AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among BARR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. and BORON ACQUISITION CORP. Dated as of July 17, 2008
EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
XXXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
and
BORON ACQUISITION CORP.
Dated as of July 17, 2008
XXXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.
and
BORON ACQUISITION CORP.
Dated as of July 17, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER |
2 | |||
1.1. The Merger |
2 | |||
1.2. Effective Time |
2 | |||
ARTICLE II THE SURVIVING CORPORATION |
2 | |||
2.1. Effect of the Merger |
2 | |||
2.2. Certificate of Incorporation |
2 | |||
2.3. By-Laws |
2 | |||
2.4. Directors |
2 | |||
2.5. Officers |
3 | |||
ARTICLE III EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES |
3 | |||
3.1. Effect on Capital Stock |
3 | |||
3.2. Exchange of Share Certificates |
5 | |||
3.3. Appraisal Rights |
8 | |||
3.4. Adjustments to Prevent Dilution |
8 | |||
ARTICLE IV THE CLOSING |
9 | |||
4.1. Closing |
9 | |||
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
9 | |||
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company |
9 | |||
5.2. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub |
25 | |||
ARTICLE VI CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER |
34 | |||
6.1. Covenants of the Company |
34 | |||
6.2. Covenants of Parent |
37 | |||
6.3. No Control of Other Party’s Business |
38 | |||
ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
39 | |||
7.1. Access |
39 | |||
7.2. Acquisition Proposals |
39 | |||
7.3. Stockholders Meeting |
42 | |||
7.4. Filings; Other Actions; Notification |
42 | |||
7.5. Proxy Statement/Prospectus; F-4 Registration Statement |
44 | |||
7.6. Stock Exchange Listing |
46 | |||
7.7. Stock Exchange Delisting; Deregistration of Stock |
46 | |||
7.8. Publicity |
46 | |||
7.9. Employee Benefits Matters |
46 | |||
7.10. Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance |
48 | |||
7.11. Expenses |
49 | |||
7.12. Takeover Statute |
49 | |||
7.13. Section 16 Matters |
49 |
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7.14. Tax-Free Reorganization |
49 | |||
7.15. Non-Solicitation; No-Hire |
50 | |||
7.16. Accountants’ Comfort Letters |
50 | |||
7.17. Alternative Structure |
50 | |||
ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS |
51 | |||
8.1. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
51 | |||
8.2. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub |
51 | |||
8.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company |
52 | |||
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
53 | |||
9.1. Termination by Mutual Consent |
53 | |||
9.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company |
53 | |||
9.3. Termination by the Company |
54 | |||
9.4. Termination by Parent |
54 | |||
9.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment |
55 | |||
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL |
56 | |||
10.1. Survival |
56 | |||
10.2. Modification or Amendment |
56 | |||
10.3. Waiver |
56 | |||
10.4. Counterparts |
56 | |||
10.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE |
56 | |||
10.6. Notices |
57 | |||
10.7. Entire Agreement; NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS |
58 | |||
10.8. No Third-Party Beneficiaries |
58 | |||
10.9. Obligations of Parent and of the Company |
59 | |||
10.10. Severability |
59 | |||
10.11. Disclosure Schedules |
59 | |||
10.12. Interpretation |
59 | |||
10.13. Assignment |
59 | |||
10.14. Specific Performance |
60 |
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit A Parent Officer Representation Letter
Exhibit B Company Officer Representation Letter
Exhibit B Company Officer Representation Letter
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
Defined Term | Section | |||
368 Reorganization |
5.1 | (n)(x) | ||
Acquisition Proposal |
7.2 | |||
Affected Employees |
7.9 | (a)(i) | ||
Affiliate |
3.2 | (d) | ||
Agreement |
Preamble | |||
Antitrust Law |
7.4 | (f) | ||
Asbestos |
5.1 | (m) | ||
Asbestos-Containing Material |
5.1 | (m) | ||
Audit Date |
5.1(e)(iii) | |||
Bankruptcy and Equity Exception |
5.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Book Entry Shares |
3.1(c) | |||
Business Day |
4.1 | |||
By-Laws |
2.3 | |||
Certificate |
3.1(c) | |||
Certificate of Incorporation |
2.2 | |||
Certificate of Merger |
1.2 | |||
Change of Recommendation |
7.2 | |||
Closing |
4.1 | |||
Closing Year |
7.9(a)(ii) | |||
Closing Date |
4.1 | |||
CMS |
5.1 | (k) | ||
Code |
Recitals | |||
Company |
Preamble | |||
Company Advisor |
5.1 | (w) | ||
Company Awards |
3.1(d)(ii) | |||
Company Option |
3.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Company Balance Sheet |
5.1 | (g) | ||
Company Common Stock |
3.1 | (b) | ||
Company Compensation and Benefit Plan |
5.1 | (j)(i) | ||
Company Disclosure Schedules |
5.1 | |||
Company Intellectual Property Rights |
5.1 | (p)(i) | ||
Company Material Adverse Effect |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Company Reports |
5.1 | (e)(i) | ||
Company Required Statutory Approvals |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Company Requisite Vote |
5.1 | (u) | ||
Company Stock Plans |
5.1 | (b) | ||
Company Stockholders Meeting |
7.3 | |||
Compensation and Benefit Plan |
5.1 | (j)(i) | ||
Confidentiality Agreement |
10.7 | |||
Contracts |
5.1(d)(ii) | |||
control |
3.2 | (d) |
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Defined Term | Section | |||
Copyrights |
5.1 | (p)(i) | ||
DEA |
5.1 | (k) | ||
Depository |
3.2 | (a) | ||
DGCL |
Recitals | |||
Dissenting Shares |
3.3 | (a) | ||
Divestitures |
7.4 | (f) | ||
EC Merger Regulation |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Effective Time |
1.2 | |||
Environmental Law |
5.1 | (m) | ||
ERISA |
5.1 | (j)(i) | ||
Exchange Act |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Exchange Agent |
3.2 | (a) | ||
Exchange Fund |
3.2 | (a) | ||
Exchange Ratio |
3.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Executive Bonus Plans |
7.9(a)(ii) | |||
F-4 Registration Statement |
5.1 | (f) | ||
FDA |
5.1 | (k) | ||
First Step Merger |
7.17 | |||
Foreign Antitrust Filings |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Governmental Entity |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Hazardous Substance |
5.1 | (m) | ||
HHS |
5.1 | (k) | ||
HSR Act |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Indemnified Parties |
7.10 | |||
Intellectual Property Rights |
5.1 | (p)(i) | ||
ISA |
5.2 | (d)(i) | ||
knowledge |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Laws |
5.1 | (k) | ||
Legal Privilege |
7.4 | (b) | ||
Liens |
5.1 | (q) | ||
Litigation Claims |
5.1 | (i) | ||
Merger |
Recitals | |||
Merger Consideration |
3.1 | (c) | ||
Merger Sub |
Preamble | |||
Merger Sub 2 |
7.17 | |||
Nasdaq |
5.2 | (d)(i) | ||
NYSE |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Option Exchange Ratio |
3.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Orange Book |
5.1(p)(ii) | |||
Order |
8.1 | (c) | ||
Organizational Documents |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Parent |
Preamble | |||
Parent ADRs |
3.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Parent ADSs |
3.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Parent Award |
3.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Parent Balance Sheet |
5.2 | (g) |
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Defined Term | Section | |||
Parent Disclosure Schedules |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Parent Intellectual Property Rights |
5.2 | (l)(i) | ||
Parent Material Adverse Effect |
5.2 | (a) | ||
Parent Ordinary Shares |
3.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Parent Reports |
5.2 | (e)(i) | ||
Parent Required Statutory Approvals |
5.2 | (d)(i) | ||
Parent Stock Plans |
5.2 | (b) | ||
Patents |
5.1 | (p)(i) | ||
Permitted Liens |
5.1 | (q) | ||
Person |
3.2 | (b) | ||
Proxy Statement |
7.5 | |||
Proxy Statement/Prospectus |
7.5 | |||
Registration Statements |
5.1 | (f) | ||
Representatives |
7.2 | |||
S-8 Registration Statement |
3.1 | (d)(i) | ||
SEC |
5.1 | (e)(i) | ||
Securities Act |
5.1 | (d)(i) | ||
Significant Subsidiary |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Stock Consideration |
3.1 | (c)(i) | ||
Subsidiary |
5.1 | (a) | ||
Superior Proposal |
7.2 | |||
Surviving Corporation |
1.1 | |||
Takeover Statute |
5.1 | (l)(i) | ||
TASE |
5.2 | (d)(i) | ||
Tax |
5.1(n)(xi) | |||
Tax Return |
5.1(n)(xi) | |||
Taxes |
5.1(n)(xi) | |||
Termination Date |
9.2 | (a) | ||
Trademarks |
5.1 | (p)(i) | ||
Transition Period |
7.9 | (a) | ||
U.S. Company Plan |
5.1(j)(ii) | |||
U.S. GAAP |
5.1 | (a) |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this “Agreement”), dated as of July
17, 2008, by and among Xxxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an Israeli corporation (“Parent”), and Boron
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger Sub”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub have agreed to enter into a business combination
transaction pursuant to which the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub
continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Merger”), all upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the “DGCL”);
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub have
each unanimously (i) determined that the Merger and other transactions contemplated hereby are
advisable and are fair to and in the best interests of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub and their
respective stockholders and (ii) approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof;
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of the Company and Merger Sub have
unanimously determined to recommend to their respective stockholders the approval and adoption of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the
Merger);
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that (i) the Merger qualify as a
reorganization under the provisions of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) this Agreement
shall constitute a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.368-(2)(g); and
WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to make certain representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated herby and to prescribe certain conditions to the consummation of the Merger and such
other transactions;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, each intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, the Company shall be merged with
and into Merger Sub and the separate corporate existence of the Company shall thereupon cease.
Merger Sub shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as
the “Surviving Corporation”), and shall succeed to and assume all the rights and
obligations of the Company in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL.
1.2. Effective Time. On the Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger
to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by, and executed in
accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL, and the Merger shall become effective upon
such filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at
such later time as the parties may agree and shall specify in the Certificate of Merger (such time
at which the Merger becomes effective, the “Effective Time”).
ARTICLE II
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
2.1. Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be
as provided in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all
the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in
the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub
shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
2.2. Certificate of Incorporation. At the Effective Time, the certificate of
incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided
therein or by Law (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), except that Article I
thereof shall be amended, by the filing of the Certificate of Merger or other appropriate
documents, to read in its entirety as follows: “The name of the corporation is Xxxx
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”
2.3. By-Laws. At the Effective Time, and without any further action on the part of
the Company or Merger Sub, the by-laws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, and including the provisions required by Section 7.10(d), shall be the
by-laws of the Surviving Corporation (the “By-Laws”), until thereafter amended as provided
therein, in the Certificate of Incorporation or in accordance with applicable Law.
2.4. Directors. Subject to requirements of applicable Law, the directors of Merger
Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly elected or appointed
and
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qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws.
2.5. Officers. Effective as of the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the initial executive officers of the Surviving
Corporation, who shall serve until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws.
ARTICLE III
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
3.1. Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, as a result of the Merger and
without any further action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any holder of any
capital stock of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub:
(a) Merger Sub. Each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Merger Sub
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of
common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, which shall constitute the
only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation as of immediately after the
Effective Time.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock. Each share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”), and any
other shares of capital stock of the Company, that is owned by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company or by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Subsidiary of Parent shall automatically be cancelled
and retired and shall cease to be outstanding, and no Merger Consideration shall be delivered or
deliverable in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Common Stock. Subject to Section 3.3, each issued and
outstanding share of Company Common Stock (other than Dissenting Shares and shares of Company
Common Stock to be cancelled and retired pursuant to Section 3.1(b)), shall be converted
into the right to receive the following consideration (the “Merger Consideration”):
(i) 0.6272 (as may be adjusted pursuant to Section 3.4, the “Exchange Ratio”)
ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.10, of Parent, duly issued and credited as fully paid
(collectively, the “Parent Ordinary Shares”) which will trade in the United States
in the form of American Depositary Shares (“Parent ADSs,” each Parent ADS
representing one Parent Ordinary Share), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts
(“Parent ADRs”) (such Parent ADSs, together with any cash in lieu of fractional
Parent ADSs to be paid pursuant to Section 3.2(f), the “Stock
Consideration”); and
(ii) $39.90 in cash.
At the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall
automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to be outstanding, and, in the case of
shares of Company Common Stock represented by book-entry (“Book-Entry Shares”),
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the names of the former registered holders shall be removed from the registry of holders of such
shares, and: (A) each holder of a certificate representing any such shares (other than Book-Entry
Shares) of Company Common Stock (a “Certificate”) shall cease to have any rights with
respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration upon the surrender of such
Certificate (for each share of Company Common Stock previously represented thereby), and (B) each
holder of Book-Entry Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto except the right to
receive the Merger Consideration following such removal of such holder’s name from the registry of
holders of such shares (for each such Book-Entry Share).
(d) Company Options and SARs.
(i) The Company shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to provide that each
option to purchase Company Common Stock (each a “Company Option”) that is
outstanding as of the Effective Time and held by any non-employee member of the Company’s
Board of Directors, shall, conditional upon consummation of the Merger, to the extent such
Company Options have not been exercised as of the Effective Time, whether or not exercisable
or vested, be assumed by Parent and converted into an option or stock appreciation right, as
applicable, to acquire Parent Ordinary Shares in the form of Parent ADSs (a “Parent
Award”), to be evidenced by Parent ADRs upon exercise, in an amount and at an exercise
price as determined in accordance with Section 3.1(d)(ii). Each Company Option so
assumed will be subject to, and exercisable and vested on, the same terms and conditions as
under such Company Option as of the Effective Time, except that: each assumed Company
Option shall (A) constitute an award to acquire that number of Parent ADSs (rounded down to
the nearest number of whole Parent ADSs) equal to the product of: (x) the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option immediately prior to the Effective
Time, and (y) the Option Exchange Ratio (defined below) and (B) have an exercise price per
Parent ADS equal to the quotient of (x) the per share exercise price of such Company Option
immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (y) the Option Exchange Ratio. For
purposes of this Section 3.1(d)(i), the term “Option Exchange Ratio” shall
mean the sum of: (A) the Exchange Ratio and (B) the quotient of (I) $39.90, divided by (II)
the closing price per Parent ADS on the Business Day immediately preceding the Effective
Time (as reported by Nasdaq on such Business Day). On or prior to the Effective Date,
Parent shall file an appropriate Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the
offering of the Parent ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Parent Awards (the “S-8
Registration Statement”) and, as promptly as practicable, shall comply with the terms of
Section 7.6 so that holders of Parent Awards may, subject to applicable Law, freely
sell the Parent ADSs issuable upon exercise of the Parent Awards.
(ii) The Company shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to provide that each
Company Option, and each stock appreciation right granted on Company Common Stock
(collectively, “Company Awards”), in any case held by any current or former employee
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which is outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time (whether vested or unvested, exercisable or not exercisable), shall be
canceled by the Company, and the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive promptly
following the Effective Time from Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, in
consideration for such cancellation, an amount (less applicable
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withholdings and without interest) equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of
(A) $66.50, over (B) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such
Company Award, multiplied by (y) the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to such
Company Award. The Company shall take all commercially reasonable actions that may be
necessary (under the applicable Company Stock Plans and otherwise) to effectuate the
provisions of this Section 3.1(d)(ii).
