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or stock powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Offeror of their authority so to act must be submitted, or in lieu of such document signatures must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Shares listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsements of Share Certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment is to be made to, or Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of, a person other than the registered owner(s). Signatures on such Share Certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the Share(s) listed, the Share Certificate(s) must be endorsed or accompanied by the appropriate stock powers, in either case, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner(s) or holder(s) appear(s) on the Share Certificate(s). Signatures on such Share Certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
6. Transfer taxes. Except as otherwise provided in this Instruction 6, the Offeror will pay any stock transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of Shares to it or to its order pursuant to the Offer (for the avoidance of doubt, transfer taxes do not include U.S. federal, state, local or foreign income tax or backup withholding taxes). If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted hereby) if Share Certificates not tendered or accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered owner(s), or if tendered Share Certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any stock transfer taxes or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered owner(s) of such Share Certificate (in each case, whether imposed on the registered owner(s) or such person) payable on account of the transfer to such person will be deducted from the Offer Price of such Shares purchased unless evidence satisfactory to the Offeror of the payment of such taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted.
7. Special payment and delivery instructions. If a check is to be issued in the name of, and/or Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued or returned to, a person other than the signer(s) of this Letter of Transmittal or if a check and/or such certificates are to be mailed to a person other than the signer(s) of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown in the box titled Description of Shares Tendered above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed.
8. Requests for assistance or additional copies. Questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its address and telephone number set forth below or to your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company. Additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other tender offer materials may be obtained from the Information Agent, which may be contacted at the telephone numbers, mailing address and email address as set forth on the back cover of this Letter of Transmittal, and will be furnished at the Offerors expense.
9. Tax forms. Under U.S. federal income tax laws, the Depositary and Paying Agent will be required to withhold a portion of the amount of any payments made to certain stockholders pursuant to the Offer (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), as applicable. To avoid such backup withholding, each tendering stockholder or payee that is a U.S. Holder (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), must provide the Depositary and Paying Agent with such stockholders or payees correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) and certify, under penalty of perjury,
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that such stockholder or payee is not subject to such backup withholding and otherwise comply with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules by completing the attached IRS Form W-9. A U.S. Holder that fails to provide the correct taxpayer identification number on IRS Form W-9 may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. Certain stockholders or payees (including, among others, C corporations) who are exempt recipients are not subject to backup withholding. See the enclosed copy of the IRS Form W-9 and the instructions to IRS Form W-9. Exempt stockholders or payees that are U.S. Holders should furnish their TIN, check the appropriate box on the IRS Form W-9 and sign, date and return the IRS Form W-9 to the Depositary and Paying Agent in order to confirm exempt status and avoid erroneous backup withholding. If backup withholding applies, the Depositary and Paying Agent is required to withhold 24% of any payments of the purchase price made to the stockholder. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund or credit may be obtained from the IRS provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
A Non-U.S. Holder (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) should submit to the Depositary and Paying Agent the appropriate IRS Form W-8 to establish an applicable withholding exemption from backup withholding and establish its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) status (generally, Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY (with any required attachments), W-8ECI or W-8EXP). In the case of Non-U.S. Holders for which IRS Form W-8BEN is the appropriate form, IRS Form W-8BEN requires a Non-U.S. Holder to provide such Non-U.S. Holders name and address, along with certain other information, and to certify, under penalties of perjury, that such Non-U.S. Holder is not a U.S. Person. Non-U.S. Holders may obtain an IRS Form W-8BEN and instructions (or other appropriate IRS Form W-8) from the Depositary and Paying Agent upon request and may also be obtained from the Internal Revenue Services website (www.irs.gov).
All AMAG stockholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine whether they are exempt from these backup withholding requirements and to determine which form should be used to avoid backup withholding.
NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE IRS FORM W-9 OR IF APPLICABLE IRS FORM W-8 MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION SECTION BELOW.
10. Lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen share certificates. If any Share Certificate has been lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen, the stockholder should promptly notify AMAGs stock transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Transfer Agent), toll free 1-(877) 248-6417. The stockholder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the Share Certificate. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, mutilated, destroyed or stolen Share Certificates have been followed. You are urged to contact the Transfer Agent immediately in order to receive further instructions and for a determination of whether you will need to post a bond and to permit timely processing of this documentation. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen Share Certificates have been followed.
11. Waiver of conditions. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the conditions of the Offer may be waived by Parent or the Offeror in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion.
IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR, WITH RESPECT TO ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS, A MANUALLY EXECUTED FACSIMILE COPY THEREOF) OR AN AGENTS MESSAGE, TOGETHER WITH SHARE CERTIFICATE(S) OR BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION OR A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY AND PAYING AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION
Under current U.S. federal income tax law, a stockholder who tenders AMAG stock certificates that are accepted for payment may be subject to backup withholding. In order to avoid such backup withholding, a stockholder who is a U.S. Holder (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) must provide American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, (the Depositary and Paying Agent) with such stockholders correct taxpayer identification number and certify that such stockholder is not subject to such backup withholding by completing the IRS Form W-9 provided herewith. In general, if a stockholder is an individual, the taxpayer identification number is the Social Security number of such individual. If the Depositary and Paying Agent is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number, the stockholder may be subject to a penalty imposed by the IRS. For further information concerning backup withholding and instructions for completing the IRS Form W-9 (including how to obtain a taxpayer identification number if you do not have one and how to complete the IRS Form W-9 if the AMAG stock certificates are held in more than one name), consult the enclosed IRS Form W-9 and the instructions thereto.
Certain stockholders (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. In order to satisfy the Depositary and Paying Agent that a foreign stockholder qualifies as an exempt recipient, such stockholder must submit a statement, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that stockholders exempt status, on a properly completed applicable IRS Form W-8, or successor form. Such statements can be obtained from the Depositary and Paying Agent.
Failure to complete the IRS Form W-9 or applicable IRS Form W-8 will not, by itself, cause the stock certificates to be deemed invalidly tendered, but may require the Depositary and Paying Agent to withhold a portion of the amount of any payments made pursuant to the Offer. Backup withholding is not an additional federal income tax. Rather, the federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE IRS FORM W-9 (OR AN APPLICABLE IRS FORM W-8) MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED IRS FORM W-9 AND THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
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Form W-9 (Rev. October 2018) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service |
Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification u Go to www.irs.gov/FormW9 for instructions and the latest information. |
Give Form to the requester. Do not send to the IRS. |
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Part I | Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) |
Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the instructions for Part I, later. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN, later.
Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1. Also see What Name and Number To Give the Requester for guidelines on whose number to enter.
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Part II | Certification |
Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
1. | The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and |
2. | I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and |
3. | I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and |
4. | The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct. |
Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions for Part II, later.
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General Instructions
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.
Future developments. For the latest information about developments related to Form W-9 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to www.irs.gov/FormW9.
Purpose of Form
An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but are not limited to, the following:
● Form 1099-INT (interest earned or paid)
● Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds)
● Form 1099-MISC (various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds)
● Form 1099-B (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other transactions by brokers)
● Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions)
● Form 1099-K (merchant card and third party network transactions)
● Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), 1098-T (tuition)
● Form 1099-C (canceled debt)
● Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property)
Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN.
If you do not return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN, you might be subject to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding, later.
By signing the filled-out form, you:
1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued),
2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or
3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners share of effectively connected income, and
4. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. See What is FATCA reporting, later, further information.
Note. If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requesters form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9.
Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are:
● An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien;
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● A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States;
● An estate (other than a foreign estate); or
● A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.77017).
Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section 1446 on any foreign partners share of effectively connected taxable income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid section 1446 withholding on your share of partnership income.
In the cases below, the following person must give Form W-9 to the partnership for purposes of establishing its U.S. status and avoiding withholding on its allocable share of net income from the partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States:
● In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the entity;
● In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the trust; and
● In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust) and not the beneficiaries of the trust.
Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities).
Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a saving clause. Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes.
If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items:
1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien.
2. The treaty article addressing the income.
3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions.
4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax.
5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article.
Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on his or her scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption.
If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233.
Backup Withholding
What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such payments. This is called backup withholding. Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding.
You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return.
Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if:
1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester,
2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the instructions for Part II for details),
3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN,
4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or
5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only).
Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code, later, and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.
Also see Special rules for partnerships earlier.
What is FATCA Reporting?
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all United States account holders that are specified United States persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code, later, and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.
Updating Your Information
You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you no longer are tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account; for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies.
Penalties
Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.
Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.
Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
Specific Instructions
Line 1
You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line blank. The name should match the name on your tax return.
If this Form W-9 is for a joint account (other than an account maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFI)), list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of Form W-9. If you are providing Form W-9 to an FFI to document a joint account, each holder of the account that is a U.S. person must provide a Form W-9.
a. Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name.
Note: ITIN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line 1a. This should also be the same as the name you entered on the Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ you filed with your application.
b. Sole proprietor or single-member LLC. Enter your individual name as shown on your 1040/1040A/1040EZ on line 1. You may enter your business, trade, or doing business as (DBA) name on line 2.
c. Partnership, LLC that is not a single-member LLC, C Corporation, or S Corporation. Enter the entitys name as shown on the entitys tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.
d. Other entities. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.
e. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a disregarded entity. See Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iii). Enter the owners name on line 1. The name of the entity entered on line 1 should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owners name is required to be provided on line 1. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entitys name on line 2, Business name/disregarded entity name. If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN.
Line 2
If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded entity name, you may enter it on line 2.
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Line 3
Check the appropriate box on line 3 for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box on line 3.
IF the entity/person on line 1 is
a(n) . . . |
THEN check the box for . . . | |
Corporation | Corporation | |
Individual Sole proprietorship, or Single-member limited liability company (LLC) owned by an individual and disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes. |
Individual/sole proprietor or single- member LLC | |
LLC treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes, LLC that has filed Form 8832 or 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, or LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner but the owner is another LLC that is not disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes. |
Limited liability company and enter the appropriate tax classification. (P= Partnership; C= C corporation; or S= S corporation) |
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Partnership | Partnership | |
Trust/estate | Trust/estate |
Line 4, Exemptions
If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to you.
Exempt payee code.
● Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding.
● Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends.
● Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions.
● Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to attorneys fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC.
The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space in line 4.
1An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2)
2The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities
3A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities
4A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities
5A corporation
6A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or possession
7A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
8A real estate investment trust
9An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940
10A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a)
11A financial institution
12A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian
13A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947
The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.
IF the payment is for . . . |
THEN the payment is
exempt for . . . |
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Interest and dividend payments | All exempt payees except for 7 | |
Broker transactions | Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012. | |
Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends |
Exempt payees 1 through 4 | |
Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,0001 |
Generally, exempt payees 1 through 52 |
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Payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions | Exempt payees 1 through 4 |
1 |
See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and its instructions. |
2 |
However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney reportable under section 6045(f), and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency. |
Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A requester may indicate that a code is not required by providing you with a Form W-9 with Not Applicable (or any similar indication) written or printed on the line for a FATCA exemption code.
AAn organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37)
BThe United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities
CA state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities
DA corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)
EA corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)
FA dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state
GA real estate investment trust
HA regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940
IA common trust fund as defined in section 584(a)
JA bank as defined in section 581
KA broker
LA trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1)
MA tax exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan
Note: You may wish to consult with the financial institution requesting this form to determine whether the FATCA code and/or exempt payee code should be completed.
Line 5
Enter your address (number, street, and apartment or suite number). This is where the requester of this Form W-9 will mail your information returns. If this address differs from the one the requester already has on file, write NEW at the top. If a new address is provided, there is still a chance the old address will be used until the payor changes your address in their records.
Line 6
Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.
Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below.
If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN.
If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, enter the owners SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). Do not enter the disregarded entitys EIN. If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entitys EIN..
Note: See What Name and Number To Give the Requester, later, for further clarification of name and TIN combinations.
How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local SSA office or get this form online at www.SSA.gov. You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/Businesses and clicking on Employer Identification Number (EIN) under Starting a Business. Go to www.irs.gov/Forms to view, download, or print Form W-7 and/or Form SS-4. Or, you can go to www.irs.gov/OrderForms to place an order and have Form W-7 and/or SS-4 mailed to you within 10 business days.
If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and write Applied For in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester.
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Note: Entering Applied For means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon.
Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8.
Part II. Certification
To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if item 1, 4, or 5 below indicates otherwise.
For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on line 1 must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code, earlier.
Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below.
1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.
2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form.
3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification.
4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. Other payments include payments made in the course of the requesters trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations).
5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), ABLE accounts (under section 529A), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.
What Name and Number To Give the Requester
For this type of account: | Give name and SSN of: | |||||
1. |
Individual |
The individual | ||||
2. | Two or more individuals (joint account) other than an account maintained by an FFI | The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account1 | ||||
3. | Two or more U.S. persons (joint account maintained by an FFI) | Each holder of the account | ||||
4. | Custodianaccount of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act) | The minor2 | ||||
5. |
a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee) |
The grantor-trustee1 | ||||
b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law |
The actual owner1 | |||||
6. | Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual | The owner3 | ||||
7. | Grantor trust filing under Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 1 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i) (A)) | The grantor* | ||||
For this type of account: | Give name and EIN of: | |||||
8. | Disregarded entity not owned by an individual | The owner | ||||
9. | A valid trust, estate, or pension trust | Legal entity4 | ||||
10. | Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553 | The corporation | ||||
11. | Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax- exempt organization | The organization |
For this type of account: | Give name and EIN of: | |||||
12. | Partnership or multi-member LLC | The partnership | ||||
13. | A broker or registered nominee | The broker or nominee | ||||
14. | Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments | The public entity | ||||
15. | Grantor trust filing under the Form 1041 Filing Method or the Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 2 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B)) | The trust |
1 |
List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that persons number must be furnished. |
2 |
Circle the minors name and furnish the minors SSN. |
3 |
You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or DBA name on the Business name/disregarded entity name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN. |
4 |
List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Also see Special rules for partnerships, earlier. |
* |
Note: The grantor also must provide a Form W-9 to trustee of trust. |
Note: If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.
Secure Your Tax Records From Identity Theft
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, SSN, or other identifying information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.
To reduce your risk:
● Protect your SSN,
● Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and
● Be careful when choosing a tax preparer.
If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.
If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039.
For more information, see Pub. 5027, Identity Theft Information for Taxpayers.
Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a systemic problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059.
Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.
The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts.
If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at: spam@uce.gov or report them at www.ftc.gov/complaint. You can contact the FTC at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 877-IDTHEFT (877-438-4338). If you have been the victim of identity theft, see www.IdentityTheft.gov and Pub. 5027.
Visit www.irs.gov/IdentityTheft to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.
Privacy Act Notice
Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their laws. The information also may be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payers must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.
The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer is:
If delivering by overnight courier: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
If delivering by mail: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other tender offer materials may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and location listed below. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
Okapi Partners LLC
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor
New York, New York 10036
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (212) 297-0720
Stockholders and All Others Call Toll-Free: (844) 343-2621
Email: info@okapipartners.com
Exhibit (a)(1)(C)
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
for Tender of Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020), UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, or one substantially in the form hereof, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if a stockholder wishes to participate in the Offer (as defined below) and (a) certificates representing shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation(AMAG), are not immediately available, (b) the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the expiration of the Offer or (c) time will not permit all required documents to reach American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. (the Depositary and Paying Agent) prior to the expiration of the Offer. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by mail, facsimile transmission or overnight courier to the Depositary and Paying Agent and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution (as defined below). See Section 3Procedure for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below).
