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o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Delaware | 13-3607736 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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28903 North Avenue Paine Valencia, California |
91355 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
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March 31, 2009 | December 31, 2008 | |||||||
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 27,114 | $ | 27,648 | ||||
Marketable securities |
3,115 | 18,844 | ||||||
State research and development credit exchange current |
| 1,500 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
4,907 | 5,983 | ||||||
Total current assets |
35,136 | 53,975 | ||||||
Property and equipment net |
228,352 | 226,436 | ||||||
State research and development credit exchange receivable net of current portion |
1,675 | 1,500 | ||||||
Other assets |
10,548 | 548 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 275,711 | $ | 282,459 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 14,222 | $ | 15,630 | ||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
25,937 | 37,842 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
40,159 | 53,472 | ||||||
Senior convertible notes |
112,378 | 112,253 | ||||||
Note payable to related party |
90,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
242,537 | 195,725 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders equity: |
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Undesignated preferred stock, $0.01 par value
10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 |
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Common stock, $0.01 par value
150,000,000 shares authorized; 102,040,297 and 102,008,096 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively |
1,020 | 1,020 | ||||||
Additional paidin capital |
1,475,290 | 1,469,497 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
354 | 295 | ||||||
Deficit accumulated during the development stage |
(1,443,490 | ) | (1,384,078 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders equity |
33,174 | 86,734 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 275,711 | $ | 282,459 | ||||
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Cumulative | ||||||||||||
Period from | ||||||||||||
February 14, | ||||||||||||
1991 (Date of | ||||||||||||
Three months ended | Inception) to | |||||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | |||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||||
Revenue |
$ | $ | 20 | $ | 2,988 | |||||||
Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
42,889 | 58,445 | 1,040,371 | |||||||||
General and administrative |
14,917 | 15,640 | 260,759 | |||||||||
Inprocess research and development costs |
| | 19,726 | |||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
| | 151,428 | |||||||||
Total operating expenses |
57,806 | 74,085 | 1,472,284 | |||||||||
Loss from operations |
(57,806 | ) | (74,065 | ) | (1,469,296 | ) | ||||||
Other income (expense) |
71 | 60 | (1,872 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense on note payable to related party |
(593 | ) | | (2,116 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense on senior convertible notes |
(1,115 | ) | (337 | ) | (7,072 | ) | ||||||
Interest income |
31 | 2,921 | 36,892 | |||||||||
Loss before provision for income taxes |
(59,412 | ) | (71,421 | ) | (1,443,464 | ) | ||||||
Income taxes |
| | (26 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss |
(59,412 | ) | (71,421 | ) | (1,443,490 | ) | ||||||
Deemed dividend related to beneficial conversion feature of convertible
preferred stock |
| | (22,260 | ) | ||||||||
Accretion on redeemable preferred stock |
| | (952 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss applicable to common stockholders |
$ | (59,412 | ) | $ | (71,421 | ) | $ | (1,466,702 | ) | |||
Net loss per share applicable to common stockholders basic and diluted |
$ | (0.58 | ) | $ | (0.70 | ) | ||||||
Shares used to compute basic and diluted net loss per share applicable to
common stockholders |
102,030 | 101,409 | ||||||||||
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Cumulative | ||||||||||||
Period from | ||||||||||||
February 14, | ||||||||||||
1991 (Date of | ||||||||||||
Three months ended | Inception) to | |||||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | |||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net loss |
$ | (59,412 | ) | $ | (71,421 | ) | $ | (1,443,490 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization |
4,515 | 1,875 | 64,929 | |||||||||
Stockbased compensation expense |
5,836 | 5,433 | 85,459 | |||||||||
Stock expense for shares issued pursuant to research agreement |
| | 3,018 | |||||||||
Loss on sale, abandonment/disposal or impairment of property and
equipment |
| (6 | ) | 10,706 | ||||||||
Accrued interest on investments, net of amortization of discounts |
(12 | ) | | (191 | ) | |||||||
Inprocess research and development |
| | 19,726 | |||||||||
Discount on stockholder notes below market rate |
| | 241 | |||||||||
Noncash compensation expense of officer resulting from stockholder
contribution |
| | 70 | |||||||||
Accrued interest expense on notes payable to stockholders |
| | 1,538 | |||||||||
Noncash interest expense |
| | 3 | |||||||||
Accrued interest on notes receivable |
| | (747 | ) | ||||||||
Goodwill impairment |
| | 151,428 | |||||||||
Loss on availableforsale securities |
| | 229 | |||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
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State research and development credit exchange receivable |
1,325 | 456 | (1,675 | ) | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
1,076 | 1,592 | (3,307 | ) | ||||||||
Other assets |
| (1 | ) | (548 | ) | |||||||
Accounts payable |
(3,194 | ) | (9,876 | ) | 9,166 | |||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
(10,803 | ) | (2,285 | ) | 22,951 | |||||||
Other liabilities |
| (24 | ) | (2 | ) | |||||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(60,669 | ) | (74,257 | ) | (1,080,496 | ) | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
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Purchase of marketable securities |
(2,000 | ) | | (792,601 | ) | |||||||
Sales of marketable securities |
17,800 | | 790,565 | |||||||||
Purchase of property and equipment |
(5,622 | ) | (24,980 | ) | (297,479 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment |
| 70 | 284 | |||||||||
Deposit for purchase related to Pfizer agreement |
(10,000 | ) | | (10,000 | ) | |||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
178 | (24,910 | ) | (309,231 | ) | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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Issuance of common stock and warrants |
| | 1,140,548 | |||||||||
Collection of Series C convertible preferred stock subscriptions receivable |
| | 50,000 | |||||||||
Issuance of Series B convertible preferred stock for cash |
| | 15,000 | |||||||||
Cash received for common stock to be issued |
| | 3,900 | |||||||||
Repurchase of common stock |
| | (1,028 | ) | ||||||||
Put shares sold to majority stockholder |
| | 623 | |||||||||
Borrowings under lines of credit |
| | 4,220 | |||||||||
Proceeds from notes receivables |
1,742 | |||||||||||
Borrowings on notes payable from principal stockholder |
60,000 | | 160,000 | |||||||||
Principal payments on notes payable to principal stockholder |
| | (70,000 | ) | ||||||||
Borrowings on notes payable |
| | 3,460 | |||||||||
Principal payments on notes payable |
| | (1,667 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds from senior convertible notes |
| | 111,267 | |||||||||
Payment of employment taxes related to vested restricted stock units |
(43 | ) | (39 | ) | (1,224 | ) | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
59,957 | (39 | ) | 1,416,841 | ||||||||
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Cumulative | ||||||||||||
Period from | ||||||||||||
February 14, | ||||||||||||
1991 (Date of | ||||||||||||
Three months ended | Inception) to | |||||||||||
March 31, | March 31, | |||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
$ | (534 | ) | $ | (99,206 | ) | $ | 27,114 | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
27,648 | 368,285 | | |||||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 27,114 | $ | 269,079 | $ | 27,114 | ||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOWS DISCLOSURES: |
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Cash paid for income taxes |
$ | | $ | | $ | 26 | ||||||
Interest paid in cash |
12 | | 10,368 | |||||||||
Accretion on redeemable convertible preferred stock |
| | (952 | ) | ||||||||
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of notes payable |
| | 3,331 | |||||||||
Increase in additional paidin capital resulting from merger |
| | 171,154 | |||||||||
Issuance of common stock for notes receivable |
| | 2,758 | |||||||||
Issuance of put option by stockholder |
| | (2,949 | ) | ||||||||
Put option redemption by stockholder |
| | 1,921 | |||||||||
Issuance of Series C convertible preferred stock subscriptions |
| | 50,000 | |||||||||
Issuance of Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock |
| | 4,296 | |||||||||
Conversion of Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock |
| | (5,248 | ) | ||||||||
Non-cash construction in progress and property and equipment |
7,281 | 13,269 | 13,878 |
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2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross | Gross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized | Cost | Unrealized | Fair | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cost Basis | Gain | Fair Value | Basis | Gain | Value | |||||||||||||||||||
Available-for-sale securities |
2,761 | 354 | 3,115 | 18,549 | 295 | 18,844 |
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Salary and related expenses |
$ | 7,639 | $ | 12,452 | ||||
Research and clinical trial costs |
9,147 | 13,438 | ||||||
Accrued interest |
1,862 | 204 | ||||||
Construction in progress |
2,135 | 3,327 | ||||||
Other |
5,154 | 8,421 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
$ | 25,937 | $ | 37,842 | ||||
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Life | March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
(Years) | 2009 | 2008 | ||||||||||
Land |
| $ | 5,273 | $ | 5,273 | |||||||
Buildings |
39-40 | 54,756 | 53,786 | |||||||||
Building improvements |
5-40 | 112,524 | 111,346 | |||||||||
Machinery and equipment |
3-15 | 74,667 | 70,633 | |||||||||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment |
5-10 | 6,658 | 6,622 | |||||||||
Computer equipment and software |
3 | 15,452 | 14,818 | |||||||||
Leasehold improvements |
184 | 184 | ||||||||||
Construction in progress |
14,619 | 15,165 | ||||||||||
Deposits on equipment |
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284,133 | 277,827 | |||||||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization |
(55,781 | ) | (51,391 | ) | ||||||||
Property and equipment net |
$ | 228,352 | $ | 226,436 | ||||||||
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| continue the clinical development of AFRESA for the treatment of diabetes; | ||
| seek regulatory approval to sell AFRESA in the United States and other markets; | ||
| expand our manufacturing operations for AFRESA to meet our currently anticipated commercial production needs; | ||
| expand our other research, discovery and development programs; | ||
| expand our proprietary Technosphere platform technology and develop additional applications for the pulmonary delivery of other drugs; and | ||
| enter into sales and marketing collaborations with other companies, if available on commercially reasonable terms, or develop these capabilities ourselves. |
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March 31, | % | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | $ Change | Change | |||||||||||||
Clinical |
$ | 16,757 | $ | 27,290 | $ | (10,533 | ) | (39 | )% | |||||||
Manufacturing |
17,465 | 20,810 | (3,345 | ) | (16 | )% | ||||||||||
Research |
5,348 | 7,627 | (2,279 | ) | (30 | )% | ||||||||||
Research and development tax credit |
(175 | ) | (485 | ) | 310 | (64 | )% | |||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
3,494 | 3,203 | 291 | 9 | % | |||||||||||
Research and development expenses |
$ | 42,889 | $ | 58,445 | $ | (15,556 | ) | (27 | )% | |||||||
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March 31, | % | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | $ Change | Change | |||||||||||||
Salaries, employee related and other general expenses |
$ | 12,575 | $ | 13,410 | $ | (835 | ) | (6 | )% | |||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
2,342 | 2,230 | 112 | 5 | % | |||||||||||
General and administrative expenses |
$ | 14,917 | $ | 15,640 | $ | (723 | ) | (5 | )% | |||||||
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| the rate of progress and costs of our clinical trials and research and development activities, including costs of procuring clinical materials and expanding our own manufacturing facilities; | ||
| our success in establishing strategic business collaborations and the timing and amount of any payments we might receive from any collaboration we are able to establish; | ||
| actions taken by the FDA and other regulatory authorities affecting our products and competitive products; | ||
| our degree of success in commercializing AFRESA; | ||
| the emergence of competing technologies and products and other adverse market developments; | ||
| the timing and amount of payments we might receive from potential licensees; | ||
| the costs of preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights or defending against claims of infringement by others; | ||
| the costs of discontinuing projects and technologies or decommissioning existing facilities, if we undertake those activities; and | ||
| the costs of performing additional clinical trials to demonstrate safety and efficacy if our current trials do not deliver results sufficient for FDA approval and commercialization. |
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| the rate of progress, costs and results of our clinical trial and research and development activities, which will be impacted by the level of proficiency and experience of our clinical staff; | ||
| our ability to identify and enroll patients who meet clinical trial eligibility criteria; | ||
| our ability to access sufficient, reliable and affordable supplies of components used in the manufacture of our product candidates, including insulin and other materials for AFRESA; | ||
| the costs of expanding and maintaining manufacturing operations, as necessary; | ||
| the extent of scheduling conflicts with participating clinicians and clinical institutions; | ||
| the receipt of approvals by our competitors and by us from the FDA and other regulatory agencies; and | ||
| other actions by regulators. |
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| safety and efficacy results obtained in our nonclinical and initial clinical testing may be inconclusive or may not be predictive of results obtained in later-stage clinical trials or following long-term use, and we may as a result be forced to stop developing product candidates that we currently believe are important to our future; | ||
| the data collected from clinical trials of our product candidates may not be sufficient to support FDA or other regulatory approval; | ||
| after reviewing test results, we or any potential collaborators may abandon projects that we previously believed were promising; and | ||
| our product candidates may not produce the desired effects or may result in adverse health effects or other characteristics that preclude regulatory approval or limit their commercial use if approved. |
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| develop comprehensive and detailed commercialization, clinical development and regulatory plans; and | ||
| implement standard operating procedures, including those for protocol development. |
| develop manufacturing capabilities to be ready for FDA inspection and commercial operations; and | ||
| develop the key clinical data needed to obtain regulatory approval and compete successfully in the marketplace. |
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The degree of market acceptance of AFRESA and our other product candidates will depend on many factors, including the: |
| claims for which FDA approval can be obtained, including superiority claims; | ||
| perceived advantages and disadvantages of competitive products; | ||
| willingness and ability of patients and the healthcare community to adopt new technologies; | ||
| ability to manufacture the product in sufficient quantities with acceptable quality and at an acceptable cost; | ||
| perception of patients and the healthcare community, including third-party payers, regarding the safety, efficacy and benefits of the product compared to those of competing products or therapies; | ||
| convenience and ease of administration of the product relative to existing treatment methods; | ||
| pricing and reimbursement of the product relative to other treatment therapeutics and methods; and | ||
| marketing and distribution support for the product. |
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| product design, development, manufacture and testing; | ||
| product labeling; | ||
| product storage and shipping; | ||
| pre-market clearance or approval; | ||
| advertising and promotion; and | ||
| product sales and distribution. |
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| the progress and results of our clinical trials; | ||
| general economic, political or stock market conditions; | ||
| announcements by us or our competitors concerning clinical trial results, acquisitions, strategic alliances, technological innovations, newly approved commercial products, product discontinuations, or other developments; | ||
| the availability of critical materials used in developing and manufacturing AFRESA or other product candidates; | ||
| developments or disputes concerning our patents or proprietary rights; | ||
| the expense and time associated with, and the extent of our ultimate success in, securing regulatory approvals; | ||
| announcements by us concerning our financial condition or operating performance; | ||
| changes in securities analysts estimates of our financial condition or operating performance; |
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| general market conditions and fluctuations for emerging growth and pharmaceutical market sectors; | ||
| sales of large blocks of our common stock, including sales by our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders; and | ||
| discussion of AFRESA, our other product candidates, competitors products, or our stock price by the financial and scientific press, the healthcare community and online investor communities such as chat rooms. |
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Exhibit | ||
Number | Description of Document | |
2.1*
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LIP Asset or Business Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 6, 2009, by and among Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, Pfizer Inc., MannKind Deutschland GmbH and MannKind, as amended on April 3, 2009. | |
2.2*
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Insulin Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated March 6, 2009, by and among Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, Pfizer Inc. and MannKind. | |
3.1(1)
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | |
3.2(2)
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. | |
3.3(3)
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Amended and Restated Bylaws. | |
10.1(4)
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Promissory Note, dated February 26, 2009 made by MannKind in favor of The Mann Group, LLC. | |
31.1 |
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
31.2 |
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
32 |
Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(b) or 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. § 1350). |
* | Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to certain portions of this exhibit. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the SEC. | |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to MannKinds registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-115020), filed with the SEC | |
on April 30, 2004, as amended. | ||
(2) | Incorporated by reference to MannKinds quarterly report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007. | |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to MannKinds current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 19, 2007. | |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to MannKinds current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2007. |
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Dated: May 4, 2009 | MANNKIND CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Matthew J. Pfeffer | |||
Matthew J. Pfeffer | ||||
Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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1.
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Definitions and Interpretation | 4 | ||||
2.
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Sales and Purchases | 20 | ||||
3.
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Excluded Assets and Apportionment of Liabilities | 22 | ||||
4.
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Purchase Price, Consideration Shares | 24 | ||||
5.
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Conditions to Closing | 26 | ||||
6.
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Regulatory Filings and Approvals | 28 | ||||
7.
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Pre-Closing Undertakings | 29 | ||||
8.
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Statutory Transfer of Employees in the Event of a LIP Business Sale | 34 | ||||
9.
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LIP Asset Sale Closing | 39 | ||||
10.
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LIP Business Sale Closing | 41 | ||||
11.
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Sellers Guarantees | 44 | ||||
12.
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Purchasers and MannKind Corp.s Guarantees | 46 | ||||
13.
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Indemnification | 46 | ||||
14.
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Conduct of Claims | 47 | ||||
15.
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Confirmations of the Purchaser | 49 | ||||
16.
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Undertakings | 49 | ||||
17.
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Contracts in the Event of a LIP Business Sale | 54 | ||||
18.
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Future Relationship Between the Pfizer Group and the Business, Parent Guarantee | 55 | ||||
19.
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Notices | 55 | ||||
20.
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Confidentiality, Announcements | 57 | ||||
21.
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Assignment Restrictions | 58 | ||||
22.
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Costs and Transfer Taxes | 58 | ||||
23.
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Final Provisions | 59 |
(1) | Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, with statutory seat in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 81803 (the Seller); | |
(2) | Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, USA (Pfizer Inc.); | |
(3) | RM 2875 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH (in the future: MannKind Deutschland GmbH), with statutory seat in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Munich under HRB 177304 (the Purchaser); and | |
(4) | MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355, USA (MannKind Corp.). |
1. | The Seller, legal successor of Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Diabel GmbH & Co KG), owns and operates a large insulin manufacturing plant in the Industriepark Hoechst. The plant is located on a plot of land for which the Seller holds a heritable building right (Erbbaurecht). In addition, the Seller has an option to acquire one, respectively two, heritable building right(s) for an adjacent part of a plot of land to construct a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on such part of the plot on the basis of an option agreement with the operator of the Industriepark Hoechst, i.e. Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG. | |
2. | The Seller and the Purchaser acknowledge that (i) the sale of the heritable building right as well as the sale of the option right, mentioned under Section 1 above, require the consent of Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG and (ii) the sale of the heritable building right is subject to a right of first refusal of Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (formerly trading as Hoechst Marion Roussel Deutschland GmbH). | |
3. | Prior to entering into this Agreement the Purchaser has conducted a thorough review of the Sellers business of manufacturing bulk insulin at the large insulin manufacturing plant. |
4. | If Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG does not consent to the sale and transfer of the heritable building right as well as the sale of the option right by 3 April 2009 the Seller desires to sell and the Purchaser desires to purchase certain assets pertaining to the manufacturing of bulk insulin according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Parties acknowledge that, in this event, the Purchaser will not continue the operation of the large insulin manufacturing plant, but will remove the acquired assets and dismantle (abbauen) the large insulin manufacturing plant. | |
5. | If Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG consents to the sale and transfer of the heritable building right as well as the sale of the option right by 3 April 2009, the Seller desires to sell and the Purchaser desires to purchase, subject to the right of first refusal of Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, the heritable building right as well as the option right including certain assets pertaining to the production of bulk insulin according to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall be interpreted as follows: |
Agreement
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shall mean the LIP Asset or Business Sale and Purchase Agreement; | |
Actual Demolition
Cost
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.6; | |
AktG
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shall mean the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz); | |
AO
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shall mean the German General Tax Act (Abgabenordnung); | |
Assets
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shall mean the LIP Assets or the LIP Business Assets, as the case may be; | |
Bank Guarantee
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shall mean an insolvency remote (insovenzsicher) bank guarantee issued by the Committed Bank or any other reputable bank of international standing; | |
BGB
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shall mean the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch); |
Breach
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shall mean a Sellers or Purchasers Guarantee being untrue or incorrect or a Sellers or Purchasers covenant being breached; | |
Buildings
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.2 of Annex 1.1(Q); | |
Bulk Insulin
Inventory
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shall mean all of Sellers inventory of bulk insulin manufactured until the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date or the LIP Business Sale Closing Date, as the case may be, as specified by batch numbers listed on Annex 1.1(B); | |
Bulk Insulin
IP-Rights
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shall mean all Intellectual Property legally or beneficially owned (including by way of license by a third party) by the Seller (or, for the avoidance of doubt, an entity of the Pfizer Group) at the Closing Date, 00:00 h, and all Intellectual Property used by the Seller at the Closing date, 00:00 h, or which was created, generated or acquired for use by the Seller at the Closing Date, 00:00 h in each case relating to the manufacturing of bulk insulin, including, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) the rights to the DMF, all records relating to the DMF, and (ii) all of the Sellers rights under the License Agreement and (iii) any records and assets transferred to the Seller under the License Agreement, and (iv) any rights, records and assets legally or beneficially owned or used by the Seller which were originally acquired by the Pfizer Group under the EPA; | |
Business Days
|
shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which the banks are open for regular business in New York City, New York, United States of America and Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany; | |
Business Proposal
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5; | |
Business
|
shall mean the business of manufacturing bulk insulin at the LIP substantially as conducted by the Seller prior to the transfer of the production of the LIP in a stand-by status and until the Closing Date; |
Cash Notification
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.11; | |
Claim
|
shall mean any claim under or for breach of this Agreement, including any claim for damages or indemnification due to a Sellers Guarantee or Purchasers Guarantee being incorrect or a covenant being breached; | |
Closing Actions
|
shall mean the actions set out in Section 9.2 collectively or individually; | |
Closing Condition(s)
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1; | |
Closing Date
|
shall mean the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date or the LIP Business Sale Closing Date, as the case may be; | |
Closing Memorandum
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3; | |
Closing
|
shall mean the consummation of all of the LIP Asset Sale Closing Actions or the LIP Business Sale Closing Actions, as the case may be; | |
Collective Agreements
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 of Annex 1.1(Q); | |
Committed Bank
|
shall mean Merrill Lynch who has issued the commitment letter, a copy of which is attached as Annex 1.1(C), in relation to the Bank Guarantee; | |
Common Stock
|
shall mean the shares of common stock, par value USD 0.01 per share, of MannKind Corp.; | |
Compliance-Related
Matters
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.3; | |
Condition Precedent
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2; | |
Condition Subsequent
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1; | |
Consideration Shares
|
shall mean the Common Stock to be issued or issued to the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; | |
Contingent Value
|
shall mean the contingent value rights agreement |
Rights Agreement
|
substantially in the form of Annex 1.1(D); | |
Continuing Employees
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.11; | |
Contracts
|
shall mean the contracts to which the Seller is a party and which relate to the Business and are unperformed (wholly or partly) at the LIP Business Sale Closing Date and which are listed in Annex 1.1(E); | |
Data Harvest
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1; | |
Data Room
|
shall mean the physical data room of documents provided by the Seller to the Purchaser for inspection between 3 December 2008 and 3 March 2009 as updated until the Closing Date; | |
Data Room Index
|
shall mean the data room index in Annex 1.1(F); | |
Data Trustee
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1; | |
Demolition Costs
|
shall mean the aggregate costs arising and incurred by the Seller, acting prudently and using its best efforts to mitigate, in connection with the measures described under Sections 16.2.2 through 16.2.5 from the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date until finalization of the measures described under Sections 16.2.2 through 16.2.5; | |
Demolition Cost
Payment
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.2; | |
DMF
|
shall mean the drug master file for the Bulk Insulin Inventory containing all chemistry, manufacturing and controls data and, in cases where required by specific regulatory agencies, additional data on file with any regulatory authority; | |
Down Payment
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1; | |
Employees
|
shall mean all of the employees (without apprentices) working in the LIP as of November 6, 2008 and, in the event of the LIP Business Sale, to be transferred from the Seller to the Purchaser at Closing by operation of law pursuant to section 613a BGB; a list of the employees working in the LIP as of the date |
hereof, including name, birth date, marital status, number of children, education, hire date, remuneration and other benefits, description of work place, function, and as far as applicable maternity leave, child care leave, certified disablement (Schwerbehinderung oder Gleichstellung) and membership in an employee representative body is attached as Annex 1.1(G); | ||
Employee-Related
Matters
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.1; | |
Environment Law
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 of Annex 1.1(Q); | |
Environment-Related
Matters
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.2; | |
EPA
|
shall mean the Exubera Purchase Agreement between Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and certain of its affiliates named therein as sellers and PFIZER and Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH (under its former name and form Heinrich Mack Nachf. GmbH & Co. KG) as buyers, dated 13 January 2006 (notarial deed no. 10/2006 and 11/2006 of public notary Wendelin von Ketelhodt, Frankfurt am Main) as amended; | |
Equipment
|
shall mean the fixed plant and machinery owned by the Seller which is located on the Property and which was used in the manufacturing of bulk insulin, including those which qualifies as accessories (Zubehör) in the meaning of Section 97 BGB or as associated with the Property for a transitional period of time (nur zum vorübergehenden Zweck verbunden, Scheinbestandteil) in the meaning of Section 95 BGB, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Excluded Assets; | |
Escrow Amount
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.11; | |
Exchange Act
|
shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, together with the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended; |
Excluded Assets
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1; | |
Final Drop Dead Date
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5; | |
Fixed Assets
|
shall mean the (i) tangible assets as defined in section 266 para 2 A II 2, 3 and 4 HGB and listed, as of 19 February 2009, in Annex 1.1(H), and (ii) stocks (including raw material for the production of bulk insulin) as defined in section 266 para 2 B I HGB and listed, as of 18 February 2009 in Annex 1.1(I), in each case excluding the (a) Bulk Insulin Inventory and (b) tangible assets and stocks sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the Business in the ordinary course of business by the Closing Date, and including the tangible assets and stocks acquired by the Business by the Closing Date; | |
GBO
|
shall mean the German Land Register Code (Grundbuchordnung); | |
German Federal Cartel
Office
|
shall mean the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) with its seat in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany; | |
GWB
|
shall mean the German Act Against Restraints on Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen); | |
HBR 1998
|
shall collectively mean (i) the offer to enter into a heritable building right agreement (Erbbaurechtsvertrag) recorded on 22 October 1998 by the notary Michael Spring with his registered office in Frankfurt/Main (deed no. 530/1998) and (ii) its acceptance dated 9 December 1998 recorded by the notary Michael Spring with his registered office in Frankfurt/Main (deed no. 678/1998); | |
HBR 2006
|
shall mean the amendment to the HBR 1998, recorded on 29 September 2006 by the notary Dr. Annegret Bürkle with her registered office in Frankfurt/Main (deed no. B 967/2006); | |
HBR Transfer
|
shall mean the heritable building right transfer agreement substantially in the form set out in An- |
Agreement
|
nex 1.1(J); | |
Heritable Building
Right Agreement
|
shall mean the agreement on a heritable building right (Erbbaurecht) as agreed by the HBR 1998 and the HBR 2006; | |
Heritable Building
Right Register
|
shall mean the heritable building right register (Erbbaugrundbuch) of Schwanheim, at the local court (Amtsgericht) Frankfurt branch Hoechst, folio 8487; | |
Heritable Building
Right
|
shall mean the heritable building right (Erbbaurecht) encumbering the Property in favour of the Seller, granted pursuant to the Heritable Building Right Agreement, registered under serial no. 35 in section II of the Land Register and in the Heritable Building Right Register as described in Annex 1.1(K); | |
HGB
|
shall mean the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch); | |
Indemnitee
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1; | |
Indemnitor
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1; | |
Information Letter
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2; | |
Information
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.3; | |
Infraserv
|
shall mean Infraserv GmbH & Co. Hoechst KG, with its registered office in Frankfurt/Main, registered in the commercial register (Handelsregister) at the local court (Amtsgericht) Frankfurt/Main under HRA 28182, the operator of the Industriepark Hoechst; | |
Infraserv Consent
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2; | |
Infraserv Due Date
|
shall mean 3 April 2009 or such other later date as agreed between the Parties in writing; | |
Intellectual Property
|
shall mean all industrial and intellectual property rights, whether registered or not, including pending applications for registration of such rights and the right to apply for registration or extension of such rights including, without limitation, patents (includ- |
ing continuation, divisional, continuation in part, re-examination and reissue patent applications, and any patent issuing therefrom), petty patents, utility models, design patents, registered and unregistered designs, copyright (including moral rights and neighboring rights), integrated circuits and other sui generis rights, trade marks, trading names, service marks, logos, the get-up of products and packaging, geographical indications and applications and other signs used in trade, internet domain names, unique marketing codes, rights in know-how, mask works, inventions (including employee inventions (Diensterfindungen) that have been claimed (in Anspruch genommen) by the Seller (or as to which the Seller has the right to claim) in accordance with the German Law on Employee Inventions (Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz) or comparable foreign laws), discoveries, methods, processes, techniques, methodologies, formulae, algorithms, technical data (such as manufacturing documentation), specifications, research and development information, technology, data bases, source codes in each case that derives economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure as well as object codes, flow charts, manuals, product documentation, publicity rights and any rights of the same or similar effect or nature as any of the foregoing anywhere in the world; | ||
IP-Related-Matters
|
have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.4; | |
Land Register
|
shall mean the land register (Grundbuch) of Schwanheim at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Frankfurt branch Hoechst, folio 8178; | |
Lease Agreements
|
shall mean the lease agreements attached in Schedule 13.1 to Annex 1.1(Q); | |
License Agreement
|
shall mean the amended and restated license agreement between Sanofi-Aventis and the Seller (under its former name and form Diabel GmbH & Co. KG) dated 28 February 2006; |
LIP
|
shall mean the Sellers large insulin plant for the manufacturing of bulk insulin presently located at Industriepark Höchst, Geb. FG 680, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; | |
LIP Assets
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1; | |
LIP Asset Benefits
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.5; | |
LIP Asset Sale
|
shall mean the sale and purchase of the LIP Assets pursuant to Section 2.1; | |
LIP Asset Sale
Closing
|
shall mean the consummation of the LIP Asset Sale Closing Actions; | |
LIP Asset Sale
Closing Actions
|
shall mean the actions to be performed on the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date according to Section 9.2; | |
LIP Asset Sale
Closing Conditions
|
shall mean the Closing Conditions set out in Sections 5.1.1 through 5.1.3; | |
LIP Asset Sale
Closing Date
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1; | |
LIP Business Assets
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2; | |
LIP Business Sale
|
shall mean the sale and purchase of the LIP Business Assets pursuant to Section 2.2; | |
LIP Business Sale
Closing
|
shall mean the consummation of the LIP Business Sale Closing Actions; | |
LIP Business Sale
Closing Actions
|
shall mean the actions to be performed on the LIP Business Sale Closing Date according to Section 10.2; | |
LIP Business Sale
Closing Conditions
|
shall mean the Closing Conditions set out in Sections 5.1.1 through 5.1.4; | |
LIP Business Sale
Closing Date
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1; | |
LIP Records
|
shall mean all of the Sellers books and records relating to the Fixed Assets and the Equipment, excluding, any records regarding the Employees or Tax matters of the Business; |
Logfile
|
Shall mean the logfile in Annex 1.1(L); | |
MannKind Corp.