(iii) Promptly following the date hereof, the Company shall take all actions that are
necessary or appropriate to cause the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan to be modified,
terminated and/or suspended so that no purchase of Company Common Stock shall or may occur
from and after the expiration of the offering period currently in effect under such plan or
the Closing Date (if earlier).
3.2. Exchange of Share Certificates. (a) Exchange Agent. Prior to the Effective
Time, Parent shall designate The Bank of New York, which currently acts as the depository for the
ADSs, or another U.S. bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company (in such capacity,
the “Depository”), to act as agent (the “Exchange Agent”) for the holders of shares
of Company Common Stock to receive the Merger Consideration to which such holders shall become
entitled with respect to such holder’s shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Sections
3.1(c) and 3.1(d). At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent or Merger Sub shall deposit or
cause the Depository to deposit with the Exchange Agent, (i) that number of Parent ADRs and Parent
Ordinary Shares, as applicable, and (ii) cash, in each case as are issuable or payable,
respectively, pursuant to this Article III in respect of shares of Company Common Stock for
which Certificates or evidence of Book-Entry Shares have been properly delivered to the Exchange
Agent. The deposit made by Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section
3.2(a) is hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund.” The Exchange Agent shall
cause the Exchange Fund to be (i) held for the benefit of the holders of Company Common Stock and
(ii) applied promptly to making the payments provided for in Sections 3.1(c) and 3.1(d).
The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose that is not expressly provided for in this
Agreement; provided that Parent may direct the Exchange Agent to invest the Exchange Fund in
obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America and backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America or in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or
better by Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively; provided
further, that no such investment or losses shall affect the cash consideration payable to holders
of Company Common Stock entitled to receive such consideration or cash in lieu of fractional Parent
ADSs as provided in Section 3.2(f) and Parent shall promptly provide additional funds to
the Exchange Agent for the benefit of such holders entitled to receive such consideration in the
amount of any loss. Any interest or other income resulting from such investments shall be (A) the
property of Parent and (B) promptly paid to Parent. Parent shall, prior to the Effective Time,
allot Parent Ordinary Shares referred to in Sections 3.1(c) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(b) Payment Procedures.
(i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of shares of
Company Common Stock at the Effective Time (A) a letter of transmittal specifying that
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delivery of the Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
Certificates and Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates (or
effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or evidence of Book-Entry Shares, as the case
may be, to the Exchange Agent, such letter of transmittal to be in such form and have such
other provisions as Parent and the Company shall reasonably agree and (B) instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu
thereof) and evidence of Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration (such
instructions shall include instructions for the payment of the Merger Consideration to a
Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share
is registered on the transfer books of the Company, subject to the receipt of appropriate
documentation for such transfer). Upon the proper surrender of a Certificate (or effective
affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or evidence of Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent,
together with a properly completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, and such other
documents as may reasonably be requested by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the
applicable Merger Consideration (after giving effect to any required tax withholdings) that
such holder has the right to receive pursuant to this Article III, and the
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered will forthwith be cancelled and retired. No
interest shall be paid, payable or accrued on any amount payable upon due surrender of the
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of
Company Common Stock that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, the cash
and the number of Parent ADSs to be paid and issued upon due surrender of the Certificate or
Book-Entry Shares may be paid to such a transferee if the Certificate or evidence of
Book-Entry Shares formerly representing such shares of Company Common Stock is presented to
the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such
transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid or are not
applicable.
(ii) No dividends or other distributions with respect to securities of Parent
constituting part of the Merger Consideration shall be paid to the holder of any
Certificates or Book Entry Shares not surrendered until such Certificates or Book Entry
Shares, as applicable, are surrendered as provided in this Section 3.2. Following
such surrender, in addition to the Merger Consideration, there shall be paid, without
interest, to the Person in whose name the securities of Parent have been registered, (A) at
the time of surrender, the amount of all dividends or other distributions with a record date
after the Effective Time, which were either previously paid or payable on the date of such
surrender with respect to such securities and (B) at the appropriate payment date, the
amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to such securities with a
record date after the Effective Time and prior to surrender and with a payment date
subsequent to such surrender.
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Person” shall mean any individual,
corporation (including, without limitation, any not-for-profit corporation), general or limited
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust, association, organization,
Governmental Entity or other entity of any kind or nature.
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(c) Transfers. After the Effective Time, there shall be no registration of transfers
on the stock transfer books of the Company of shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains
unclaimed by the holders of Company Common Stock on the first anniversary after the Effective Time
shall be returned to Parent, the Surviving Corporation or another Affiliate of Parent, as may be
designated by Parent or the Surviving Corporation. Any holders of Company Common Stock who have
not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to Parent or the
Surviving Corporation for payment of the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation, the Exchange Agent or any
other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount
properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or
similar Laws. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Affiliate” means, with respect to any
Person, (i) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls such Person, and (ii) each
Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate
of such Person, provided that, for the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
(e) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event that any Certificate shall
have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person
claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent (and upon such
terms and subject to such conditions as Parent shall reasonably require), (i) the agreement by such
Person to indemnify and hold harmless Parent, the Surviving Corporation and any of their respective
Affiliates from and against any and all claims with respect to such Certificate and/or (ii) the
posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount as indemnity against any and all such claims,
the Exchange Agent or Parent (as the case may be) will issue, or cause to be issued, in exchange
for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration upon due surrender of the
shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, no fractional Parent ADSs will be issued and any holder of shares of Company Common Stock
entitled to receive a fractional Parent ADS but for this Section 3.2(f) shall be entitled
to receive a cash payment in lieu thereof, which payment shall represent such holder’s
proportionate interest in the net proceeds for the sale by the Exchange Agent on behalf of such
holder of the aggregate fractional Parent ADS that such holder otherwise would be entitled to
receive. Any such sale shall be made by the Exchange Agent within five (5) Business Days after the
date upon which the Certificate (or affidavit(s) of loss in lieu thereof) that would otherwise
result in the issuance of such fractional Parent ADSs has been received by the Exchange Agent.
(g) Withholding Rights. Each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to
this Article III such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the
making of such payment under provision of any federal, state, local or foreign tax law. If Parent
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or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, so withholds amounts, such amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of
Company Common Stock or Company Awards in respect of which Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as
the case may be, made such deduction and withholding.
3.3. Appraisal Rights. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, shares of Company Common Stock (including Book-Entry Shares) outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time and held by a holder who has not voted in favor of the Merger or
consented thereto in writing and who has demanded appraisal for such shares in accordance with
Section 262 of the DGCL (such shares of Company Common Stock with respect to which appraisal rights
have been perfected and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL, the
“Dissenting Shares”), shall not be converted into, or represent the right to receive, the
Merger Consideration. Such stockholders shall be entitled to receive, subject to and net of any
applicable withholding of Taxes, payment of the appraised value of such Dissenting Shares held by
them in accordance with the provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL, except that all Dissenting
Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who shall have effectively
withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such Dissenting Shares under Section 262 of the DGCL
shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, as of
the Effective Time, the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon,
upon surrender, in the manner provided in Section 3.2, of such Dissenting Shares.
(b) The Company shall give Parent prompt notice of, together with copies of, any demands for
appraisal received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments served on
or otherwise received by the Company pursuant to the DGCL. Parent shall have the exclusive right
to direct and control all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any and all such demands for
appraisal. Without limiting, and in furtherance of, the foregoing, the Company shall not, except
with the prior written consent of Parent, (i) make any payment with respect to any such demands for
appraisal, (ii) offer to settle or otherwise settle any such demands or (iii) waive any failure to
properly make or effect any such demand for appraisal or other action required to perfect appraisal
rights in accordance with the DGCL.
3.4. Adjustments to Prevent Dilution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Agreement, if, after the date hereof, and prior to the Effective Time, the issued and
outstanding Company Common Shares, or Parent Ordinary Shares shall have been changed into a
different number of shares or a different class by reason of any stock split, reverse stock split,
stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or
other similar transaction, or Parent changes the number of Parent Ordinary Shares represented by a
Parent ADS, then the Merger Consideration and Exchange Ratio and any other similarly dependent
items, as the case may be, shall be equitably adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Common
Stock the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such action, and as so
adjusted shall, from and after the date of such event, be the Merger Consideration, the Exchange
Ratio or other dependent item, as applicable, subject to further adjustment in accordance with this
Section 3.4.
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ARTICLE IV
THE CLOSING
4.1. Closing. The closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall take place (i) at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on the third Business Day after the last to be
satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (other than those
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of those conditions) shall be satisfied or waived (by the party entitled to the benefit
of such condition) in accordance with this Agreement, or (ii) at such other place and time and/or
on such other date as the Company and Parent may agree in writing (the date on which the Closing
occurs, the “Closing Date”). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Business
Day” means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week, other than days on which banks
are required or authorized by Law to close in Tel Aviv or New York City.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth on the
disclosure schedules delivered to Parent by the Company simultaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedules”) and except as disclosed in
the Company Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement (other than disclosures in the “Risk
Factors” or “Forward Looking Statements” sections of any such reports or other forward-looking
statements set forth in such reports), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub that:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company and each of its
Significant Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or
similar power and authority to own and operate its material properties and assets and to carry on
its business as currently conducted in all material respects and is qualified to do business and is
in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of
its properties and assets or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified as a foreign corporation or be in good standing would not be reasonably
likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The
Company has heretofore made available to Parent complete and correct copies of the Organizational
Documents of the Company and each of Xxxx Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation, PLIVA d.d., a
Croatian corporation, and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in each case as
amended and in effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, directly or
indirectly, any equity interest in any Person that is organized in Israel, nor does the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries own or lease offices in Israel, have employees working for them in Israel
or maintain inventory in Israel.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Organizational Documents” means, with respect to
any Person, the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation, articles of formation,
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certificate of formation, articles of association, memorandum of association, by-laws,
operating agreement, limited liability company agreement or partnership agreement (or, in each
case, any comparable governing instruments) of such Person.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any other Person of which at least a majority of the securities or ownership interests
having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or other
Persons performing similar functions) of such other Person is directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such specified Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such specified
Person and any one or more of its Subsidiaries.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Significant Subsidiary” means a “significant
subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).
As used in this Agreement, the term “Company Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, business, assets or results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that any such effect resulting from or
arising out of (i) any change, after the date hereof, in Law or United States generally accepted
accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) or interpretations thereof, (ii) general changes in
economic or business conditions, or in the securities markets, (iii) changes in conditions
affecting the generic pharmaceutical industry or the pharmaceutical industry generally, (iv) the
execution, announcement and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or any actions taken, delayed or omitted to be taken by the Company pursuant to
and in accordance with this Agreement or at the request of Parent or Merger Sub, (v) any decline in
the trading price or trading volume of Company Common Stock, or (vi) any failure by the Company to
meet internal projections or forecasts or third party revenue or earnings predictions for any
period shall not be considered when determining if a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred,
except in the case of the preceding clause (i), (ii) or (iii) for such effects which have a
materially disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as compared
to other companies in the pharmaceutical business; it being understood that any event, change,
development, effect or occurrence giving rise to such decline in the trading price or trading
volume of Company Common Stock as described in the preceding clause (v), or such failure to meet
internal projections or forecasts or third party predictions as described in the preceding clause
(vi), as the case may be, may be the cause of, and may be deemed to be, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
As used in this Agreement, the term “knowledge” or any similar formulation of
knowledge shall mean actual knowledge of: (i) with respect to the Company, those individuals set
forth in Section 5.1(a)-1 of the Company Disclosure Schedules; and (ii) with respect to Parent,
those persons set forth in Section 5.2(a)-1 of the disclosure schedules delivered to the Company by
Parent simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure
Schedules”).
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (A)
200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 108,385,085 shares were issued and outstanding
as of July 15, 2008, and (B) 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per
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share, of the Company, none of which shares are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of:
(x) each of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and, to the extent reflected in Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedules (with such exceptions as noted therein), is owned by the Company or a direct
or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of any material Lien; and (y)
each of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries) is duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and, to the knowledge of the Company, nonassessable and, to
the extent reflected in Section 5.1(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules (with such exceptions
as noted therein), is owned by the Company or a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company free and clear of any material Lien. As of July 15, 2008, there were 10,997,785 shares of
Company Common Stock subject to outstanding Company Awards and 4,129,503 shares of Company Common
Stock reserved for future Company Award grants under the Company 2007 Stock and Incentive Award
Plan, the Xxxx Laboratories 2002 Stock and Incentive Award Plan, the Xxxx Laboratories 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan, the Xxxx Laboratories 1993 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, the Xxxx
Laboratories 2002 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, the Duramed 1986 Stock Option Plan,
the Duramed 1998 Stock Option Plan, the Duramed 1991 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors,
the Duramed 1997 Stock Option Plan, the Duramed 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan, and the
Duramed 2000 Stock Option Plan (collectively, the “Company Stock Plans”). Except as set
forth in Section 5.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and other than Company Awards,
there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock
appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments
to issue or to sell any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such
rights are authorized, issued or outstanding.
(c) Corporate Authority.
(i) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all
corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and to consummate, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to receipt of the Company
Requisite Vote (assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.2(u) and the Company Required Statutory Approvals. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by each of Parent and Merger Sub, is a valid and legally binding agreement of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).
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(ii) Subject to Section 7.2, the board of directors of the Company has
authorized and approved this Agreement and the Merger and other transactions contemplated
hereby and has resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company adopt this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the
Merger).
(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations.
(i) Other than any reports, filings, registrations, approvals and/or notices
(A) required to be made pursuant to Section 1.2, (B) under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), the European
Commission Council Regulation (EC) 139/2004 (the “EC Merger Regulation”), the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Exchange Act and
state securities, takeover and “blue sky” laws, (C) required to be made or given to, filed
with or obtained from Governmental Entities by virtue of the jurisdictions in which the
Company or its Subsidiaries conduct business or own any assets (collectively, with those
filings and approvals set forth in Section 5.2(d)(i) of the Parent Disclosure
Schedules, the “Foreign Antitrust Filings”), (D) set forth on Section
5.2(d)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, and (E) required to be made with the New
York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (items (B) through (D), inclusive, the “Company
Required Statutory Approvals”), no notices, reports, registrations or other filings are
required to be made by the Company with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals,
permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company from, any United States or
foreign federal, state, or local governmental or regulatory authority, agency, commission,
body or other governmental entity including, without limitation, the FDA and the DEA (each a
“Governmental Entity”), in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby,
except for those that the failure to make or obtain are not, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not constitute or result in (A) a
breach or violation of, or a default under, the Organizational Documents of the Company, (B)
a breach or violation of, or a default under, any Organizational Document of any Significant
Subsidiary of the Company, (C) a breach or violation of, a default under, the acceleration
of any obligations, the loss of any right or benefit, or the creation of a Lien on the
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (with or without notice, lapse of
time or both) pursuant to, any agreement, lease, contract, note, mortgage, indenture,
arrangement or other obligation not otherwise terminable by the other party on ninety days
or less notice (“Contracts”) binding upon the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company or any Law or governmental or non-governmental permit or license to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject or (D) any change in the rights or obligations
of any party under any of the Contracts, except, in the case of clauses (B), (C) or (D)
above, for any breach, violation, default, acceleration, creation or change that would not,
either individually or in the aggregate, be
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reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e) Company Reports; Financial Statements.
