As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2014
Registration No. 001-36033
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
FORM 10
GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Theravance Biopharma, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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Ugland House, South Church Street George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (Address of principal executive offices) |
KY1-1104 (Zip Code) |
(650) 808-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class to be so Registered |
Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered |
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Ordinary Share, par value $0.00001 per share | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer ý (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Smaller reporting company o |
We are an "emerging growth company" as defined under the federal securities laws. For implications of our status as an emerging growth company, please see "Risk Factors" in Item 1A and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Item 2 of this registration statement.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET BETWEEN INFORMATION STATEMENT AND ITEMS OF FORM 10
Our information statement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 10. For your convenience, we have provided below a cross-reference sheet identifying where the items required by Form 10 can be found in the information statement.
Item No.
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Caption | Location in Information Statement | ||
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1. | Business | "Summary", "Risk Factors", "The Spin-Off", "Our Business", "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Where to Obtain More Information" | ||
1A. |
Risk Factors |
"Risk Factors" |
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2. |
Financial Information |
"Historical Selected Financial Data", "Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet", "Capitalization" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" |
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3. |
Properties |
"Our Business" and "Our Relationship with Theravance, Inc. after the Spin-Off" |
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4. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management |
"Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management" |
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5. |
Directors and Executive Officers |
"Management" and "Board of Directors" |
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6. |
Executive Compensation |
"Compensation of Non-Employee Directors", and "Compensation of Named Executive Officers" |
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7. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence |
"Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management", "Related Person Transactions", "Our Relationship with Theravance, Inc. after the Spin-Off" and "Board of Directors" |
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8. |
Legal Proceedings |
"Our Business" |
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9. |
Market Price of Dividends on Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters |
"The Spin-Off," "Dividend Policy", "Description of Share Capital", "Compensation of Non-Employee Directors" and "Compensation of Named Executive Officers" |
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10. |
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities |
Not Applicable |
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11. |
Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered |
"The Spin-Off", "Dividend Policy" and "Description of Share Capital" |
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12. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
"Indemnification of Directors and Officers" |
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13. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
"Historical Selected Financial Data" and "Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet" |
Item No.
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Caption | Location in Information Statement | ||
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14. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | Not Applicable | ||
15. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits |
See "Index to Combined Financial Statements" and the statements referenced therein |
The information required by this item is contained in the "Unaudited Pro Forma Balance Sheet" and "Index to Financial Statements" and the statements referenced therein and is incorporated herein by reference.
The following documents are filed as exhibits hereto:
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | ||
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2.1 | Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc. | ||
3.1 |
Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Theravance Biopharma, Inc. |
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4.1 |
Specimen Stock Certificate of Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*** |
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4.2 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 3, 2014 |
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4.3 |
Form of Rights Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Computershare Inc. |
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10.1 |
Form of Transition Services Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc. |
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10.2 |
Form of Tax Matters Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc.*** |
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10.3 |
Form of Employee Matters Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc.*** |
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10.4 |
2013 Equity Incentive Plan** |
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10.5 |
Forms of Notice of and Agreements for Option Grants, Restricted Share Unit Award and Restricted Share Award under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan |
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10.6 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. 2013 Employee Share Purchase Plan** |
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*10.7 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan |
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*10.8 |
Form of Offer Letter with Executive Officers*** |
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10.9 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Cash Bonus Program** |
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*10.10 |
Form of Indemnity Agreement*** |
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10.11 |
Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, 951 Gateway Boulevard, between Theravance, Inc. and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated January 1, 2001** |
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10.12 |
First Amendment to Lease for 951 Gateway Boulevard effective as of June 1, 2010 between Theravance, Inc. and ARE-901/951 Gateway Boulevard, LLC** |
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | ||
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10.13 | Lease Agreement, 901 Gateway Boulevard, between Theravance, Inc. and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated January 1, 2001** | ||
10.14 |
First Amendment to Lease for 901 Gateway Boulevard effective as of June 1, 2010 between Theravance, Inc. and ARE-901/951 Gateway Boulevard, LLC** |
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10.15 |
Form of Theravance Respiratory Company, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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10.16 |
Technology Transfer and Supply Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2012 between Theravance, Inc. and Hospira Worldwide, Inc.** |
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10.17 |
Commercialization Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Clinigen Group plc, dated March 8, 2013** |
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10.18 |
License Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceutica, dated as of May 14, 2002** |
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10.19 |
Collaboration Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated November 14, 2002(2) |
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10.20 |
Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 30, 2004(3) |
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10.21 |
Amendment to Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated October 3, 2011(1) |
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10.22 |
Collaboration Agreement Amendment by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited dated, March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.23 |
Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited dated, March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.24 |
Master Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc., Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.25 |
Extension Agreement by and between the Company and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014 |
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10.26 |
Governance Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014 |
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21.1 |
Subsidiaries of Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*** |
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99.1 |
Preliminary Information Statement of Theravance Biopharma, Inc., dated April 8, 2014 |
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. | ||||
Date: April 8, 2014 |
By: |
/s/ RICK E WINNINGHAM Rick E Winningham Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | ||
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2.1 | Form of Separation and Distribution Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc. | ||
3.1 |
Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Theravance Biopharma, Inc. |
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4.1 |
Specimen Stock Certificate of Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*** |
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4.2 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 3, 2014 |
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4.3 |
Form of Rights Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Computershare Inc. |
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10.1 |
Form of Transition Services Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc. |
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10.2 |
Form of Tax Matters Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc.*** |
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10.3 |
Form of Employee Matters Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Theravance, Inc.*** |
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10.4 |
2013 Equity Incentive Plan** |
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10.5 |
Forms of Notice of and Agreements for Option Grants, Restricted Share Unit Award and Restricted Share Award under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan |
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10.6 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. 2013 Employee Share Purchase Plan** |
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*10.7 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Change in Control Severance Plan |
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*10.8 |
Form of Offer Letter with Executive Officers*** |
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10.9 |
Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Cash Bonus Program** |
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*10.10 |
Form of Indemnity Agreement*** |
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10.11 |
Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, 951 Gateway Boulevard, between Theravance, Inc. and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated January 1, 2001** |
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10.12 |
First Amendment to Lease for 951 Gateway Boulevard effective as of June 1, 2010 between Theravance, Inc. and ARE-901/951 Gateway Boulevard, LLC** |
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10.13 |
Lease Agreement, 901 Gateway Boulevard, between Theravance, Inc. and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated January 1, 2001** |
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10.14 |
First Amendment to Lease for 901 Gateway Boulevard effective as of June 1, 2010 between Theravance, Inc. and ARE-901/951 Gateway Boulevard, LLC** |
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10.15 |
Form of Theravance Respiratory Company, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement |
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10.16 |
Technology Transfer and Supply Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2012 between Theravance, Inc. and Hospira Worldwide, Inc.** |
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10.17 |
Commercialization Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Clinigen Group plc dated March 8, 2013** |
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10.18 |
License Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceutica, dated as of May 14, 2002** |
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10.19 |
Collaboration Agreement between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated November 14, 2002(2) |
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10.20 |
Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 30, 2004(3) |
Exhibit No. | Exhibit | ||
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10.21 | Strategic Alliance Agreement Amendment by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated October 3, 2011(1) | ||
10.22 |
Collaboration Agreement Amendment by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited dated, March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.23 |
Amendment to Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited dated, March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.24 |
Master Agreement by and between Theravance, Inc., Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014(4) |
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10.25 |
Extension Agreement by and between the Company and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014 |
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10.26 |
Governance Agreement by and between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. and Glaxo Group Limited, dated March 3, 2014 |
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21.1 |
Subsidiaries of Theravance Biopharma, Inc.*** |
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99.1 |
Preliminary Information Statement of Theravance Biopharma, Inc., dated April 8, 2014 |
Exhibit 2.1
SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
by and between
THERAVANCE, INC.
and
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
Dated as of [·], 2014
Table of Contents
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Article I Definitions |
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Article II The Separation |
11 | |
2.1 |
General |
12 |
2.2 |
Transfer of SpinCo Assets and Assumption of SpinCo Liabilities |
13 |
2.3 |
Governmental Approvals; Consents |
13 |
2.4 |
Deferred Transfers/Assumptions |
13 |
2.5 |
Calculation, Adjustment and Payment of Selected Liabilities |
14 |
2.6 |
Termination of Agreements |
15 |
2.7 |
Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties |
15 |
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Article III The Distribution |
16 | |
3.1 |
The Distribution |
16 |
3.2 |
Actions in Connection with the Distribution |
16 |
3.3 |
Conditions to Distribution |
17 |
3.4 |
Fractional Shares |
18 |
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Article IV Insurance |
19 | |
4.1 |
Policies and Rights Included Within the SpinCo Assets |
19 |
4.2 |
Post-Effective Time Claims |
19 |
4.3 |
ParentCo Policies |
20 |
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Article V Releases And Indemnification |
20 | |
5.1 |
Release of Pre-Distribution Claims |
20 |
5.2 |
Indemnification by SpinCo |
22 |
5.3 |
Indemnification by ParentCo |
22 |
5.4 |
Reduction for Insurance Proceeds and Other Recoveries |
23 |
5.5 |
Procedures For Indemnification of Third-Party Claims |
23 |
5.6 |
Additional Matters |
24 |
5.7 |
Survival of Indemnities |
25 |
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Article VI Certain Covenants And Other Agreements Of The Parties |
25 | |
6.1 |
Legal Names |
25 |
6.2 |
Preparation of Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet |
25 |
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Article VII Confidentiality |
26 | |
7.1 |
Confidentiality |
26 |
7.2 |
Protective Arrangements |
26 |
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Article VIII Access To Information And Services |
27 | |
8.1 |
Provision of Books and Records |
27 |
8.2 |
Access to Information |
27 |
8.3 |
Production of Witnesses |
28 |
8.4 |
Reimbursement |
28 |
8.5 |
Privileged Matters |
28 |
8.6 |
GSK Agreements |
29 |
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Article IX Dispute Resolution |
30 | |
9.1 |
Disputes and Negotiation |
30 |
9.2 |
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration |
31 |
9.3 |
Confidentiality |
31 |
9.4 |
Limitation of Liability |
32 |
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Article X Further Assurances |
32 | |
10.1 |
Further Assurances |
32 |
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Article XI Termination |
32 | |
11.1 |
Termination |
32 |
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Article XII Miscellaneous |
33 | |
12.1 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
33 |
12.2 |
Assignability |
33 |
12.3 |
Third Party Beneficiaries |
33 |
12.4 |
Notices |
33 |
12.5 |
Severability |
34 |
12.6 |
Expenses |
34 |
12.7 |
Survival of Covenants |
34 |
12.8 |
Waivers of Default |
34 |
12.9 |
Specific Performance |
34 |
12.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
35 |
12.11 |
Amendments |
35 |
12.12 |
Schedules |
35 |
12.13 |
Construction |
35 |
12.14 |
Counterparts |
35 |
ATTACHMENTS |
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Attachment 1.4 List of Ancillary Agreements |
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Attachment 1.9 Consents |
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Attachment 1.20(a) Excluded Trademarks |
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Attachment 1.20(b) Excluded Patents and Patent Applications |
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Attachment 1.20(c) Excluded Domain Names |
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Attachment 1.23 FF |
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Attachment 1.43 ParentCo Fixed Assets |
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Attachment 1.60(b) SpinCo Patents and Patent Applications |
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Attachment 1.60(c) SpinCo Trademarks |
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Attachment 1.60(d) SpinCo Domain Names |
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Attachment 1.60(g) Registrations |
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Attachment 1.60(k) Assumed Contracts |
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Attachment 1.62 SpinCo Employees |
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Attachment 1.63(g) SpinCo Liabilities |
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Attachment 1.64 SpinCo Policies |
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SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This SEPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of [·], 2014, is entered into by and between Theravance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (ParentCo), and Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (SpinCo) (each a Party and collectively, the Parties). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article I.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of ParentCo has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of ParentCo and its stockholders to separate its two businesses, the ParentCo Business and the SpinCo Business, into ParentCo and SpinCo respectively, two publicly traded companies, by means of the transfer/assumption of certain assets and liabilities from ParentCo to SpinCo or any of the SpinCo Subsidiaries, all as more fully described in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (the Separation);
WHEREAS, in order to effect the Separation, the Board of Directors of ParentCo has further determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the best interests of ParentCo and its stockholders to distribute to holders of shares of ParentCo Common Stock, on a pro rata basis, all of the issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of SpinCo, all as more fully described in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (such shares, the SpinCo Common Shares, and such distribution, the Distribution); and
WHEREAS, the Parties intend in this Agreement to set forth the principal corporate arrangements between the Parties with respect to the Separation and the Distribution.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the terms, conditions, covenants and provisions of this Agreement, ParentCo and SpinCo mutually covenant and agree as follows:
Article I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Action shall mean any demand, action, cause of action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international Governmental entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.
1.2 Affiliate of a Person shall mean any firm, individual, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, partnership, or other organization or entity, that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control (provided that such common control is not by a natural person) with such specified Person. As used herein, control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise; provided that if control is deemed solely on the basis of ownership of voting securities or other interests, such ownership must be in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the then-
outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of such Person. For the sake of clarity, neither SpinCo nor any of the SpinCo Subsidiaries shall be considered Affiliates of ParentCo and the ParentCo Subsidiaries under this Agreement and vice versa.
1.3 Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).
1.4 Ancillary Agreements shall mean all of the contracts, obligations, indentures, agreements, leases, purchase orders, commitments, permits, licenses, notes, bonds, mortgages, arrangements or undertakings (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that are legally binding on either Party or any part of its property under applicable Law entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including the documents listed on Attachment 1.4, to be delivered by SpinCo and ParentCo in connection with the Separation.
1.5 ANORO means (a) the combination medicine comprising UMEC with VI, with no other therapeutically active component, and explicitly excluding either component as a monotherapy, and which is proposed, as of the date hereof, to be sold under the brand name ANORO® ELLIPTA®, and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems, in each case, with respect to only such combination medicine set forth in subsection (a) comprising UMEC with VI, with no other therapeutically active component (and explicitly excluding either component as a monotherapy).
1.6 BREO/RELVAR means (a) the combination medicine comprising FF and VI, with no other therapeutically active component, and explicitly excluding either component as a monotherapy, and which is proposed, as of the date hereof, to be sold under the brand name BREO® ELLIPTA® in the United States and RELVAR® ELLIPTA® in the European Union and Japan, and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems, in each case, with respect only to such combination medicine set forth in subsection (a) comprising FF and VI, with no other therapeutically active component (and explicitly excluding either component as a monotherapy).
1.7 Collaboration Agreement means that certain Collaboration Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2002, by and between ParentCo and Glaxo Group Limited, including all amendments and supplements thereto.
1.8 Combined Books and Records shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
1.9 Consents shall mean any and all consents, waivers or approvals from, or notification requirements to, any Third Parties, including those set forth on Attachment 1.9.
1.10 Contract shall mean any contract, obligation, indenture, agreement, lease, purchase order, commitment, permit, license, note, bond, mortgage, arrangement or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that is legally binding on any Person or any part of its property under applicable Law, but excluding this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement save as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
1.11 Convertible Debt shall mean the 2.125% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2023 issued by ParentCo.
1.12 Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
1.13 Distribution Date shall mean the date on which the Distribution to the stockholders of ParentCo is effective, which is [·], 2014.
1.14 Effective Time shall mean [·] Eastern Standard Time on the [day immediately preceding] the Distribution Date.
1.15 Environmental Laws shall mean any environmental laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction.
1.16 Environmental Liabilities shall mean any Liabilities relating to Environmental Laws.
1.17 Exchange shall mean the NASDAQ Global Market.
1.18 Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time that reference is made thereto.
1.19 Excluded Assets shall mean all assets solely relating to the ParentCo Business, including (a) the Excluded Intellectual Property and the Excluded Products; (b), and any and all Contracts of ParentCo (including, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, the Collaboration Agreement) other than the Assumed Contracts and the Leases; (c), all of ParentCos right, title and interest in and to any and all other assets that are expressly contemplated to be retained by ParentCo by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Attachments and Schedules hereto or thereto), including all of the TRC Class A Units and 750 of the TRC Class C Units; (d), all of the assets held by TRC; and (e) all of the capital stock of ParentCo Subsidiary.
1.20 Excluded Intellectual Property shall mean (a) the Trademarks listed in Attachment 1.20(a); (b) the patents and patent applications listed in Attachment 1.20(b), and any patents of addition, re-examinations, reissues, extensions, granted supplementary protection certifications, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, revisions, additions and the like, of or to said patents and any and all divisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part, and any patents issuing therefrom, as well as any patent applications related thereto; (c) the domain names listed in Attachment 1.20(c), (d) all U.S. and foreign copyrights and copyrightable subject matter solely related to the ParentCo Business (but excluding the SpinCo Copyrights), whether registered or unregistered, published or unpublished, statutory or common law, and all Actions against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing; and (e) all other Intellectual Property solely related to the ParentCo Business.
1.21 Excluded Liabilities shall mean (a) any and all Liabilities of ParentCo and its Affiliates, relating solely to the ParentCo Business or arising out of or relating to the Excluded Assets, (b) any and all Liabilities of ParentCo and its Affiliates, relating to ParentCos guaranty of TRCs performance under the portion of the Collaboration Agreement assigned to TRC and under the Strategic Alliance Agreement, (c) any and all Liabilities of ParentCo and its Affiliates
relating to, arising out of or resulting from ParentCos performance or obligations under any Ancillary Agreement or this Agreement and (d) the Convertible Debt.
1.22 Excluded Products shall mean any products developed under the Collaboration Agreement and under the Strategic Alliance Agreement.
1.23 FF shall mean the inhaled corticosteroid known as Fluticasone Furorate (with the chemical structure as set forth in Attachment 1.23) or an ester, salt or other noncovalent derivative thereof.
1.24 Form 10 shall mean the registration statement on Form 10 filed by SpinCo with the SEC relating to the SpinCo Common Shares, as amended from time to time.
1.25 Governmental Approvals shall mean any notices, reports or other filings to be made, or any consents, registrations, approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any Governmental Entity.
1.26 Governmental Entity shall mean any federal, state, local, foreign or international court, government department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or other regulatory, administrative or governmental entity.
1.27 IND shall mean an investigational new drug application, including any amendments and supplements thereto, and all reports, correspondence and other submissions related thereto.
1.28 Indemnifying Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
1.29 Indemnitee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
1.30 Indemnity Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
1.31 Information shall mean information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), communications and materials otherwise related to or made or prepared in connection with or in preparation for any legal proceeding, and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.
1.32 Insurance Proceeds shall mean those monies (a) received by an insured from an unaffiliated Third Party insurer under any ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policy, or (b) paid by such Third Party insurer on behalf of an insured under any ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policy, in either case net of any applicable premium adjustment, retrospectively-rated premium, deductible, retention, or cost of reserve paid or held by or for the benefit of such insured.
1.33 Intellectual Property shall mean all intellectual property and industrial property rights of any kind or nature, including all United States and foreign (a) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions and extensions thereof, (b) Trademarks and all goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights and copyrightable subject matter, whether statutory or common law, registered or unregistered and published or unpublished, (d) rights of publicity, (e) moral rights and rights of attribution and integrity, (f) rights in Software, (g) trade secrets and all other confidential and proprietary information, know-how, inventions, improvements, processes, formulae, models and methodologies, (h) rights to domain names, (i) rights to personal information, (j) telephone numbers and internet protocol addresses, (k) applications and registrations for the foregoing, and (l) Actions against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing.
1.34 Law shall mean any United States or non-United States federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, requirement or rule of law (including common law).
1.35 Leases shall mean that certain (i) Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, 951 Gateway Boulevard, between ParentCo and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated as of January 1, 2001 and (ii) Lease Agreement, 901 Gateway Boulevard, between ParentCo and HMS Gateway Office L.P., dated as of January 1, 2001, in each case, including all amendments and supplements thereto.
1.36 Liabilities shall mean any and all debts, liabilities, and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, reserved or unreserved, or determined or determinable of any kind or nature whatsoever, including those arising under any Law or Action, whether asserted or unasserted, or order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental entity, and those arising under any Contract or any fines, damages or equitable relief which may be imposed in connection with any of the foregoing and including all costs and expenses related thereto.