The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer is:
If delivering by overnight courier: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 |
If delivery by mail: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC Operations Center Attention: Reorganization Department 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219
If delivering by facsimile: For Eligible Institutions Only: (718) 234-5001 For Telephonic Confirmation of Facsimile Receipt: (877) 248-6417 Call this number ONLY if you are confirming a facsimile transmission.
For information call Okapi Partners:
Stockholders and All Others Call Toll-Free:
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DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES. IF A SIGNATURE ON A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING SHARES OF THE OFFER TO PURCHASE) UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED IN THE SIGNATURE BOX ON THE APPROPRIATE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
The Eligible Institution (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) that completes this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and Paying Agent and must deliver a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or an Agents Message (as defined in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase) and certificates for Shares or book-entry Shares that are the subject of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the Depositary and Paying Agent within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.
2
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted therein, collectively constitute the Offer), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG, specified below, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase.
Number of Shares Tendered:
Share Certificate Number(s) (if available):
Check here and complete the information below if Shares will be tendered by book entry transfer.
Name of Tendering Institution: |
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DTC Participant Number: |
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Transaction Code Number: |
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(if applicable) Date: |
Name(s) of Record Owner(s): |
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The undersigned, a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association Incorporated, including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an Eligible Institution), hereby guarantees that either the certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary and Paying Agents account at The Depository Trust Company (pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions, a manually executed facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message (as defined in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase)) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth above within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution hereof.
The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and Paying Agent and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal, certificates representing the Shares and/or any other required documents to the Depositary and Paying Agent within the time period shown above. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.
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Exhibit (a)(1)(D)
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020), UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
October 15, 2020
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
We have been engaged by Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), to act as information agent (Information Agent) in connection with the Offerors offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company), at a purchase price of $13.75 per Share (the Offer Price), net to the holders thereof, payable in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted under the Merger Agreement described below, collectively constitute the Offer). Parent and the Offeror are controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P (Management IX). Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMAG (THE AMAG BOARD)
UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS ACCEPT THE OFFER AND TENDER ALL OF THEIR SHARES IN THE OFFER.
The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. The Offer is subject to the conditions described in Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase.
For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:
1. the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020;
2. the Letter of Transmittal to be used by stockholders of AMAG in accepting the Offer and tendering Shares, including Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9;
3. the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Offer if Shares to be tendered and/or all other required documents cannot be delivered to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent) by the expiration of the Offer or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed by the expiration of the Offer;
4. AMAGs Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9;
5. the form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients instructions with regard to the Offer; and
6. the return envelope addressed to the Depositary and Paying Agent for your use only.
Certain conditions to the Offer are described in Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase.
Your prompt action is requested. We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note that the Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M. New York City time on November 12, 2020), unless the Offer is extended. Previously tendered Shares may be withdrawn at any time until the Offer has expired; and, if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after December 14, 2020, pursuant to SEC (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) regulations.
The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) Covis Finco S.à r.l., the direct parent company of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower) (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Offeror will merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG (the Surviving Corporation) surviving as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). At the closing of the Merger, each outstanding Share (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by Parent or Offeror, or Shares irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer, in each case immediately before the Effective Time (as defined below), and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)), will be canceled and converted automatically into and will thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price (without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes). As a result of the Merger, the Shares will cease to be publicly traded, and AMAG will become a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent. Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower are controlled by certain equity funds managed by Management IX. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding, in any event, the Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds of the Offer to Purchase), are collectively referred to as the Transactions.
The Board of Directors of AMAG has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer.
For Shares to be validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, (a) the share certificates or confirmation of receipt of such Shares under the procedure for book-entry transfer, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, including any required medallion signature guarantees, or an Agents Message (as
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defined in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase) in the case of book-entry transfer, and any other documents required in the Letter of Transmittal, must be timely received by the Depositary and Paying Agent or (b) the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures, all in accordance with the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.
Neither Parent nor the Offeror will pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or other person (other than the Information Agent and the Depositary and Paying Agent, as described in the Offer to Purchase) for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Offeror will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by them in forwarding materials to their customers. The Offeror will pay all stock transfer taxes applicable to its purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, subject to Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.
Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of the enclosed materials may be directed to the Information Agent, at the address and telephone number set forth in the Offer to Purchase. Additional copies of the enclosed materials will be furnished at the Offerors expense.
Very truly yours,
Okapi Partners LLC
NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL RENDER YOU OR ANY PERSON THE AGENT OF PARENT, THE OFFEROR, AMAG, THE INFORMATION AGENT, THE DEPOSITARY AND PAYING AGENT, OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT OR REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER NOT CONTAINED IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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Exhibit (a)(1)(E)
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020) UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
October 15, 2020
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration is an Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted under the Merger Agreement described below, collectively constitute the Offer), relating to the offer by Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company), at a price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holder thereof, payable in cash (the Offer Price), without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer. Parent and the Offeror are controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P. Also enclosed is AMAGs Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMAG (THE AMAG BOARD) UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE OFFER AND TENDER ALL OF YOUR SHARES IN THE OFFER.
We or our nominees are the holder of record of Shares held by us for your account. A tender of such Shares can be made only by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal accompanying this letter is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Shares held by us for your account.
We request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of the Shares held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer.
Your attention is directed to the following:
1. The Offer Price is $13.75 per Share, net to the holder thereof, payable in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.
2. The Offer is being made for all issued and outstanding Shares.
3. The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) Covis Finco S.à r.l., the direct parent company of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower) (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Offeror will merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG (the Surviving Corporation) surviving as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower are controlled by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P.
At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each outstanding Share (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by Parent or Offeror, in each case immediately before the Effective Time, and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)) will be canceled and automatically converted into and will thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price, without interest, and subject to any required withholding tax, payable to the holder of that outstanding Share upon surrender of the certificate formerly representing that Share (or compliance with the procedures described in the Offer to Purchase for book-entry transfer), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), a manually executed facsimile thereof), in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding, in any event, the Financing (as defined in Section 12Sources and Amount of Funds of the Offer to Purchase), are collectively referred to as the Transactions.
4. The AMAG Board has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer.
5. The Offer is not subject to a financing condition. The obligation of the Offeror to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered (and not withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer is subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase (collectively, the Offer Conditions). Among the Offer Conditions is the Minimum Condition (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). See Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase.
6. The Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M. New York City time on November 12, 2020), unless the Offer is extended by the Offeror. Previously tendered Shares may be withdrawn at any time until the Offer has expired, and if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after December 14, 2020, pursuant to SEC (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) regulations.
7. Any transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer will be paid by the Offeror, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
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If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, then please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the Instruction Form on the detachable part hereof. An envelope to return your instructions to us is enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, then all such Shares will be tendered unless otherwise specified on the Instruction Form.
Your prompt action is requested. Your Instruction Form should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit the tender on your behalf before the expiration of the Offer.
The Offer is not being made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. However, the Offeror may, in its discretion, take such action as it may deem necessary to make the Offer in any such jurisdiction and extend the Offer to holders of Shares in such jurisdiction.
Instruction Form with respect to the
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted therein, collectively constitute the Offer), relating to the offer by Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG or the Company, at a price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holder thereof, payable in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable tax withholding, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.
The undersigned hereby instruct(s) you to tender to the Offeror the number of Shares indicated below (or if no number is indicated, all Shares) that are held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer. The undersigned understand(s) and acknowledge(s) that all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares made on the undersigneds behalf will be determined by the Offeror in its sole discretion.
Account Number: Number of Shares to Be Tendered
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The method of delivery of this document is at the election and risk of the tendering stockholder. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
Dated:
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Exhibit (a)(1)(F)
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell Shares (as defined below). The Offer (as defined below) is made
solely by the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020, and the related Letter of Transmittal and any amendments or supplements thereto. The Offeror (as defined below) is not aware of any state where the making of the Offer is prohibited by
any administrative or judicial action pursuant to any valid state statute. If the Offeror becomes aware of any valid state statute prohibiting the making of the Offer or the acceptance of the Shares pursuant thereto, the Offeror will make a good
faith effort to comply with that state statute or seek to have such statute declared inapplicable to the Offer. If, after a good faith effort, the Offeror cannot do so, the Offeror will not make the Offer to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on
behalf of, the holders of Shares in that state. Except as set forth above, the Offer is being made to all holders of Shares.
NOTICE OF OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock
of
AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
at
$13.75 PER SHARE, NET IN CASH
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated October 15, 2020
by
COVIS MERGERCO INC.
a wholly owned subsidiary of
COVIS GROUP S.À R.L.
Covis Mergerco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Offeror or we) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Parent), is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (AMAG), at a purchase price of $13.75 per Share, net to the holders thereof, payable in cash (the Offer Price), without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated October 15, 2020 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in accordance with the Merger Agreement described below, collectively constitute the Offer). Following the consummation of the Offer, and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, the Offeror intends to effect the Merger described below.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020 (ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M.,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2020), UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
The purpose of the Offer is for Parent to acquire control of all of the outstanding equity interests in AMAG.
The Offer is being made in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and among AMAG, Parent, Offeror, and (solely with respect to certain sections thereof) Covis Finco S.à r.l., the direct parent company of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower) (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the Offeror will merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG surviving as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). At the effective time of the Merger (the Effective Time), each outstanding Share (other than Shares owned by AMAG as treasury stock, Shares owned by Parent or the Offeror, in each case immediately before the Effective Time, and Shares owned by any stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL)) will be canceled and automatically converted into and will thereafter represent only the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price, without interest and less any applicable withholding tax. As a result of the Merger, the Shares will cease to be publicly traded, and AMAG will become an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
Parent, the Offeror and the Debt Financing Borrower are owned directly by certain equity funds managed by Apollo Management IX, L.P. The Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, but excluding, in any event, the related financing, are collectively referred to as the Transactions. The Merger Agreement is more fully described in Section 11Purpose of the Offer and Plans for AMAG; Transaction Documents of the Offer to Purchase.
The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. The Offer is conditioned upon, among others things, the following: (a) the number of Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date, considered together with all other Shares (if any) beneficially owned by Parent and its affiliates (excluding any Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures that have not yet been received (as such term is defined in Section 251(h)(6)(f) of the DGCL)), representing at least one more than 50% of the sum of (x) the total number of Shares outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of Shares then issuable to holders of certain options to purchase Shares (the Company Options) from which AMAG has received notices of exercise prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which such shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Company Options), except that Company Options, time-vesting restricted stock units and performance-vesting restricted stock units cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement will not be included in such calculation, plus (z) the aggregate number of Shares issuable to holders of certain 3.25% convertible senior notes due 2022 issued under a supplemental indenture dated as of May 10, 2017 (the Convertible Notes) from which AMAG has received valid notices of conversion to Shares in accordance with the Convertible Notes prior to the expiration of the Offer (and as to which Shares have not yet been issued to such exercising holders of Convertible Notes) (the Minimum Condition); (b) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended in respect of the Transactions; (c) the absence of any law or order (including any injunction or other judgment), whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, in effect that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Transactions; (d) the accuracy of AMAGs representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement (subject to de minimis, materiality and Company Material Adverse Effect (as this term is defined in the Merger Agreement)) (the Representations Condition); (e) AMAGs performance or compliance with its obligations, agreements and covenants as required under the Merger Agreement in all material respects; (f) the absence, since the date of the Merger Agreement, of any effect, change, event or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect (the MAE Condition); and (g) the Merger Agreement not having been terminated. The Offer is also subject to certain other terms and conditions described in Section 13Conditions of the Offer of the Offer to Purchase (the Offer Conditions).
The Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M. New York City time, on November 12, 2020) (such date and time, the Expiration Date and the Expiration Time), unless the Offeror, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, has extended the offering period of the Offer, in which event the terms Expiration Date and Expiration Time will mean the latest time and date at which the offering period of the Offer, as so extended by the Offeror, will expire. Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn by following the procedures set forth in Section 4
Withdrawal Rights of the Offer to Purchase for withdrawing Shares in a timely manner, at any time on or prior to the Expiration Time, and, if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after December 14, 2020 pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations.
The Board of Directors of AMAG has unanimously (a) approved, adopted and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, (b) determined that the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, are in the best interests of AMAG and its stockholders, (c) agreed that the Merger Agreement will be effected under Section 251(h) of the DGCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of AMAG accept the Offer and tender their Shares to the Offeror pursuant to the Offer.
If, as a result of the Offer, the Offeror holds Shares that represent at least one Share more than 50% of all the issued and outstanding Shares plus Shares issuable upon the exercise of certain Company Options and the conversion of the Convertible Notes, Parent, the Offeror and AMAG will, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, as soon as practicable, consummate the Merger (but in any event no later than the date of, and immediately following, the payment for the Shares tendered in the Offer) under the provisions of Section 251(h) of the DGCL without prior notice to, or any action by, any other stockholder of AMAG. We expect the Merger to occur without a subsequent offering period within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). We do not expect there to be a significant period of time between the consummation of the Offer and the consummation of the Merger.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, unless the Merger Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the Offeror is required to extend the Offer from time to time as follows: (i) if on the then scheduled Expiration Date, the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied or any of the other Offer Conditions has not been satisfied, or waived by Parent or the Offeror if permitted hereunder, then the Offeror is required to extend the Offer for one or more occasions in consecutive increments of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be agreed by AMAG and Parent) in order to permit the satisfaction of such Offer Conditions (subject to the right of Parent or the Offeror to waive any Offer Condition to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement); provided, however, that the Offeror shall not be required to extend the Offer and the then scheduled Expiration Date to a date later than the End Date; and (ii) the Offeror is required to extend the Offer for the minimum period required by applicable law, interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or the NASDAQ Global Select Market or its staff. If on any then scheduled Expiration Date (i) all of the Offer Conditions have been satisfied (other than those Offer Conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the first time at which the Offeror irrevocably accepts for payment any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer, but which conditions would be capable of being satisfied as of such scheduled Expiration Date) and (ii) the full amount of the incremental senior secured term loans of up to $460 million, of which $140 million will be available to consummate the Offer and the Merger has not been funded and will not be available to be funded at the consummation of the Offer and the Merger, other than as a result of a breach or failure to perform by any of Parent, Offeror or Debt Financing Borrower of certain of their representations, warranties or covenants set forth in the Merger Agreement, then (1) the Offeror is required to extend the Offer for two successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period) and (2) thereafter the Offeror will have the right in its sole discretion to extend the Offer for additional successive periods of up to five business days per extension (each such period to end at midnight (New York City time) on the last business day of such period), the length of each such period to be determined by Parent in its sole discretion; provided that, if the Offeror so extends the Offer, the Representations Condition (solely with respect to representations and warranties qualified by reference to Company Material Adverse Effect) and the MAE Condition will be deemed to have been irrevocably satisfied or waived from and at all times after any such initial extension.
The Offeror is not, however, required to extend the Offer beyond 11:59 P.M., Eastern Time, on the End Date. The End Date is January 28, 2021.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each of Parent and the Offeror has agreed that it will not, without the prior written consent of AMAG, (a) amend, modify or waive the Minimum Condition; (b) decrease the number of
Shares sought to be purchased by the Offeror in the Offer; (c) reduce the Offer Price (except to the extent required under the Merger Agreement); (d) increase the Offer Price, except to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement; (e) extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date, except to the extent permitted under the Merger Agreement; (f) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer; (g) impose any condition to the Offer in addition to the Offer Conditions; (h) amend, modify or supplement any of the terms of the Offer in any manner adversely affecting, or that could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on, any of the holders of Shares; or (i) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL.
In order to tender your Shares in the Offer, you must (a) follow the procedures described in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase or (b) if your Shares are held through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact such nominee and request that they effect the transaction for you and tender your Shares. If your Shares are held through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must contact such broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to tender your Shares. If you desire to tender Shares, and certificates evidencing your Shares are not immediately available, or if you cannot comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer described in the Offer to Purchase on a timely basis, or if you cannot deliver all required documents to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the Depositary and Paying Agent) prior to the Expiration Time, you may tender your Shares by following the procedures for guaranteed delivery set forth in Section 3Procedures for Tendering Shares of the Offer to Purchase.
