AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
ABBOTT LABORATORIES,
S&G NUTRITIONALS, INC.
and
KOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dated as of November 5, 2006
INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Acquisition Agreement
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36 |
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Acquisition Proposal
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34 |
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Adverse Recommendation Change
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35 |
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Affiliate
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47 |
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Agreement
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1 |
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Anti-Takeover Statutes
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24 |
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Antitrust Law
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39 |
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Articles of Incorporation
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11 |
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Articles of Merger
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6 |
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Authorizations
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15 |
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beneficial owner
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47 |
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beneficially owned
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48 |
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Business Day
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48 |
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Bylaws
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11 |
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Certificate
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7 |
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Closing
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5 |
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Closing Date
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6 |
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Company
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1 |
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Company Common Stock
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1 |
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Company Disclosure Schedule
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10 |
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Company Employees
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19 |
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Company Intellectual Property Rights
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24 |
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Company Joint Venture
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11 |
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Company Plans
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18 |
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Company Requisite Vote
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13 |
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Company Securities
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12 |
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Company Stock Plans
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12 |
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Confidentiality Agreement
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34 |
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Contract
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14 |
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control
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48 |
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controlled
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48 |
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controlled by
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48 |
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Controlled Group Liability
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48 |
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Costs
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37 |
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DOJ
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39 |
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Drug Law
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15 |
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Effective Time
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6 |
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employee benefit plan
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18 |
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Environmental Laws
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25 |
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Environmental Permits
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25 |
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ERISA
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18 |
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ERISA Affiliate
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48 |
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ESPP
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7 |
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ESPP Termination Date
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7 |
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Exchange Act
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14 |
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Exchange Fund
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8 |
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Expiration Date
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2 |
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FBCA
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1 |
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FDA
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15 |
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FDA Act
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14 |
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Financial Advisor
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23 |
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Foreign Antitrust and Investment Laws
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14 |
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FTC
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39 |
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GAAP
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48 |
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Governmental Entity
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14 |
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HSR Act
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14 |
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Indemnified Parties
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37 |
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Independent Directors
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40 |
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Information Statement
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14 |
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Intellectual Property
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24 |
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Investments Stock Purchase
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2 |
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IRS
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19 |
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Jaharis Family
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1 |
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Knowledge
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48 |
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Law
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14 |
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Liens
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11 |
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Material Adverse Effect
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10 |
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Material Contract
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26 |
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Materials of Environmental Concern
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26 |
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Merger
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1 |
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Merger Consideration
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7 |
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Merger Recommendation
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13 |
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Merger Sub
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1 |
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MJ Warrant
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19 |
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Multiemployer Plan
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18 |
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Nasdaq
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14 |
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NLRB
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20 |
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Offer
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1 |
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Offer Documents
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3 |
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Offer Price
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1 |
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Offer Recommendation
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13 |
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Option
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5 |
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Option Consideration
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5 |
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owns beneficially
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48 |
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Parent
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1 |
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Parent Material Adverse Effect
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27 |
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Parent Plan
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36 |
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Parent Proceedings
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29 |
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Paying Agent
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8 |
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PBGC
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19 |
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Person
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49 |
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Pharmabio Warrant
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8 |
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Preferred Stock
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11 |
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Proceedings
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18 |
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Proxy Statement
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14 |
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Publication Date
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2 |
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Restricted Company Common Stock
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7 |
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Schedule 14D 9
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4 |
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SEC
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2 |
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SEC Reports
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16 |
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Securities Act
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14 |
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Share
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1 |
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Shareholders Agreement
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1 |
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Shareholders Meeting
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32 |
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Stock Purchase Agreement
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1 |
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Submission
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42 |
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Subsidiary
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49 |
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Superior Proposal
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35 |
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Surviving Corporation
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5 |
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Tax Return
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23 |
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Taxes
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22 |
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Termination Date
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43 |
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Termination Expenses
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45 |
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Termination Fee
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44 |
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Top-Up Option
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3 |
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Top-Up Shares
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3 |
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Transfer Taxes
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41 |
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under common control with
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48 |
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Withdrawal Liability
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19 |
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of November 5, 2006 (this "Agreement")
among ABBOTT LABORATORIES, an Illinois corporation ("Parent"), S&G Nutritionals,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent ("Merger
Sub"), and KOS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Florida corporation (the "Company").
WHEREAS the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
have approved the acquisition of the Company by Parent on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the acquisition of the Company by Parent on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Parent proposes to cause
Merger Sub to make a tender offer (as it may be amended from time to time as permitted
under this Agreement, the "Offer") to purchase all the outstanding shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (a "Share"), of the Company (the "Company Common
Stock"), at a price per Share of Company Common Stock of $78.00 (such amount, or
any other amount per Share paid pursuant to the Offer and this Agreement, the "Offer
Price"), net to the seller in cash, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has (i) determined that this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the merger (the
"Merger") of Merger Sub with and into the Company in accordance with the Business
Corporation Act of the State of Florida (the "FBCA"), are advisable, fair to and
in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders, (ii) adopted and approved
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and
the Merger, in accordance with the FBCA, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, and (iii) resolved to recommend the Offer and the approval of
this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger)
by the shareholders of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub have each adopted and
approved, and Parent, as the sole shareholder of Merger Sub has approved this Agreement
and declared it advisable, fair to and in the best interests of Parent and Merger
Sub, respectively to enter into this Agreement providing for the Offer and Merger
in accordance with the FBCA, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, as an inducement to and condition of Parents willingness to enter into
this Agreement, certain shareholders (collectively, the "Jaharis Family") will enter
into a shareholders agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Shareholders Agreement"),
the form of which is attached as Annex 1, and the Board of Directors of the Company
has approved the entry by the Jaharis Family into the Shareholders Agreement. The
Shareholders Agreement will be entered into concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to and condition of the Jaharis Family entering into
the Shareholders Agreement, Parent and certain persons have entered into a stock
purchase agreement dated as of the date hereof (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"),
the form of which is attached as Annex 2, providing for the purchase by Parent of
all outstanding shares of Kos Investments, Inc. (the "Investments Stock Purchase").
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants, agreements
and representations herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE OFFER AND THE MERGER
SECTION 1.1 The Offer.
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Agreement, as promptly as practicable but
in no event later than the later of (x) six Business Days after the date of this
Agreement and (y) the first Business Day following publication in the Federal Register
of SEC Release Number 34-54684 relating to the amendments to Rule 14d-10 promulgated
under the Exchange Act (the date of such publications referred to as the "Publication
Date"), Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, commence the Offer
within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The obligations of Merger Sub to, and of Parent
to cause Merger Sub to, commence the Offer and accept for payment, and pay for,
any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer are subject to the conditions set forth
in Exhibit A. The initial expiration date of the Offer shall be midnight New York
City time on the later of (x) the 30th day (or if such day is not a Business Day,
the first Business Day thereafter) following the Publication Date and (y) the 20th
Business Day following the commencement of the Offer (determined using Exchange
Act Rule 14d-1(g)(3) of the SEC) (the initial "Expiration Date" and any expiration
time and date established pursuant to an extension of the Offer as so extended,
also an "Expiration Date"). Merger Sub expressly reserves the right (x) if the Minimum
Tender Condition has not been satisfied or if an Adverse Recommendation Change has
been made, to increase the Offer Price and (y) to waive any condition to the Offer
or modify the terms of the Offer, except that, without the consent of the Company,
Merger Sub shall not (i) reduce the number of Shares subject to the Offer, (ii)
reduce the Offer Price, (iii) waive the Minimum Tender Condition (as defined in
Exhibit A), (iv) add to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A or modify any condition
set forth in Exhibit A in any manner adverse to the holders of Company Common Stock,
(v) except as otherwise provided in this Section 1.1(a), extend the Offer, (vi)
change the form of consideration payable in the Offer or (vii) otherwise amend the
Offer in any manner adverse to the holders of Company Common Stock. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Merger Sub may, in its discretion, without the consent of the Company,
(i) extend the Offer for one or more consecutive increments of not more than five
Business Days each, if at any otherwise scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer any
of the conditions to Merger Subs obligation to purchase Shares are not satisfied
or waived, until such time as such conditions are satisfied or waived, (ii) extend
the Offer for the minimum period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation
or position of the SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Offer or (iii) make
available a "subsequent offering period" in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 14d-11.