1.37 NDA shall mean a new drug application, including any amendments or supplements thereto, and all reports, correspondence and other submissions related thereto.
1.38 Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet shall mean the combined balance sheet of SpinCo, dated as of the Distribution Date, prepared on the same basis as the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet, dated [], 2013, included in the Form 10.
1.39 ParentCo Business shall mean the pharmaceutical royalty management business of ParentCo, other than the SpinCo Business, as conducted or proposed to be conducted by ParentCo prior to or as of the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, the ParentCo Business includes the management of ParentCos rights to receive payments under the Collaboration Agreement and Strategic Alliance Agreement with respect to the Excluded Products, including as a result of ownership of the TRC Class A Units and TRC Class C Units, rights to receive distributions from TRC with respect to the TRC Class A Units and TRC Class C Units, and other assets, Contracts and Liabilities related the foregoing.
1.40 ParentCo Common Stock shall mean the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of ParentCo.
1.41 ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
1.42 ParentCo Employee shall mean an active employee or an employee on vacation or on approved leave of absence (including maternity, paternity, family, sick leave, salary continuation, qualified military service under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and leave under the Family Medical Leave Act and other approved leaves) who, on the Distribution Date, is employed or will be employed by ParentCo.
1.43 ParentCo Fixed Assets shall mean the fixed assets listed on Attachment 1.43 and such other fixed assets of SpinCo with an aggregate value of no more than $[·] that the parties may determine within [·] ([·]) months after the Effective Time are reasonably required by ParentCo for the ParentCo Business.
1.44 ParentCo General Liability Policies shall mean all ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies that respond to claims on an occurrence basis.
1.45 ParentCo Policies shall mean all ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies that respond to claims on a claims-made basis.
1.46 ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies shall mean all Policies, other than the SpinCo Policies and including the ParentCo General Liability Policies and the ParentCo Policies, entered prior to or as of the Effective Time, which are between or among ParentCo and one or more Third Parties, that benefit either or both the ParentCo Business and the SpinCo Business.
1.47 ParentCo Subsidiary shall mean Advanced Medicine East, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.48 Party shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
1.49 Person shall mean any natural person, firm, individual, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, partnership, or other organization or entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or any governmental entity.
1.50 Policies shall mean insurance policies and insurance Contracts of any kind (other than life and benefits policies or Contracts), including primary, excess and umbrella policies, comprehensive general liability policies, director and officer liability, fiduciary liability, automobile, aircraft, property and casualty, business interruption, workers compensation and employee dishonesty insurance policies, bonds and self-insurance and captive insurance company arrangements, together with the rights, benefits and privileges thereunder.
1.51 Post-Closing Cash shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d).
1.52 Products shall mean, individually and collectively, telavancin and all of the products under development, regardless of the state of development, by ParentCo, other than the Excluded Products.
1.53 Record Date shall mean the close of business on the date to be determined by the ParentCo Board of Directors as the record date for the Distribution.
1.54 SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.
1.55 Security Interest shall mean any mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, voting or other restriction, right-of-way, covenant, condition, easement, encroachment, restriction on transfer, or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever, excluding restrictions on transfer under security Laws.
1.56 Selected Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
1.57 Selected Liabilities Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d).
1.58 Separation shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
1.59 Software shall mean all computer programs (whether in source code, object code, or other form), algorithms, databases, compilations and data, and technology supporting the foregoing, and all documentation, including flowcharts and other logic and design diagrams, technical, functional and other specifications, and user manuals and training materials related to any of the foregoing.
1.60 SpinCo Assets shall mean:
(a) All categories of assets that are reflected as assets of SpinCo in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of SpinCo, dated [·], 2013, included in the Form 10, with the value of such asset as reflected in the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet.
(b) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the patents and patent applications listed in Attachment 1.60(b), and any patents of addition, re-examinations, reissues, extensions, granted supplementary protection certifications, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, revisions, additions and the like, of or to said patents and any and all divisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part, and any patents issuing therefrom, as well as any patent applications related thereto and all Actions against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing.
(c) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the Trademarks listed on Attachment 1.60(c), together with (i) all common law rights to such Trademarks, (ii) the goodwill of the SpinCo Business symbolized by such Trademarks, (iii) all Actions for, or arising from any infringement, dilution, unfair competition, or other violation, including past infringement, dilution, unfair competition, or other violation, of such Trademarks, and (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(d) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the domain names listed in Attachment 1.60(d) and all Actions against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing.
(e) All U.S. and foreign copyrights and copyrightable subject matter related to the SpinCo Business, whether registered or unregistered, published or unpublished, statutory or common law, including all related registrations, applications and common law rights, in any labels, product marketing materials or other copyrighted works related to the SpinCo Business and all Actions against past, present, and future infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of the foregoing (SpinCo Copyrights).
(f) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property, including trade secrets, not hereto forth described in the definition of SpinCo Assets that are reasonably likely to be used in the SpinCo Business, but excluding the Excluded Intellectual Property.
(g) With respect to the Products, all (i) material regulatory filings and regulatory approvals, registrations and governmental authorizations, (ii) each NDA, (iii) each IND or equivalent, (iv) all licenses and permits relating to the Products, and (v) all applications to the FDA or the comparable foreign law or bodies in effect or pending at the Effective Time, all as set forth on Attachment 1.60(g), and all other information contained therein or materials relating thereto (collectively, the Registrations).
(h) All SpinCo Books and Records. SpinCo Books and Records shall mean books and records which relate to SpinCo, the SpinCo Assets, the SpinCo Liabilities or the conduct of the SpinCo Business.
(i) All pre-clinical and clinical data related to the SpinCo Business and which is contained in ParentCos databases or otherwise in ParentCos possession or control.
(j) All fixed assets of ParentCo as of the Effective Time except for the ParentCo Fixed Assets.
(k) All rights and benefits of ParentCo in existence as of the Effective Time or arising after the Effective Time under the Contracts listed in Attachment 1.60(k) (the Assumed Contracts), including any rights to Intellectual Property or SpinCo Copyrights contained therein. The Assumed Contracts shall be deemed to include all purchase, work and change orders related thereto.
(l) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the Trial Materials.
(m) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the Trial Study Reports.
(n) Cash and cash equivalents in the amount of [· U.S. Dollars ($·)] in the aggregate [plus the amount of the Post-Closing Cash, as determined in accordance with Section 2.5.]
(o) All of ParentCos rights under the Leases, including the right to possess, use and occupy the Premises and the Subleased Premises (as defined in the Leases), and all of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to the Lessee Improvements and the Sublessee Improvements (as those terms are defined in the Leases).
(p) Any and all interest in the SpinCo Subsidiaries.
(q) All of the TRC Class B Units and 6,375 TRC Class C Units.
(r) SpinCo Policies.
(s) All of ParentCos rights, title and interest in and to any and all other assets that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Attachments and Schedules hereto or thereto) to be transferred to SpinCo or any of the SpinCo Subsidiaries.
For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, SpinCo Assets shall not include (i) any cash or cash equivalents other than as described in clause (n) above, (ii) any net operating losses, net operating loss carry-forwards or other Tax attributes of ParentCo, whether or not relating to SpinCo or the SpinCo Business, or (iii) the Excluded Assets.
1.61 SpinCo Business shall mean the business of ParentCo related to (i) the discovery, development and commercialization of medicines and technologies related thereto, including the Products (but excluding the Excluded Products), as conducted or proposed to be conducted by ParentCo prior to or as of the Effective Time and (ii) ownership of all of the TRC Class B Units and 6,375 TRC Class C Units.
1.62 SpinCo Employees shall mean all employees of Theravance Biopharma US, Inc., a Delaware corporation, listed on Attachment 1.62.
1.63 SpinCo Liabilities shall mean:
(a) All categories of Liabilities that are reflected as liabilities of SpinCo in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of SpinCo, dated [·], 2013, included in the Form 10 with the value of such liabilities as reflected in the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet.
(b) All Liabilities under the Assumed Contracts.
(c) All Liabilities under the Leases.
(d) All Liabilities under the Registrations arising after the Effective Time.
(e) All other Liabilities (other than Excluded Liabilities) arising out of the conduct of ParentCos business prior to the Effective Time, other than liabilities solely related to the ParentCo Business, including Liabilities arising out of the conduct of the SpinCo Business or arising out of or related to the SpinCo Assets.
(f) Any and all Environmental Liabilities.
(g) Any and all Liabilities expressly set forth on Attachment 1.63(g).
(h) The Selected Liabilities, as described in Section 2.5.
(i) Any and all other Liabilities of SpinCo relating to, arising out of or resulting from SpinCos performance or obligations under any Ancillary Agreement or this Agreement.
(j) Any and all other Liabilities that are expressly contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (or the Attachments and Schedules hereto or thereto) to be transferred to and assumed by SpinCo or any of the SpinCo Subsidiaries.
For the avoidance of doubt, SpinCo Liabilities shall not include the Excluded Liabilities.
1.64 SpinCo Policies shall mean all Policies, current or past, which are owned or maintained by or on behalf of ParentCo or its Subsidiaries, which relate solely to the SpinCo Business and are assignable to SpinCo, as listed on Attachment 1.64.
1.65 SpinCo Subsidiaries shall mean Theravance Biopharma US, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Theravance Biopharma Antibiotics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, Theravance Biopharma R&D, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Theravance Biopharma Antibiotics IP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
1.66 Strategic Alliance Agreement means that certain Strategic Alliance Agreement, dated as of March 30, 2004, by and between ParentCo and Glaxo Group Limited, including all amendments and supplements thereto.
1.67 Subsidiary of a Person shall mean any firm, individual, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability company, partnership, or other organization or entity, whether incorporated or unincorporated of which at least a majority of the securities or interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization, that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that no Person that is not directly or indirectly wholly owned by any other Person shall be a Subsidiary of such other Person unless such other Person controls, or has the right, power or ability to control, that Person. For the sake of clarity, SpinCo shall not be considered a Subsidiary of ParentCo under this Agreement, and TRC shall be considered a Subsidiary of ParentCo.
1.68 Third Party shall mean any Person other than ParentCo, any ParentCo Affiliate, SpinCo and any SpinCo Affiliate.
1.69 Third-Party Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a).
1.70 Trademarks shall mean all trademarks, service marks, trade names, names, slogans, taglines, logos, design marks, trade dress, product designs, and product packaging,
including all applications for and registrations of the foregoing, and including those at common law.
1.71 Transfer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
1.72 TRC shall mean Theravance Respiratory Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
1.73 TRC Class A Units shall mean the Class A membership units in TRC.
1.74 TRC Class B Units shall mean the Class B membership units in TRC.
1.75 TRC Class C Units shall mean the Class C membership units in TRC.
1.76 TRC Operating Agreement shall mean that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of Theravance Respiratory Company LLC, dated as of [·], 2014, by and between ParentCo and Theravance Biopharma R&D, Inc.
1.77 Trial shall mean a pre-clinical or clinical trial related to the Products.
1.78 Trial Materials shall mean the Products and the placebo for each of these Products for use in Trials, whether in bulk, formulated or finished form and whether or not in existence at the Effective Time.
1.79 Trial Study Reports shall mean all reports or summaries of all data, records and documents resulting from the Trials.
1.80 UMEC means the long-acting muscarinic antagonist umeclidinium bromide (with the chemical structure as set forth in Attachment 1.80) or an ester, salt or other noncovalent derivative thereof.
1.81 VI means the long-acting beta2 agonist vilanterol (with the chemical structure as set forth in Attachment 1.81) or an ester, salt or other noncovalent derivative thereof.
1.82 VI Monotherapy means (a) VI, solely as a monotherapy (i.e., excluding VI in combination with any one or more other therapeutically active component(s)), and (b) any and all product improvements, additional claims, line extensions, dosage changes and alternate delivery systems, in each case, with respect to only VI solely as a monotherapy (i.e., excluding VI in combination with any one or more other therapeutically active component(s)).
Article II
THE SEPARATION
2.1 General. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Parties shall use, and shall cause any of their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.2 Transfer of SpinCo Assets and Assumption of SpinCo Liabilities. Subject to Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5:
(a) At the Effective Time, ParentCo shall, and hereby does, transfer, contribute, assign, distribute and convey, or cause to be transferred, contributed, assigned, distributed and conveyed, to SpinCo and/or its designated Subsidiaries all of ParentCos right, title and interest in and to the SpinCo Assets (the Transfer).
(b) At the Effective Time, SpinCo shall, and hereby does, on behalf of itself and certain of its Subsidiaries, accept the Transfer from ParentCo.
(c) On or before the Distribution Date, ParentCo shall transfer, or cause to be transferred, the SpinCo Employees to SpinCo and/or its designated Subsidiaries, as the case may be and as more particularly set forth on Attachment 1.62.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, at the Effective Time SpinCo shall, and hereby does, accept, assume or, as applicable, retain (on behalf of itself and /or its designated Subsidiaries) all the SpinCo Liabilities and shall after the Effective Time perform, discharge and fulfill (or cause its Subsidiaries to perform, discharge and fulfill), in accordance with their respective terms, all the SpinCo Liabilities, in each case, unless specified otherwise in the definition of SpinCo Liabilities, regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (iii) which entity is named in any action associated with any Liability, and (iv) whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to, on or after the Effective Time (the Assumption). Notwithstanding the foregoing, SpinCo shall not assume (on behalf of itself and /or its designated Subsidiaries) any Liability attributable to the failure of ParentCo or its officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates to materially perform ParentCos obligations to SpinCo pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
(e) If at any time, after the Effective Time, the Parties agree that ParentCo or its Subsidiaries possess any assets or liabilities related to the SpinCo Business, ParentCo shall as promptly as practicable transfer or cause to be transferred, at SpinCos expense, and SpinCo shall accept such transfer and/or assume (on behalf of itself and /or its designated Subsidiaries), for no additional consideration, such SpinCo Asset and/or Liability, including any and all economic benefits or detriments generated from such SpinCo Asset and/or Liabilities after the Effective Time, to SpinCo. Each such transferred asset or liability shall be deemed a SpinCo Asset or a SpinCo Liability, respectively, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable thereto.
(f) If at any time, after the Effective Time, the Parties agree that SpinCo or its Subsidiaries possess any assets or liabilities solely related to the ParentCo Business, SpinCo shall as promptly as practicable transfer or cause to be transferred (on behalf of itself and /or its designated Subsidiaries), at ParentCos expense, and ParentCo shall accept such transfer and/or assume, for no consideration, such ParentCo Asset and/or Liability, including any and all economic benefits or detriments generated from such ParentCo Asset and/or Liabilities after the Effective Time, to ParentCo. Each such transferred asset or liability shall be deemed a ParentCo
Asset or a ParentCo Liability, respectively, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement applicable thereto.
(g) In furtherance of the Transfer and the assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities by SpinCo as set forth above, and simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) ParentCo shall execute and deliver such bills of sale, stock powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to the extent necessary to evidence the Transfer, and (ii) SpinCo (on behalf of itself and /or its designated Subsidiaries) shall execute and deliver to ParentCo such bills of sale, stock powers, certificates of title, assumptions of contracts, indemnity agreements and other instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective Assumption.
2.3 Governmental Approvals; Consents.
(a) To the extent that the Transfer or the Assumption requires any Governmental Approvals, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any such Governmental Approvals. If and to the extent that the Transfer or the Assumption would be a violation of applicable laws or require any Governmental Approval in connection with the Separation or the Distribution, then, unless ParentCo shall otherwise determine, the Transfer to or Assumption by SpinCo of such SpinCo Assets or SpinCo Liabilities, as the case may be, shall be automatically deemed deferred and any such purported Transfer or the Assumption shall be null and void until such time as all legal impediments are removed and/or each of such Governmental Approval has been obtained.
(b) The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any Consents required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any Third Party from whom any such Consent, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed by the requesting Party).
2.4 Deferred Transfers/Assumptions.
(a) If the Transfer of any SpinCo Asset or Assumption intended to be Transferred and assumed hereunder is not consummated prior to or at the Effective Time, whether as a result of the provisions of Section 2.3 or for any other reason, then ParentCo shall thereafter hold such SpinCo Asset for the use and benefit of SpinCo if permitted by Law.
(b) If and when the Consents and/or Governmental Approvals, or any other impediments to Transfer or Assumption, the absence of which caused the deferral of Transfer of any SpinCo Asset or Assumption pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, are obtained or removed (as appropriate), the Transfer of the applicable SpinCo Asset or Assumption shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and/or the applicable Ancillary Agreement.
(c) With respect to any SpinCo Asset retained by ParentCo due to the deferral of the Transfer of such SpinCo Asset, ParentCo shall take such actions with respect to such SpinCo Asset as may be reasonably requested by SpinCo (and SpinCo shall fully reimburse ParentCo for all costs and expenses associated therewith).
(d) If the Parties are unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required Governmental Approvals, Consents, release, substitution or amendment pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise, ParentCo shall (i) continue to be bound by such Contract, license or other obligation, which shall not constitute a Liability of ParentCo (unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof), (ii) as agent or subcontractor for SpinCo, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other SpinCo Liabilities thereunder after the Effective Time, and (iii) deliver to SpinCo any payments, benefits or other consideration received by ParentCo under such Contract, license or other obligation; provided, however, that ParentCo shall not be obligated to extend, renew or otherwise cause such Contract, license or other obligation to remain in effect beyond the term in effect as of the Effective Time. SpinCo shall have the right to direct ParentCo to exercise ParentCos rights under such Contract, license or other obligation for the benefit of SpinCo. SpinCo shall fully indemnify ParentCo and its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and hold each of them harmless against any and all obligations or SpinCo Liabilities arising in connection therewith and also for any actions requested by SpinCo pursuant to Section 2.4(c), provided, however, that SpinCo shall have no obligation to indemnify ParentCo with respect to any matter to the extent that ParentCo has engaged in any violation of Law or fraud in connection therewith. ParentCo shall, without further consideration, promptly pay and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to SpinCo, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of such performance on behalf of SpinCo (unless any such consideration is an Excluded Asset of ParentCo pursuant to this Agreement). If and when any such Governmental Approval, Consent, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or capable of novation, ParentCo shall promptly assign, or cause to be assigned, all rights, obligations and other SpinCo Liabilities thereunder of ParentCos to SpinCo or its designated Subsidiary without payment of any further consideration and SpinCo (or its designated Subsidiary, as applicable), without the payment of any further consideration, shall assume such rights and obligations and other SpinCo Liabilities.
2.5 Calculation, Adjustment and Payment of Selected Liabilities.
(a) ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet shall mean the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of ParentCo, dated as of the day immediately preceding the Distribution Date, prepared on a basis consistent with the basis on which the unaudited consolidated balance sheet included in ParentCos [·] Report on Form 10-[·] for the [·] period ended [·], 2013 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on [·] was prepared. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Parties shall coordinate in the preparation of the ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(b) Selected Liabilities shall mean certain current liabilities that are both recorded on the ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and unpaid as of the Effective Time, in the following categories: accrued vacation, accrued preclinical and clinical trial expenses, personnel-related restructuring accruals and accrued post-employment benefits. For clarity, the Selected Liabilities shall be recorded on the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet.
(c) Payment of Current Liabilities. ParentCo shall under the terms of each respective Contract remit payment to vendors for all current liabilities that are both recorded on
the ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP and unpaid as of the Effective Time, with the exception of (i) the Selected Liabilities and (ii) any [deferred revenue,] [deferred rent] and debt accounts that are recorded on the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet. SpinCo shall remit payment for the Selected Liabilities to the payees identified by ParentCo under the terms of each respective Contract.