For purposes of the Offer, the Offeror will be deemed to have accepted for payment and thereby to have purchased Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn if and when the Offeror gives oral or written notice to the Depositary and Paying Agent of its acceptance for payment of those Shares pursuant to the Offer. Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by depositing the Offer Price for those Shares with the Depositary and Paying Agent, which will act as agent for tendering stockholders for the purpose of receiving payments from the Offeror and transmitting such payments to tendering stockholders. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Offer Price for Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for Shares.
Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the Expiration Time, and, if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after December 14, 2020, the date that is 60 days after the date of the commencement of the Offer, pursuant to SEC regulations. For your withdrawal to be effective, a written (or, with respect to Eligible Institutions (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), a facsimile transmission) notice of withdrawal with respect to the Shares must be timely received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase, and the notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of the Shares to be withdrawn, if different from that of the person who tendered such Shares. The signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution, unless those Shares have been tendered for the account of any Eligible Institution. If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at The Depository Trust Company to be credited with the withdrawn Shares. If certificates representing the Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary and Paying Agent, the name of the registered owner and the serial numbers shown on such certificates must also be furnished to the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the physical release of such certificates. If you tender Shares by giving instructions to a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct such broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to arrange for the withdrawal of your Shares.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any tender or withdrawal of Shares will be determined by the Offeror (which may delegate power in whole or in part to the Depositary and Paying Agent) in its sole and absolute discretion, which determination will be final and binding absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Offeror also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender or withdrawal of any Shares of any particular stockholder whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of any other stockholder. No tender or
withdrawal of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. None of Parent, the Offeror or any of their respective affiliates or assigns, the Depositary and Paying Agent, Okapi Partners LLC (the Information Agent), or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any tender of Shares or notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Withdrawals of tenders of Shares may not be rescinded, and any Shares properly withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be retendered by following one of the procedures for tendering Shares described in the Offer to Purchase at any time prior to the Expiration Time.
The receipt of cash in exchange for Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger generally will be taxable for U.S. federal income tax purposes, generally will be taxable under applicable state and local tax laws, and may be taxable under other tax laws. All AMAG stockholders are urged to consult with their tax advisors as to the particular tax consequences to them of the Offer and the Merger.
The information required to be disclosed by paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 14d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.
Upon the request of the Offeror, AMAG has provided to the Offeror its list of stockholders and security position listings for the purpose of disseminating the Offer to holders of Shares. The Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal are being mailed to record holders of Shares and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agencys security position listing, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.
The Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and AMAGs Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (which contains the recommendation of the Board of Directors of AMAG and the reasons therefor) and the other documents to which such documents refer contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.
Questions and requests for assistance and copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and all other tender offer materials may be directed to the Information Agent at its address and telephone numbers set forth below and will be furnished promptly at the Offerors expense. Neither Parent nor the Offeror will pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee (other than to the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer.
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
Okapi Partners LLC
1212 Avenue of the Americas, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Banks and Brokerage Firms, Please Call: (212) 297-0720
Shareholders and All Others Call Toll-Free: (844) 343-2621
Email: info@okapipartners.com
October 15, 2020
Exhibit (a)(5)(D)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Covis Group S.à r.l. Announces Commencement of Tender Offer for
All Outstanding Shares of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Luxembourg and Zug, SwitzerlandOctober 15, 2020 Covis Group S.à r.l. (Covis) announced the commencement of a cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) (AMAG). The tender offer is being made pursuant to the merger agreement (the Merger Agreement) announced by Covis and AMAG on October 1, 2020 under which Covis has agreed to acquire AMAG for $13.75 per share. The transaction has a total enterprise value of approximately $647 million, including net debt.
The $13.75 per share all-cash tender offer represents a premium of approximately 46% over AMAGs closing stock price on September 30, 2020, the last full trading day prior to the announcement.
A tender offer statement on Schedule TO that includes the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal that set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offer will be filed today by Covis and its subsidiary that will be making the offer. Additionally, AMAG will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 that includes the recommendation of AMAGs board of directors that AMAG stockholders tender their shares in the tender offer.
The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight (New York City time) on November 12, 2020 (one minute after 11:59 P.M. New York City time on November 12, 2020), unless the offer period is extended in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The completion of the tender offer will be conditioned on AMAGs stockholders tendering at least a majority of AMAGs outstanding shares and other customary closing conditions.
If, as a result of the tender offer, the stockholders tender at least one share more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of AMAGs common stock, the subsidiary of Covis will, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, merge with and into AMAG, with AMAG surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Covis, under Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, without prior notice to, or any action by, any other stockholder of AMAG, as soon as practicable following the consummation of the tender offer.
Okapi Partners LLC is acting as information agent for Covis in the tender offer. American Stock Tranfer & Trust Company LLC is acting as depositary and paying agent in the tender offer. Requests for documents and questions regarding the tender offer may be directed to Okapi Partners LLC by telephone at (844) 343-2621 or banks and brokers may call (212) 297-0720, or by email at info@okapipartners.com.
About Covis
Covis is headquartered in Luxembourg with operations in Zug, Switzerland and is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that markets therapeutic solutions for patients with life-threatening conditions and chronic illnesses. Additional information is available at www.covispharma.com.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares, nor is it a substitute for the tender offer materials that Covis and its acquisition subsidiary is filing today with the SEC. Covis and its acquisition subsidiary will today cause to be filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the SEC, and AMAG will file a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the tender offer. THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO PURCHASE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY AND CONSIDERED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS OF AMAG BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER. Both the tender offer statement and the solicitation/recommendation statement will be mailed to AMAGs stockholders free of charge. A free copy of the tender offer statement and the solicitation/recommendation statement will also be made available to all stockholders of AMAG by accessing www.amagpharma.com or by contacting AMAGs Investor Relations contact at contactus@amagpharma.com. In addition, the tender offer statement and the solicitation/recommendation statement (and all other documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SECs website: www.sec.gov.
Exhibit (b)(1)
HPS Investment Partners, LLC 40 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 |
Capital One, National Association 299 Park Avenue New York, NY 10171 |
CONFIDENTIAL
October 14, 2020
Covis Finco S.à r.l.
2 Avenue Charles de Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Attention: Michael Porter
Project Florence Amended and Restated Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This amended and restated commitment letter (together with the Exhibits hereto, collectively, the Commitment Letter) hereby amends, restates and supersedes in its entirety that certain Commitment Letter dated October 1, 2020 (the Original Effective Date) by and among HPSIP (as defined below), CONA (as defined below) and you (the Original Commitment Letter), and upon execution of this Commitment Letter, the Original Commitment Letter shall be of no further force or effect.
Reference is hereby made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement; the existing term loans thereunder, the Existing Term Loans; and the existing revolving credit facility thereunder, the Existing Revolving Credit Facility), among Covis Midco 2 S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Luxembourg (Holdings), Covis Finco S.à r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of Luxembourg (the Borrower or you), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Last Out Representative, and Capital One, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and Collateral Agent.
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You have advised HPS Investment Partners, LLC (acting through such of its affiliates, affiliated or managed funds and separately managed accounts as it deems appropriate, HPSIP) and Capital One, National Association (CONA, together with HPSIP, collectively, the Commitment Parties, we, or us) that you are seeking a $25,000,000 increase to the existing senior secured revolving credit facility (such increase, the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility) and senior secured incremental term loan facilities consisting of (i) a $140,000,000 initial senior secured incremental term loan facility (the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility) and (ii) a $320,000,000 senior secured delayed draw incremental term loan facility (the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility, and together with the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Incremental Term Loan Facilities, and together with the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility, the Incremental Facilities), in each case under the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), to (i) support the merger (the Merger) of Covis MergerCo Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower (Merger Sub), with and into AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Target; the Target and its subsidiaries, the Acquired Business), pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined in Exhibit A hereto), (ii) to repurchase or redeem certain existing indebtedness of the Target and (iii) pay transaction-related fees and expenses and consummate the other Transactions described in the Transaction Description attached hereto as Exhibit A. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used with the meanings assigned to them in the Exhibits attached hereto. The Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated to incorporate the terms of the Term Sheet (as defined below) is referred to herein as the Amended Credit Agreement.
1. Commitments
In connection with the Transactions, (a)(i) HPSIP is pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide $132,048,913.04 of the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility and (ii) CONA is pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide $7,951,086.96 of the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility (the commitments to provide the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Initial Incremental Term Commitments; the lenders holding the loans under the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility, collectively, the Initial Incremental Term Loan Lenders and, individually, a Initial Incremental Term Loan Lender), (b)(i) HPSIP is pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide $301,826,086.96 of the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility and (ii) CONA is pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide $18,173,913.04 of the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility (the commitments to provide the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Commitments, and together with the Initial Incremental Term Commitments, the Incremental Term Commitments; the lenders holding the loans under the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility, collectively, the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Lenders and, individually, a Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Lender and, together with the Initial Incremental Term Loan Lenders, collectively the Incremental Term Loan Lenders and, individually a Incremental Term Loan Lender) and (c) CONA (in such capacity, the Incremental Revolving Lender; the Incremental Term Loan Lenders and the Incremental Revolving Lender, collectively, the Incremental Lenders) is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide 100% of the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility (the Incremental Revolving Commitments, and together with the Incremental Term Commitments, collectively, the Incremental Commitments), in each case, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Commitment Letter (including, without limitation, each of the Exhibits attached hereto, including the Summary of Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Term Sheet)), and the closing and initial funding of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date is subject only to the specified closing conditions set forth in Section 5 below and Exhibit C.
Subject to Section 9 of this Commitment Letter, any Commitment Party may assign or sell participations in a portion of its Incremental Commitments to banks, financial institutions and other lenders in consultation with you and subject to your consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
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delayed); provided that (1) such Commitment Party will not be released from the participated portion of the Commitment until the funding of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date and (2) unless you otherwise agree in writing, each Commitment Party shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to its commitments in respect of the Incremental Facilities, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements, waivers and amendments, until the Incremental Closing Date has occurred. If any Commitment Party seeks to assign or sell participations in a portion of its Incremental Commitments, you agree to assist (and, subject always to the extent expressly provided in the Merger Agreement, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target to assist) such Commitment Party in connection therewith as such Commitment Party may reasonably request; provided that no Incremental Commitments may be assigned to competitors of the Borrower or the Target that have been designated as competitors on or prior to the Original Effective Date (including any Competitors under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter (as defined herein), (i) no such syndication shall constitute a condition to the Incremental Commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder or the funding of any amounts to be funded on the Incremental Closing Date (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) or any Delayed Draw Closing Date (as defined in Exhibit B hereto), (ii) neither the commencement nor the completion of any such syndication shall constitute a condition precedent to the Incremental Closing Date or any Delayed Draw Closing Date or the funding of any amounts to be funded on the Incremental Closing Date or such Delayed Draw Closing Date and (iii) any resales or assignments of Term Loans (or commitments in respect of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans (as defined in Exhibit B hereto)) or Revolving Commitments after the Incremental Closing Date shall be governed by the Amended Credit Agreement.
2. Titles and Roles
It is agreed that no other agents or arrangers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation (other than that compensation expressly contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter or as otherwise agreed on or prior to the date hereof) will be paid in connection with the Incremental Facilities unless you and we shall so agree.
3. Fees
As consideration for the commitments and agreements of the Commitment Parties hereunder, you agree to pay or cause to be paid on the date when due and payable the nonrefundable compensation described in the separate amended and restated fee letter dated the date hereof and delivered herewith (the Fee Letter) by and among you, HPSIP and CONA, on the terms and subject to the conditions expressly set forth therein.
4. Information
You hereby represent and warrant (x) with respect to you and your subsidiaries and (y) to the best of your knowledge, with respect to the Acquired Business, that (a) all written factual information (other than the projection model delivered to the Commitment Parties prior to the date hereof concerning you or the Target or your or its subsidiaries (the Projections), other projections, budgets, estimates, forward looking statements and information of a general economic or industry-specific nature) concerning you or the Target or your or its subsidiaries (the Information), that has been or will be made available to us by you or your representatives in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, does not or will not, when furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (giving effect to all supplements and updates provided thereto), and (b) the Projections that have been or will be made available to us by or on behalf of you in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby have been or will be
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prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be reasonable at the time prepared and at the time being furnished (it being recognized by the Commitment Parties that (i) such Projections are as to future events, are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of performance and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond your control and (ii) no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ from the projected results, and such differences may be material). You agree that if, at any time prior to the Incremental Closing Date, you become aware that any of the representations and warranties in the preceding sentence are incorrect, when taken as a whole, in any material respect if the Information or Projections were being furnished and such representations and warranties in the first sentence of this paragraph were being made at such time, then you will (or with respect to Information and Projections concerning the Acquired Business, you will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Target to, to the extent expressly contemplated by the Merger Agreement) promptly supplement the Information and the Projections so that (with respect to information relating to the Target, to the best of your knowledge) such representations and warranties, as supplemented, are correct, when taken as a whole, in all material respects, under those circumstances. You acknowledge and agree that, in issuing this Commitment Letter, each Commitment Party is using and relying on the accuracy of the Information and the Projections, and, in structuring, arranging or syndicating the Term Facility, the Commitment Parties may use and rely on the Information and the Projections and other offering and marketing materials or information memoranda, without independent verification thereof; provided that the accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties shall not be a condition to the Incremental Closing Date or any Delayed Draw Closing Date or the funding of any amounts to be funded on the Incremental Closing Date or such Delayed Draw Closing Date.
5. Conditions
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the Amended Credit Agreement, (A) the commitments of each Commitment Party hereunder on the Incremental Closing Date are subject only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit C hereto (collectively, the Exclusive Funding Conditions) and (B) the only conditions (express or implied) to the initial availability of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date are the Exclusive Funding Conditions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the Amended Credit Agreement or any other letter agreement or other undertaking concerning the financing of the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which shall be a condition to availability of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date shall be (i) such of the representations made by the Target in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Commitment Parties (in their capacities as such) (but only to the extent that the Purchaser (as defined in Exhibit A) or its affiliates has the right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Merger Agreement) (the Target Representations) and (ii) the Specified Representations (as defined below) and (b) the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement shall be in a form such that they do not impair the availability of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date if the Exclusive Funding Conditions are satisfied (or waived by the Commitment Parties), it being understood that to the extent any lien search or security interest in the Collateral cannot be provided on the Incremental Closing Date (other than (x) the execution and delivery of personal security agreements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (y) the pledge and perfection of Collateral with respect to which a lien may be perfected by the filing of financing statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)) after your use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, then the provision of any such lien search or security interest in such Collateral shall instead be required to be perfected within a period of time after the consummation of the Transactions on the Incremental Closing Date pursuant to arrangements to be mutually agreed, subject to such extensions as are agreed by the Commitment Parties;
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provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, neither the provision of such lien search or security interest over the assets of the Target nor your use of commercially reasonable efforts to provide such lien search or such security interest shall constitute a condition to the Incremental Commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder in respect of the Incremental Facilities or the funding of any amounts to be funded on the Incremental Closing Date. Specified Representations means the representations and warranties of the Borrower and, to the extent applicable, the Existing Guarantors (as defined below) in Sections 3.01(a) and (d), 3.02(a) and (b)(i)(B), 3.03, 3.10, 3.11, 3.17 (limited to creation, validity and perfection and subject to the Certain Funds Provision), 3.25(a), 3.25(c) and 3.26(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement. Existing Guarantors means the Guarantors (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) in existence on the Incremental Closing Date before giving effect to the Transactions. This paragraph, and the provisions herein, shall be referred to as the Certain Funds Provision.