In addition, if at any otherwise scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer any condition
to the Offer is not satisfied or waived, Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause
Merger Sub to, extend the Offer at the request of the Company for one or more consecutive
increments of not more than five Business Days each. In addition, Merger Sub shall,
if requested by the Company, make available a subsequent offering period in accordance
with Exchange Act Rule 14d-11 of not less than ten Business Days; provided that
Merger Sub shall not be required to make available such a subsequent offering period
in the event that, prior to the commencement of such subsequent offering period,
Parent and Merger Sub, directly or indirectly own more than 80% of the Fully Diluted
Shares. On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer and this Agreement,
Merger Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, accept and pay for all Shares
validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer that Merger Sub becomes
obligated to purchase pursuant to the Offer as soon as practicable after the expiration
of the Offer. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that shares of
Restricted Company Common Stock may be tendered in the Offer and be acquired by
Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to the Offer.
(b) On the date of commencement of the Offer, Parent and Merger Sub shall file
with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with respect to the Offer,
which shall contain an offer to purchase and a related letter of transmittal and
summary advertisement (such Schedule TO and the documents included therein pursuant
to which the Offer will be made, together with any supplements or amendments thereto,
the "Offer Documents"). Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall promptly
correct any information provided by it for use in the Offer Documents if and to
the extent that such information shall have become false or misleading in any material
respect, and each of Parent and Merger Sub shall take all steps necessary to amend
or supplement the Offer Documents and to cause the Offer Documents as so amended
or supplemented to be filed with the SEC and the Offer Documents as so amended or
supplemented to be disseminated to the Companys shareholders, in each case as and
to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. Parent, Merger Sub
and the Company will cooperate and consult with each other and their respective
counsel in the preparation of the Offer Documents. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company will furnish to Parent the information relating to
it required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
to be set forth in the Offer Documents. Parent and Merger Sub shall (i) provide
the Company and its counsel in writing with any comments Parent, Merger Sub or their
counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer Documents
promptly after the receipt of such comments, (ii) consult with the Company and its
counsel prior to responding to any such comments, and (iii) provide the Company
and its counsel in writing with any comments or responses thereto of Parent, Merger
Sub or their counsel. Parent and Merger Sub shall give the Company a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on the Offer Documents and any amendments thereto.
(c) Parent shall provide or cause to be provided to Merger Sub on a timely basis
the funds necessary to purchase any Shares that Merger Sub becomes obligated to
purchase pursuant to the Offer.
(d) The Company hereby grants to Parent and Merger Sub an irrevocable option
(the "Top-Up Option") to purchase at a price per share equal to the Offer Price
up to that number of newly issued shares of the Company Common Stock (the "Top-Up
Shares") equal to the lowest number of shares of Company Common Stock that, when
added to the number of shares of Company Common Stock, directly or indirectly, owned
by Parent and Merger Sub at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option shall constitute
one share more than eighty percent (80%) of the Fully Diluted Shares immediately
after the issuance of the Top-Up Share. The Top-Up Option shall be exercisable only
once, at such time as Parent and Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, own at least
70% of the Fully Diluted Shares and prior to the fifth Business Day after the Expiration
Date or the expiration date of any subsequent offering period. Such Top-Up Option
shall not be exercisable to the extent the number of shares of Company Common Stock
subject thereto (taken together with the number of Fully Diluted Shares outstanding
at such time) exceeds the number of authorized shares of Company Common Stock available
for issuances. The obligation of the Company to deliver the Top-Up Shares upon the
exercise of the Top-Up Option is subject to the condition that no provision of any
applicable Law and no Judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit the exercise
of the Top-Up Option or the delivery of the Top-Up Shares in respect of such exercise.
The parties shall cooperate to ensure that the issuance of the Top-Up Shares is
accomplished consistent with all applicable legal requirements of all Governmental
Entities, including compliance with an applicable exemption from registration of
the Top-Up Shares under the Securities Act. In the event Parent and Merger Sub wish
to exercise the Top-Up Option, Merger Sub shall give the Company one (1) Business
Day prior written notice specifying the number of shares of the Company Common Stock
that are or will be, directly or indirectly, owned by Parent and Merger Sub immediately
preceding the purchase of the Top-Up Shares and specifying a place and a time for
the closing of such purchase. The Company shall, as soon as practicable following
receipt of such notice, deliver written notice to Merger Sub specifying the number
of Top-Up Shares. At the closing of the purchase of Top-Up Shares, the portion of
the purchase price owed by Parent or Merger Sub upon exercise of such Top-Up Option
shall be paid to the Company (i) in cash by wire transfer or cashiers check or
(ii) by issuance by Merger Sub to the Company of a promissory note on terms reasonably
satisfactory to the Company.
SECTION 1.2 Company Actions.
(a) The Company hereby approves of and consents to the Offer, the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) On the date the Offer Documents are filed with the SEC or as soon as practicable
thereafter, the Company shall file with the SEC a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement
on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (such Schedule 14D-9, as amended from
time to time, the "Schedule 14D-9") containing the recommendations referred to in
Section 3.4(b) and shall mail the Schedule 14D-9 to the holders of Company Common
Stock. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly correct any information
provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that such information
shall have become false or misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall
take all steps necessary to amend or supplement the Schedule 14D-9 and to cause
the Schedule 14D-9 as so amended or supplemented to be filed with the SEC and disseminated
to the Companys shareholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable
federal securities laws. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will cooperate and consult
with each other and their respective counsel in the preparation of the Schedule
14D-9. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent will furnish to
the Company the information relating to it required by the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be set forth in the Schedule 14D-9.
The Company shall (i) provide Parent and its counsel in writing with any comments
the Company or its counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to
the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after the receipt of such comments, (ii) consult with
Parent and Merger Sub and their counsel prior to responding to any such comments,
and (iii) provide Parent and Merger Sub and their counsel in writing with any comments
or responses thereto of the Company or its counsel. The Company shall give Parent
and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9
and any amendments thereto.
(c) In connection with the Offer, the Company shall cause its transfer agent
to furnish Merger Sub promptly with mailing labels containing the names and addresses
of the record holders of Company Common Stock as of a recent date and of those persons
becoming record holders subsequent to such date, together with copies of all lists
of shareholders, security position listings and computer files and all other information
in the Companys possession or control regarding the beneficial owners of Company
Common Stock, and shall furnish to Merger Sub such information and assistance (including
updated lists of shareholders, security position listings and computer files) as
Parent may reasonably request in communicating the Offer to the Companys shareholders.
Subject to the requirements of applicable Law, and except for such steps as are
necessary to disseminate the Offer Documents and any other documents necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub
shall hold in confidence the information contained in any such labels, listings
and files, shall use such information only in connection with the Offer and the
Merger and, if this Agreement shall be terminated, shall, upon request, deliver
to the Company all copies of such information then in their possession.
SECTION 1.3 Treatment of Options; MJ Warrant.
(a) Promptly after consummation of the Offer, by virtue of the consummation of
the Offer and without any action on the part of any holder, each option to purchase
Shares (an "Option") granted under any Company Plan that is outstanding and unexercised
(whether or not then exercisable) immediately prior to the consummation of the Offer
shall vest in full and be canceled immediately prior to such time and shall be converted
into the right to receive, promptly thereafter, an amount in cash (less any applicable
withholding taxes and without interest) equal to the product of (i) the number of
Shares subject to such Option and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the highest price
per Share paid pursuant to the Offer over (B) the per share exercise price in effect
for such Option (the "Option Consideration").