|
shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
MannKind Corp.s
Guarantees
|
shall mean all or any of MannKind Corp.s statements set forth in Annex 12(B); | |
Merger Control
Clearance
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4; | |
NASDAQ Notification
Form
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1; | |
Notary
|
shall mean public notary Dr. Wolfgang Hanf, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; | |
Notary Account
|
shall mean the trust account of the Notary notified by the Notary to the Parties; | |
Notification
|
shall mean the notification to be sent to Sanofi-Aventis regarding the exercise of the ROFR substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(M); | |
Objection Period
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4; | |
Option Agreement
|
shall mean the agreement regarding the Option Right between Infraserv and the Seller dated 29 September 2006 (notarial deed no. B 968/2006 of notary Dr. Annegret Bürkle, Frankfurt am Main); | |
Option Plot
|
shall mean this part of the real property (Grundstück) plot (Flur) no. 29, subplot (Flurstück) 4/50, registered under serial no. 78 in the Land Register for which the Option Right is granted and which is defined in annex 2 to the Option Agreement; | |
Option Right
|
shall mean the Sellers right to acquire one, respectively two, heritable building right(s) (Erbbaurechte) regarding the Option Plot to construct a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant under and in accordance with the Option Agreement; | |
Option Right
Prenotation
|
shall mean the prenotation (Vormerkung) with regard to the Option Right, registered under serial no. 41 in |
section II of the Land Register; | ||
Option Right Transfer
Agreement
|
shall mean the agreement to transfer legal title to the Option Right and the Option Right Prenotation substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(N); | |
Other LIP Assets
|
shall mean the property and assets described in Section 2.1.6; | |
Party or Parties
|
shall mean the Seller, the Purchaser, Pfizer Inc., and MannKind Corp., collectively or individually; | |
Pension Schemes
|
shall mean all plans (Vereinbarungen und Zusagen), whether of collective or individual nature, and including, without limitation, commitments based on works custom (betriebliche Übung), regarding company pensions (betriebliche Altersversorgung), under which the Seller has any obligations vis-à-vis the Employees and/or their dependants to provide company pension benefits, whether directly or via an external funding vehicle (including, without limitation, Direktversicherung, Pensionskasse, Pensionsfonds and Unterstützungskasse); | |
Person
|
shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated or other organization, entity or group; | |
Pfizer Group
|
shall mean all affiliates (verbundene Unternehmen) of the Seller in the meaning of Sections 15 et seq. AktG except for the Seller; | |
Pfizer Inc.
|
shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
Prepayments
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.2.6; | |
Prolongation
Prenotation
|
shall mean the prenotation (Vormerkung) with regard to the prolongation of the Heritable Building Right, which is registered in section II of the Land Register under serial no. 42; | |
Property
|
shall mean the real property (Grundstück), which is registered in the Land Register under serial no. 104, boundary (Gemarkung) Schwanheim, plot (Flur) 29, |
subplot (Flurstück) 4/32, building and undeveloped area (Gebäude- und Freifläche), industrial park (Industriepark) Hoechst-Süd, size 20,142 sqm; | ||
PSR
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.5; | |
Purchase Price
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1; | |
Purchaser
|
shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
Purchaser Options
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Annex 12(B), Part II, Section 1.1; | |
Purchaser SEC
Documents
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Annex 12(B), Part II, Section 3; | |
Purchasers
Guarantees
|
shall mean all or any of the Purchasers statements set forth in Annex 12(A); | |
Purchasers Bank
|
shall mean the following bank account: | |
Account |
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[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...]; | ||
Real-Property-Related
Matters
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.5; | |
Records
|
shall mean all of the Sellers books and records relating to the Business and the Assets, including, without limitation, books, records, files and documents relating to the Related IP-Rights, the Employees (including, without limitation, work agreements (Betriebsvereinbarungen) and union agreements (Tarifverträge), and Tax matters); | |
Registration Rights
Agreement
|
shall mean the registration rights agreement substantially in the form of Annex 1.1(O); | |
Related IP-Rights
|
shall mean all Intellectual Property legally or beneficially owned (including by way of licence by a third |
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party) by the Seller and used in connection with, or otherwise necessary to run, the Business at the Closing Date and all Intellectual Property used in connection with, or otherwise necessary to run, the Business at the Closing Date or which was created, generated or acquired for use in connection with the Business at the Closing Date excluding the Bulk Insulin IP-Rights; | ||
ROFR
|
shall mean the in rem right of first refusal (dingliches Vorkaufsrecht) of Sanofi-Aventis with respect to the sale of the Heritable Building Right, registered in section II of the Heritable Building Right Register under serial no. 13, which has been granted pursuant to Section VI of the HBR 2006; | |
ROFR Exercise Notice
|
shall have the meaning set out in Section 5.1.4; | |
ROFR-Property
Transfer Agreement
|
shall mean the agreement to transfer legal title to the ROFR-Property substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(P); | |
ROFR-Property
|
shall mean the in rem right of first refusal (dingliches Vorkaufsrecht) of the Seller with respect to any case of sale of the Property during the term of the Heritable Building Right, registered in section II of the Land Register under serial no. 43, which has been granted pursuant to Section VII of HBR 2006; | |
Sanofi-Aventis
|
shall mean Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (formerly trading as Hoechst Marion Roussel Deutschland GmbH) with its registered office in Frankfurt am Main, registered in the commercial register of the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 40661; | |
SEC
|
shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; | |
Securities Act
|
shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, together with the rules and regulations thereunder, as amended; | |
Seller
|
shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this |
Agreement; | ||
Sellers Bank
Account
|
shall mean the following bank account to be used via MT103: | |
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
with separate cover message (MT202) to [...***...] | ||
[...***...]; | ||
or any other bank account or payment instructions communicated by the Seller to the Purchaser in writing not less than five Business Days prior to the due date of the relevant payment; | ||
Sellers Guarantees
|
shall mean all or any of the Sellers statements set forth in Annex 1.1(Q); | |
Severance Funds
Payment
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2.4; | |
Shareholder Vote
Requirement
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Annex 12(B), Part II, Section 2; | |
Stock Price
|
shall mean the volume weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market for the five trading days immediately preceding the last trading day immediately preceding the Closing Date as reported on Bloomberg; | |
Target Headcount
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5; | |
Tax
|
shall mean any tax (Steuer) within the meaning of Section 3 AO or equivalent tax under the laws of any other jurisdiction and any social security contribution together with any interest, fine, penalty, surcharge or addition of the kind set out in Section 3 paragraph 4 AO; | |
Termination Payment
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.9; |
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Termination Payment
Reimbursement
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.10; | |
Termination Payments
|
shall mean all payments to which Employees ceasing to be employed in the Business are entitled to irrespective of whether to be paid by the Seller or the Purchaser, including severance payments pursuant to and other costs resulting from a future social plan to be concluded with the works council (Betriebsrat) representing the Employees (such as costs for outplacement measures and a possible transfer company) and costs in lieu of notice or costs for remuneration and social contributions during the notice period of the respective Employees; | |
Title and Capacity
Claim
|
shall mean a Claim for Breach of the Sellers Guarantees set out in Sections 1 and 2 of Annex 1.1(Q); | |
Trade Payables
|
shall mean all amounts owing to trade creditors by the Seller in connection with the Business as at the Closing Date in respect of goods or services supplied to the Seller before the Closing Date (whether or not invoiced and whether or not due and payable at that time); | |
Transfer Agreements
|
shall mean (i) in the case of a LIP Business Sale, collectively the HBR Transfer Agreement, the Option Right Transfer Agreement, and the ROFR-Property Transfer Agreement, as well as, with regard to the other Assets listed in Section 2.2, the Closing Memorandum or any other agreements or documents executed between the Seller and the Purchaser regarding transfer of legal title in any of the LIP Business Assets or (ii) in the case of a LIP Asset Deal, the Closing Memorandum or any other agreements or documents executed between the Seller and the Purchaser regarding transfer of legal title in any of the LIP Assets; | |
Transferred
Employ-
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6; |
ees
|
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Transition Services
Agreement
|
shall mean the transition services agreement regarding certain services to be provided by the Seller and certain of its affiliates to the Purchaser for a period of up to 3 months after the LIP Business Sale Closing Date substantially in the form as attached in Annex 1.1(R); | |
UStG
|
shall mean the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz); | |
VAT
|
shall mean German value added tax (Umsatzsteuer); | |
Works Council
Discussions
|
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.5; | |
ZPO
|
shall mean the German Civil Procedure Act (Zivilprozessordnung). |
1.2 | In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: |
1.2.1 | headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement; | ||
1.2.2 | references to any term in the singular shall, if the context so demands, also include the plural and vice versa; | ||
1.2.3 | references to one gender includes all genders; | ||
1.2.4 | references to EUR or Euro are references to the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union; | ||
1.2.5 | references to USD or US Dollar are references to the lawful currency of the United States of America; | ||
1.2.6 | where a German term has been inserted in parenthesis and/or italics the German term alone (and not the English term to which it relates) shall be authoritative for the purpose of the interpretation of the relevant English term in this Agreement; | ||
1.2.7 | references to any German legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any other legal concept shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, be interpreted to include the legal concept |
which most closely corresponds in that jurisdiction to the German legal term; and | |||
1.2.8 | references to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it has been in force as of the date hereof, unless indicated otherwise. |
1.3 | The Annexes and Schedules of this Agreement form an integral part of this Agreement. | |
2. | SALES AND PURCHASES | |
2.1 | The Seller hereby sells (verkauft) to the Purchaser and the Purchaser hereby purchases (kauft), in each case with economic effect (wirtschaftliche Wirkung) from the Closing Date and subject to the Condition Subsequent, legal title to the following assets, other than Excluded Assets (collectively the LIP Assets) upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement: |
2.1.1 | the Fixed Assets; | ||
2.1.2 | the Equipment; | ||
2.1.3 | the LIP Records; | ||
2.1.4 | the Related IP-Rights; | ||
2.1.5 | the benefit of any amount to which the Seller is entitled from a person (including, without limitation, an insurer) in respect of damage or injury to any of the Fixed Assets or the Equipment other than an amount spent before the Closing Date in repairing such damage or injury (the LIP Asset Benefits); and | ||
2.1.6 | all other property and assets owned by the Seller and used in connection with the technical operation of the Fixed Assets or the Equipment (Other LIP Assets) at the Closing Date. |
The LIP Asset Sale shall be subject to the condition subsequent (auflösend bedingt) that the Infraserv Consent is duly granted on or before the Infraserv Due Date (the Condition Subsequent). The Parties take the view that the LIP Asset Sale does not constitute the sale of a business as a going concern. | ||
2.2 | The Seller hereby sells (verkauft) to the Purchaser and the Purchaser hereby purchases (kauft), in each case with economic effect (wirtschaftliche Wirkung) from the Closing Date and subject to the Condition Precedent, the Business as a going |
concern and legal title to the following assets, other than Excluded Assets (collectively the LIP Business Assets) upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement: |
2.2.1 | the Heritable Building Right; | ||
2.2.2 | the Option Right; | ||
2.2.3 | the Fixed Assets; | ||
2.2.4 | the Equipment; | ||
2.2.5 | the Records; | ||
2.2.6 | the benefit (subject to the burden) of the Contracts; | ||
2.2.7 | the Prolongation Prenotation; | ||
2.2.8 | the Option Right Prenotation; | ||
2.2.9 | the ROFR-Property; | ||
2.2.10 | the Related IP-Rights; | ||
2.2.11 | the benefit of any amount to which the Seller is entitled from a person (including, without limitation, an insurer) in respect of damage or injury to any of the assets referred to under Sections 2.2.1 to 2.2.5 other than an amount spent before the Closing Date in repairing such damage or injury; and | ||
2.2.12 | all other property and assets owned by the Seller and used in connection with the Business at the Closing Date. |
The sale and purchase of the LIP Business Sale shall be subject to the condition precedent (aufschiebend bedingt) that the Infraserv Consent is duly granted on or before the Infraserv Due Date (the Condition Precedent). | ||
2.3 | The acting notary confirms the accuracy and completeness of the information in Annex 1.1(K) on the Heritable Building Right on the basis of his inspection of the Land Register and the Heritable Building Right Register by electronic means on 6 March 2009. | |
2.4 | To the extent to which there is a reservation of title in favour of third parties attaching to Assets or there has been a transfer of ownership of any Assets by way of security (Sicherungsübereignung), the Seller shall perform and fulfil and shall |
continue to be obliged to perform and fulfil after the Closing Date the secured obligations vis-à-vis the relevant third parties in accordance with the underlying agreements and past practice. In such case, the Parties agree that the remainder (Anwartschaftsrecht) to the transfer or re-transfer of the ownership of the respective Asset shall hereby be sold. | ||
2.5 | The Parties agree that the transfer in rem (dinglich) of the Assets shall not be effected by virtue of this Agreement, but shall take place on the Closing Date by execution of the Transfer Agreements in due form. | |
3. | EXCLUDED ASSETS AND APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITIES | |
3.1 | The Assets shall specifically not comprise any of |
3.1.1 | The Bulk Insulin Inventory; and | ||
3.1.2 | The Bulk Insulin IP-Rights; |
(the Excluded Assets) and the Excluded Assets shall not be sold under this Agreement. | ||
3.2 | The Seller: |
3.2.1 | remains responsible for all liabilities incurred by it before the Closing Date including, without limitation, the Trade Payables and all outgoings and expenses owed in connection with the Business or the Assets before the Closing Date whether or not invoiced and whether or not due and payable at that time (including, without limitation, the rents, rates and service charges payable in respect of the Property and/or the Heritable Building Right); | ||
3.2.2 | remains responsible for all claims by any person outstanding against it as at the Closing Date or arising by reason of any act or omission by it before and up to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, all claims by any person in connection with any goods or services supplied by the Seller before the Closing Date); | ||
3.2.3 | shall promptly pay those liabilities referred to in Section 3.2.1 and promptly settle those claims referred to in Section 3.2.2; | ||
3.2.4 | shall indemnify the Purchaser on demand against each loss, liability and cost which the Purchaser incurs as a result of the Sellers failure to comply with its obligations under Sections 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and 3.2.3 and against any other liability arising out of or in connection with the ownership or |
operation of the Business or the Assets before and up to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, each loss, liability or cost incurred as a result of defending or settling a claim alleging such a liability but excluding any liability of the Purchaser arising under the express terms of this Agreement. |
3.3 | The Purchaser, in case of a LIP Asset Sale Closing, subject to Section 16.2: |
3.3.1 | is responsible for all liabilities incurred by it in connection with the LIP Assets after the Closing Date including, without limitation, all outgoings and expenses owed in connection with the LIP Assets after the Closing Date; | ||
3.3.2 | shall indemnify the Seller on demand against each loss, liability and cost which the Seller incurs as a result of the Purchasers failure to comply with its obligations under clause 3.3.1 and against any other liability arising out of or in connection with the ownership or operation of the LIP Assets after the Closing Date, including, without limitation, each loss, liability or cost incurred as a result of defending or settling a claim alleging such a liability but excluding any liability of the Seller arising under the express terms of this Agreement. |
3.4 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale, if a payment of outgoings or expenses in respect of the Business or the Assets for a period covering both before and after the Closing Date has been or is made by: |
3.4.1 | the Seller, the Purchaser shall pay the Seller an amount equal to that proportion of the payment that relates to the period after the Closing Date; or | ||
3.4.2 | the Purchaser, the Seller shall pay the Purchaser an amount equal to that proportion of the payment that relates to the period before the Closing Date. |
3.5 | In the event of a LIP Asset Sale and subject to Section 16.2, if a payment of outgoings or expenses in respect of the LIP Assets for a period covering both before and after the Closing Date has been or is made by: |
3.5.1 | the Seller, the Purchaser shall pay the Seller an amount equal to that proportion of the payment that relates to the period after the Closing Date; or | ||
3.5.2 | the Purchaser, the Seller shall pay the Purchaser an amount equal to that proportion of the payment that relates to the period before the Closing Date. |
3.6 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale, if a payment in respect of the Business or the Assets for a period covering both before and after the Closing Date has been or is received by: |
3.6.1 | the Seller, the Seller is entitled to retain the proportion of the payment that relates to the period before the Closing Date and shall pay the Purchaser an amount equal to the remainder; or | ||
3.6.2 | the Purchaser, the Purchaser is entitled to retain the proportion of the payment that relates to the period after the Closing Date and shall pay the Seller an amount equal to the remainder. |
3.7 | In the event of a LIP Asset Sale and subject to Section 16.2, if a payment in respect of the LIP Assets for a period covering both before and after the Closing Date has been or is received by: |
3.7.1 | the Seller, the Seller is entitled to retain the proportion of the payment that relates to the period before the Closing Date and shall pay the Purchaser an amount equal to the remainder; or | ||
3.7.2 | the Purchaser, the Purchaser is entitled to retain the proportion of the payment that relates to the period after the Closing Date and shall pay the Seller an amount equal to the remainder. |
3.8 | The amounts to be paid by the Parties under Sections 3.4 through 3.5 shall be notified by the Party making or receiving payment from the third party giving rise to the relevant amount to be paid to the other Party without undue delay and provide evidence of the amount paid or received and the reason for such payment or receipt. A Party owing an amount under Sections 3.6 through 3.7 shall pay the other Party that amount within 5 Business Days of receipt of the notice together with reasonable evidence of such liability or costs incurred or payments duly made pursuant to the preceding sentence. | |
4. | PURCHASE PRICE, CONSIDERATION SHARES |
4.1.1 | in cash; or | ||
4.1.2 | by delivering (or cause to be delivered) to the Seller the number of Consideration Shares that is equal to the Purchase Price divided by the Stock Price; |
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4.1.3 | through a combination of cash and by delivering (or cause to be delivered) Consideration Shares (each such Consideration Share valued for purposes of this Section 4.1.3 equal to the Stock Price), such that the combination of cash and non-cash consideration has an aggregate value equal to the Purchase Price, |
provided, however, that the Purchaser shall only be entitled to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 4.1.2 or Section 4.1.3 if (i) a Shareholder Vote Requirement does not apply to the issuance of the Consideration Shares to the Purchaser pursuant to Part II Section 2 of Annex 12 (B), and (ii) no later than 15 Business Days after the date hereof the Purchaser has caused MannKind Corp. to file with the Listing Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Global Market a preliminary NASDAQ Notification Form: Listing of Additional Shares (NASDAQ Notification Form) with respect to the possible listing of the Consideration Shares and MannKind Corp. has received no written or oral notice objecting to, expressing concerns about or otherwise requesting additional information regarding the NASDAQ Notification Form, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or MannKind Corp.s compliance with the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules, which objections, concerns or requests remain uncured or unanswered, as applicable, prior to the Closing. | ||
4.2 | If Closing occurs later than 3 April 2009, the Purchase Price shall be increased by an amount of [...***...] for each month that the Closing is delayed (and pro rata in case of a delayed Closing occurring during a current month), unless the Seller has caused (verschuldet) or is responsible for (vertreten müssen) the delay of the Closing. | |
4.3 | In the event of the LIP Business Sale, the Parties take the view that the sale and transfer qualifies as the transfer of a going concern (Geschäftsveräußerung im Ganzen) pursuant to Section 1 paragraph 1a UStG and thus the Purchase Price is not subject to VAT. If and to the extent the competent German tax authority treats the sale as being subject to VAT the Purchaser has to pay statutory VAT in addition to the Purchase Price in cash to the Seller within 10 (ten) Business Days after receipt of an invoice which complies with Section 14 and Section 14a UStG. | |
Subject to the condition precedent (aufschiebende Bedingung) that the competent German tax authority treats the sale as being subject to VAT, the Seller herewith waives the exemption from VAT pursuant to Section 4 No. 9 lit. a UStG with respect to the Heritable Building Right and opts to treat the sale of the Heritable Building Right as a supply subject to VAT. In accordance with Section 13b paragraph 1 No. 3 UStG which stipulates the reverse charge proce- |
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dure the Seller will neither charge nor collect VAT for the sale of the Heritable Building Right. It is the Purchasers sole responsibility to file the respective tax notices and pay VAT due on such supply in accordance with the tax laws applicable to the Purchaser. The Purchaser does not owe VAT on the sale of the Heritable Building Right to the Seller. The Purchaser confirms that it intends to use the Heritable Building Right solely in connection with the provision of supplies and services that do not preclude the deduction of input VAT (Vorsteuer). In the event of a LIP Asset Sale the Purchaser has to pay statutory VAT in cash in addition to the Purchase Price to the Seller within 10 Business Days after receipt of an invoice which complies with Section 14 and Section 14a UStG. | ||
4.4 | The Purchase Price shall be allocated to the LIP Assets or the LIP Business Assets, as the case may be, as to be agreed between the Parties pursuant to Section 7.18 between the date hereof and the Closing Date. | |
4.5 | In the event that a Party to this Agreement is in default (Verzug) with payments under this Agreement, the Parties agree that default interest (Verzugszinsen) shall be payable by the respective debtor as provided for in section 288 para. 2 BGB calculated on the outstanding amount for the period starting with the due date up to and including the date at which the outstanding amount increased by the default interest is irrevocably credited to the bank account of the respective creditor. | |
4.6 | All payments to be made to the Seller pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by wire transfer free of charges and without any restrictions to the Sellers Bank Account or any other bank account communicated by the Seller in writing not less than five Business Days prior to the due date of the relevant payment. | |
5. | CONDITIONS TO CLOSING | |
5.1 | The obligations of the Parties to carry out the Closing are conditional on the following conditions (aufschiebende Bedingungen, collectively or individually, the Closing Conditions) being satisfied, or in case of any of the Closing Conditions set out in Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 being waived by the Purchaser, in accordance with this Agreement: |
5.1.1 | The Purchaser having conducted a physical stock take (Inventur) of the Assets (including, without limitation, raw material for the production of bulk insulin and the Bulk Insulin Inventory) in accordance with Section 7.14; |
5.1.2 | Absence of any encumbrances in the Heritable Building Right Register except for (i) the encumbrances specified in the Heritable Building Right, and (ii) such encumbrances, to which the Purchaser has consented in writing vis-à-vis the Seller; | ||
5.1.3 | The Seller and the Purchaser have delivered a certificate that there is no material breach of any of its respective Guarantees provided under this Agreement; | ||
5.1.4 | Only in the event that the Infraserv Consent is duly granted on or before the Infraserv Due Date, |
(a) | the earliest of (i) receipt of notification by Sanofi-Aventis of its irrevocable, final and binding decision to exercise the ROFR (ROFR Exercise Notice), (ii) receipt of notification by Sanofi-Aventis of its irrevocable, final and binding decision not to exercise the ROFR, (iii) 2 (two) months have passed since the Notification by the Seller pursuant to Section 6.3 has verifiably been received by Sanofi-Aventis without a written response by Sanofi-Aventis to the Seller and/or the Purchaser as to whether Sanofi-Aventis exercises or does not exercise the ROFR, having occurred; and | ||
(b) | Merger Control Clearance having been obtained according to Section 6.4.3. |
5.2 | The Purchaser and the Seller shall use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Closing Conditions are satisfied as soon as possible after the date hereof. The Purchaser and the Seller shall have no right to delay or prevent the satisfaction of the Closing Conditions. | |
5.3 | At any time prior to the Final Drop Dead Date the Purchaser may waive any of the Closing Conditions set out in Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 in its sole discretion by written notice to the Seller. | |
5.4 | The Seller and the Purchaser shall each notify the other in writing promptly (unverzüglich) upon becoming aware that any of the Closing Conditions have been satisfied or have become incapable of satisfaction (unmöglich geworden) and shall, upon request, provide the other Party with any documentation providing evidence on such fulfilment or incapability of satisfaction. | |
5.5 | If the Closing Conditions have not been satisfied or waived on or before 31 October 2009 at 24:00 hours (the Final Drop Dead Date) the Parties may at their respective absolute discretion (nach freiem Ermessen) jointly agree in |
writing to extend the Final Drop Dead Date or otherwise either the Seller or the Purchaser may each elect to rescind (zurücktreten) this Agreement unless the relevant Party has caused (verschuldet) or is responsible for (vertreten müssen) the failure of the Closing Conditions to be satisfied. In the event of such rescission, (i) the Seller shall promptly return the Down Payment to the Purchasers Bank Account, and (ii) neither Party shall have any claim under this Agreement of any nature whatsoever against the other party, except for Claims for breach of the covenants set forth in Section 5.2 and Section 6. | ||
6. | REGULATORY FILINGS AND APPROVALS | |
6.1 | The Purchaser shall ensure that any filings necessary in connection with the merger control clearance referred to in Section 1.1 (if any) and any other filings with, or notifications to, any governmental authority required in connection with this Agreement will be made without undue delay, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Condition set out in Section 5.1.4(a) has been satisfied. Any filings made by the Purchaser shall require the prior written consent of the Seller which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. | |
6.2 | In order to obtain all requisite approvals for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under merger control laws, the Parties shall (i) reasonably cooperate in all respects with each other in the preparation of any filing or notification and in connection with any submission, investigation or inquiry including timely exchange of drafts in order to give reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts, (ii) supply to any competent authority as promptly as practicable any additional information requested pursuant to any applicable laws and take all other procedural actions required in order to obtain any necessary clearance or to cause any applicable waiting periods to commence and expire, (iii) promptly provide each other with copies of any written communication received or sent (or written summaries of any non-written communication) in connection with any proceeding and (iv) give each other and their respective advisers the opportunity to participate in all meetings and conferences with any competent authority. | |
6.3 | To the extent Merger Control Clearance is subject to obligations (Auflagen) and / or conditions subsequent (auflösende Bedingungen), the Purchaser undertakes to ensure that (steht dafür ein, dass) such obligations are completely fulfilled and such conditions subsequent do not occur. To the extent that Merger Control Clearance is subject to conditions precedent, the Purchaser undertakes to ensure that such conditions precedent all occur within four weeks after the issuance of the conditional Merger Control Clearance. |
6.4 | Merger Control Clearance is deemed to have been obtained, if and when (i) the Parties have jointly confirmed in writing that the thresholds which trigger a filing requirement with antitrust authorities without whose consent a Closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder would be illegal are not exceeded so that the transactions contemplated hereunder and applicable to the relevant Parties do not need to be filed with such authorities, or (ii) the German Federal Cartel Office, , |
6.4.1 | has notified the Seller and/or the Purchaser in writing that it will not prohibit the proposed acquisition of the Assets, either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions or obligations (Auflagen oder Bedingungen) accepted by the Purchaser; or | ||
6.4.2 | has failed to notify the Seller and the Purchaser within one (1) month after filing of the proposed acquisition of the Assets in accordance with section 39 GWB that it has initiated a formal investigation; or | ||
6.4.3 | has failed to issue an order pursuant to section 40 para. 2 sentence 1 GWB within the time periods required pursuant to section 40 para. 2 GWB; or |
6.5 | As soon as practicable, but in no event more than 15 Business Days after the date hereof, the Purchaser shall file or cause to be filed by MannKind Corp. with the Listing Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Global Market a preliminary NASDAQ Notification Form with respect to the possible listing of Consideration Shares. | |
7. | PRE-CLOSING UNDERTAKINGS | |
7.1 | Promptly upon signing of this Agreement but in any event not later than within 5 (five) Business Days the Purchaser shall make (or cause MannKind Corp. to make) a cash down payment of [...***...] (the Down Payment) to the Seller to be held in trust by the Seller on behalf of the Purchaser until the Closing Date. The Down Payment shall be effected by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account. | |
7.2 | Promptly upon signing of this Agreement but in any event not later than within 2 (two) Business Days, the Parties shall jointly notify Infraserv of the contingent sale of the Heritable Building Right. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts |
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to obtain and the Seller shall formally request from Infraserv on or before the Infraserv Due Date in a form required under Section 29 paragraph 1 GBO, among others, (a) Infraservs, and Infraserv Logistics GmbHs consent, as applicable, to the transfer to the Purchaser of (i) the Heritable Building Right in accordance with Section I.4.2 of the HBR 1998, (ii) the ROFR-Property, (iii) the Option Right, (iv) the Option Right Prenotation, (v) the Prolongation Prenotation, and (vi) the Lease Agreements, and (b) Infraservs waiver of its right to terminate the Heritable Building Right and/or the Heritable Building Right Agreement and demand the reversion of the Heritable Building Right (Heimfall) pursuant to Sections I.5.1.4, I.5.2, II.5.3, II.5.4 and II.5.6 of the HBR 1998, all in the form substantially set out in Annex 7.2 (the Infraserv Consent). The Parties shall promptly (i) engage in joint good faith negotiations with Infraserv regarding the Infraserv Consent, (ii) provide all information reasonably requested by Infraserv or appropriate to enable Infraserv to decide upon the Infraserv Consent, (iii) notify each other if and when the Infraserv Consent has been obtained, (iv) provide to the respective other party a copy of the Infraserv Consent, and (v) forward the original Infraserv Consent to the acting notary. If Infraserv Consent has not been obtained on or before the Infraserv Due Date, the Parties may at their absolute discretion (nach freiem Ermessen) jointly agree in writing to extend the Infraserv Due Date or shall (i) withdraw their request for Infraserv Consent, (ii) terminate discussions in this respect and (iii) proceed to the LIP Asset Sale Closing. | ||