6. Indemnification and Expenses
You agree (a) to indemnify and hold harmless each Commitment Party, its affiliates and controlling persons and the respective directors, officers, employees, partners, advisors, agents and other representatives of each of the foregoing and their respective successors (each, an indemnified person) from and against any and all actual losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several, to which any such indemnified person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, the Transactions, the Incremental Facilities, the contemplated use of proceeds thereof or any related transaction or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (a Proceeding) relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any indemnified person is a party thereto, whether or not such Proceedings are brought by you, the Target, your or the Targets respective equity holders, affiliates, creditors or any other person, and to reimburse each indemnified person within thirty days of written demand (together with reasonable backup documentation) for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing; provided, that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any indemnified person, apply to (i) losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) to the extent they arise from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such indemnified person (or its Related Persons) as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) arising out of a material breach by such indemnified person (or its Related Persons) of its obligations under this Commitment Letter as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) arising out of any Proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of you or any of your affiliates and that is brought by an indemnified person against any other indemnified person (other than any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding against any Commitment Party in its capacity or in fulfilling its role as an administrative agent, or other agent or arranger under the Incremental Facilities) or (ii) any settlement entered into by such indemnified person (or its Related Persons) without your written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and (b) whether or not the Incremental Closing Date occurs, to reimburse the Commitment Parties and its affiliates for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable and documented out-of-pocket due diligence expenses, travel expenses, and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of primary counsel to the Commitment Parties (consisting of Milbank LLP and King & Spalding LLP), one regulatory counsel and local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the Commitment Parties, in each case, retained with your prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that (i) Latham & Watkins LLP is approved as regulatory counsel, (ii) Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt LLP is approved as local counsel for Canada and (iii) Loyens & Loeff N.V. is approved as local counsel for the Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg), incurred in connection with the Incremental Facilities and any related documentation (including this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the Amended Credit Agreement) or the administration, amendment, modification or waiver of any of the foregoing)
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either on the Incremental Closing Date or, if the Incremental Closing Date does not occur, and this Commitment Letter has been terminated, within 10 days of written demand; provided that the aggregate amount that is required to be reimbursed by you pursuant to this clause (b) in the event the Incremental Closing Date does not occur shall not exceed an amount to be separately agreed. None of the indemnified persons or you or the Target or any of your or their respective affiliates or the respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, and agents of the foregoing shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter, the Incremental Facilities or the transactions contemplated hereby; provided that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit your indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the extent expressly set forth herein. For purposes hereof, a Related Person of any indemnified person means (1) its affiliates and controlling persons, (2) the respective directors, officers, employees or partners of such indemnified person or any of its controlling person or controlled affiliates and (3) the respective advisors, agents and other representatives of such indemnified person or any of its controlling person or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (3) acting at the instructions of such indemnified person.
Without the prior written consent of any indemnified person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence shall be deemed reasonable), you shall not effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceedings in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified person unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified person in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified person from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified person.
7. Sharing of Information, Absence of Fiduciary Relationship, Affiliate Activities
You acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. Each Commitment Party will not use confidential information obtained from you, the Target or your or their respective affiliates and representatives by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or their other relationships with you in connection with the performance by such Commitment Party of services for other companies, and such Commitment Party will not furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that each Commitment Party has no obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies.
You further acknowledge and agree that (a) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between you and us is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, (b) we, on the one hand, and you, on the other hand, have an arms-length business relationship that does not directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do you rely on, any fiduciary duty on our part, (c) in connection therewith and with the process leading to the Transactions, each Commitment Party and its affiliates (as the case may be) are acting solely as a principal and not as agents or fiduciaries of you or any other person, (d) you are capable of evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, (e) you have consulted legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you deemed appropriate and you are not relying on any Commitment Party for such advice, (f) you have been advised that we and our affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from your and your affiliates interests and that we and our affiliates have no obligation to disclose such interests and
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transactions to you and your affiliates by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship and (g) no Commitment Party nor its affiliates has any obligation to you or your affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein or in any other express writing executed and delivered by the parties thereto. Any review by the Commitment Party of you, the Target or any of your or the Targets respective subsidiaries, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Commitment Party and shall not be on behalf of you, the Target or any of your or the Targets respective subsidiaries.
You further acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for making your own independent judgment with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the process leading thereto. You waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims you may have against any Commitment Party for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that no Commitment Party shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect) to you in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of you, including your stockholders, employees or creditors.
8. Confidentiality
This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, in each case, are delivered to you on the understanding that neither this Commitment Letter nor the Fee Letter nor any of their respective terms shall be disclosed, to any other person except (a) the Sponsor (as defined in Exhibit A) and to your and their respective officers, directors (or comparable persons), controlling persons, equityholders, employees, affiliates, attorneys, accountants, agents and advisors on a confidential and need-to-know basis, (b) the Target and its officers, directors (or comparable persons), shareholders, employees, attorneys, accountants, agents and advisors who are informed on a confidential and need-to-know basis (provided that any disclosure of the Fee Letter or its terms or substance to the Target under this clause (b) shall be redacted in respect of (x) the fee amounts payable pursuant to the Fee Letter and any other economic terms in the Fee Letter (including the portions thereof addressing fees payable to the Commitment Parties and/or the Lenders), as applicable, and (y) such other portions as mutually agreed), (c) in any legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or as otherwise required by applicable law, rule or regulation (including the Commitment Letter (but not the Fee Letter or any of the contents thereof, other than the aggregate fee amount) in connection with any required Securities and Exchange Commission (or any equivalent regulatory authority in applicable foreign jurisdictions) filings or as requested by a governmental or regulatory authority (in which case you agree, to the extent permitted by law, rule or regulation, to inform the Commitment Parties promptly thereof in advance), (d) in connection with the exercise of any remedy or enforcement of any right under this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the Amended Credit Agreement and (e) the aggregate fee amounts paid or payable under the Fee Letter may be disclosed as part of the Projections, pro forma information or a generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses related to the fee amounts related to the Transactions or in your financial statements. The foregoing restrictions shall cease to apply (other than with respect to the Fee Letter) after the Amended Credit Agreement related to the Incremental Facilities has been executed and delivered by the parties thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, you shall not disclose the existence of this Commitment Letter or the terms hereof in any press release, securities filing or other public disclosure without first providing us with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such proposed disclosure (which disclosure shall be reasonably acceptable to us).
9. Miscellaneous
This Commitment Letter shall not be assignable by any party hereto (except by any Commitment Party (A) to one or more of its affiliates, affiliated or managed funds, separately managed accounts and co-investors and (B) subject to the terms of this Commitment Letter, to any other person, provided that (1) such Commitment Party will not be released from the assigned portion of the Commitment until the funding
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of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date and (2) unless you otherwise agree in writing, each Commitment Party shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to its commitments in respect of the Incremental Facilities, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements, waivers and amendments, until the Incremental Closing Date has occurred) without the prior written consent of such Commitment Party or you, as applicable (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void), is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and the indemnified persons and is not intended to and does not confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto and the indemnified persons to the extent expressly set forth herein, except to the extent that you and we otherwise agree in writing and is not intended to create a fiduciary relationship among the parties hereto. This Commitment Letter may not be amended or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by you and the Commitment Parties. This Commitment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Commitment Letter by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter are the only agreements that have been entered into among us and you with respect to the Incremental Facilities and set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect thereto. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Commitment Letter, the Commitment Parties may perform the duties and activities described hereunder through any of its affiliates.
This Commitment Letter and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or relating to this Commitment Letter (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of law that could require the application of any other law other than the laws of the State of New York; provided, however, that (A) the interpretation of the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Exhibit C) and whether or not a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred (in each case solely for purposes of the conditions to funding of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date) and (B) the determination of the accuracy of any Target Representations and whether as a result of any inaccuracy thereof the Purchaser has a right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement shall be governed by the law governing the Merger Agreement.
Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Commitment Letter.
Each of the parties hereto (and, to the extent the benefits herein are accepted by such persons and entities, each other indemnified person) irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in the City and County of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter or the performance of services hereunder or thereunder or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York state or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court; provided that the Commitment Parties shall be entitled to assert jurisdiction over you and your property in any court in which jurisdiction may be held over you or your property under applicable law, and (b) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. You and we agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to any of the parties hereto at the applicable addresses above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. You and we hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the
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fullest extent you and we may legally and effectively do so, any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any court in accordance with clause (a) of the first sentence of this paragraph and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in any inconvenient forum. YOU AND WE (AND, TO THE EXTENT THE BENEFITS HEREIN ARE ACCEPTED BY SUCH PERSONS AND ENTITIES, EACH OTHER INDEMNIFIED PERSON) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE (TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE TRANSACTIONS, THIS COMMITMENT LETTER OR THE FEE LETTER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Each of the Commitment Parties hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001) (the PATRIOT Act), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor, which information includes names, addresses, tax identification numbers and other information that will allow the Commitment Parties and each Lender to identify the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act and is effective for the Commitment Parties, each Lender and each prospective Lender.
The indemnification and expenses, jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, service of process, venue, governing law, sharing of information, no agency or fiduciary duty, and confidentiality provisions contained herein and the provisions of the Fee Letter shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether the Amended Credit Agreement shall be executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter or the commitments hereunder; provided, that your obligations under this Commitment Letter (other than (a) the confidentiality obligations which shall terminate in accordance with their respective terms and (b) your understandings and agreements regarding no agency or fiduciary duty) shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement upon the effectiveness thereof. You may terminate the Commitment Parties commitments hereunder at any time in whole but not in part subject to the provisions of the preceding sentence and the provisions of the Fee Letter.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter (and the amendment and restatement of the Original Commitment Letter and the Original Fee Letter (as defined in the Fee Letter)) by returning to us executed counterparts by the Borrower of both of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter not later than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on October 14, 2020. The Original Commitment Letter and the Original Fee Letter will remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms in the event that we have not received such executed counterparts of both such documents in accordance with the preceding sentence.
In the event that the initial borrowing under the Incremental Facilities does not occur on or before the Expiration Date (as defined below), then this Commitment Letter and the commitments hereunder shall automatically terminate unless we shall, in our sole discretion, agree in writing to an extension. Expiration Date means the earliest of (i) 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on January 28, 2021, (ii) the Incremental Closing Date, after the initial funding of the Incremental Term Loans, (iii) the date of the closing of the Merger (as defined in Exhibit A) without the use of the Incremental Facilities, (iv) the date of the valid termination of the Merger Agreement prior to the closing of the Merger and (v) the date the Tender Offer lapses or is withdrawn.
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EXHIBIT A to Commitment Letter
$140 million Senior Secured Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility
$320 million Senior Secured Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility
$25 million Senior Secured Incremental Revolving Credit Facility
Transaction Summary
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings set forth in the letter to which this Exhibit A is attached or in Exhibits B or C thereto.
Covis Group S.à r.l., a direct subsidiary of the Borrower, as purchaser (the Purchaser), and Merger Sub have entered into that certain agreement and plan of merger, dated as of the Original Effective Date (together with the exhibits, annexes and disclosure schedules thereto, the Merger Agreement) with the Target. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target, with the Target surviving such merger as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower (the Merger). Prior to the Incremental Closing Date, Merger Sub will commence a tender offer to purchase all of the shares of common stock of the Target (the Tender Offer) and, if such shares are accepted for purchase pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Tender Offer, such purchase will occur on the Incremental Closing Date prior to the Merger. The Tender Offer will be conditioned upon, among other things, the minimum percentage of shares being validly tendered and not withdrawn so as to enable Merger Sub and the Target to consummate a merger under the Delaware General Corporation Law without the affirmative vote of any stockholder of the Target other than Merger Sub (the Minimum Condition).
In connection therewith:
(a) The Borrower will obtain (i) a senior secured incremental first lien initial term loan facility in an amount not to exceed $140 million on terms described in Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter and (ii) a senior secured incremental first lien delayed draw term loan facility in an amount not to exceed $320 million on terms described in Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter.
(b) The Borrower will obtain a senior secured incremental revolving credit facility in an amount not to exceed $25 million on terms described in Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter.
(c) In accordance with the Target Notes Indenture (as defined below) and the definitive documentation for the Incremental Facilities and within the time frame provided thereunder, the Target (or any successor thereto) shall have delivered to each holder of the Target Notes a Fundamental Change Company Notice (as defined in the Target Notes Indenture) to each holder of the Targets issued and outstanding 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the Target Notes), issued pursuant to that certain First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 10, 2017, between Target and Wilmington Trust, National Association which supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of May 10, 2017 between Target and Wilmington Trust, National Association (the Target Notes Indenture), pursuant to which the issuer of the Target Notes shall be required to repurchase any Target Notes validly delivered pursuant to the terms of the Target Notes Indenture (the Target Notes Put). Any Target Notes that are not repurchased on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (as defined in the Target Notes Indenture) specified by the Target will remain outstanding in accordance with the terms of the Target Notes Indenture.
(d) Investment funds, or affiliates of investment funds, advised, managed or controlled by Apollo Global Management, Inc. or its affiliates (other than portfolio companies) (collectively, the Sponsor) will, directly or indirectly, contribute an aggregate amount (the Required Equity Contribution) in cash to Holdings (which will subsequently contribute such amount to the Borrower), in each case as common equity or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to the Commitment Parties) (such cash contribution made by Sponsor to Holdings, the Incremental Equity), which represents an aggregate amount that is not less than the Incremental Equity Contribution Percentage (as defined in the Fee Letter) of the Incremental Total Capitalization (being defined as the sum of (1) the aggregate gross proceeds of the Incremental Facilities borrowed on the Incremental Closing Date, (2) the aggregate amount of the commitments for the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans and (3) the Incremental Equity).
The transactions described above (including the Tender Offer and the Merger) are collectively referred to herein as the Transactions. For purposes of the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, the Incremental Closing Date shall mean the date of the satisfaction or waiver of the Exclusive Funding Conditions, the funding of the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility and the closing of the Tender Offer.
EXHIBIT B to Commitment Letter
$140 million Senior Secured Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility
$320 million Senior Secured Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility
$25 million Senior Secured Incremental Revolving Credit Facility
Summary of Terms and Conditions
Set forth below is a summary of the principal terms and conditions for the Incremental Facilities. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit B shall have the meanings set forth in the letter to which this Exhibit B is attached or in Exhibits A or C attached thereto.
1. PARTIES
Borrower: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Holdings: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Administrative Agent: | Capital One, National Association (CONA). | |
Lead Arranger: | CONA. | |
Lenders: | CONA and HPSIP and any permitted assignees thereof in accordance with the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement (the Lenders). | |
Lender Representative: | HPSIP. |
2. TYPES AND AMOUNTS OF FACILITIES
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(A) (i) An initial senior secured incremental term loan facility (the Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility) in an aggregate principal amount of $140,000,000 (the loans thereunder, collectively the Initial Incremental Term Loans) and (ii) a delayed draw senior secured incremental term loan facility (the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility) in an aggregate principal amount of $320,000,000 (the loans thereunder, the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans and together with the Initial Incremental Term Loans, collectively, the Incremental Term Loans and, together with the Existing Term Loans, the Term Loans), which Incremental Term Loans will be funded in accordance with the Availability section below.