(b) Promptly after consummation of the Offer, by virtue of consummation of the
Offer and without any action on the part of the holder of each Non-Detachable Common
Stock Purchase Warrant dated as of December 19, 2002 by and between Mary Jaharis
and the Company (the "MJ Warrant"), the holder of the MJ Warrant shall be entitled
to receive an amount in cash equal to the amount of cash that the holder of the
Company Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of the MJ Warrant would have been
entitled to receive in the Offer if the MJ Warrant had been exercised immediately
before the Offer.
SECTION 1.4 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and in accordance with the FBCA, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall
be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving
corporation of the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation").
SECTION 1.5 Closing; Effective Time. Subject to the provisions of Article VII,
the closing of the Merger (the "Closing") shall take place at the offices of Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the second Business Day, after
the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted by Law) of the conditions set
forth in Article VII (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied
until the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted
by Law) of such conditions at the Closing), or at such other place or on such other
date as Parent and the Company may mutually agree; provided, however, that if all
the conditions set forth in Article VII shall not have been satisfied or waived
(to the extent permitted by Law) on such second Business Day, then the Closing shall
take place on the first Business Day on which all such conditions shall have been
satisfied or waived (to the extent permitted by Law). The date on which the Closing
actually occurs is hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date". At the Closing,
the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing articles of
merger (the "Articles of Merger") with the Florida Department of State, Division
of Corporations and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form
as required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the
FBCA (the date and time of the acceptance of the filing of the Articles of Merger
by the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, or such later time
as is specified in the Articles of Merger and as is agreed to by the parties hereto,
being hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Time") and shall make all other
filings or recordings required under the FBCA in connection with the Merger.
SECTION 1.6 Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth
herein and in the applicable provisions of the FBCA. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights,
privileges, immunities, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall
vest in the Surviving Corporation and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company
and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
SECTION 1.7 Articles of Incorporation; Bylaws.
(a) Pursuant to the Merger, the articles of incorporation of the Company shall
be amended and restated to be in the form of the articles of incorporation of Merger
Sub in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time and, as so amended, such articles
of incorporation shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by law, except
that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be changed to a name to be specified
by Parent.
(b) Pursuant to the Merger, the bylaws of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior
to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with their terms and the articles of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation and as provided by Law.
SECTION 1.8 Directors and Officers. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior
to the Effective Time and the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be the directors and officers, respectively, of the Surviving Corporation,
in each case until the earlier of his or her resignation or removal or until his
or her successors are duly elected and qualified.
ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS
SECTION 2.1 Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or
the holders of any of the following securities, the following shall occur:
(a) subject to Section 2.3, each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time (other than any Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section
2.1(b) or to be converted pursuant to Section 2.1(c), but including Shares subject
to vesting or other restrictions (the "Restricted Company Common Stock")) shall
be converted into the right to receive the highest price per Share paid pursuant
to the Offer in cash without interest (the "Merger Consideration");
(b) each Share held in the treasury of the Company and each Share owned by Parent
or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired
without any conversion thereof, and no payment or distribution shall be made with
respect thereto;
(c) all of the Shares owned by Kos Investments, Inc. or Kos Holdings, Inc. immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be converted, in the aggregate, into a number
of shares equal to the same percentage of the fully-diluted outstanding stock of
the Surviving Corporation as such shares currently represent of the Fully Diluted
Shares; and
(d) each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock of
the Surviving Corporation.
Except as set forth in Sections 2.1(b) and (c), (i) at the Effective Time, all
Shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to be outstanding, shall automatically
be cancelled and shall cease to exist and (ii) each holder of a certificate that
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented any such Shares of Company Common
Stock (a "Certificate") shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except
the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
SECTION 2.2 Treatment of ESPP, Warrants, etc.
(a) The Company shall take any and all actions with respect to the Companys
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") as are necessary to provide that, subject
to consummation of the Merger, the ESPP shall terminate, effective on the date immediately
prior to the Closing Date (the "ESPP Termination Date"). On the ESPP Termination
Date, each purchase right under the ESPP as of the ESPP Termination Date shall be
automatically exercised by applying the payroll deductions of each participant in
the ESPP for the applicable Offering Period (as defined in the ESPP) to the purchase
of a number of whole Shares (subject to the provisions of the ESPP regarding the
number of shares purchasable) at the exercise price per Share specified in the ESPP,
which number of shares will then be canceled and converted into the right to receive
the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 2.1(a) hereof. Any excess payroll
deductions not used as a result of ESPP share limitations shall be distributed to
each participant without interest. If a fractional number of Shares results, then
such number shall be rounded down to the next whole number, and the excess payroll
deductions shall be distributed to the applicable participant without interest.
(b) Immediately after the consummation of the Offer, each outstanding award of
Restricted Company Common Stock granted under the Companys 1996 Stock Option Plan
or the Kos Incentive Plan, or otherwise, not acquired by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant
to the Offer shall vest in full and cease to be subject to restrictions and the
holders of such awards of Restricted Company Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
(c) At the Effective Time, the holder of the Warrant Agreement dated as of January
1, 2002, by and between the Company and PharmaBio Development Inc. (the "PharmaBio
Warrant") shall be entitled to receive upon exercise of the PharmaBio Warrant, if
not already exercised prior to the Effective Time, during the period specified therein
the amount in cash, without interest, equal to (i) the amount of cash that a holder
of the Company Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of the PharmaBio Warrant would
have been entitled to receive in the Merger if the PharmaBio Warrant had been exercised
immediately before the Merger minus (ii) the exercise price of the PharmaBio Warrant,
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the PharmaBio Warrant.
SECTION 2.3 Surrender of Shares.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall enter into an agreement with
a paying agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as its paying agent (the
"Paying Agent") for the payment of the Merger Consideration to which the shareholders
of the Company shall become entitled pursuant to this Article II. At or prior to
the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, deposit
with the Paying Agent to be held in trust for the benefit of holders of Certificates
all the cash necessary to pay for the Shares converted into the right to receive
the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) (such cash being hereinafter
referred to as the "Exchange Fund").
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be mailed to each
record holder, as of the Effective Time, of a Certificate which immediately prior
to the Effective Time represented Shares, a form of letter of transmittal (which
shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and
risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery
of the Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the
surrender of the Certificates for payment of the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender
to the Paying Agent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto,
and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder
of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive upon such surrender of such Certificate
the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and such Certificate shall then
be canceled. If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other
than the Person in whose name the Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition
of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall
be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment
shall have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the payment of
the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate
surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation
that such Tax either has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated
by this Section 2.3(b), each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective
Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender of such Certificate
the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a). No interest shall be paid or
accrue on the cash payable upon surrender of any Certificate.
(c) At any time following the date that is twelve months after the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to
deliver to it any portion of the Exchange Fund which have been made available to
the Paying Agent and which have not been disbursed to holders of Certificates and
thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent and the Surviving Corporation
(subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) only as general creditors
thereof with respect to the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their
Certificates. The Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including
those of the Paying Agent, incurred by it in connection with the exchange of Shares
for the Merger Consideration and other amounts contemplated by this Article II.
None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any
person in respect of any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law. The Merger Consideration paid in accordance
with the terms of this Article II in respect of Certificates that have been surrendered
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been paid
in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares of Company Common Stock
represented thereby.
(d) After the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be
closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of Shares
that were outstanding prior to the Effective Time. After the Effective Time, Certificates
presented to the Surviving Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and exchanged
for the consideration provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth
in, this Article II.
(e) 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 reasonably requested, the posting by the
holder of a bond in customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be
made against it with respect to the Certificate, the Paying Agent will deliver in
exchange for the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration
payable in respect of the Shares represented by such Certificate pursuant to this
Article II.