(i) The filings required to be made by the Company since December 31, 2005 under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), including all material forms, registration, proxy and information
statements, reports, agreements (oral or written) and all documents, exhibits, amendments
and supplements appertaining thereto, and complied, as of their respective dates, in all
material respects with all applicable requirements of the statutes and the rules and
regulations thereunder as in effect on the dates so filed (collectively, including any
amendments of any such reports filed with the SEC by the Company prior to the date hereof,
the “Company Reports”). None of the Company Reports (in the case of Company Reports
filed pursuant to the Securities Act), as of their effective dates, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading. None of the
Company Reports (in the case of Company Reports filed pursuant to the Exchange Act)
contained, when filed as finally amended or subsequently mailed to stockholders, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(ii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries included
in such Company Reports complied as of the effective or file dates thereof, as applicable,
as to form in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto as in effect on such dates. Each of the consolidated balance sheets
included in or incorporated by reference into Company Reports (including the related notes
and schedules) presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of its date, and each of the consolidated statements of
income and consolidated statements of cash flows included in or incorporated by reference
into Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents, in all
material respects, the results of operations, retained earnings and changes in financial
position, as the case may be, of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth
therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to the absence of notes and normal
year-end audit adjustments), in each case in accordance with U.S. GAAP consistently applied
during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein.
(iii) The management of the Company has (A) implemented (x) disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material
information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the
management of the Company by others within those entities and (y) a system of internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) designed
to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
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with U.S. GAAP, and (B) disclosed to the Company’s outside auditors and the audit
committee of the board of directors of the Company (x) all significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process,
summarize and report financial data and (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting. A summary of any of those disclosures made by management
to the Company’s auditors and audit committee since December 31, 2006 has been made
available to Parent. Since December 31, 2007 (the “Audit Date”), there has not been any
material change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(f) Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by the
Company specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the S-8 Registration
Statement and the Registration Statement of Parent to be filed with the SEC with respect to the
offering of Parent ADSs in connection with the Merger (the “F-4 Registration Statement”
and, together with the S-8 Registration Statement, the “Registration Statements”) or any
amendment or supplement thereto will, at the time such Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto is filed with the SEC or at the time such Registration Statement becomes
effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
made therein not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, at the date of mailing to
stockholders and at the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting
and any amendments or supplements thereto will, at the date of mailing to stockholders and at the
time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder as in effect
on such dates. No representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements
made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub or
any of their respective representatives for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus or any Registration Statement.
(g) No Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever in existence on the date hereof, whether
accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, of a nature required to be
set forth in the Company’s balance sheet under U.S. GAAP or the notes thereto, other than: (i)
liabilities or obligations set forth in the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company as
of March 31, 2008 included in the Company Reports (the “Company Balance Sheet”); (ii)
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices since March 31, 2008; (iii) liabilities or obligations incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) liabilities and obligations under Contracts in
effect as of the date hereof or entered into hereafter not in violation of the terms of this
Agreement; and (v) liabilities or obligations that are not reasonably likely to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
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(h) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Audit Date and prior to the date of this
Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole have conducted their business in all material respects only in, and have not
engaged in any material transaction other than according to, the Company’s ordinary course of such
business and there has not been: (i) any change in the financial condition, properties, assets,
business or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or any other change,
circumstance or event, that has had or would be reasonably likely to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect; (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any repurchase, redemption or other
acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any securities of the Company (other than regular
quarterly dividends in the ordinary course of business); (iii) any change by the Company in
accounting principles, practices or methods which is not permitted by U.S. GAAP; or (iv) any
material increase in the compensation payable or that could become payable by the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries to officers or key employees or any material amendment of any of the
Company Compensation and Benefit Plans that would have a material impact on the Company’s or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries’ businesses, as applicable, other than increases or amendments in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(i) Litigation. There are no civil, criminal or administrative actions, suits,
claims, hearings, investigations, reviews or proceedings, including without limitation any
challenges to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ patents under Paragraph IV of the Drug Price
Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, by or before any Governmental Entity
(collectively, “Litigation Claims”), pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for those that would not be
reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect. There are no material SEC inquiries or investigations, other material governmental
inquiries or investigations or material internal investigations pending, or to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened, in each case regarding any accounting practices of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any malfeasance by any director (or any Person in a similar position) or executive
officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. This Section 5.1(i) does not relate to
employee benefits or ERISA matters, which are the subject of Section 5.1(j), or employee or
labor matters, which are the subject of Section 5.1(o).
(j) Employee Benefits.
(i) For the purposes of this Agreement: (i) “Compensation and Benefit Plan”
shall mean each “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and all other employee
compensation and benefits plans, policies, programs, arrangements or payroll practices,
including multiemployer plans within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, and each other
stock purchase, stock option, restricted stock, severance, retention, employment,
consulting, change-of-control, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred
compensation, employee loan, fringe benefit and other benefit plan, agreement, program,
policy, commitment or other arrangement, whether or not subject to ERISA (including any
related funding mechanism now in effect or required in the future), whether formal or
informal, oral or written, legally binding or not; and (ii) “Company
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Compensation and Benefit Plan” shall mean each material Compensation and
Benefit Plan under which any past or present director, officer, employee, consultant or
independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future
right to benefits or to which contributions are made or otherwise required to be made, by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, together with any trust agreement or insurance
contract forming a part of such Compensation and Benefit Plan. Section 5.1(i)(i) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Company
Compensation and Benefit Plans.
(ii) The Company has provided or made available to Parent or its counsel each and every
Company Compensation and Benefit Plan that is maintained in the United States (a “U.S.
Company Plan”). As soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement (but in no
event later than thirty (30) calendar days after such date), the Company shall make
available to Parent or its counsel each and every other Company Compensation and Benefit
Plan.
(iii) Each U.S. Company Plan has been established and administered in accordance in all
material respects with its terms, and in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Law.
(iv) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Compensation and Benefit Plan
maintained outside of the United States has been established and administered in accordance
with its terms, and in compliance with applicable Law.
(v) Each Company Compensation and Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS that
it is so qualified and that its trust is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the
Code, and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or
failure to act, that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification.
Except as would not reasonably be likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
litigation or other proceeding relating to the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans (other
than routine claims for benefits).
(vi) No Company Compensation and Benefit Plan is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of
ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code. No Company Compensation and Benefit Plan is a
“multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, and to the knowledge of the
Company, no events have occurred and no circumstances exist that have resulted in, or would
reasonably be expected to result in, any material “withdrawal liability” (within the meaning
of Section 4201 of ERISA) being incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates that
remains unsatisfied.
(vii) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will (either alone or in combination with another event)
(A) result in any payment becoming due, or increase the
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amount of any compensation or benefits due, to any current or former employee of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or with respect to any U.S. Company Plan; (B) increase any
benefits otherwise payable under any U.S. Company Plan; or (C) result in the acceleration of
the time of payment or vesting of any such compensation or benefits.
(viii) Each U.S. Company Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (as
defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been operated (A) during the period
commencing on January 1, 2005 and ending on December 31, 2006, in good faith compliance with
Section 409A of the Code, IRS Notice 2005-1, the Proposed Treasury Regulations promulgated
under Section 409A of the Code, and (B) since January 1, 2007, in good faith compliance with
Section 409A of the Code and the Final Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 409A
of the Code (or, to the extent applicable, IRS Notice 2005-1 or the Proposed Treasury
Regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Code).
(k) Compliance with Laws.
(i) Since January 1, 2006, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has not
been conducted in violation of any United States or foreign, federal, state or local law,
statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment, order, injunction, decree, arbitration
award, agency requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Entity (collectively,
“Laws”), including, without limitation, the United States Food and Drug
Administration (the “FDA”), the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (the
“DEA”), the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”),
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the HHS Office of Inspector
General, and other Governmental Entity rules, regulations and policies, including, without
limitation, relating to state or federal anti-kickback sales and marketing practices, off
label promotion, government health care program price reporting, good clinical practices,
good manufacturing practices, good laboratory practices, advertising and promotion, pre- and
post-marketing adverse drug experience and adverse drug reaction reporting, and all other
pre- and post-marketing reporting requirements, as applicable, except for violations that
would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is debarred under
the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992 or employs or uses the services of any individual
who is debarred or, to the Company’s knowledge, has engaged in any activity that would
reasonably be expected to lead to debarment. No investigation or review (other than routine
inspections by the FDA or any other Governmental Entity concerned with the safety, efficacy,
reliability, manufacture, investigation, sale or marketing of pharmaceuticals) by any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated an
intention to conduct the same, except for those the outcome of which would not be reasonably
likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has, or has applied for, all permits, licenses,
franchises, variances, exemptions, orders and other governmental authorizations, consents
and approvals from Governmental Entities necessary to conduct its business as currently
conducted, except for those the absence of which would not be reasonably likely to have,
either individually
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or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the agents, employees, vendors
or suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been excluded from participation
in any federal health care program, as defined under 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(f), for the
provision of items or services for which payment may be made under such federal health care
program, nor been debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or
voluntarily excluded by any state or federal department or agency.
(ii) The Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the
directors, officers, agents and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, are in
compliance in all material respects with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended.
(l) Anti-Takeover Statutes and Agreements.
(i) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5.2(u), no “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other
similar anti-takeover Law (each, including, without limitation, Section 203 of the DGCL, a
“Takeover Statute”) or any anti-takeover provision in any of the Organizational
Documents of the Company is or will be applicable to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting, and in furtherance of, the
foregoing, the Company and its board of directors have taken all actions necessary to cause
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the
Merger) to be exempt from provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or is otherwise
bound under, any rights agreement, stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly
referred to as a “poison pill”).
(m) Environmental Matters. Except for such matters that would not, either
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to cause a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i) the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and since January 1, 2006, have been in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
possesses and maintains in effect all environmental permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals
required of it to operate as it currently operates under applicable Environmental Laws with respect
to the properties and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries have received any written environmental claim, notice or request for
information concerning any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any applicable Environmental Law, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is there any existing factual
or legal basis that could reasonably be expected to result in any such claim; (iv) to the Company’s
knowledge, there has been no release or threat of release of any Hazardous Substances which could
reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any of
its or any of its Subsidiaries’ current properties, as currently operated, or at any former
properties or at any other property arising from its or any of its Subsidiaries’ current or former
operations; (v) there are no writs, injunctions, decrees, orders or judgments outstanding, or any
actions, suits or proceedings pending against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to
compliance by the Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries with any environmental permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals required
under applicable Environmental Laws or liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
any applicable Environmental Law; and (vi) no Lien has been placed upon any of the Company’s or the
Subsidiaries’ properties (whether owned, leased or managed) under any Environmental Law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including, but not
limited to, Section 5.1(k)), the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Section 5.1(m) constitute the sole representations and warranties of the Company with
respect to any Environmental Law or Hazardous Substance.
As used herein: (i) “Environmental Law” means any Law (including common law) relating
to: (a) pollution; (b) the protection of the environment (including air, water, soil, subsurface
strata and natural resources) or human health and safety as affected by exposure to Hazardous
Substances in the workplace or the environment; and (c) the regulation of the use, storage,
handling, transportation, treatment, release, remediation or disposal of Hazardous Substances; (ii)
“Hazardous Substance” means any chemical, material or substance that is defined or
regulated as such by any Environmental Law, including without limitation, petroleum, petroleum
products, and Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Materials in quantities regulated by any applicable
Environmental Law; (iii) “Asbestos” includes chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite; tremolite
asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos, asbestos winchite, asbestos richterite, and
any of these minerals that have been chemically treated and/or altered and any asbestiform variety,
type or component thereof; and (iv) “Asbestos-Containing Material” means any material
containing Asbestos, including, without limitation, any Asbestos-containing products, automotive or
industrial parts or components, equipment, improvements to real property and any other material
that contains Asbestos in any chemical or physical form.
(n) Tax Matters. Except for such matters that would not, either individually or in the
aggregate, be reasonably likely to cause a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (A) have duly and timely filed (taking
into account any extension of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be
filed by any of them as of the date hereof and all such filed Tax Returns are complete and
accurate in all material respects; (B) have timely paid all Taxes that are shown as due on
such filed Tax Returns and any other Taxes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are
otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to Taxes that are being contested in good
faith; (C) with respect to all Tax Returns filed by or with respect to any of them, have not
waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of time
with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency; (D) as of the date hereof, do not have any
deficiency, audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding in respect of Taxes
pending or threatened in writing; and (E) have provided adequate reserves in accordance with
U.S. GAAP in the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the Company Reports, for any material Taxes of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that have not been paid, whether or not shown as being due on any
Tax Returns.
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(ii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, is bound by or has an
obligation under any Tax sharing agreement, Tax indemnification agreement, Tax allocation
agreement or similar Contract or arrangement (including any agreement, Contract or
arrangement providing for the sharing or ceding of credits or losses) other than customary
provisions contained in credit or other commercial lending agreements, employment
agreements, or arrangements with lessors, customers and vendors.
(iii) None of the Company and its Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of
income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) change in method of
accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date under Code Section
481(c) (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax
law); (B) “closing agreement” as described in Code Section 7121 (or any corresponding or
similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the
Closing Date; or (C) intercompany transaction (as defined in Treasury regulations section
1502-13) made on or prior to the Closing Date.
(iv) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has withheld and paid to the appropriate
Taxing authority all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with
amounts paid or owing to any current or former employee, independent contractor, creditor,
stockholder or other third party and has complied in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of such
Taxes.
(v) In the past five years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a
member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated, combined or unitary U.S. federal,
state, local or foreign income Tax Return (other than a group whose common parent was the
Company).
(vi) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes of
any Person (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) under Treasury regulation section
1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee or
successor, by contract, or otherwise.
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any requests for rulings in
respect of Taxes pending between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Tax authority.
(viii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has during the last five
years distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another
Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part
by Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code.
(ix) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has at any time, participated in a
“listed transaction” or “reportable transaction” each as defined in Section 6011 of the Code
and the regulations thereunder. No IRS Form 8886 has been filed by the Company or any
Subsidiary.
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(x) Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any
action, or is aware of any fact or circumstance, that would prevent the Merger from
qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code (a “368
Reorganization”).
(xi) As used in this Agreement, (i) the term “Tax” (including, with correlative
meaning, the term “Taxes,”) includes all federal, state, local and foreign income,
profits, franchise, gross receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severances,
stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use, property, withholding,
excise, production, value added, occupancy and other taxes, duties or assessments of any
nature whatsoever, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect
to such amounts and any interest in respect of such penalties and additions, and (ii) the
term “Tax Return” includes all returns and reports (including elections,
declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information returns, as well as
attachments thereto and amendments thereof) required to be supplied to a Tax authority
relating to Taxes.
(o) Labor Matters.
(i) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have (A)
been in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to employment of labor, including all
applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, employment discrimination,
civil rights, occupational safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity,
classification of employees, and the collection and payment of withholding and/or social
security Taxes, and Laws that could require overtime to be paid to any current or former
employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (B) met all requirements required by Law or
regulation relating to the employment of foreign citizens, including all requirements of
I-9, and to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
currently employs, or has ever employed, any Person who was not permitted to work in the
jurisdiction in which such Person was employed. No employee has, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened to bring a material claim for unpaid compensation or employee benefits,
including overtime amounts.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective
bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable to its United States employees
and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are not any activities and proceedings of any
labor union to organize any such employees.