(B) A senior secured incremental revolving facility (the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility and, together with the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility) in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000. Commitments under the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility are referred to as the Incremental Revolving Commitments. The Incremental Revolving Commitments shall have the same terms as the commitments under the Existing Revolving Facility and shall form a single class of commitments, which will aggregate $55,000,000 (collectively, the Revolving Commitments). The loans under the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility are referred to as the Incremental Revolving Loans and, together with the loans under the Existing Revolving Credit Facility, the Revolving Loans. |
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The Incremental Revolving Loans, together with the Incremental Term Loans, are referred to herein as the Incremental Loans. The Incremental Loans will be made available in US Dollars.
The Incremental Revolving Credit Facility and the Incremental Term Loans provided by CONA shall be provided on a first out basis, and the remainder of the Incremental Term Loans shall be provided on a last out basis, on the terms set forth in the existing agreement among lenders. The Amended Credit Agreement will separately schedule the first-out Incremental Term Loans and last-out Incremental Term Loans, including interest rates and amortization (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the blended interest rates and amortization for the first-out Incremental Term Loans and the last-out Incremental Term Loans shall not exceed the rates set forth in this Term Sheet). |
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Incremental Facilities: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Availability: |
(A) The Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility shall be made available in a single drawing on the Incremental Closing Date. Repayments and prepayments of the Initial Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
(B) The Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility shall be available to be drawn during the Delayed Draw Availability Period (as defined below). The Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans shall be available to the Borrower in one or more drawings during the period commencing on the closing date of the Target Notes Put (the Put Date), which Put Date shall be no later than 30 business days after the Incremental Closing Date, and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Rollover Target Notes are repurchased, redeemed or refinanced in full and (ii) June 1, 2022 (such period, the Delayed Draw Availability Period). Except as expressly set forth herein, the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans shall have the same terms as the Incremental Term Loans set forth in this Exhibit B. The date any such Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans are funded is referred to herein as a Delayed Draw Closing Date. After the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Commitments have been utilized to purchase the Target Notes put by the holders of the Target Notes in connection with the Target Notes Put, any remaining unused Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Commitments may be cancelled. Repayments and prepayments of the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans may not be reborrowed
(C) The Incremental Revolving Credit Facility will be available on and after the Incremental Closing Date and at any time prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility (the Revolver Termination Date), in minimum principal amounts set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. Amounts repaid under the Revolving Credit Facility may be reborrowed. The aggregate amount of Revolving Loans outstanding on the Incremental Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 (and such utilization shall solely be for working capital purposes or general corporate purposes and shall not be drawn for purposes of financing the Transactions). |
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Maturity and Amortization: |
Term Loans.
The Term Loans (i.e., both Existing Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans) shall be repayable in quarterly installments (commencing with the first fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending after the Incremental Closing Date) equal to (i) 1.00% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Incremental Closing Date for the first four quarterly installment dates, (ii) 5.00% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Incremental Closing Date for the next four quarterly installment dates, (iii) 6.25% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Incremental Closing Date for the next four quarterly installment dates and (iv) 7.50% per annum of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Incremental Closing Date thereafter, with the balance payable on the maturity date thereof (it being understood that following any Delayed Draw Closing Date, the quarterly amortization amount shall be adjusted to include the aggregate principal amount of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans funded on such Delayed Draw Closing Date). The Borrower will repay the entire unpaid principal balance of the Term Loans on the date that is the five year anniversary of the Incremental Closing Date (or such earlier date on which all Term Loans become due and payable in full, whether by acceleration or otherwise).
Revolving Credit Facility
The Revolving Credit Facility (i.e., both the Existing Revolving Credit Facility and the Incremental Revolving Credit Facility) will mature, and lending commitments thereunder will terminate, on the earlier of (x) the date that is the five year anniversary of the Incremental Closing Date and (y) the date on which all Term Loans have been repaid. |
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Use of Proceeds: |
The proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans funded on the Incremental Closing Date will be used to (i) finance the Transactions and (ii) pay related transaction fees and expenses.
The proceeds of any Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans funded on a Delayed Draw Closing Date will be used solely to (i) substantially concurrently upon receipt thereof, repurchase or redeem the Rollover Target Notes (including any payment of the conversion amount in respect of the Rollover Target Notes as set forth in the Target Notes Indenture) and (ii) pay fees and expenses related to the Transactions. |
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The proceeds of the Incremental Revolving Loans may be used on and after the Incremental Closing Date for working capital and general business purposes. |
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3. CERTAIN PAYMENT PROVISIONS
Commitment Fees and Interest Rates: | As set forth in Annex I to this Exhibit B attached hereto. | |
Fees: | As set forth in the Fee Letter. | |
Optional Prepayments and Revolving Commitment Reductions: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement (subject to the Prepayment Premium set forth below). | |
Repayment Premium: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement, except that the prepayment premium for the Term Loans (i.e., both Existing Term Loans and Incremental Term Loans) will be reset to the Prepayment Premium (as defined in the Fee Letter). | |
Mandatory Prepayments: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles (as defined in the Fee Letter). |
4. GUARANTORS AND COLLATERAL
Guarantors: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement (including the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles, as applicable). The Target and its subsidiaries will become guarantors in accordance with (and to the extent required by) the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement (subject to the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles, if applicable). | |
Collateral: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement (including the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles, as applicable). Assets of the Target and its subsidiaries will become part of the Collateral in accordance with (and to the extent required by) the Existing Credit Agreement (subject to the Certain Funds Provision and, if applicable, the Agreed Guaranty and Security Principles) and to include the intellectual property assets of the Target (which perfection over the intellectual property assets will be subject to post-closing periods to be agreed). |
5. CERTAIN CONDITIONS
Conditions to Initial Funding on the Incremental Closing Date: | The availability of initial funding under the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date will only be subject to the satisfaction or written waiver of conditions that are set forth in each of Section 5 and Exhibit C to the Commitment Letter. | |
Conditions to Funding of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans: | The availability of the Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans on any Delayed Draw Closing Date will only be subject to the following conditions: (i) delivery of a borrowing request, (ii) absence of an Event of Default and (iii) accuracy of representations and warranties under the Amended Credit Agreement in all material respects. |
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Conditions to All Subsequent Revolver Borrowings: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. |
6. DOCUMENTATION
Facilities Documentation: | The Incremental Facilities and the terms set forth in this Exhibit B will be documented in an amended or amended and restated credit agreement based on and substantially consistent with the Documentation Principles (as defined in the Fee Letter). | |
Representations and Warranties: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles. | |
Affirmative Covenants (Including Reporting Requirements): | Consistent with the Documentation Principles. | |
Financial Covenant: |
Same as Existing Credit Agreement, except that the Financial Covenant levels shall be set at the Amended Financial Covenant Levels (as defined in the Fee Letter).
The definitions of EBITDA, Consolidated Net Income and Pro Forma Basis are set forth in Annex I to the Fee Letter. The definitions of Consolidated Debt and Net Total Leverage Ratio shall be the same as those set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement (subject to an increase in the cap on cash netting set forth in the definition of Net Total Leverage Ratio to the Cash Netting Cap (as defined in the Fee Letter)). |
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Negative Covenants: |
Consistent with the Documentation Principles; provided that the negative covenants shall be amended to permit (i) the existing earn-out obligations of the Target and its subsidiaries pursuant to agreements in effect on Original Effective Date (as defined in the Commitment Letter) (the Target Earn-Out Payments) and any payment of Target Earn-Out Payments shall be subject to the same conditions as those applicable to payment of AstraZeneca Milestone Payments under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) Target Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $320,000,000 to remain outstanding on an unsecured basis (and any refinancing thereof in accordance with the immediately following paragraph), which amount shall be reduced on the Put Date by the aggregate principal amount of Target Notes that have been put by the holders thereof on or prior to the Put Date (the Target Notes that are not put and repurchased and remain outstanding after the Target Notes Put, the Rollover Target Notes).
The Negative Covenants shall permit the repurchase, redemption and refinancing of the Rollover Target Notes as follows: (A) repurchases and redemptions funded with proceeds of Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loans shall be permitted, (B) repurchases and redemptions funded with cash on hand shall be permitted, subject to (1) no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (2) pro forma compliance with the |
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Financial Covenant, (3) Unrestricted Cash of no less than the Minimum Unrestricted Cash Amount (as defined in the Fee Letter) and (4) any such repurchase or redemption cannot be funded with proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility and (C) repurchases, redemptions and refinancings with the proceeds of junior lien or unsecured indebtedness of the Loan Parties shall be permitted subject to (1) no event of default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (2) pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant and (3) any such indebtedness must mature not earlier than 91 days after the latest maturity date under the Amended Credit Agreement, not having amortization and the cash interest rate shall not exceed the cash interest rate on the Term Loans. | ||
Events of Default: | Consistent with the Documentation Principles. | |
Voting: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Assignments and Participations: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Yield Protection: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement | |
Expenses and Indemnification: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement | |
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. | |
Counsel to the Lenders: | Milbank LLP. |
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Annex I to Exhibit B
INTEREST AND CERTAIN FEES
Interest Rate / Unused Commitment Fee: |
The interest rates under the Amended Credit Agreement will be as follows:
With respect to the Term Loans, at the option of the Borrower, Adjusted LIBOR (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) plus the Term Facility LIBOR Spread or ABR (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) plus the Term Facility ABR Spread subject to two 25 basis point step-downs if the Net Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the First Term Facility Step-Down Level and the Second Term Facility Step-Down Level, respectively.
With respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, at the option of the Borrower, Adjusted LIBOR plus the Revolving Facility LIBOR Spread or ABR plus the Revolving Facility ABR Spread.
The Borrower may elect interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months for Adjusted LIBOR.
Interest shall be payable in arrears (a) for loans accruing interest at a rate based on Adjusted LIBOR, at the end of each interest period and, for interest periods of greater than 3 months, every three months, and on the applicable maturity date and (b) for loans accruing interest based on the ABR, quarterly in arrears and on the applicable maturity date.
The Borrower shall pay an unused line fee of 0.50% per annum on the actual daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, payable quarterly in arrears, calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.
The Borrower shall pay a ticking fee on the undrawn Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Commitments equal to (i) for any day in the period from the Incremental Closing Date to and including the date that is 60 days after the Incremental Closing Date, the First Delayed Draw Ticking Fee Percentage, and (ii) for any day in the period from and including the day that is 61 days after the Incremental Closing Date to and including the end of the Delayed Draw Availability Period, the Second Delayed Draw Ticking Fee Percentage, payable quarterly in arrears, calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year. |
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Interest Payment Dates: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Default Rate: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Rate Basis: | Same as Existing Credit Agreement. |
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EXHIBIT C to Commitment Letter
$140 million Senior Secured Initial Incremental Term Loan Facility
$320 million Senior Secured Delayed Draw Incremental Term Loan Facility
$25 million Senior Secured Incremental Revolving Credit Facility
Conditions
Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions, the initial availability of the Incremental Facilities on the Incremental Closing Date shall be subject to the prior or substantially concurrent satisfaction or waiver by the Commitment Parties of only the following conditions:
1. The definitive documentation for the Incremental Facilities, which shall, in each case, be consistent with the Commitment Letter and the Term Sheet and subject in all respects to the Certain Funds Provisions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Commitment Parties shall have been executed and delivered by each of Holdings, the Borrower and other Loan Parties, and the Commitment Parties shall have received (to the extent applicable, consistent with the documentation delivered by the Borrower and the Existing Guarantors on the closing date of the Existing Credit Agreement (the Original Closing Date)):
(a) customary notices of borrowing with respect to the Incremental Facilities delivered by the Borrower;
(b) customary closing officers certificates delivered by the Borrower;
(c) constitutional documents of the Borrower and the Loan Parties (or alternatively, certification that such constitutional documents with respect to the Borrower and the Existing Guarantors have not changed since the Original Closing Date);
(d) resolutions of the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Loan Parties approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) to which it is a party and resolving that it execute, deliver and perform the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; authorizing a specified person or persons to execute the Amended Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any related documents thereto to which it is a party on its behalf; and authorizing a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or dispatch all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any borrowing notice) to be signed and/or dispatched by it under or in connection with the Amended Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any related documents thereto to which it is a party;
(e) in relation to the Loan Parties, a formalities certificate in customary form certifying that each copy document is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at a date no earlier than the Incremental Closing Date;
(f) customary legal opinions on the validity and enforceability of the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents entered into on the Incremental Closing Date and status, authority, power and capacity of the Loan Parties (in each case, as, consistent with market practice);
(g) a financing funds flow memorandum (for information purposes only);
(h) the Required Equity Contribution shall have been received, or shall be received substantially concurrently with the funding of the Incremental Term Loan Facilities (and the Commitment Parties shall have received an officers certificate certifying to the same); and
(i) the Project Florence tax structure memorandum prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (the Structure Memorandum), which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Commitment Parties; provided that this requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the version of the Structure Memorandum delivered in connection with the same does not contain any material amendment, waiver, modification or consent not consented to by the Commitment Parties from the version of such document delivered on or prior to the date of this letter (being the draft dated September 30, 2020) (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) other than waivers, modifications, consents, or amendments, which would not be (in the aggregate) materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Parties (in their capacities as such).
2. The closing of the Tender Offer and the Merger shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with (i) the Merger Agreement substantially concurrently with, or immediately following, the funding of the Incremental Term Loan Facility and (ii) the Tender Offer Statement (as referenced in the Merger Agreement) made available to the Commitment Parties immediately prior to the commencement of the Tender Offer, in each case, without any material amendment, waiver, modification or consent not consented to by the Commitment Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and provided that the Commitment Parties shall be deemed to have consented to such amendment, waiver, modification or consent unless they shall object thereto within three (3) Business Days after written notice of such proposed amendment, waiver or consent) other than waivers, modifications, consents, or amendments, which would not be (in the aggregate) materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Parties (in their capacities as such); provided, that (a) the granting of any consent under the Merger Agreement that is not materially adverse to the interest of the Commitment Parties will not otherwise constitute an amendment, modification or waiver, (b) any increase in the purchase price will be deemed not to be materially adverse to the Commitment Parties so long as such increase is funded by direct or indirect cash equity contributions, (c) any reduction in the purchase price under the Acquisition Agreement shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Parties, so long as such reduction (i) does not exceed 10% or (ii) is applied to reduce the amount of commitments in respect of the Incremental Term Loan Facility and the Required Equity Contribution ratably, (d) any amendment, waiver, consent or other modifications to the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect set forth in the Merger Agreement shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Parties and (e) any change in the Minimum Condition (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as in effect as of the Original Effective Date)) shall be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Commitment Parties.
3. The Administrative Agent shall have received an officers certificate from the Borrower confirming that all of the conditions to the closing of the Merger and the Tender Offer have been satisfied (save for payment of the offer price and merger consideration which will be satisfied following utilization of the initial borrowings under the Incremental Term Loan Facility) or waived (subject to any consent of the Commitment Parties required under paragraph 2 above), consistent with the certificate delivered by the Borrower on the Original Closing Date.
4. Payment of all fees and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses due and payable to the Commitment Parties and the Administrative Agent required to be paid on the Incremental Closing Date (in the case of expenses, to the extent invoices have been received by the Borrower at least two business days in advance), which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loan Facility.
5. On the Incremental Closing Date, (i) the Target Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (ii) the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though made as of the Incremental Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and (iii) no Event of Default under Sections 7.01(b), 7.01(c), 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall have occurred or be continuing.
6. Since the date of the Merger Agreement, there shall not have occurred and be continuing any event, change, effect, occurrence, circumstance or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement as in effect on the Original Effective Date).
7. The Administrative Agent shall have received, with respect to the Target, at least three business days prior to the Incremental Closing Date, all documentation and other information that is requested by the Administrative Agent at least ten business days prior to the Incremental Closing Date and is required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act.