(f) The Paying Agent shall invest the cash included in the Exchange Fund, as
directed by Parent, on a daily basis in (i) obligations of or guaranteed by the
United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (ii) money market
accounts, certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreement or bankers acceptances
of, or demand deposits with, commercial banks having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $5,000,000,000, or (iii) commercial paper obligations rated P-1 or A-1
or better by Standard &Poors Corporation or Moodys Investor Services, Inc. Any
profit or loss resulting from, or interest and other income produced by, such investments
shall be for the account of Parent. If for any reason (including losses) the cash
in the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations
to be made in cash by the Exchange Agent hereunder (but subject to Section 2.4),
Parent shall promptly deposit cash into the Exchange Fund in an amount which is
equal to the deficiency in the amount of cash required to fully satisfy such cash
payment obligations.
SECTION 2.4 Withholding Taxes. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Paying Agent shall be entitled
to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any former holder
of Shares pursuant to this Agreement any amount as may be required to be deducted
and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under applicable tax Laws.
To the extent that amounts are so properly withheld by the Paying Agent, the Surviving
Corporation or Parent, as the case may be, and are paid over to the appropriate
Governmental Entity in accordance with applicable Law, such withheld amounts shall
be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder
of the Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the
Paying Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as the case may be.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that, except
as identified in the SEC Reports or as set forth on the Company Disclosure Schedule
delivered by the Company to the Parent and Merger Sub prior to the execution of
this Agreement (the "Company Disclosure Schedule"), it being understood and agreed
that (i) each item in a particular section of the Company Disclosure Schedule applies
only to such section and to any other section to which its relevance is readily
apparent and (ii) each item in the SEC Reports applies only to such section of this
Agreement to which its relevance is readily apparent:
SECTION 3.01 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing or active status under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which it is incorporated (in the case of good standing, to the extent the concept
is recognized by such jurisdiction) and has all requisite corporate power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted, except where any failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing or active status or to have such power or authority would not, or would
not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed
to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character
of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for any failure to be so
qualified or licensed or in good standing which would not, or would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any change, effect, event or occurrence that (A)
has a material adverse effect on the assets, business, financial condition or results
of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (B) prevents,
or materially delays the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement
in any material respect or materially delays consummating the transactions contemplated
hereby or would reasonably be expected to have such effect; provided, however, that
no change, effect, event or occurrence to the extent arising or resulting from any
of the following, either alone or in combination, shall constitute or be taken into
account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) general economic or market conditions or general changes or developments in
the pharmaceutical industry or affecting participants in the pharmaceutical industry,
(ii) acts of war or terrorism or natural disasters, (iii) the announcement or performance
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including compliance
with the covenants set forth herein and the identity of Parent as the acquiror of
the Company, or any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company at the written
request or with the prior written consent of Parent or Merger Sub, (iv) changes
in GAAP, (v) changes in the price or trading volume of the Companys stock (provided
that any change, effect, event or occurrence that may have caused or contributed
to such change in market price or trading volume shall not be excluded), (vi) any
failure by the Company to meet revenue or earnings projections, in and of itself
(provided that any change, effect, event or occurrence that may have caused or contributed
to such failure to meet published revenue or earnings projections shall not be excluded)
or (vii) the Submission, unless, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), such change,
effect, event or occurrence has a materially disproportionate effect on the Company
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, compared with other companies operating
in the pharmaceutical industry.
(b) Section 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for each Company
Joint Venture, the interest held by the Company and the jurisdiction in which such
Company Joint Venture is organized. The term "Company Joint Venture" means any corporation
or other entity (including partnership, limited liability company and other business
association) that is not a Subsidiary of the Company and in which the Company or
one or more of the Companys Subsidiaries owns an equity interest (other than equity
interests held for passive investment purposes which are less than 10% of any class
of the outstanding voting securities or other equity of any such entity and equity
interests in which the invested capital associated with the Companys or its Subsidiaries
interest is less than $1,000,000, as reasonably determined by the Company). Interests
in the Company Joint Ventures held by the Company are held directly by the Company
or one of its Subsidiaries, free and clear of all security interests, liens, claims,
pledges, agreements, limitations in voting or transfer rights, charges or other
encumbrances of any nature whatsoever ("Liens"), except any such Liens that would
not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof has any
obligation or commitment to make any capital contribution to any Company Joint Venture.
SECTION 3.02 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company has heretofore
furnished to Parent a complete and correct copy of the amended and restated articles
of incorporation dated as of May 2, 2005 (the "Articles of Incorporation") and the
amended and restated bylaws dated as of October 16, 2003 (the "Bylaws") of the Company
as in effect on the date hereof and all minutes of the Board of Directors of the
Company since January 1, 2005 other than those with respect to consideration and
approval of the Offer and the Merger and related transactions. The Articles of Incorporation
of the Company and the Bylaws are in full force and effect and no other organizational
documents are applicable to or binding upon the Company. The Company is not in violation
of any provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws in any material respect.
SECTION 3.3 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000 Shares,
and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred
Stock").
(b) As of November 2, 2006: (i) 47,630,852 Shares were issued and outstanding,
all of which were validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and were issued free
of preemptive rights; (ii) an aggregate of 10,001,300 Shares was reserved for issuance
upon or otherwise deliverable in connection with the grant of equity-based awards
or the exercise of outstanding Options issued pursuant to the Companys 1996 Stock
Option Plan, the Kos Incentive Plan, the Kos 401K Plan (together with the ESPP,
the "Company Stock Plans"); (iii) no shares of Preferred Stock were outstanding
and (iv) an aggregate of 782,111 Shares was reserved for issuance or delivery upon
the exercise of the non-detachable warrants granted in connection with the Revolving
Credit and Loan Agreement by and between the Company and Mary Jaharis, dated as
of December 19, 2002 and the warrants granted in connection with the PharmaBio Warrant.
Since the close of business on November 2, 2006, until the date hereof, no options
to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (including any phantom stock rights,
stock appreciation rights or similar rights), Restricted Company Common Stock or
Preferred Stock have been granted and no shares of Company Common Stock or Preferred
Stock have been issued, except for Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of Options,
the Kos Incentive Plan, the Kos 401K Plan and the ESPP, in each case in accordance
with their terms. Section 3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth,
as of the date specified thereon, each equity-based award (including Restricted
Company Common Stock) and Option outstanding whether or not under the Company Stock
Plans (specifying whether under the Company Stock Plans or outside of the Company
Stock Plans), the number of Shares issuable thereunder and the expiration date and
exercise or conversion price relating thereto.
(c) As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in clauses (a) and
(b) of this Section 3.3: (i) there are not outstanding or authorized any (A) shares
of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company, (B) securities of the
Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities
of the Company or (C) options (including any phantom stock rights, stock appreciation
rights or similar rights) or other rights to acquire from the Company, or any obligation
of the Company to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company (collectively,
"Company Securities"); (ii) there are no outstanding obligations of the Company
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities; and (iii) there
are no statutory or contractual preemptive rights, other options, calls, warrants
or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating
to the issued or unissued capital stock or other voting securities of the Company
to which the Company is a party. No Subsidiary of the Company owns any Shares.
(d) Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock and voting securities of
the Companys Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and all such shares are owned by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except
any such Liens that would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no (i) outstanding
options or other rights of any kind which obligate the Company or its Subsidiaries
to issue or deliver any shares of capital stock, voting securities or other equity
interests of the Subsidiaries of the Company or any securities or obligations convertible
into or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of capital stock, voting
securities or other equity interests of such Subsidiaries, (ii) outstanding obligations
of the Company or its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any
securities or obligations convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for
any shares of capital stock, voting securities or other equity interests of such
Subsidiaries; or (iii) other options, calls, warrants or other rights, agreements,
arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock or other equity interests or voting securities of the Subsidiaries
of the Company to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party.
SECTION 3.4 Authority.