(d) Initial Selected Liabilities Statement and Post-Closing Cash. SpinCo shall provide ParentCo in writing with its estimate for the amount of the Selected Liabilities within fifteen (15) business days after the Effective Time (the Selected Liabilities Statement). ParentCo shall have ten (10) business days following the receipt of the Selected Liabilities Statement to review and analyze SpinCos calculation of the amount set forth in the Selected Liabilities Statement (the Post-Closing Cash) and ParentCo shall then pay to SpinCo any undisputed part of the Post-Closing Cash. If ParentCo does not agree with SpinCos calculation of the Post-Closing Cash, the parties shall work in good faith to resolve the disagreement. After resolution of such disagreement, any payments owing either to SpinCo as a result of such adjustment shall be made within five (5) business days after the agreement of the parties.
2.6 Termination of Agreements. Except with respect to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the TRC Operating Agreement (and agreements expressly contemplated herein or therein to survive by their terms), the Parties hereby terminate any and all written or oral agreements, arrangements, commitments or understandings, between or among them, effective as of the Effective Time; and each Party shall, at the reasonable request of the other Party, take, or cause to be taken, such other actions as may be necessary to effect the foregoing.
2.7 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties. THE PARTIES UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY OR THEREBY, IS REPRESENTING OR WARRANTING IN ANY WAY AS TO THE SPINCO ASSETS, SPINCO BUSINESS OR SPINCO LIABILITIES CONTRIBUTED, TRANSFERRED, DISTRIBUTED OR ASSUMED AS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, AS TO ANY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH, AS TO THE VALUE OR FREEDOM FROM ANY SECURITY INTERESTS OF, OR ANY OTHER MATTER CONCERNING, ANY SPINCO ASSETS, SPINCO BUSINESS OR SPINCO LIABILITIES OR AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFENSES OR RIGHT OF SETOFF OR FREEDOM FROM COUNTERCLAIM WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM, INCLUDING ANY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, OF ANY PARTY, OR AS TO THE LEGAL SUFFICIENCY OF ANY CONTRIBUTION, DISTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT, DOCUMENT, CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER TO CONVEY TITLE TO ANY SPINCO ASSET OR THING OF VALUE UPON THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND FILING HEREOF OR THEREOF. EXCEPT AS MAY EXPRESSLY BE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT, ALL SUCH SPINCO ASSETS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ON AN AS IS, WHERE IS BASIS AND SO LONG AS THE TRANSFEROR IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE TRANSFER, THE TRANSFEREE SHALL BEAR THE ECONOMIC AND LEGAL RISKS THAT (I) ANY CONVEYANCE SHALL PROVE TO BE
INSUFFICIENT TO VEST IN THE TRANSFEREE GOOD AND MARKETABLE TITLE, FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST, AND (II) ANY NECESSARY CONSENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS ARE NOT OBTAINED OR THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAWS, CONTRACTS, OR JUDGMENTS ARE NOT COMPLIED WITH.
Article III
THE DISTRIBUTION
3.1 The Distribution.
(a) Subject to Section 3.3, on or prior to the Distribution Date, for the benefit of and distribution to the holders of ParentCo Common Stock on the Record Date, ParentCo will deliver stock certificates, endorsed by ParentCo in blank, to the distribution agent, Computershare (the Agent), representing all of the outstanding and issued SpinCo Common Shares then owned by ParentCo. ParentCo shall instruct the Agent to electronically distribute on the Distribution Date the appropriate number of such SpinCo Common Shares to each such holder or designated transferee or transferees of such holder.
(b) Subject to Section 3.4, each holder of ParentCo Common Stock on the Record Date (or such holders designated transferee or transferees) will be entitled to receive in the Distribution one (1) SpinCo Common Share for every three and one-half (3.5) shares of ParentCo Common Stock. No investment decision or action by any such stockholder shall be necessary for such stockholder (or such stockholders designated transferee or transferees) to receive the applicable number of SpinCo Common Shares.
(c) SpinCo and ParentCo, as the case may be, will provide to the Agent any and all information required in order to complete the Distribution.
3.2 Actions in Connection with the Distribution.
(a) SpinCo shall prepare and, in accordance with applicable Law, file with the SEC and cause to become effective the Form 10, including amendments, supplements, exhibits and any such other documentation which is necessary or desirable to effectuate the Separation and the Distribution, and ParentCo and SpinCo shall each use reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary approvals from the SEC with respect thereto as soon as practicable.
(b) In connection with the Distribution, ParentCo and SpinCo shall prepare and mail to the holders of ParentCo Common Stock such information concerning SpinCo, the SpinCo Business, the SpinCo Assets, the SpinCo Liabilities, operations and management, the Distribution, the Separation and such other matters as ParentCo shall reasonably determine and as may be required by Law.
(c) SpinCo shall also prepare, file with the SEC and cause to become effective any registration statements or amendments thereto required to effect the establishment of, or amendments to, any employee benefit and other plans necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any of the Ancillary Agreements.
(d) ParentCo and SpinCo shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate under the securities or blue sky laws of the states or other political subdivisions of the United States or of other foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Distribution.
(e) ParentCo and SpinCo shall take all reasonable steps necessary and appropriate to cause the conditions set forth in Section 3.3 to be satisfied and to effect the Distribution on the Distribution Date.
(f) SpinCo shall prepare and file, and shall use reasonable best efforts to have approved and made effective, an application for the original listing on the Exchange of the SpinCo Common Shares to be distributed in the Distribution, subject to official notice of distribution.
(g) ParentCo shall give the Exchange not less than ten (10) days advance notice of the Record Date in compliance with Rule 10b-17 under the Exchange Act.
(h) ParentCo and SpinCo shall take all actions necessary to cause, immediately prior to the Distribution, the number of SpinCo Common Shares issued and outstanding to be increased to equal the number of SpinCo Common Shares to be distributed to holders of ParentCo Common Stock in accordance with this Agreement.
(i) ParentCo and SpinCo shall cooperate to change the name, effective on or prior to the Distribution Date, of any entity that is part of (i) SpinCo and any of its Affiliates so that the word Theravance, without Biopharma immediately following, is changed to Theravance Biopharma, and (ii) ParentCo and its Affiliates so that the words Theravance Biopharma are changed to Theravance without Biopharma as part of any such name.
(j) The Board of Directors of ParentCo and SpinCo shall have obtained an opinion from a nationally recognized appraisal, valuation and investment banking firm, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Parties, substantially to the effect that each of ParentCo and SpinCo will be solvent and adequately capitalized immediately after the Distribution and ParentCo has sufficient surplus under the Laws of Delaware to distribute the SpinCo Common Shares.
3.3 Conditions to Distribution. Subject to Section 3.2, the following are conditions to the consummation of Distribution. The conditions are for the sole benefit of ParentCo and shall not give rise to or create any duty on the part of ParentCo or the Board of Directors of ParentCo to waive or not waive any such condition:
(a) The Form 10 shall have been declared effective by the SEC, with no stop order in effect with respect thereto;
(b) All permits, registrations and consents required under the securities or blue sky laws of the states or other political subdivisions of the United States or of other foreign jurisdictions in connection with the Separation and the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect;
(c) All material Government Approvals and other consents necessary to consummate the Separation and the Distribution shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect;
(d) No order, injunction or decree issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or prohibition preventing the consummation of the Separation and the Distribution shall be in effect and no other event outside the control of ParentCo shall have occurred or failed to occur that prevents the consummation of the Distribution;
(e) The Board of Directors of ParentCo shall have authorized and approved the Distribution and not withdrawn such authorization and approval;
(f) The Board of Directors of ParentCo shall have approved the basis of the determination of the Selected Liabilities and categories of assets and liabilities included in both the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet and the ParentCo Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(g) The SpinCo Common Shares to be delivered in the Distribution shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange;
(h) ParentCo shall have completed the Transfer of SpinCo Assets and transfer of SpinCo Employees to SpinCo, and the Assumption of all the SpinCo Liabilities by SpinCo shall be completed;
(i) All Ancillary Agreements shall have been entered into by the Parties and all other Parties thereto, as applicable, and shall remain in full force and effect; and
(j) No other events or developments shall have occurred that, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of ParentCo, would result in the Distribution having a material adverse effect on ParentCo or on the stockholders of ParentCo or not being in the best interest of ParentCo and its stockholders.
3.4 Fractional Shares. The Agent and ParentCo shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date (a) determine the number of whole and fractional of SpinCo Common Shares allocable to each holder of record or beneficial owner of ParentCo Common Stock as of close of business on the Record Date, (b) aggregate all such fractional shares into whole shares and sell the whole shares obtained thereby in open market transactions at then-prevailing trading prices on behalf of holders who would otherwise be entitled to fractional share interests, and (c) distribute to each such holder, or for the benefit of each such beneficial owner, such holders or owners ratable share of the net proceeds of such sale, based upon the average gross selling price per SpinCo Common Share after making appropriate deductions for any amount required to be withheld for United States federal income tax purposes. The Agent, in its sole discretion, will determine the timing and method of selling such fractional shares, the selling price of such fractional shares and the broker-dealer to which such fractional shares will be sold, provided that the designated broker-dealer is not an Affiliate of ParentCo or SpinCo. Neither ParentCo nor SpinCo will pay any interest on the proceeds from the sale of fractional shares.
Article IV
INSURANCE
4.1 Policies and Rights Included Within the SpinCo Assets. Without limiting the generality of the definition of the SpinCo Assets, the SpinCo Assets shall include (a) the SpinCo Policies and (b) any and all rights of an insured Party or its Affiliates under each of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies, to the extent allowable under such Policies, including rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer, with respect to all injuries, losses, Liabilities, damages and expenses incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time by any Party or any of its Affiliates in connection with the SpinCo Business (provided ParentCo shall have equal rights with respect to indemnity and the right to be defended to the extent practical and appropriate) and which injuries, losses, liabilities, damages and expenses may arise out of insured or insurable occurrences or events under one or more of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) the assignment of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies, or any of them, to SpinCo.
4.2 Post-Effective Time Claims.
(a) If, subsequent to the Effective Time, any Person shall assert a claim against SpinCo or its Affiliates with respect to any injury, loss, Liability, damage or expense incurred or claimed to have been incurred prior to the Effective Time, including claims related to the SpinCo Business, or in connection with the Distribution, and such injury, loss, Liability, damage or expense may have or has arisen out of insured or insurable occurrences, claims or events under one or more of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies, ParentCo shall at the time such claim is asserted (except to the extent inconsistent with Section 4.1 and to the extent allowable under the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies) be deemed to assign, without need of further documentation, to SpinCo or its Affiliates, any and all rights of an insured party under the applicable ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policy with respect to such asserted claim, including rights of indemnity and the right to be defended by or at the expense of the insurer; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.2 shall be deemed to constitute (or to reflect) the assignment of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies, or any of them, to SpinCo.
(b) In the event that any ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policy does not allow such assignment of a claim to SpinCo or its Affiliates, at SpinCos sole option, cost and expense, claims for coverage of insured SpinCo Liabilities shall be tendered by ParentCo as necessary to invoke the benefit of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies. If such insurers do not promptly acknowledge insurance coverage in connection with such insured SpinCo Liabilities, then, with respect to such insured SpinCo Liabilities, SpinCo, on an as-incurred basis (i) shall advance all amounts expended by ParentCo, incurred at the request of SpinCo, for or with respect to such insured SpinCo Liabilities, including all costs and expenses in connection with the defense and settlement and in satisfaction of any judgment incurred, and amounts sufficient to cover any Liabilities required to be paid by ParentCo or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) shall pay all costs incurred in connection with pursuing and recovering Insurance Proceeds with respect to the insured SpinCo Liabilities, but only to the extent so requested by SpinCo, which shall be entitled to direct such recovery efforts. Any payments made to ParentCo or its Subsidiaries by SpinCo or
the SpinCo Subsidiaries on account of such insured SpinCo Liabilities shall be deemed to be advances pursuant to this Section 4.2. SpinCo and the SpinCo Subsidiaries shall have the right to recover any advances made pursuant to Section 4.3 from ParentCo and its Subsidiaries, and ParentCo and its Subsidiaries shall have the obligation promptly to reimburse SpinCo and the SpinCo Subsidiaries for such advances, solely from the Insurance Proceeds of the ParentCo Pre-Distribution Policies that cover such insured SpinCo Liabilities and that are received by ParentCo or its Subsidiaries. ParentCo and its Subsidiaries (i) shall, at all times until paid to SpinCo, hold Insurance Proceeds received for or with respect to insured SpinCo Liabilities in trust for the benefit of SpinCo; and (ii) shall promptly remit such Insurance Proceeds to SpinCo.
4.3 ParentCo Policies. ParentCo shall, to the extent that the ParentCo Policies cover the SpinCo Liabilities, after discussion with SpinCo, either (a) maintain the ParentCo Policies, (b) buy replacement insurance, or (c) purchase an extended reporting period endorsement for the ParentCo Policies. In each of (a), (b) and (c), such coverage shall be at the expense of SpinCo and be of a type and with a limit and terms and conditions similar to those in force under the ParentCo Policies as of the Effective Time and shall be maintained for a minimum of eight (8) years after the Effective Time.
Article V
RELEASES AND INDEMNIFICATION
5.1 Release of Pre-Distribution Claims.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, SpinCo, together with its Subsidiaries, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby, effective as of the Effective Time, remise, release and forever discharge ParentCo, its respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of ParentCo or any of its Affiliates (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from all Liabilities existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Effective Time.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, ParentCo, together with its respective Subsidiaries, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby, effective as of the Effective Time, remise, release and forever discharge SpinCo, its respective Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of SpinCo or any of its Affiliates (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from all Liabilities existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Effective Time.
(c) Nothing contained in Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b) shall impair or otherwise affect any right of any Party to enforce this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or
the TRC Operating Agreement. In addition, nothing contained in Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b) shall release any Party from:
(i) any Liability assumed by, or transferred, or assigned or allocated to, a Party or its respective Affiliates pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement;
(ii) any Liability provided in or resulting from any other Contract or understanding that is entered into after the Effective Time between one Party (and/or a member of such Partys Affiliates), on the one hand, and the other Party (and/or a member of such Partys Affiliates), on the other hand; and
(iii) any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or contribution pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise for claims brought against the Parties by a Third Party, which Liability shall be governed by the provisions of this Article V and, if applicable, the appropriate provisions of the Ancillary Agreements.
(d) Each Party shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or indemnification, against the other Party or any member of the other Partys Affiliates, or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b), with respect to any and all Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b). If a Party breaches this Section 5.1(d), such breaching Party shall be liable for all related expenses, including court costs, attorneys fees, and all other legal expenses of the other Party.
(e) It is the intent of each Party, by virtue of the provisions of this Section 5.1, to provide for a full and complete release and discharge of all Liabilities existing or arising from all acts and events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur and all conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the Effective Time, whether known or unknown, between one Party (and/or any Affiliate of such Party) and the other Party (and/or a member of such other Party) (including any contractual agreements or arrangements existing or alleged to exist between or among any such members on or before the Effective Time), except as otherwise set forth in this Section 5.1.
(f) Each Party hereby acknowledges that it has considered the possibility that it may not now fully know the nature or value of the claims which are generally released pursuant to this Section 5.1 and that such general release extends to all claims of every nature and kind, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past or present, however arising, and that any and all rights granted to such Party pursuant to Section 1542 of the California Civil Code or any analogous applicable state or federal law or regulation are hereby expressly waived. Said Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California reads as follows:
A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
(g) If any Person associated with a Party (including any director, officer or employee of a Party) initiates an Action with respect to claims released by this Section 5.1, the Party with which such Person is associated shall indemnify the other Party against such Action in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Article V.
(h) At any time, at the request of a Party, each Party shall, and to the extent practicable, cause each other Person on whose behalf it released Liabilities pursuant to this Section 5.1, to execute and deliver releases in customary form reflecting the provisions hereof.
5.2 Indemnification by SpinCo. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, SpinCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless ParentCo and its Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were directors, officers, agents or employees of ParentCo or any of its Affiliates (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the ParentCo Indemnitees), from and against any and all Liabilities and related losses of the ParentCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following:
(a) The failure of SpinCo, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge after the Effective Time any SpinCo Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms;
(b) The SpinCo Liabilities (including any subsequently identified SpinCo Liabilities under Section 2.2(e));
(c) Any untrue statement, alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission of a material fact in the Form 10, resulting in a misleading statement, with respect to all information contained in the Form 10; and
(d) Any breach by SpinCo of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.
5.3 Indemnification by ParentCo. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, following the Effective Time, ParentCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless SpinCo, its Subsidiaries and any of their respective Affiliates and all Persons who are directors, officers, agents or employees of SpinCo, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns (collectively, the SpinCo Indemnitees), from and against any and all Liabilities and related losses of the SpinCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items:
(a) The failure of ParentCo, its Affiliates or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge after the Effective Time any Excluded Liabilities;
(b) The Excluded Liabilities; and
(c) Any breach by ParentCo of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.
5.4 Reduction for Insurance Proceeds and Other Recoveries.
(a) The amount that any Party is required to provide indemnification (the Indemnifying Party) to or on behalf of the Party entitled to such indemnification (the Indemnitee) pursuant to this Article V, shall be reduced (retroactively or prospectively) by Insurance Proceeds or other amounts actually recovered from Third Parties on behalf of such Indemnitee in respect of the Liability or related loss. If an Indemnitee receives a payment as required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liability or related loss (an Indemnity Payment) and subsequently receives Insurance Proceeds in respect of such Liability or related loss, then such Indemnitee shall hold such Insurance Proceeds in trust for the benefit of the Indemnifying Party (or Indemnifying Parties) and shall pay to the Indemnifying Party, as promptly as practicable after receipt, a sum equal to the amount of such Insurance Proceeds received, up to the aggregate amount of any payments received from the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such indemnifiable loss of such Insurance Proceeds.
(b) An insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto, it being expressly understood and agreed that no insurer or any other Third Party shall be entitled to a windfall (i.e., a benefit they would not be entitled to receive in the absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall be required to use reasonable best efforts to collect or recover any available Insurance Proceeds.
5.5 Procedures For Indemnification of Third-Party Claims.
(a) If an Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion by a Third Party (including any Governmental entity) of any claim or of the commencement by any such Person of any Action (collectively, a Third-Party Claim) with respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide indemnification to such Indemnitee, such Indemnitee shall give such Indemnifying Party and each Party to this Agreement, written notice thereof as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than thirty (30) days after becoming aware of such Third-Party Claim. Any such notice shall describe the Third-Party Claim in reasonable detail. If any Party shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the assertion of a Third-Party Claim which may reasonably be determined to be a Liability of the Parties, such Party shall give the other Party to this Agreement written notice thereof within thirty (30) days after becoming aware of such Third-Party Claim. Any such notice shall describe the Third-Party Claim in reasonable detail. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of any Indemnitee or other Party to give notice as provided in this Section 5.5(a) shall not relieve the related Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Article V, except to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice.
(b) An Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Third-Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Partys own expense and by such Indemnifying Partys own counsel; provided that if the defendants in any such claim include both the Indemnifying Party and one or more Indemnitees and in such Indemnitees reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such Indemnitees and such Indemnifying Party exists in respect of such claim,
such Indemnitees shall have the right to employ separate counsel and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel (but not more than one separate counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party) shall be paid by such Indemnifying Party. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 5.5(a) (or sooner, if the nature of such Third-Party Claim so requires), the Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnitee of its election whether the Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending such Third-Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to an Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Third-Party Claim, such Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel and to participate in (but not control) the defense, compromise, or settlement thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be the expense of such Indemnitee.
(c) With respect to any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party and Indemnitees agree, and shall cause their respective counsel (if applicable), to cooperate fully (in a manner that will preserve all attorney-client privilege or other privileges) to mitigate any such claim and minimize the defense costs associated therewith.
(d) If an Indemnifying Party fails to assume the defense of a Third-Party Claim within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of such claim, the Indemnitee will, upon delivering notice to such effect to the Indemnifying Party, have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or settlement of such Third-Party Claim on behalf of and for the account of the Indemnifying Party subject to the limitations as set forth in this Section 5.5; provided, however, that such Third-Party Claim shall not be compromised or settled without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If the Indemnitee assumes the defense of any Third-Party Claim, it shall keep the Indemnifying Party reasonably informed of the progress of any such defense, compromise or settlement. The Indemnifying Party shall reimburse all such costs and expenses of the Indemnitee in the event it is ultimately determined that the Indemnifying Party is obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to such Third-Party Claim. In no event shall an Indemnifying Party be liable for any settlement effected without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.