8. On the Incremental Closing Date, the Target shall not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money other than the Target Notes and their respective guarantee of the Obligations and any other Indebtedness permitted to remain outstanding under the Merger Agreement.
9. Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, all actions necessary to establish that the Administrative Agent will have a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral with respect to the Acquired Business, subject to permitted liens and the liens permitted to remain outstanding under the Merger Agreement; provided that, in the case of the foregoing, only to the extent such Collateral (including the creation or perfection of any security interest) is required to be provided on the Incremental Closing Date.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit C have the meanings set forth in the letter to which this Exhibit C is attached or in Exhibits A, or B thereto.
Exhibit (d)(2)
AP IX (EURO AIV), L.P.
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (DELAWARE) IX, L.P.
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (LUX) IX, SCSP
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (892 AIV) IX, L.P.
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS IX, L.P.
9 West 57th Street
43rd Floor
New York, New York 10019
October 1, 2020
Covis Group S.à r.l.
2, avenue Charles de Gaulle
L-1653Luxembourg,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Subject: Equity Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Merger Agreement), by and among AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company (Parent or you), Covis Mergerco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and, solely with respect to specific sections thereof, Covis Finco S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company and the direct parent of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will commence a tender offer to acquire any and all of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company. Following the consummation of the Offer, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. This letter agreement is being delivered to the addressee in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and, solely with respect to specific sections thereof, the Debt Financing Borrower.
1. Commitment. Pursuant to this letter agreement each of the undersigned, each of which is listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, an Investor and together, the Investors), severally and not jointly, subject to the conditions set forth herein and the Merger Agreement, commits to purchase, directly or indirectly, the equity of Parent solely for the purpose of enabling: (a) Parent to cause Merger Sub to accept for payment and pay for all Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer (and not validly withdrawn) at the Offer Closing (the Offer Amount); and (b) Parent to pay or cause the payment of the Merger Consideration due under Sections 3.5(a) and 3.6(a) of the Merger Agreement (the Merger Amount), in each case, in an aggregate amount equal to such Investors pro rata percentage of the aggregate amount of the Commitment, as set forth opposite such Investors name on Exhibit A attached hereto (such amount with respect to each Investor is such Investors Maximum Investor Commitment). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Investor (together with its assigns) shall not, under any circumstances, be obligated to purchase, directly or indirectly, equity from Parent or otherwise provide any funds to Parent in an amount exceeding the amount of such Investors Maximum Investor Commitment. Further notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Investors (together with their assigns) in the aggregate shall not under any circumstances, be obligated to purchase, directly or indirectly, equity from Parent or otherwise provide any
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funds to Parent in an amount exceeding the Commitment. The term Commitment means: (i) an amount equal to: $250,000,000; or (ii) such lesser amount as in the aggregate, together with the proceeds of the Debt Financing, suffices to fully fund the Offer Amount, the Merger Amount pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Merger Agreement (in which instance the Maximum Investor Commitment for each Investor shall be reduced accordingly to equal such Investors pro rata percentage of the aggregate amount of the lesser Commitment).
2. Termination. Each Investors obligation to fund its Maximum Investor Commitment is subject to the terms of this letter agreement and to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (a) with respect to the Offer Amount, (i) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company, (ii) the satisfaction or waiver by Merger Sub or Parent of the Offer Conditions, (iii) the contemporaneous acceptance for payment by Merger Sub of all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer and (iv) the simultaneous closing of the Debt Financing pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter; and (b) with respect to the Merger Amount, (i) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by the Company, (ii) the satisfaction or waiver by the Company, Merger Sub and Parent of all of the conditions set forth in Section 7 of the Merger Agreement and (iii) the simultaneous closing of the Debt Financing pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment Letter. The obligations of the Investors in the aggregate to fund the Commitment and of each of the Investors to fund its Maximum Investor Commitment will terminate automatically and immediately upon the earliest to occur of: (1) the funding of the aggregate amount of the Commitment; (2) a valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (including, if payable thereunder, the payment of the Parent Termination Fee); (3) the payment in full by the Investors of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Limited Guarantee) under the Limited Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions thereof; and (4) the assertion by the Company or any of its Affiliates or its or their respective Representatives, claiming by, through or for the benefit of any of the foregoing, of any claim under any Law or legal theory (including claims for fraud, breach of contract or implied warranty, failure of disclosure, tortious wrong or violation of securities laws) against any Investor or any Parent Related Party in connection with this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Debt Commitment Letter, the Limited Guarantee any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the termination or abandonment thereof) (including in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection therewith or herewith), except, solely with respect to clause (4), for claims: (A) against any counterparty to the Confidentiality Agreement (or a joinder thereto) pursuant to the terms thereof; (B) against Parent or Merger Sub under or relating to the Merger Agreement (including in respect of fraud) pursuant to the terms thereof and subject to the limitations set forth therein; or (C) against the Investors and their successors and assigns (i) under the Limited Guarantee pursuant to the terms of such Limited Guarantee and subject to the limitations set forth therein and in this letter agreement and (ii) seeking (x) an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable remedies to prevent breaches of this letter agreement or to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Section 5 of this letter agreement and Sections 8.3(c), 9.12 and 9.15 of the Merger Agreement, or (y) to enforce the Companys rights to consent to certain matters as expressly provided in this letter agreement (each, a Permitted Claim). For the avoidance of doubt, (I) the termination of the obligations of the Investors to fund the Commitment shall not, in and of itself, relieve any person of any liability under the Limited Guarantee and (II) in no event shall the Sponsor or the Investors have any obligation to make any payment under this letter agreement at any time after the parties to the Limited Guarantee or any Affiliate(s) thereof have paid the Parent Termination Fee under the Limited Guarantee pursuant to the terms thereof or Parent or any Affiliate thereof has paid the Parent Termination Fee under the Merger Agreement. Sections 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of this letter agreement shall survive any such termination.
3. No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this letter agreement, by its acceptance of this letter agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub covenants, acknowledges and agrees that no Person other than the undersigned shall have any obligation hereunder and
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that, (a) notwithstanding that any of the undersigned may be a partnership or limited liability company, no recourse hereunder or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith shall be had against any former, current or future, direct or indirect director, manager, officer, employee, agent, financing source or Affiliate of any of the undersigned, any former, current or future, direct or indirect holder of any equity interests or securities of any of the undersigned (whether such holder is a limited or general partner, manager, member, stockholder, securityholder or otherwise), any former, current or future assignee of any of the undersigned, any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, financing source, general or limited partner, manager, management company, member, stockholder, securityholder, Affiliate, controlling Person or representative or assignee of any of the foregoing, or any former, current or future heir, executor, administrator, trustee, successor or assign of any of the foregoing other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective successors or assignees under the Merger Agreement (any such person or entity, other than the undersigned, or Parent, Merger Sub or their respective successors or assignees under the Merger Agreement, a Related Party) or any Related Party of the undersigneds Related Parties (including, without limitation, in respect of any liabilities or obligations arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby or with respect to any Claim, including, without limitation, in the event Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower breaches its obligations under the Merger Agreement and including whether or not Parents, Merger Subs or the Debt Financing Borrowers breach is caused by the breach by any of the Investors of their obligations under this letter agreement) whether by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable Law; and (b) no personal liability whatsoever will attach to, be imposed on or otherwise incurred by any Related Party of the undersigned or any Related Party of the undersigneds Related Parties under this letter agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or with the Merger Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations hereunder or by their creation. For purposes of this letter agreement, Claim means any dispute arising under or in any way related to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions contemplated thereby or arising out of due diligence conducted in connection with or the negotiation, interpretation or enforcement of the Merger Agreement. Nothing in this letter agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any person, other than Parent, the Company (as set forth in Section 5 of this letter agreement) and the undersigned, any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this letter agreement. Nothing in this Section 3 shall be construed to impair, limit or prevent any Permitted Claim by the Company or any remedies in respect of any Permitted Claim.
4. Assignment; No Modification; Entire Agreement. This letter agreement and each of the Investors commitment hereunder shall not be assignable to any other person without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and the Company. Any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void and of no force and effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Investor may assign its commitments under this letter agreement to an Affiliate of such Investor on condition that such Investor remains liable to perform all of its obligations hereunder. This letter agreement may not be amended, and no provision hereof waived or modified, except by an instrument signed by each of the parties hereto and consented to by the Company. This letter agreement, together with the Merger Agreement, the Limited Guarantee and the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter of those agreements. Each Investor acknowledges that the Company has entered into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon, among other things, the commitments set forth in this letter agreement.
5. Reliance; Enforcement. This letter agreement may be relied upon only by Parent, provided, that, the Company may rely upon and enforce this letter agreement as an express third-party beneficiary of this letter agreement to the extent that: (a) the Company is awarded specific performance of Parents or Merger Subs obligation to cause the Equity Financing to be funded in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement; or (b) the Company is enforcing its rights
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to consent to certain matters as provided for in this letter agreement. Each Investor agrees: (i) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to law or inequitable for any reason other than as a result of (x) defenses to the payment of the Offer Amount or the Merger Amount that would be available to Merger Sub or Parent under the Merger Agreement, and/or (y) the limitations set forth in Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement; and (ii) any party seeking an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this letter agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this letter agreement in accordance with this Section 5 shall not be required to provide proof of damages or any bond or other security as a prerequisite to obtaining such an order, injunction or other equitable relief. Except as set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 5, nothing set forth in this letter agreement, express or implied, shall be construed to confer upon or give any person other than Parent any benefits, rights or remedies under or by reason of, or any rights to enforce or cause Parent to enforce, the Commitment or any Maximum Investor Commitment or any provisions of this letter agreement. Parents creditors (other than the Company) shall have no right to enforce this letter agreement or to cause Parent to enforce this letter agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Merger Agreement, and notwithstanding that this letter agreement is referred to in the Merger Agreement, except as set forth in this Section 5, no party (including the Company and any of its respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates) other than Parent, shall have any rights against the undersigned pursuant to this letter agreement.
6. Representations and Warranties. Each Investor represents, warrants and covenants, severally and not jointly, as of the date hereof that:
(a) |
it has (and will continue to have) the requisite capacity and authority to execute and deliver this letter agreement and to fulfill and perform its obligations hereunder; |
(b) |
the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by it has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary limited partnership or other entity action, and no other proceedings or actions on the part of it (including any internal or committee approvals) are necessary therefor; |
(c) |
this letter agreement has been duly and validly executed by it and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of it enforceable by Parent and the Company against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights, and by general equitable principles; |
(d) |
such Investor has (and will continue to have until the termination of such Investors obligations under this letter agreement in accordance Section 2) available funds or uncalled capital in excess of the sum of the Maximum Investor Commitment plus the aggregate amount of all other commitments and obligations such Investor currently has outstanding; |
(e) |
except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Investor to perform its obligations under this letter agreement in any material respect or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner, the execution, delivery and performance by it of this letter agreement do not and will not (i) violate any law or (ii) result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancelation or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of any benefit under, any contract to which it is a party; |
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(f) |
the Maximum Investor Commitment is less than the maximum amount that the undersigned is permitted to invest in any one portfolio investment pursuant to the terms of its constituent documents; |
(g) |
except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Investor to perform its obligations under this letter agreement in any material respect or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Body necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement by it have been obtained or made, and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with; and |
(h) |
except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Investor to perform its obligations under this letter agreement in any material respect or no other action by, and notice to or filing with, any Governmental Body, is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this letter agreement. |
7. Confidentiality. This letter agreement shall be treated as strictly confidential and is being provided to Parent solely in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. This letter agreement may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document (other than the Merger Agreement, Limited Guarantee and the Financing Commitments), except with the written consent each of the Investors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company may disclose this letter agreement and the information herein: (a) in connection with the enforcement of this letter agreement, the Merger Agreement and the Limited Guarantee; and (b) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, the rules of any national securities exchange and requirements with respect to any SEC filings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this letter agreement may be provided to the Company and its advisors, strictly for informational purposes, who have been directed to treat this letter agreement as confidential, and the Company shall cause such advisors to so treat this letter agreement as confidential.
8. Miscellaneous. This letter agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. This letter agreement will become effective upon its acceptance by you, as evidenced by the delivery to each of the Investors of a counterpart of this letter agreement executed by you. This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance, with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws. Each of the parties: (a) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts in the event any dispute arises out of or in any way related to this letter agreement or any transaction contemplated by this letter agreement as well as any Claim; (b) waives, and agrees not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding in the Chosen Courts that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in the Chosen Courts whether on the basis of improper venue, inconvenience of forum or otherwise; (c) irrevocably agrees that all claims brought by or against any of the parties to this letter agreement or any of their Affiliates with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined solely and exclusively in the Chosen Courts; (d) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any Chosen Court; (e) agrees that it will not bring any Claim in any court other than the Chosen Courts; and (f) waives any right to trial by jury with respect to any Claim or any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this letter agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a final non-appealable judgment in any action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Legal Requirements,
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provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8 shall restrict any partys rights to seek any post-judgment relief regarding, or any appeal from, a final trial court judgment. The parties agree that any violation of this Section 8 shall constitute a material breach of this letter agreement and shall constitute irreparable harm.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (INCLUDING ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE FINANCING OR THE COMMITMENT LETTERS OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES THEREUNDER OR RELATED THERETO).
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AP IX (EURO AIV), L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
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Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
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Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (892 AIV) IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
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Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary |
Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter Conan
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (DELAWARE) IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
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Name: Laurie D. Medley | ||
Title: Vice President & Assistant Secretary |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (LUX) IX, SCSP | ||
By: Apollo Overseas Partners (Lux) IX GP, S.a. r.l., its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ James R. Crossen |
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Name: James R. Crossen | ||
Title: Class A Manager | ||
By: |
/s/ Fabien Morelli |
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Name: Fabien Morelli | ||
Title: Class B Manager |
Signature Page to Equity Commitment Letter Conan
EXHIBIT A
Maximum Investor Commitment
Investor |
Maximum Investor
Commitment |
% of
Commitment |
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AP IX (Euro AIV), L.P. |
$ | 108,172,500 | 43.269 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (892 AIV) IX, L.P. |
$ | 62,955,000 | 25.182 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) IX, L.P. |
$ | 22,032,500 | 8.813 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (Lux) IX, SCSp |
$ | 15,605,000 | 6.242 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners IX, L.P. |
$ | 41,235,000 | 16.494 | % |
Exhibit (d)(3)
LIMITED GUARANTEE
Limited Guarantee, dated as of October 1, 2020 (this Limited Guarantee), by each of the parties listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors), in favor of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guaranteed Party). Reference is hereby made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated the date hereof (the Merger Agreement), by and among the Guaranteed Party, Covis Group S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company (Parent), Covis Mergerco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and, solely with respect to specific sections thereof, Covis Finco S.à r.l., a Luxembourg company and the direct parent of Parent (the Debt Financing Borrower). Capitalized terms used in this Limited Guarantee but not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.