(a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company, subject, in the case of the Merger, to the approval
of this Agreement by the holders of at least a majority in combined voting power
of the outstanding Shares if required by applicable Law (the "Company Requisite
Vote"), and the filing with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
and the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Articles of Merger as
required by the FBCA and the Delaware General Corporation Law. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock is the only vote required
of the Companys capital stock necessary in connection with the approval and consummation
of the Merger. No other vote of the Companys shareholders is necessary in connection
with this Agreement, the Shareholders Agreement, or the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed
and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors
rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company has, by resolutions duly adopted, at
a meeting duly called and held (i) authorized the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and all of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) approved,
adopted and declared advisable, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, in accordance with the FBCA, (iii) determined
that the terms of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Offer and the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and
the shareholders of the Company, (iv) recommended that the holders of Company Common
Stock accept the Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer (the "Offer
Recommendation") and that the holders of Company Common Stock approve this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger (the "Merger Recommendation").
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company has, by resolutions duly adopted at
a meeting duly called and held, approved and declared advisable, the Shareholders
Agreement and the Stock Purchase Agreement and, prior to the execution of the Shareholders
Agreement and this Agreement, has taken all necessary actions to exempt the Investments
Stock Purchase, the Shareholders Agreement and this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby from any and all applicable antitakeover statutes
including FBCA § 607.0901 ("affiliated transactions" statute) and FBCA § 607.0902
("control-share acquisitions" statute).
SECTION 3.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company
do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals
and authorizations contemplated by clauses (i) through (vii) of subsection (b) below
have been obtained, and all filings described in such clauses have been made, conflict
with or violate any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment, decree or legal requirement ("Law") applicable to the
Company or its Subsidiaries or by which any of their respective properties are bound
or (iii) (A) require notice to any third party, result in any breach or violation
of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default), or (B) result in the loss of a benefit under, or give rise
to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, or (C)
result in the creation of any Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Company
or its Subsidiaries under, any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement,
lease, license, permit or other instrument or obligation (each, a "Contract") to
which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are bound, except, in the case
of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such notice, conflict, violation, breach, default,
loss, right or other occurrence which would not, or would not reasonably be expected
to, (A) materially delay consummating the transactions contemplated hereby on a
timely basis or (B) individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company
and the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the Investments Stock Purchase
do not and will not require any notice, consent, approval, authorization or permit
of, action by, filing with or notification to, any federal, state, local or foreign
governmental or regulatory (including stock exchange) authority, agency, court,
commission, or other governmental body (each, a "Governmental Entity") to be obtained
or made by the Company, except for (i) applicable requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (including the filing of the Schedule 14D-9, the proxy statement to be
sent to shareholders of the Company in connection with the Shareholders Meeting
(the "Proxy Statement") and any information statement (the "Information Statement")
required under Rule 14f-1 in connection with the Offer), and state securities, takeover
and "blue sky" laws, (ii) the applicable requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), (iii) the applicable requirements
of antitrust or other competition laws of jurisdictions other than the United States
or investment laws relating to foreign ownership ("Foreign Antitrust and Investment
Laws"), (iv) the applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq"),
(v) the filing with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations and
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Articles of Merger as required
by the FBCA and the Delaware General Corporation Law, (vi) any notices required
under the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended (the "FDA Act")
or similar laws of jurisdictions other than the United States, and (vii) any such
consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure
of which to make or obtain would not (A) prevent or materially delay the Company
from performing its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect, (B)
materially delay consummating the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis,
or (C) individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.6 Compliance.
(a) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Law applicable
to the Company or its Subsidiaries or by which any of their respective properties
are bound or any regulation issued under any of the foregoing or has been notified
in writing by any Governmental Entity of any violation, or any investigation with
respect to any such Law, including Laws enforced by the United States Food and Drug
Administration ("FDA") and comparable foreign Governmental Entities (collectively,
"Drug Law"), except for any such violation which would not, or would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries have all registrations, applications, licenses,
requests for approvals, exemptions, permits and other regulatory authorizations
("Authorizations") from Governmental Entities required to conduct their respective
businesses as now being conducted, except for any such Authorizations the absence
of which would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for any failures to be in compliance
that would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all such Authorizations. The Company has made available to Parent all material
Authorizations from the FDA.
(c) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any officers, employees or
agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently, or has been, excluded,
debarred or otherwise made ineligible to participate in federal health care programs.
The Company has no Knowledge of any facts concerning the Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any officers, employees or agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
are reasonably likely to form the basis for an exclusion or debarment of any such
entities.
(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not been notified in writing of any
material failure (or any material investigation with respect thereto) by them or
any licensor, licensee, partner or distributor to comply with, or maintain systems
and programs to ensure compliance with any Drug Law pertaining to programs or systems
regarding product quality, notification of facilities and products, corporate integrity,
pharmacovigilance and conflict of interest including Current Good Manufacturing
Practice Requirements, Good Laboratory Practice Requirements, Good Clinical Practice
Requirements, Establishment Registration and Product Listing requirements, requirements
applicable to the debarment of individuals, requirements applicable to the conflict
of interest of clinical investigators and Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting requirements,
in each case with respect to any products of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not been notified in writing of any
material failure (or any material investigation with respect thereto) by them or
any licensor, licensee, partner or distributor to have at all times complied with
their obligations to report accurate pricing information for the Companys or its
Subsidiaries products to a Governmental Entity and to pricing services relied upon
by a Governmental Entity or other payors for such products, including their obligations
to report accurate Best Prices and Average Manufacturers Prices under the Medicaid
Rebate Statute and accurate Average Sales Prices under the Medicare Modernization
Act of 2003 and their obligations to charge accurate Federal Ceiling Prices to purchasers
entitled to those prices.
(f) No product or product candidate manufactured, tested, distributed, held and/or
marketed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been recalled, withdrawn,
suspended or discontinued (whether voluntarily or otherwise) since January 1, 2005.
No proceedings (whether completed or pending) seeking the recall, withdrawal, suspension
or seizure of any such product or product candidate or pre-market approvals or marketing
authorizations are pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against
the Company or any of its Affiliates, nor have any such proceedings been pending
at any time since January 1, 2005. The Company has, prior to the execution of this
Agreement, provided or made available to Parent all current U.S. annual periodic
reports and all information about adverse drug experiences, in each case since January
1, 2005 obtained or otherwise received by the Company from any source, in the United
States or outside the United States, including information derived from clinical
investigations prior to any market authorization approvals, commercial marketing
experience, postmarketing clinical investigations, postmarketing epidemiological/surveillance
studies, reports in the scientific literature, and unpublished scientific papers
relating to any product or product candidate manufactured, tested, distributed,
held and/or marketed by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their licensors
or licensees in the possession of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or to
which any of them has access), except for any adverse drug experiences or reports
which would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any officers, employees or
agents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has with respect to any product
that is manufactured, tested, distributed, held and/or marketed by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent
statement to the FDA or other Governmental Entity, failed to disclose a material
fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity, or committed
an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure
was made, could reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other
Governmental Entity to invoke its policy respecting "Fraud, Untrue Statements of
Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities" set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191
(September 10, 1991) or any similar policy.
SECTION 3.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) The Company has filed or otherwise transmitted all forms, reports, statements,
certifications and other documents (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto) required to be filed or otherwise transmitted by it with the SEC) since
January 1, 2005 and prior to the date hereof (such documents filed since January
1, 2005 and prior to the date hereof, the "SEC Reports"). As of their respective
dates, each of the SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, each as in effect on the date so filed. Except to the extent amended
or superseded by a subsequent filing with the SEC made prior to the date hereof,
as of their respective dates (and if so amended or superseded, then on the date
of such subsequent filing), none of the SEC Reports contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated or
incorporated by reference therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company (including any
related notes thereto) included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 filed with the SEC have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP in all material respects applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company
and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements
of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders equity for the periods indicated
therein. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company (including
any related notes thereto) for all interim periods included in the Companys quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q or Form 10-Q/A filed with the SEC since January 1, 2006 have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP in all material respects applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto
or may be permitted by the SEC under the Exchange Act) and fairly present in all
material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as of the respective dates thereof and the consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows for the periods indicated therein (subject to normal period-end adjustments).