5.6 Additional Matters.
(a) Any claim on account of a Liability which does not result from a Third-Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice given by the Indemnitee to the related Indemnifying Party. Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto. If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such sixty (60) day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have accepted responsibility to make payment. If such Indemnifying Party rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnitee shall be free to pursue such remedies as may be available to such party as contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) In the event of payment by or on behalf of any Indemnifying Party to any Indemnitee in connection with any Third-Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such Indemnitee as to any events or circumstances in respect of which such Indemnitee may have any right, defense or claim relating to such Third-
Party Claim against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third-Party Claim or against any other person. Such Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner, and at the cost and expense (including allocated costs of in-house counsel and other in-house personnel) of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any subrogated right, defense or claim.
(c) In the event of an Action in which the Indemnifying Party is not a named defendant, if the Indemnifying Party shall so request, the Parties shall endeavor to substitute the Indemnifying Party for the named defendant, and add the Indemnifying Party as a named defendant if at all practicable. If such substitution or addition cannot be achieved for any reason or is not requested, the named defendant shall allow the Indemnifying Party to manage the Action as set forth in this section and subject to Section 5.5 with respect to Liabilities, the Indemnifying Party shall fully indemnify the named defendant against all costs of defending the Action (including court costs, sanctions imposed by a court, attorneys fees, experts fees and all other external expenses, and the allocated costs of in-house counsel and other in-house personnel), the costs of any judgment or settlement, and the cost of any interest or penalties relating to any judgment or settlement.
5.7 Survival of Indemnities. The rights and obligations of each Party and their respective Indemnitees under this Article V shall survive the sale or other transfer by any Party or its Affiliates of any assets or businesses or the assignment by it of any and all Liabilities.
Article VI
CERTAIN COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES
6.1 Legal Names. Absent a written agreement to the contrary, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within one hundred eighty (180) days after the Distribution Date, each Party shall (i) cease to make any use of the other Partys respective name and any Trademarks related thereto or containing or comprising the foregoing, including any name or mark confusingly similar thereto or dilutive thereof (the Marks), (ii) take all steps necessary, and fully cooperate with the other Party and its Affiliates, to remove the Marks from any corporate, trade, and assumed names and cancel any recordation of such names with any Governmental entity, and change any corporate, trade, and assumed name that uses the Marks to a name that does not include the Marks or any variation, derivation, or colorable imitation thereof, and (iii) remove, strike over or otherwise obliterate all Marks from (or otherwise not use) in all materials owned by each Party and its Affiliates, including without limitation, any business cards, stationary, packaging materials, displays, signs, promotional and advertising materials, and other materials or media including any internet usage or domain names that include the Marks.
6.2 Preparation of Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Parties shall cooperate in the preparation of the Opening SpinCo Balance Sheet, prepared on the same basis as the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of SpinCo, dated as of [·], 2013, included in the Form 10.
Article VII
CONFIDENTIALITY
7.1 Confidentiality.
(a) Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement and subject to Section 7.2, for a period of ten (10) years after the Distribution Date, each Party agrees to hold, and to cause its respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives to hold, in strict confidence, and undertake all reasonable precautions to safeguard and protect the confidentiality of, all Information concerning the other Party that is in its possession after the Distribution Date or furnished by the other Party or its respective directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or otherwise, and shall not use any such Information other than for such purposes as shall be expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder, except, in each case, to the extent that such Information has been (i) in the public domain through no fault of such Party, its respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives, (ii) lawfully acquired from other sources, which are not bound by a confidentiality obligation, by such Party or its respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or (iii) independently generated without reference to any proprietary or confidential Information of the other Party or its Subsidiaries.
(b) Each Party agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any such Information to any other Person, except its directors, officers, employees, agents, accountants, counsel and other advisors and representatives who need to know such Information and who are informed and advised that the Information is confidential and subject to the obligations hereunder, except in compliance with Section 7.2. Without limiting the foregoing, when any Information is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, each Party will promptly after request of the other Party either (i) destroy all copies of the Information in such Partys possession, custody or control (including any that may be stored in any computer, word processor, or similar device, to the extent not commercially impractical to destroy such copies) including any copies, summaries, analyses, compilations, reports, extracts or other reproductions, in whole or in part, of such written, electronic or other tangible material or any other materials in written, electronic or other tangible format based on, reflecting or containing Information prepared by such Party, and/or (ii) return to the requesting Party, at the expense of the requesting Party, all copies of the Information furnished to such Party by or on behalf of the requesting Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party may maintain the confidential Information of the other Party that is contained in such Partys electronic back-up files that are created in the normal course of business pursuant to such Partys standard protocol for preserving its electronic records.
7.2 Protective Arrangements. In the event that either Party or their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, either (i) determines after consultation with counsel, in the opinion of such counsel that it is required by law to disclose any Information, or (ii) receives any demand under lawful process or from any Governmental entity to disclose or provide Information of the other Party or their respective Subsidiaries that is subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof,
such Party shall notify the other Party prior to disclosing or providing such Information and shall cooperate at the expense of the requesting party (and to the extent legally permissible) in seeking any reasonable protective arrangements requested by such other Party. Subject to the foregoing, the Party that received such request may thereafter (i) furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required, (ii) give notice to the other Party of the Information to be disclosed as far in advance as is practical, and (iii) exercise reasonable best efforts to obtain reliable assurance that the confidential nature of such Information shall be maintained.
Article VIII
ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SERVICES
8.1 Provision of Books and Records.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, ParentCo and SpinCo shall cooperate to provide that originals of SpinCo Books and Records (including all documents and electronically stored information except e-mails or other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) which solely relate to SpinCo or the conduct of the SpinCo Business, as the case may be, up to the Effective Time, are in the possession or control of SpinCo or a SpinCo Subsidiary.
(b) With respect to SpinCo Books and Records (including e-mails and other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) that relate to both the SpinCo Business and the ParentCo Business (the Combined Books and Records), (i) the Parties shall use good faith efforts to divide as soon as practicable but no later than six (6) months following the Distribution Date such Combined Books and Records into the books and records which solely relate to ParentCo or the conduct of the ParentCo Business and those that relate solely to SpinCo and the SpinCo Business, as the case may be, up to the Effective Time, as appropriate, and (ii) to the extent such Combined Books and Records are not so divided, each Party shall keep and maintain copies of such Combined Books and Records as reasonably appropriate under the circumstances, subject to applicable confidentiality provisions hereof and of any Ancillary Agreement.
8.2 Access to Information. Except as otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement, after the Distribution Date, each Party shall provide the other Party and such other Partys authorized accountants, counsel and other designated representatives reasonable access and duplicating rights during normal business hours to all records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and Information relating to pre-Distribution operations of the SpinCo Business or ParentCo Business, as applicable, or within such Partys possession or control or such other Information reasonably necessary for the preparation, review or auditing for spin-out financials for such other Party (including using reasonable best efforts to give access to Persons or firms possessing Information) insofar as such access is reasonably required by such other Party for the conduct of the SpinCo Business or ParentCo Business, as applicable, subject to appropriate restrictions for classified or privileged information.
8.3 Production of Witnesses. At all times after the Effective Time, each of SpinCo and ParentCo shall use reasonable best efforts to make available to the other, upon prior written request, its and its Subsidiaries officers, directors, employees and agents as witnesses to the extent that such Persons may reasonably be required in connection with any Action.
8.4 Reimbursement. Except to the extent otherwise contemplated in any Ancillary Agreements, a Party providing any information under Section 8.2 or witness services under Section 8.3 to the other Party shall be entitled to receive from the recipient, upon the presentation of invoices therefor, payments of such amounts, relating to supplies, disbursements and other out-of-pocket expenses (at cost) and direct and indirect expenses of employees who are witnesses or otherwise furnish assistance (at cost), as may be reasonably incurred in providing any such information under Section 8.2 or witness services under Section 8.3.
8.5 Privileged Matters. To allocate the interests of each Party with respect to privileged information, the Parties agree as follows:
(a) ParentCo shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information which relates solely to the ParentCo Business, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of ParentCo or SpinCo. ParentCo shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information that relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting Liabilities of ParentCo and its Affiliates and all Persons who at any time prior to or as of the Effective Time were directors, officers, agents or employees of ParentCo or any of its Affiliates (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), in each case, together with their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any lawsuits or other Actions initiated against or by ParentCo, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of ParentCo or SpinCo.
(b) SpinCo shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information which relates solely to the SpinCo Business, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the control of ParentCo or SpinCo. SpinCo shall also be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver of all privileges in connection with privileged information which relates solely to the subject matter of any claims constituting SpinCo Liabilities, now pending or which may be asserted in the future, in any lawsuits or other Actions initiated against or by SpinCo, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of SpinCo or under the control of ParentCo or SpinCo.
(c) ParentCo and SpinCo agree that they shall have a shared privilege, with equal right to assert or waive, subject to the restrictions of this Section 8.5, with respect to all privileges not allocated pursuant to the terms of Sections 8.5(a) and (b). All privileges relating to any claims, proceedings, litigation, disputes or other matters which involve both ParentCo and SpinCo in respect of which ParentCo and SpinCo retain any responsibility or liability under this Agreement shall be subject to a shared privilege.
(d) No Party may waive any privilege which could be asserted under any applicable law, if the other Party has a shared privilege, without the consent of the other Party, except to the extent reasonably required in connection with any litigation with Third Parties or as provided in Section 8.5(e). Such consent shall be in writing, or shall be deemed to be granted unless written objection is made within twenty (20) days after notice upon the other Party requesting such consent.
(e) In the event of any litigation or dispute between the Parties and any of its Affiliates, either Party may waive a privilege in which the other Party has a shared privilege, without obtaining the consent of the other Party, provided that such waiver of a shared privilege shall be effective only as to the use of Information with respect to the litigation or dispute between the Parties and any of its Affiliates, and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared privilege with respect to Third Parties.
(f) If a dispute arises between the Parties regarding whether a privilege should be waived to protect or advance the interest of either Party, each Party agrees that it shall negotiate in good faith, shall endeavor to minimize any prejudice to the rights of the other Party, and shall not unreasonably withhold consent to any request for waiver by the other Party. Each Party specifically agrees that it will not withhold consent to waiver for any purpose except to protect its own legitimate interests.
(g) Upon receipt by any Party of any subpoena, discovery or other request which arguably calls for the production or disclosure of Information subject to a shared privilege or as to which the other Party has the sole right hereunder to assert a privilege, or if any Party obtains knowledge that any of its current or former directors, officers, agents or employees has received any subpoena, discovery or other request which arguably calls for the production or disclosure of such privileged information, such Party shall promptly notify the other Party of the existence of the request and shall provide the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review the Information and to assert any rights it may have under this Section 8.5 or otherwise to prevent the production or disclosure of such privileged information.
(h) The transfer of all Information pursuant to this Agreement is made in reliance on the agreement of ParentCo and SpinCo, as set forth in this Section 8.5 and elsewhere in this Agreement, to maintain the confidentiality of privileged information and to assert and maintain applicable privileges. The access to Information being granted pursuant to Sections 8.1 and 8.2, the agreement to provide witnesses and individuals pursuant to Section 8.3 and the transfer of privileged information between the Parties pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege that has been or may be asserted under this Agreement or otherwise.
8.6 GSK Agreements. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, ParentCo shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, Representatives) not to, take (or omit to take) any action (including, without limitation, the disclosure of any information to SpinCo or any of its Representatives), that is or would be reasonably expected to result in a breach or violation of, or be in conflict with, any ParentCo confidentiality obligation to GSK under the Collaboration Agreement and/or the Strategic Alliance Agreement. To the extent that SpinCo or
any of its Representatives becomes aware or believes that it has or may have received from ParentCo or any of its Representatives Confidential Information (as defined in the Collaboration Agreement or the Strategic Alliance Agreement) of GSK, it will promptly notify ParentCo in writing, will follow any reasonable instructions from ParentCo with respect to the return or destruction of such information, and will not use or disclose such information unless ParentCo confirms that it is not Confidential Information (as defined in the Collaboration Agreement or the Strategic Alliance Agreement) of GSK. Each party agrees and understands that monetary damages would not adequately compensate the non-breaching party for a breach of this Section 8.6, that this Section 8.6 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be specifically enforceable, and that any breach or threatened breach of this Section 8.6 shall be the proper subject of a temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order sought pursuant to Section 12.9 hereof. Further, ParentCo and SpinCo waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim or defense that there is an adequate remedy at law for such breach or threatened breach. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, SpinCo acknowledges and agrees that it has no rights to any non-public information under the Collaboration Agreement and/or the Strategic Alliance Agreement, the disclosure of which by ParentCo or any of its Representatives to SpinCo or any of its Representatives is or would be reasonably expected to result in a breach or violation of, or be in conflict with, any ParentCo confidentiality obligation to GSK under the Collaboration Agreement and/or the Strategic Alliance Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary, in the event of any conflict between this Section 8.6, or any covenant, right, agreement, obligation or duty of ParentCo or SpinCo (or any of their respective Representatives) under this Section 8.6, on the one hand, and any other provision of this Agreement, or any attachment hereto or any covenant, right, agreement, obligation or duty of ParentCo or SpinCo (or any of their respective Representatives) thereunder, on the other hand, this Section 8.6 shall govern and supersede such other provision, attachment, covenant, agreement, obligation or duty. Each party will be liable for breach of this Section 8.6 by any of its Representatives.
Article IX
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
9.1 Disputes and Negotiation. ParentCo and SpinCo recognize that disputes as to certain matters may from time to time arise during the effectiveness of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements which relate to either Partys rights and obligations hereunder or thereunder. It is the objective of the Parties to establish procedures to facilitate the resolution of disputes arising under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements in an expedient manner by mutual cooperation and without resort to litigation. To accomplish this objective, the Parties agree to follow the procedures set forth in this Article IX if and when a dispute arises under this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. In the event of a dispute between the Parties, a designated representative of each of ParentCo and SpinCo will meet as reasonably requested by either Party to review any such dispute. If the disagreement is not resolved by the designated representatives by mutual agreement within thirty (30) days after a meeting to discuss the disagreement, either Party may at any time thereafter provide the other Party written notice specifying the terms of such disagreement in reasonable detail. Upon receipt of such notice, the chief executive officers of ParentCo and SpinCo shall meet at a mutually agreed upon time and location for the purpose of resolving such disagreement. The chief executive officers of ParentCo and SpinCo will discuss such disagreement and/or negotiate for a period of up to sixty
(60) days in an effort to resolve such disagreement or negotiate an acceptable interpretation or revision of the applicable portion of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements mutually agreeable to both Parties, without the necessity of formal procedures relating thereto. During the course of such negotiations, the Parties will reasonably cooperate and provide information that is not materially confidential in order that each of the Parties may be fully informed with respect to the issues in dispute. The institution of a formal proceeding, including arbitration under Section 9.2, to resolve the disagreement may occur by written notice to the other Party only after the earlier of: (i) the chief executive officers of ParentCo and SpinCo mutually agreeing that resolution of the disagreement through continued negotiation is not likely to occur; or (ii) the expiration of the sixty (60) day negotiation period.
9.2 Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. Except as provided in the Non-Exclusive Cross-License Agreement for any disputes concerning Intellectual Property, disputes arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, or in relations between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, for any reason or under any circumstances, will be finally settled by a single arbitrator in a binding arbitration in accordance with the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS) Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the Rules). Upon receipt of written notice by one Party to the other of the existence of a dispute, the Parties shall, within thirty (30) days conduct a meeting of one or more senior executives of each Party, with full settlement authority, in an attempt to resolve the dispute. Each Party shall make available appropriate personnel to meet and confer with the other Party reasonably within the thirty-day period. Upon the expiration of the thirty-day period, or upon the termination of discussions between the senior executives, either Party may elect arbitration of any dispute by written notice to the other (the Arbitration Notice). The arbitration shall be held in San Francisco, California before one (1) arbitrator from JAMS having substantial experience as a jurist and mediator with significant disputes in the pharmaceutical industry selected by the mutual agreement of SpinCo and ParentCo; provided, however, that if such parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the Arbitration Notice, either Party may request JAMS select the arbitrator, and JAMS shall select an arbitrator pursuant to the procedure set out by the Rules; provided, however, that the arbitrator selected by JAMS shall be a former judge with at least fifteen (15) years experience addressing as a jurist and/or mediator significant disputes in the pharmaceutical industry. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to the Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator may, in the arbitration award, allocate for payment by the non-prevailing party all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the prevailing party. This Section shall not preclude the parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration or equitable relief from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. In respect of any actions for such provisional remedies, injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder, any action or proceeding may be brought against any Party in the state and federal courts located in the county of San Mateo, California and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.
9.3 Confidentiality. The arbitration proceeding shall be confidential and the arbitrator(s) shall issue appropriate protective orders to safeguard each Partys confidential Information. Except as required by law, no Party shall make (or instruct the arbitrator(s) to make) any public announcement with respect to the proceedings or decision of the arbitrator(s)
without prior written consent of each other Party. The existence of any dispute submitted to arbitration, and the award, shall be kept in confidence by the Parties and the arbitrator(s), except as may be required in connection with the enforcement of such award or as otherwise required by applicable law or regulatory authority.
9.4 Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST PROFITS AND BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.
Article X
FURTHER ASSURANCES
10.1 Further Assurances.
(a) In addition to and without limiting the actions specifically provided in this Agreement, each of the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws, regulations and agreements to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, prior to, on and after the Distribution Date, each Party shall cooperate with the other Party, and without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party, to execute and deliver, or use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including instruments of conveyance, assignment and transfer, and to make all filings with, and to obtain all consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental entity or any other Person under any permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument (including any Consents or Governmental Approvals), and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the transfers of the SpinCo Assets and the assignment and assumption of the SpinCo Liabilities and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Article XI
TERMINATION
11.1 Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement (including Article V (Indemnification)) may be terminated and the Separation and Distribution may be amended, modified or abandoned at any time prior to the Distribution by and in the sole discretion of ParentCo without the approval of SpinCo or the stockholders of ParentCo. In the event of such termination, no Party shall have any Liability to the other Party or any other Person. After the Distribution, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by each Party.
Article XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of Delaware and its form, execution, validity, construction and effect shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. In respect of any actions for injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder, any action or proceeding may be brought against any Party in the state and federal courts located in the county of San Mateo, California and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.
12.2 Assignability. The provisions of this Agreement, each Ancillary Agreement and the obligations and rights hereunder shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by (and against) the Parties and their respective successors and permitted transferees and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be null and void; provided, however, that a Party may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate controlled by such Party or in connection with a merger transaction in which such Party is not the surviving entity or in connection with the sale or other transfer by such Party of all or substantially all of its assets, and upon the effectiveness of such assignment, the assigning Party shall be released from all of its obligations under this Agreement if the surviving entity of such merger or the transferee of such assets shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party, to be bound by all terms of this Agreement as if named as a Party hereto.
12.3 Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the indemnification rights under this Agreement of any ParentCo Indemnitee or SpinCo Indemnitee in their respective capacities as such, (a) the provisions of this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties and are not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties any rights or remedies hereunder, and (b) there are no Third Party beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and neither this Agreement nor any Ancillary Agreement shall provide any Third Party with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
12.4 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (a) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed facsimile, (c) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section):
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12.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof or thereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as the case may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon such a suitable and equitable provision to affect the original intent of the Parties.
12.6 Expenses. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, whether or not the Separation or the Distribution is consummated, all Third Party fees, costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with the Separation and Distribution shall be paid by ParentCo but only to the extent such fees arise or were paid or incurred prior to the Effective Time.
12.7 Survival of Covenants. Except as expressly set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, all covenants, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement, and liability for the breach of any obligations contained herein, shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.
12.8 Waivers of Default. The failure of either Party to require strict performance by the other Party of any provision in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement will not waive or diminish such Partys right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or any other provision hereof.