7.3 | Promptly upon signing of this Agreement but in any event not later than within 2 (two) Business Days, the Seller shall notify Sanofi-Aventis of its right subject to the Infraserv Consent to exercise its ROFR including submission of an authenticated copy (beglaubigte Kopie) of this Agreement to Sanofi-Aventis, and undertake to use its reasonable best efforts to engage in joint good faith negotiations with Purchaser, Infraserv and Sanofi-Aventis to (i) accelerate the time in which Infraserv will grant the Infraserv Consent, and/or (ii) facilitate the process for Sanofi-Aventis to exercise or waive its ROFR. | |
7.4 | Promptly upon receipt of the Infraserv Consent (where such receipt occurs on or before the Infraserv Due Date) but in any event not later than within 1 (one) Business Day following receipt, the Seller shall transmit the Notification to Sanofi-Aventis to start the 2 (two) months period for Sanofi-Aventis to consider exercise of its ROFR. The Seller shall provide conclusive evidence for the receipt of the Notification by Sanofi-Aventis (Nachweis des Zugangs) to the Purchaser. The Parties shall notify each other if and when a response from Sanofi-Aventis (including a ROFR Exercise Notice) has been received without undue delay following such receipt, and, in case of responses in writing, shall provide to the respective other party a copy of such response. If a ROFR |
Exercise Notice has been received by the Seller or the Purchaser within 2 (two) months since the Notification has verifiably been received by Sanofi-Aventis, |
7.4.1 | (i) this Agreement between the Seller, Pfizer Inc., the Purchaser and MannKind Corp. shall be null and void and the Purchaser and MannKind Corp. shall be released from all of its respective obligations hereunder, and (ii) the Parties acknowledge that the new agreement entered into by operation of law between Sanofi-Aventis on the one hand and the Seller and Pfizer Inc. on the other hand following execution of the ROFR by Sanofi-Aventis shall have similar terms (gleiche Bedingungen) as this Agreement, provided, however, that references to both the Purchaser and MannKind Corp. shall be replaced by Sanofi-Aventis; | ||
7.4.2 | (i) Sanofi-Aventis shall make a payment equal in value to the Down Payment by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account to be held in trust by the Seller for Sanofi-Aventis thereafter, and (ii) the Seller shall promptly return the Down Payment to the Purchaser; | ||
7.4.3 | (i) Sanofi-Aventis shall procure a guarantee of its ultimate parent company according to the terms of Section 16.2 and, (ii) the Seller shall release MannKind Corp. from its obligations under Section 16.2; | ||
7.4.4 | the Seller and Sanofi-Aventis shall consummate the Closing subject to the Closing Conditions being satisfied or waived; and | ||
7.4.5 | if a merger control filing requirement be triggered as a result of Sanofi-Aventis exercising the ROFR, Seller and Sanofi-Aventis shall use their best efforts to consummate the Closing (including payment of the full Purchase Price in cash as set forth under Section 0 hereof), provided, however, that the Seller and Sanofi-Aventis shall not be under an obligation to, directly or indirectly, transfer or acquire the Assets or interests in respect of which the consummation of the Closing would violate any applicable law or decision. If Merger Control Clearance cannot otherwise be obtained the Seller and Sanofi-Aventis shall agree on all appropriate measures, including hold separate arrangements including the appointment of a hold separate trustee (which, inter alia, shall ensure that Sanofi-Aventis shall not, neither legally nor otherwise, influence or benefit from the (ordinary or extra-ordinary) use of the Assets for the transfer of which no clearance has been obtained) regarding the Assets or interests affected, in order that the relevant jurisdiction can be exempted from the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement until the required consents and approvals have been obtained. In any case, no hold separate arrangements will become effective prior to the Closing Date. |
7.5 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale, the number of Employees shall be reduced from the headcount as of 6 November 2008 of 173 (one hundred seventy three) down to 80 (eighty) Employees (the Target Headcount). Without undue delay upon receipt of the Infraserv Consent the Seller shall inform the Sellers works council (Betriebsrat) pursuant to Section 111 Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) and shall commence consultations and negotiations (the Works Council Discussions) with the works council on a balance of interest (Interessenausgleich) and a social plan (Sozialplan) to reduce the number of Employees to the Target Headcount based upon a business proposal provided by the Purchaser which shall include the details of the contemplated operational change for the balance of interest and the monetary conditions for the social plan to be offered to the works council (the Business Proposal). The Purchaser shall reasonably assist and co-operate in the Works Council Discussions; the Purchaser commits itself to provide the Seller with all information necessary to initiate and conduct the consultation and negotiation process pursuant to Sections 111 et seq. Works Constitution Act. The Seller shall be bound by the terms of the Business Proposal, and shall not bindingly agree on a balance of interest and a social plan without prior written consent from the Purchaser to the extent legally permissible. | |
7.6 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale and prior to Closing, the Seller shall procure that unfunded pension obligations (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any pensions funded by the Penka 1 and the Penka 2) vis-a-vis the Employees in the amount of approx. [...***...] according to German GAAP as of 30 November 2008 will be fully funded with an amount of approx. [...***...] subject to the actuarial statement (versicherungsmathematisches Gutachten) set forth in Section 8.8 by way of transferring funds into contractual trust arrangements or equivalent insolvency remote vehicles reasonably acceptable to the Seller, which are to be set up in a way to be recognized as plan assets according to US GAAP/PBO. | |
7.7 | The Seller is a member of the Pensionskasse der Mitarbeiter der Hoechst-Gruppe VVaG (Penka 1) and of the Höchster Pensionskasse VVaG (Penka 2). If the Condition Subsequent is satisfied, the Purchaser shall use its best efforts to become a member of the Penka 1 and Penka 2, and the Seller will use its best efforts to support such a membership. If such membership materializes, the Purchaser shall fulfil all contribution obligations vis-à-vis the Transferred Employees under the Penka 1 and Penka 2 pension plans after the LIP Business Sale Closing Date. | |
7.8 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale, the Seller shall assign to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall accept such assignment, all rights and claims vis-à-vis third |
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parties with respect to obligations of the Seller vis-à-vis the Transferred Employees under all Pension Schemes. | ||
7.9 | In the event of a LIP Asset Sale, the Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to finally coordinate and agree upon the specific actions to be taken and the time schedule to be maintained for the dismantling (Ab-und Ausbau) of certain of the LIP Assets. | |
7.10 | During the period until the Closing Date the Seller undertakes to procure that to the extent legally permissible, the Business will be operated in the ordinary course of business, except as (i) disclosed in this Agreement, (ii) disclosed in Annex 7.10 or (iii) with prior written approval of the Purchaser. In any case, the Seller shall not without the prior approval of the Purchaser or except as disclosed in this Agreement or in Annex 7.10: |
7.10.1 | acquire or dispose of (including by way of leasing agreements) any Asset, nor undertake to make such acquisition or disposal, in each case with a value of more than EUR 50,000.00 (Euro: fifty thousand) or EUR 500,000.00 (Euro: five hundred thousand) in the aggregate; and | ||
7.10.2 | enter into Contracts providing for individual payment obligations of more than EUR 50,000.00 (Euro: fifty thousand) in each case or EUR 500,000.00 (Euro: five hundred thousand) in the aggregate. |
7.11 | The Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain cash financing to fund some or all of the Purchase Price. As soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than five Business Days prior to the Closing Date the Purchaser shall notify the Seller supported by bank statements or binding commitment letters if the Purchaser secured cash financing sufficient to pay some or all of the Purchase Price in cash pursuant to Section 4.1.1 or Section 4.1.3 and thereby elects to do so (Cash Notification). | |
7.12 | Unless a Cash Notification has been delivered by the Purchaser electing to pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 4.1.1, on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date the Seller shall notify to the Purchaser the number of Consideration Shares to be transferred to the Seller at Closing according to Section 4.1.2 or Section 4.1.3, as applicable, together with a copy of the Bloomberg report supporting the determination of the Stock Price. | |
7.13 | The Parties undertake not to, and undertake to procure that none of their affiliated Persons and Persons qualifying as insiders in relation to the transactions |
contemplated hereunder, shall deal or trade in Common Stock until the Business Day preceding the Closing Date. | ||
7.14 | The Purchaser undertakes to conduct, at its own costs, a physical stock take (Inventur) of the Assets (including, without limitation, raw material for the production of bulk insulin) as soon as practicable. For this purpose, the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and its designees full and unlimited access to the premises of the LIP and the Records at usual working hours, and shall provide reasonable assistance to the Purchaser to enable the Purchaser to conduct such physical stock take (including a full review, counting and documentation of the Fixed Assets and the Equipment) in an efficient manner and within a reasonable period of time of not less than 5 but not more than 15 Business Days after the date hereof. | |
7.15 | Without undue delay each Party shall notify the other Party in writing of all events or circumstances arising or coming to the knowledge of the notifying Party, which to the reasonable assessment of the notifying Party may result in a Breach of a Sellers Guarantee or a Purchasers Guarantee. | |
7.16 | In the event of a LIP Business Sale, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to agree with Infraserv on the amendment of the ROFR-Property to the effect that the ROFR-Property can be transferred to the Purchaser, and take all steps required to effect such amendment. | |
7.17 | For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 7.5 and 7.6, shall not be applicable in the event of a LIP Asset Sale, for which case the Parties assume that no Employees will transfer with the LIP Assets, since the operations of the Business will not be run by the Purchaser in essentially the same manner as previously by the Seller. | |
7.18 | Without undue delay after the date hereof, the Parties shall mutually agree the allocation of the Purchase Price to the LIP Assets, in the case the Condition Subsequent is not satisfied on or before the Infraserv Due Date, or to the LIP Business Assets (including the Heritable Building Right) in the case the Condition Subsequent is duly satisfied. | |
8. | STATUTORY TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT OF A LIP BUSINESS SALE | |
8.1 | The Parties understand that in the event of a LIP Business Sale, as a consequence of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, Section 613a |
BGB will be applicable and therefore, as of the Closing Date, the Employees belonging to the Business (Betrieb) at Closing will pass from the Seller to the Purchaser with all rights and duties pursuant to Section 613a BGB, unless such Employees exercise their statutory right of objection pursuant to Section 613a paragraph 6 BGB. As of the Closing Date vacation entitlements and other monetary entitlements (Weihnachtsgeld, Urlaubsgeld) of the Employees, calculated on the basis of the respective individual salaries, and in case of vacation entitlements for the period from 1 January 2009 until the Closing Date to be calculated according to Section 7 para 4 of the Federal Holiday Act (Bundesurlaubsgesetz) shall be apportioned among the Parties pro rata temporis. | ||
8.2 | Within three Business Days following the day on which the Closing Condition pursuant to Section 5.1.4(a) has been fulfilled, the Seller and the Purchaser will jointly inform all Employees as required by Section 613a paragraph 5 BGB in a general staff meeting of such Employees (Belegschaftsversammlung). In such joint staff meeting, or closely following such staff meeting the Seller and the Purchaser will jointly issue to each Employee present at the staff meeting personally a letter substantially in the form of Annex 8.2 containing the following information as required by Section 613a paragraph 5 BGB (the Information Letter): (i) the expected date of the employment transfer (Section 613a paragraph 5 No. 1 BGB); (ii) the reasons for the employment transfer (Section 613a paragraph 5 No. 2 BGB); (iii) the legal, economic and social consequences the employment transfer will have for the Employees (Section 613a paragraph 5 No. 3 BGB); and (iv) any changes or measures envisaged by the Purchaser which may affect the Employees (Section 613a paragraph 5 No. 4 BGB). Immediately after the joint staff meeting, the Information Letter shall be sent by registered mail (Einwurfeinschreiben) to all remaining Employees not present at the staff meeting. The Seller shall be responsible and liable for the accuracy and the completeness of all information in the Information Letter which describe the employment relationships prior to the Closing Date, whereas the Purchaser shall be responsible and liable for the accuracy and the completeness of all information in the Information Letter which describe the employment relationships after the Closing Date. | |
8.3 | The Parties herewith commit themselves to provide the other Party with the complete information required under Section 613a paragraph 5 BGB and referred to under Section 8.2 of this Agreement on the day, 24.00 CET, following the day on which the Closing Conditions pursuant to Section 5.1.4(a) have been fulfilled. Additionally the Parties commit themselves to include such information in the Information Letter to the extent required by Section 8.2 of this Agreement. |
8.4 | The Parties acknowledge that the Employees have the right to object to the transfer of their employment according to Section 613a paragraph 6 BGB. Notwithstanding the measures agreed and foreseen under this Agreement, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to convince all Employees not to object to the transfer of their employment relationship. After the expiry of the time limit for declaration of an objection by the Employees, which is the lapse of the one month objection period pursuant to Section 613a paragraph 6 BGB, such period to commence after the date on which the last Information Letter has been received by any Employee (the Objection Period), the Parties will inform each other immediately in writing which of the Employees have objected to their transfer. At any time prior to Closing, neither Party shall undertake anything that could reasonably be expected to cause any Employee to object to his/her transfer to the Purchaser, notwithstanding the measures agreed and foreseen under this Agreement. | |
8.5 | The Seller shall terminate the employment relationship with any Employee who objected to the transfer to the Purchaser as soon as reasonably practicable and negotiate with objecting Employees Termination Payments or, if legally required, a social plan (Sozialplan) and balance of interest (Interessenausgleich). The Seller undertakes not to offer to these objecting employees Termination Payments in excess of those Termination Payments agreed under the social plan to which Employees transferred to the Purchaser are entitled to, unless a court or an arbitration board (Einigungsstelle) rules otherwise. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of the amount of Termination Payments incurred to each Employee who objected to its transfer as soon as reasonably practicable. Except with the Purchasers prior written consent, the Seller shall not agree on or pay to any of the Employees Termination Payments exceeding the amounts provided for by the Personal- und Sozialpolitische Rahmenvereinbarung of 29 September 2004 (the PSR) or as finally determined by the arbitration board (Einigungsstelle) or a competent court. | |
8.6 | The Parties expressly agree and acknowledge that all pension and retirement obligations, liabilities, and expenditures of the Seller with regard to the Employees who have not objected to the transfer of their employment pursuant to Section 613a paragraph 6 BGB (the Transferred Employees), whether due, vested or invested (Anwartschaften jeder Art) shall transfer from the Seller to the Purchaser on and with effect from the Closing Date. Subject to the Closing, the Seller hereby assigns to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby accepts such assignment, all rights and obligations vis-à-vis the Transferred Employees under all Pension Schemes. |
8.7 | With respect to those of the Continuing Employees who have subscribed before Closing to Pfizer Inc. shares and where the terms of the subscription provide that they will be paid for through payroll deductions as set forth on Annex 8.7, the Purchaser shall continue to make payroll deductions, until such subscriptions are paid in full, and the Purchaser shall forward the full sums of such payroll deductions without subtraction of any handling fee or other charges to the Seller within 30 days of each respective payroll deduction. | |
8.8 | In due time before Closing, the Parties shall determine as of the Closing Date, the factual value of the pension obligations for company pension plans to be provided for, which are applicable to the Transferred Employees by way of a statement (Versicherungsmathematisches Gutachten), established by the German actuary firm Watson Wyatt (or another renowned actuary firm mutually agreed upon by the Parties), based upon US-GAAP provisions for projected benefit obligations, the cost for which statement shall be borne by the Seller. | |
8.9 | The Seller undertakes to bear Termination Payments to Employees incurred (i) in connection with the work force reduction described in Section 7.5 from the headcount as of 6 November 2008 of 173 employees down to the Target Headcount up to a maximum amount of [...***...] and (ii) pursuant to Section 8.5, minus Termination Payments paid until the date of signing of this Agreement (the Termination Payment Cap). Any Termination Payment in excess of the Termination Payment Cap shall be borne by the Purchaser and if legally and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement incurred by the Seller be reimbursed by the Purchaser to the Seller. The amount of Termination Payments shall be calculated, as the case may be, (i) in accordance with the principles set out in the PSR, (ii) as finally determined by the arbitration board (Einigungsstelle) or a competent court, or (iii) as mutually agreed otherwise by the Parties. Upon finalization of the social plan the Party legally entitled and required to negotiate the social plan and to pay out the Termination Payments to the relevant Employees shall notify the other Party of the amount of Termination Payments. | |
8.10 | If Termination Payments were actually paid by the Seller on or before the LIP Business Sale Closing in accordance with Section 8.5 exceed the Termination Payment Cap, the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller the amount of such excess on the LIP Business Sale Closing (the Termination Payment Reimbursement); | |
8.11 | At the LIP Business Sale Closing, in view of the difficulties in obtaining acceptable bank guarantees to secure the Purchasers obligations, the Purchaser shall pay to the Notary Account the Severance Funds Payment minus the |
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Termination Payment Reimbursement, if any (the Escrow Amount) to secure the Purchasers obligation to provide termination benefits to Employees comprised in the Target Headcount (the Continuing Employees) in the event of their dismissal or an insolvency of the Purchaser. The Seller shall be entitled to draw upon the Escrow Amount to fund Termination Payments in excess of the sum of the Termination Payment Cap, incurred by the Seller (i) within the Objection Period or (ii) after the Objection Period with respect to Employees who duly rejected their transfer to the Purchaser. To utilize the Escrow Amount the Seller shall issue a payment instruction to the Notary substantially in the form set out in Annex 8.11. | ||
8.12 | The amount remaining as Escrow Amount shall be released by the Notary upon the Parties joint instruction. The Parties shall jointly instruct the Notary in the form set out in Annex 8.11, upon the occurrence of the following events: (i) the expiry of the Objection Period, and (ii) the termination of employment (Beendigung der Arbeitsverhältnisse) of all Employees formerly employed by the Seller, and (iii) the delivery to the Seller of a copy of a Bank Guarantee or equivalent insolvency remote (insolvenzsicher) security for the Termination Payments to the then remaining Employees in an amount equal to the then remaining amount of the Escrow Amount. The Seller shall agree that the amount of the Bank Guarantee to be delivered will be less than the Escrow Amount, and instruct the Notary to release the Escrow Amount notwithstanding, if an adjustment calculation delivered by the Purchaser to the Seller reasonably evidences that the maximum amount of Termination Payments that could become payable by the Purchaser on December 31, 2014 to the specific Continuing Employees still employed by the Purchaser on the date of the adjustment calculation will remain below the then remaining amount of the Escrow Amount. The Purchaser shall be entitled to replace the Committed Bank in relation to the Bank Guarantee or the collateral of the Bank Guarantee, in each case, at equivalent terms at any time. | |
8.13 | If and to the extent Employees reject their transfer to the Purchaser within the Objection Period the Seller shall dismiss the relevant Employees within the shortest possible period that is legally permissible, and the Purchaser shall reimburse the Seller for Termination Payments incurred for such Employees which are in excess of the Termination Payment Cap. The Purchaser shall beentitled to reduce the amount of the Bank Guarantee for any amounts reimbursed according to the preceding sentence and Termination Payments paid by the Purchaser to Continuing Employees. | |
8.14 | The payroll costs (regular monthly costs of employment as existing on the Closing Date and consistent with the employment agreements and past practice, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any extra benefits like bonuses or one time payments, unless such payments are a result of a binding agreement or past prac- |
tice (betriebliche Übung)) relating to those Employees who shall not remain in the Business pursuant to the balance of interest and the social plan to be discussed and agreed with the works council representing the Employees for the period from the Closing Date until the earlier of (i) 31 July 2009 or (ii) the date of termination of the affected Employees employment relationship according to the balance of interest and the social plan shall be shared equally among the Seller and the Purchaser. The Party which is not the employer of the Employees after Closing undertakes to reimburse the other Party for 50% of those payroll costs to the extent not included in the calculation of the Termination Payments pursuant to Section 8.9 within 10 (ten) Business Days upon receipt of a detailed invoice specifying all costs from the Party being the employer of the Employees after Closing. Precondition for reimbursement is that the aforementioned payroll costs have been fully paid out to the respective Employees and are fully in compliance with and do not exceed the applicable collective bargaining agreements, applicable works agreements and/or individual employment contracts. The reimbursement is due without any deduction and without any right of set-off. | ||
8.15 | Old age part time claims of active Employees of the Seller are insured against insolvency through the Pfizer Trust e.V. After lapse of the Objection Period the Seller shall transfer assets reasonably sufficient to cover the old age part time claims of Continuing Employees with old age part time contracts to the Purchaser either directly or shall procure the transfer of those assets by Pfizer Trust e.V. | |
9. | LIP ASSET SALE CLOSING | |
The following provisions shall apply in the event that the Infraserv Consent is not duly granted on or before the Infraserv Due Date so that the Parties are to consummate the LIP Asset Sale: | ||
9.1 | The Parties shall consummate the LIP Asset Sale Closing on the first Business Day following the later to occur of (i) the Infraserv Due Date and (ii) the day on which the Closing Condition under Section 5.1.1 has been satisfied or waived (the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date). The LIP Asset Sale Closing shall take place at the offices of Clifford Chance in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany or at such other location, time or date as may be mutually agreed between the Parties. | |
9.2 | At the LIP Asset Sale Closing, the Parties shall take the following LIP Asset Sale Closing Actions in the following order (Zug um Zug): |
9.2.1 | The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser Annexes, 1.1(H) and 1.1(I), in each case updated as per the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date to reflect changes between the date hereof and the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date in the Equipment and the Fixed Assets. | ||
9.2.2 | The Purchaser shall pay an amount of [...***...], the Demolition Cost Payment) by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account to be applied by the Seller to Demolition Costs in accordance with Section 16.2.6. | ||
9.2.3 | The Seller shall stop holding the Down Payment in trust for the Purchaser and shall be entitled to apply the Down Payment to Demolition Costs in accordance with Section 16.2.6. | ||
9.2.4 | The Purchaser shall pay an amount of [...***...], the Severance Funds Payment) by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account to be applied by the Seller to Termination Payments according to Section 16.2.2. | ||
9.2.5 | If a Cash Notification has been received by the Seller in accordance with Section 7.11, the Purchaser shall pay the cash portion of the Purchase Price, including any increase pursuant to Section 4.2, to the Seller by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account. | ||
9.2.6 | If the Cash Notification specifies that the Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 4.1.3 or no Cash Notification has been received by the Seller in accordance with Section 7.11, the Purchaser shall cause its transfer agent to deliver to the Seller, via electronic book-entry, the applicable number of Consideration Shares as notified by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.11 and the Seller and MannKind Corp. shall execute (i) the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the Contingent Value Rights Agreement. | ||
9.2.7 | The Parties shall seal (versiegeln) boxes containing the documents listed in the Data Room Index and shall deposit the boxes so sealed with the acting notary for evidence purposes (zu Beweiszwecken). | ||
9.2.8 | The Seller shall confirm in writing that the Sellers Guarantees are true and correct in all material respects at the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date as if they were given as of such date. | ||
9.2.9 | For clarification, the Parties shall acknowledge that the LIP Business Sale is null and void, and shall mutually cancel (aufheben) the LIP Business Sale. |
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9.2.10 | The Parties shall procure that legal title to the LIP Assets is being transferred in rem (dinglich) to the Purchaser at the LIP Asset Sale Closing including generating of possession or assignment of rights to recover possession, each in accordance with German law. The Parties shall provide all further declarations and perform all other acts necessary or appropriate to achieve the transfer of title to the LIP Assets to the Purchaser. |
9.3 | After the last of the actions referred to under Section 9.2 has been taken, the Parties shall sign a closing memorandum (the Closing Memorandum) including (i) agreements necessary to transfer legal title to the LIP Assets under Section 9.2.10 hereof, and (ii) the confirmation to each other that the Closing Conditions applicable to the LIP Asset Sale Closing have been fulfilled and that the LIP Asset Sale Closing Actions have been taken in accordance with this Agreement. | |
9.4 | If any Party fails to perform or procure performance of any of the actions referred to under Section 9.2 to be performed by it, the Purchaser, in the case of non-performance by the Seller, or the Seller, in the case of non-performance by the Purchaser, shall be entitled to (in addition to and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available, including the Sellers rights under Section 10.4, which shall apply accordingly) by written notice to the other Party (i) rescind (zurücktreten) this Agreement, or (ii) set a new date for the LIP Asset Sale Closing (not being more than 10 Business Days after the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date) in which case the provisions of this Section 9 shall apply to the LIP Asset Sale Closing as so deferred. | |
9.5 | In the event of a rescission, neither Party shall have any claim under this Agreement of any nature whatsoever against the other Party except for Claims for breach of the covenants set forth in Sections 5.2., 6, 7 or based on Section 10.4 which shall apply accordingly. | |
10. | LIP BUSINESS SALE CLOSING | |
The following provisions shall apply in the event that the Infraserv Consent is duly granted on or before the Infraserv Due Date so that the Parties are to consummate the LIP Business Sale: | ||
10.1 | The Parties shall consummate the LIP Business Sale Closing on the first Business Day following a five days period after the day on which the last of the Closing Conditions under Section 5.1 has been satisfied (the LIP Business Sale Closing Date). The LIP Business Sale Closing shall take place at the offices of |
Clifford Chance in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany or at such other location, time or date as may be mutually agreed between the Parties. | ||
10.2 | At the LIP Business Sale Closing, the Parties shall take the following LIP Business Sale Closing Actions in the following order (Zug um Zug): |
10.2.1 | The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser Annexes 1.1(E), 1.1(H) and 1.1(I), in each case updated as per the LIP Business Sale Closing Date to reflect changes between the date hereof and the LIP Business Sale Closing Date in the Contracts, the Equipment, and the Fixed Assets. | ||
10.2.2 | If a Cash Notification has been received by the Seller in accordance with Section 7.11, the Purchaser shall pay the cash portion of the Purchase Price including any increase pursuant to Section 4.2 to the Seller by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account. | ||
10.2.3 | If the Cash Notification specifies that the Purchaser will pay the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 4.1.3 or no Cash Notification has been received by the Seller in accordance with Section 7.12 the Purchaser shall cause its transfer agent to deliver to the Seller, via electronic book-entry, the applicable number of Consideration Shares as notified by the Seller pursuant to Section 7.12 and the Seller and MannKind Corp. shall execute (i) the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the Contingent Value Rights Agreement. | ||
10.2.4 | The Purchaser shall pay the Termination Payment Reimbursement, if any, to the Seller by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account. | ||
10.2.5 | The Purchaser shall pay the Escrow Amount to the Notary by wire transfer to the Notary Account. | ||
10.2.6 | The Parties shall seal (versiegeln) boxes containing the documents listed in the Data Room Index and shall deposit the boxes so sealed with the acting notary for evidence purposes (zu Beweiszwecken). | ||
10.2.7 | Pfizer Inc. shall assign its rights under section 8.6 of the EPA to the Purchaser. | ||
10.2.8 | The Seller shall confirm in writing that the Sellers Guarantees are true and correct in all material respects at the LIP Business Sale Closing Date as if they were given as of such date. | ||
10.2.9 | The Parties shall duly execute the Transition Services Agreement. |
10.2.10 | The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller a copy of the duly executed MannKind Corp. guarantee substantially in the form attached to the Infraserv Consent. | ||
10.2.11 | The Parties shall notarize the HBR Transfer Agreement, the Option Right Transfer Agreement, and the ROFR-Property Transfer Agreement and shall grant a right of use of the Heritable Building Right up until the registration of its transfer to the Purchaser. | ||
10.2.12 | The Seller shall, in notarial form, grant (bewilligen) the registration of the transfer of the Prolongation Prenotation to the Purchaser. | ||
10.2.13 | The Seller shall pay the Down Payment by wire transfer to the Purchasers Bank Account as designated by the Purchaser or otherwise as directed by the Cash Notification. | ||
10.2.14 | The Parties shall procure that legal title to the Assets (other than the Heritable Building Right, the Option Right, and the ROFR-Property which are transferred pursuant to the HBR Transfer Agreement, the Option Right Transfer Agreement, and the ROFR-Property Transfer Agreement, respectively) is being transferred in rem (dinglich) to the Purchaser at the LIP Business Sale Closing including generating of possession or assignment of rights to recover possession, each in accordance with German law. The Parties shall provide all further declarations and perform all other acts necessary or appropriate to achieve the transfer of title to the Assets to the Purchaser. |