(iii) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is the subject of any proceeding asserting that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has committed an unfair labor practice or any other violation of law relating
to employee matters, nor since January 1, 2006 has there been any labor strike, dispute,
walk-out, work stoppage, slow-down or lockout involving the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. No notices, reports, registrations or other filings are required to be made
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with, nor are any consents, registrations,
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approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries from, any works council, labor union or similar entity or governing body in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for those notices, reports, registrations or other
filings, the failure of which to make, obtain or file would not be reasonably likely to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in Section 5.1(p) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules:
(i) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or is licensed or otherwise possesses
sufficient rights to use and enforce all Intellectual Property Rights material to the
operations of its business as currently conducted (all such Intellectual Property Rights,
together with all Intellectual Property Rights to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has been granted any license or other rights, collectively “Company
Intellectual Property Rights”). “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean:
patents, patent applications of any kind (including, without limitation, divisions,
continuations, continuations in part and renewal applications), inventions, discoveries and
invention disclosures (whether or not patented), and any renewals, extensions,
re-examinations, supplementary protection certificates or reissues thereof, in any
jurisdiction (collectively, “Patents”); rights in registered and unregistered
trademarks, trade names, service marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress,
logos, domain names, and other indications of origin, the goodwill associated with the
foregoing and registrations in any jurisdiction of, and applications in any jurisdiction to
register, the foregoing, including any extension, modification or renewal of any such
registration or application (collectively, “Trademarks”); know-how, nonpublic
information, trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information; published and
unpublished writings and other works, whether copyrightable or not, in any jurisdiction; and
registrations or applications for registration of copyrights in any jurisdiction, and any
renewals or extensions thereof (collectively, “Copyrights”); any and all other
intellectual property or proprietary rights relating to any of the foregoing.
(ii) Except for such matters that would not be reasonably likely to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, (A) the use or practice
of any Intellectual Property Rights by the Company or its Subsidiaries, or the conduct of
their business as currently conducted, does not conflict with, infringe upon, misuse,
violate or constitute a misappropriation of any right, title, interest or goodwill in or to
any, Intellectual Property Right of any other Person and (B) except with respect to ANDAs
filed in the United States under paragraph IV of the Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act or with respect to
applications for approval of generic pharmaceutical products filed under comparable laws or
regulations in territories outside the United States, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim that, or otherwise has any knowledge
that, any Company Intellectual Property Right is invalid or unenforceable, or conflicts with
the asserted Intellectual Property Right of any other Person, or is being infringed upon,
misused, violated or misappropriated by any other Person. To the knowledge of the Company,
no court has ruled or otherwise held that any of the Patents owned by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries that is listed in the U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration’s book of “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic
Equivalence Evaluations” (the “Orange Book”) that claims or covers any drug product sold by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is (A) invalid or unenforceable or (B) not infringed
by any generic pharmaceutical product that is the subject of any ANDA filed in the United
States or with respect to applications for approval of generic pharmaceutical products filed
under comparable laws or regulations in territories outside the United States.
(iii) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, no Company Intellectual Property Right will
terminate or cease to be a valid right of the Company by reason of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance of the Company of its obligations
hereunder, or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(iv) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has entered into any consents, judgments, orders, indemnifications,
forbearances to xxx, settlement agreements, licenses or other arrangements in connection
with the resolution of any disputes or Litigation Claims which (A) restrict the Company’s or
any of its Subsidiaries’ right to use any Company Intellectual Property Rights, or (B)
restrict the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses in any manner in order to
accommodate any Person’s Intellectual Property Right.
(v) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the Company’s knowledge, no Person
conflicts with, infringes upon, violates or otherwise misappropriates any Company
Intellectual Property Right, and, as of the date hereof, except as set forth on Section
5.1(p)(v) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, there are no such actions, suits or
proceedings pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(q) Title to Properties. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and valid
title to all of its material properties and assets, free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
pledges, charges, security interests, encumbrances or other adverse claims of any kind in respect
of such property or asset (collectively, “Liens”), except for Permitted Liens or other
imperfections of title, if any, that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely
to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All leases pursuant to which the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries leases from others real or personal property are valid and effective in accordance
with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing default or
event of default of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any
other party (or any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a
default) that, either individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the representations and
warranties in this Section 5.1(q) shall not apply with respect to title to Intellectual
Property Rights, which is exclusively addressed in Section 5.1(p).
As used in this Agreement, the term “Permitted Liens” means (i) statutory Liens for
current Taxes or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or the amount or validity of
which is being contested in good faith by an appropriate action, suit, hearing, claim,
investigation, arbitration or proceeding and are adequately reserved as shown on the Company
Balance Sheet; (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar statutory Liens arising
or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not delinquent or which are
being contested by appropriate proceedings; (iii) public roads and highways; (iv) Liens arising
under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar
legislation; (v) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit; and
(vi) purchase money Liens and Liens securing rental payments under capital lease arrangements.
(r) Contracts. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or
default under any of its Contracts or has received written notice or claims of such a breach or
default, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is any other party to any such contracts in breach
or default thereunder, except in each case in such a manner as, either individually or in the
aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound that has not
expired or terminated by its terms is valid and in full force and effect, binding upon the Company
or such Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, and, to the knowledge of the Company, binding upon
the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except where the failure to be valid and in
full force and effect or not binding, either individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably
likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is party to or bound by any Contract that contains covenants materially limiting the freedom,
ability or right of any Affiliate of the Company (other than its Subsidiaries), to (i) engage in
any line of business, (ii) offer, sell, supply or distribute any product or service, (iii) compete
with any Person or in any geographic area or (iv) otherwise operate or expand such Affiliate’s
business.
(s) Product Liability. No product liability claims have been asserted in writing
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any of their products or product
candidates developed, tested, manufactured, marketed, distributed or sold by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, except for claims that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no judgment, order or decree
outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to product liability claims or
assessments except for judgments, orders or decrees that, either individually or in the aggregate,
are not reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Insurance. The Company maintains for itself and its Subsidiaries insurance
policies covering the assets, business, equipment, properties, operations, employees, directors and
officers, and product warranty and liability claims, and such other forms of insurance in such
amounts, with such deductibles and against such risks and losses as, in its judgment, are
reasonable for the business and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. All of such insurance
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policies are in full force and effect (except for those policies that have expired by their
terms), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in material default with respect to its
obligations under any of such insurance policies, except where the failure to be in full force and
effect, and except for such defaults that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Vote Required. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 5.2(u), the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of
Company Common Stock outstanding on the record date for such vote and entitled to vote thereon (the
“Company Requisite Vote”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital
stock of the Company that is or will be necessary for the adoption of this Agreement by the Company
and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Merger) or for the
Company to consummate such transactions.
(v) Transactions with Affiliates. The Company has no knowledge that any current
officer, director or Affiliate of the Company is a party to any material agreement, contract,
commitment or transaction with the Company or its Subsidiaries or has any material interest in any
material property used by the Company or its Subsidiaries or is a Person that is a party to any
Contract that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the Securities
Act.
(w) Brokers and Finders. Except for Banc of America Securities LLC (the “Company
Advisor”), neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has incurred any liability for any
brokerage fees, commissions or finders fees to any broker or finder employed or engaged thereby in
connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement. The Company
has made available to Parent a true and complete copy of its engagement letter (including all
amendments thereto) with the Company Advisor, which engagement letter (as so amended) sets forth
the fees of the Company Advisor payable by the Company and its Affiliates in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(x) Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company’s board of directors has received an
opinion from the Company Advisor, dated the date of this Agreement, to the effect that, as of such
date, the Merger Consideration is fair from a financial point of view to the holders of the Company
Common Stock.
(y) No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Section 5.1, neither the Company nor any other Person makes any other
express or implied representation or warranty on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.2. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub. Except as set forth in
the Parent Disclosure Schedules and except as disclosed in the Parent Reports filed prior to the
date of this Agreement (other than disclosures in the “Risk Factors” or “Forward Looking
Statements” sections of any such reports and other forward-looking statements set forth in such
reports), Parent and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to Company that:
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(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. Each of Parent and Merger Sub and
each of the Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization. Each of Parent, Merger Sub
and the Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or similar power and
authority to own and operate its material properties and assets and to carry on its business as
currently conducted in all material respects and is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its
properties and assets or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not be reasonably likely to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent has made available to
the Company a complete and correct copy of the Organizational Documents of Parent, the Parent’s
Significant Subsidiaries and Merger Sub, each as amended and in effect. The Organizational
Documents of Parent, each of the Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries and Merger Sub so made available
to the Company are in full force and effect.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Parent Material Adverse Effect” means a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, business, assets or results of operations of Parent and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that any such effect resulting from or
arising out of (i) any change, after the date hereof, in Law or U.S. GAAP or interpretations
thereof, (ii) general changes in economic or business conditions, or in the securities markets,
(iii) changes in conditions affecting the generic pharmaceutical industry or the pharmaceutical
industry generally, (iv) the execution, announcement and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or any actions taken, delayed or omitted to be
taken by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to and in accordance with this Agreement or at the request
of the Company, (v) any decline in the trading price or trading volume of the Parent Ordinary
Shares or Parent ADSs, or (vi) any failure by Parent to meet internal projections or forecasts or
third party revenue or earnings predictions for any period shall not be considered when determining
if a Parent Material Adverse Effect has occurred, except in the case of the preceding clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) for such effects have a materially disproportionate impact on Parent and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole as compared to other companies in the pharmaceutical business; it
being understood that any event, change, development, effect or occurrence giving rise to such
decline in the trading price or trading volume of Parent Ordinary Shares or Parent ADSs as
described in the preceding clause (v), or such failure to meet internal projections or forecasts or
third party predictions as described in the preceding clause (vi), as the case may be, may be the
cause of, and may be deemed to be, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Capital Structure. The authorized share capital of Parent consists of
1,499,575,693 ordinary shares, 424,247 class “A” ordinary shares and 60 deferred shares, of which
813,403,119 Parent Ordinary Shares, including 616,617,983 Parent Ordinary Shares represented by
616,617,983 outstanding Parent ADSs, were outstanding as of the close of business on July 15, 2008.
One Parent ADS represents one Parent Ordinary Share. All of the issued and outstanding Parent
Ordinary Shares and Parent ADSs have been, and all Parent ADSs representing Parent Ordinary Shares
which are to be issued pursuant to the Merger have been duly authorized and will be, when issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are
not subject to any preemptive or similar right. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock,
ownership interests or other securities of each of the Parent’s Significant Subsidiaries and Merger
Sub is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
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and, to the knowledge of Parent, nonassessable and is owned by Parent or a direct or indirect
wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens that are not
reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect. Except pursuant to Parent’s stock plans (collectively, the “Parent Stock Plans”),
as set forth in Section 5.2(b) of the Parent Disclosure Schedules, there are no preemptive
or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights,
redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments to issue or to sell
any shares of capital stock, ownership interests or other securities of Parent or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or
exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of Parent
or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights
authorized, issued or outstanding.
(c) Corporate Authority.
(i) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority and
has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to consummate, on the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, subject only to receipt
of the approval of Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub and the Parent Required
Statutory Approvals. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and
Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, is a
valid and legally binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of
Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity
Exception.
(ii) The Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub have authorized and approved this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the
Merger). Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, Parent, as the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub, will adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby (including, without limitation, the Merger).
(d) Governmental Filings; No Violations.
(i) Other than any reports, filings, registrations, approvals and/or notices
(A) required to be made pursuant to Section 1.2 and (B) required to be made under
the HSR Act, the EC Merger Regulation, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and state
securities and “blue sky” laws (including, without limitation, the filing of a Registration
Statement on Form F-6 with respect to the Parent ADRs to be issued in connection with the
Merger), (C) required to be made with the Israeli Securities Authority (“ISA”),
(D) required to be made with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. (“TASE”), (E) required
to be made with the Nasdaq Global Select Market System of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
(“Nasdaq”) and (F) required to be made or given to, filed with or obtained from
Governmental Entities by virtue of the jurisdictions in which the Parent or its Subsidiaries
conduct business or own any assets (items (B) through (F), inclusive, the “Parent
Required Statutory Approvals”), no notices, reports, registrations or other filings are
required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are any consents, registrations,
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approvals, permits or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub
from, any Governmental Entity, in connection with the execution and delivery by Parent and
Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated hereby, except for those that the failure to make or
obtain would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Parent Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or
Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub
do not, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby will not, constitute or result in (A) breach or violation
of, or a default under, the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (B) breach or
violation of, or a default under, the Organizational Documents of any Significant Subsidiary
of Parent, (C) a breach or violation of, or a default under, the acceleration of any
obligations, the loss of any right or benefit or the creation of a Lien on the assets of
Parent Merger Sub or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries (with or without notice, lapse of time or
both) pursuant to any Contracts binding upon Parent, Merger Sub or any of Parent’s
Subsidiaries or any Law or governmental or non-governmental permit or license to which
Parent, Merger Sub or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries is subject or (D) any change in the
rights or obligations of any party under any of the Contracts, except, in the case of
clauses (B), (C) or (D) above, for any breach, violation, default, acceleration, creation or
change that would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have
a Parent Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent
or Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Parent Reports; Financial Statements.
(i) The filings required to be made by Parent since December 31, 2005 under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act have been filed with the SEC, including all material
forms, information statements, reports, agreements (oral or written) and all documents,
exhibits, amendments and supplements appertaining thereto, and complied, as of their
respective dates, in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the
appropriate statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder as in effect on the dates so
filed (collectively, including any amendments of any such reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC by Parent prior to the date hereof, the “Parent Reports”). None of the
Parent Reports (in the case of Parent Reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Securities
Act), as of their effective dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements made therein not misleading. None of the Parent Reports (in the case of Parent
Reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act) contained, when filed as finally
amended or subsequently mailed to stockholders, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) The consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries included
in such Parent Reports complied as of the effective or file dates thereof, as applicable, as
to form in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of
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the SEC with respect thereto as in effect on such date. Each of the consolidated
balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports (including
the related notes and schedules) presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of its date, and each of the consolidated
statements of income and of consolidated statements of cash flows included in or
incorporated by reference into the Parent Reports (including any related notes and
schedules) fairly presents, in all material respects, the results of operations, retained
earnings and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to the absence of notes and normal year-end audit adjustments), in each case in
accordance with U.S. GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be
noted therein. The management of Parent has implemented disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that material information
relating to Parent, including its Subsidiaries, is made known to the management of Parent by
others within those entities; and Parent has designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under its
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. Parent qualifies as a “foreign private
issuer” as defined in Rule 3b-4 under the Exchange Act.
(f) Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by
Parent specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) any Registration Statement
or any amendment or supplement thereto will, at the time such Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement thereto is filed with the SEC or at the time such Registration Statement
becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements made therein not misleading or (ii) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, at the date of
mailing to stockholders and at the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. When filed, the Registration Statements will comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder as in effect on such dates. No representation or warranty is
made by Parent with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on
information supplied by the Company or any of their respective representatives for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any Registration Statement.