1. Limited Guarantee. To induce the Guaranteed Party to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Guarantor absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, severally and not jointly and not jointly and severally, to the Guaranteed Party, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Limited Guarantee, the payment and performance of Parents payment obligation of: (a) the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.3(c) of the Merger Agreement; (b) the reimbursement and indemnification obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.12(d) and Section 6.15(c) of the Merger Agreement; (c) the interest and enforcement expenses pursuant to and in accordance with Section 8.3(d) of the Merger Agreement; and (d) the Guaranteed Partys reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys fees) incurred in connection with a Legal Proceeding which results in a judgement against the Guarantors for enforcing this Limited Guarantee (the Guarantee Expenses) (clauses (a) through (d), collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations) arising under, or in connection with and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Each Guarantors guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be in an amount equal to the percentage of the Maximum Amount (as defined below) set forth opposite such Guarantors name on Exhibit A hereto (such amount with respect to each Guarantor is such Guarantors Maximum Guarantor Amount). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein: (i) the maximum liability of each Guarantor shall not exceed the Maximum Guarantor Amount; (ii) the maximum aggregate liability of the Guarantors shall not exceed the Maximum Amount; and (iii) this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving full and absolute effect to the Maximum Amount and each Maximum Guarantor Amount. Except with respect to an Excluded Claim, the Guaranteed Party agrees that: (A) the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay to any Person in the aggregate more than the Maximum Amount under, or in respect of, or in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or this Limited Guarantee; (B) each Guarantor shall in no event be required to pay to any Person in the aggregate more than the Maximum Guarantor Amount under, or in respect of, or in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter or this Limited Guarantee; and (C) each Guarantor shall not have any obligation or liability to any Person under this Limited Guarantee other than as expressly set forth herein. Excluded Claim means a claim to enforce a Persons funding obligations under the Equity Commitment Letter, including as a result of the exercise of the Guaranteed Party of its rights to specific performance. The Maximum Amount shall mean $32,000,000 less all amounts paid by or on behalf of Parent with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. In no event will anything in the Limited Guarantee limit any Guarantors obligations under the Equity Commitment Letter.
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2. Terms of Limited Guarantee.
(a) This Limited Guarantee is one of payment and performance, not collection. A separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantors to enforce the Limited Guarantee, irrespective of whether any action is brought against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person or whether Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person is joined in any such action or actions (subject in all cases, other than an Excluded Claim, to the Maximum Amount and each Maximum Guarantor Amount). Each Guarantor reserves the right to assert any and all defenses which Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower may have to payment of the Guaranteed Obligations under the Merger Agreement. Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Party may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantors, (i) extend the time of payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (ii) make any agreement with Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, in each case, without in any way impairing or affecting such Guarantors obligations under this Limited Guarantee or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Limited Guarantee.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, the liability of the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional irrespective of:
(i) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower or any Guarantor or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation or other similar proceeding of any of the foregoing or affecting any of their respective assets;
(ii) any change in the manner, place or terms of payment or performance, or any change or extension of the time of payment or performance of, renewal or alteration of, any Guaranteed Obligation, any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof, or any amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the terms of the Merger Agreement or the documents entered into in connection therewith, in each case, made in accordance with the terms thereof;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other right that any or all of the Guarantors may have at any time against Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower whether in connection with any Guaranteed Obligation or otherwise;
(iv) any action or inaction on the part of the Guaranteed Party, including, without limitation, the absence of any attempt to assert, or any delay in asserting, any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower, or collect the Guaranteed Obligations from Parent or any of the Guarantors;
(v) any release, waiver, forbearance or discharge, in whole or in part, of any obligation of Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower contained in the Merger Agreement (other than expressly with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations);
(vi) the adequacy of any other means the Guaranteed Party may have of obtaining repayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(vii) any other occurrence, circumstance, act or omission that may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than as a result of indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms or as a result of defenses to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that would be available to Parent, Merger Sub and the Debt Financing Borrower under the Merger Agreement).
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(c) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Guarantors expressly waive any and all rights or defenses arising by reason of any law which would otherwise require any election of remedies by the Guaranteed Party (but without prejudice to Section 9.12 of the Merger Agreement). The Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Guaranteed Party upon this Limited Guarantee or acceptance of this Limited Guarantee. The Guarantors expressly waive promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance of this Limited Guarantee and of the Guaranteed Obligations, presentment, demand for payment, notice of non-performance, default, dishonor and protest, notice of the incurrence of any Guaranteed Obligations and all other notices of any kind (except for notices to be provided to Parent in accordance with Section 9.7 of the Merger Agreement). The Guarantors also expressly waive: (i) all defenses which may be available by virtue of any stay, moratorium law or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; (ii) any right to require the marshalling of assets of Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower or any other Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (iii) all suretyship defenses generally (other than indefeasible payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with their terms or defenses to the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations that are available to Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower under the Merger Agreement). Each Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall not and shall cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, institute any proceeding or make any claim asserting that this Limited Guarantee is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with its terms. The Guarantors acknowledge that they will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and that the waivers set forth in this Limited Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits and after the advice of counsel. When pursuing its rights and remedies under this Limited Guarantee against any Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall be under no obligation to pursue such rights and remedies it may have against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Person for the Guaranteed Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto. Any failure by the Guaranteed Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from Parent, Merger Sub or any such other Person or to realize upon or to exercise any such right of offset, and any release by the Guaranteed Party of Parent, Merger Sub or any such other Person or any right of offset, in each case, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any liability under this Limited Guarantee, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Guaranteed Party.
(d) The Guaranteed Party shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to any Guaranteed Obligation in the event that Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding. The failure of the Guaranteed Party to so file any claim shall not affect the Guarantors obligations under this Limited Guarantee. If any payment to the Guaranteed Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation hereunder is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, the Guarantors shall remain liable under this Limited Guarantee with respect to the Guaranteed Obligation as if such payment had not been made.
3. Sole Remedies. The Guaranteed Party agrees that it has and shall have no right of recovery against any of the Guarantors, any former, current or future, direct or indirect director, manager, officer, employee, agent, financing source or Affiliate of any of the Guarantors, any former, current or future, direct or indirect holder of any equity interests or securities of any of the Guarantors (whether such holder is a limited or general partner, manager, member, stockholder,
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securityholder or otherwise), any former, current or future assignee of any of the Guarantors, any former, current or future director, officer, employee, agent, financing source, general or limited partner, manager, management company, member, stockholder, securityholder, Affiliate, controlling Person or representative or assignee of any of the foregoing, or any former, current or future heir, executor, administrator, trustee, successor or assign of any of the foregoing other than Parent, Merger Sub or their successors and assignees under the Merger Agreement (any such person or entity, other than the undersigned, or Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower or their successors and assignees under the Merger Agreement, a Related Person), through Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower or otherwise. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges and agrees that the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence applies without regard to whether any claim is asserted by attempting to pierce the corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership veil, by or through a claim by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub against any of the Guarantors or any Related Person of any Guarantor, or otherwise. The foregoing limitation shall not apply, however, to: (a) rights and claims against any counterparty to the Confidentiality Agreement (or a joinder thereto) ; (b) rights and claims against Parent, Merger Sub or the Debt Financing Borrower under or relating to the Merger Agreement (including in respect of fraud), subject to the limitations set forth therein; or (c) rights and claims against the Guarantors and their successors and assigns (i) under this Limited Guarantee and pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Limited Guarantee, (ii) to (A) an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable remedies to prevent breaches of the Equity Commitment Letter or to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the Equity Commitment Letter pursuant to, and subject to the limitations, thereof, and to Section 9.12 and Section 9.15 of the Merger Agreement and or (B) to enforce the Guaranteed Partys rights to consent to certain matters as expressly provided under the Equity Commitment Letter (each, a Permitted Claim). Except for the Permitted Claims, recourse against the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall be the sole and exclusive remedy (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) of the Guaranteed Party and its shareholders and all of their respective Affiliates against the Guarantors and any Related Person of any Guarantor in respect of any breach, loss or damage arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. The Guaranteed Party covenants and agrees that neither it nor its shareholders shall institute, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to institute, any proceeding or bring any other claim arising under, or in connection with, the Merger Agreement or the Transactions contemplated thereby, against the Guarantors or any Related Person of any Guarantor, except for any Permitted Claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Guarantor (x) consolidates with or merges with any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (y) transfers or conveys all or a substantial portion of its properties and other assets to any person such that the sum of such Guarantors remaining net assets plus its uncalled capital, plus available funds is less than the Maximum Guarantor Amount, then, and in each such case, the Guaranteed Party may seek recourse against such continuing or surviving entity or such Person, as the case may be, but only to the extent of the unpaid liability of such Guarantor hereunder up to the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor is liable, as determined in accordance with this Limited Guarantee. Other than in respect of Permitted Claims, the Guaranteed Party further covenants and agrees that: (I) neither it nor its shareholders shall have the right to recover, and shall not recover, and neither it nor its shareholders shall institute, directly or indirectly, and shall cause their respective Affiliates not to institute, any proceeding or bring any other claim to recover, more than the Maximum Amount in the aggregate from the Guarantors or the Maximum Guarantor Amount from any Guarantor, their permitted assignees and Parent or Merger Sub in respect of any liabilities or obligations of the Guarantors, Parent or Merger Sub arising under or in connection with the Merger Agreement, this Limited Guarantee or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; and (II) the Guaranteed Party shall promptly return all monies paid to it or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in excess of such liabilities or obligations. Nothing set forth in this Limited Guarantee shall confer
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or give to any Person other than the Guaranteed Party any rights or remedies against any Person, including the Guarantors, except as expressly set forth in this Limited Guarantee. The Guaranteed Party acknowledges that the Guarantors are agreeing to enter into this Limited Guarantee in reliance on the provisions set forth in this Section 3. This Section 3 shall survive termination of this Limited Guarantee.
4. Representations and Warranties. Each Guarantor represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, as of the date hereof that:
(a) it has (and will continue to have) the requisite capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Limited Guarantee and to fulfill and perform its obligations hereunder;
(b) except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee in any material respect or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner, the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by it (i) has been duly and validly authorized and approved by all necessary limited partnership or other entity action, and no other proceedings or other actions on the part of it (including any internal or committee approvals) are necessary therefor and (ii) will not (A) violate any law or (B) result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligations or to the loss of any benefit under, any contract to which it is a party;
(c) this Limited Guarantee has been duly and validly executed by it and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights, and by general equitable principles;
(d) such Guarantor has (and will continue to have until the termination of such Guarantors obligations under this Limited Guarantee in accordance with Section 5) unfunded capital commitments, plus available funds, in an amount not less than the Maximum Guarantor Amount;
(e) except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee in any material respect or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner, all consents, approvals, authorizations, permits of, filings with and notifications to, any Governmental Body necessary for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee by it have been obtained or made and all conditions thereof have been duly complied with; and
(f) except as would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Limited Guarantee in any material respect or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner, no other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Body is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Limited Guarantee.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Guaranteed Party has specifically relied on the accuracy of the representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.
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5. Termination. This Limited Guarantee shall terminate and the Guarantors shall have no further obligation under this Limited Guarantee as of the earliest to occur of: (a) the Closing; (b) 90 days following the termination of the Merger Agreement unless prior to such date (i) the Guaranteed Party shall have delivered a written notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or (ii) the Guaranteed Party shall have commenced a Legal Proceeding against any Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub alleging that any such Guaranteed Obligations are due and owing, in which case this Limited Guarantee shall survive solely with respect to such obligations and shall terminate upon the final, non-appealable resolution of all such Legal Proceedings by a court of competent jurisdiction and the satisfaction by the Guarantors of any obligations finally determined or agreed to be owed by the Guarantors consistent with the terms hereof); and (c) the receipt by the Guaranteed Party of the Guaranteed Obligations (regardless of whether paid by the Guarantors or by Parent or an Affiliate thereof). In the event that the Guaranteed Party or any Affiliates of the Guaranteed Party asserts in any litigation relating to this Limited Guarantee that the provisions of Section 1 limiting the Guarantors liability to the Maximum Guarantor Amount or the provisions of Section 3 or this Section 5 are illegal, invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, or asserts any theory of liability against the Guarantors or any of their Related Persons with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement other than the Permitted Claims: (x) the obligations of the Guarantors under this Limited Guarantee shall terminate forthwith and shall thereupon be null and void; (y) if any Guarantor has previously made any payments under this Limited Guarantee, such Guarantor shall be entitled to recover such payments from the Guaranteed Party; and (z) neither the Guarantors nor any Related Person of any Guarantor shall have any liability to the Guaranteed Party or any of its Subsidiaries or shareholders or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or under this Limited Guarantee.
6. Continuing Guarantee. Except to the extent terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 above, this Limited Guarantee: (a) is a continuing one and shall remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (b) is binding upon the Guarantors, their successors and assigns; and (c) shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors, transferees and assigns. All obligations to which this Limited Guarantee applies or may apply under the terms hereof shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance on this Limited Guarantee.
7. Confidentiality. This Limited Guarantee shall be treated as strictly confidential and is being provided to the Guaranteed Party solely in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. This Limited Guarantee may not be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to in any document (other than the Merger Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter), except with the written consent of the Guarantors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guaranteed Party may disclose this Limited Guarantee and the information contained in this Limited Guarantee: (a) in connection with the enforcement of this Limited Guarantee, the Merger Agreement and the Equity Commitment Letter; and (b) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, the rules of any national securities exchange and requirements with respect to any SEC filings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Limited Guarantee may be provided by the Guaranteed Party to its advisors, strictly for informational purposes, who have been directed to treat this Limited Guarantee as confidential, and the Guaranteed Party shall cause such advisors to so treat this Limited Guarantee as confidential and be liable for any breach of such confidentiality obligation.
8. Entire Agreement. This Limited Guarantee, together with the Merger Agreement, the Equity Commitment Letter and the Confidentiality Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter of those documents and supersedes any and all prior discussions, negotiations, proposals, undertakings, understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, among Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower and the Guarantors or any of their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Guaranteed Party or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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9. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Limited Guarantee will be valid and binding unless it is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by each of the Guarantors and the Guaranteed Party or, in the case of waiver, by the party or each of the parties against whom the waiver is to be effective. No waiver by any party of any breach or violation of, or default under, this Limited Guarantee, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent breach, violation or default under this Limited Guarantee or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence. No delay or omission on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Limited Guarantee will operate as a waiver thereof. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to the Guaranteed Party or allowed the Guaranteed Party by law or other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranteed Party at any time or from time to time.
10. Counterparts. This Limited Guarantee may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Limited Guarantee will become effective when duly executed by each party hereto.
11. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly received if given) by hand delivery in writing or by facsimile transmission with confirmation of receipt, as follows:
(a) by hand (in which case, it will be effective upon delivery);
(b) by facsimile (in which case, it will be effective upon receipt of confirmation of good transmission); or
(c) by overnight delivery by a nationally recognized courier service (in which case, it will be effective on the next business day after being deposited with such courier service; in each case, to the address (or facsimile number) listed below (or to such other address or facsimile number as a party may designate by notice to the other parties):
If to any Guarantor, to it at:
c/o Apollo Management IX, L.P.
9 West 57th Street
43rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention: Laurie Medley, Esq.
Facsimile: +1 646-607-0528
Email: lmedley@apollolp.com
with a copy to:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attention: David K. Lakhdhir
Facsimile: +1 (212) 492-0030
Email: dlakhdhir@paulweiss.com
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If to the Guaranteed Party, to it at:
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
110 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
Attention: Scott Myers
Facsimile: +1 (617) 649-1654
Email: SMyers@amagpharma.com
with a copy to:
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Attention: Stuart M. Cable
Jacqueline Mercier
Lillian Kim
Facsimile: +1 (617) 649-1409
Email: scable@goodwinlaw.com;
JMercier@goodwinlaw.com;
LKim@goodwinlaw.com
or to such other address as the Person to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.
12. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue. This Limited Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws. In any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Limited Guarantee, each of the Parties: irrevocably and unconditionally (a) consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chosen Courts; (b) irrevocably consents to service of process by first class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the address at which such Party is to receive notice in accordance with Section 11 hereof; and (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court. Each of the Parties irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any Legal Proceeding between the Parties (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise), including any counterclaim, arising out of or relating to this Limited Guarantee or the actions of any Party in the negotiation, administration, performance and enforcement of this Limited Guarantee. Each Party: (i) makes this waiver voluntarily; and (ii) acknowledges that such Party has been induced to enter into this Limited Guarantee by, among other things, the mutual waivers contained in this Section 12.