10.3 | After the last LIP Business Sale Closing Action has been taken, the Parties shall sign a closing memorandum (the Closing Memorandum) including (i) agreements necessary to transfer legal title to the LIP Business Assets under Section 10.2.14 hereof, and (ii) the confirmation to each other that the Closing Conditions have been fulfilled and that the LIP Business Sale Closing Actions have been taken in accordance with this Agreement. | |
10.4 | In case, on the LIP Business Sale Closing Date, the Purchaser fails to pay the Purchase Price (in cash if a Cash Notification has been received by the Seller or otherwise in Consideration Shares) in accordance with Section 10.2.2 or 10.2.3, the Seller shall stop to hold the Down Payment in trust for the Purchaser and shall be entitled to withhold the Down Payment and apply it towards the actual damage incurred by the Seller, that arose as a result of the Purchasers breach of its obligation to consummate the LIP Business Sale Closing. The Seller shall notify the Purchaser of any amount so applied towards actual damage and provide |
due evidence of the amount of the damage incurred. The Sellers potential claims for further damages and other remedies shall remain unaffected. | ||
10.5 | If any Party fails to perform or procure performance of any of the LIP Business Sale Closing Actions to be performed by it, the Purchaser, in the case of non-performance by the Seller, or the Seller, in the case of non-performance by the Purchaser, shall be entitled to (in addition to and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available) by written notice to the other Party (i) rescind (zurücktreten) this Agreement, or (ii) set a new date for the LIP Business Sale Closing (not being more than 10 Business Days after the LIP Business Sale Closing Date) in which case the provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to the LIP Business Sale Closing as so deferred. | |
10.6 | In the event of a rescission, neither Party shall have any claim under this Agreement of any nature whatsoever against the other Party except for Claims for breach of the covenants set forth in Section 5.2., 6, 7 or based on Section 10.4. | |
11. | SELLERS GUARANTEES | |
11.1 | The Parties have extensively discussed and negotiated to which extent and in which way the Seller should be liable for defects of the Assets and, in case of a LIP Business Sale, the Business, and/or if it turns out that the Sellers Guarantees are untrue or incorrect. The Parties have decided to depart from the statutory system of liability and to provide instead for a separate system of liability, as determined in Annex 1.1(Q) and Sections 11, 13, 14. | |
11.2 | The Seller guarantees in the form of an independent guarantee according to section 311 para. 1 BGB (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) with regard to the Assets and, in case of the LIP Business Sale, the Business to the Purchaser that, subject to the qualifications set out in Sections 11.3 and 11.4, the Sellers Guarantees are true and correct in all material aspects as at the date hereof or as at such date as expressly referred to in Annex 1.1(Q), provided, however, that any provisions and limitations contained in this Agreement relating to the consequences of a Breach of the Sellers Guarantees, including the provisions and limitations set forth in Annex 11.2 form an integral part of the Sellers Guarantees (Inhalt des Schuldverhältnisses / Bestandteil der Garantieerklärung), and the Sellers Guarantees are only given subject to such provisions and limitations. | |
11.3 | The Sellers Guarantees are qualified by any matters fairly disclosed by or under (i) this Agreement (including the Annexes and Schedules), (ii) the documents |
provided in the Data Room and (iii) the documents disclosed to the Purchaser and the answers of the Seller to information requests filed by the Purchaser according to the Logfile (the information referred to under (i) through (iii) collectively, the Information). | ||
11.4 | The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the only Sellers Guarantees given in relation to: |
11.4.1 | the Employees or any related claims, liabilities or other matters (the Employee-Related Matters) are those set out in Section 7 of Annex 1.1(Q) and no other Sellers Guarantee is given in relation to the Employee-Related Matters; | ||
11.4.2 | the environment or any related claims, liabilities or other matters (the Environment-Related Matters) are those set out in Section 10 of Annex 1.1(Q) and no other Sellers Guarantee is given in relation to the Environment-Related Matters and the Sellers Guarantees on Environment-Related Matters shall exclusively govern all potential claims, liabilities or other matters the Purchaser may bring forward against the Seller with regards to Environment-Related Matters, in particular Sections 3.2 through 3.8 shall not apply to Environment-Related Matters; | ||
11.4.3 | the operational activities of the Business, as currently or in the past conducted, including related permits, claims of authorities or other matters (the Compliance-Related Matters) are set out in Section 9 of Annex 1.1(Q) and no other Sellers Guarantee is given in relation to the Compliance-Related Matters and the Sellers Guarantees on Compliance-Related Matters shall exclusively govern all potential claims, liabilities or other matters the Purchaser may bring forward against the Seller with regards to Compliance-Related Matters, in particular Sections 3.2 through 3.8 shall not apply to Compliance-Related Matters; | ||
11.4.4 | Intellectual Property, or any related claims, liabilities or other matters (the IP-Related Matters) are set out in Section 4 and 12 of Annex 1.1(Q) and no other Sellers Guarantee is given in relation to the IP-Related Matters; | ||
11.4.5 | The Heritable Building Right, real property of the Business and the Lease Agreements, or any related claims, liabilities or other matters (the Real Property-Related Matters) are set out in Sections 13, 14 and 15 of Annex 1.1(Q) and no other Sellers Guarantee is given in relation to the Real Property-Related Matters. |
11.5 | None of the limitations in this Section 11 or Annex 11.2 shall apply to any Claim of the Purchaser which arises as a consequence of gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), fraud or wilful misconduct (Vorsatz). | |
11.6 | The Purchaser undertakes to the Seller that, except in the case of gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), fraud or wilful misconduct (Vorsatz) it waives and shall not make any claim against any employee, director, agent or officer of the Business or member of the Pfizer Group on whom it may have relied on in relation to any information supplied or omitted to be supplied by any such person in connection with the Sellers Guarantees or this Agreement. | |
12. | PURCHASERS AND MANNKIND CORP.S GUARANTEES | |
12.1 | The Parties have extensively discussed and negotiated to which extent and in which way the Purchaser and MannKind Corp. should be liable if it turns out that statements made by the Purchaser or MannKind Corp. in this Section 12 and Annex 12(A) or Annex 12(B) are untrue or incorrect. The Parties have decided to depart from the statutory system of liability and to provide instead for a separate system of liability, as determined hereunder. | |
12.2 | The Purchaser guarantees in the form of an independent guarantee according to section 311 para. 1 BGB (selbstständiges Garantieversprechen) that the Purchasers Guarantees of Annex 12(A) are true and correct as at the date hereof or as at such date as expressly referred to in Annex 12(A). | |
12.3 | MannKind Corp. guarantees in the form of an independent guarantee according to section 311 para. 1 BGB (selbstständiges Garantieversprechen) that MannKind Corp.s Guarantees in Part I of Annex 12(B) and, only in case no Cash Notification has been received by the Seller in accordance with Section 7.11, all the Purchasers Guarantees in Part II of Annex 12(B) are true and correct as at the date hereof or as at such date as expressly referred to in Annex 12(B). | |
13. | INDEMNIFICATION | |
13.1 | In case of a Claim resulting from a Breach, the Party liable for the Breach shall put the other Party into the position such other Party would have been in without the Breach (Naturalrestitution). If the Party is unable to achieve this position within a reasonable period of time after having been notified by the other Party of the Breach, the other Party may claim monetary damages (Schadenersatz in Geld) provided, however, that such damages shall only cover actual and direct |
damages incurred (Mangelschaden) by the other Party, and shall in particular not cover (i) any indirect or consequential damages (Mangelfolgeschäden), (ii) losses caused by business interruptions, (iii) lost revenues (entgangene Einnahmen), (iv) lost profit (entgangener Gewinn), (v) damages and losses to goodwill, or (vi) reputational damages, and (vii) the other Party is not entitled to claim damages based on any argument that the Purchase Price has been calculated upon incorrect assumptions. The right of the other Party to rescind (Rücktritt) and the right of the other Party to demand damages in lieu of performance (Schadensersatz statt Leistung) under this Agreement is expressly excluded. | ||
13.2 | Without prejudice to its duty to mitigate any loss, each Party shall, at the other Partys cost, provide all reasonable assistance to the Party to remedy any Breach. | |
13.3 | The Parties agree that the rights and remedies which the Seller on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other hand may have in case of a guarantee being untrue and/or incorrect, breach of a covenant or in case of an indemnification or otherwise contained in this Agreement are limited to the rights and remedies (including claims for specific performance) expressly contained in this Agreement. | |
13.4 | To the extent legally permissible, any claims and rights of any Party of any legal nature whatsoever (contractual, quasi-contractual, tort or otherwise) extending beyond the claims expressly provided for in this Agreement, in particular further-reaching claims based on defects, claims under section 280 BGB which according to former case law would have been considered as claims based on breach of pre-contractual obligations (culpa in contrahendo) or positive breach of contractual obligations (Positive Vertragsverletzung), rights to terminate this Agreement because of the lack of essential characteristics and claims under section 313 BGB and any other rights to terminate this Agreement or exercise any right or remedy which would have a similar effect are hereby excluded and waived by the Parties. | |
13.5 | The provisions of this Section 13 shall not apply to (i) rights and remedies which the Seller may have under applicable law as a result of the Purchasers failure to pay the Purchase Price or any portion thereof in accordance with this Agreement, and (ii) any rights and remedies of any Party for gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), fraud or wilful misconduct (Vorsatz). | |
14. | CONDUCT OF CLAIMS | |
14.1 | In case of an issue, matter or fact potentially giving rise to a Claim, the Party seeking damages or indemnification under this Agreement (the Indemnitee) |
from the other Party (the Indemnitor) shall (i) within reasonable promptness and in no case later than within a period of one month after the Indemnitee becomes aware of the matter, give written notice to the Indemnitor of the Breach, state the circumstances of the Breach in reasonable detail, furnish reasonable proof as it has in its possession of the Breach and, to the extent then feasible, set forth the estimated amount of such Breach and (ii) shall grant the Indemnitor the opportunity to remedy the Breach within a reasonable period of time of at least 45 Business Days, provided, that the failure of the Indemnitee to give written notice to the Indemnitor within a period of one month shall relieve the Indemnitor from the indemnification obligations herein unless the Indemnitor is not actually prejudiced as a result of the failure to give such notice. | ||
14.2 | If claims are raised, legal or administrative proceedings commenced or threatened to be commenced against the Indemnitee by a third party, including government agencies (a Third Party Claim), which may give rise to a Claim, the Indemnitee shall notify the Indemnitor in compliance with Section 14.1 of such Third Party Claim. The Indemnitee shall ensure that the Indemnitor shall (i) be provided with all materials, information (as it has in its possession) and assistance relevant in relation to the Third Party Claim, (ii) be given reasonable opportunity to comment or discuss with the Indemnitee any measures which the Indemnitor proposes to take or to omit in connection with a Third Party Claim, and (iii) in particular, the Indemnitor shall be given an opportunity to comment on, participate in, and review any reports on social security audits, disputes or appeals or other measures and shall receive without undue delay copies of all relevant notices (Bescheide) of any authority. | |
14.3 | If and to the extent the Indemnitor depends on the cooperation of the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee shall, to the extent legally possible for the Indemnitee, at the request and expense of the Indemnitor, take all reasonable steps the Indemnitor may reasonably request from the Indemnitee in that respect. | |
14.4 | No admission of a Third Party Claim shall be made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee and the Third Party Claim shall not be disposed of (erledigt) or settled (verglichen) without the prior written consent of the Indemnitor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. | |
14.5 | The Indemnitor shall be entitled at its own expense and its absolute discretion to take such action as the Indemnitor shall deem necessary or appropriate to avoid, dispute, deny, defend, resist, appeal, compromise or contest such Third Party Claim (including making counter claims or other claims against third parties) in the name of and on behalf of the Indemnitee, provided, however, that the In- |
demnitor prior to such action has acknowledged in writing to the Indemnitee that the Indemnitee will indemnify the Indemnitee from such Third Party Claim. The Indemnitee shall give all such information and assistance, as described above, including access to premises and personnel and the right to examine and copy or photograph any assets, accounts, documents and records as the Indemnitor or its professional advisors may from time to time request. The Indemnitor agrees to keep all such information confidential and only to use it for such purpose. | ||
14.6 | To the extent that the Indemnitor is in breach of a guarantee, breach of a covenant or in case of an indemnification all costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnitor in defending such claim shall be borne by the Indemnitor; if it turns out that the Indemnitor was not in breach, any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with the defence (including advisers fees and internal costs of its staff) shall be borne by the Indemnitee. | |
14.7 | The failure of any Indemnitee to comply with the obligations of the Indemnitee under this Section 14 shall release any Indemnitor from its obligation to pay damages or to indemnify under this Agreement, if and to the extent such damage or indemnification amount was directly caused by such failure to comply with the obligations of the Indemnitee under this Section 14. | |
14.8 | Any payments of the Indemnitor to the Indemnitee in connection with this Section 14 shall be considered as an adjustment of the Purchase Price. | |
15. | CONFIRMATIONS OF THE PURCHASER | |
15.1 | The Purchaser confirms that when entering into this Agreement the Purchaser solely relies on (i) its inspection and investigation of the Assets and the Business conducted in the sole responsibility of the Purchaser, and (ii) the Information. | |
15.2 | The Purchaser had the opportunity to ask questions and seek further clarifications regarding the Information. | |
15.3 | The Purchaser declares that the Purchaser is not aware of any facts or circumstances, which could give rise to a Claim for Breach under this Agreement. | |
16. | UNDERTAKINGS | |
16.1 | In case of a LIP Business Sale Closing, the Seller shall indemnify and hold the Purchaser harmless from and against any Taxes of the Seller relating to the |
Business for periods ending on or before the Closing Date for which the Purchaser is held liable, in particular, but not limited to, from and against any liability of the Purchaser according to Section 75 AO. | ||
16.2 | In the event of a LIP Asset Sale Closing, |
16.2.1 | the Purchaser, with the Sellers assistance and co-operation, shall within 9 months following the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date finalize the dismantling of any LIP Assets from the buildings in which such assets are located on the Closing Date and fully vacate the buildings and the land from any LIP Assets, provided that the dismantling of any of the LIP Assets shall be made in strict compliance with any restrictions imposed under the Heritable Building Right Agreement, and the Purchaser shall indemnify and hold the Seller harmless from and against any liabilities and reasonable costs incurred; | ||
16.2.2 | the Seller shall negotiate and conclude as soon as reasonably practicable with the works council a balance of interest (Interessenausgleich) and a social plan (Sozialplan) regarding the dismissal of all Employees. Such agreement shall be made on the basis of the entitlement of the Employees under the PSR or such other amount as decided by the arbitration board (Einigungsstelle), unless the Parties agree otherwise. The resulting Termination Payments shall be borne by the Seller up to the Termination Payment Cap and any Termination Payments in excess of the Termination Payment Cap shall be borne by the Purchaser and shall be paid by the Seller to the Employees out of the Severance Funds Payment and any interest accruing on the balance of the Severance Funds Payment. The Severance Funds Payment shall be put on a separate interest bearing account, the Parties shall agree on a reasonable investment of the Severance Funds Payment, and any interest accrued on the Severance Funds Payment shall become part of the Severance Fund Payment available for distribution in accordance with this Agreement; | ||
16.2.3 | the Parties shall share equally the payroll costs (regular monthly costs of employment as existing on the Closing Date and consistent with the employment agreements and past practice, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any extra benefits like bonuses or one time payments, unless such payments are a result of a binding agreement or past practice (betriebliche Übung)) relating to the Employees for the period from the Closing Date until the earlier of (i) 31 July 2009 or (ii) the date of termination of the affected Employees employment relationship according to the balance of interest and the social plan described in Section 16.2.2; |
16.2.4 | the Seller shall initiate good faith negotiations with Infraserv regarding an early termination of the Heritable Building Right Agreement and shall return Heritable Building Right to Infraserv as soon as possible after the earlier to occur of (i) 9 months following the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date and (ii) finalization of the dismantling pursuant to Section 16.2.1 and shall pay Infraserv an compensation due in connection with the early termination of the Heritable Building Right Agreement (including site service agreements and investment charges); | ||
16.2.5 | if required pursuant to the discussions with Infraserv according to Section 16.2.4, the Seller shall tear down the Buildings as soon as reasonably practicable after the earlier to occur of (i) 9 months following the LIP Asset Sale Closing Date and (ii) finalization of the dismantling pursuant to Section 16.2.1; | ||
16.2.6 | notwithstanding the Termination Payment Cap subject to Section 16.2.3 the operating cost of the Business as well as all cost of shutting down the operations of the LIP shall be borne by the Purchaser; the Seller shall apply (i) funds received as Severance Funds Payment against payment of the Termination Payments in accordance with Section 16.2.2, (ii) the Down Payment and the Demolition Cost Payment against the Demolition Costs, and shall provide to the Purchaser a detailed calculation of the Termination Payments and the Demolitions Costs without undue delay upon finalization of the measures set out under Sections 16.2.1 through 16.2.5. | ||
If and to the extent the sum of |
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then the Purchaser shall pay to the Seller the amount of such excess. | |||
If and to the extent the Actual Demolition Cost are lower than the Prepayments, then the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser the remaining balance. | |||
16.2.7 | The Seller acknowledges and agrees that it has a duty to mitigate Demolition Costs to the greatest extent possible and that it must act prudently and in good faith in negotiating Termination Payments and Demolition Costs. |
16.3 | In the event of the LIP Business Sale, the Parties acknowledge that it is the Purchasers intention to reduce the production level at the LIP after Closing to ten batches of bulk insulin per calendar year. Infraserv is entitled to overcapacity payments for the drop of utility consumption by the LIP below the level foreseen under the agreements between the Seller and Infraserv comprised in the Contracts. Such payments will be calculated in view of the remaining term of these agreements at Closing and will likely need to be prepaid. The Purchaser shall keep the Seller reasonably informed about the progress of discussions regarding the decrease in the production level with Infraserv comprised in the Contracts. The Seller undertakes to compensate the Purchaser for such overcapacity payments up to a maximum of [...***...]. If Closing occurs after the Infraserv Due Date, such cap shall be reduced by [...***...] per day to reflect the then reduced exposure to Infraserv due to the shorter remaining term of the contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 16.3 shall not apply in the event of a LIP Asset Sale. | |
16.4 | If, within 5 years after the Closing, it turns out that there are still Related IP-Rights or, in case of a LIP Asset Sale, LIP Records, or in case of a LIP Business Sale, Records in possession of the Seller or Pfizer Inc., the Seller or Pfizer Inc., as the case may be, undertakes to transfer such Related IP-Rights, LIP Records or Records in rem (dinglich) to the Purchaser as soon as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, this undertaking shall in no event be subject to the limitations set out under Section 11.4 |
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16.5 | The Purchaser is aware of and consents to the Seller conducting a full data harvest of all electronic data of the Business existing up to the Closing Date (the Data Harvest). The Seller shall be solely responsible for compliance of such Data Harvest with applicable data protection laws. If the Data Harvest is not finalized until the Closing Date, the Purchaser will assist the Seller in the finalization of the Data Harvest after the Closing Date to the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws. The harvested data shall be stored with a third party (the Data Trustee) after the finalization of the Data Harvest. The Purchaser shall procure to the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws that the Trustee grants access to the Seller to the harvested data in connection with judicial, administrative, tax, audit, or arbitration proceedings (or threatening respective proceedings) involving any company of the Seller Group which relate to or involve the Business or this Agreement. | |
16.6 | The Seller will not offer, sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (or solicit any offers to buy or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of) any of the Consideration Shares in violation of the Securities Act. | |
16.7 | Seller may request that MannKind Corp. remove, and MannKind Corp. agrees to authorize and cause the removal of, any legend from the Consideration Shares, (i) following any sale of the Consideration Shares pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or Rule 144, or (ii) if such Consideration Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144, without being subject to condition or restriction. | |
16.8 | To the extent that MannKind Corp. determines that it is required to file with the SEC financial statements for the business acquired in connection with the acquisition of the Assets, then the Seller and Pfizer Inc. shall provide MannKind Corp. with such assistance and such information, including copies of audited and unaudited financial statements, and other information to assist MannKind Corp. in the preparation of pro forma financial statements, of the business acquired, as MannKind Corp. may reasonably request in connection with the preparation by MannKind Corp. of one or more Current Reports on Form 8-K as may be required by MannKind Corp. to satisfy its obligations under Items 2.01 and 9.01 of Form 8-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to the acquisition of the Assets. | |
16.9 | If requested by MannKind Corp., for a period of one year following the Closing Date the Seller and Pfizer Inc. shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent of KPMG LLP with respect to the inclusion of historical financial statements of the business acquired to the extent MannKind Corp. is required to include them in the consolidated financial statements of MannKind Corp. or in any registration statement, report or other filing MannKind Corp. is |
required to file with the SEC, any blue sky securities authority or any securities exchange or market. | ||
16.10 | MannKind Corp. shall promptly reimburse the Seller and Pfizer Inc. for their respective out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in complying with their obligations under Section 16.8 related to the preparation of pro forma financial statements; provided, however, that the Seller and Pfizer Inc. acknowledge and agree that such expenses shall not include any expenses incurred prior to the date of this Agreement. | |
17. | CONTRACTS IN THE EVENT OF A LIP BUSINESS SALE | |
17.1 | Subject to Section 17.3.3, in the event of a LIP Business Sale, after the LIP Business Sale Closing the Purchaser shall: |
17.1.1 | perform all the Sellers obligations to be performed after the Closing Date under each Contract (other than payment of the liabilities and settlement of the claims referred to in Section 3.2) in accordance with the terms of the Contract; and | ||
17.1.2 | indemnify the Seller on demand against each loss, liability and cost which the Seller incurs as a result of the Purchasers performance of the Sellers obligations under each Contract (as referred to in clause 17.1.1) to the extent that the loss, liability or cost is attributable to the Purchasers act or omission after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, each loss, liability and cost incurred as a result of defending or settling a claim alleging such a liability). |
17.2 | The Seller shall indemnify the Purchaser against each loss, liability and cost which the Purchaser incurs as a result of the Sellers performance of its obligations under each Contract to the extent that the loss, liability or cost is attributable to the Sellers act or omission whether before or after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, each loss, liability and cost incurred as a result of defending or settling a claim alleging such a liability). | |
17.3 | If a Contract cannot be transferred to the Purchaser except by an assignment made with a specified Persons consent: |
17.3.1 | this Agreement does not constitute an assignment or an attempted assignment of the Contract if the assignment or attempted assignment would constitute a breach of the Contract; |
17.3.2 | both before and after the Closing Date the Purchaser and the Seller shall each make all reasonable efforts to obtain the Persons consent to the assignment of the Contract; | ||
17.3.3 | until the consent is obtained, the Seller shall at the Purchasers sole cost and risk do each act and thing reasonably requested of it by the Purchaser to enable performance of the Contract and to provide for the Purchaser the benefits of the Contract (including, without limitation, enforcement of a right of the Seller against another party to the Contract arising out of its termination by the other party or otherwise); andif the arrangements in clauses 17.3.2 and 17.3.3 cannot be made in respect of the Contract within six months after the Closing Date: |
(i) | Each Party shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Contract is terminated without liability to either Party; and | ||
(ii) | neither Party has any further obligation to the other relating to the Contract. |
17.4 | For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 17.1 through 17.3 shall not be applicable in the event of a LIP Asset Sale. | |
18. | FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PFIZER GROUP AND THE BUSINESS, PARENT GUARANTEE | |
18.1 | The Purchaser shall release within a period of 5 (five) Business Days after the receipt of a respective request of a company of the Pfizer Group such company of the Pfizer Group from and the Purchaser shall deliver to the company of the Pfizer Group which made such request all guarantees as listed on Annex 18.1 issued by such company of the Pfizer Group to third parties for the benefit of the Business. This Section 18.1 shall not apply in the event of a LIP Asset Sale. | |
18.2 | MannKind Corp. hereby guarantees by way of an independent promise of guarantee pursuant to Sec. 311 (1) BGB the proper fulfilment of all obligations of the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, in particular, but not limited to all payments owed by the Purchaser under or in connection with this Agreement. | |
19. | NOTICES | |
19.1 | Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, all declarations of the Parties under this Agreement which require receipt by the respective other Party must be made by registered mail with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein) or |
equivalent including courier with confirmation of receipt. The declarations shall at the same time be sent by telefax. | ||
19.2 | The Seller and Pfizer Inc. each appoints |
19.3 | The Purchaser appoints |
as its agent for service of process (Zustellungsbevollmächtigter) for all legal proceedings involving Purchaser arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. This appointment shall only terminate upon the appointment of another agent for service of process domiciled in Germany, provided that the agent for service of process is an attorney admitted to the German bar (in Deutschland zugelassener Rechtsanwalt) and his appointment has been notified to and approved in writing by Seller (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Purchaser shall promptly after the date hereof and upon the appointment of any new agent for service of process (as the case may be) issue to the agent a written power of attorney (Vollmachtsurkunde) and shall irrevocably instruct the agent to submit such deed in connection with any service of process under this Agreement. | ||
19.4 | Each Party may at any time appoint one or more other authorized agents for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Party by notice in accordance with this Article 19. However, for each Party at least one authorized agent for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Party must be appointed. | |
20. | CONFIDENTIALITY, ANNOUNCEMENTS | |
20.1 | Any information or documents relating to a Party, their respective businesses or the Business and made available to another Party in connection with this Agreement shall not be disclosed to third parties or published unless required by applicable law, rules or regulations. However, this obligation shall not apply to information that is proven (i) to have been (or have become) generally available (public domain) without breach of any obligation of any of the Parties, (ii) to have been known to the disclosing Party prior to the disclosure by the other Party, (iii) to have been independently developed by the disclosing Party, or (iv) to have been received by the disclosing Party from a third party without any violation of any obligation of such third party owed to the disclosing Party. |
20.2 | Neither Party shall, without the prior written consent of the respective other Party, disclose the contents of this Agreement to third parties or make any information relating thereto available to third parties. This shall not, however, apply to the extent a Party or an affiliate of a Party is obliged to make any announcement or disclosure under applicable law or regulation. The right of the Parties to disclose matters to advisers who are bound by law to professional secrecy shall remain unaffected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MannKind Corp. shall be entitled to disclose the contents of this Agreement in connection with a potential partnering transaction upon five Business Days notice to Pfizer Inc. unless Pfizer Inc. reasonably refuses consent within such time period and further provided that MannKind Corp. shall only be entitled to disclose the contents of this Agreement to a potential partner that (i) is bound by an obligation of confidentiality and (ii) has been permitted to conduct due diligence on MannKind Corp.s new drug application for its inhaled insulin product. | |
20.3 | Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, neither Party shall make any public announcement regarding the entering into of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, unless (i) in a reasonable judgment of a Party, required by, or appropriate under applicable law or regulation, or (ii) except as required to perform this Agreement. Reasonably prior to any permitted announcement the Party wishing to make the announcement shall, to the extent possible without violation of legal restrictions, notify the other Party thereof, provide to the other Party the proposed wording of the announcement, consult with the other Party and take any requests of the other Party into due consideration. | |
21. | ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS | |
This Agreement and any rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned and transferred, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that the Purchaser may assign and transfer all or any rights and claims hereunder (i) to its finance providers by way of security and all or any such claims may be further assigned or transferred in enforcement of such security, and (ii) to an affiliate of the Purchaser if and to the extent the Purchaser remains obliged to adhere to the terms of this Agreement as joint obligor (Gesamtschuldner) with Purchasers affiliate. The Purchaser shall give notice of any such assignment or transfer to the Seller without undue delay. | ||
22. | COSTS AND TRANSFER TAXES | |