(c) The Companys disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed
to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries,
is made known to the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of
the Company by others within those entities.
(d) Since December 31, 2005, the Company has not disclosed to the Companys independent
registered accounting firm and the audit committee of the Companys Board of Directors
and to Parent (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
or operation of its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
(e) Since December 31, 2005, the Company has not identified any material weaknesses
in the design or operation of its internal control over financial reporting. To
the Knowledge of the Company, there is no reason to believe that its auditors and
its chief executive officer and chief financial officer will not be able to give
the certifications and attestations required pursuant to the rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 when next due.
The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements
general or specific authorizations; (ii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with managements general or specific authorization; and (iii) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate
action is taken with respect to any differences.
(f) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has any liabilities of any nature,
except liabilities that (i) are accrued or reserved against in the most recent financial
statements included in the SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof or are reflected
in the notes thereto, (ii) were incurred in the ordinary course of business since
the date of such financial statements, (iii) are incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) have been discharged or paid in
full prior to the date of this Agreement in the ordinary course of business, or
(v) would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. Section 3.7(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of all outstanding debt for money borrowed, the applicable lender,
interest rate and the applicable payment dates.
SECTION 3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since January 1, 2006, until
the date of this Agreement, (i) except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company
and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business in the ordinary course consistent
with past practice, and (ii) there has not been (a) any change, event or occurrence
which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or (b) (A) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution
in cash, stock, property or otherwise in respect of the Companys or its Subsidiaries
capital stock; (B) any redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of any shares
of capital stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than in connection with
the forfeiture or exercise of equity based awards, Options and Restricted Company
Common Stock in accordance with existing agreements or terms); (C) except as contemplated
by this Agreement (1) any granting by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any of
their directors, officers or employees of any material increase in compensation
or benefits, except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice or that are required under any Company Plan; (2) any granting
to any director, officer or employee of the right to receive any severance or termination
pay, except as provided for under any plan or agreement in effect prior to January
1, 2006 or (3) any entry by the Company or its Subsidiaries into any employment,
consulting, indemnification, termination, change of control or severance agreement
or arrangement with any present or former director, officer or employee of the Company
or its Subsidiaries, or any amendment to or adoption of any Company Plan or collective
bargaining agreement; (D) any material change by the Company in its accounting principles,
except as may be required to conform to changes in statutory or regulatory accounting
rules or GAAP or regulatory requirements with respect thereto; (E) any material
Tax election made by the Company or its Subsidiaries or any settlement or compromise
of any material Tax liability by the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (F) any material
change in Tax accounting principles by the Company or its Subsidiaries, except insofar
as may have been required by applicable Law.
SECTION 3.9 Absence of Litigation. There are no suits, claims, actions, proceedings,
arbitrations, mediations or, to the Companys Knowledge, governmental investigations
("Proceedings") pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened against the Company
or its Subsidiaries, other than any Proceeding that would not, or would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties
is or are subject to any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award except
for those that would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete
list of each material Company Plan. "Company Plans" means each "employee benefit
plan" (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), but excluding any plan that is a "multiemployer
plan," as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA ("Multiemployer Plan")), and each other
cash-based or equity-based plan, program, agreement or arrangement, vacation or
sick pay policy, fringe benefit plan, and compensation, severance or employment
agreement contributed to, sponsored or maintained by the Company or its Subsidiaries
or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities
or obligations as of the date hereof for the benefit of any current, former or retired
employee, officer, consultant, independent contractor or director of the Company
or its Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company Employees").
(b) With respect to each Company Plan, the Company has made available to the
Parent a current, accurate and complete copy thereof (or, if a plan is not written,
a written description thereof), including all amendments and, to the extent applicable,
(i) any related trust agreement or similar agreement, insurance policy or other
funding instrument, (ii) the most recent determination or prototype opinion letter,
and any pending request for such a determination, from the Internal Revenue Service
(the "IRS") relating to a Company Plan, (iii) any summary plan description and (iv)
for the most recent year that a filing has been made (A) the Form 5500 and attached
schedules, (B) audited financial statements and (C) actuarial valuation reports,
if any. Except as specifically provided in the foregoing documents, there are no
material amendments to any Company Plans that have been adopted or approved, nor
has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries undertaken to make any such amendments
or to adopt or approve any new Company Plan.
(c) Each Company Plan, including any associated trust or fund, has been established
and administered in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, and all other applicable laws, rules and
regulations, all required contributions and premium payments with respect thereto
have been timely made, and all contributions and premium payments with respect thereto
not yet due have been properly accrued in accordance with GAAP.
(d) None of the Company and its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates has, at any time during the last six years, sponsored, contributed to
or been obligated to contribute to any Title IV Plan, any Multiemployer Plan or
a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under
common control (within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA); and none of the Company
and its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any
Withdrawal Liability that has not been satisfied in full. "Withdrawal Liability"
means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan, as those terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA. There is not now, and to the Knowledge of the Company there
are no existing circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to,
any requirement for the posting of security with respect to a Company Plan or the
imposition of any pledge, lien, security interest or encumbrance on assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates under
ERISA or the Code, or similar Laws of foreign jurisdictions. The Company has not
incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA that has not been satisfied in full,
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no condition exists that presents a risk to
the Company of incurring any such liability other than liability for premiums due
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC").
(e) No Proceedings relating to any Company Plan (other than routine claims for
benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the Companys Knowledge, threatened.
(f) Each Company Plan which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code is so qualified and has received a favorable determination letter to
that effect from the IRS and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no circumstances
exist which would materially and adversely affect such qualification or exemption.
(g) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (either alone
or upon occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) (i) constitute an event
under any Company Plan or any trust or loan related to any of those plans or agreements
that will or may result in any payment, acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness,
vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with
respect to any Company Employee, or (ii) result in the triggering or imposition
of any restrictions or limitations on the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries
to amend or terminate any Company Plan.
(h) Except as required under Code Section 4980B and Section 601 et seq. of ERISA,
or similar provisions of applicable state Law, no Company Plan that is a welfare
plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA provides benefits or coverage following
retirement or other termination of employment. There has been no communication to
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that promises or guarantees
such employees retiree health or life insurance benefits or other retiree death
benefits on a permanent or extended basis.
(i) Each Company Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan subject
to Code Section 409A has been operated and administered in good faith compliance
with such Section 409A from the period beginning January 1, 2005 through the date
hereof.
(j) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be expected to result
in any material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
no disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code for employee reimbursement
or compensation of any amount paid or payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has occurred within the last three fiscal years of the Company.
SECTION 3.11 Labor and Employment Matters. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any labor contracts or collective bargaining agreements with any
persons employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any persons otherwise
performing services primarily for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the
Knowledge of the Company, there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending
against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company before the National Labor Relations
Board (the "NLRB") or any other labor relations tribunal or authority, except for
such complaints that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. There
are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, arbitrations or grievances,
or other labor disputes pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, except for such labor disputes
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material
to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. No labor organization or group
of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made a pending demand
for recognition or certification. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
has experienced any material labor strike, dispute or stoppage or other material
labor difficulty involving its employees since January 1, 2004, and there are no
representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking a representation
proceeding presently pending or threatened to be brought or filed, with the NLRB
or any other labor relations tribunal or authority, except for such demands, proceedings
or petitions that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws and agreements
respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment,
wages and hours and occupational safety and health, except where any failure to
comply would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries
are liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity,
with respect to unemployment compensation benefits (other than routine payments
to be made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), except
where any failure to comply would not or would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.12 Insurance. All material insurance policies of the Company and its
Subsidiaries are listed in Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Except
as would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) all insurance policies of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (i) are in full force and effect, (ii) provide what the Company reasonably
believes to be full and adequate coverage for all normal risks incident to the business
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets,
and (iii) provide for insurance in such amounts and against such risks as is sufficient
to comply with applicable Law; (b) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries is in
breach or default, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has taken any action
or failed to take any action which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute
such a breach or default, or permit termination or modification of, any of such
insurance policies; and (c) no notice in writing of cancellation or termination
has been received with respect to any such policy except customary notices of cancellation
in advance of scheduled expiration.