12.9 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms. Accordingly, it is hereby agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to (a) an injunction or injunctions to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any arbitration in accordance with Article IX, (b) provisional or temporary injunctive relief in accordance therewith in the courts located in San Mateo County, California, and (c) enforcement of any such award of an arbitral tribunal in any court of the United States, or any other any court or tribunal
sitting in any state of the United States or in any foreign country that has jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy or relief to which they may be entitled.
12.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. SUBJECT TO ARTICLE IX HEREIN, EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY COURT PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF AND PERMITTED UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.10.
12.11 Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the Parties.
12.12 Schedules. All schedules attached hereto are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Capitalized terms used in the schedules hereto but not otherwise defined therein will have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in this Agreement.
12.13 Construction.
(a) This Agreement has been prepared jointly and shall not be strictly construed against either Party.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders.
(c) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Attachments are intended to refer to Articles and Sections of , and Exhibits and Attachments, to this Agreement.
(d) The words include and including, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(e) The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
12.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Separation and Distribution Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
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Exhibit 3.1
THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
Adopted by Special Resolution passed on [·]
THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
Adopted by Special Resolution passed on [·]
1 The name of the Company is Theravance Biopharma, Inc.
2 The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands, or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.
3 The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Law (2013 Revision) or as the same may be revised from time to time, or any other law of the Cayman Islands.
4 The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Members shares.
5 The authorised share capital of the Company is US$2,002.30 divided into 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each and 230,000 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each with the power for the Company, insofar as is permitted by Statute, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to increase or reduce the said capital subject to the provisions of the Companies Law and the Articles of Association and to issue any part of its capital, whether original, redeemed or increased with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly declare every issue of shares whether declared to be preference or otherwise shall be subject to the powers hereinbefore contained.
6 The Company has the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.
7 Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association bear the same meaning as those given in the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company.
THE COMPANIES LAW (2013 REVISION)
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
AMENDED AND RESTATED
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
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THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
Adopted by Special Resolution passed on [·]
1 INTERPRETATION
1.1 In these Articles, unless otherwise defined, the defined terms shall have the meanings assigned to them as follows:
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means the Companies Law (2013 Revision) of the Cayman Islands and any statutory amendment or re-enactment thereof. Where any provision of the Statute is referred to, the reference is to that provision as amended by any law for the time being in force. |
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1.2 In these Articles, save where the context requires otherwise:
(a) words importing the singular number shall include the plural number and vice versa;
(b) words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender;
(c) words importing persons only shall include companies or associations or bodies of persons, whether corporate or not;
(d) may shall be construed as permissive and shall shall be construed as imperative;
(e) a reference to a dollar or dollars (or $) is a reference to dollars of the United States of America;
(f) references to a statutory enactment shall include reference to any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
(g) any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;
(h) Section 8 and 19(3) of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision) shall not apply;
(i) written and in writing include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an electronic record, and any requirements as to delivery under the Articles include delivery in the form of an electronic record;
(j) any requirements as to execution or signature under the Articles, including the execution of the Articles themselves, can be satisfied in the form of an electronic signature as defined in the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision);
(k) the term clear days in relation to the period of a notice means that period excluding the day when the notice is received or deemed to be received and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect; and
(l) the term holder in relation to a share means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Members as the holder of such share.
1.3 Subject to the last two preceding Articles, any words defined in the Statute shall, if not inconsistent with the subject or context, bear the same meaning in these Articles.
2 PRELIMINARY
2.1 The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation as the Directors see fit, notwithstanding that only part of the shares may have been allotted or issued.
2.2 The registered office of the Company shall be at such address in the Cayman Islands as the Directors shall from time to time determine. The Company may in addition establish and maintain such other offices and places of business and agencies in such places as the Directors may from time to time determine.
3 SHARE CAPITAL
3.1 The authorised share capital of the Company at the date of adoption of these Articles is US$2,002.30 divided into 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each and 230,000 Preferred Shares of a nominal or par value of US$0.00001 each, with power for the Company insofar as is permitted by law, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to increase or reduce the said capital subject to the provisions of the Statute and these Articles and to issue any part of its capital, whether original, redeemed or increased with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions and so that unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly declare, every issue of shares whether declared to be preferred or otherwise shall be subject to the powers hereinbefore contained.
3.2 A total of 230,000 Preferred Shares shall be designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares with the designations, powers, preferences, privileges and other rights set forth in Exhibit A.
4 ISSUE OF SHARES
4.1 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Articles, the Memorandum of Association and applicable law, including the Statute, the Directors may, in their absolute discretion and without approval of the holders of Ordinary Shares, cause the Company to issue such amounts of Ordinary Shares and/or Preferred Shares or similar securities in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in such series, to grant rights over existing shares as they deem necessary and appropriate and to determine designations, powers, preferences, privileges and other rights, including dividend rights, conversion rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences, any or all of which may be greater than the powers and rights associated with the Ordinary Shares, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper. The Company shall not issue shares in bearer form. The authority of the Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:
(a) The number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series;
(b) The dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series;
(c) whether that series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;
(d) whether that series shall have conversion privileges and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion, including provision for adjustment of the conversion rate in such events as the Directors shall determine;
(e) whether or not the shares of that series shall be issued as redeemable and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates; and
(f) the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and the rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series relative to other series of shares.
5 REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND SHARE CERTIFICATES
5.1 The Company shall maintain a Register of its Members. Every person whose name is entered as a Member in the Register of Members and whose shares are to be held in certificated form shall, upon request and without payment, be entitled to a certificate within two months after allotment or lodgement of transfer (or within such other period as the conditions of issue shall provide) in the form determined by the Directors. All certificates shall specify the share or shares held by that person and the amount paid up thereon, provided that in respect of a share or shares held jointly by several persons the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate, and delivery of a certificate for a share to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all. All certificates for shares shall be delivered personally or sent through the post addressed to the member entitled thereto at the Members registered address as appearing in the register. Absent instructions to the contrary from the Company, such members shares will be held in uncertificated, book entry form.
5.2 Every share certificate of the Company shall bear any legends required under applicable laws, including the Securities Act.
5.3 Any two or more certificates representing shares of any one class held by any Member may at the Members request be cancelled and a single new certificate for such shares issued in lieu on payment (if the Directors shall so require) of US$1.00 or such smaller sum as the Directors shall determine.
5.4 If a share certificate shall be damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate representing the same shares may be issued to the relevant Member upon request subject to delivery up of the old certificate or (if alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed) compliance with such conditions as to evidence and indemnity and the payment of out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in connection with the request as the Directors may think fit.
5.5 In the event that shares are held jointly by several persons, any request may be made by any one of the joint holders and if so made shall be binding on all of the joint holders.
6 TRANSFER OF SHARES
6.1 Subject to these Articles and the rules or regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange or any relevant securities laws (including, but not limited to U.S. securities law provisions related to insider trading), any Member may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing house or it nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time.
6.2 The instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor. Without prejudice to the last preceding Article, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by the transferor or transferee to accept mechanically executed transfers. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee in entered into the Register in respect thereof.
6.3 The Directors may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of Shares, subject to any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the Commission and the Designated Stock Exchange.
6.4 The Board in so far as permitted by any applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange may, in its absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time transfer any share upon the Register to any branch register or any share on any branch register to the Register or any other branch register. In the event of any such transfer, the shareholder requesting such transfer shall bear the cost of effecting such transfer unless the Board otherwise determines.
6.5 Unless the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion may from time to time determine, and which agreement the Board shall, without giving any reason therefore, be entitled in its absolute discretion to give or withhold), no shares upon the Register shall be transferred to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch register be transferred to the Register or any other branch register and all transfers and other documents of title shall be lodged for registration, and registered, in the case of any shares on a branch register, at the relevant Registration Office, and, in the case of any shares on the Register, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Statute.
6.6 Without limiting the generality of the last preceding Article, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:
(a) a fee of such maximum sum as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof;
(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share;
(c) the instrument of transfer is lodged at the Office or such other place as the Register is kept in accordance with the Statute accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) or such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and
(d) the instrument of transfer is duly and properly signed.
6.7 If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share, it shall, within two months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of the refusal.
6.8 The registration of transfers may be suspended at such time and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided always that such registration shall not be suspended for more than forty five (45) days in any year.
7 REDEMPTION AND PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
7.1 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Articles, the Memorandum of Association, applicable law, including the Statute, and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company may:
(a) issue shares on terms that they are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Member on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may, before the issue of such shares, determine;
(b) purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) provided that the manner of purchase is in accordance with the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum of Association, the Articles and any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by the Commission of the Designated Stock Exchange; and
(c) make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares otherwise than out of profits or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares.
7.2 Any share in respect of which notice of redemption has been given shall not be entitled to participate in the profits of the Company in respect of the period after the date specified as the date of redemption in the notice of redemption.
7.3 The redemption or purchase of any share shall not be deemed to give rise to the redemption or purchase of any other share.
7.4 The Directors may when making payments in respect of redemption or purchase of shares, if authorised by the terms of issue of the shares being redeemed or purchased or with the agreement of the holder of such shares, make such payment in any form of consideration permitted by the Statute.
8 VARIATION OF RIGHTS ATTACHING TO SHARES
8.1 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Articles, the Memorandum of Association and applicable law, including the Statute, all or any of the special rights attached to shares of any class (unless otherwise provided for by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied, modified or abrogated with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the shares of that class at which a quorum is present.
8.2 The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply to every such general meeting of the holders of one class of shares except that the necessary quorum shall be at least one person holding or representing by proxy at least a majority of the par value of the issued shares of the class. Every holder of Shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for
every such Share held by such holder and any holder of Shares of that class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.
8.3 The rights conferred upon the holders of the shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking in priority to or pari passu therewith.
9 COMMISSION ON SALE OF SHARES
9.1 The Company may in so far as the Statute from time to time permits pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any shares of the Company. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash or the lodgement of fully or partly paid-up shares or partly in one way and partly in the other. The Company may also on any issue of shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.
10 NON-RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS
10.1 No person shall be recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future, or partial interest in any share, or any interest in any fractional part of a share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.
11 REGISTRATION OF EMPOWERING INSTRUMENTS
11.1 The Company shall be entitled to charge a fee not exceeding one dollar (US$1.00) on the registration of every probate, letters of administration, certificate of death or marriage, power of attorney, or other instrument.
12 TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
12.1 If a Member dies the survivor or survivors (where he was a joint holder) or his legal personal representatives (where he was a sole holder), shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his shares. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any share, for which he was a joint or sole holder.
12.2 Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may be required by the Directors, elect, by a notice in writing sent by him to the Company, either to become the holder of such share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the holder of such share. If he elects to have another person registered as the holder of such share he shall sign an instrument of transfer of that share to that person. The Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution, as the case may be.
12.3 A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same dividends, other distributions and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the
holder of such share. However, he shall not, before becoming a Member in respect of a share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to general meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to have some person nominated by him be registered as the holder of the share (but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the share by the relevant Member before his death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution or any other case than by transfer, as the case may be). If the notice is not complied with within ninety (90) calendar days of being received or deemed to be received (as determined pursuant to the Articles) the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all dividends, other distributions, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.
13 LIEN
13.1 The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of that share. The Company shall also have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) registered in the name of a Member (whether or not jointly with other Members) for all amounts of money presently payable by such Member or his estate to the Company whether the same shall have been incurred before or after notice to the Company of any equitable or other interest of any person other than such Member, and whether the period for the payment or discharge of the same shall have actually arrived or not, and notwithstanding that the same are joint debts or liabilities of such Member or his or her estate and any other person, whether a Member or not. The Companys lien on a share shall extend to all dividends or other moneys payable thereon or in respect thereof. The Board may at any time, generally or in any particular case, waive any lien that has arisen or declare any share exempt in whole or in part, from the provisions of this Article.
13.2 Subject to these Articles, the Company may sell in such manner as the Board determines any share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, or the liability or engagement in respect of which such lien exists is liable to be presently fulfilled or discharged nor until the expiration of fourteen (14) clear days after a notice in writing, stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable, or specifying the liability or engagement and demanding fulfillment or discharge thereof and giving notice of the intention to sell in default, has been served on the registered holder for the time being of the share or the person entitled thereto by reason of his or her death or bankruptcy.
13.3 The net proceeds of the sale shall be received by the Company and applied in or towards payment or discharge of the debt or liability in respect of which the lien exists, so far as the same is presently payable, and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for debts or liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the share prior to the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the share at the time of the sale. To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall be registered as the holder of the shares so transferred and he or she shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.
14 CALLS ON SHARES
14.1 Subject to these Articles and to the terms of allotment, the Board may from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any moneys unpaid on their shares (whether on account of the nominal value of the shares or by way of premium), and each Member shall (subject to being given at least fourteen (14) clear days notice specifying the time and place of payment) pay to the Company as required by such notice the amount called on his shares. A call may be extended, postponed or revoked in whole or in part as the Board determines but no Member shall be entitled to any such extension, postponement or revocation except as a matter of grace and favour.
14.2 A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Board authorizing the call was passed and may be made payable either in one lump sum or by installments.
14.3 A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the shares in respect of which the call was made. The joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls and installments due in respect thereof or other moneys due in respect thereof.
14.4 If a sum called in respect of a share is not paid before or on the day appointed for payment thereof, the person from whom the sum is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day appointed for payment thereof to the time of actual payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty percent (20%) per annum) as the Board may determine, but the Board may in its absolute discretion waive payment of such interest wholly or in part.
14.5 No Member shall be entitled to receive any dividend or to be present and vote (save as proxy for another Member) at any general meeting either personally or by proxy, or be reckoned in a quorum, or exercise any other privilege as a Member until all calls or installments due by him to the Company, whether alone or jointly with any other person, together with interest and expenses (if any) shall have been paid.
14.6 On the trial or hearing of any action or other proceedings for the recovery of any money due for any call, it shall be sufficient to prove that the name of the Member sued is entered in the Register of Members as the holder, or one of the holders, of the shares in respect of which such debt accrued, that the resolution making the call is duly recorded in the minute book, and that notice of such call was duly given to the Member sued, in pursuance of these Articles; and it shall not be necessary to prove the appointment of the Directors who made such call, nor any other matters whatsoever, but the proof of the matters aforesaid shall be conclusive evidence of the debt.
14.7 Any amount payable in respect of a share upon allotment or at any fixed date, whether in respect of nominal value or premium or as an installment of a call, shall be deemed to be a call duly made and payable on the date fixed for payment and if it is not paid the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
14.8 On the issue of shares, the Board may differentiate between the allottees or holders as to the amount of calls to be paid and the times of payment.
14.9 The Board may, if it thinks fit, receive from any Member willing to advance the same, and either in money or moneys worth, all or any part of the moneys uncalled and unpaid or installments
payable upon any shares held by him and upon all or any of the moneys so advanced (until the same would, but for such advance, become presently payable) pay interest at such rate (if any) as the Board may decide. The Board may at any time repay the amount so advanced upon giving to such Member not less than one (1) months notice of its intention in that behalf, unless before the expiration of such notice the amount so advanced shall have been called up on the shares in respect of which it was advanced. Such payment in advance shall not entitle the holder of such share or shares to participate in respect thereof in a dividend subsequently declared.
15 FORFEITURE OF SHARES
15.1 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Board may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen (14) clear days notice:
(a) requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued and which may still accrue up to the date of actual payment; and
(b) stating that if the notice is not complied with the shares on which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.
15.2 If the requirements of any such notice are not complied with, any share in respect of which such notice has been given may at any time thereafter, before payment of all calls and interest due in respect thereof has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect, and such forfeiture shall include all dividends declared in respect of the forfeited share but not actually paid before the forfeiture.
15.3 When any share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was before forfeiture the holder of the share. No forfeiture shall be invalidated by any omission or neglect to give such notice.
15.4 The Board may accept the surrender of any share liable to be forfeited hereunder and, in such case, references in these Articles to forfeiture will include surrender.
15.5 Any share so forfeited shall be deemed the property of the Company and may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of to such person, upon such terms and in such manner as the Board determines, and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be annulled by the Board on such terms as the Board determines.
15.6 A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of the forfeited shares but nevertheless shall remain liable to pay the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares, with (if the Directors shall in their discretion so require) interest thereon from the date of forfeiture until payment at such rate (not exceeding twenty percent (20%) per annum) as the Board determines. The Board may enforce payment thereof if it thinks fit, and without any deduction or allowance for the value of the forfeited shares, at the date of forfeiture, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all such moneys in respect of the shares. For the purposes of this Article any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, is payable thereon at a fixed time which is subsequent to the date of forfeiture, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, shall notwithstanding that time has not yet arrived be deemed to be payable at the date of forfeiture, and the same shall become due and payable immediately upon the forfeiture, but interest thereon shall only be payable in respect of any period between the said fixed time and the date of actual payment.
15.7 A declaration by a Director or the Secretary that a share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share, and such declaration shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer by the Company if necessary) constitute a good title to the share, and the person to whom the share is disposed of shall be registered as the holder of the share and shall not be bound to see to the application of the consideration (if any), nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity in or invalidity of the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the share. When any share shall have been forfeited, notice of the declaration shall be given to the Member in whose name it stood immediately prior to the forfeiture, and an entry of the forfeiture, with the date thereof, shall forthwith be made in the register, but no forfeiture shall be in any manner invalidated by any omission or neglect to give such notice or make any such entry.
15.8 Notwithstanding any such forfeiture as aforesaid the Board may at any time, before any shares so forfeited shall have been sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of, permit the shares forfeited to be bought back upon the terms of payment of all calls and interest due upon and expenses incurred in respect of the share, and upon such further terms (if any) as it thinks fit.
15.9 The forfeiture of a share shall not prejudice the right of the Company to any call already made or installment payable thereon.
15.10 The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non-payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the nominal value of the share or by way of premium, as if the same had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.
16 ALTERATION OF CAPITAL
16.1 Subject to these Articles, the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase the share capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such classes and amount, as the resolution shall prescribe.
16.2 Subject to these Articles, including Article 4.1, the Company may by Ordinary Resolution:
(a) consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares, provided that any fractions of a share that result from such a consolidation or division of its share capital shall be automatically repurchased by the Company (i) at the Market Price on the date of such consolidation or division, in the case of any shares listed on a Designated Stock Exchange and (ii) at a price to be agreed between the Company and the applicable Member in the case of any shares not listed on a Designated Stock Exchange;
(b) sub-divide its existing shares, or any of them into shares of a smaller amount provided that in the subdivision the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived;
(c) divide shares into multiple classes; or
(d) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of its share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled.
16.3 Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Special Resolution:
(a) change its name;
(b) alter or add to these Articles;
(c) alter or add to the Memorandum of Association with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; or
(d) reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve in any manner authorised by law.
16.4 Except as otherwise provided by the Directors pursuant to Article 4.1, all new shares created hereunder shall be subject to the same provisions with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the shares in the original share capital.
17 CLOSING REGISTER OF MEMBERS OR FIXING RECORD DATE
17.1 For the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination as to who is a Member for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period but not to exceed in any case sixty (60) calendar days. If the Register of Members shall be so closed for the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Members such register shall be so closed for at least ten (10) calendar days (but not more than sixty (60) calendar days) immediately preceding such meeting and the record date for such determination shall be the date of the closure of the Register of Members, which such date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Directors. The Directors shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, at least ten (10) days before every general meeting, a complete list of the Members entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each Member and the number of shares registered in the name of each Member. Such list shall be open to the examination of any Member, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any Member who is present.
17.2 In lieu of or apart from closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of those Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of the Members and for the purpose of determining those Members that are entitled to receive payment of any dividend the Directors may, at or within ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of declaration of such dividend, fix a subsequent date as the record date of such determination.
17.3 If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of those Members entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Members or those Members that are entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the record date for such determination of Members shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. When a determination of those
Members that are entitled to receive notice of, attend or vote at a meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.