(g) No Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries of any kind whatsoever in existence on the date hereof, whether accrued,
contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, of a nature required to be set forth
in Parent’s balance sheet under U.S. GAAP or the notes thereto, other than: (i) liabilities or
obligations set forth in the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Parent as of March 31, 2008
included in the Parent Reports (the “Parent Balance Sheet”); (ii) liabilities or
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices since March
31, 2008; (iii) liabilities or obligations incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this
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Agreement and (iv) liabilities and obligations under Contracts in effect as of the date hereof
not in violation of the terms of this Agreement; and (v) liabilities or obligations that are not
reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the Audit Date and prior to the date of this
Agreement, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole have conducted their business in all material respects only in, and have not engaged in any
material transaction other than according to, the ordinary course of such business and there has
not been (i) any change in the financial condition, properties, assets, business or results of
operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, or any other change, circumstance or event, that has had
or would be reasonably likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution in respect of the capital stock of
Parent or any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent or any Subsidiary of any
securities of Parent (other than regular quarterly dividends in the ordinary course of business);
or (iii) any change by Parent in accounting principles, practices or methods which is not permitted
by U.S. GAAP.
(i) Litigation. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Litigation Claims
pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
except for those that would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There are no material SEC inquiries or
investigations, other material governmental inquiries or investigations or material internal
investigations pending, or to the knowledge of Parent, threatened, in each case regarding any
accounting practices of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any malfeasance by any director (or
any Person in a similar capacity) or executive officer of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except
for those that would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Compliance with Laws.
(i) Since January 1, 2006, the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries has not been
conducted in violation of any Laws, including without limitation, the FDA, the DEA, the HHS,
the CMS, the HHS Office of Inspector General, and other Governmental Entity rules,
regulations and policies, including without limitation relating to state or federal
anti-kickback sales and marketing practices, off-label promotion, government health care
program price reporting, good clinical practices, good manufacturing practices, good
laboratory practices, advertising and promotion, pre- and post-marketing adverse drug
experience and adverse drug reaction reporting, and all other pre- and post-marketing
reporting requirements, as applicable, except for violations that would not be reasonably
likely to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is debarred under the Generic Drug Enforcement
Act of 1992 or employs or uses the services of any individual who is debarred or, to
Parent’s knowledge, has engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to lead to
debarment. No investigation or review (other than routine inspections by the FDA or any
other Governmental Entity concerned with the safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacture,
investigation, sale or marketing of pharmaceuticals) by any
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Governmental Entity with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or, to
the knowledge of Parent, threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity indicated an intention
to conduct the same, except for those the outcome of which would not be reasonably likely to
have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent and
each of its Subsidiaries has all permits, licenses, franchises, variances, exemptions,
orders and other governmental authorizations, consents and approvals from Governmental
Entities necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted, except for those the
absence of which would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent, any of its Subsidiaries nor,
to the knowledge of Parent, any of the agents, employees, vendors or suppliers of Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries have been excluded from participation in any federal health care
program, as defined under 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(f), for the provision of items or services for
which payment may be made under such federal health care program, nor been debarred,
suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded by any state
or federal department or agency.
(ii) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, each Parent Compensation and Benefit Plan has
been established and administered in accordance with its terms, and in compliance with
applicable Law. For purposes of this Section 5.2(j)(ii), the term “Parent
Compensation and Benefit Plan” shall mean each material Compensation and Benefit Plan
under which any past or present director, officer, employee, consultant or independent
contractor of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to
benefits or to which contributions are made or otherwise required to be made, by the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries, together with any trust agreement or insurance contract forming
a part of such Compensation and Benefit Plan.
(k) Tax Matters. Except for such matters that would not, either individually or in
the aggregate, be reasonably likely to cause a Parent Material Adverse Effect, Parent and each of
its Subsidiaries (i) have duly and timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within
which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any of them as of the date hereof and all
such filed Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects; (ii) have timely paid
all Taxes that are shown as due on such filed Tax Returns and any other Taxes that Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries are otherwise obligated to pay, except with respect to Taxes that are being
contested in good faith; (iii) with respect to all Tax Returns filed by or with respect to any of
them have not waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to any extension of
time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency; (iv) as of the date hereof, do not have any
deficiency, audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding in respect of Taxes pending or
threatened in writing (v) have provided adequate reserves in accordance with U.S. GAAP in the most
recent consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, as disclosed in the
Parent Reports, for any material Taxes of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that have not been
paid, whether or not shown as being due on any Tax Return. Neither Parent nor any of its
Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action or is aware of any facts or circumstances that
would prevent the Merger from qualifying as a 368 Reorganization. Parent is not a passive foreign
investment company as defined under Sections 1291 and 1298 of the Code.
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(l) Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in Section 5.2(l) of the Parent
Disclosure Schedules:
(i) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries owns or is licensed or otherwise possesses
sufficient rights to use and enforce all Intellectual Property Rights material to the
operations of its business as currently conducted (all such Intellectual Property Rights,
together with all Intellectual Property Rights to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
has been granted any license or other rights, collectively “Parent Intellectual Property
Rights”).
(ii) Except for such matters that would not be reasonably likely to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (A) the use or practice
of any Intellectual Property Rights by Parent or its Subsidiaries, or the conduct of their
business as currently conducted, does not conflict with, infringe upon, misuse, violate or
constitute a misappropriation of any right, title, interest or goodwill in or to any,
Intellectual Property Right of any other Person and (B) except with respect to ANDAs filed
in the United States under paragraph IV of the Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act or with respect to
applications for approval of generic pharmaceutical products filed under comparable laws or
regulations in territories outside the United States, neither Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim that, or otherwise has any knowledge
that, any Parent Intellectual Property Right is invalid or unenforceable, or conflicts with
the asserted Intellectual Property Right of any other Person, or is being infringed upon,
misused, violated or misappropriated by any other Person. To the knowledge of Parent, no
court has ruled or otherwise held that any of the Patents owned by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries that is listed in the Orange Book that claims or covers any drug product sold
by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is (A) invalid or unenforceable or (B) not infringed by
any generic pharmaceutical product that is the subject of any ANDA filed in the United
States or with respect to applications for approval of generic pharmaceutical products filed
under comparable laws or regulations in territories outside the United States.
(iii) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, no Parent Intellectual Property Right will
terminate or cease to be a valid right of the Parent by reason of the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by Parent, the performance of Parent of its obligations hereunder, or the
consummation by Parent of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(iv) Except for such matters that would not be reasonably likely to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, neither Parent nor any
of its Subsidiaries has entered into any consents, judgments, orders, indemnifications,
forbearances to xxx, settlement agreements, licenses or other arrangements in connection
with the resolution of any disputes or Litigation Claims which (A) restrict Parent’s or any
of its Subsidiaries’ right to use any Parent Intellectual Property Rights, or (B) restrict
the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ businesses in any manner in order to accommodate
any Person’s Intellectual Property Right.
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(v) Except as would not be reasonably likely to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, to the Parent’s knowledge, no Person materially
conflicts with, infringes upon, violates or otherwise misappropriates any material Parent
Intellectual Property Right, and, to Parent’s knowledge, there are no such actions, suits or
proceedings threatened or pending by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(m) Title to Properties. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title
to all of its material properties and assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted
Liens or other imperfections of title, if any, that, either individually or in the aggregate, are
not reasonably likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. All leases pursuant to which
Parent and each of its Subsidiaries leases from others real or personal property are valid and
effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases,
any existing default or event of default of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of Parent, any other party (or any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute such a default) that, either individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably likely to
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the representations and
warranties in this Section 5.2(m) shall not apply with respect to title to Intellectual Property
Rights, which is exclusively addressed in Section 5.2(l).
(n) Contracts. None of Parent and nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default
of any of its Contracts that are material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and has
not received written notice or claims of such a breach or default, nor, to the knowledge of Parent,
is any other party to any such contracts in breach or default thereunder, except in each case in
such a manner as, either individually or in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each Contract to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which it is bound, which is material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
and that has not expired or terminated by its terms is valid and in full force and effect, binding
upon Parent or such Subsidiary in accordance with its terms, and, to the knowledge of Parent,
binding upon the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except where the failure to be
valid and in full force and effect or not binding, either individually or in the aggregate, is not
reasonably likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Product Liability. As the date hereof, no product liability claims have been
asserted in writing against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Parent,
threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any of their products or product
candidates developed, tested, manufactured, marketed, distributed or sold by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, except for claims that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably
likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. There is no judgment, order or decree outstanding
against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating to product liability claims or assessments,
except for judgments, orders or decrees that, either individually or in the aggregate, are not
reasonably likely to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Brokers and Finders. Except for Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., the fees, commissions and
expenses of which will be paid by Parent, neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any of their respective
Affiliates has incurred any liability for any brokerage fees, commissions or finders
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fees to any broker or finder employed or engaged thereby in connection with the Merger or the
other transactions contemplated in this Agreement for which the Company (other than the Surviving
Corporation from and after the Effective Time) would be liable.
(q) Financial Capability. Parent has the financial capacity to perform and to cause
Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation to perform their respective obligations under this
Agreement, and Parent has currently available cash or cash equivalents that, together with
committed bank lines of credit, are sufficient to permit Parent to fund the cash portion of the
Merger Consideration set forth in Article III and any other amounts payable by Parent, Merger Sub
or the Surviving Corporation as provided in this Agreement.
(r) Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of
engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has engaged in no other business
activities and has conducted and will conduct its operations prior to the Effective Time only as
contemplated by this Agreement. All outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub are owned
directly or indirectly by Parent.
(s) No Vote Required. No vote of holders of Parent Ordinary Shares or Parent ADSs is
required in connection with Parent’s or Merger Sub’s execution and delivery of this Agreement or
their respective consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(t) No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Section 5.2, neither Parent nor any other Person makes any other
express or implied representation or warranty on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(u) Interested Stockholder. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been
at any time during the past three years an “interested stockholder” (as such term is defined in
Section 203 of the DGCL) of the Company.
ARTICLE VI
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
6.1. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees as to itself and its
Subsidiaries that, from and after the date hereof and continuing until the Effective Time, except
(i) as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (ii) as described in Section 6.1 of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, (iii) as required by applicable Law or (iv) with the prior written
consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) the Company shall conduct its business only in the ordinary course and, to the extent
consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective commercially reasonable
efforts to (i) preserve its business organization intact and maintain its existing relations and
goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and business
associates, (ii) maintain and keep material properties and assets in good repair and condition,
(iii) maintain in effect all material governmental permits pursuant to which such party or any of
its Subsidiaries currently operates and (iv) take such actions as are reasonable to prosecute,
maintain and enforce all Company Intellectual Property Rights in all material respects;
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(b) the Company shall not (i) amend any of its Organizational Documents or amend in any
material respect any of the Organizational Documents of any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) split,
combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of capital stock; (iii) declare, set aside or pay any
dividend payable in cash, stock or property in respect of any capital stock (other than dividends
from its direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries to it or a wholly-owned Subsidiary (for
purposes of this clause (b), “wholly-owned Subsidiary” shall include any Subsidiary in which the
Company owns, directly or indirectly, at least 90% of the outstanding voting securities)) or (iv)
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of its capital stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or permit any
of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock
(other than for the purpose of funding or providing benefits under Company Compensation and Benefit
Plans as in effect on the date hereof, including for purposes of Company Stock Plans);
(c) except as otherwise provided in Section 6.1(h) below, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall issue, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber any shares of, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or
rights of any kind to acquire, any shares of its capital stock of any class or any other property
or assets (other than shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to options or stock
appreciation rights (whether or not vested) under the Company Stock Plans as in effect on the date
hereof);
(d) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, other than in the ordinary course
of business (including out-bound licenses consistent with past practices) and other than
transactions or one or more series of transactions, whether or not related, not in excess of
$25,000,000 in the aggregate, transfer, lease, license, sell, mortgage, pledge, dispose of or
encumber any other property or assets (including capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries);
(e) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, other than in the ordinary course
of business (including in-bound licenses consistent with past practices), by any means, make any
acquisition of, or investment in, assets or stock (whether by way of merger, consolidation, tender
offer, share exchange or other activity) in any transaction or any series of transactions (whether
or not related) for an aggregate purchase price or prices, including the assumption of any debt, in
excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year;
(f) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, other than in the ordinary course
of business, in each case in a manner that is material and adverse to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (i) modify, amend, or terminate any Contract that is material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) waive, release, relinquish or assign any such
Contract (or any of the material rights of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries thereunder),
right or claim, or (iii) cancel or forgive any material indebtedness owed to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(g) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) adopt a plan of complete or
partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other similar
reorganization, or (ii) accelerate or delay collection of notes or material accounts
receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates, other than in the ordinary course of
business;
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(h) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall terminate, establish, adopt, enter
into, make any new grants or awards under, amend or otherwise modify any Company Compensation and
Benefit Plans or increase the salary, wage, bonus or other compensation of any employees, except
for (i) increases to any employee who does not hold the title of Senior Director or above of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries occurring in the ordinary course of business (which shall
include periodic performance reviews, related compensation and benefit increases, the grant of
annual bonuses and annual equity awards in the form of options or stock appreciation rights in each
case with an exercise price equal to or in excess of fair market value of the securities issuable
upon exercise thereof, the payment of annual bonuses, and any of the foregoing that normally result
from the promotion of any officers and employees), (ii) annual reestablishment of Company
Compensation and Benefit Plans and the provision of individual compensation or benefit plans and
agreements for newly hired or appointed officers and employees of such party and its Subsidiaries
(which shall include the ability to renew employment agreements in the ordinary course of
business), (iii) actions necessary to satisfy existing contractual obligations under Company
Compensation and Benefit Plans or agreements existing as of the date hereof, or (iv) actions
otherwise required pursuant to this Agreement or applicable Law or U.S. GAAP; provided that nothing
in Section 6.1 shall prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from hiring or
terminating any officers or employees in the ordinary course of business;
(i) the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain with financially
responsible insurance companies (or through self insurance) insurance in such amounts and against
such risks and losses as are consistent with the insurance maintained by such party and its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(j) except in the ordinary course of business or as may be required by applicable Law and
except to the extent required by U.S. GAAP as advised by such party’s regular independent
accountants, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall change any accounting principle,
practice or method in any material respect in a manner that is inconsistent with past practice;
(k) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall (i) file all material Tax Returns required
to be filed with any taxing authority in accordance with all applicable laws, (ii) timely pay all
taxes due and payable as shown in such Tax Returns that are so filed, (iii) promptly notify Parent
of any action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim initiated or pending against or with
respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Tax where there is a reasonable
possibility of a determination or decision that would reasonably be likely to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect on the Tax liabilities or other Tax attributes of the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(l) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any material Tax election or
settle or compromise any material Tax liability;
(m) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any Contract that
purports to limit or prohibit in any respect the Company or any of its Affiliates (A) from
competing with any other Person, (B) from acquiring any product or other asset or any services from
any other Person, (C) from developing, selling, supplying, distributing, offering, supporting
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or
servicing any product or any technology or other asset to or for any other Person or (D) from
transacting business or dealing in any other manner with any other Person, except such a Contract
(i) entered into in the ordinary course of business (including licenses entered into consistent
with past practice) and (ii) that does not bind any Affiliates of the Company (other than its
Subsidiaries) in a material and adverse manner;
(n) except as set forth in Section 6.1(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment
arising from, any Litigation Claim (or related Litigation Claims in the aggregate) if such
settlement or judgment (i) requires from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries a payment in an
amount in excess of $10,000,000 in any calendar year or (ii) limits or prohibits in any respect the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (A) from competing with any other Person, (B) from acquiring any
product or other asset or any services from any other Person, (C) from developing, selling,
supplying, distributing, offering, supporting or servicing any product or any technology or other
asset to or for any other Person or (D) from transacting business or dealing in any other manner
with any other Person;
(o) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall incur, assume or guarantee any
indebtedness, except for indebtedness (i) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 19,
2008, among Xxxx Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a Subsidiary of the Company, the
Company, as a guarantor along with certain Subsidiaries of the Company, each lender from time to
time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as such Credit Agreement is
in effect as of the date hereof) and (ii) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21,
2006, among Xxxx Laboratories, Inc., and the Company, and certain Subsidiaries from time to time
party thereto, as guarantors, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C issuer, and
the other lenders party hereto (as such Credit Agreement is in effect as of the date hereof);
(p) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall mortgage or pledge any of its
material assets (tangible or intangible), or create, assume or suffer to exist any material Liens
thereupon;
(q) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take any action
that would, or would reasonably be expected to, (i) result in any of the conditions to the Merger
set forth in Article VIII not being satisfied or (ii) have a material adverse effect on the
ability of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or
(r) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will authorize or enter into an agreement
to do anything prohibited by the foregoing.
6.2. Covenants of Parent. Parent covenants and agrees as to itself and its
Subsidiaries (as applicable) that, from and after the date hereof and continuing until the
Effective Time, except (i) as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, (ii) as
described in Section 6.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedules, (iii) as required by applicable Law or (iv)
with the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed):
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(a) each of Parent and its Subsidiaries shall conduct its business only in the ordinary course
and, to the extent consistent therewith, it and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to (i) preserve its business organization intact and maintain its existing
relations and goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and
business associates, (ii) maintain and keep material properties and assets in good repair and
condition, (iii) maintain in effect all material governmental permits pursuant to which it
currently operates and (iv) maintain and enforce all Parent Intellectual Property Rights;
(b) Parent shall not (i) amend its Memorandum or Articles of Association or the comparable
governing instruments of any of its Subsidiaries except for such amendments that would not prevent
or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii)
split, combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of capital stock without adjusting the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 3.4.
(c) Parent shall not and shall cause its Significant Subsidiaries not to, adopt a plan of
complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other
similar reorganization;
(d) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries will declare, set aside or pay any dividend
payable in cash, stock or property in respect of any capital stock, other than (i) dividends from
direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to Parent or any
of its other wholly owned Subsidiaries, or (ii) regular quarterly dividends declared and paid in
the ordinary course of business, with such increases or decreases, from time to time, in amounts
that are consistent with past practice;
(e) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take any action that
would, or would reasonably be expected to, (i) result in any of the conditions to the Merger set
forth in Article VIII not being satisfied or (ii) have a material adverse effect on the
ability of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(f) Parent shall not take any action to cause the Parent Ordinary Shares to cease to be
admitted to trading on the TASE or the Parent ADSs evidenced by Parent ADRs to cease to be eligible
for quotation on Nasdaq; or
(g) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries will authorize or enter into an agreement to do
anything prohibited by the foregoing.
6.3. No Control of Other Party’s Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall
give the Company, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct Parent’s or its
Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, each of the
Company and Parent shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.
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ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
7.1. Access. The Company and Parent agree that upon reasonable notice, and except as
may otherwise be required or restricted by (i) applicable Law or (ii) any binding agreement entered
into prior to date of this Agreement, each shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) afford the
other’s officers, employees, counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives reasonable
access, during normal business hours throughout the period prior to the Effective Time, to its
officers, properties, books and records and, during such period, each shall (and each shall cause
its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to the other all information concerning its business,
properties, personnel and Litigation Claims as may reasonably be requested but only to the extent
such access does not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of such party; provided
that no investigation pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall affect or be deemed to modify any
representation or warranty made by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement. Neither
the Company or Parent nor any of its respective Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to
or to disclose information where such access or disclosure would violate or prejudice the rights of
its clients, jeopardize the attorney-client privilege thereof or contravene any Law, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or binding agreement entered into prior to the date of this
Agreement; provided that such party shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain contractual
waivers and consents and implement requisite procedures to enable the provision of access and
disclosure without such violations, prejudices or contraventions. All requests for information made
pursuant to this Section 7.1 shall be directed to an executive officer of Parent or the
Company, as applicable, or its financial advisors or such other Person as may be designated by
either of its executive officers. All such information disclosed pursuant to this Section 7.1
shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
7.2. Acquisition Proposals. The Company shall not, nor shall it give permission to or
authorize any of its Subsidiaries, or any officer, director, employee, agent or representative
(including accountants, attorneys and investment bankers) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Representatives”) to, directly or indirectly, initiate, solicit,
knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate (including by way of furnishing confidential
information) any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer, with respect to (i) any merger,
reorganization, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, consolidation, liquidation,
dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or purchase of the assets or equity securities of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, in each case comprising 20% or more in value of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, in a single transaction or series of related transactions or (iii) any purchase
or sale of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock (any such proposal or offer (other than a proposal or offer by Parent) being
hereinafter referred to as an “Acquisition Proposal”). The Company shall not, nor shall it
give permission to or authorize any of its Subsidiaries or any Representatives of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (a) engage in any negotiations concerning, or
provide any confidential information or data to, or have any discussions (other than discussions
that only refer to this Section 7.2 and the Company’s agreement not to engage in further
discussions) with, any Person relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or otherwise knowingly
facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement or accept
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an Acquisition Proposal, (b) withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, its
approval or recommendation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger, (c) approve, recommend, endorse or resolve to approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition
Proposal or (d) enter into any letter of intent or similar document contemplating, or enter into
any agreement (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with clause (A)
below) with respect to, an Acquisition Proposal; provided however that: at any time prior to
obtaining the Company Requisite Vote the board of directors may withhold, withdraw, qualify or
modify its recommendation or declaration of advisability of the Merger or this Agreement for any
reason (any such action, a “Change of Recommendation”) if (i) the Company’s board of
directors shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel to the
Company, that failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its
fiduciary obligations under applicable Law and (ii) the Company has provided Parent with at least
three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of such Change of Recommendation; provided, further,
that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent the board of directors of the Company or its
Representatives from (A) furnishing information to a third party in response to an unsolicited bona
fide written Acquisition Proposal by such third party pursuant to a confidentiality agreement
containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable to the Company than those set forth in
the Confidentiality Agreement (except for such changes specifically necessary in order for the
Company to be able to comply with its obligations under this Agreement and it being understood that
the Company may enter into a confidentiality agreement without a standstill provision or with a
standstill provision less favorable to the Company if it waives or similarly modifies the
standstill provision in the Confidentiality Agreement), (B) engaging in discussions or negotiations
with such third party, (C) following receipt of a bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition
Proposal, taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) or
Rule 14D-9 under the Exchange Act provided that neither the Company nor its board of directors
shall make or effect a Change in Recommendation in connection with such Acquisition Proposal unless
permitted by the first proviso of this sentence (it being understood that any “stop, look and
listen” communication by the Company or the board of directors pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the
Exchange Act shall not be considered a Change of Recommendation); (D) following receipt of a bona
fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal, recommending such an Acquisition Proposal to its
stockholders or adopting an agreement relating to such Acquisition Proposal, (E) taking any
non-appealable, final action ordered to be taken by the Company by any court of competent
jurisdiction and/or (F) making any disclosure or filing, in its reasonable judgment based upon the
advice of outside counsel, that is required by Law in the event that, in each case referred to in
the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (D); (1) the Company Requisite Vote shall not have been
obtained, (2) the board of directors of the Company shall have concluded in good faith that such
bona fide unsolicited written Acquisition Proposal, is in the case of clause (A), (B) or (D), a
Superior Proposal or, in the case of clauses (A) or (B) is reasonably expected to result in a
Superior Proposal, and (3) the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith, based upon
the advice of outside counsel, that failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be
inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law. At
least three (3) Business Days prior to taking any of the actions referred to in (D) above, the
Company shall provide written notice to Parent advising Parent that it intends to take such action
and which written notice shall specify the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition
Proposal or Superior Proposal. For a period of not less than three (3) Business Days after receipt
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by Parent from the Company of such notice, the Company shall, if so requested in writing by
Parent, negotiate in good faith with Parent to make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement such that such other Acquisition Proposal (if determined by the Company’s board of
directors to be a Superior Proposal in accordance with this Section 7.2) would no longer
constitute a Superior Proposal.
The Company will promptly (and in any event within one day) notify Parent in writing, of the
existence of any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry received by the Company with respect
to any Acquisition Proposal, and the Company will immediately communicate to Parent the terms of
any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry which it may receive and the identity of the
Person making such proposal or inquiry or engaging in such discussion or negotiation. The Company
will promptly provide to Parent any material non-public information concerning the Company that it
delivers to any other Person that was not previously provided to Parent. The Company shall keep
Parent reasonably informed of the status and material terms of any such Acquisition Proposal
(including modifications or proposed modifications thereto).
Without prejudice to any actions permitted to be taken by the Company pursuant to the first
paragraph of this Section 7.2, the Company agrees that it will, and will use its reasonable
best efforts to cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any
existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect
to any Acquisition Proposal. In addition, the Company shall promptly request that each Person who
has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in connection with such Person’s consideration
of an Acquisition Proposal return or destroy all confidential information heretofore furnished to
such Person by or on behalf of the Company in accordance with such confidentiality agreement. The
Company agrees that it will take the necessary steps to promptly inform the individuals or entities
referred to in the first sentence hereof of the obligations undertaken by the Company in this
Section 7.2.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.2 or elsewhere in
this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, the Company may, in connection with a possible
Acquisition Proposal, refer any third party to this Section 7.2 and Section 9.5(b)
and make a copy of this Section 7.2 and Section 9.5(b) available to a third party.
“Superior Proposal” means an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal to
acquire, directly or indirectly fifty percent (50%) or more of the Company Common Stock then
outstanding or a majority of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions, and otherwise on terms which the Company’s
board of directors determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and
financial advisor), taking into account, among other things, all legal, financial, regulatory, and
other aspects of the proposal, and the third party making the proposal, and the likelihood and
timing of the completion of the transaction or transactions (compared to the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement) if consummated, to be more favorable to the Company’s stockholders
than the Merger and any revised terms thereof proposed by Parent.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that any breach or violation of the provisions of
this Section 7.2 by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or its or their
respective directors (or persons in similar positions), officers or employees, whether or not such
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Person is purporting to act on behalf of the Company or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a
breach of this Section 7.2 by the Company.
7.3. Stockholders Meeting. The Company shall take, in accordance with applicable Law
and its Organizational Documents, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of shares of
Company Common Stock (the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) as promptly as reasonably
practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is mailed to its stockholders to consider and vote
upon the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without
limitation, the Merger). Except as otherwise expressly permitted by Section 7.2 the Company’s
board of directors shall recommend such approval and take all lawful action to solicit such
approval. Notwithstanding any change or withdrawal by the Company’s board of directors of such
recommendation or of its declaration of advisability of the Merger and adoption of this Agreement
(including any Change of Recommendation), unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with
its terms, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation,
the Merger) shall be submitted to the Company’s stockholders at a meeting of holders of shares of
Company Common Stock in accordance with this Section 7.3 to consider and vote upon the
approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation,
the Merger).
7.4. Filings; Other Actions; Notification. (a) Each party hereto shall file or cause
to be filed with (i) the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice any notifications
required to be filed under the HSR Act and with the European Commission any notifications required
to be filed under the EC Merger Regulation and (ii) the appropriate Governmental Entity each of the
Foreign Antitrust Filings, in each case in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated under the relevant Law, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Each
party hereto will use reasonable best efforts to make the filing under the HSR Act, and to make
filings under the EC Merger Regulation and any additional Foreign Antitrust Filings, as promptly as
reasonably practicable after the date hereof. Each party hereto will use reasonable best efforts
to respond on a timely basis to any requests for additional information made by any such agency.
The fees associated with all such filings shall be borne equally by Parent and the Company.
(b) The Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their
respective Subsidiaries to 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 on its part under this
Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby as soon as practicable, including without limitation (i) preparing
and filing as soon as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and
other filings and to obtain as soon as practicable all Company Required Statutory Approvals or
Parent Required Statutory Approvals, as the case may be, and all consents, registrations,
approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party in
order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, including with
or from any works counsel, labor union or similar entity or governing body, and (ii) in the case of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and in connection with any contemplated Divestiture, if any,
providing to any third party who has entered into a confidentiality agreement containing terms and
conditions that are no less favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Confidentiality
Agreement, such information concerning,
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and access to, the Company and its business, properties or assets as may reasonably be
requested by Parent. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information and the
preservation of any applicable attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, self-audit
privilege or other similar privilege (collectively, “Legal Privilege”), Parent and the
Company shall use reasonable best efforts to collaborate in reviewing and commenting on in advance,
and to consult the other on, information relating to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, and
any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials
submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated hereby. In connection with such collaboration, each of the Company
and Parent shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Parent and the Company will
communicate with any governmental antitrust authority in respect of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (other than communications that are not material or relate only to administrative
matters) only after having consulted with the other’s advisors in advance and taken into account
any reasonable comments and requests of the other party and their advisors. Where permitted by the
governmental antitrust authority, Parent and Company will allow the other’s advisers to attend all
meetings with any governmental antitrust authority or participate in any telephone calls or other
such communications (other than meetings, telephone calls or communications that are not material
or relate only to administrative matters).
(c) Subject to applicable Laws and the preservation of any applicable Legal Privilege, the
Company and Parent each shall, upon request by the other, use commercially reasonable efforts to
furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and
stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with
any Divestiture, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any other statement, filing, notice or
application made by or on behalf of the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries to
any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) Subject to any confidentiality obligations and the preservation of any Legal Privilege,
the Company and Parent each shall use reasonable best efforts to keep the other apprised of the
status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including
promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by Parent or
the Company, as the case may be, or any of its Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any
Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.2, 7.4(b) and 7.4(f), in
the event that any administrative or judicial action or proceeding is instituted (or threatened to
be instituted) by a Governmental Entity or private party challenging any transaction contemplated
by this Agreement, or any other agreement contemplated hereby, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company shall cooperate in all respects with each other and use reasonable best efforts to contest
and resist any such action or 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 transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
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(f) In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in
paragraphs (a)-(e) of this Section 7.4, if any objections are asserted with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby under any Antitrust Law (as defined below) or if any suit is
instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of
Justice or any other applicable Governmental Entity challenging any of the transactions
contemplated hereby as violative of any Antitrust Law or which would otherwise prohibit or
materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall take all actions necessary to resolve any such
objections or suits (or threatened suits) so as to permit consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to close as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event no later
than the Termination Date (as extended), including, without limitation, selling, holding separate
or otherwise disposing of or conducting its business in a manner which would resolve such
objections or suits or agreeing to sell, hold separate, divest or otherwise dispose of or conduct
its business in a manner which would resolve such objections or suits or permitting the sale,
holding separate, divestiture or other disposition of, any of its assets or the assets of its
Subsidiaries or the conducting of its business in a manner which would resolve such objections or
suits (or threatened suits) (collectively, “Divestitures”); provided, that, any obligation
to make or agree to make a Divestiture by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may, at the
Company’s option, be conditioned upon and effective as of the Effective Time and shall not affect
the other terms or conditions hereunder. Without limitation to the terms of Sections
7.4(b) and (c), to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, Parent shall keep the
Company apprised of material communications regarding proposed remedies to any objections that may
be expressed by the FTC, the Justice Department or comparable foreign Governmental Entities and
will consult with the Company and give due consideration to its views with respect to any possible
Divestiture plans; provided, however, that following the date hereof, Parent shall have the sole
and exclusive right, to propose, negotiate, offer to commit and effect, by consent decree, hold
separate order or otherwise, the Divestiture of such assets of Parent, the Company, or their
respective Subsidiaries or otherwise offer to take or offer to commit (and if such offer is
accepted, commit to and effect) to take any action as may be required to resolve such objections or
suits. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall any of Parent,
Merger Sub, the Company or their respective Affiliates be required to make or agree to make a
Divestiture or to take or agree to take any action, that, individually or together with any other
such actions, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, business, assets or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or an effect of similar magnitude (in terms of absolute effect and not proportion) on
Parent and its Subsidiaries. “Antitrust Law” means the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the
Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, the EC Merger
Regulation and all other federal, state and foreign, if any, Laws that are designed or intended to
control mergers and acquisitions or to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or
effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or
acquisition.