SECTION 3.13 Properties. Except as would not, or would not reasonably be expected
to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company
or its Subsidiaries: (i) has good title to all the tangible personal property reflected
in the latest audited balance sheet included in the SEC Reports as being owned by
the Company or its Subsidiaries or acquired after the date thereof that are material
to the Companys business on a consolidated basis (except tangible personal property
sold or otherwise disposed of since the date thereof in the ordinary course of business),
free and clear of all Liens, except (A) 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 appropriate proceedings, (B) Liens arising under
workers compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar
legislation, (C) other statutory liens securing payments not yet due including builder,
mechanic, warehousemen, materialmen, contractor, landlord, workmen, repairmen, and
carrier Liens, (D) purchase money Liens and Liens securing rental payments under
capital lease arrangements, (E) such imperfections or irregularities of title, claims,
liens, charges, security interests, easements, covenants and other restrictions
or encumbrances as do not affect the use of the properties or assets subject thereto
or affected thereby or otherwise impair business operations at such properties,
and (F) mortgages, or deeds of trust, security interests or other encumbrances on
title related to indebtedness reflected on the consolidated financial statements
of the Company; and (ii) is the lessee of all leasehold estates reflected in the
latest audited financial statements included in the SEC Reports or acquired after
the date thereof that are material to its business on a consolidated basis (except
for leases that have expired by their terms since the date thereof or been assigned,
terminated or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice) and which are set forth on Schedule 3.13 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and is in possession of the properties leased thereunder, and each such
lease is valid without default thereunder by the Company or its Subsidiary, as applicable,
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by the lessor. The Company has made available
to the Parent true, correct and complete copies of all leases and amendments thereto
relating to real property leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There
are no written or oral leases granting a third party the right of use or occupancy
of any of the real property leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any real property.
SECTION 3.14 Tax Matters.
(a) Except as would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all Tax Returns required
to be filed by or with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries have been timely
filed (except those under valid extension), and all such Tax Returns are true, correct
and complete in all material respects, (ii) all Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries
have been paid or have been adequately provided for on the most recent financial
statements included in the SEC Reports, (iii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries
has received written notice of any Proceeding against or audit of, or with respect
to, any Taxes of the Company or its Subsidiaries that has not been finally resolved,
and, to the Companys Knowledge, no audit, examination or other Proceeding in respect
of Taxes involving the Company or its Subsidiaries is being considered by any taxing
authority, (iv) there are no liens for Taxes (other than statutory liens for Taxes
not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries,
(v) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has been a "distributing corporation"
or a "controlled corporation" in a distribution intended to qualify under Section
355(a) of the Code within the past two years or otherwise as part of a "plan (or
series of related transactions)" (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code)
of which the Merger is also a part, (vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to or is bound by any Tax sharing, allocation or indemnification agreement
or arrangement (other than among the Company and its Subsidiaries), (vii) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has been a member of a group filing
a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return (other than a group consisting solely
of the Company and its Subsidiaries) or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any
Person (other than a group of which the Company was the common parent) under Treasury
regulation section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign
Law) (viii) any withholding Taxes required to be withheld and paid by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections
1441, 1442, 3121 and 3042 of the Code and similar provisions under any Federal,
state, local or foreign tax laws) have been timely withheld and paid over to the
proper governmental authorities as required under applicable laws and (ix) neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to a transaction that,
as of the date of this Agreement, constitutes a "reportable transaction" for purposes
of Section 6011 of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations thereunder (or a
similar provision of state Law).
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, "Taxes" shall mean any taxes of any kind,
including those on or measured by or referred to as income, gross receipts, capital,
sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, value added, alternative minimum,
assessment, property or windfall profits taxes, customs, duties or similar fees,
assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest and any
penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any governmental authority,
domestic or foreign. For purposes of this Agreement, "Tax Return" shall mean any
return, report, claim for refund, information return or statement filed or required
to be filed with any governmental authority with respect to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto or amendment thereof.
SECTION 3.15 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be
supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Offer
Documents, the Schedule 14D-9 or the Information Statement will, at the time such
document is filed with the SEC, at any time it is amended or supplemented or at
the time it is first published, sent or given to the Companys shareholders, contain
any untrue statement terial fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (ii) the Proxy
Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company
and at the time of the Shareholders Meeting or at the date of any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto, 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 therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. The Schedule 14D-9, the Information Statement and the Proxy Statement,
at the date such Proxy Statement is first mailed to shareholders and at the time
of the Shareholders Meeting, will comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representation or warranty with
respect to any information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective
representatives which is contained or incorporated by reference in the Schedule
14D-9, the Information Statement or the Proxy Statement.
SECTION 3.16 Opinion of Financial Advisors. Greenhill & Co., LLC (the "Financial
Advisor") has delivered to the Board of Directors of the Company its written opinion
(or oral opinion to be confirmed in writing), dated as of the date hereof, that,
as of such date, the Offer Price and the Merger Consideration to be received by
holders of the Company Common Stock (for each share of Company Common Stock) pursuant
to this Agreement are fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of the
Company Common Stock.
SECTION 3.17 Brokers. No broker, finder or investment banker (other than the
Financial Advisor) is entitled to any brokerage, finders or other fee or commission
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements
made by and on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or for which the Company
or its Subsidiaries may be financially liable. The aggregate fee or commission payable
to the Financial Advisor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement is set forth on Schedule 3.17 of the Disclosure Schedules
SECTION 3.18 Takeover Statutes. Assuming the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Section 4.7, no "fair price",
"moratorium", "control share acquisition", "business combination" or other similar
antitakeover statute or regulation enacted under U.S. state or federal laws applicable
to the Company, including FBCA § 607.0901 ("affiliated transactions" statute) and
§ 607.0902 ("control-share acquisitions" statute) (collectively, the "Anti-Takeover
Statute"), is applicable to the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated
hereby or in the Shareholders Agreement or the Stock Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 3.19 Intellectual Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries are the
sole and exclusive (as to any third party) owners or assignees of the entire right,
title and interest (including the right to sue for and damages resulting from past
infringement) in and to the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.19(a),
and are licensed perpetually and without royalty or other payment obligations to
third parties to the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.19(b). The Company
and its Subsidiaries own or have the rights to use, free and clear of any Liens,
but subject to any existing licenses or other grants of rights to third parties
(to the extent set forth in Section 3.19(a) or 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule), all Intellectual Property as is necessary and sufficient (i) for their
businesses as currently conducted and (ii) for the manufacture, use and sale of
the products currently marketed and the products currently in development, by the
Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company Intellectual Property Rights
"). Except as would not individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect, (a) there is no Proceeding pending, or to the Companys Knowledge threatened,
(i) alleging infringement, misappropriation, violation or dilution by the Company
or its Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property of a third party or challenging
the validity, enforceability, ownership or use of any of the Intellectual Property
set forth in Section 3.19(a) or 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the
Company Intellectual Property Rights therein and (ii) by the Company or its Subsidiaries
alleging infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property against a
third party; (b) the manufacture, use and sale of its products does not infringe
the Intellectual Property rights of any third party, and, to the Companys Knowledge,
the Company Intellectual Property Rights are not being infringed by any third party;
(c) no Company Intellectual Property Right will terminate or cease to be a valid
right of the Company or its Subsidiaries 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 Merger; (d) the Company has
not granted any license, sublicenses or any other rights in, to or under the Intellectual
Property and (e) to the Companys Knowledge, all necessary registration, maintenance,
and renewal fees in connection with Company Intellectual Property (including any
maintenance fees that are subject to a surcharge if paid during a grace period)
have been paid and all necessary documents and certificates in connection therewith
have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark, or other authority
in the United States or in non-U.S. jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purpose
of maintaining the registrations or applications for registration. The Company has
required all current and former employees of the Company, and consultants to the
Company, in each case, (i) who were involved in the development of any Intellectual
Property by, or on behalf of, the Company, to execute agreements that provide for
the assignment to the Company of all inventions and developments relating to such
Intellectual Property of the Company created by them in the course of their employment
or consulting engagement with the Company to the Company, and (ii) who were in possession
of any confidential information to execute written agreements prohibiting the disclosure
of such confidential information of the Company. As used in this Agreement, "Intellectual
Property " means all patents, inventions, copyrights, software, trademarks, trade
names, service marks, logos, designs, and other source identifiers, domain names,
trade dress, trade secrets and all other intellectual property and intellectual
property rights of any kind or nature. For purposes of this Section 3.19, the term
"patents" means United States and non-U.S. patents (utility or design, as applicable),
provisional patent applications, non-provisional patent applications, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, any such patents resulting from reissue, reexamination,
renewal or extension (including any supplementary protection certificate) of any
patent, patent disclosures, substitute applications, and any confirmation patent
or registration patent or patent of addition based on any such patent, and all foreign
counterparts of any of the foregoing. For purposes of this Section 3.19, the terms
"copyrights," "trademarks," "service marks," "trade dress," "logos," "designs,"
and "other source identifiers" means all registered and unregistered U.S. and non-U.S.
copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, designs, and other source
identifiers, and all intellectual property rights associated with them, including
all common law rights and applications for registration.
SECTION 3.20 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries
comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, and possess and comply with all applicable
Environmental Permits required under such Environmental Laws to operate as they
presently operate; (ii) there are no Materials of Environmental Concern at any property
owned or operated currently or, to the Companys Knowledge, in the past five years
by the Company or its Subsidiaries, under circumstances that are reasonably likely
to result in liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental
Law; (iii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any written notification
alleging that it is liable for, or request for information pursuant to section 104(e)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or
similar state statute concerning, any release or threatened release of Materials
of Environmental Concern at any location except, with respect to any such notification
or request for information concerning any such release or threatened release, to
the extent such matter has been resolved with the appropriate Governmental Entity
or otherwise; and (iv) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has received any
written claim, notice or complaint, or been subject to any Proceeding, relating
to noncompliance with Environmental Laws or any other liabilities or obligations
arising from Materials of Environmental Concern or pursuant to Environmental Laws,
and to the Knowledge of the Company no such Proceeding is threatened.
(b) Notwithstanding any other representations and warranties in this Agreement,
the representations and warranties in this Section 3.20 are the only representations
and warranties in this Agreement with respect to Environmental Laws, Materials of
Environmental Concern or any other environmental matter.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
assigned below:
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all foreign, federal, state, or local statutes,
regulations, ordinances, codes, or decrees protecting the quality of the ambient
air, soil, surface water or groundwater, in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
"Environmental Permits" shall mean all permits, licenses, registrations, and
other authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws.
"Materials of Environmental Concern" shall mean any hazardous, acutely hazardous,
or toxic substance or waste defined and regulated as such under Environmental Laws,
including the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act or the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as well as petroleum
or any other fraction thereof.
SECTION 3.21 Contracts.
(a) Except for this Agreement and except for Contracts filed as exhibits to the
SEC Reports, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries
is a party to or bound by any Contract: (i) that would be required to be filed by
the Company as a "material contract" pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act; (ii) containing covenants binding upon the Company or
its Subsidiaries that restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(or which, following the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, would materially
restrict the ability of the Surviving Corporation or its Affiliates) to compete
in any business or geographic area; (iii) involving the payment or receipt of royalties
or other amounts of more than $5,000,000 in the aggregate calculated based upon
the revenues or income of the Company or its Subsidiaries or income or revenues
related to any product of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iv) with any Affiliate;
(v) that would prevent, materially delay or materially impede the Companys ability
to consummate the Offer or the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement; or (vi) that was not negotiated and entered into an arms length
basis. Each such Contract described in clauses (i) through (vi) as well as each
Contract listed in Section 3.19(a) or 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
is referred to herein as a "Material Contract".
(b) Each of the Material Contracts is valid and binding on the Company or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other
party thereto and is in full force and effect, except for such failures to be valid
and binding or to be in full force and effect as would not, or would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
There is no default under any Material Contract by the Company or its Subsidiaries
and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or
both would constitute a default thereunder by the Company or its Subsidiaries, in
each case except as would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.22 Affiliate Transactions. No Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries
is, or is an Affiliate of a Person that is, a party to any Contract with or binding
upon the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets
or has any material interest in any material property owned by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or has engaged in any material transaction with any of the foregoing
within the last twelve months preceding the date of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent and Merger Sub hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to
the Company that:
SECTION 4.1 Organization. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing or active status under the laws
of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated and has all requisite corporate
power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, except where any failure to be so organized,
existing or in good standing or active status or to have such power or authority
would not, or would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Parent and Merger Sub is duly
qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction
where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature
of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for any
failure to be so qualified or licensed or in good standing which would not, or would
not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect. Prior to the date hereof, Parent has provided to the Company the
name of the "ultimate parent entity" for purposes of obtaining the approvals of
the Governmental Entities contemplated by this Agreement. "Parent Material Adverse
Effect" means any change, effect, event or occurrence that would reasonably be expected
to (i) prevent or materially delay Parent from performing its obligations under
this Agreement in any material respect or (ii) materially delay consummating the
transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 4.2 Authority. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations
hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Parent as sole
shareholder of Merger Sub has approved this Agreement. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation
by each of Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of Parent and Merger Sub, and
no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary
to authorize this Agreement, to perform their respective obligations hereunder,
or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other than the filing with
the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations of the State of Florida
of the Articles of Merger as required by the FBCA). Neither the approval or adoption
of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby requires any approval of the shareholders of Parent. This Agreement
has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company, constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against
each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects
of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, general
equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 4.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger
Sub, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate the respective certificates
or articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming that
all consents, approvals and authorizations contemplated by clauses (i) through (vii)
of subsection (b) below have been obtained, and all filings described in such clauses
have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent or Merger
Sub or by which either of them or any of their respective properties are bound or
(iii) (A) require notice pursuant to, result in any breach or violation of or constitute
a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default), (B) result in the loss of a benefit under, or give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, or (C) result in the creation
of any Lien on any of the properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub under, any
Contracts to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger
Sub or any of their respective properties are bound, except, in the case of clauses
(ii) and (iii), for any such notice, conflict, violation, breach, default, acceleration,
loss, right or other occurrence which would not, or would not reasonably be expected
to individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of Parent
and Merger Sub and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by each
of Parent and Merger Sub do not and will not require any notice, consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, action by, filing with or notification to, any Governmental
Entity, except for (i) the applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including
the filing of the Offer Documents and such reports under Sections 13 and 16 of the
Exchange Act as may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, (ii) the applicable requirements, if any, under state securities, takeover
and "blue sky" laws, (iii) the applicable requirements of the HSR Act, (iv) the
applicable requirements of Foreign Antitrust and Investment Laws, (v) the applicable
requirements of Nasdaq and the NYSE, (vi) the filing with the Florida Department
of State, Division of Corporations of the Articles of Merger as required by the
FBCA, (vii) any notices required under the FDA Act or similar laws of jurisdictions
other than the United States, and (viii) any such consent, approval, authorization,
permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would
not individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have, a
Parent Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.4 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Offer
Documents, the Schedule 14D-9 or the Information Statement will, at the time such
document is filed with the SEC, at any time it is amended or supplemented or at
the time it is first published, sent or given to the Companys shareholders, 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 |