18 GENERAL MEETINGS
18.1 All general meetings of the Company other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.
18.2 The Company shall, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors.
18.3 Extraordinary general meetings may be called by the Chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer of the Company or by the Board acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Whole Board. Any extraordinary general meeting shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors.
18.4 If an extraordinary general meeting is called by or at the request of anyone other than the Whole Board, then the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Directors.
18.5 In the absence of a designation of the location of a general meeting by the Board, such meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Company.
18.6 The Directors may, subject to such guidelines and procedures as they may adopt, allow any person to participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.
19 NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
19.1 At least ten (10) calendar days notice (but not more than sixty (60) calendar days notice) shall be given for any general meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given. Every notice shall (i) specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting, (ii) the matters that are intended to be presented at the meeting, and, (iii) in the case of annual general meetings, the name of any nominee who the Directors intend to present for election, and shall be given in the manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this regulation has been given and whether or not the provisions of Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:
(a) in the case of an annual general meeting by all the Members (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and
(b) in the case of an extraordinary general meeting by the Members (or their proxies) having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, together holding not less than ninety-five percent (95%) in of the voting shares.
19.2 The notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such, and the notice convening a meeting to pass a Special Resolution shall specify the intention to propose
the resolution as a Special Resolution. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than such as, under the provisions hereof or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notice from the Company.
19.3 Written notice of any general meeting shall be given either personally or by first-class mail or by telegraphic or other written communication. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent charges prepaid and shall be addressed to the Member at the address of that Member appearing on the books of the Company or given by the Member to the Company for the purpose of notice. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any general meeting, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the Company giving the notice, shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of such notice.
19.4 In cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with notices, the accidental omission to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of any such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceeding at any such meeting.
19.5 No business may be transacted at any general meeting, other than business that is either (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (B) otherwise properly brought before an annual general meeting by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (C) in the case of an annual general meeting, otherwise properly brought before such general meeting by any Member of the Company who (1) is a Member of record on both (x) the date of the giving of the notice by such Member provided for in this Article and (y) the record date for the determination of Members entitled to vote at such annual general meeting and (2) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article 19.5.
(a) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a proposal for business to be brought properly before an annual general meeting by a Member,:
(i) such Member must have given timely notice of such proposal in proper written form to the Secretary of the Company; and
(ii) subject to Article 19.5(i), the Board of Directors shall have resolved to include such proposal in the notice of such general meeting. The Board of Directors may at their absolute discretion resolve not to include any proposal for business made by a Member, save that the Board of Directors shall not be entitled to refuse to include a proposal related to the nomination of a Director made by a Member in accordance with Article 19.5(f).
(b) The Board shall cause notice to be given pursuant to the Articles. No business other than as set forth in such notice may be transacted at a general meeting, except in the case of an annual general meeting, where matters may be presented for consideration by Members, provided they comply with the requirements of the Articles, including those set forth in this Article 19.5.
(c) For matters other than for the nomination for election of a Director to be made by a Member of the Company at an annual general meeting, to be timely, such Members notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company at least forty-five (45) days and not more than seventy-five (75) days prior to the one year anniversary of the date on which the Company first mailed proxy materials for the prior years annual general meeting; provided, however, that if the Companys
annual general meeting occurs on a date more than twenty-five (25) days earlier or later than the Companys prior years annual general meeting, then the Board shall determine a date a reasonable period prior to the Companys annual general meeting by which date the Members notice must be delivered and publicize such date in a filing pursuant to the Exchange Act, or via press release. Such publication shall occur at least ten (10) days prior to the date set by the Board.
(d) To be in proper written form, a Members notice to the Secretary must set forth as to such matter such Member proposes to bring before the annual general meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual general meeting and the proposed text of any proposal regarding such business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend these Articles or the Memorandum of the Company, the text of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual general meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the Companys books, of the Member proposing such business and any Member Associated Person (as defined below), (3) the class or series and number of shares of the Company that are held of record or are beneficially owned by such Member or any Member Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the Member or any Member Associated Person, (4) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Company owned beneficially but not of record by the Member or any Member Associated Person, and the number of such shares of the Company held by each such nominee holder, (5) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such Member or any Member Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Company, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such Member or any Member Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Company, (6) a description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such Member or a Member Associated Person and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with or relating to (A) the Company or any securities of the Company or (B) the proposal, including any material interest or anticipated benefit of the Member or a Member Associated Person in such business, (6) a statement whether either such Member or any Member Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Companys voting shares required under the Memorandum and Articles of the Company, applicable law and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange to carry the proposal and a representation that the Member giving notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual general meeting to bring such business before the meeting, and (7) any other information relating to such Member that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such person before the Annual General Meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. A Member providing notice of business proposed to be brought before a general meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 19.5(e) shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of the general meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Company not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of the general meeting. For purposes of this Article 19.5, a Member Associated Person of any Member shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Member, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of the Company owned of record or beneficially by such Member and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as the case may be, is being made, or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by, under common control or acting in concert with such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).
(e) No business shall be conducted at the annual general meeting except business brought before the annual general meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 19.5, provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the annual general meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Article shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any Member of any such business. If the Chairperson of an annual general meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual general meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairperson shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
(f) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination for election of a Director to be made by a Member of the Company, such Member must (A) be a Member of record on both (x) the date of the giving of the notice by such Member provided for in this Article and (y) the record date for the determination of Members entitled to vote at such annual general meeting and (B) have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Company. If a Member is entitled to vote only for a specific class or category of directors at a meeting of the Members, such Members right to nominate one or more persons for election as a director at the meeting shall be limited to such class or category of directors.
(g) To be timely for purposes of Article 19.5(f), a Members notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than one hundred twenty (120) days and not more than one hundred fifty (150) days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event less than one hundred thirty (130) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to Members, notice by the Member to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made.
(h) To be in proper written form for purposes of Article 19.5(f), a Members notice to the Secretary must be set forth (A) as to each person whom the Member proposes to nominate for election as a director (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (2) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (3) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Company, if any, which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and any affiliates and associates of the person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, (B) the name of each nominee holder of shares of the Company owned beneficially but not of record by such person or any affiliates or associates of such person, and the number of such shares of the Company held by each such nominee holder, and (C) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such person or any affiliates or associates of such person with respect to any securities of the Company, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding
(including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such such person or any affiliates or associates of such person with respect to any securities of the Company, and (4) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange; and (B) as to the Member giving notice (1) the name and record address of such Member, (2) the class or series and number of shares of the Company which are owned beneficially or of record by such Member or any Member Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the Member or any Member Associated Person, (3) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such Member or any Member Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Company, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such Member or any Member Associated Person with respect to any securities of the Company, (4) a description of all agreements, arrangements or understandings (whether written or oral) between such Member or any Member Associated Person and each proposed nominee (and any affiliates and associates of any proposed nominee) and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such Member or otherwise relating to the Company or any securities of the Company, (5) a representation that such Member intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice and (6) any other information relating to such Member that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to any applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. Such notice must be accompanied by each proposed nominees written representation and agreement that such proposed nominee: (A) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Company, will act or vote on any issue or question, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Company with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director of the Company that has not been disclosed to the Company in such representation and agreement, (C) in such persons individual capacity, would be in compliance with, if elected as a director of the Company, and will comply with and, upon election, execute any requisite documentation pertaining to all applicable publicly disclosed confidentiality, corporate governance, conflict of interest, Regulation FD, code of conduct and ethics, and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Company, and (D) consents to being named as a nominee by the Member and in any proxy statement of the Company, or other filings required to be made by the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and to serve as a director if elected. A Member providing notice pursuant to this Section 19.5(i) shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 19.5(i) shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting and such update and supplement shall be delivered to or be mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the Members entitled to receive notice of the annual general meeting.
(i) Nothing contained in this Article 19.5 shall be deemed to affect any rights of Members to request inclusion of proposals in the Companys proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law).
19.6 No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Articles under this heading of NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS. If the Chairperson of an annual general meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairperson shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded. This Article shall not apply to any nomination of a director in an election in which only the holders of one or more series of Preferred Shares of the Company are entitled to vote (unless otherwise provided in the terms of such series of Preferred Shares).
19.7 The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to or the non-receipt of a notice of a meeting by any Member shall not invalidate the proceedings at any meeting.
20 PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
20.1 No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum of Members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Members holding in aggregate not less than a majority of the shares of all voting share capital of the Company in issue present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall be a quorum for all purposes. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any general meeting, then the Chairperson of the meeting.
20.2 When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, unless these Articles of Association otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Company may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
20.3 A determination of the Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a general meeting shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days from the date set for the original meeting.
20.4 The Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall preside as Chairperson at every general meeting of the Company. If at any meeting the Chairperson of the Board of Directors is not present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or is unwilling to act as Chairperson, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be Chairperson of the meeting or if all the Directors present decline to take the chair, the Members present shall choose one of their own number to be the Chairperson of the meeting.
20.5 At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a poll.
20.6 A poll shall be taken in such manner as the Chairperson of the meeting directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting.
20.7 In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairperson of the meeting shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.
21 VOTES OF MEMBERS
21.1 Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares (including for the avoidance of doubt any super voting rights), every Member present in person and every person representing a Member by proxy at a general meeting of the Company shall have one vote for each share registered in such Members name in the Register of Members. No cumulative voting shall be allowed.
21.2 In the case of joint holders the vote of the senior who tenders a vote whether in person or by proxy shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register of Members.
21.3 A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote on a poll by his committee, or other person in the nature of a committee appointed by that court, and any such committee or other person, may on a poll, vote by proxy.
21.4 No Member shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting unless all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.
21.5 On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy.
21.6 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, telefacsimile or otherwise) under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorized in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under seal or under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorized authorized in that behalf provided however, that a Member may also authorize the casting of a vote by proxy pursuant to telephonic or electronically transmitted instructions (including, without limitation, instructions transmitted over the internet) obtained pursuant to procedures approved by the Board which are reasonably designed to verify that such instructions have been authorized by such Member. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
21.7 An instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form or such other form as the Directors may approve.
21.8 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll.
21.9 Any Ordinary Resolution or Special Resolution must be passed at a general meeting, and written resolutions of the Members shall not be permitted.
22 CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES AT MEETING
22.1 Any corporation which is a Member may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.
23 CLEARING HOUSES
23.1 If a clearing house or depository (or its nominee) is a member of the Company it may, by resolution of its directors or other governing body or by power of attorney, authorize such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as its representative or representatives at any general meeting of the Company or at any general meeting of any class of members of the Company provided that, if more than one person is so authorized, the authorization shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such person is so authorized. A person so authorized pursuant to this provision shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the clearing house (or its nominee) which he represents as that clearing house (or its nominee) could exercise if it were an individual member of the Company holding the number and class of shares specified in such authorization.
24 DIRECTORS
24.1 Subject to the requirements of Section B.2(c) of Exhibit A, there shall be a Board of Directors consisting of no less than three (3) and not more than fifteen (15) Directors, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Directors. The Directors shall be elected or appointed in the first place by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association or by a majority of them and thereafter by the Board, subject to Article 24.2.
24.2 The Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors, provided that the foregoing classification shall not apply to Directors elected pursuant to Section B.2(c) of Exhibit A. At the 2015 annual general meeting of Members, the term of office of the Class I Directors shall expire and Class I Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the 2016 annual general meeting of Members, the term of office of the Class II Directors shall expire and Class II Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At the 2017 annual general meeting of Members, the term of office of the Class III Directors shall expire and Class III Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years. At each succeeding annual general meeting of Members, Directors shall be elected for a full term of three (3) years to succeed the Directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual general meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each Director shall hold office until the expiration of his term, until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
24.3 The Board of Directors shall have a Chairperson of the Board of Directors (the Chairperson) elected and appointed by a majority of the Directors then in office. The Directors may also elect a Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors (the Vice-Chairperson). The Chairperson shall preside as Chairperson at every meeting of the Board of Directors. To the extent the Chairperson is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Vice-Chairperson, or in his absence, the attending Directors, may choose one Director to be the Chairperson of the meeting. The Chairpersons voting right as to the matters to be decided by the Board of Directors shall be the same as other Directors. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairperson shall not have an additional tie-breaking vote.
24.4 The Directors by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting, even if less than a quorum, shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board, subject to these Articles, applicable law and the listing rules of
the Designated Stock Exchange; provided, that whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of these Articles of Association, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the Directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining Director so elected. Any Director so appointed shall hold office until the end of the then current term of the class of Directors to which he is elected or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
24.5 Subject to Article 27.1, a Director may only be removed from office by Special Resolution for cause at any time before the expiration of his term notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under such agreement).
24.6 A vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director under the provisions of these Articles may be filled by the election or appointment by Ordinary Resolution at the meeting at which such Director is removed or by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting, subject to these Articles, applicable law and the listing rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. Any Director so appointed shall hold office until the end of the then current term of the class of Directors to which he is elected or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
24.7 The Board may, from time to time, and except as required by applicable law or the listing rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, adopt, institute, amend, modify or revoke the corporate governance policies or initiatives, which shall be intended to set forth the policies of the Company and the Board on various corporate governance related matters, as the Board shall determine by resolution from time to time.
24.8 A Director shall not be required to hold any shares in the Company by way of qualification. A Director who is not a member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at general meetings of the Company and all classes of shares of the Company.
25 DIRECTORS FEES AND EXPENSES
25.1 The Directors may receive such remuneration as the Board may from time to time determine. The Directors may be entitled to be repaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.
25.2 Any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article.
26 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
26.1 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, these Articles and to any resolutions made in a general meeting, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors, who may pay all
expenses incurred in setting up and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company. No resolution made by the Company in a general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors that would have been valid if that resolution had not been made.
26.2 Subject to these Articles, the Directors may from time to time appoint any person, whether or not a director of the Company, to hold the office of the Chief Executive Officer as the Directors may think necessary for the administration of the Company, for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Directors may think fit. The Chief Executive Officer may from time to time appoint any person to hold such office in the Company as he or she may think necessary for the administration of the Company, including without prejudice to the foregoing generality, the office of one or more Vice Presidents, Chief Financial Officer, Manager or Controller, and for such term and at such remuneration (whether by way of salary or commission or participation in profits or partly in one way and partly in another), and with such powers and duties as the Chief Executive Officer may think fit.
26.3 The Directors may delegate any of their powers to committees consisting of such member or members of their body as they think fit; provided that any committee so formed shall include amongst its members at least two Directors unless otherwise required by applicable law, rules and regulations and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange; provided further that no committee shall have the power of authority to (a) recommend to the Members an amendment of these Articles of Association (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors as provided under the laws of the Cayman Islands, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Company or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Company); (b) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (c) recommend to the Members the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Companys property and assets; (d) recommend to the Members a dissolution of the Company or a revocation of a dissolution; (e) recommend to the Members an amendment of the Memorandum of Association of the Company; or (f) declare a dividend or authorize the issuance of Shares unless the resolution establishing such committee or the Memorandum or Articles of Association of the Company so provide. Any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the Directors. The Directors may also delegate to any Director holding any executive office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him or her. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Board may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may be revoked or altered.
26.4 The Directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretion (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Directors may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretion vested in him.
26.5 The Directors may from time to time provide for the management of the affairs of the Company in such manner as they shall think fit and the provisions contained in the following paragraphs shall be without prejudice to the general powers conferred by this paragraph.
26.6 The Directors from time to time and at any time may establish any committees, local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of the Company and may appoint any persons to be members of such committees or local boards and may appoint any managers or agents of the Company and may fix the remuneration of any of the aforesaid.
26.7 The Directors from time to time and at any time may delegate to any such committee, local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in the Directors and may authorise the members for the time being of any such local board, or any of them to fill up any vacancies therein and to act notwithstanding vacancies and any such appointment or delegation may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Directors may think fit and the Directors may at any time remove any person so appointed and may annul or vary any such delegation, but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of any such annulment or variation shall be affected thereby.
26.8 Any such delegates as aforesaid may be authorised by the Directors to subdelegate all or any of the powers, authorities, and discretions for the time being vested to them.
26.9 The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures, debenture stock and other securities whenever money is borrowed or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
27 DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
27.1 Subject to these Articles, the office of Director shall be vacated, if the Director:
(a) becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors;
(b) is found to be or becomes of unsound mind;
(c) resigns his office by notice in writing to the Company;
(d) is prohibited by applicable law or the Designated Stock Exchange from being a director;
(e) without special leave of absence from the Board, is absent from meetings of the Board for six consecutive months and the Board resolves that his office be vacated; or
(f) if he or she shall be removed from office pursuant to these Articles.
28 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
28.1 Subject to these Articles, the Directors may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn, and otherwise regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit. Such meetings may be held at any place within or outside the Cayman Islands that has been designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of such a designation, meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the Company. Questions arising at any meeting of the Directors shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the Chairperson of the Board shall not have an additional tie-breaking vote.
28.2 The Chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer of the Company or a majority of the Directors may, at any time summon a meeting of the Board by notice to each Director. Notice of such meeting shall be given to each director at his business or residence in writing, or by
telegram, facsimile transmission, telephone communication or electronic transmission (provided, with respect to electronic transmission, that the director has consented to receive the form of transmission at the address to which it is directed). If mailed, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five (5) days before such meeting. If by telegram, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission, such notice shall be transmitted at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. The accidental omission to give notice of a meeting of the Board to, or the non-receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director (i) who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or (ii) who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Directors. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made part of the minutes of the meeting. A waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.
28.3 A Director or Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors of which such Director or Directors are members, by means of telephone or similar communication equipment by way of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other and such participation shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at the meeting.
28.4 The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Directors shall be a majority of the authorized number of Directors. If at any time there is only a sole Director, the quorum shall be one (1) Director. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the Directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of these Articles of Association and other applicable law.
28.5 A meeting of the Directors may be held by means of telephone or teleconferencing or any other telecommunications facility provided that all participants are thereby able to communicate immediately by voice with all other participants.
28.6 Subject to these Articles, a Director who is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or proposed contract with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Directors. A general notice given to the Directors by any Director to the effect that he is a member of any specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may thereafter be made with that company or firm shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of interest in regard to any contract so made. A Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement notwithstanding that he may be interested therein and if he does so his vote shall be counted and he may be counted in the quorum at any meeting of the Directors at which any such contract or proposed contract or arrangement shall come before the meeting for consideration.
28.7 A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as the Directors may determine and no Director or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company either with regard to his tenure of any such other office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director is in any way interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so
contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realized by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director, notwithstanding his interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any meeting whereat he or any other Director is appointed to hold any such office or place of profit under the Company or whereat the terms of any such appointment are arranged and he may vote on any such appointment or arrangement. Any Director who enters into a contract or arrangement or has a relationship that is reasonably likely to be implicated under this Article 28.7 or that would reasonably be likely to affect a Directors status as an Independent Director under applicable law or the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange shall disclose the nature of his or her interest in any such contract or arrangement in which he is interested or any such relationship.
28.8 Any Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company, and he or his firm shall be entitled to reasonable expense reimbursement consistent with the Companys policies in connection with such Directors service in his or her official capacity; provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise a Director or his firm to act as auditor to the Company.
28.9 The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books or loose-leaf folders provided for the purpose of recording:
(a) all appointments of officers made by the Directors;
(b) the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors; and
(c) all resolutions and proceedings at all meetings of the Company, and of the Directors and of committees of Directors.
28.10 When the Chairperson of a meeting of the Directors signs the minutes of such meeting the same shall be deemed to have been duly held notwithstanding that all the Directors have not actually come together or that there may have been a technical defect in the proceedings.
28.11 A resolution signed by all the Directors shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors duly called and constituted. When signed a resolution may consist of several documents each signed by one or more of the Directors.
28.12 The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors, the continuing Directors may act for the purpose of increasing the number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.
28.13 A committee appointed by the Directors may elect a Chairperson of its meetings. If no such Chairperson is elected, or if at any meeting the Chairperson is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the members present may choose one of their number to be Chairperson of the meeting.
28.14 A committee appointed by the Directors may meet and adjourn as it thinks proper. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes of the committee members present and in case of an equality of votes the Chairperson shall not have a second or casting vote.