13. No Assignment. Neither the Guarantors nor the Guaranteed Party may assign its rights, interests or obligations under this Limited Guarantee to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party (in the case of an assignment by the Guarantors) or the Guarantors (in the case of an assignment by the Guaranteed Party). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a portion of any Guarantors commitment under the Equity Commitment Letter is assigned in accordance with the terms thereof, then a corresponding portion of such Guarantors Obligations under this Limited Guarantee may be assigned to the same assignee but only upon condition that such Guarantor shall remain liable to perform all of its obligations under this Limited Guarantee.
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14. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Limited Guarantee is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the Persons who are signatories any rights or remedies hereunder, except that each Related Person of any Guarantor shall be considered a third party beneficiary of the provisions of Section 3 above.
15. Severability. Any term or provision of this Limited Guarantee that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If any term or provision of this Limited Guarantee is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted for the invalid or unenforceable provision in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Limited Guarantee may not be enforced without giving full and absolute effect to the limitation of the amount payable by each Guarantor hereunder to the Maximum Guarantor Amount provided in Sections 1, 3 and 5 of this Limited Guarantee. No party hereto shall assert, and each party shall cause its respective Affiliates and Related Persons not to assert, that this Limited Guarantee or any part hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
16. Subrogation. The Guarantors will not exercise against Parent, Merger Sub, the Debt Financing Borrower any rights of subrogation, contribution, exoneration, reimbursement or indemnification, whether arising by contract or operation of law (including, without limitation, any such right arising under bankruptcy or insolvency laws) or otherwise, by reason of any payment by any of them pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 unless and until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full.
17. Headings. The headings contained in this Limited Guarantee are for convenience purposes only and will not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and delivered this Limited Guarantee as of the date first written above.
GUARANTORS: | ||
AP IX (EURO AIV), L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
|
Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
|
Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (892 AIV) IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
|
Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary |
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APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (DELAWARE) IX, L.P. | ||
By: Apollo Advisors IX, L.P., its general partner | ||
By: Apollo Capital Management IX, LLC, its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ Laurie D. Medley |
|
Name: | Laurie D. Medley | |
Title: | Vice President & Assistant Secretary | |
APOLLO OVERSEAS PARTNERS (LUX) IX, SCSP | ||
By: Apollo Overseas Partners (Lux) IX GP, S.a. r.l., its general partner | ||
By: |
/s/ James R. Crossen |
|
Name: | James R. Crossen | |
Title: | Class A Manager | |
By: |
/s/ Fabien Morelli |
|
Name: | Fabien Morelli | |
Title: | Class B Manager |
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EXHIBIT A
Maximum Guarantor Amount
Guarantor |
Maximum
Guarantor Amount |
% of
Maximum Amount |
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AP IX (Euro AIV), L.P. |
$ | 13,846,080 | 43.269 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (892 AIV) IX, L.P. |
$ | 8,058,240 | 25.182 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (Delaware) IX, L.P. |
$ | 2,820,160 | 8.813 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners (Lux) IX, SCSp |
$ | 1,997,440 | 6.242 | % | ||||
Apollo Overseas Partners IX, L.P. |
$ | 5,278,080 | 16.494 | % |
Exhibit (d)(4)
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
May 29, 2020
Covis Pharma
Le Dome, 3rd floor
2 Avenue Charles de Gaulle
L-1653 Luxembourg
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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In connection with your consideration of a possible negotiated business combination transaction between AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company) and you (the Possible Transaction), you have requested information concerning the Company that is confidential and proprietary. As a condition to your being furnished such information, you agree to treat any information, in any form or medium, whether written or oral, concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or divisions (whether prepared by the Company, its advisors or otherwise) that is furnished to you by or on behalf of the Company (herein collectively referred to as the Evaluation Material) in accordance with the provisions of this letter agreement and to take or abstain from taking certain other actions herein set forth. The term Evaluation Material includes, without limitation, all notes, analyses, compilations, Excel spread sheets, data, reports, studies, interpretations or other documents furnished to you or your Representatives (as defined below) or prepared by you or your Representatives to the extent such materials reflect or are based upon, in whole or in part, the Evaluation Material. The term Evaluation Material does not include information that (a) is or becomes available to you on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company or its Representatives; provided that such source is not known by you to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to, the Company that prohibits such disclosure, (b) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by you or your Representatives in violation of this letter agreement or (c) has been or is independently developed by you or your Representatives without the use of the Evaluation Material or in violation of the terms of this letter agreement. For purposes of this letter agreement references to your Representatives shall include your Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and except as limited by the last sentence of this paragraph) and your and your Affiliates directors, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and other professional representatives. Without the Companys prior written consent, neither you nor any of your Representatives shall share any Evaluation Material or Transaction Information with any potential debt or equity financing sources (except for your Affiliates); provided that upon receipt of such written consent, any such financing source shall automatically be deemed a Representative under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Apollo Global Management, Inc. family of funds and portfolio companies shall not be Affiliates for purposes of this letter agreement, except for Apollo Global |
Management, Inc., Apollo Management International LLP and Apollo Management IX LLP (collectively, the Apollo Management Affiliates) and any other Apollo Management entity participating in the Possible Transaction (any other such Apollo Management entity, a Participating Apollo Entity). |
2. |
You hereby agree that the Evaluation Material and Transaction Information will be kept confidential and used solely for the purpose of evaluating and negotiating the Possible Transaction; provided, however, that the Evaluation Material and Transaction Information may be disclosed (i) to your Representatives who need to know such information for the sole purpose of evaluating and negotiating a Possible Transaction, (ii) pursuant to an External Demand in accordance with paragraph 5 of this letter agreement, and (iii) as the Company may otherwise consent in writing. All such Representatives shall (A) be informed by you of the confidential nature of the Evaluation Material and Transaction Information, (B) agree to keep the Evaluation Material and Transaction Information strictly confidential, and (C) be advised of the terms of this letter agreement and agree to be bound by the terms hereof to the same extent as if they were parties to this letter agreement. You agree to be responsible for any breaches of any of the provisions of this letter agreement by any of your Representatives (it being understood that such responsibility shall be in addition to and not by way of limitation of any right or remedy the Company may have against your Representatives with respect to such breach); provided that you shall not be liable for the actions or inactions of any non-controlled Affiliate (other than the Apollo Management Affiliates) or any Participating Apollo Entity (or their respective Representatives) to the extent such Affiliate or Participating Apollo Entity (or their respective Representatives) has not been provided with Evaluation Material or Transaction Information, unless such Affiliate or Participating Apollo Entity (or their respective Representative) is acting on your behalf, at your direction or for your benefit. |
3. |
You hereby acknowledge that you and your Representatives are aware that the Evaluation Material and Transaction Information may contain material, non-public information about the Company and you hereby agree that you and your Representatives may not purchase or sell any securities of the Company while in possession of such information. |
4. |
You will not, and will direct your Representatives not to, disclose to any person (including any governmental agency, authority or official or any third party) either the fact that discussions or negotiations are taking place concerning the Possible Transaction or any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the Possible Transaction, including the status thereof or that Evaluation Material has been made available to you (such information, Transaction Information); provided, however, that disclosure of Transaction Information pursuant to an External Demand shall be governed by paragaph 4 of this letter agreement; provided further, however, that, other than in the case of an External Demand, you and your Affiliates may disclose Transaction Information (a Permitted Disclosure) if but only if (i) such disclosure is required under applicable securities, antitrust or other laws or under applicable stock exchange rules as determined based on advice of outside legal counsel and (ii) such disclosure requirement does not arise from a breach of this letter agreement. |
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you further agree that you will not, directly or indirectly, share the Evaluation Material or Transaction Information with or enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or any discussions which would reasonably be expected to lead to such an agreement, arrangement or understanding with any other person, including other potential bidders and equity or debt financing sources (other than your Representatives as permitted above) regarding a Possible Transaction involving the Company without the prior written consent of the Company and only upon such person executing a confidentiality agreement in favor of the Company with terms and conditions consistent with this letter agreement. You further agree that neither you nor any of your Representatives will, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any other person that has or would have the effect of requiring such person to provide you or your Representatives with financing or financial advisory services on an exclusive basis in connection with a Possible Transaction. In addition, you agree neither you nor any of your Representatives will intentionally discourage or restrict financial institutions or financial advisors from being retained by other potential bidders as advisors for a Possible Transaction. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this letter agreement, (x) in the case of a Permitted Disclosure or (y) in the event you or any of your Representatives receive a request or are required by deposition, interrogatory, request for documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process or pursuant to a formal request from a regulatory examiner (any such requested or required disclosure, an External Demand) to disclose all or any part of the Evaluation Material or Transaction Information, you or your Representatives, as the case may be, agree (unless prohibited by applicable law) to (a) immediately notify the Company of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such External Demand or Permitted Disclosure, (b) consult with the Company on the advisability of taking legally available steps to resist or narrow such request or disclosure, and (c) assist the Company, at the Companys expense, in seeking a protective order or other appropriate remedy to the extent available under the circumstances. In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the Company waives compliance with the provisions hereof, (i) you or your Representatives, as the case may be, may disclose only that portion of the Evaluation Material or Transaction Information which you or your Representatives are advised by outside legal counsel is legally required to be disclosed and to only those persons to whom you or your Representatives are advised by outside legal counsel are legally required to receive such information, and you or your Representatives shall exercise reasonable efforts to obtain assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Evaluation Material or Transaction Information, and (ii) you or your Representatives shall not be liable for such disclosure, unless such disclosure was caused by or resulted from a previous disclosure by you or your Representatives not permitted by this letter agreement. |
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Unless otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing, (a) all communications regarding the Possible Transaction, (b) requests for additional information, (c) requests for facility tours or management meetings and (d) discussions or questions regarding procedures, timing and terms of the Possible Transaction, will be submitted or directed exclusively to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the Banker). Contact information for the appropriate Banker representatives is included in Exhibit A to this letter agreement. |
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You agree that, for a period until one (1) year from the later of the date hereof or the termination of discussions regarding a Potential Transaction, neither you nor any of your Representatives will, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment or employ or cause to leave the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries without obtaining the prior written consent of the Company; provided that you or your Representatives may make general solicitations for employment not specifically directed at the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective employees and employ any person who responds to such solicitations. You further agree that, for a period of one (1) year from the later of the date hereof or the termination of discussions regarding a Potential Transaction, neither you nor any of your Representatives, will, directly or indirectly, divert or attempt to divert, any customers, partners, including research partners, or other parties with whom the Company does business with; provided that the foregoing limitation will not apply to marketing efforts undertaken in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice. |
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You hereby acknowledge that, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, for a period of one (1) year from the later of the date of this letter agreement or the termination of discussions regarding a Potential Transaction, neither you nor any of your Representatives will, directly or indirectly: (a) propose any merger, consolidation, business combination, tender or exchange offer, purchase of the Companys assets or businesses, or similar transactions involving the Company (including its subsidiaries), or any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries; (b) acquire beneficial ownership of any securities (or any instrument that gives you or any of your Representatives the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of voting securities of the Company (a Derivative)) of the Company (any transaction specified in (a) and (b) involving a majority of the outstanding capital stock or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is referred to as a Business Combination); (c) propose or seek, whether alone or in concert with others, any solicitation (as such term is used in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission)) of proxies or consents to vote any securities (including a Derivative) of the Company; (d) nominate any person as a director of the Company; (e) propose any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company; (f) form, join or in any way participate in a third party group (as such term is used in the rules of the Commission) (or discuss with any third party the potential formation of a group) with respect to any securities (including a Derivative) of the Company or a Business Combination involving the Company; (g) request the Company (or any of its officers, directors or representatives), directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this paragraph (including this sentence); or (h) take any action that could require the Company to make a public announcement regarding a potential Business Combination; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit you from making a confidential proposal to the Company or the Companys Board of Directors for a transaction involving a Business Combination. |
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Although the Company has endeavored to include in the Evaluation Material information which it believes to be relevant for the purpose of your investigation, you understand that none of the Company, the Banker, or their respective representatives have made or make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the Evaluation Material. You agree that none of the Company, the Banker, or their respective representatives shall have any liability to you or any of your Representatives resulting from the selection, use or content of the Evaluation Material by you or your Representatives. |
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Upon the Companys demand, you and your Representatives shall promptly (a) destroy the Evaluation Material and any copies thereof (including material that references Transaction Information) or (b) return to the Company all Evaluation Material and any copies thereof, and, in either case, confirm in writing to the Company that all such material (including material that references Transaction Information) has been destroyed or returned, as applicable, in compliance with this letter agreement. It is understood that information in an intangible or electronic format containing Evaluation Material or Transaction Information cannot be removed, erased or otherwise deleted from archival systems (also known as computer or system back-ups) but that such information will continue to be protected under the confidentiality requirements and non-use limitations contained in this letter agreement and you and such Representatives shall continue to be bound by the obligations of confidentiality and non-use hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you and your Representatives may retain one copy of any work product prepared by you or them that contains Evaluation Material or Transaction Information to the extent necessary or advisable pursuant to applicable legal or regulatory requirements; provided that you and such Representatives shall continue to be bound by the obligations of confidentiality and non-use hereunder for such period of time as you and such Representatives retain such work product. |
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You acknowledge and agree that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach (or threatened breach) of this letter agreement by you or your Representatives and that the Company shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach (or threatened breach), without proof of damages, and you agree to waive, and shall cause your Representatives to waive, any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with any such remedy. Such remedies shall not be the exclusive remedies for a breach of this letter agreement, but will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity. |
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You agree that unless and until a definitive agreement between the Company and you (or your Affiliate) with respect to the Possible Transaction (a Definitive Agreement) has been executed and delivered, neither the Company nor you will be under any legal obligation of any kind whatsoever with respect to any transaction by virtue of this or any written or oral expression except, in the case of this letter agreement, for the matters specifically agreed to herein. In addition, you hereby waive, in advance, any claims (including, without |
limitation, breach of contract) in connection with any Possible Transaction other than claims under any Definitive Agreement relating to a Possible Transaction or under this letter agreement. For purposes of this letter agreement, the term Definitive Agreement does not include an executed letter of intent or any other preliminary written agreement, nor does it include any oral acceptance of an offer or bid by you. |
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You acknowledge that (a) the Company and the Banker shall be free to conduct the negotiation for a Possible Transaction as they in their sole discretion shall determine (including, without limitation, negotiating with any of the prospective buyers and entering into a definitive agreement without prior notice to you or to any other person) and (b) any procedures relating to such transaction may be implemented or changed at any time without notice to you or any other person. |
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No failure or delay by the Company or any of its representatives in exercising any right, power or privilege under this letter agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof unless in writing and signed by an officer of the Company or other authorized person on its behalf. No modification or amendment of this letter agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an officer of the Company, or other authorized person on its behalf, and you, or other authorized person on your behalf. |
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The illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof under the laws of any jurisdiction shall not affect its legality, validity or enforceability under the laws of any other jurisdiction, nor the legality, validity or enforceability of any other provision. |
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This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. The parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Courts in the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of the State of Delaware for any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement and the Possible Transaction, and agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding related thereto except in such courts. |
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This letter agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute the same agreement. One or more counterparts of this letter agreement may be delivered by facsimile or pdf electronic transmission, with the intention that they shall have the same effect as an original counterpart hereof. |
Very truly yours, | ||
AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph Vittiglio | |
Name: | Joseph Vittiglio | |
Title: | CBO | |
Confirmed and Agreed to: | ||
Covis Pharma | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Porter | |
Name: | Michael Porter | |
Title: | Class A Manager | |
Date: | 2020-5-29 |