7.5. Proxy Statement/Prospectus; F-4 Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as
practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall
cooperate in preparing and shall cause to be filed with the SEC mutually acceptable proxy materials
relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting (together with all amendments thereof or supplements
thereto, the “Proxy Statement”), and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC
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the F-4 Registration Statement (together with the prospectus contained in the F-4 Registration
Statement and the Proxy Statement, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), in which the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus shall be included, covering the Parent ADSs to be issued in the Merger. Each
of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be
cleared by the SEC, and the F-4 Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities
Act, as soon as practicable after the date of such filing and to keep the F-4 Registration
Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Merger. Prior to the effective date
of the F-4 Registration Statement, Parent shall take all actions reasonably required under any
applicable federal securities laws or applicable laws of any state in connection with the issuance
of ADSs in the Merger. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include, among other things, (i) the
recommendation of the board of directors of the Company that the Company’s stockholders vote in
favor of approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(including, without limitation, the Merger), except to the extent the board of directors of the
Company shall have effected a Change of Recommendation as expressly permitted by Section
7.2, and (ii) the opinion of the Company Advisor referred to in Section 5.1(x). Each of
Parent and the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the holders of Company Common Stock as promptly as practicable
after the F-4 Registration Statement becomes effective and, after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus
shall have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemental or supplemented proxy materials
and, if required in connection therewith, resolicit proxies. Parent and the Company shall promptly
provide to each other (A) notice of any oral comments to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the F-4
Registration Statement received from the SEC and (B) copies of any written comments to the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and the F-4 Registration Statement received from the SEC, and in each case
shall consult with each other in connection with the preparation of written responses and to such
comments.
(b) Parent shall make, and the Company shall cooperate in, all necessary filings with respect
to the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby under the Securities Act and all applicable
Israeli securities laws and regulation and United States state securities and “blue sky” laws.
Each party shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of the
effectiveness of the F-4 Registration Statement, the filing of any supplement or amendment thereto,
the issuance of any stop order relating thereto, the suspension of the qualification of Parent ADSs
issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any SEC
request for an amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the F-4 Registration Statement, SEC
comments thereon and each party’s responses thereto or SEC requests for additional information. No
amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the F-4 Registration Statement shall
be filed without the approval of the Company and Parent, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent or the Company should
discover any information relating to either party, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors
or officers, that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the F-4 Registration
Statement or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, so that the documents would not include any
misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that
discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party hereto and an appropriate
amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to
the extent required by Law, disseminated to the stockholders of Parent and the Company.
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7.6. Stock Exchange Listing. Parent shall use best efforts to cause the Parent ADSs
to be issued in connection with the Merger and the Parent ADSs to be reserved for issuance upon
exercise of the assumed the Company Stock Options to be approved for quotation on Nasdaq, subject
to official notice of issuance.
7.7. Stock Exchange Delisting; Deregistration of Stock. Prior to the Closing Date,
the Company shall cooperate with Parent and cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be
done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on the Company’s part under applicable
Laws and rules and policies of the NYSE and the other exchanges on which the Company Common Stock
is listed to enable the delisting by the Surviving Corporation of the Company Common Stock from the
NYSE and the other exchanges on which the Company Common Stock is listed and the deregistration of
the Company Common Stock under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Effective
Time.
7.8. Publicity. The initial press release relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Merger) shall be a joint press
release of the Company and Parent and thereafter the Company and Parent each shall consult with the
other prior to issuing any press releases or otherwise making public announcements with respect to
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the Merger)
and prior to making any filings with any third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect
thereto, except as may be required by applicable Law or by obligations pursuant to any listing
agreement with or rules of any securities exchange or securities market on which securities of the
Company or Parent are listed or traded.
7.9. Employee Benefits Matters.
(a) Parent agrees that, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the
first anniversary of the Effective Time (the “Transition Period”), Parent shall, or shall
cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to:
(i) maintain each Company Compensation and Benefit Plan that provides current and former directors and employees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are receiving benefits under the Company
Compensation and Benefit Plans as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (the
“Affected Employees”) with retirement (e.g., defined contribution and excess
savings), welfare, vacation and other fringe benefits, as applicable, with each such plan to
provide such benefits, at such costs, as are no less favorable than each such plan provides
immediately prior to the Effective Time;
(ii) maintain (A) (subject to increases in the ordinary course of business) all annual
base salary and wage rates of each Affected Employee at no less than the levels in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (B) all Company Compensation and Benefit Plans
that provide each Affected Employee with annual cash bonus opportunities (including target
bonus amounts that are payable subject to the satisfaction of performance criteria that are
comparable to those criteria in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time) that are no
less favorable than those in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided,
however, that in full satisfaction of Parent’s obligations of
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under this Section 7.9(a)(ii)(B) in respect of any annual bonus opportunity
due, in respect of the year in which the Effective Time occurs (the “Closing Year”),
to any Affected Employee who, immediately prior to the Effective Time, participates in
either the Company Executive Officer Incentive Plan or the Company Management Incentive
Plans (together, the “Executive Bonus Plans”), each such Affected Employee shall
receive such payment(s) as are required to be paid in respect of the Closing Year by the
Company to such Affected Employee pursuant to Section 7 of the applicable Executive Bonus
Plan; such that, for the avoidance of doubt, no such Affected Employee shall receive a
duplicative annual bonus payment in respect of the Closing Year; and
(iii) maintain, without any amendment that may be adverse to any Affected Employee
(other than as required by applicable Law), the Xxxx Pharmaceuticals Severance Package Pay
Plan for U.S. Senior Executives, the Xxxx Pharmaceuticals Long-Term International Assignment
Policy and the PLIVA Severance Pay Plan (non-exempt and exempt levels through senior
director and I-V), and to honor the terms of such plans in the event that any Affected
Employee’s employment is terminated in circumstances that give rise to the provision of
benefits under such plans.
(b) Parent agrees that, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the
second anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Company and its
Subsidiaries to maintain, without any amendment that may be adverse to any Affected Employee (other
than as required by applicable Law), the Xxxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Severance Pay Plan for U.S.
Employees and to honor the terms of such plan in the event that any Affected Employee’s employment
is terminated in circumstances that give rise to the provision of benefits under such plan.
(c) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause service by Affected Employees to be
taken into account for purposes of eligibility to participate, eligibility to commence benefits,
vesting and benefit accruals (other than any defined benefit pension plan in the United States or
otherwise required under applicable Law) under the Parent Compensation and Benefit Plans in which
such employees participate (except to the extent such treatment would result in duplicative accrual
of benefits for the same period of service). Parent shall make all amendments to any Parent
Compensation and Benefit Plans as may be required to provide for the foregoing and for the
provisions of Section 7.9(d) below.
(d) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, with respect to Affected Employees
entitled to participate in any Parent Compensation and Benefit Plans subject to United States law,
(i) cause to be waived any pre-existing condition limitations and any waiting period limitations
under welfare benefit plans, policies or practices of Parent or its Subsidiaries in which employees
of the Company or its Subsidiaries participate and (ii) cause to be credited any deductibles,
co-payment amounts and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such employees and their beneficiaries
and dependents during the portion of the calendar year prior to participation in the Parent
Compensation and Benefit Plans.
(e) At all times from and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Company
and its Subsidiaries to, honor all its obligations and commitments, and those of the Company and
any of its Subsidiaries under all employment, compensation, benefit and severance
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agreements, plans, policies and arrangements set forth on Section 7.9(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedules.
(f) Not less than one (1) Business Day, nor more than three (3) Business Days, prior to the
Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a true, accurate and complete list, as of the
date of such delivery and for each holder, of the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject
to Company Options or other rights to purchase or receive Company Common Stock, together with the
dates of grant and the exercise prices thereof.
(g) Nothing contained in this Section 7.9, express or implied: (i) is intended to
confer upon any current or former employee any right to employment or continued employment for any
period of time by reason of this Agreement, or any right to a particular term or condition of
employment; or (ii) is intended to confer upon any Person (including for the avoidance of doubt any
Affected Employee) any right as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.
7.10. Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the
Effective Time, Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable Law (and Parent also shall advance reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and
expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the Person
to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately
determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each present and former director,
officer and employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including any person who becomes an
officer, director or employee prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments,
fines, losses, claims, settlements, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the
Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to purchase
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the Company’s directors and officers for
a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time which provides runoff coverage in an amount at
least equal to that currently provided by the Company for its directors and officers and on terms
otherwise comparable in all material respects to that currently provided by the Company (as
disclosed to Parent prior to the date hereof).
(c) The Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation shall
include provisions for exculpation of director, officer and employee liability and indemnification
on the same basis as set forth in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws
(respectively) in effect on the date hereof. For six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain in effect the provisions in its by-laws providing
for indemnification of Indemnified Parties, with respect to facts and circumstances occurring at or
prior to the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted from time to time under the DGCL,
which provisions shall not be amended except as required by applicable Law or except to make
changes permitted by applicable Law that would increase the scope of the Indemnified Parties’
indemnification rights thereunder.
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(d) The rights of each Indemnified Party under this Section 7.10 shall be in addition to any
right such Person might have under the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or under applicable Law (including the DGCL) or under any agreement of any Indemnified
Party with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The provisions of this Section 7.10 are
intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and
their respective heirs and representatives.
(e) If Parent, the Surviving Corporation, or any of their respective successors or assigns (i)
consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving
corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each case, proper provision shall be made so
that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, honor
the indemnification and other obligations set forth in this Section 7.10.
(f) The Indemnified Parties are express third-party beneficiaries of Parent’s obligations
under this Section 7.10.
7.11. Expenses. Subject to Sections 9.5(b) and (c) and
7.4(a), whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the
party incurring such expense, except that each of the Company and Parent shall bear and pay one
half of the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the filing, printing and mailing of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including any SEC filing fees).
7.12. Takeover Statute. If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the
Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby, each of Parent, the Company and Merger Sub
and their respective board of directors, shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are
necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable hereafter on the
terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or
regulation on such transactions.
7.13. Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all
such steps as may be required and permitted to cause the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including any dispositions of shares of Company Common Stock or acquisitions of Parent
ADSs (including derivative securities with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock or Parent
ADSs) by each individual who is or will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act.
7.14. Tax-Free Reorganization.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable best
efforts to cause the Merger to qualify as a 368 Reorganization, and shall not take any action
reasonably likely to cause the Merger not so to qualify. Parent shall not take, or cause the
Surviving Corporation to take, any action after the Effective Time reasonably likely to cause
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the Merger not to qualify as a 368 Reorganization. Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to comply with the reporting requirements of U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.367(a)
3(c)(6).
(b) Each of Parent and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the
opinions referred to in Section 8.2(c) and
8.3(e), respectively.
8.3(e), respectively.
7.15. Non-Solicitation; No-Hire. Prior to the earlier of the Effective Time and the
termination of this Agreement, Parent will not, and will cause its Subsidiaries not to, directly or
indirectly solicit for employment or hire or employ or seek to entice away from the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
this section shall not prohibit any advertisement or general solicitation (including through the
use of executive recruiters) that is not specifically targeted at employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, or prevent Parent from offering employment to or employing, persons who respond to
such advertisements or such general solicitations.
7.16. Accountants’ Comfort Letters. (a) Parent shall use all commercially reasonable
efforts to cause to be delivered to the Company two letters from Parent’s independent public
accountants, one dated approximately the date on which the F-4 Registration Statement covering the
Parent ADSs to be issued in the Merger shall become effective and one dated the Closing Date, each
addressed to the Company and Parent, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and customary
in scope for comfort letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with similar
Registration Statements.
(b) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be delivered to
Parent two letters from the Company’s independent public accountants, one dated approximately the
date on which the F-4 Registration Statement covering the Parent ADSs to be issued in the Merger
shall become effective and one dated the Closing Date, each addressed to Parent and the Company, in
form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and customary in scope for comfort letters delivered by
independent public accountants in connection with similar Registration Statements.
7.17. Alternative Structure. If Parent and the Company mutually determine that it is
prudent to do so, the parties agree to cooperate in good faith to make changes to the terms hereof
to restructure the transaction as a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company pursuant to
which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease and the Company shall be
the surviving corporation (the “First Step Merger”), immediately followed by a merger of
the Company, as the surviving corporation in the First Step Merger, with and into a subsidiary
directly wholly owned by Parent (“Merger Sub 2”) pursuant to which the separate corporate
existence of the Company shall thereupon cease with Merger Sub 2 being the surviving corporation,
or the substantial equivalent thereof.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS
8.1. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior
to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder Approval. The Company Requisite Vote shall have been obtained.
(b) HSR; EC Merger Regulation; Canada Competition Bureau; Other Regulatory Consents.
The waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act shall have
expired or been earlier terminated, and all required approvals by the European Commission and the
Competition Bureau of Canada applicable to the Merger under the applicable competition law or
regulation, including without limitation the EC Merger Regulation and the Canada Competition Act,
shall have been obtained or any applicable waiting period thereunder shall have been terminated or
shall have expired, and those other consents pursuant to the other Foreign Antitrust Filings the
failure of which to obtain would, either individually or in the aggregate, have or would reasonably
be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business, assets or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or an effect of
similar magnitude (in terms of absolute effect and not proportion) on Parent and its Subsidiaries
shall have been obtained.
(c) Injunction. No court or Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, Law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
judgment, decree, injunction or other order that is in effect and enjoins or otherwise prohibits
consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, an
“Order”).
(d) F-4 Registration Statement. The F-4 Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective by the SEC and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the F-4
Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending
before or threatened by the SEC, and all Israeli, United States state securities and “blue sky”
authorizations necessary to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained
and be in effect.
8.2. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent
and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Parent at or
prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as though made on and
as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks
as of an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such
date in the same manner as specified above), except for failures to be true and correct that either
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be likely to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect; provided that for purposes of determining whether the
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condition in this Section 8.2(a) is satisfied, references to “Company Material Adverse
Effect” (other than in Section 5.1(h)(i)) and any other materiality qualification contained
in such representations and warranties shall be ignored, and Parent shall have received a
certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed in
all material respects at or prior to the Closing Date all obligations required to be performed by
it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received a
certificate to such effect signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
(c) Tax Opinion. Parent shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx
LLP, counsel to Parent, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for United States federal
income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, that the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub will each be a party to that reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(b) of the Code and that Parent will be treated as a corporation under Section 367(a)(1)
of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall be entitled to rely upon
representations of officers of Parent and the Company substantially in the form of Exhibits A and B
hereto. Counsel’s opinion shall not address the tax consequences applicable to any stockholder of
the Company who, immediately after the Merger, will be a “five percent transferee shareholder” with
respect to Parent within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date hereof, a Company Material Adverse
Effect shall not have occurred and no change or other event shall have occurred that, either
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be likely to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
8.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect
the Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company at or prior to the
Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as though
made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such representation or warranty
expressly speaks as of an earlier date, which representations and warranties shall be true and
correct as of such date in the same manner as specified above), except for failures to be true and
correct that either individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be likely to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect; provided that for purposes of determining whether the condition in
this Section 8.3(a) is satisfied, references to “Parent Material Adverse Effect” (other
than in Section 5.2(h)(i)) and any other materiality qualification contained in such
representations and warranties shall be ignored, and the Company shall have received a certificate
to such effect signed on behalf of Parent by an executive officer of Parent.
(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. Each of Parent and Merger
Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed
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by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall have
received a certificate to such effect signed on behalf of Parent by an executive officer of Parent.
(c) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date hereof, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect shall not have occurred and no change or other event shall have occurred that, either
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be likely to have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Stock Exchange Listing. The Parent ADSs to be issued in connection with the
Merger and the Parent ADSs reserved for issuance upon exercise of the assumed Company Options shall
have been approved for quotation on Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance.
(e) Tax Opinion. The Company shall have received the opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Company, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for United
States federal income tax purposes as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code, that the Company, Parent and Merger Sub will each be a party to that reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code and that Parent will be treated as a corporation under
Section 367(a)(1) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall be entitled to rely
upon representations of officers of Parent and the Company substantially in the form of
Exhibits A and B hereto. Counsel’s opinion shall not address the tax consequences
applicable to any stockholder of the Company who, immediately after the Merger, will be a “five
percent transferee shareholder” with respect to Parent within the meaning of U.S. Treasury
Regulation Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5).
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION
9.1. Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger
may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the
Company Requisite Vote, by mutual written consent of the Company and Parent by action of their
respective Boards of Directors.
9.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time by action of the board of
directors of either Parent or the Company if:
(a) the Merger shall not have been consummated by March 31, 2009, whether such date is before
or after the date of receipt of the Company Requisite Vote (the “Termination Date”); provided that
the Termination Date shall be automatically extended for three months if, on the Termination Date
any of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1(b) shall not have been satisfied or waived
but (i) each of the other conditions to the consummation of the Merger set forth in Article VIII
has been satisfied or waived or remains capable of satisfaction, and (ii) any approvals required by
Section 8.1(b) that have not yet been obtained are being pursued diligently and in good
faith; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (a) shall not be
available to any party that has breached its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that
shall have proximately caused the occurrence of the failure of the Merger to be
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consummated, including its obligations required by Section 7.4, on or before the
Termination Date;
(b) the Company Requisite Vote shall not have been obtained at the Company Stockholders
Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof; or
(c) any Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the
Merger shall become final and non-appealable; provided that the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this clause (c) shall not be available to any party that has not used its reasonable
best efforts to have such Order removed, repealed or overturned or that breached in any material
respect its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that shall have proximately resulted in
the issuance or imposition of such Order.
9.3. Termination by the Company. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may
be abandoned by action of the board of directors of the Company at any time prior to (a) receipt of
the Company Requisite Vote, if the board of directors of the Company shall take any action
contemplated by clause (D) of Section 7.2; provided, however, that (i) the Company complies
with Section 7.2 and (ii) the termination pursuant to this Section 9.3(a) shall not
be effective unless the Company shall at or prior to the time of such termination make the payment
required by Section 9.5(b), or (b) the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of
the Company Requisite Vote, if there has been a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement such that the condition
in Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(b), as the case may be, would not be satisfied and
that is not curable or, if curable, is not cured by the earlier of (A) twenty (20) days after
written notice of such breach is given by the Company to Parent or (B) the Termination Date;
provided that Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 9.3(b) if Company is then in material breach of any of its covenants or agreements
contained in this Agreement.
9.4. Termination by Parent. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be
abandoned by action of the board of directors of Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time if:
(a) the board of directors of the Company takes any action contemplated by clause (D) of
Section 7.2; (b) the board of directors of the Company shall have effected a Change of
Recommendation; (c) the Company or its board of directors approves or recommends that the Company’s
stockholders tender their shares of Company Common Stock in any tender or exchange offer or the
Company or its board of directors fails to send to the Company’s stockholders, within ten Business
Days after the commencement of any such tender or exchange offer, a statement that the Company and
its board of directors recommends that the Company’s stockholders reject, and do not tender their
shares of Company Common Stock in, such tender or exchange offer; (d) prior to consummating or
engaging in any “business combination” (within the meaning of Section 203 of the DGCL) or other
transaction with or involving the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of, or pursuant to
which, any Person becomes or would become an “interested stockholder” (within the meaning of
Section 203 of the DGCL), the board of directors of the Company approves such business combination
or other transaction such that such Person would not be deemed to be an “interested stockholder”
under Section 203 of the DGCL; (e) the Company or any of its Affiliates publicly announces the
Company’s intention to take any of the actions described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) or
(d); or (f) there has been a breach
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by the Company of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement such that the condition in Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case
may be, would not be satisfied and that is not curable or, if curable, is not cured by the earlier
of (i) twenty (20) days after written notice of such breach is given by Parent to the Company or
(ii) the Termination Date; provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4(f) if Parent is then in material breach of any of
its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement.
9.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment. (a) In the event of termination of this
Agreement and the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this Article IX, this Agreement
(other than as set forth in Section 10.1) shall become void and of no effect with no
liability on the part of any party hereto (or of any of its directors, officers, employees,
Affiliates, agents, legal and financial advisors or other representatives); provided, however, that
no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of any liability or damages resulting from any
material and intentional breach of this Agreement, or any fraud, by such party.
(b) In the event that this Agreement is terminated (i) by Parent or the Company pursuant to
Section 9.2(a), provided that at the time of such termination (A) the Company Requisite Vote had
not been obtained and (B) an Acquisition Proposal or other public announcement of any intention
with respect to an Acquisition Proposal shall have been made (and such Acquisition Proposal has not
been withdrawn), (ii) by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 9.2(b) or by Parent
pursuant to Section 9.4(f), provided that, in each case, at the time of such termination an
Acquisition Proposal or other public announcement of any intention with respect to an Acquisition
Proposal shall have been made (and such Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn), (iii) by the
Company pursuant to Section 9.3(a), or (iv) by Parent pursuant to Section
9.4(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e), then the Company shall pay to
Parent a termination fee (as liquidated damages) in the amount of $200,000,000 as follows: (x) in
the case of any termination described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, if within twelve (12) months
after the date of such termination the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to,
or consummates, a transaction contemplated by an Acquisition Proposal, promptly, but in no event
later than two (2) Business Days after the date of the earlier of such entering into a definitive
agreement or such consummation, as applicable; (y) in the case of any termination described in
clause (iii) above, at or prior to the time of such termination; and (z) in the case of any
termination described in clause (iv) above, promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business
Days after the date of such termination. Any such payment shall be made by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Parent to the Company. For
purposes of this Section 9.5(b) “Acquisition Proposal” shall be defined by replacing all
references to “20%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal with “35%”.
(c) The parties acknowledge that the agreement contained in Section 9.5(b) is an integral part
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without such agreement Parent would
not have entered into this Agreement; accordingly, if the Company fails to timely pay any amounts
due by it pursuant to Section 9.5(b), it shall also pay interest from the date such payment
was due on the amounts owed at the prime rate in effect from time to time and quoted in The Wall
Street Journal during such period. The payment of the amounts specified in Section 9.5(b)
and this Section 9.5(c) shall be the sole and exclusive remedy
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available to Parent with respect to the facts and circumstances giving rise to such payment
obligation.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
10.1.
Survival. This Article X and the agreements of the Company, Parent and Merger
Sub contained in Sections 7.7 (Stock Exchange De-listing; Deregistration of Stock),
7.9 (Employee Benefits Matters), 7.10 (Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’
Insurance) and 7.11 (Expenses) and those other covenants and agreements contained herein
that by their terms apply, or that are to be performed in whole or in part, after the Effective
Time shall survive the consummation of the Merger. This Article X, the agreements of the
Company, Parent and Merger Sub contained in Section 7.11 (Expenses), Section 9.5
(Effect of Termination and Abandonment) and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement. All other representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in
this Agreement shall not survive the consummation of the Merger or the termination of this
Agreement.
10.2. Modification or Amendment. Subject to applicable Law, at any time prior to the
Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement duly executed
and delivered by Parent and the Company; provided, however, that, after approval of this Agreement
and the Merger by the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the DGCL, no amendment may be made
hereto which would by Law or the rules of the NYSE require further approval by the stockholders of
the Company without such further approval by such stockholders.
10.3. Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any party hereto may (a)
extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party
hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance by the
other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein; provided, however, that
after the approval of this Agreement and the Merger by the stockholders of the Company, there may
not be, without further approval of such stockholders, any extension or waiver of this Agreement or
any portion thereof which, by Law or in accordance with the rules of the NYSE, requires further
approval by such stockholders. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby, but such extension or
waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or
condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other
failure.
10.4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in one or
more counterparts or duplicate originals, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and all
signatures need not appear on any one counterpart. Any facsimile copies hereof or signature hereon
shall, for all purposes, be deemed originals.
10.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE.
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(a) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all disputes
between the parties under or related to this Agreement or the facts and circumstances leading to
its execution, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, applicable to contracts executed in and to be
performed entirely within that State and without reference to conflict of laws principles.
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Delaware State court, or Federal Court of the
United States of America sitting in Delaware, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the agreements delivered in
connection herewith or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or thereby, and each of the
parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees not to commence any such action or
proceeding except in such courts, (ii) agrees that any claim in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such court, (iii) waives, to the fullest extent it may
legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court, and (iv) waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or
proceeding in any such court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such
action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any other place of competent
jurisdiction by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law. Each party to this
Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in
Section 10.6. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right of any party to this
Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by Law.
10.6. Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given
hereunder by any party to the others shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by facsimile (upon receipt of electronic or
telephonic confirmation of successful transmission):
if to Parent or Merger Sub,
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: 011 972 3 924 6026
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: 011 972 3 924 6026
Boron Acquisition Corp.
c/o Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000 0000
c/o Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxx
X.X. Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000 0000
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
if to the Company,
Xxxx Pharmaceutical, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or to such other Persons or addresses as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such
notice as provided above.
10.7. Entire Agreement; NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS. This Agreement (including any
exhibits hereto), the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Parent Disclosure Schedules and the
Confidentiality Agreement, dated May 6, 2008, between Parent and the Company (as may be amended
from time to time, the “Confidentiality Agreement”), constitute the entire agreement by and
among the parties hereto, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations
and warranties both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARENT, MERGER SUB NOR THE COMPANY MAKES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR
WARRANTIES, AND EACH HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES MADE BY ITSELF OR ANY
OF ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS
OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES, WITH RESPECT TO THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO THE OTHER OR THE
OTHER’S REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY ONE OR MORE
OF THE FOREGOING.
10.8. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Other than with respect to the matters set forth
in Section 7.10 (Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance), this Agreement is not
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intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies
hereunder.
10.9. Obligations of Parent and of the Company. Except as otherwise specifically
provided herein, whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of Parent to take any action, such
requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of Parent to cause such
Subsidiary to take such action. Whenever this Agreement requires a Subsidiary of the Company to
take any action, such requirement shall be deemed to include an undertaking on the part of the
Company to cause such Subsidiary to take such action and, after the Effective Time, on the part of
the Surviving Corporation to cause such Subsidiary to take such action.
10.10. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and
the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to
any Person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (a) a suitable and equitable provision
shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the
intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this
Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be
affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability
affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other
jurisdiction so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.
10.11. Disclosure Schedules. Any information disclosed in any section of the Company
Disclosure Schedules or the Parent Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to be disclosed on any
other section of the Company Disclosure Schedules or the Parent Disclosure Schedules, respectively,
where it is reasonably apparent that the disclosure contained in such section of the Company
Disclosure Schedules or the Parent Disclosure Schedules is relevant to such other sections. The
Company Disclosure Schedules and the Parent Disclosure Schedules, respectively, and the information
and disclosures contained therein are intended only to qualify and limit the representations,
warranties and covenants of the Company or Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be, contained in
this Agreement and shall not be deemed to expand in any way the scope or effect of any of such
representations, warranties or covenants. No reference to or disclosure of any item or other
matter in the Company Disclosure Schedules or the Parent Disclosure Schedules shall be construed to
establish a standard of materiality.
10.12. Interpretation. The table of contents and headings herein are for convenience
of reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or
otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a
Section or Exhibit, such reference shall be to a Section of or Exhibit to this Agreement unless
otherwise indicated. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”
10.13. Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by operation of Law or
otherwise; provided, however, that Parent may designate, prior to the mailing of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus, by written notice to the Company, another wholly owned direct or indirect
Subsidiary in lieu of Merger Sub to be a constituent corporation in the Merger, so long as such
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designation would not reasonably be expected to (a) impose any material delay in the obtaining
of, or significantly increase the risk of not obtaining any Parent Required Statutory Approval or
Company Required Statutory Approval or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting
period, (b) significantly increase the risk of any Governmental Entity entering an order
prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, (c) significantly increase the risk of not being able
to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise or (d) materially delay the consummation of the
Merger; provided, further, that each of Parent and Merger Sub may (in its sole discretion), without
the consent of any other party hereto, assign this Agreement and its rights and obligations
hereunder to one or more of its Affiliates; provided, further, however, that, in the event of any
such assignment pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso, Parent or Merger Sub (as the case
may be) shall remain fully liable for, and shall not be released from, any of its obligations under
this Agreement. If the requirements of the previous sentence are met and Parent wishes to
designate another wholly owned direct or indirect Subsidiary in lieu of Merger Sub to be a
constituent corporation of the Merger, then all references herein to Merger Sub shall be deemed to
be references to such other Subsidiary, except that all representations and warranties made herein
with respect to Merger Sub as of the date hereof shall be deemed representations and warranties
made with respect to such other Subsidiary as of the date of such designation.
10.14. Specific Performance. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the
failure of any party to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder, including its failure to
take all actions as are necessary on its part to consummate the Merger, will cause irreparable
injury to the other parties, for which damages, even if available, will not be a complete and
adequate remedy. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that each shall be entitled to seek
injunctive relief by any court of competent jurisdiction to compel performance of such party’s
obligations hereunder, in addition to any other rights or remedies available hereunder or at law or
in equity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by the
duly authorized officers of the parties hereto as of the date first written above.
XXXX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | EVP, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
By: | /s/ Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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BORON ACQUISITION CORP. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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