28.15 Meetings and actions of committees of the Board of Directors shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article 28.1 (place of meetings), Article 28.2 (notice), Article 28.3 (telephonic meetings), and Article 28.4 (quorum), with such changes in the context of these Articles of Association as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee, that special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors, and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Articles of Association.
28.16 All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors, or by any person acting as a Director, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any such Director or person acting as aforesaid, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a Director.
29 PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT
29.1 A Director of the Company who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent or abstention shall be entered in the Minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent or abstention from such action with the person acting as the Chairperson or Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent or abstention by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent or abstain shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.
30 DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND RESERVE
30.1 Subject to any rights and restrictions for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares and these Articles, the Directors may from time to time declare dividends (including interim dividends) and other distributions on shares in issue and authorise payment of the same out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. All dividends unclaimed for one (1) year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. The payment by the Board of any unclaimed dividend or other sums payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.
30.2 The Directors may, before recommending or declaring any dividend, set aside out of the funds legally available for distribution such sums as they think proper as a reserve or reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Directors be applicable for meeting contingencies, or for equalizing dividends or for any other purpose to which those funds be properly applied and pending such application may, at the like discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments (other than shares of the Company) as the Directors may from time to time think fit. The Board shall establish an account to be called the Share Premium Account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Board may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the Statute and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. The
Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of these Articles, the Statute and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange in relation to the share premium account.
30.3 Any dividend may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post to the registered address of the Member or person entitled thereto, or in the case of joint holders, to any one of such joint holders at his registered address or to such person and such address as the Member or person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent or to the order of such other person as the Member or person entitled, or such joint holders as the case may be, may direct.
30.4 The Directors when paying dividends to the Members in accordance with the foregoing provisions may make such payment either in cash or in specie.
30.5 No dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of profits or, subject to the restrictions of the Statute, the share premium account.
30.6 Subject to the rights of persons, if any, entitled to shares with special rights as to dividends, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid or credited as fully paid on the shares, but if and so long as nothing is paid up on any of the shares in the Company dividends may be declared and paid according to the amounts of the shares. No amount paid on a share in advance of calls shall, while carrying interest, be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid on the share.
30.7 If several persons are registered as joint holders of any share, any of them may give effectual receipts for any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of the share.
30.8 No dividend shall bear interest against the Company.
31 BOOK OF ACCOUNTS
31.1 The books of account relating to the Companys affairs shall be kept in such manner as may be determined from time to time by the Directors.
31.2 The books of account shall be kept at such place or places as the Directors think fit, and shall always be open to the inspection of the Directors.
31.3 Except as provided in Article 17.1, the Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors, and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company by Ordinary Resolution.
31.4 The accounts relating to the Companys affairs shall be audited in such manner and with such financial year end as may be determined from time to time by the Company by Ordinary Resolution or failing any such determination by the Directors or failing any determination as aforesaid shall not be audited.
32 ANNUAL RETURNS AND FILINGS
32.1 The Board shall make the requisite annual returns and any other requisite filings in accordance with the Statute.
33 AUDIT
33.1 The Directors may appoint an auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors and may fix his or their remuneration.
33.2 Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.
33.3 Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.
34 THE SEAL
34.1 The Seal of the Company shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors, provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of the Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of the Seal. The Seal shall be affixed in the presence of any one or more persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose and every person as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the Seal of the Company is so affixed in their presence.
34.2 The Company may maintain a facsimile of its Seal in such countries or places as the Directors may appoint and such facsimile Seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors provided always that such authority may be given prior to or after the affixing of such facsimile Seal and if given after may be in general form confirming a number of affixings of such facsimile Seal. The facsimile Seal shall be affixed in the presence of such person or persons as the Directors shall for this purpose appoint and such person or persons as aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the facsimile Seal of the Company is so affixed in their presence of and the instrument signed by a Director or the Secretary (or an Assistant Secretary) of the Company or in the presence of any one or more persons as the Directors may appoint for the purpose.
34.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Director shall have the authority to affix the Seal, or the facsimile Seal, to any instrument for the purposes of attesting authenticity of the matter contained therein but which does not create any obligation binding on the Company.
35 OFFICERS
35.1 The Company shall have a President, Secretary, and Chief Financial Officer, and may have one or more Vice Presidents, a Manager or a Controller, appointed by the Directors; provided, however, that there may exist a vacancy in any such office from time to time because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause which shall be filled by the Board of Directors as soon as reasonably practicable. The Directors may also from time to time appoint such other officers as they consider necessary, all for such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors from time to time subscribe.
36 REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
36.1 The Company shall cause to be kept in one or more books at its office a Register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the Statute. The Company shall send to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify the said Registrar of any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the Statute.
37 CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
37.1 Subject to the Statute and these Articles, the Board may capitalize any sum standing to the credit of any of the Companys reserve accounts (including a share premium account or a capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution and to appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event, the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalization, with full power to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit for the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorize any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalization and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.
38 NOTICES
38.1 Except as otherwise provided in these Articles, any notice or document may be served by the Company or by the person entitled to give notice to any Member either personally, by facsimile or by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter or via a recognized courier service, fees prepaid, addressed to the Member at his address as appearing in the Register of Members or, to the extent permitted by all applicable laws and regulations, by electronic means by transmitting it to any electronic number or address or website supplied by the member to the Company or by placing it on the Companys Website provided that, with respect to notification via electronic means or posting to Companys Website, the Company has obtained the Members prior express positive confirmation in writing to receive or otherwise have made available to him notices in such fashion. In the case of joint holders of a share, all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding, and notice so given shall be sufficient notice to all the joint holders.
38.2 Notices posted to addresses outside the Cayman Islands shall be forwarded by prepaid airmail.
38.3 Any Member present, either personally or by proxy, at any meeting of the Company shall for all purposes be deemed to have received due notice of such meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for which such meeting was convened.
38.4 Any notice or other document, if served by (a) post, shall be deemed to have been served when the letter containing the same is posted and if served by courier, shall be deemed to have been served when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier (in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice or document was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier), or (b) facsimile, shall be deemed to have
been served upon confirmation of successful transmission, or (c) recognised delivery service, shall be deemed to have been served when the letter containing the same is delivered to the courier service and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to provide that the letter containing the notice or documents was properly addressed and duly posted or delivered to the courier or (d) electronic means as provided herein shall be deemed to have been served and delivered on the day on which it is successfully transmitted or at such later time as may be prescribed by any applicable laws or regulations.
38.5 Any notice or document delivered or sent to any Member in accordance with the terms of these Articles shall notwithstanding that such Member be then dead or bankrupt, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death or bankruptcy, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of any share registered in the name of such Member as sole or joint holder, unless his name shall at the time of the service of the notice or document, have been removed from the Register of Members as the holder of the share, and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the share.
38.6 Notice of every general meeting shall be given to:
(a) all Members who have supplied to the Company an address for the giving of notices to them, except that in case of joint holders, the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members;
(b) every person entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member, who but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting;
(c) the Auditors; and
(d) each Director.
38.7 No other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
39 INFORMATION
39.1 No Member shall be entitled to require discovery of any information in respect of any detail of the Companys trading or any information which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Board would not be in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.
39.2 The Board shall be entitled to release or disclose any information in its possession, custody or control regarding the Company or its affairs to any of its members including, without limitation, information contained in the Register of Members and transfer books of the Company.
40 INDEMNITY
40.1 The Company shall indemnify every Director and officer of the Company or any predecessor to the Company (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include auditors of the Company), together with every former Director and former officer of the Company or any predecessor to the Company, and may indemnify any person (other than current and former Directors and officers) (any such Director, officer or other person, an Indemnified Person), out of the assets of the Company against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs, damages or expenses,
including legal expenses, whatsoever which they or any of them may incur as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out their functions other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud or wilful default. No Indemnified Person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage incurred by the Company as a result (whether direct or indirect) of the carrying out of their functions unless that liability arises through the actual fraud or wilful default of such Indemnified Person. No person shall be found to have committed actual fraud or wilful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect. Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action he or she might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director on account of any action taken by such Director, or the failure of such Director to take any action in the performance of his or her duties with or for the Company; provided that such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or wilful default which may attach to such Director.
40.2 The Company shall advance to each Indemnified Person reasonable attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnified Person for which indemnity will or could be sought. In connection with any advance of any expenses hereunder, the Indemnified Person shall execute an undertaking to repay the advanced amount to the Company if it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses, then such party shall not be indemnified with respect to such judgment, costs or expenses and any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest) by the Indemnified Person.
40.3 The Directors, on behalf of the Company, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any Director or other officer of the Company against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Company.
40.4 Neither any amendment nor repeal of the Articles set forth under this heading of INDEMNITY (the Indemnification Articles), nor the adoption of any provision of the Companys Articles or Memorandum of Association inconsistent with the Indemnification Articles, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of the Indemnification Articles, in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for these Indemnification Articles, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
41 FINANCIAL YEAR
41.1 Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on December 31st in each year and shall begin on January 1st in each year.
42 WINDING UP
42.1 If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator shall apply the assets of the Company in satisfaction of creditors claims in such manner and order as such liquidator thinks fit. Subject to the rights attaching to any shares, including the rights of the Series A Preferred Shares set forth in Section B.5 of Exhibit A, in a winding up:
(a) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the Companys issued share capital, such assets shall be distributed so
that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them; or
(b) if the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the Companys issued share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise.
42.2 If the Company shall be wound up, the liquidator may, subject to the rights attaching to any shares and with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether such assets shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.
43 AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND NAME OF COMPANY
43.1 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Articles, the Memorandum of Association and applicable law, including the Statute, the Company may at any time and from time to time by Special Resolution alter, amend, change or repeal these Articles or the Memorandum of Association of the Company, in whole or in part, or change the name of the Company.
44 REGISTRATION BY WAY OF CONTINUATION
44.1 Subject to these Articles, the Company may by Special Resolution resolve to be registered by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing. In furtherance of a resolution adopted pursuant to this Article, the Directors may cause an application to be made to the Registrar of Companies to deregister the Company in the Cayman Islands or such other jurisdiction in which it is for the time being incorporated, registered or existing and may cause all such further steps as they consider appropriate to be taken to effect the transfer by way of continuation of the Company.
EXHIBIT A
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
A. Designations, Powers, Preferences, Privileges and Other Rights of Series A Preferred Shares. The Series A Preferred Shares shall have the designations, powers, preferences, privileges and other rights set forth in this Exhibit A (Exhibit A) to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the Memorandum). Exhibit A shall be incorporated into the Memorandum as if set forth therein. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall the meanings given to them in the Memorandum.
B. Preferred Shares.
1. Dividends and Distributions.
(a) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any class or series of shares of the Company ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, the holders Series A Preferred Shares, in preference to the holders of any class or series of shares of the Company ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Shares in respect thereof, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of March, June, September and December, in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a Series A Preferred Share, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00 or (b) the Adjustment Number (as defined below) times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and the Adjustment Number times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in Ordinary Shares or a subdivision of the outstanding Ordinary Shares (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Ordinary Shares, since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a Series A Preferred Share. The Adjustment Number shall initially be 1,000. In the event the Company shall at any time after the date upon which the Memorandum is filed with the Registrar of Companies (i) declare and pay any dividend on Ordinary Shares payable in Ordinary Shares, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Ordinary Shares or (iii) combine the outstanding Ordinary Shares into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares, outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares, that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(b) The Company shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Shares as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Ordinary Shares (other than a dividend payable in Ordinary Shares).
(c) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding Series A Preferred Shares from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such Series A Preferred Shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Series A Preferred Shares entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the Series A Preferred Shares in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of Series A Preferred Shares entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.
2. Voting Rights. The holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall have the following voting rights:
(a) Each Series A Preferred Share shall entitle the holder thereof to a number of votes equal to the Adjustment Number on all matters submitted to a vote of the Members.
(b) Except as required by law, by this Section B.2 and by Section B.9 of this Exhibit A, holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Ordinary Shares as set forth in the Memorandum) for taking any corporate action.
(c) If, at the time of any general meeting of Members for the election of directors, the equivalent of six quarterly dividends (whether or not consecutive) payable on any Series A Preferred Shares are in default, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors of the Company shall be increased automatically by two. In addition to voting together with the holders of Ordinary Shares for the election of other directors of the Company, the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class to the exclusion of the holders of Ordinary Shares, shall be entitled at said meeting of Members (and at each subsequent annual meeting of Members), unless all dividends in arrears on the Series A Preferred Shares have been paid or declared and set apart for payment prior thereto, to vote for the election of two directors of the Company, the holders of any Series A Preferred Shares being entitled to cast a number of votes per share of Series A Preferred Shares as is specified in Section B.2(a). Each such additional director shall serve until the next general meeting of Members for the election of directors, or until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, or until his right to hold such office terminates pursuant to the provisions of this Section B.2(c). Until the default in payments of all dividends which permitted the election of said directors shall cease to exist, any director who shall have been so elected pursuant to the provisions of this Section B.2(c) may be removed at any time, without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares at the time entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast for the election of any such director at a special meeting of such holders called for that purpose, and any vacancy thereby created may be filled
by the vote of such holders. If and when such default shall cease to exist, the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares shall be divested of the foregoing special voting rights, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent like default in payments of dividends. Upon the termination of the foregoing special voting rights, the terms of office of all persons who may have been elected directors pursuant to said special voting rights shall forthwith terminate, and the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced automatically by two. The voting rights granted by this Section B.2(c) shall be in addition to any other voting rights granted to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares in this Section B.
3. Certain Restrictions.
(a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Shares as provided in Section B.1 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on Series A Preferred Shares outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Company shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Shares;
(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Shares, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Shares and all such parity shares on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled; or
(iii) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Series A Preferred Shares, or any shares ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Shares, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of Series A Preferred Shares, or to such holders and holders of any such shares ranking on a parity therewith, upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.
(b) The Company shall not permit any subsidiary of the Company to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of the Company unless the Company could, under Section B.3(a), purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
4. Reacquired Shares. Any Series A Preferred Shares purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever shall be retired promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their retirement become authorized but unissued Preferred Shares and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Shares to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to any conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.
5. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(a) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, voluntary or otherwise, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of the Company ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Shares unless, prior thereto, the holders of Series A Preferred Shares shall have received an amount per share (the Series A Liquidation Preference) equal to the greater of (i) $10.00 plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, or (ii) the Adjustment Number times the per share amount of all cash and other property to be distributed in respect of the Ordinary Shares upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
(b) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other classes and series of shares of the Company, if any, that rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Shares in respect thereof, then the assets available for such distribution shall be distributed ratably to the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares and the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences.
(c) Neither the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with another entity nor the merger or consolidation of any other entity into or with the Company shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company within the meaning of this Section 6.
6. Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case the Company shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the outstanding Ordinary Shares are exchanged for or changed into other shares or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each Series A Preferred Share shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share equal to the Adjustment Number times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each Ordinary Share is changed or exchanged.
7. No Redemption. The Series A Preferred Shares shall not be subject to redemption by the Company.
8. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Shares shall rank junior to all other series of the Preferred Shares as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise, and shall rank senior to the Ordinary Shares as to such matters.
9. Amendment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Memorandum or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the shares of this Company required by law or by the Memorandum, at any time that any Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Memorandum shall not be amended. by merger, consolidation or otherwise, which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Shares so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, voting separately as a class.
10. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Shares may be issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holders fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Preferred Shares.
Exhibit 4.2
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
March 3, 2014
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is made as of the 3rd day of March, 2014, by and among Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the Company) and Glaxo Group Limited (Investor).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Theravance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), and Parent plans to distribute via a pro rata stock dividend to holders of Parent common stock all of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company (the Spin-Off);
WHEREAS, Investor, GlaxoSmithKline, SmithKline Beecham Corporation and Parent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2004, as amended (the Parent Investors Rights Agreement) that provided, among other matters, for certain terms and conditions concerning the registration of the securities of Parent beneficially owned by Investor and its Affiliates (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, GSK holds shares of the common stock of Parent and will receive Ordinary Shares of the Company upon the Spin-Off;
WHEREAS, the Company and Investor desire to agree on terms and conditions concerning the registration of securities of the Company beneficially owned by Investor and its Affiliates that are similar to the terms and conditions set forth in the Parent Investors Rights Agreement with respect to the securities of Parent; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Investor are entering into a Governance Agreement of even date herewith providing for various rights and obligations applicable to each of the Company and Investor.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, the parties hereto further agree as follows:
1. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Section 1:
(a) The term Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) Affiliate of a party means any Person, whether de jure or de facto, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with
such Person, where control means the decision-making authority as to such Person and, further, where such control shall be presumed to exist where a Person owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity (or such lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign corporation in a particular jurisdiction) having the power to vote on or direct the affairs of the entity; it being specified that for purposes of this Agreement, the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, if any, shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of GSK.
(c) The term Effective Date means the date that Ordinary Shares of the Company are distributed to stockholders of Parent in the Spin-Off.
(d) The term Form S-3 means such form under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or Form F-3 under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
(e) The term Free Writing Prospectus means a free-writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
(f) The term Holder means any Person owning or having the right to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 1.11 hereof.
(g) The term Initial Offering means the Companys first firm commitment underwritten public offering of its Ordinary Shares under the Act, if any, that closes on or before the one-year anniversary of the Effective Date.
(h) The term 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) Ordinary Shares shall mean the ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company.
(j) The term Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association or other entity
(k) The term register, registered, and registration refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
(l) The term Registrable Securities means (i) the Ordinary Shares held by the Investor at any time following the Spin-Off and (ii) any Ordinary Shares of the Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the shares referenced in (i) above, excluding in all cases, however, any
Registrable Securities sold by a Person in a transaction in which his rights under this Section 1 are not assigned.
(m) The number of shares of Registrable Securities outstanding shall be determined by the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding that are, and the number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities that are, Registrable Securities.
(n) The term SEC shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
1.2 Request for Registration.
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2, if the Company shall receive at any time six (6) months after the Effective Date, a written request from the Holders of fifty percent (50%) or more of the Registrable Securities then outstanding (the Initiating Holders) that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of Registrable Securities with an anticipated aggregate offering price of at least $10,000,000, then the Company shall, within twenty (20) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders, and subject to the limitations of this Section 1.2, use all reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered in a written request received by the Company within twenty (20) days of the mailing of the Companys notice pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).
(b) If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to this Section 1.2 and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 1.2(a). In such event the right of any Holder to include its Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holders participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holders Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise mutually agreed by a majority in interest of the Initiating Holders and such Holder) to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by a majority of the participating Holders (which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Company that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities underwritten (including Registrable Securities), then the Company shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated to the Holders of such Registrable Securities on a pro rata basis based on the number of Registrable Securities held by all such Holders (including the Initiating Holders); provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting and registration shall not be reduced unless all other securities of the Company are first entirely excluded from the
underwriting and registration. Any Registrable Securities excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting shall be withdrawn from the registration.
(c) The Company shall not be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
(i) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required under the Act; or
(ii) after the Company has effected one (1) registration pursuant to this Section 1.2, and such registration has been declared or ordered effective (provided, however, that beginning twelve (12) months following the Effective Date, for so long as the Company does not satisfy the eligibility requirements for utilization of a registration statement on Form S-3, the Company shall be required to effect a registration pursuant to this Section 1.2 unless the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two registrations for the Holders pursuant to this Section 1.2); or
(iii) during the period starting with the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days following the effective date of, a Company-initiated registration subject to Section 1.3 below, provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; or
(iv) if the Initiating Holders propose to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be registered on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof; or
(v) if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the Companys Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board), it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such registration statement to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Initiating Holders, provided that such right to delay a request shall be exercised by the Company not more than once in any twelve (12)-month period.