All expenses, costs, fees and charges in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement including without limitation, legal services, shall be borne by the Party commissioning the respective expenses, costs, fees |
and charges unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement. All notarial fees as well as the other costs, including costs for the administration of the Escrow Amount, that result from the signing of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including any possible applicable transfer taxes, in particular real estate transfer taxes and similar fees in connection with the sales or transfers under this Agreement from the Seller to the Purchaser, shall be borne by the Purchaser. The costs arising in connection with the notification of the transaction to the competent authorities, including the costs charged by the competent authorities, shall be borne by the Purchaser. | ||
23. | FINAL PROVISIONS | |
23.1 | The Seller and Pfizer Inc. shall be severally but not jointly liable for any of their obligations under or in connection with this Agreement (Haftung als Teilschuldner; Ausschluss der gesamtschuldnerischen Haftung). | |
23.2 | Any amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing, signed by each of the Parties to be valid and require the explicit reference to this Agreement but need to be notarized only if this is required by mandatory law. This is also applicable for an amendment of this Clause 23.2. | |
23.3 | If any provision of this Agreement or any provision to be incorporated into this Agreement is or becomes invalid or impracticable or should a necessary provision not be contained in this Agreement, the validity of this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain unaffected. Instead of the invalid or impracticable provision or to bridge the gap, a valid provision is applicable which to the fullest extent possible corresponds to what the parties would have wanted or according to the sense and object of this Agreement would have agreed if they had known the invalidity or impracticability or had realized the gap. | |
23.4 | This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applicable to parties residing within the Federal Republic of Germany (without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany). | |
23.5 | All disputes, controversies or claims arising from or in connection with this Agreement (including questions concerning its validity) shall be finally and exclusively settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce without recourse to the ordinary courts of law. The arbitration tribu- |
nal shall consist of 3 (three) arbitrators. The arbitration shall take place in Frankfurt am Main. The arbitration shall be conducted in English but written evidence (Beweismittel) may also be submitted in German. In the event that applicable mandatory law requires any matter arising out of or connection with this Agreement and its implementation to be decided by an ordinary court of law, the competent courts in Frankfurt am Main to the extent legally possible shall have the exclusive jurisdiction. | ||
23.6 | This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, agreements and undertakings of the parties whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the Heads of Terms of 13 February 2009. The Parties agree that the Confidentiality Agreement between the Parties dated 3 January 2008, as amended, shall become invalid on the Closing Date. Oral or written side agreements to this Agreement do not exist. | |
23.7 | Each Party shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and agreements and take all such further actions as the other Party may reasonably require and which are not inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement in order to effectively consummate this Agreement as provided herein. | |
23.8 | Interest payable under any provision of this Agreement shall be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed divided by 360. | |
23.9 | This Agreement shall not grant any rights to, and is not intended to operate for, the benefit of third parties unless otherwise explicitly provided for herein. | |
23.10 | Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, no Party shall be entitled (i) to set-off (aufrechnen) any rights and claims it may have against any rights or claims any other party may have under this Agreement, or (ii) to refuse to perform any obligation it may have under this Agreement on the grounds of a right of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrecht) unless the rights or claims of the relevant Party claiming a right of set-off (Aufrechnung) or retention (Zurückbehaltung) have been acknowledged (anerkannt) in writing by the relevant other party/parties or have been confirmed by final decision of a competent court (Gericht) or arbitration court (Schiedsgericht). | |
23.11 | The Parties shall undertake to notify the Notary promptly (unverzüglich) upon the Condition Precedent pursuant to Section 2.2 having occurred. The notifica- |
tion shall include the allocation for the purchase price required under Section 4.4 of the Agreement and a proposal to determine the basis for the purpose of the Real Estate Transfer Tax (Grunderwerbsteuer). | ||
23.12 | The Seller shall instruct the Notary to make the Notification in accordance with Section 7.4 to Sanofi-Aventis through a court marshal (durch Gerichtsvollzieher) and hereby empowers (bevollmächtigt) the Notary to make such Notification in the name of the Seller. |
1 | NOTE TO DRAFT: Insert date that is 14 months following the date of this Agreement. |
2 | NOTE TO DRAFT: Insert the date the Registration Rights Agreement is signed, which should be the date of this Agreement. | |
3 | NOTE TO DRAFT: The issuer of the letter of credit to be reasonably acceptable to PMF. In the event that MannKind pays the purchase price partially in cash and partially with shares, the amount of the Standby LOC should be reduced proportionately. | |
4 | NOTE TO DRAFT: Insert the value of the shares delivered at closing. |
5 | NOTE TO DRAFT: Insert the number of Shares delivered to PMF at closing. |
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6 | NOTE TO DRAFT: Subject to review by PMF of the letter of credit. |
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A. | SELLERS GENERAL GUARANTEES |
1. | AUTHORIZATION OF THE SELLER | |
1.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, subject to the approvals referred to in the Agreement, the execution and performance by the Seller of the Agreement are within the Sellers corporate powers, do not violate the articles of association of the Seller and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller. | |
1.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by the Seller requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on the Seller. | |
1.3 | On the date hereof, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Sellers best knowledge, threatened in writing against the Seller before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
2. | LEGAL ORGANIZATION OF THE SELLER | |
2.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Seller has been duly established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Seller validly exists under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. | |
2.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to the Seller, and no such proceedings have been pending and no circumstances existed according to which the Seller was insolvent and obliged to initiate such proceedings under applicable laws. | |
2.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Seller is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. | |
B. | SELLERS ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES IN THE EVENT OF A LIP ASSET SALE |
3. | LIP ASSETS | |
Except as set forth in Schedule 3, the Seller has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased or licensed property and assets, valid rights as lessee or licensee in all fixed and current assets which form part of the Assets, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind, except for assets (i) disposed of since 19 February 2009 in the ordinary course of business, (ii) which are subject to vendors retention of title rights (Eigentumsvorbehalt) and/or (iii) for which the book value or commercial value does not exceed EUR 10,000 (Euro: ten thousand). | ||
4. | RELATED IP-RIGHTS | |
4.1 | To the best knowledge of the Seller, the Seller has good and valid title to the Related IP-Rights, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind. | |
4.2 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, the Seller has not been served written notice and, to the Sellers best knowledge, has not been orally informed of formal proceedings relating to the validity, nullification, interference with or voiding of the Related IP-Rights nor are such proceedings pending or, to the Sellers best knowledge, threatening, and no reason exists to the Sellers best knowledge that the Related IP-Rights become nullified, declared invalid, unenforceable or void. | |
4.3 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, the Seller has not been served written notice and, to the Sellers best knowledge, has not been orally informed of formal proceedings commenced by a third party against the Seller asserting an infringement, misappropriation or violation of third party rights by the use of any of the Related IP-Rights nor are such proceedings pending or, to the Sellers best knowledge, threatening. | |
4.4 | To the Sellers best knowledge, the Related IP-Rights have been properly maintained and protected until the Closing Date, in particular in relation to applications in a timely manner for renewals and the payment when due of all registration and renewal fees as well as all annuities. |
5. | NO OTHER GUARANTEE | |
In the event of a LIP Asset Sale, aside from the Sellers Guarantees set out in Sections 1 through 4 and, if applicable, Sections 17 through 25 of this Annex 1.1(Q), the Seller does not give any further express or implied guarantees, especially the Seller does not give any express or implied guarantees regarding the legal, economic or financial position of the Business; especially the Seller does not give any express or implied guarantees in relation to the continuance of the current economic (Vermögens-), financial (Finanz-) and profit position (Ertragslage) of the Business. | ||
C. | SELLERS ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES IN THE EVENT OF A LIP BUSINESS SALE |
6. | ASSETS | |
Except as set forth in Schedule 3, the Seller has good and valid title to, or, in the case of leased or licensed property and assets, valid rights as lessee or licensee in all fixed and current assets which form part of the Assets, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind, except for assets (i) disposed of since 19 February 2009 in the ordinary course of business, (ii) which are subject to vendors retention of title rights (Eigentumsvorbehalt) and/or (iii) for which the book value or commercial value does not exceed EUR 10,000 (Euro: ten thousand). | ||
7. | EMPLOYEES | |
7.1 | Annex 1.1(G) contains a correct and complete list of employees of the Seller as of the date hereof. | |
7.2 | The Data Room contains a correct and complete list of (i) all balance of interest agreements (Interessenausgleiche) and social plans (Sozialpläne) applicable to the Employees; and (ii) any collective arrangements, whether in the form of general commitments (Gesamtzusagen), standard terms of employment (vertragliche Einheitsregelungen), works agreements (Betriebsvereinbarungen), collective bargaining agreements (Tarifverträge) or in any other legal form, in each case applicable to the Employees and material to the operation of the Business (the Collective Agreements). |
7.3 | The Seller has duly complied, to the extent required by law, contract or otherwise, with the provisions of the German Act on Employee Inventions (Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz). The Seller has paid all remuneration to Employees or former employees of the Seller entitled to any compensation under the German Act on Employee Inventions or agreements entered into under such Act up to and including the Closing Date. | |
7.4 | Since 6 November 2008, when the Sellers headcount was 173 Employees (without apprentices), the Seller has not paid, or, other than the promise to Employees who left since then to benefit from the social plan once finalized, agreed to pay, to any of the Employees Termination Payments exceeding the amounts provided for by the Personal- und Sozialpolitische Rahmenvereinbarung (PSR) of 29 September 2004 or as determined in accordance with this Agreement. To the Sellers best knowledge, the Data Room contains a true and complete copy of the Personal- und Sozialpolitische Rahmenvereinbarung (PSR) of 29 September 2004. | |
7.5 | As of the date hereof, Schedule 7.5 contains a complete list of labor law disputes pending before a court or a arbitration committee (Einigungsstelle) that are: (i) labour disputes against the Seller in connection with the Employees exceeding EUR 30,000.00 (Euro: thirty thousand), or (ii) disputes on the preservation of the current status (Bestandschutzstreitigkeiten), or (iii) proceedings which relate to claims arising from Pension Schemes or other benefit schemes with an amount in dispute exceeding EUR 30,000.00 (Euro: thirty thousand), or (iv) all pending disputes with works councils or similar bodies (betriebsverfassungsrechtliche oder ähnliche Gremien). | |
8. | PENSIONS | |
Other than under the Collective Agreements and under statutory law there exist no plans (Vereinbarungen und Zusagen), whether of collective or individual nature regarding company pensions (betriebliche Altersversorgung), under which the Seller has any obligations vis-à-vis the Employees and/or their dependants to provide company pension benefits, whether directly or via an external funding vehicle (including, without limitation, Direktversicherung, Pensionskasse, Pensionsfonds and Unterstützungskasse) (Pension Schemes). | ||
9. | COMPLIANCE | |
To the Sellers best knowledge and except as listed in Schedule 9, the material operational activities of the Business have, to the extent legally required been approved by governmental authorities. Except as listed in Schedule 9, the Seller is not aware of any facts leading to the assumption that key permits will expire or will have to be renewed within a period of 2 years after the date hereof due to |
expiry of a fixed term or threatened revocation. Except for the facts listed in Schedule 9, the Seller is not aware of any material unsettled complaints by public authorities or private third parties in relation to the operational activities of the Company. For the purpose of this Section 9, materiality shall mean any costs and expenses incurred in connection with rectification and remedial measures in excess of EUR 200,000 (Euro: two hundred thousand) (net) in the individual case. | ||
10. | ENVIRONMENTAL | |
10.1 | Except as disclosed in Schedule 10, to the Sellers best knowledge, in the last three years (i) the Seller has not received any written order from any governmental authority lawfully requiring the remediation of an Environmental Matter on the property held or used by the Business and (ii) no administrative or governmental action, suit, investigation or proceeding has been asserted in writing against the Seller which would result in such an order and is still pending or has been asserted against the Seller which alleges that the Seller is currently materially violating any Environmental Law. | |
10.2 | Environmental Law means any law, statutes or other binding regulations imposing liability, or standards of conduct, for the protection of the environment or the use, handling generation, manufacturing, storage or disposal of dangerous substances and preparations as defined in Article 2 para (2) of the European Community Council Directive 67/548 EEC, to the extent applicable to the business of the Company, in each case as in effect on the date hereof and as enforced and interpreted by the competent authorities on the date hereof. | |
11. | CONTRACTS | |
11.1 | Annex 1.1(E) contains a true, correct and complete list of all contracts, which are material to the operation of the Business as presently conducted. | |
11.2 | To the Sellers best knowledge, the Contracts have validly been entered into on behalf of the Seller and are unaltered and in full force and effect on the date hereof. | |
12. | RELATED IP-RIGHTS | |
12.1 | To the best knowledge of the Seller, the Seller has good and valid title to the Related IP-Rights, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind. |
12.2 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, the Seller has not been served written notice and, to the Sellers best knowledge, has not been orally informed of formal proceedings relating to the validity, nullification, interference with or voiding of the Related IP-Rights nor are such proceedings pending or, to the Sellers best knowledge, threatening, and no reason exists to the Sellers best knowledge that the Related IP-Rights become nullified, declared invalid, unenforceable or void. | |
12.3 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, the Seller has not been served written notice and, to the Sellers best knowledge, has not been orally informed of formal proceedings commenced by a third party against the Seller asserting an infringement, misappropriation or violation of third party rights by the use of any of the Related IP-Rights nor are such proceedings pending or, to the Sellers best knowledge, threatening. | |
12.4 | To the Sellers best knowledge, the Related IP-Rights have been properly maintained and protected until the Closing Date, in particular in relation to applications in a timely manner for renewals and the payment when due of all registration and renewal fees as well as all annuities. | |
13. | HERITABLE BUILDING RIGHT | |
13.1 | Third-Party Rights |
13.1.1 | Except for the rights and encumbrances listed in Schedule 13.1.1 or specified in this Agreement, the Heritable Building Right is, on the Closing Date, free and clear of all rights of third parties, claims, land charges including ancient rights (altrechtliche Dienstbarkeiten) mortgages, servitudes, other rights in rem, public building charges (Baulasten), in each case which would be required to be recorded (eintragungsbedürftig) in the land register (Grundbuch) or in the heritable building right register (Erbbaugrundbuch) as well as covenants, options or lease agreements (Mietvertrag, Pachtvertrag, Leihe). | ||
13.1.2 | As of the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no applications for registration to the Heritable Building Right Register or the related public building charges register are pending nor are there any rights, changes in rights or other issues which require registration but have not been registered. | ||
13.1.3 | As of the date hereof and on the Closing Date, there are no pending sales of the Heritable Building Right, other than pursuant to this Agreement. |
13.2 | Ground and Building |
13.2.1 | There is no superstructure (Überbau) existing from adjacent land (Grundstück, Erbbaurecht) onto the Heritable Building Right and/or the Property nor from the Heritable Building Right to adjacent land (Grundstück, Erbbaurecht). | ||
13.2.2 | All buildings including technical installations, fixtures, fittings and other improvements (the Buildings) on the Heritable Building Right are in good operating condition (subject to usual wear and tear). | ||
13.2.3 | No direct or indirect subsidies have been granted with regard to the Heritable Building Right. |
13.3 | Compliance with Public Law (öffentliches Recht) | |
To the best knowledge of the Seller, the Buildings on the Heritable Building Right and their use are in material compliance with public law (öffentliches Recht). | ||
13.4 | Use of the Heritable Building Right |
13.4.1 | A true and complete copy of the Heritable Building Right Agreement was available at the notarization of this Agreement. | ||
13.4.2 | The Heritable Building Right and the Heritable Building Right Agreement are valid and binding with respect to the Seller and neither has been terminated (gekündigt), suspended by agreement (einvernehmlich aufgehoben) or challenged in writing (schriftlich angefochten), in whole or in part, as of the date hereof. |
14. | OPTION RIGHT | |
14.1 | A true and complete copy of the Option Agreement was available at the notarization of this Agreement. | |
14.2 | The Option Right and the Option Agreement are binding and valid with respect to the Seller and neither has been terminated (gekündigt), suspended by agreement (einvernehmlich aufgehoben) or challenged in writing (schriftlich angefochten), in whole or in part, as of the date hereof. | |
15. | LEASE AGREEMENTS | |
15.1 | Schedule 15.1 contains true and complete copies of all lease agreements comprised in the Contracts entered into between the Seller and third parties (includ- |
ing Infraserv) on the lease and/or sublease of real estate premises (the Lease Agreements). | ||
15.2 | The Lease Agreements are binding and valid with respect to the Seller, except for potential written form defects, and none have been terminated (gekündigt), suspended by agreement (einvernehmlich aufgehoben) or challenged in writing (schriftlich angefochten), in whole or in part, as of the date hereof. | |
16. | NO OTHER GUARANTEE | |
In the event of a LIP Business Sale, aside from the Sellers Guarantees set out in Sections 1 and 2, 6 through 15 and, if applicable, Sections 17 through 25 of this Annex 1.1(Q), the Seller does not give any further express or implied guarantees, especially the Seller does not give any express or implied guarantees regarding the legal, economic or financial position of the Business; especially the Seller does not give any express or implied guarantees in relation to the continuance of the current economic (Vermögens-), financial (Finanz-) and profit position (Ertragslage) of the Business. | ||
D. | SELLERS ADDITIONAL GUARANTEES IN THE EVENT THAT CONSIDERATION SHARES COMPRISE ANY PORTION OF THE PURCHASE PRICE |
17. | INVESTMENT PURPOSE | |
Seller is purchasing the Consideration Shares for its own account and not with a present view toward the public sale or distribution thereof and has no present intention of selling or distributing any of such Consideration Shares or any arrangement or understanding with any other Person regarding the sale or distribution of such Consideration Shares except in all such cases as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or as otherwise would not result in a violation of the Securities Act. | ||
18. | RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS | |
Seller understands that the Consideration Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal securities laws and that MannKind Corp. is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Sellers compliance with, the guarantees of Seller set forth in this Section D in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Seller to acquire the Consideration Shares. |
19. | RECEIPT OF INFORMATION | |
Seller acknowledges that it has been furnished with all relevant materials relating to the business, finances and operations of MannKind Corp. that the Seller has determined are necessary to make an investment decision, and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Consideration Shares, that have been requested by Seller, and Seller has had the opportunity to review the publicly available MannKind SEC Documents. Seller has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, officers and employees of MannKind Corp. concerning MannKind Corp. and the Consideration Shares. MannKind Corp. acknowledges and agrees that no such inquiries nor any other investigation conducted by or on behalf of Seller or its representatives or counsel shall modify, amend or affect Sellers right to rely on the truth, accuracy and completeness of the MannKind SEC Documents or any other materials furnished to Seller by MannKind Corp. or its representatives or counsel in connection herewith, or on the guarantees of MannKind Corp. contemplated by this Agreement. | ||
20. | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RISK | |
20.1 | Seller acknowledges and understands that its investment in the Consideration Shares involves a significant degree of risk, including, without limitation, (i) MannKind Corp. remains a development stage business with limited operating history; (ii) an investment in MannKind Corp. is speculative, and only those who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in MannKind Corp. and the Consideration Shares; (iii) Seller may not be able to liquidate its investment; (iv) transferability of the Consideration Shares is extremely limited; (v) in the event of a disposition of the Consideration Shares, Seller could sustain the loss of its entire investment; (vi) MannKind Corp. has not paid any dividends on its Common Stock since inception and does not anticipate the payment of dividends in the foreseeable future; and (vii) that such risks, and others applicable to MannKind Corp., are more fully set forth in the MannKind SEC Documents; | |
20.2 | Seller is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Consideration Shares for an indefinite period, and has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that it is capable of evaluating the risks of the investment in the Consideration Shares; and | |
20.3 | Seller has, in connection with Sellers decision to purchase Consideration Shares, not relied upon any representations or other information (whether oral or written) other than as set forth in this Agreement, the annexes hereto and in the MannKind SEC Documents. |
21. | GOVERNMENTAL REVIEW | |
Seller understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Consideration Shares or an investment therein. | ||
22. | TRANSFER OR RESALE | |
Seller understands that: | ||
22.1 | the Consideration Shares have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws (other than in each case as contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement) and may not be resold by Seller unless (i) the resale of the Consideration Shares is registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or (ii) Seller has delivered to MannKind Corp. an opinion of counsel (in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the Consideration Shares to be resold by the Seller may be resold by the Seller pursuant to an exemption from or in a transaction not subject to such registration, which opinion delivery requirement shall not apply if Seller is transferring Consideration Shares to an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act); or (iii) the Consideration Shares are resold by the Seller pursuant to Rule 144 (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement); and | |
22.2 | except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, neither MannKind Corp. nor any other Person is under any obligation to register the resale of the Consideration Shares under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder. | |
23. | LEGENDS | |
Seller understands that the certificates representing the Consideration Shares will bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and that MannKind Corp. may cause a stop-transfer order to be placed against transfer of the certificates for such Consideration Shares if the transfer of such Consideration Shares violates the restrictions contained in such legend): | ||
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH PURPOSE UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES |
LAWS, OR UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS. | ||
24. | BROKERS OR FINDERS | |
Seller has not retained any broker or finder in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Seller has not incurred or agreed to pay, or taken any other action that would entitle any Person to receive, any brokerage fee, finders fee or other similar fee or commission with respect to any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. | ||
25. | NO TRADES | |
Since February 13, 2009, Seller has not purchased, sold or otherwise traded in, including any short sales, the Common Stock, nor has Seller caused any Person to purchase, sell or otherwise trade in, including any short sales, the Common Stock. |
1. | TIME LIMITATION | |
1.1 | No Party shall be liable for any Claim unless it receives from the Party invoking the Claim written notice (within 30 days of becoming aware of the matter, fact or circumstance giving rise to the Claim containing reasonable details of the Claim including any estimate of the amount of the Claim): |
1.1.1 | Prior to the first Business Day following the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date in the case of a Title and Capacity Guarantee Claim; or | ||
1.1.2 | prior to the first Business Day following the first anniversary of the Closing Date in the case of any other Claim. |
After the expiry of the limitation periods set out under 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) the relevant Claims shall be time-barred (verjährt). | ||
1.2 | Any Claim shall (if it has not been previously satisfied, settled or withdrawn) be deemed to have been withdrawn six months after the notice is given pursuant to Section 1.1 of this Annex 11.2 or, in the case of a contingent liability, six months after that liability becomes an actual liability, unless legal proceedings in respect of it have been commenced by being both issued and served. No new Claim may be made in respect of the facts, matters, events or circumstances giving rise to any such withdrawn Claim. § 203 BGB is excluded. | |
2. | THRESHOLDS | |
The Seller shall only be liable for a Claim resulting from a Breach if | ||
2.1 | the amount of the liability pursuant to a single Claim for Breach exceeds a threshold of EUR 20,000 (Euro: twenty thousand) (in which case the Purchaser shall be entitled to claim for the entire amount and not merely the excess); and | |
2.2 | the aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller for all Breaches for which the individual liability exceeds the threshold pursuant to Section 2.1 of this Annex 11.2 exceeds the threshold of EUR 250,000 (Euro: two hundred fifty thousand) (Freibetrag), it being understood that if the later threshold is exceeded, the Purchaser is only entitled to claim for the exceeding amount. | |
3. | MAXIMUM LIMIT FOR CLAIMS RESULTING FROM A BREACH | |
The aggregate amount of the liability of the Seller for Claims resulting from Breaches shall be limited to 20% (twenty percent) of the Purchase Price. |
4. | PURCHASERS KNOWLEDGE | |
4.1 | The Seller shall not be liable for a Sellers Guarantee being untrue and/or incorrect, if |
1.1.1 | (i) the underlying facts of such untrue and/or incorrect Sellers Guarantee have been duly and fully disclosed to the Purchaser or the representatives or advisers of the Purchaser prior to the date hereof by providing the Information, or (ii) at the date hereof the Purchaser or the representatives or advisers of the Purchaser otherwise know, or fail to know due to gross negligence, of such underlying facts; | ||
1.1.2 | the Closing occurs although the Purchaser has actual knowledge or fails to know due to gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) about the underlying facts of an untrue and/or incorrect Sellers Guarantee without expressly reserving, at the Closing, the rights of the Purchaser resulting from the untrue and/or incorrect Sellers Guarantee under the Agreement. |
5. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES | |
If any Claim is based upon a liability which is contingent only, the Seller shall not be liable to make any payment unless and until such contingent liability seizes to be contingent (but the Purchaser has the right under Section 1.1 of this Annex 11.2 to give notice of that Claim before such time). | ||
6. | DUTY TO MITIGATE | |
6.1 | The Purchaser shall procure that all reasonable steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any loss or damage which it or the Business may suffer in consequence of any Breach or any fact, matter, event or circumstance likely to give rise to a Claim. | |
6.2 | The Seller shall not be liable for a Breach if and to the extent the damage incurred by the Purchaser results from a failure of the Purchaser to take reasonable steps to mitigate damages pursuant to § 254 BGB. | |
7. | INSURED CLAIMS | |
The Seller shall not be liable for a Breach if the damage incurred by the Purchaser (i) has actually been recovered under existing insurance policies, or (ii) has actually been recovered from third parties. | ||
8. | NO DOUBLE RECOVERY |
The Purchaser shall not be entitled to recover damages or obtain payment, reimbursement, restitution or indemnity more than once in respect of anyone liability, loss, cost, shortfall, damage, deficiency, Breach or other settled circumstances which gives rise to more than one Claim. | ||
9. | SELLERS KNOWLEDGE | |
If Sellers Guarantees are given to the Sellers best knowledge, the Seller is only liable if any of the persons listed in Schedule 9 has at the date hereof (i) actual knowledge (positive Kenntnis) or (ii) fail to know due to gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) of the facts leading to the respective Sellers Guarantee being untrue or incorrect. | ||
10. | PURCHASERS KNOWLEDGE | |
If Purchasers Guarantees are given to the Purchasers best knowledge, the Purchaser is only liable if any of the persons listed in Schedule 10 has at the date hereof (i) actual knowledge (positive Kenntnis) or (ii) fail to know due to gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit) of the facts leading to the respective Purchasers Guarantee being untrue or incorrect. | ||
11. | PURCHASER TO RECOVER BENEFITS FROM THIRD PARTIES | |
Where the Purchaser or any of its affiliates is entitled to recover from a third party a sum which indemnifies or compensates the Purchaser (in whole or in part) in respect of the liability or loss which is the subject of a Claim, the Purchaser shall take all reasonable steps to enforce such recovery and keep the Seller informed of the progress of any action taken. Any actual recovery (net of any taxation and less any reasonable costs of recovery) shall reduce the Claim to the extent of that recovery. | ||
12. | CHANGES IN LEGISLATION OR TAX | |
The Seller shall not be liable to the Purchaser for any Claim if the damage incurred results from or is increased by the passing of, or any change in, after the date hereof, any law, rule, regulation or administrative practice of any government, governmental authority, agency or regulatory body including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any increase in the rates of taxes or any imposition of taxes or any withdrawal or relief from taxes not actually in effect at the date hereof. |
13. | BENEFITS | |
Any amount to be recovered in relation to a Claim for Breach shall be reduced by all present or actual future advantages and benefits of the Purchaser related to the damage. This includes that the Sellers obligation to pay damages shall be reduced by any tax saving or tax deductions which may actually be obtained by the Purchaser by deducting for tax purposes any amount with respect to such damage. | ||
14. | ATTRIBUTION | |
The Seller shall not be liable for the correctness of any oral or written statements made by (i) the consultants of the Seller, or (ii) the managing directors, employees or consultants of the Seller or Pfizer Group in particular, if made during the due diligence and the knowledge of such persons cannot be attributed to the Seller, unless expressly provided otherwise in the Agreement. | ||
15. | APPLICABILITY | |
The provisions of this Annex 11.2 shall not apply to the Sellers liability arising from a failure to comply with the obligations of the Seller to transfer title to the Assets to the Purchaser free and clear of encumbrances as set forth in the Agreement, provided, however, that such liability of the Seller shall be limited, together with any other liability of the Seller under the Agreement, to an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price. |
1. | AUTHORIZATION OF THE PURCHASER | |
1.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date the execution and performance by the Purchaser of the Agreement are within the Purchasers corporate powers, do not violate the articles of association of the Purchaser and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Purchaser. | |
1.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by the Purchaser requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on the Purchaser. | |
1.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Purchasers best knowledge, threatened in writing against the Purchaser before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
2. | LEGAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PURCHASER | |
2.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Purchaser has been duly established under the laws of Germany and the Purchaser validly exists under the laws of Germany. | |
2.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to the Purchaser. |
1. | AUTHORIZATION OF MANNKIND CORP. | |
1.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date the execution and performance by MannKind Corp. of the Agreement are within MannKind Corp.s corporate powers, do not violate the certificate of incorporation of MannKind Corp. and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of MannKind Corp. | |
1.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by MannKind Corp. requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on MannKind Corp. | |
1.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to MannKind Corp.s best knowledge, threatened in writing against MannKind Corp. before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
2. | LEGAL ORGANIZATION OF MANNKIND CORP. | |
2.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, MannKind Corp. has been duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and MannKind Corp. validly exists under the laws of the State of Delaware. | |
2.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to MannKind Corp. | |
2.3 | Neither the Seller nor a company of the Seller Group has or shall have any liability or otherwise suffer or incur any loss, cost or damage as a result of or in connection with any brokerage or finders fee or other commission of any person retained by MannKind Corp. or its affiliates in connection with any of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement. |
1. | CAPITALIZATION |
1.1 | The authorized capital stock of MannKind Corp. consists of 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. At the close of business on 3 March 2009, (i) 102,036,007 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and (ii) no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. All outstanding shares of capital stock of MannKind Corp. have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully-paid and nonassessable and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. | |
1.2 | The Consideration Shares to be issued to the Seller as contemplated by this Agreement will, upon such issuance, be validly issued, fully-paid and nonassessable. | |
2. | VOTE REQUIRED | |
Except as may be required to increase the amount of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock of MannKind Corp. or to comply with the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market (each, a Shareholder Vote Requirement), no vote of any holders of any class or series of capital stock of or other equity interests in MannKind Corp. is necessary to approve the issuance of the Consideration Shares to the Seller. | ||
3. | SEC REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |
3.1 | MannKind Corp. has filed with the SEC all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by it since January 1, 2007 (collectively, the MannKind SEC Documents). The MannKind SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, as the case may be, as of the date of their respective filings with the SEC. MannKind Corp.s Annual Report for the period ending December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009 on Form 10-K (the 2008 10-K), (i) does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (ii) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act as of the date of its filing with the SEC. | |
3.2 | The financial statements of MannKind Corp. included in the 2008 10-K, including any related notes thereto, comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the |
periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the financial position of MannKind Corp. as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. | ||
4. | LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS | |
MannKind Corp. is in compliance with each of the requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market for the continued listing of its Common Stock listed thereon and there is no action, proceeding or investigation before the NASDAQ Global Market or, to MannKind Corp.s best knowledge, threatened or contemplated by the NASDAQ Global Market that could reasonably be expected to result in the termination of such listing. | ||
5. | ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS | |
Except as disclosed in the 2008 10-K (except for the forward-looking statements and risk factors contained therein and except for any information incorporated therein by reference), since December 31, 2008, (i) there has not been any event, circumstance, change or effect that has had or reasonably would be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of MannKind Corp. taken as a whole or on the ability of MannKind Corp. to perform its obligations hereunder, or that would prevent or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) the business of MannKind Corp. and its subsidiaries has been conducted only in the ordinary course. | ||
6. | TAKEOVER DEFENSES | |
MannKind Corp. is not a party to a shareholder rights plan (poison pill). | ||
7. | SHELF ELIGIBILITY | |
MannKind Corp. is eligible to use Form S-3 for registration under the Securities Act of the Consideration Shares for the sale by the Seller of such shares. There is no fact or current or prior circumstance or event that would be reasonably likely to cause MannKind Corp. to become ineligible to use Form S-3 for such purpose, including to comply with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement. | ||
8. | NO SOLICITATION | |
Neither MannKind Corp. nor any of its affiliates, or any Person acting on their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer and sale of Consideration Shares to the Seller. |
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(1) | Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, with statutory seat in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 81803 (the Seller); | |
(2) | Pfizer Inc., a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, USA (Pfizer Inc.); | |
(3) | MannKind Deutschland GmbH (previously: RM 2875 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH), with statutory seat in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Munich under HRB 177304 (the Purchaser); and | |
(4) | MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355, USA (MannKind Corp.). |
1. | The Parties are parties to the LIP Asset or Business Sale and Purchase Agreement recorded by the notary Dr. Wolfgang Hanf, Frankfurt am Main, deed no. 111 of the notarial roll of Deeds for the year 2009 H (the Agreement). | |
2. | The Parties now desire to amend and/or complement the Agreement. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
Capitalised terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. | ||
2. | AMENDMENTS |
(3) | MannKind Deutschland GmbH (formerly: RM 2875 Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH), with statutory seat in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, registered |
in the commercial register at the local court of Munich under HRB 177304 (the Purchaser); and |
Agreement
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shall mean the LIP Asset or Business Sale and Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment Agreement; |
Applicable Exchange
Rate
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.19; |
Closing Memorandum
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 or Section 10.3, as the case may be; |
Compensation Payments
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shall have the meaning set forth in the Infraserv Consent; |
Contracts
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shall mean the contracts to which the Seller is a party and which relate to the Business and are unperformed (wholly or partly) at the LIP Business Sale Closing Date and which are listed in Annex 1.1(E) as amended pursuant to the Infraserv Consent; |
Drop Dead Date
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5; |
Heritable Building Right
Agreement
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shall mean the agreement on a heritable building right (Erbbaurecht) as agreed by the HBR 1998 and the HBR 2006 as amended pursuant to the Infraserv Consent; |
Infraserv Balancing
Payments
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.19; |
Infraserv Bank Account
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shall mean the Euro account of Infraserv held with [...***...]; |
Infraserv Consent
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shall mean the agreement between Infraserv, Infraserv Logistics GmbH, the Seller and the Purchaser as recorded by the Notary on 3 April 2009 under notarial deed no. XXX/2009 H; |
Infraserv Due Date
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shall mean 8 April 2009 or such other later date as agreed between the Parties in writing; |
Lease Agreements
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shall mean the lease agreements attached in Schedule 13.1 to Annex 1.1(Q) as amended pursuant to the Infraserv Consent; |
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Option Agreement
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shall mean the agreement regarding the Option Right between Infraserv and the Seller dated 29 September 2006 (notarial deed no. B 968/2006 of notary Dr. Annegret Bürkle, Frankfurt am Main) as amended pursuant to the Infraserv Consent; |
ROFR-Property
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shall mean the in rem right of first refusal (dingliches Vorkaufsrecht) of the Seller with respect to any case of sale of the Property during the term of the Heritable Building Right, registered in section II of the Land Register under serial no. 43, which has been granted pursuant to Section VII of HBR 2006 as amended pursuant to the Infraserv Consent; |
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3. | FINAL PROVISIONS | |
3.1 | All the references to the Agreement or any related document or Annex, shall mean the Agreement as amended by this Amendment Agreement. Except as specifically provided for above, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in the original form agreed by the Parties, and is hereby ratified and confirmed. | |
3.2 | If any provision of this Amendment Agreement or any provision to be incorporated into this Amendment Agreement is or becomes invalid or impracticable or should a necessary provision not be contained in this Amendment Agreement, the validity of this Amendment Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Amendment Agreement shall remain unaffected. Instead of the invalid or impracticable provision or to bridge the gap, a valid provision is applicable which to the fullest extent possible corresponds to what the parties would have wanted or according to the sense and object of this Amendment Agreement would have agreed if they had known the invalidity or impracticability or had realized the gap. | |
3.3 | This Amendment Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applicable to parties residing within the Federal Republic of Germany (without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany). | |
3.4 | All disputes, controversies or claims arising from or in connection with this Agreement (including questions concerning its validity) shall be finally and exclusively settled according to Section 23.5 of the Agreement. |
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1. Definitions and Interpretation |
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2. Sales and Purchases |
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3. Apportionment of Liabilities |
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4. Purchase Price |
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5. Conditions to Closing |
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6. Pre-Closing Undertakings |
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7. Closing |
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8. Guarantees by PMF and PFIZER |
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9. Purchasers Guarantees |
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10. Indemnification |
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11. Conduct of Claims |
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12. Confirmations of the Purchaser |
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13. Use of Names Pfizer and Exubera |
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14. Access and Other Rights of PFIZER |
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15. Notices |
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16. Confidentiality, Announcements |
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17. Assignment Restrictions |
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18. Costs and Transfer Taxes |
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19. Final Provisions |
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Annex Number | Title of Annex | |
1.1(a) |
Amended and Restated License Agreement | |
1.1(b) |
Assignment of PFIZER's EPA Rights Agreement | |
1.1(c) |
Assignment of PFIZER's License Rights Agreement | |
1.1(d) |
Assignment of PMF's License Rights Agreement | |
1.1(e) |
Assignment of PMF's IP Rights Agreement | |
1.1(f) |
Data Room Index | |
1.1(g) |
Guarantees | |
1.1(h) |
Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement | |
1.1(i) |
Logfile | |
1.1(j) |
Reference Material | |
1.1(k) |
Post Closing Improvements | |
2.1.1 |
Insulin Batch Numbers / Production Year | |
4.4 |
Purchase Price Allocation | |
8.2 |
Limitations on Liability | |
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Purchaser's Guarantees |
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(1) | Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, with statutory seat in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 81803 (PMF); | |
(2) | PFIZER INC., a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, USA (PFIZER); and | |
(3) | MannKind Corporation, a corporation under the laws of the state of Delaware, the United States of America, having its principal place of business at 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355, USA (the Purchaser). |
1. | PMF owns approximately [...***...] of bulk insulin, which have been manufactured under the amended and restated license agreement between Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and PMF. | |
2. | PMF desires to sell to the Purchaser in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement approx. [...***...] of such bulk insulin inventory and the Purchaser desires to acquire such amount of bulk insulin inventory in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The remaining portion of the bulk insulin inventory (approx. [...***...]) and further bulk insulin inventory owned by PFIZER (approx. [...***...]) shall be retained by PMF and PFIZER and shall be subject to an Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement between PMF, PFIZER and the Purchaser. | |
3. | PMF and PFIZER hold certain other rights and own certain other assets relating to the manufacture of bulk insulin and inhalable insulin, which PFIZER and certain of its affiliates acquired under the Exubera purchase agreement from Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and its affiliates. |
4. | PMF and PFIZER desire to sell to the Purchaser such other rights and assets in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Purchaser desires to acquire such rights and assets from PMF and PFIZER in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Purchaser declares and PMF and PFIZER acknowledge that the Purchaser desires to acquire such other rights and assets in its capacity as the general partner (beherend vennoot) of Technosphere International C.V., a limited partnership (commanditaire vennootschap) registered at the trade register of the Chambers of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) Amsterdam under registration number 34329074, having its seat at Amsterdam (address: 1097 JB Amsterdam, Prins Bernhardplein 200) (Technosphere). |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the HBR Purchase Agreement unless defined otherwise in the following: |
Agreement
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shall mean this Insulin Sale and Purchase Agreement; | |
Amended and Restated License
Agreement
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shall mean the amended and restated license agreement between Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and PMF (under its former name and form Diabel GmbH & Co. KG) dated 28 February 2006, a copy of which is set out in Annex 1.1(a); | |
Assignment of PFIZERs EPA Rights
Agreement
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shall mean an assignment of PFIZERs EPA Rights to be entered into by PFIZER and the Purchaser substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(b); | |
Assignment of PFIZERs License
Rights Agreement
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shall mean an assignment of PFIZERs License Rights to be entered into by PFIZER and the Purchaser substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(c); | |
Assignment of PMFs License Rights
Agreement
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shall mean an assignment of PMFs License Rights to be entered into by PMF and the Purchaser substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(d); | |
Assignment of PMFs IP Rights
Agreement
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shall mean an assignment of PMFs IP Rights to be entered into by PMF and the Purchaser substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(e); | |
Breach
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shall mean a Guarantee by PMF or PFIZER being untrue or incorrect or a covenant by PMF or PFIZER being breached, or guarantee by the Purchaser being untrue or incorrect or a covenant by the Purchaser being breached; | |
Bulk Insulin Inventory
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shall mean approx. [...***...] of bulk insulin inventory owned as of the date hereof by PMF; | |
Business Days
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shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which the banks are open for regular business in New York, United States of America and Frankfurt |
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am Main, Federal Republic of Germany; | ||
Claim
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shall mean any claim under or for breach of this Agreement, including any claim for damages or indemnification due to a Guarantee by PMF or PFIZER or a Purchasers guarantee being incorrect or a covenant being breached; | |
Closing
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shall mean the consummation of all of the Closing Actions; | |
Closing Actions
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shall mean the actions set out in Section 7.2 collectively or individually; | |
Closing Condition(s)
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1; | |
Closing Date
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1; | |
Data Room
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shall mean the physical data room of documents provided by the Seller to the Purchaser for inspection between 3 December 2008 and 3 March 2009; | |
Data Room Index
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shall mean the data room index contained in Annex 1.1(f); | |
DMF
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shall mean the drug master file for the Bulk Insulin Inventory containing all chemistry, manufacturing and controls data and, in cases where required by specific regulatory agencies, additional data on file with any regulatory authority; | |
Drop Dead Date
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5; | |
Expiration Date
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3; | |
Exubera Purchase
Agreement
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shall mean the Exubera purchase agreement between Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH and certain of its affiliates named therein as sellers and PFIZER and Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH (under its former name and form Heinrich Mack Nachf. GmbH & Co. KG) as buyers, dated 13 January 2006 (notarial deed no. 10/2006 and notarial deed no. 11/2006 of the public notary Wendelin von Ketelhodt, Frankfurt am Main) as amended; |
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Guarantees
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shall mean all or any of PMFs or PFIZERs statements set forth in Annex 1.1(g); | |
HBR Purchase
Agreement
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shall mean a separate agreement between the Purchaser and its affiliate, PMF and PFIZER according to which certain other assets of PMF and certain rights of PFIZER are sold by PMF and PFIZER to the Purchaser and its affiliate dated as of the date hereof (notarial deed number [] 2009 of the notary []; | |
Indemnitee
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1; | |
Indemnitor
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1; | |
Information
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3; | |
Insulin Maintenance
and Call Option
Agreement
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shall mean an insulin maintenance and call option agreement to be entered into by PMF, PFIZER and the Purchaser according to which the Purchaser will store and maintain approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory (which are not sold by PMF to the Purchaser under this Agreement but which will be retained by PMF) as well as approx. [...***...] of bulk insulin owned by PFIZER, substantially in the form set out in Annex 1.1(h); | |
Intellectual Property
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shall mean all industrial and intellectual property rights, whether registered or not, including pending applications for registration of such rights and the right to apply for registration or extension of such rights including, without limitation, patents (including continuation, divisional, continuation in part, re-examination and reissue patent applications, and any patents issuing therefrom), petty patents, utility models, design patents, registered and unregistered designs, copyright (including moral rights and neighboring rights), integrated circuits and other sui generis rights, trade marks, trading names, service marks, logos, the get-up of products and packaging, geographical indications and applications and other signs used in trade, internet domain names, unique marketing codes, rights in know-how, mask works, inventions (including employee inventions (Dienster- |
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findungen) that have been claimed (in Anspruch genommen) by PMF (or as to which PMF has the right to claim) in accordance with the German Law on Employee Inventions (Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetz) or comparable foreign laws), discoveries, methods, processes, techniques, methodologies, formulae, algorithms, technical data (such as manufacturing documentation), specifications, research and development information, technology, data bases, source codes in each case that derives economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure as well as object codes, flow charts, manuals, product documentation, publicity rights and any rights of the same or similar effect or nature as any of the foregoing anywhere in the world; | ||
Logfile
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shall mean the logfile in Annex 1.1(i); | |
Party or Parties
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shall mean PMF, PFIZER and the Purchaser collectively or individually; | |
Person
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shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, firm, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated or other organization, entity or group; | |
PFIZER
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; |
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PFIZERs EPA Assets
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shall mean the following assets acquired by PFIZER or any affiliate of PFIZER under the Exubera Purchase Agreement (as amended or further developed): (i) the master cell bank: | |
[...***...] and the working cell bank: [...***...], (ii) the DMF Related Regulatory Correspondence as listed in Schedule 1.1 (g) to the Exubera Purchase Agreement, (iii) the Reference Material as listed Annex 1.1(j), and (iv) the Bulk Insulin Technical Information as listed in Schedule 1.1(c) to the Exubera Purchase Agreement, and (vi) all such other assets and documentation and Intellectual Property that directly relate to PFIZERs EPA Rights and are reduced to writing or can be reasonable documented by the Purchaser; | ||
PFIZERs EPA Rights
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shall mean all rights of PFIZER or any affiliate of PFIZER, which were acquired under the Exubera Purchase Agreement, including the Product Technical Information as defined in the Exubera Purchase Agreement, to the extent such rights relate to the Product as defined in the Exubera Purchase Agreement and to the extent PFIZER (or any of its affiliates) is able to sell and transfer such rights, in particular rights which have either ceased to exist due to performance or statute of limitation or have been sold or transferred to third parties (other than the affiliates of PFIZER) prior to the date hereof are excluded; | |
PFIZERs License Rights
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shall mean the rights of PFIZER under the Amended and Restated License Agreement; | |
PMF
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; |
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PMFs License Assets
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Shall mean the following assets of PMF: the documentation relating to (i) the Patent Rights (including the patents listed in Schedule I to the Amended and Restated License Agreement), (ii) the Production Process as listed in and enclosed under Schedule II to the Amended and Restated License Agreement, (iii) the Pre-Closing Improvements as listed in and enclosed under Schedule III to the Amended and Restated License Agreement, (iv) the post-closing improvements as listed in Annex 1.1(k), (v) the Production Technology as listed in and enclosed under Schedule IV to the Amended and Restated License Agreement, and (vi) all such other assets and documentation and Intellectual Property that directly relate to PMFs License Rights and are reduced to writing or can be reasonable documented by the Purchaser; | |
PMFs IP-Rights
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shall mean all Intellectual Property legally or beneficially owned (including by way of license by a third party) by PMF at the Closing Date, 00:00 h, and all Intellectual Property used by PMF at the Closing Date, 00:00 h, or which was created, generated or acquired for use by PMF at the Closing Date, 00:00 h, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the rights to the DMF as defined in the Exubera Purchase Agreement and all records relating to the DMF, but excluding any Intellectual Property held by PMF under the Amended and Restated License Agreement and further excluding the Retained Names and Marks and further excluding any Intellectual Property not relating to the manufacture of bulk insulin; | |
PMFs License Rights
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shall mean all of PMFs rights under the Amended and Restated License Agreement; | |
PMFs Process
Control Data
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shall mean an electronic copy on hard disc of PMFs documentation of the configuration of the off-the-shelf software used by PMF in the insulin production process control existing on the date hereof; | |
Purchase Price
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1; |
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Purchaser
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
Retained Names and
Marks
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1; | |
Sellers
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shall mean PMF and PFIZER collectively; | |
Sellers Bank
Account
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shall mean the following bank account to be used via MT103: | |
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
with separate cover message (MT202) to [...***...] | ||
[...***...] | ||
or any other bank account or payment instructions communicated by the Seller to the Purchasers in writing not less than five Business Days prior to the due date of the relevant payment; | ||
Sellers Group
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shall mean PFIZER and PMF and any affiliate (verbundene Unternehmen as defined in sections 15 et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz)) of PFIZER and PMF; | |
Third Party Claim
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2; | |
UStG
|
shall mean the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz); | |
VAT
|
shall mean German value added tax (Umsatzsteuer). |
1.2 | In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: | |
1.2.1 | headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement; | |
1.2.2 | references to any term in the singular shall, if the context so demands, also include the plural and vice versa; |
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1.2.3 | references to one gender includes all genders; | |
1.2.4 | references to EUR or Euro are references to the lawful currency of the member states of the European Union; | |
1.2.5 | references to USD or US Dollar are references to the lawful currency of the United States of America; | |
1.2.6 | where a German term has been inserted in parenthesis and/or italics the German term alone (and not the English term to which it relates) shall be authoritative for the purpose of the interpretation of the relevant English term in this Agreement; | |
1.2.7 | references to any German legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any other legal concept shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, be interpreted to include the legal concept which most closely corresponds in that jurisdiction to the German legal term; and | |
1.2.8 | references to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it has been in force as of the date hereof, unless indicated otherwise. | |
1.3 | The Annexes and Schedules of this Agreement form an integral part of this Agreement. | |
2. | SALES AND PURCHASES |
2.1 | PMF hereby sells to the Purchaser and the Purchaser hereby purchases the following rights and assets upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement: | |
2.1.1 | PMFs License Rights; | |
2.1.2 | Approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory as identified in detail inter alia by batch numbers and production year in Annex 2.1.1; |
2.1.3 | PMFs IP-Rights; | |
2.1.4 | PMFs License Assets; | |
2.1.5 | PMFs Process Control Data. |
2.2 | PFIZER hereby sells to the Purchaser and the Purchaser hereby purchases the following rights and assets upon terms and conditions of this Agreement: | |
2.2.1 | PFIZERs EPA Rights; | |
2.2.2 | PFIZERs EPA Assets; |
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2.2.3 | PFIZERs License Rights. | |
2.3 | The Parties agree that the transfer in rem (dinglich) of the approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory, PMFs License Assets and PFIZERs EPA Assets as well as the assignment of PMFs License Rights, PMFs IP-Rights, PMFs Process Control Data, PFIZERs License Rights and PFIZERs EPA Rights shall not be effected by virtue of this Agreement but shall take place at the Closing in accordance with Section 7.2. | |
2.4 | Internally, the Purchaser represents and the Sellers acknowledge that the Purchaser purchases and at Closing will acquire the assets and rights specified in Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 in its capacity as general partner (beherend vennoot) of Technosphere. | |
3. | APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITIES | |
3.1 | PMF and PFIZER remain responsible for all liabilities incurred with respect to the assets and rights sold under this Agreement for any periods before the Closing Date, 00:00 h. PMF and PFIZER indemnify the Purchaser with respect to any such pre-Closing liabilities. | |
3.2 | The Purchaser is responsible for all liabilities incurred with respect to the assets and rights sold under this Agreement for any periods after the Closing Date, 00:00 h. The Purchaser indemnifies PMF and PFIZER with respect to any such post-Closing liabilities. | |
4. | PURCHASE PRICE | |
4.1 | In consideration of the approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory, PMFs License Rights, PMFs IP Rights, PMFs License Assets, PMFs Process Control Data, PFIZERs License Rights, PFIZERs EPA Rights and PFIZERs EPA Assets acquired under this Agreement and all rights of the Purchaser and the Sellers under the Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement the Purchaser shall pay to the Sellers a purchase price (the Purchase Price) of [...***...], plus VAT, if any. | |
4.2 | The calculation of the Purchase Price as attributed to the approx. [...***...] of the Bulk Insulin Inventory as defined in Section 2.1.2 includes an arms length consideration payable to the Purchaser for the storage and maintenance of approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory which are retained by PMF according to the Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement. | |
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Days after receipt of an invoice which complies with Section 14 and Section 14a UStG. | ||
4.4 | The Purchase Price shall be allocated to the assets and rights sold under this Agreement and the Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement as set out in Annex 4.4. | |
4.5 | All payments to be made to the Sellers pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in cash by wire transfer free of charges and without any restrictions to the Sellers Bank Account or any other bank account communicated by the Sellers in writing not less than five Business Days prior to the due date of the relevant payment. | |
4.6 | In the event that the Purchaser is in default (Verzug) with payments under this Agreement, the Parties agree that default interest (Verzugszinsen) shall be payable by the Purchaser as provided for in section 288 para. 2 BGB calculated on the outstanding amount for the period starting with the due date up to and including the date at which the outstanding amount increased by the default interest is irrevocably credited to Sellers Bank Account. | |
5. | CONDITIONS TO CLOSING | |
5.1 | The obligations of the Parties to carry out the Closing are conditional upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the following conditions to Closing (collectively or individually, the Closing Conditions): |
5.1.1 | The earlier to occur of the (i) the LIP Asset Sale Closing or (ii) the LIP Business Sale Closing, in each case according to the terms of the HBR Purchase Agreement; | ||
5.1.2 | Expiry of a six week period starting on the date PMF and PFIZER have delivered the notifications to Sanofi-Aventis and Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH in accordance with Section 6. |
5.2 | The Closing Conditions or any of them may only be waived, in whole or in part, by the written agreement of the Sellers and the Purchaser. | |
5.3 | The Sellers and the Purchaser shall each notify the other in writing promptly (unverzüglich) upon becoming aware that any of the Closing Conditions have been satisfied or have become incapable of satisfaction (unmöglich geworden) and shall, upon request, provide the other Party with any documentation providing evidence on such fulfilment or incapability of satisfaction. | |
5.4 | The Purchaser and the Sellers shall use their best efforts to ensure that the Closing Conditions are satisfied as soon as possible after the date hereof. The |
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Purchaser and the Sellers shall have no right to delay or prevent the satisfaction of the Closing Conditions. | ||
5.5 | If the Closing Conditions have not been satisfied or waived on or before 31 October 2009 (Drop Dead Date) the Parties may at their respective absolute discretion (nach freiem Ermessen) jointly agree in writing to extend the Drop Dead Date or otherwise either the Sellers or the Purchaser may each elect to rescind (zurücktreten) this Agreement unless the relevant Party has caused (verschuldet) or is responsible for (vertreten müssen) the failure of the Closing Condition to be satisfied. In the event of such rescission, neither Party shall have any claim under this Agreement of any nature whatsoever against the other Party, except Claims for breach of the covenants set forth in Section 5.4. | |
6. | PRE-CLOSING UNDERTAKINGS | |
6.1 | As soon as practicable after the date hereof, PFIZER shall notify Sanofi-Aventis, 174 avenue de France, 75013 Paris, France, about the sale and envisaged assignment of PFIZERs EPA Rights to the Purchaser or its affiliates in accordance with section 13.3(d) of the Exubera Purchase Agreement. | |
6.2 | As soon as practicable after the date hereof, PFIZER shall notify Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, about the sale and envisaged assignment of PFIZERs License Rights to the Purchaser with effect (aufschiebend bedingt) as of 28 February 2010 in accordance with section 13.5 of the Amended and Restated License Agreement. | |
6.3 | As soon as practicable after the date hereof, PMF shall notify Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Industriepark Hoechst, 65926 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, about the sale and envisaged assignment of PMFs License Rights to the Purchaser in accordance with section 13.4 of the Amended and Restated License Agreement. | |
6.4 | Each of PMF and Pfizer without undue delay shall notify the Purchaser in writing of all events or circumstances arising or coming to the knowledge of PMF or PFIZER, as the case may be, after the date hereof, which to the reasonable assessment of PMF or Pfizer, as the case may be, may result in a Breach of a Guarantee. | |
6.5 | The Purchaser intends to conduct a physical stock take (Inventur) of the PFIZERs EPA Assets and the PMFs License Assets as soon as practicable at its own cost. For this purpose, the Seller shall provide to the Purchaser and its designees access to the premises of the insulin plant and the records at usual working hours, and shall provide reasonable assistance to the Purchaser to enable the Purchaser to conduct the physical stock take in an efficient manner and within a |
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reasonable period of time of not less than 5 but not more than 15 Business Days after the date hereof. | ||
6.6 | The Seller and the Purchaser shall cooperate in good faith between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date in order to coordinate the actions required to ensure a seamless transfer to the Purchaser at Closing of the obligations to maintain the DMF, to run the stability program and to maintain the documentation of the records as provided for in the Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement, and to discuss the system to electronically store PMFs Process Control Data. | |
7. | CLOSING | |
7.1 | The Parties shall effect the Closing on the day on which the last Closing Condition has been satisfied or waived (Closing Date). The Closing shall take place at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany or at such other location, time or date as may be agreed between the Parties. | |
7.2 | At the Closing, the Parties shall take the following Closing Actions in the following order (Zug um Zug): | |
7.2.1 | The Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price to the Sellers in cash by wire transfer to the Sellers Bank Account. | |
7.2.2 | PMF shall transfer the approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall take possession (Besitz) of such Bulk Insulin Inventory (unless the Purchaser has already possession). | |
7.2.3 | PMF and the Purchaser shall execute the Assignment of PMFs License Rights Agreement. | |
7.2.4 | PMF and the Purchaser shall execute the Assignment of PMFs IP Rights Agreement. | |
7.2.5 | PMF shall transfer PMFs License Assets to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall take possession (Besitz) of PMFs License Assets (unless the Purchaser has already possession). | |
7.2.6 | PMF shall transfer PMFs Process Control Data to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall take possession (Besitz) of PMFs Process Control Data. | |
7.2.7 | PFIZER and the Purchaser shall execute the Assignment of PFIZERs EPA Rights Agreement. |
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7.2.8 | PFIZER and the Purchaser shall execute the Assignment of PFIZERs License Rights Agreement to assign PFIZERs License Rights to the Purchaser with effect as of 28 February 2010 (aufschiebend bedingt). | |
7.2.9 | PFIZER shall transfer PFIZERs EPA Assets to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall take possession (Besitz) of PFIZERs EPA Assets (unless the Purchaser has already possession). | |
7.2.10 | PMF, PFIZER and the Purchaser shall execute the Insulin Maintenance and Call Option Agreement. | |
7.3 | After the last Closing Action has been taken, the Parties shall sign a closing memorandum including the confirmation to each other that the Closing Conditions have been fulfilled and that the Closing Actions, in particular the agreement on the transfers and assignments with respect to the assets and rights sold under this Agreement, have been taken in accordance with this Agreement. | |
7.4 | If any Party fails to perform or procure performance of any of the Closing Actions to be performed by it, the Purchaser, in the case of non-performance by the Sellers, or the Sellers, in the case of non-performance by the Purchaser, shall be entitled to (in addition to and without prejudice to all other rights or remedies available) by written notice to the other Party (i) rescind (zurücktreten) this Agreement, or (ii) set a new date for Closing (not being more than 10 Business Days after the Closing Date) in which case the provisions of this Section 7 shall apply to the Closing as so deferred. | |
7.5 | In the event of a rescission, neither Party shall have any claim under this Agreement of any nature whatsoever against the other Party except Claims for breach of the covenants set forth in Sections 5.4, 6 and 7.2. | |
8. | GUARANTEES BY PMF AND PFIZER | |
8.1 | The Parties have extensively discussed and negotiated to which extent and in which way PMF and PFIZER should be liable for defects of the assets and rights sold under this Agreement and/or if it turns out that the Guarantees are untrue or incorrect. The Parties have decided to depart from the statutory system of liability and to provide instead for a separate system of liability, as determined in this Section 8 and Annex 1.1(g) and Annex 8.2. | |
8.2 | PMF and PFIZER each guarantee in the form of an independent guarantee according to section 311 para. 1 BGB (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) with regard to the assets and rights sold under this Agreement that, subject to the qualifications set out in Annex 1.1(g) and Annex 8.2, the Guarantees are true and correct in all material aspects as at the date hereof or as at such date as expressly referred to in the Guarantees, provided, however, that any provisions and |
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limitations contained in this Agreement relating to the consequences of a Breach of the Guarantees, including the provisions and limitations set forth in Annex 8.2 form an integral part of the Guarantees (Inhalt des Schuldverhältnisses / Bestandteil der Garantieerklärung), and the Guarantees are only given subject to such provisions and limitations. | ||
8.3 | The Guarantees are qualified by any matters fairly disclosed by or under (i) this Agreement (including the Annexes and Schedules), (ii) the documents provided in the Data Room and (iii) the documents disclosed to the Purchaser and the answers of the Sellers to information requests filed by the Purchaser according to the Logfile (the information referred to under (i) through (iii) collectively, the Information). | |
8.4 | The Purchaser undertakes to the Sellers that, except in the case of gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), fraud or wilful misconduct (Vorsatz) it waives and shall not make any claim against any employee, director, agent or officer of PMF, PFIZER or member of the Sellers Group on whom it may have relied on in relation to any information supplied or omitted to be supplied by any such person in connection with the Guarantees or this Agreement. | |
9. | PURCHASERS GUARANTEES | |
9.1 | The Parties have extensively discussed and negotiated to which extent and in which way the Purchaser should be liable if it turns out that statements made by the Purchaser in this Section 9 and Annex 9 are untrue or incorrect. The Parties have decided to depart from the statutory system of liability and to provide instead for a separate system of liability, as determined hereunder. | |
9.2 | The Purchaser guarantees in the form of an independent guarantee according to section 311 para. 1 BGB (selbständiges Garantieversprechen) that the Purchasers guarantees in Annex 9 are true and correct as at the date hereof or as at such date as expressly referred to in Annex 9. | |
10. | INDEMNIFICATION | |
10.1 | In case of a Claim resulting from a Breach, the Party liable for the Breach shall put the other Party into the position the other Party would have been in without the Breach (Naturalrestitution). If the liable Party is unable to achieve this position within a reasonable period of time after having been notified by the other Party of the Breach, the other Party may claim monetary damages (Schadenersatz in Geld) provided, however, that such damages shall only cover actual and direct damages incurred (Mangelschaden) by the other Party, and shall in particular not cover (i) any indirect or consequential damages (Mangelfolgeschäden), (ii) losses caused by business interruptions, (iii) lost revenues (entgangene Einnahmen), (iv) lost profit (entgangener Gewinn), (v) damages and |
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losses to goodwill, or (vi) reputational damages, and (vii) the other Party is not entitled to claim damages based on any argument that the Purchase Price has been calculated upon incorrect assumptions. The right of the other Party to rescind (Rücktritt) this Agreement is expressly excluded. | ||
10.2 | Without prejudice to its duty to mitigate any loss, the each Party shall, at the other Party cost provide all reasonable assistance to the Party to remedy any Breach. | |
10.3 | The Parties agree that the rights and remedies which the Sellers on the one hand and the Purchaser on the other hand may have in case of a guarantee being untrue and/or incorrect, breach of a covenant or in case of an indemnification or otherwise contained in this Agreement are limited to the rights and remedies (including claims for specific performance) expressly contained in this Agreement. | |
10.4 | To the extent legally permissible, any claims and rights of any Party of any legal nature whatsoever (contractual, quasi-contractual, tort or otherwise) extending beyond the claims expressly provided for in this Agreement, in particular further-reaching claims based on defects, claims under section 280 BGB which according to former case law would have been considered as claims based on breach of pre-contractual obligations (culpa in contrahendo) or positive breach of contractual obligations (Positive Vertragsverletzung), rights to terminate this Agreement because of the lack of essential characteristics and claims under section 313 BGB and any other rights to terminate this Agreement or exercise any right or remedy which would have a similar effect are hereby excluded and waived by the Parties. | |
10.5 | The provisions of this Section 10 shall not apply to (i) rights and remedies which the Sellers may have under applicable law as a result of the Purchasers failure to pay the Purchase Price or any portion thereof in accordance with this Agreement, and (ii) any rights and remedies of any Party for gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit), fraud or wilful misconduct (Vorsatz). | |
11. | CONDUCT OF CLAIMS | |
11.1 | In case of an issue, matter or fact potentially giving rise to a Claim, the Party seeking damages or indemnification under this Agreement (the Indemnitee) from the other Party (the Indemnitor) shall (i) within reasonable promptness and in no case later than within a period of one month after the Indemnitee becomes aware of the matter, give written notice to the Indemnitor of the Breach, state the circumstances of the Breach in reasonable detail, furnish reasonable proof as it has in its possession of the Breach and, to the extent then feasible, set forth the estimated amount of such Breach and (ii) shall grant the Indemnitor the opportunity to remedy the Breach within a reasonable period of time of at least |
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11.2 | If claims are raised, legal or administrative proceedings commenced or threatened to be commenced against the Indemnitee by a third party, including government agencies (a Third Party Claim), which may give rise to a Claim, the Indemnitee shall notify the Indemnitor in compliance with Section 11.1 of such Third Party Claim. The Indemnitee shall ensure that the Indemnitor shall (i) be provided with all materials, information (as it has in its possession) and assistance relevant in relation to the Third Party Claim, (ii) be given reasonable opportunity to comment or discuss with the Indemnitee any measures which the Indemnitor proposes to take or to omit in connection with a Third Party Claim, and (iii) in particular, the Indemnitor shall be given an opportunity to comment on, participate in, and review any reports on social security audits, disputes or appeals or other measures and shall receive without undue delay copies of all relevant notices (Bescheide) of any authority. | |
11.3 | If and to the extent the Indemnitor depends on the cooperation of the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee shall, to the extent legally possible for the Indemnitee, at the request and expense of the Indemnitor, take all reasonable steps the Indemnitor may reasonably request from the Indemnitee in that respect. | |
11.4 | No admission of a Third Party Claim shall be made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee and the Third Party Claim shall not be disposed of (erledigt) or settled (verglichen) without the prior written consent of the Indemnitor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. | |
11.5 | The Indemnitor shall be entitled at its own expense and its absolute discretion to take such action as the Indemnitor shall deem necessary or appropriate to avoid, dispute, deny, defend, resist, appeal, compromise or contest such Third Party Claim (including making counter claims or other claims against third parties) in the name of and on behalf of the Indemnitee provided, however, that the Indemnitor prior to such action has acknowledged in writing to the Indemnitee that the Indemnitee will indemnify the Indemnitee from such Third Party Claim. The Indemnitee shall give all such information and assistance, as described above, including access to premises and personnel and the right to examine and copy or photograph any assets, accounts, documents and records as the Indemnitor or its professional advisors may from time to time request. The Indemnitor agrees to keep all such information confidential and only to use it for such purpose. | |
11.6 | To the extent that the Indemnitor is in breach of a guarantee, breach of a covenant or in case of an indemnification all costs and expenses incurred by the In- |
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demnitor in defending such claim shall be borne by the Indemnitor; if it turns out that the Indemnitor was not in breach, any costs and expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with the defence (including advisers fees and internal costs of its staff) shall be borne by the Indemnitee. | ||
11.7 | The failure of any Indemnitee to comply with the obligations of the Indemnitee under this Section 11 shall release any Indemnitor from its obligation to pay damages or to indemnify under this Agreement. | |
11.8 | Any payments of the Indemnitor to the Indemnitee in connection with this Section 11 shall be considered as an adjustment of the Purchase Price. | |
12. | CONFIRMATIONS OF THE PURCHASER | |
12.1 | The Purchaser confirms that when entering into this Agreement the Purchaser solely relies on (i) its inspection and investigation of the assets and rights sold under this Agreement conducted in the sole responsibility of the Purchaser, and (ii) the Information. | |
12.2 | The Purchaser had the opportunity to ask questions and seek further clarifications regarding the Information. | |
12.3 | The Purchaser declares that the Purchaser is not aware of any facts or circumstances, which could give rise to a Claim for Breach under this Agreement. | |
13. | USE OF NAMES PFIZER AND EXUBERA | |
13.1 | No interest in or right to use the terms Pfizer or Exubera or any derivation thereof as company name (Firmenname), as part of a company name or in any logo, trade mark or trade name or in any other manner (Retained Names and Marks) is being transferred to the Purchaser pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. | |
13.2 | Subject to Clauses 13.3, the Purchaser guarantees that neither the Purchaser nor an affiliate of the Purchasers Group shall use the Retained Names and Marks. | |
13.3 | The Purchaser shall as of the Closing Date discontinue the use of the Retained Names and Marks in any respect, provided, however, that the Purchaser may continue to use the terms Pfizer and Exubera for a transitional period of one month after the Closing Date (Expiration Date) to reregister any authorization held by PMF or PFIZER. As from the Closing, the Purchaser shall not take any action that might create the impression for a reasonable third party that PMFs business continues to be a part of Sellers Group. The Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain any registration or approval nec- |
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essary to refrain from using the Retained Names and Marks as expeditiously as possible after Closing. | ||
13.4 | The Parties agree that PMF and PFIZER shall have no responsibility for claims by third parties arising out of, or relating to, the use by the Purchaser of any Retained Name or Mark after the Closing Date. The Purchaser is obliged to defend, indemnify and hold harmless all companies of the Sellers Group from any and all claims that may arise out of the use of the Retained Names or Marks by the Purchaser whether or not in accordance with this Agreement. | |
14. | ACCESS AND OTHER RIGHTS OF PFIZER | |
14.1 | The Purchaser herewith grants to PMF and PFIZER the irrevocable and unrestricted right to make use of the DMF by cross-referencing to the DMF for regulatory purposes. This includes in particular (without being limited to) the right to refer to the DMF in the preparation of a dossier for an application to a marketing authorization of a medicinal product including line extensions (MAA) or in the preparation for a dossier for an application for a variation of the marketing authorization of a medicinal product (MAV) or to supply information to the authorities in support of the chemistry, manufacturing and control (CMC) sections of INDs, NDAs, ANDAs, and BLAs. Further, the Purchaser shall reasonably support PMF and PFIZER in exercising this reference right by promptly issuing upon request of PFIZER or PMF the Letter of Authorization (LOA) or Letter of Access (LOA) authorizing PMF or Pfizer or a third party authorized by PFIZER or PMF to reference the DMF and by promptly responding to all other requests of the competent authorities in close consultation with PFIZER and PMF. | |
14.2 | The Purchaser agrees that PMF and PFIZER keep copies of all documents and records sold to the Purchaser under this Agreement and further agrees that PMF and PFIZER make available such copies to the purchaser under a LIP Business Sale. | |
15. | NOTICES | |
15.1 | Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, all declarations of the Parties under this Agreement which require receipt by the respective other Party must be made by registered mail with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein) or equivalent including courier with confirmation of receipt. The declarations shall at the same time be sent by telefax. | |
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as (joint) agent for service of process (Zustellungsbevollmächtigter) for all legal proceedings involving PMF and/or PFIZER arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. This appointment shall only terminate upon the appointment of another agent for service of process domiciled in Germany, provided that the agent for service of process is an attorney admitted to the German bar (in Deutschland zugelassener Rechtsanwalt) and his appointment has been notified to and approved in writing by Purchaser (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). PMF and/or PFIZER shall promptly after the date hereof and upon the appointment of any new agent for service of process (as the case may be) issue to the agent a written power of attorney (Vollmachtsurkunde) and shall irrevocably instruct the agent to submit such deed in connection with any service of process under this Agreement. | ||
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as its agent for service of process (Zustellungsbevollmächtigter) for all legal proceedings involving Purchaser arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. This appointment shall only terminate upon the appointment of another agent for service of process domiciled in Germany, provided that the agent for service of process is an attorney admitted to the German bar (in Deutschland zugelassener Rechtsanwalt) and his appointment has been notified to and approved in writing by Seller (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Purchaser shall promptly after the date hereof and upon the appointment of any new agent for service of process (as the case may be) issue to the agent a written power of attorney (Vollmachtsurkunde) and shall irrevocably instruct the agent to submit such deed in connection with any service of process under this Agreement. | ||
15.4 | Each Party may at any time appoint one or more other authorized agents for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Party by notice in accordance with this Article 15. However, for each Party at least one authorized agent for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Party must be appointed. | |
16. | CONFIDENTIALITY, ANNOUNCEMENTS | |
16.1 | Any information or documents relating to a Party or their respective businesses and made available to another Party in connection with this Agreement shall not be disclosed to third parties or published unless required by applicable law, rules or regulations. However, this obligation shall not apply to information that is proven (i) to have been (or have become) generally available (public domain) without breach of any obligation of any of the Parties, (ii) to have been known to the disclosing Party prior to the disclosure, (iii) to have been independently developed by the disclosing Party, or (iv) to have been received by the disclosing Party from a third party without any violation of any obligation of such third party owed to the disclosing Party. | |
16.2 | Neither Party shall, without the prior written consent of the respective other Party, disclose the content of this Agreement to third parties or make any information relating thereto available to third parties. This shall not, however, apply to the extent a Party or an affiliate of a Party is obliged to make any announcement or disclosure under applicable law or regulation. The right of the Parties to disclose matters to advisers who are bound by law to professional secrecy shall remain unaffected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser shall be entitled to disclose the contents of this Agreement in connection with a potential partnering transaction upon five Business Days notice to PFIZER unless PFIZER reasonably refuses consent within such time period and further provided that the Purchaser shall only be entitled to disclose the contents of this Agreement to a potential partner that (i) is bound by an obligation of confidenti- |
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ality and (ii) has been permitted to conduct due diligence on the Purchaser new drug application for its inhaled insulin product. | ||
16.3 | Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, neither Party shall make any public announcement regarding the entering into of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, unless (i) in a reasonable judgment of a Party, required by, or appropriate under applicable law or regulation, or (ii) except as required to perform this Agreement. Reasonably prior to any permitted announcement the Party wishing to make the announcement shall, to the extent possible without violation of legal restrictions, notify the other Party thereof, provide to the other Party the proposed wording of the announcement, consult with the other Party and take any requests of the other Party into due consideration. | |
17. | ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS | |
This Agreement and any rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned and transferred, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, provided, however, that each Party may assign and transfer any rights and obligations under this Agreement to its affiliates (verbundene Unternehmen as defined in sections 15 et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz)) if and to the extent such assigning Party remains obliged to adhere to the terms of this Agreement as joint creditor (Gesamtschuldner) with the respective affiliate. | ||
18. | COSTS AND TRANSFER TAXES | |
All expenses, costs, fees and charges in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement including without limitation, legal services, shall be borne by the Party commissioning the respective expenses, costs, fees and charges unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement. All notarial fees as well as the other costs that result from the signing of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including any possible applicable transfer taxes shall be borne by the Purchaser. The costs arising in connection with the notification of the transaction to the competent authorities, if any, including the costs charged by the competent authorities, shall be borne by the Purchaser. | ||
19. | FINAL PROVISIONS | |
19.1 | PMF and PFIZER shall be severally but not jointly liable for any of their obligations under or in connection with this Agreement (Haftung als Teilschuldner; Ausschluss der gesamtschuldnerischen Haftung). To the extent, any of the rights and assets sold under this Agreement are held/owned by affiliates of PFIZER |
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19.2 | Any amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing, signed by each of the Parties to be valid and require the explicit reference to this Agreement but need to be notarized if this is required by mandatory law. This is also applicable for an amendment of this Section 19.2. | |
19.3 | If any provision of this Agreement or any provision to be incorporated into this Agreement is or becomes invalid or impracticable or should a necessary provision not be contained in this Agreement, the validity of this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain unaffected. Instead of the invalid or impracticable provision or to bridge the gap, a valid provision is applicable which to the fullest extent possible corresponds to what the parties would have wanted or according to the sense and object of this Agreement would have agreed if they had known the invalidity or impracticability or had realized the gap. | |
19.4 | This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applicable to parties residing within the Federal Republic of Germany (without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany). | |
19.5 | All disputes, controversies or claims arising from or in connection with this Agreement (including questions concerning its validity) shall be finally and exclusively settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce without recourse to the ordinary courts of law. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of 3 (three) arbitrators. The arbitration shall take place in Frankfurt am Main. The arbitration shall be conducted in English but written evidence (Beweismittel) may also be submitted in German. In the event that applicable mandatory law requires any matter arising out of or connection with this Agreement and its implementation to be decided by an ordinary court of law, the competent courts in Frankfurt am Main to the extent legally possible shall have the exclusive jurisdiction. | |
19.6 | This Agreement comprises the entire agreement between the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, agreements and undertakings of the parties whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, the Heads of Terms dated 13 February 2009. The Parties agree that the Confidentiality Agreement dated 3 January 2008, as amended, shall become invalid on the Closing Date. Oral or written side agreements to this Agreement do not exist. |
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19.7 | Each Party shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and agreements and take all such further actions as the other Party may reasonably require and which are not inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement in order to effectively consummate this Agreement as provided herein. | |
19.8 | Interest payable under any provision of this Agreement shall be calculated on the basis of actual days elapsed divided by 360. | |
19.9 | This Agreement shall not grant any rights to, and is not intended to operate for, the benefit of third parties unless otherwise explicitly provided for herein. | |
19.10 | Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, no Party shall be entitled (i) to set-off (aufrechnen) any rights and claims it may have against any rights or claims any other party may have under this Agreement, or (ii) to refuse to perform any obligation it may have under this Agreement on the grounds of a right of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrecht) unless the rights or claims of the relevant party claiming a right of set-off (Aufrechnung) or retention (Zurückbehaltung) have been acknowledged (anerkannt) in writing by the relevant other party/parties or have been confirmed by final decision of a competent court (Gericht) or arbitration court (Schiedsgericht). |
1. | AUTHORIZATION | |
1.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, subject to the approvals referred to in the Agreement, the execution and performance by PMF of the Agreement is within PMFs corporate powers, does not violate the articles of association of PMF and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of PMF. | |
1.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, subject to the approvals referred to in the Agreement, the execution and performance by PFIZER of the Agreement is within PFIZERs corporate powers, does not violate the articles of association of PFIZER and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of PFIZER. | |
1.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by PMF requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on PMF. | |
1.4 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by PFIZER requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on PFIZER. | |
1.5 | On the date hereof, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the PMFs best knowledge, threatened in writing against PMF before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
1.6 | On the date hereof, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the PFIZERs best knowledge, threatened in writing against PFIZER before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
2. | LEGAL ORGANIZATION |
2.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, PMF has been duly established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, and PMF validly exists under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. | |
2.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, PFIZER has been duly established under Delaware law, and PFIZER validly exists under Delaware law. | |
2.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to PMF, and no such proceedings have been pending and no circumstances existed according to which the PMF was insolvent and obliged to initiate such proceedings under applicable laws. | |
2.4 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to PFIZER. | |
2.5 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, PMF is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of PFIZER. | |
3. | TITLE TO BULK INSULIN INVENTORY AND VALID AGREEMENTS | |
3.1 | PMF has good and valid title to approx. [...***...] of Bulk Insulin Inventory sold under the Agreement. The Purchaser is aware of the restrictions of use of the Bulk Insulin Inventory based on the Amended and Restated License Agreement. | |
3.2 | The Amended and Restated License Agreement and the Exubera Purchase Agreement are binding and valid with respect to PMF and PFIZER and any company of the Sellers Group and have not been terminated (gekündigt), materially amended (geändert) suspended by agreement (einvernehmlich aufgehoben) or challenged in writing (schriftlich angefochten), in whole or in part, and are, to the Sellers best knowledge, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof, as of the date hereof. | |
3.3 | Neither PMF nor PFIZER or, to the best knowledge of PMF and PFIZER, any other company of the Sellers Group, have been served written notice or, to the best knowledge of PMF and PFIZER, have been orally informed of formal proceedings relating to the validity, nullification, interference with or voiding of the Amended and Restated License Agreement or the Exubera Purchase Agreement. |
*** | Confidential Treatment Requested |
3.4 | A true and complete copy of the Amended and Restated License Agreement is attached hereto as Annex 1.1(a). | |
3.5 | A true and complete copy of the Exubera Purchase Agreement was available at notarization of this Agreement. | |
4. | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ASSETS | |
4.1 | Subject to the terms of the Exubera Purchase Agreement and the terms of the Amended and Restated License Agreement, (i) PFIZER has good and valid title to PFIZERs EPA Assets, PFIZERs EPA Rights and PFIZERs License Rights, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind, and (ii) PMF has good and valid title to PMFs License Assets, PMFs IP Rights and PMFs License Rights, free and clear of any liens, pledges, security interests, transfer restrictions, encumbrances, options, or other rights of third parties of whatever kind. | |
4.2 | Until the Closing Date, neither PMF nor PFIZER have transferred or assigned, waived or otherwise disposed of any of their rights under the Amended and Restated License Agreement. | |
4.3 | PMFs IP Rights, PMFs License Rights and PFIZERs License Rights together with any Intellectual Property forming part of PFIZERs EPA Rights and any other rights and assets sold to the Purchaser under the Agreement, constitute to the Sellers best knowledge all material Intellectual Property necessary for the manufacture of bulk insulin (equal to the bulk insulin of the Bulk Insulin Inventory). | |
4.4 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, neither PMF nor PFIZER have been served written notice or, to the best knowledge of PMF and PFIZER, have been orally informed of formal proceedings relating to the validity, nullification, interference with or voiding of PMFs IP Rights, PMFs License Rights or PFIZERs License Rights. | |
4.5 | Within the 24 (twenty four) months prior to the date hereof, neither PMF nor PFIZER have been served written notice or, to the best knowledge of PMF and PFIZER, have been orally informed of formal proceedings commenced by a third party against PMF or PFIZER asserting an infringement, misappropriation or violation of third party rights by the use of any of PMFs IP-Rights, PMFs License Rights or PFIZERs License Rights. | |
5. | NO OTHER GUARANTEE |
Aside from the Guarantees in Sections 1 through to 4, PMF and PFIZER do not give any further express or implied guarantees. |
FINAL DRAFT 5 March 2009 |
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1. Definitions and Interpretation |
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2. Storage of Retained Insulin |
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3. Maintenance of DMF, Stability Program, Records |
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4. Regulatory Issues |
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5. PMFs Option Right and Right of Disposal and Contractor Options |
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6. Certificates of Compliance and Analysis |
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7. Term of the Agreement |
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8. Indemnification and Insurance |
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9. Notices |
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10. Confidentiality, Announcements |
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11. Assignment Restrictions |
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12. Costs and Transfer Taxes |
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13. Final Provisions |
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Annex 1
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Storage Conditions | |
Annex 2
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Stability Program | |
Annex 3
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Retained Insulin |
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(1) | PFIZER INC., a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 235 East 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017, USA (PFIZER); | |
(2) | Pfizer Manufacturing Frankfurt GmbH, with statutory seat in Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, registered in the commercial register at the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 81803 (together with PFIZER, PMF); and | |
(3) | MannKind Corporation, a Delaware corporation with principal executive offices at 28903 North Avenue Paine, Valencia, CA 91355, USA (the CONTRACTOR). |
1. | PFIZER, PMF and CONTRACTOR have entered into an Insulin Sale and Purchase Agreement (Insulin Agreement) and other related agreements under which CONTRACTOR has purchased and been transferred a certain portion of the Bulk Insulin Inventory, and acquired rights to use certain related intellectual property rights from PFIZER and PMF. | |
2. | A certain portion of the Bulk Insulin Inventory has not been purchased by and transferred to CONTRACTOR pursuant to the Insulin Agreement, but has been retained by PMF (Retained Insulin). | |
3. | CONTRACTOR shall continue to store and maintain the Retained Insulin on behalf of PMF, and shall perform certain services related to the storage and testing of the Retained Insulin, in accordance with detailed standards and regulatory requirements. | |
4. | PMF is willing to grant CONTRACTOR an option to purchase the Retained Insulin, and to demand transfer to CONTRACTOR of any remaining Retained Insulin upon termination of this Agreement at no cost. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Capitalised terms and expressions used in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Insulin Sale Agreement unless defined otherwise in the following: |
Agreement
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shall mean this Insulin Maintenance and Call-Option Agreement; | |
Bulk Insulin
Inventory
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shall mean all of PMFs inventory of bulk insulin manufactured by PMF and stored at PMFs site and at PFIZERs site in Terre Haute/Vigo County as at the Effective Date; | |
Business Days
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shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which the banks are open for regular business in New York City, New York, United States of America and Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany; | |
Certificate of
Compliance
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1; | |
Claim
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1; | |
CONTRACTOR
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
Dispose or
Disposal
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means, when used with respect the Retained Insulin, any disposal, donation, transfer, sale, use or other disposition of any portion or all of Retained Insulin, whether or not for value, however occurring; | |
DMF
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shall mean the drug master file for the Bulk Insulin Inventory containing all chemistry, manufacturing and controls data and, in cases where required by specific regulatory agencies, additional data on file with any regulatory authority; | |
Effective Date
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shall mean the Closing Date as that term is used in the Insulin Agreement; | |
EMEA
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shall mean the European Medicines Agency; |
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FDA
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shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration; | |
cGMP
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shall mean then-current good manufacturing practices as defined by the FDA in 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 211, and corresponding regulations of the EMEA; | |
Insulin Agreement
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
"LIP Asset Sale
Closing
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shall have the meaning set forth in the HBR Purchase Agreement; | |
"LIP Business Sale
Closing
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shall have the meaning set forth in the HBR Purchase Agreement; | |
Party or Parties
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shall mean PMF, PFIZER and the CONTRACTOR collectively or individually; | |
PMF
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shall have the meaning set forth in the lead-in to this Agreement; | |
Product
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shall mean an insulin product which incorporates any of the Retained Insulin that is approved for use by a competent regulatory authority, and is marketed by any Party or any third party; | |
"HBR Purchase
Agreement
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shall mean a separate agreement between the CONTRACTOR and its affiliate, PMF and PFIZER according to which certain other assets of PMF and certain rights of PFIZER are sold by PMF and PFIZER to the CONTRACTOR and its affiliate dated [] (notarial deed number [] 2009 of the notary []); | |
Retained Insulin
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shall mean approximately [...***...] manufactured in [...***...] and [...***...] manufactured in [...***...] of the Bulk Insulin Inventory manufactured by PMF identifiable by the batch numbers and production years as set forth in Annex 3 and the Terre Haute Insulin, if and to the extent that PFIZER exercises its option under this Agreement to have the Terre Haute Insulin transferred to the then current storage location of the Retained Insulin; |
*** | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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Stability Program
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shall mean the relevant test methods and procedures as set forth in Annex 2; | |
Storage Conditions
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2; | |
Term
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shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1; | |
Terre Haute Insulin
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shall mean approximately [...***...] of the bulk insulin inventory manufactured by PMF and currently stored at PFIZERs site in Terre Haute/Vigo County; | |
WHO
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shall mean the World Health Organization. |
1.2 | In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: |
1.2.1 | headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement; | ||
1.2.2 | references to any term in the singular shall, if the context so demands, also include the plural and vice versa; | ||
1.2.3 | references to USD or US Dollar are references to the lawful currency of the United States of America; | ||
1.2.4 | where a German term has been inserted in parenthesis and/or italics the German term alone (and not the English term to which it relates) shall be authoritative for the purpose of the interpretation of the relevant English term in this Agreement; | ||
1.2.5 | references to any German legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official or any other legal concept shall, in respect of any jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany, be interpreted to include the legal concept which most closely corresponds in that jurisdiction to the German legal term; and | ||
1.2.6 | references to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it has been in force as of the date hereof, unless indicated otherwise. |
1.3 | The Annexes of this Agreement form an integral part of this Agreement. |
*** | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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2. | STORAGE OF RETAINED INSULIN | |
2.1 | During the Term of this Agreement CONTRACTOR shall store or procure the storage of the Retained Insulin to PMF. The CONTRACTOR must ensure that the Retained Insulin is stored physically separated from the CONTRACTORs bulk insulin inventory. | |
2.2 | The specific conditions for storage and related instructions have been agreed on and are described in Annex 1 (the Storage Conditions). CONTRACTOR shall adhere to the requirements set forth in the Storage Conditions. | |
2.3 | CONTRACTOR shall obtain the prior written approval of PMF before making any modifications to the Storage Conditions of the Retained Insulin, including any change which may affect the quality or performance, or exceed validation parameters or impact the DMF. | |
2.4 | CONTRACTOR shall refrain from any activity that could adversely affect the quality of the Retained Insulin. | |
2.5 | The Parties acknowledge that arms length consideration for services provided by the CONTRACTOR to PMF under this Agreement have been duly considered in the calculation of the Purchase Price (as defined under the Insulin Agreement) owed and paid by the CONTRACTOR to PMF under the terms of the Insulin Agreement in consideration of the portion of the Bulk Insulin Inventory acquired by the CONTRACTOR from PMF under the Insulin Agreement, and agree that no additional service or other fees shall be owed by PMF to the CONTRACTOR under this Agreement, unless expressly specified otherwise herein (including reimbursement of costs incurred by the CONTRACTOR which under the terms of this Agreement are to be borne by PMF). | |
3. | MAINTENANCE OF DMF, STABILITY PROGRAM, RECORDS | |
3.1 | DMF Maintenance and Updates. During the Term CONTRACTOR is obligated to regularly update the DMF with respect to the state-of-the-art regulatory and scientific requirements and (as far as applicable) to the actual synthesis/manufacturing processing in accordance with all current applicable laws, guidelines and requests of the competent authorities and to submit any addition, change, or deletion of information in the DMF in the required format and due time intervals to the competent authority. Further, CONTRACTOR shall without undue delay respond to all notifications and requests of the competent authorities and issue all necessary declarations, in particular (without being limited to) to prevent that DMF becomes inactivated by the competent authorities. In no event may CONTRACTOR, during the Term request that the DMF be retired, closed, inactivated, or withdrawn. |
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3.2 | Stability Program. During the Term of this Agreement CONTRACTOR shall adhere to the established Stability Program for the Retained Insulin. The Parties shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Stability Program is, and remains throughout the Term, compliant with the standards of the FDA, EMEA and WHO. | |
3.2.1 | CONTRACTOR is responsible for monitoring and maintenance of the cGMP status for all relevant activities relating to storage and testing of the Retained Insulin. CONTRACTOR is responsible for qualification, calibration and validation of its facilities and equipment used in connection with the Stability Program. | |
3.2.2 | The CONTRACTOR shall incorporate modifications into the Stability Program as reasonably requested by PMF. | |
3.2.3 | To the extent the results of any Stability Program test supports extension of the dating of the Retained Insulin, CONTRACTOR shall update the DMF accordingly and in accordance with Section 3.1 above, or if PMF so requests, shall provide all reasonable assistance to allow PMF to do so. | |
3.3 | Records. CONTRACTOR shall ensure that the results of any tests performed according to the Stability Program are documented in appropriate stability records. The complete set of stability records shall be kept by CONTRACTOR during the Term of this Agreement, and shall be made available to PMF upon its reasonable request. After termination of this Agreement, such stability records shall be transferred to PMF. | |
3.3.1 | CONTRACTOR shall retain other storage and testing documents and data, including without limitation cleaning records, balances and other calibration records, process control data and any protocols and reports generated which are directly or indirectly connected to the storage and testing of the Retained Insulin. CONTRACTOR shall make such other records available for the inspection of PMF upon reasonable notice during the Term. | |
3.3.2 | Electronic records must comply with cGMP requirements and be readily available for PMFs inspection upon reasonable notice throughout the period of retention. | |
4. | REGULATORY ISSUES | |
4.1 | Inspections. | |
4.1.1 | CONTRACTOR will notify PMF of any inspection made or to be made by any competent authority and/or any comments made by such authorities that may relate to the Retained Insulin. So far as permitted by law, and at PMFs option, |
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CONTRACTOR will procure the involvement of PMF in any such inspection, provided that nothing in this Section 4 shall relieve CONTRACTOR of any of its obligations under this Agreement. | ||
4.1.2 | CONTRACTOR shall ensure that PMF and any competent regulatory authority are permitted to conduct all necessary inspections in connection with the Retained Insulin. CONTRACTOR will respond promptly in taking appropriate corrective measures indicated in any audit report issued by PMF and/or the competent authority following such an inspection. | |
4.2 | Access to regulatory data. On request CONTRACTOR will make available to PMF any data and/or information related to the Retained Insulin that PMF may need for conducting investigations, compiling reports or regulatory purposes. | |
4.3 | Complaints and Recalls. Each Party agrees to cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the other in responding to and handling external customer complaints and/or product recalls relating to any Products. A Partys obligation to cooperate with and provide reasonable assistance to the other includes any third party recipient or purchaser of Retained Insulin according to Section 5. In the event that the subject Product of the complaint and/or recall is marketed by a Party to this Agreement, the marketing Party shall bear responsibility for handling such complaint and/or recall, and shall bear all costs associated therewith. | |
5. | PMFS TRANSFER OPTION RIGHT AND RIGHT OF DISPOSAL AND CONTRACTORS OPTION RIGHTS AND PURCHASE OBLIGATION | |
5.1 | Transfer Option for Terre Haute Insulin. PFIZER shall have the right at all times during the Term to transfer and ship the Terre Haute Insulin at its own costs to the then current CONTRACTORs storage location of the Retained Insulin. Upon exercise of this option, the Terre Haute Insulin shall be regarded as part of the Retained Insulin and, following transfer and shipment of the Terre Haute Insulin to the then current CONTRACTORs storage location of the Retained Insulin, all rights and obligations of the Parties relating to the Retained Insulin under this Agreement shall apply and PFIZER shall have the same rights and obligations as PMF under this Agreement. | |
5.2 | Right of Disposal. PMF and PFIZER, as the case may be, shall have the right at all times during the Term to Dispose of any portion or all of the Retained Insulin and/or Terre Haute Insulin at its sole discretion. The CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for shipment of all such Retained Insulin at PMFs cost, and shall adhere to the shipping instructions provided by PMF. On the second anniversary of this Agreement PFIZER shall inform the CONTRACTOR about its long term plans to Dispose of any portion or all of the Retained Insulin. |
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5.3 | Purchase Option. The CONTRACTOR shall have the option to purchase any portion or all of the Retained Insulin and/or Terre Haute Insulin from PMF and PFIZER, as the case may be, during the Term to the extent (i) PMF and PFIZER have not Disposed of the Retained Insulin and/or the Terre Haute Insulin in accordance with Section 5.2 or (ii) the Retained Insulin or Terre Haute Insulin is subject to a projected demand inter alia under a donation program. If the CONTRACTOR wishes to purchase any such Retained Insulin and/or Terre Haute Insulin, then the purchase price shall be [...***...]. | |
5.4 | Purchase Obligation: In case of either the LIP Asset Sale Closing or the LIP Business Sale Closing with Sanofi-Aventis as purchaser, the CONTRACTOR shall be obliged to offer to purchase from PMF all remaining amounts of the Retained Insulin at a purchase price of [...***...], as long as there is sufficient remaining dating on the Retained Insulin to allow commercial sale, prior to commencing commercial production in a new insulin plant. | |
5.5 | Transfer Option. Upon termination of this Agreement, the CONTRACTOR shall have the option to require PMF to transfer title and possession of any Retained Insulin and/or Terre Haute Insulin to CONTRACTOR at no cost, to the extent not Disposed of by PMF pursuant to Section 5.2 or purchased by CONTRACTOR pursuant to Section 5.3. | |
6. | CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE AND ANALYSIS | |
6.1 | For all Retained Insulin that is Disposed of by PMF, the CONTRACTOR shall issue a certificate of compliance stating that Disposed insulin complies with the requirements of this Agreement (Certificate of Compliance). The CONTRACTOR shall supply the Certificate of Compliance with each delivery of Disposed insulin to PMF or to PMFs designee. | |
6.2 | The Certificate of Compliance must indicate that the batch of Retained Insulin has been stored and/or tested under GMP-compliant conditions according to the Storage Conditions and Stability Program, that all appropriate documentation has been reviewed and approved and that any deviations, to the extent any exist, have been reviewed and approved in accordance with an established deviation procedure. The Certificate of Compliance must also indicate compliance with any specific local regulatory requirements. | |
7. | TERM OF THE AGREEMENT | |
This Agreement shall become effective from the Effective Date and remain in force and effect until the 10th anniversary of the last manufactured batch of the Retained Insulin (the Term). |
*** | Confidential Treatment Requested |
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8. | INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE | |
8.1 | The CONTRACTOR shall indemnify and hold PMF free and harmless from and against any claims, demands, judgments, losses, damages, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and court costs) (Claim) relating to the use or marketing of any Products arising from or based upon the wilful misconduct or grossly negligent or fraudulent acts or omissions of CONTRACTOR or its employees or agents, in connection with its obligations under this Agreement, provided that the CONTRACTOR shall not be liable under this indemnity to the extent that any such Claims arise as a result of any wilful misconduct or grossly negligent or fraudulent acts or omissions of PMF or its employees or agents. | |
8.2 | PMF shall indemnify and hold the CONTRACTOR free and harmless from and against any claims, demands, judgments, losses, damages, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and court costs) (Claim) relating to the use or marketing of any Products arising from or based upon the wilful misconduct or grossly negligent or fraudulent acts or omissions of PMF or its employees or agents, in connection with its obligations under this Agreement, provided that PMF shall not be liable under this indemnity to the extent that any such Claims arise as a result of any wilful misconduct or grossly negligent or fraudulent acts or omissions of the CONTRACTOR or its employees or agents. | |
8.3 | Section 11 (Conduct of Claims) of the Insulin Agreement shall govern the procedure for the treatment of any Claim that arises pursuant to Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 above. The definitions in this Agreement shall take precedence over the definitions in the Insulin Agreement in the interpretation of Section 11 (Conduct of Claims). | |
8.4 | Each Party, at its expense, shall obtain, maintain and provide evidence to the other Party that it has obtained and maintains adequate insurance cover to cover the Claims arising under this Agreement. | |
9. | NOTICES | |
9.1 | Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, all declarations of the Parties under this Agreement which require receipt by the respective other Parties must be made by registered mail with return receipt (Einschreiben mit Rückschein). The declarations shall at the same time be sent by telefax. | |
9.2 | PMF and PFIZER appoint |
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as (joint) authorized agent for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by PMF and/or PFIZER. | ||
9.3 | The CONTRACTOR appoints |
as authorized agent for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the CONTRACTOR. | ||
9.4 | Each Party may at any time appoint one or more other authorized agents for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Parties by notice in accordance with this Article 9. However, for each Party at least one authorized agent for the receipt of all declarations that require receipt by the respective other Parties must be appointed. |
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10. | CONFIDENTIALITY, ANNOUNCEMENTS | |
10.1 | Any information or documents relating to a Party or their respective businesses and made available to another Party in connection with this Agreement shall not be disclosed to third parties or published unless required by applicable law, rules or regulations. However, this obligation shall not apply to information that is proven (i) to have been (or have become) generally available (public domain) without breach of any obligation of any of the Parties, (ii) to have been known to the disclosing Party prior to the disclosure, (iii) to have been independently developed by the disclosing Party, or (iv) to have been received by the disclosing Party from a third party without any violation of any obligation of such third party owed to the disclosing Party. | |
10.2 | No Party shall, without the prior written consent of the other Parties, disclose the content of this Agreement to third parties or make any information relating thereto available to third parties. This shall not, however, apply to the extent a Party or an affiliate of a Party is obliged to make any announcement or disclosure under applicable law or regulation. The right of the Parties to disclose matters to advisers who are bound by law to professional secrecy shall remain unaffected. | |
10.3 | Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, no Party shall make any public announcement regarding the entering into of this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, unless (i) in a reasonable judgment of a Party, required by, or appropriate under applicable law or regulation, or (ii) except as required to perform this Agreement. Reasonably prior to any permitted announcement the Party wishing to make the announcement shall, to the extent possible without violation of legal restrictions, notify the other Parties thereof, provide to the other Parties the proposed wording of the announcement, consult with the other Parties and take any requests of the other Parties into due consideration. | |
11. | ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS | |
This Agreement and any rights and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or transferred by CONTRACTOR, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of PMF. | ||
12. | COSTS AND TRANSFER TAXES | |
All expenses, costs, fees and charges in connection with the storage of the Retained Insulin, the conduction of the Stability Program, and the regulatory issues described in Section 4 of this Agreement to be complied with by CONTRACTOR and all other expenses, costs, fees and charges transactions contemplated under this Agreement including without limitation, legal services, shall be borne |
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by the CONTRACTOR, unless expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement. All costs that result from the signing of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including any possible applicable transfer taxes shall be borne by the CONTRACTOR. The costs arising in connection with the notification of the transaction to the competent authorities, if any, including the costs charged by the competent authorities, shall be borne by the CONTRACTOR. | ||
13. | FINAL PROVISIONS | |
13.1 | Any amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing, signed by each of the Parties to be valid and require the explicit reference to this Agreement but need to be notarized if this is required by mandatory law. This is also applicable for an amendment of this Section 13.1. | |
13.2 | If any provision of this Agreement or any provision to be incorporated into this Agreement is or becomes invalid or impracticable or should a necessary provision not be contained in this Agreement, the validity of this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain unaffected. Instead of the invalid or impracticable provision or to bridge the gap, a valid provision is applicable which to the fullest extent possible corresponds to what the parties would have wanted or according to the sense and object of this Agreement would have agreed if they had known the invalidity or impracticability or had realized the gap. | |
13.3 | This Agreement shall be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the Federal Republic of Germany applicable to parties residing within the Federal Republic of Germany (without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany). | |
13.4 | All disputes, controversies or claims arising from or in connection with this Agreement (including questions concerning its validity) shall be finally and exclusively settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce without recourse to the ordinary courts of law. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of 3 (three) arbitrators. The arbitration shall take place in Düsseldorf. The arbitration shall be conducted in English but written evidence (Beweismittel) may also be submitted in German. In the event that applicable mandatory law requires any matter arising out of or connection with this Agreement and its implementation to be decided by an ordinary court of law, the competent courts in Düsseldorf to the extent legally possible shall have the exclusive jurisdiction. | |
13.5 | Notwithstanding other agreements referred to herein including the Insulin Agreement, this Agreement comprises the entire agreement between the Parties |
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concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior negotiations, agreements and undertakings of the parties whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Oral or written side agreements to this Agreement do not exist. | ||
13.6 | Each Party shall from time to time execute and deliver all such further documents and agreements and take all such further actions as the other Parties may reasonably require and which are not inconsistent with any other provisions of this Agreement in order to effectively consummate this Agreement as provided herein. | |
13.7 | This Agreement shall not grant any rights to, and is not intended to operate for, the benefit of third parties unless otherwise explicitly provided for herein. | |
13.8 | Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Agreement, no Party shall be entitled (i) to set-off (aufrechnen) any rights and claims it may have against any rights or claims any other Parties may have under this Agreement, or (ii) to refuse to perform any obligation it may have under this Agreement on the grounds of a right of retention (Zurückbehaltungsrecht) unless the rights or claims of the relevant Party claiming a right of set-off (Aufrechnung) or retention (Zurückbehaltung) have been acknowledged (anerkannt) in writing by the relevant other Party/Parties or have been confirmed by final decision of a competent court (Gericht) or arbitration court (Schiedsgericht). |
1. | AUTHORIZATION OF THE PURCHASER | |
1.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date the execution and performance by the Purchaser of the Agreement are within the Purchasers corporate powers, do not violate the articles of association of the Purchaser and will be, prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Purchaser. | |
1.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, assuming compliance with any applicable requirements under merger control laws, the execution and performance of the Agreement by the Purchaser requires no approval or consent by any governmental authority and does not violate any applicable law or decision by any court or governmental authority binding on the Purchaser. | |
1.3 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, there is no lawsuit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the Purchasers best knowledge, threatened in writing against the Purchaser before any court, arbitrator or governmental authority which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, alter or materially delay the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. | |
2. | LEGAL ORGANIZATION OF THE PURCHASER | |
2.1 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, the Purchaser has been duly established under the laws of the state of Delaware and the Purchaser validly exists under the laws of the state of Delaware. | |
2.2 | On the date hereof and on the Closing Date, no bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are pending with respect to the Purchaser. | |
2.3 | Neither the Seller nor a company of the Sellers Group has or shall have any liability or otherwise suffer or incur any loss, cost or damage as a result of or in connection with any brokerage or finders fee or other commission of any person retained by the Purchaser or any of its affiliates in connection with any of the transactions contemplated in the Agreement. |
Date: May 4, 2009 | /s/ Alfred E. Mann | |||
Alfred E. Mann | ||||
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: May 4, 2009 | /s/ Matthew J. Pfeffer | |||
Matthew J. Pfeffer | ||||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
/s/ Alfred E. Mann | ||||
Alfred E. Mann | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
/s/ Matthew J. Pfeffer | ||||
Matthew J. Pfeffer | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||