1.3 Company Registration.
(a) If (but without any obligation to do so) the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for shareholders other than the Holders) any of its shares or other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan, a registration relating to a corporate reorganization or other transaction under Rule 145 of the Act, a registration on any new form enacted by the SEC after the date hereof that requires substantially less information (other than
information regarding the Holder or the Registrable Shares or the sale thereof) than would be required to be included in a registration statement also covering the sale of the Registrable Securities, or a registration in which the only Ordinary Shares being registered are Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of debt securities that are also being registered), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 3.5, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3(c), use all reasonable efforts to cause to be registered under the Act all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder requests to be registered.
(b) Right to Terminate Registration. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 1.3 prior to the effectiveness of such registration whether or not any Holder has elected to include securities in such registration. The expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 1.7 hereof.
(c) Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Companys share capital, the Company shall not be required under this Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by the Company (or by other Persons entitled to select the underwriters) and enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with an underwriter or underwriters selected by the Company, and then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by shareholders to be included in such offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each selling Holder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling Holders). If the underwriters determine in good faith to so limit the number of shares to be underwritten, the number of shares that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated first to the Company, second, to the Holders on a pro rata basis; and third, to any shareholder of the Company other than a Holder on a pro rata basis. No such reduction shall reduce the amount of securities of the selling Holders below 25% of the total amount of securities included in such registration.
1.4 Form S-3 Registration. In case the Company shall receive from the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) of the Registrable Securities a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company shall:
(a) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders; and
(b) use all reasonable efforts to effect, as soon as practicable, such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holders Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company, provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant to this Section 1.4:
(i) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders;
(ii) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters discounts or commissions) of less than $10,000,000;
(iii) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.4 a certificate signed by the Companys Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board, it would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its shareholders for such Form S-3 Registration to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.4; provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve month period;
(iv) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two registrations on Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 1.4; or
(v) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.
(c) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Holders. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.4 shall not be counted as requests for registration effected pursuant to Sections 1.2.
1.5 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 1 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the Registration Statement has been completed;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement;
(c) notify each holder of Registrable Securities of (A) the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (B) the receipt by the Company or its counsel of any written notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening in writing of any proceeding for such purpose, and (C) the effectiveness of each registration statement filed hereunder;
(d) take all reasonable actions to ensure that any Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent prepared by or on behalf of the Company) complies in all material respects with the Act, is filed in accordance with the Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby;
(e) furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;
(f) use all reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders, provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;
(g) in the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement (including, but not limited to, reasonable due diligence), in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering;
(h) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent prepared by or on behalf of the Company) relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Act or the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and the Company shall amend or supplement such prospectus in order to cause such prospectus not to include any untrue statement of material fact or omit to statement a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing;
(i) cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed; and
(j) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration.
1.6 Information from Holder. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holders Registrable Securities.
1.7 Expenses of Registration. All expenses other than underwriting discounts and commissions incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4, including (without limitation) all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and reasonable fees of one special counsel for the selling Holders not to exceed $35,000 shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.2 or Section 1.4 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all participating Holders shall bear such expenses pro rata based upon the number of Registrable Securities that were to be requested in the withdrawn registration), provided, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of a material adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such material adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses.
1.8 Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.
1.9 Indemnification. In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a registration statement under this Section 1:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the partners or officers, directors and shareholders of each Holder, legal counsel and accountants for each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities laws, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a Violation): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities laws; and the Company will reimburse each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection l.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation that occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person; provided further, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder or underwriter, or any Person controlling such Holder or underwriter, from whom the Person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased shares in the offering, if a copy of the prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) is provided to the Holder but was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Holder or underwriter to such Person, if required by law so to have been delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the shares to such Person, and if the prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, legal counsel and accountants for the Company, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing Persons may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act or any state securities laws, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will reimburse any Person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection l.9(b), for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection l.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), provided further that in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection l.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if materially prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 1.9, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.9.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.9 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that such contribution shall not exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, with the consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control.
(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
1.10 Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times after ninety (90) days after the Effective Date;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
1.11 Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be assigned (but only with all related obligations) by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such securities that (i) is an Affiliate, subsidiary, parent, partner, limited partner, retired partner or shareholder of a Holder or (ii) after such assignment or transfer, holds that number of shares of Registrable Securities equal to at least one and one-half percent (1.5%) of the then outstanding shares of the Company, provided: (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; and (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of Section 1.12 below.
1.12 Market Stand-Off Agreement. Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the Initial Offering and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed ninety (90) days) (i) lend, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares (whether such shares or any such securities are then owned by the Holder or are thereafter acquired), or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Ordinary Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. This Section 1.12 shall not apply to transactions relating to Ordinary Shares acquired in open market transactions after completion of the Initial Offering or any private transaction that is between a Holder and an Affiliate of such Holder. The foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12 shall only be applicable to the Holders if all officers and directors of the Company enter into similar agreements. The underwriters in connection with the Initial Offering are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 1.12 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto.
In order to enforce the foregoing covenant, the Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder (and the shares or securities of every other Person subject to the foregoing restriction) until the end of such period.
1.13 Termination of Registration Rights. No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 after December 31, 2024 or, as to any Holder holding one and one-half percent (1.5%) or less of the outstanding shares of the Company, such earlier time at which all Registrable Securities held by such Holder (and any Affiliate of the Holder with whom such Holder must aggregate its sales under Rule 144) can be sold in a single transaction without registration in compliance with Rule 144 of the Act.
1.14 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of the Company that would grant such holder registration rights senior to those granted to the Holders hereunder.
2. Miscellaneous.
2.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of any shares of Registrable Securities); provided that, except as explicitly provided herein, the rights hereunder may not be assigned to a Person without a corresponding transfer of shares to such Person. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than
the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
2.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware as applied to agreements among Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware. Any action with respect to this Agreement shall be brought in the state courts of Delaware or the US District Court for the District of Delaware.
2.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
2.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
2.5 Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earlier to occur of actual receipt or: (a) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next business day or (c) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All notices and certificates will be addressed to an Investor at the address set forth in the books and records of the Company or at such other address as the Company or the Investor may designate by ten (10) days advance written notice to the other parties hereto
2.6 Expenses. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
2.7 Entire Agreement: Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement among the parties with regard to the subjects hereof. The parties agree that this Agreement shall become effective on the Effective Date. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of any Registrable Securities and each future holder of all such Registrable Securities.
2.8 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
2.9 Aggregation of Shares. All shares of Registrable Securities held or acquired by affiliated entities or Persons shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, for purposes of Section 1.3(c).
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.3
THERAVANCE BIOPHARMA, INC.
and
Computershare Inc.,
as Rights Agent
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of , 2014
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Rights Agreement, dated as of , 2014 (Agreement), is between Theravance Biopharma, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the Company), and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Rights Agent (the Rights Agent).
The Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a Right) for each Ordinary Share (as hereinafter defined) of the Company outstanding as of the Close of Business (as defined below) on , 2014 (the Record Date), each Right representing the right to purchase one one-thousandth (subject to adjustment) of a Preferred Share (as hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and has further authorized and directed the issuance of one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) with respect to each Ordinary Share that shall become outstanding between the Record Date and the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined); provided, however, that Rights may be issued with respect to Ordinary Shares that shall become outstanding after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with Section 22.
Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meaning indicated:
(a) Acquiring Person shall mean any Person (as such term is hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined) of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding, but shall not include an Exempt Person (as such term is hereinafter defined); provided, however, that (i) if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an Acquiring Person became the Beneficial Owner of a number of Ordinary Shares such that the Person would otherwise qualify as an Acquiring Person inadvertently (including, without limitation, because (A) such Person was unaware that it beneficially owned a percentage of Ordinary Shares that would otherwise cause such Person to be an Acquiring Person or (B) such Person was aware of the extent of its Beneficial Ownership of Ordinary Shares but had no actual knowledge of the consequences of such Beneficial Ownership under this Agreement) and without any intention of changing or influencing control of the Company, then such Person shall not be deemed to be or to have become an Acquiring Person for any purposes of this Agreement unless and until such Person shall have failed to divest itself, as soon as practicable (as determined, in good faith, by the Board of Directors of the Company), of Beneficial Ownership of a sufficient number of Ordinary Shares so that such Person would no longer otherwise qualify as an Acquiring Person; (ii) if, as of the date hereof or prior to the first public announcement of the adoption of this Agreement, any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares outstanding, such Person shall not be deemed to be or to become an Acquiring Person unless and until such time as such Person shall, after the first public announcement of the adoption of this Agreement, become the Beneficial Owner of additional Ordinary Shares (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution
paid or made by the Company on the outstanding Ordinary Shares or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), unless, upon becoming the Beneficial Owner of such additional Ordinary Shares, such Person is not then the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding; (iii) no Person shall become an Acquiring Person as the result of an acquisition of Ordinary Shares by the Company which, by reducing the number of shares outstanding, increases the proportionate number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by such Person to 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding, provided, however, that if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding by reason of such share acquisitions by the Company and shall thereafter become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Ordinary Shares (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the outstanding Ordinary Shares or pursuant to a split, subdivision or recapitalization of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), then such Person shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person unless upon becoming the Beneficial Owner of such additional Ordinary Shares such Person does not beneficially own 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding; (iv) no Person shall become an Acquiring Person solely as a result of any unilateral grant of any security by the Company or through the exercise of any options, warrants, rights or similar interests (including restricted shares) granted by the Company to its directors, officers and employees; (v) no Person shall become an Acquiring Person as the result of the acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of the Ordinary Shares from an individual who, on the later of the date hereof or the first public announcement of this Agreement, is the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding if such Ordinary Shares are received by such Person upon such individuals death pursuant to such individuals will or pursuant to a charitable trust created by such individual for estate planning purposes and (vi) Glaxo Group Limited (GGL) and GlaxoSmithKline plc (together with GGL, GSK), together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall not be deemed an Acquiring Person for purposes of this Agreement (x) for so long as GGL is in compliance with the terms of that certain Governance Agreement dated March 3, 2014 by and among the Company and GGL (the Governance Agreement), and (y) if on the date of termination of the Governance Agreement, GSK, together with its Affiliates and Associates, is the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares outstanding, GSK, together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall not be deemed to be or to become an Acquiring Person unless and until such time as GSK or any of its Affiliates or Associates shall, after termination of the Governance Agreement, become the Beneficial Owner of additional Ordinary Shares (other than pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made by the Company on the outstanding Ordinary Shares or pursuant to a split or subdivision of the outstanding Ordinary Shares), unless, upon becoming the Beneficial Owner of such additional Ordinary Shares, GSK, together with its Affiliates and Associates, is not then the Beneficial Owner of 19% or more of the Ordinary Shares then outstanding. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Ordinary Shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), as in effect on the date hereof.
(b) Affiliate and Associate shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof.
(c) A Person shall be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, shall be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of and shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates is deemed to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of Rule l3d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof;
(ii) which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction or occurrence of one or more conditions) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, (w) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange, (x) securities which such Person has a right to acquire upon the exercise of Rights at any time prior to the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, (y) securities issuable upon the exercise of Rights from and after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person if such Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates prior to the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof (Original Rights) or pursuant to Section 11(i) or Section 11(n) with respect to an adjustment to Original Rights or (z) securities which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates may acquire, does or do acquire or may be deemed to have the right to acquire, pursuant to any merger or other acquisition agreement between the Company and such Person (or one or more of such Persons Affiliates or Associates) if such agreement has been approved by the Board of Directors prior to such Persons becoming an Acquiring Person; or (B) the right or power to vote (directly or indirectly) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, further, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security by reason of such agreement, arrangement or understanding if the agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to vote such security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person and with respect to which such Person or any of such Persons Affiliates or Associates has: (A) any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section 1(c)(ii)(B)) or disposing of such securities of the Company or (B) any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to cooperate in obtaining, changing or influencing control of the Company;
provided, however, that no Person who is an officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person shall be deemed, solely by reason of such Persons status or authority as such, to be the
Beneficial Owner of, to have Beneficial Ownership of or to beneficially own any securities that are beneficially owned (as defined in this Section l(c)), including, without limitation, in a fiduciary capacity, by an Exempt Person or by any other such officer, director or employee of an Exempt Person; and provided further, that nothing in this paragraph (c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any securities acquired through such Persons participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date of such acquisition, and then only if such securities continue to be owned by such Person at such expiration of forty days.
(d) Book Entry shall mean entry in the register of members of the Company for the Ordinary Shares or, for Ordinary Shares participating in the direct registration system, by notation in the respective book entry accounts for the Ordinary Shares.
(e) Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York, the State of New Jersey or the city in which the principal office of the Rights Agent is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
(f) Close of Business on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day.
(g) Current Value shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(h) Distribution Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.
(i) Equivalent Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.
(j) Exchange Ratio shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24 hereof.
(k) Exempt Person shall mean the Company or any Subsidiary (as such term is hereinafter defined) of the Company, in each case including, without limitation, in its fiduciary capacity, or any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity or trustee holding (or acting in a fiduciary capacity in respect of) Ordinary Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or for the purpose of funding any such plan or funding other employee benefits for employees of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company.
(l) Expiration Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(m) Final Expiration Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(n) Flip-In Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(o) NASDAQ shall mean The NASDAQ Global Market.
(p) New York Stock Exchange shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
(q) Ordinary Shares when used with reference to the Company shall mean the Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company. Ordinary Shares when used with reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the Ordinary Shares (or, in the case of any entity other than a corporation, the equivalent equity interest) with the greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such other Person is a Subsidiary of another Person, the Person or Persons which ultimately control such first-mentioned Person.
(r) Ordinary Share Equivalents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(s) Person shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, association, syndicate, other entity, or an unincorporated group of persons, who by formal or informal agreement or arrangement, have embarked on a common purpose or act, and shall include, in each case, any successor (by merger or otherwise) to such Person.
(t) Preferred Share shall mean the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Share, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A and, to the extent that there are not a sufficient number of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares authorized to permit the full exercise of the Rights, Equivalent Preferred Shares .
(u) Principal Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b) hereof.
(v) Purchase Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) hereof.
(w) Record Date shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(x) Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(y) Redemption Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23 hereof.
(z) Right shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(aa) Right Certificate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.
(bb) Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(cc) Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(dd) Share Acquisition Date shall mean the first date of public announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such, or such earlier date as a majority of the Board of Directors shall become aware of the existence of an Acquiring Person.
(ee) Spread shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(ff) Subsidiary of any Person shall mean any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power sufficient to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person, and any corporation or other entity that is otherwise controlled by such Person.
(gg) Substitution Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(hh) Summary of Rights shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.
(ii) Trading Day shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(i) hereof.
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the express terms and conditions hereof (and no implied terms or conditions), and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-rights agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. In the event the Company appoints one or more co-rights agents, the Company shall delivery written notice to the Rights Agent setting forth the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any co-rights agent. The Rights Agent shall not have a duty to supervise, and no event shall the Rights Agent be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-rights agent.
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates.
(a) Until the Close of Business on the tenth day after the Share Acquisition Date (such date hereinafter referred to as the Distribution Date) (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Ordinary Shares registered in the names of the holders thereof, which certificates of Ordinary Shares shall be deemed also to be certificates for Rights (or, with respect to Ordinary Shares not represented by certificates, the Rights related thereto will be evidenced by notation on the records of the Company evidencing ownership of such Ordinary Shares), and, in each case, not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Ordinary Shares evidencing such Rights. As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if requested to do so by the Company and provided with all necessary information and documents, in form, format and substance satisfactory to the Rights Agent, send) by such means as the Company shall select (or direct the Rights Agent to use in a written notice), to each record holder of Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, the transfer agent or the registrar for the Ordinary Shares (and if the Rights Agent is not the transfer agent or registrar for the Ordinary Shares, the Company shall promptly provide such information to the Rights Agent in a form, format and substance satisfactory to the Rights Agent) a Right Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a Right Certificate), evidencing one Right (subject to adjustment as provided herein) for each Ordinary Share so held.
As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates. The Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent in writing upon the occurrence of the Distribution Date and, if notification is given orally, the Company shall confirm the same in writing on or prior to the Business Day next following. Until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent may presume conclusively for all purposes that the Distribution Date has not occurred.
(b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the Summary of Rights), by such means as the Company shall select, to each record holder of Ordinary Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date (other than any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person), at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Ordinary Shares (or Book Entry Ordinary Shares) outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof (or such Book Entry shares) together with the Summary of Rights. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Ordinary Shares (or any Book Entry Ordinary Shares) outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares represented thereby.
(c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all Ordinary Shares issued or disposed of (including, without limitation, upon transfer or exchange or disposition of Ordinary Shares out of treasury or issuance or reissuance of Ordinary Shares out of authorized but unissued share capital) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date. Certificates issued for Ordinary Shares (including, without limitation, upon transfer of outstanding Ordinary Shares, disposition of Ordinary Shares out of treasury or issuance or reissuance of Ordinary Shares out of authorized but unissued share capital) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date and the Expiration Date, or in certain circumstances provided in Section 22 hereof, after the Distribution Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them a legend in substantially the following form:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (the Company) and Computershare Inc., as Rights Agent, dated as of , 2014 and as amended, supplemented, restated, extended or renewed from time to time (the Rights Agreement), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will deliver to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights owned by or transferred to any Person who is or becomes an Acquiring Person or Affiliate or Associate thereof (as those terms are defined in the Rights Agreement) and certain transferees thereof will become null and void and will no longer be transferable.
With respect to any Book Entry Ordinary Shares, a legend in substantially the form of the foregoing shall be included in a notice to the record holder of such shares in accordance with applicable law. With respect to such certificates containing a legend in substantially the form of the foregoing, or any notice delivered to the holders of Book Entry shares in accordance with the preceding sentence, until the Distribution Date the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares represented by such certificates or Book Entry shares shall be evidenced by such certificates or Book Entry shares alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate or Book Entry share, except as otherwise provided herein, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or otherwise acquires any Ordinary Shares after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Ordinary Shares shall be deemed canceled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with the Ordinary Shares which are no longer outstanding.
Notwithstanding this paragraph (c), neither the omission of a legend nor the failure to deliver the notice of such legend required hereby shall affect the enforceability of any part of this Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase shares and of assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) when, as and if issued, shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate (which do not affect the rights, duties or responsibilities of the Rights Agent) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or quoted, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share as shall be set forth therein at the Purchase Price, but the number of such one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. The Company shall give written notice to the Rights Agent promptly after it becomes aware of the existence of any Acquiring Person, and until such written notice is received by the Rights Agent, the Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge that any person has become an Acquiring Person, or have any duty or obligation in connection with any person becoming an Acquiring Person.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.
(a) The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Companys Chief Executive Officer either manually or by facsimile signature, shall have affixed thereto the Companys seal or a facsimile thereof and shall be attested by the Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be manually or facsimile countersigned by the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may be
countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though the Person who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any Person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.
(b) Following the Distribution Date and receipt by the Rights Agent of notice to that effect and all other relevant information and documents referred to in Section 3(a), the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at an office or agency designated for such purpose, books for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the Right Certificates.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date and at or prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates (other than Right Certificates representing Rights that have become null and void) may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share (or such shares of the Principal Party, if any, as shall be issuable in lieu of such one-hundredths of a Preferred Share pursuant to Section 13(a) hereof) as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer any Right Certificate shall surrender the Right Certificate at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose with the form of assignment on the reverse side thereof duly endorsed (or enclose with such Right Certificate a written instrument of transfer in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Rights Agent, duly executed by the registered holder thereof or the registered holders attorney duly authorized in writing), and with all signatures duly guaranteed. Any registered holder desiring to, split up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate or Right Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the office or agency of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Right Certificate or Right Certificates until the registered holder thereof shall have (i) properly completed and duly signed the certificate contained in the form of assignment set forth on the reverse side of each such Right Certificate and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) as the Company or the Rights Agent shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall countersign (by manual or facsimile signature) and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested, registered in such name or names as may be designated by the surrendering registered holder. The Company may require payment from the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Right Certificates. The Rights Agent shall have no
duty or obligation to take any action under any section of this Agreement that requires the payment of taxes and/or charges unless and until the Rights Agent is satisfied that all such taxes and/or charges have been paid.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at any time after the Distribution Date and prior to the Expiration Date, upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent