UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 24, 2015
Commission File Number |
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter, principal office and address and telephone number |
State of incorporation |
I.R.S. Employer | |||
000-55075 | Actavis plc | Ireland | 98-1114402 | |||
1 Grand Canal Square, Docklands Dublin 2, Ireland (862) 261-7000 |
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333-199019 | Warner Chilcott Limited | Bermuda | 98-0496358 | |||
Cannons Court 22 Victoria Street Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda (441) 295-2244 |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Offering of Ordinary Shares
On February 24, 2015, Actavis plc (the Company) entered into an underwriting agreement (the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the Ordinary Shares Underwriters), to sell an aggregate of 13,194,445 of its ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the Ordinary Shares), to the Ordinary Shares Underwriters at a public offering price of $288.00 per share, pursuant to the Companys shelf registration statement (the Registration Statement) on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-202168). Pursuant to the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Ordinary Shares Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1,319,444 Ordinary Shares solely to cover overallotments, which was exercised in full on February 25, 2015. The Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions. A copy of the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement in this report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement.
Offering of 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
In addition, on February 24, 2015, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the Preferred Shares Underwriters), to sell an aggregate of 4,600,000 shares of its 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share (the Preferred Shares), to the Preferred Shares Underwriters at a public offering price of $1,000.00 per share, pursuant to the Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Preferred Shares Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 460,000 Preferred Shares solely to cover overallotments, which was exercised in full on February 25, 2015. The Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the parties and termination provisions. A copy of the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.2 and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement in this report is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement.
Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
On February 24, 2015, the Shelf Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Designations (the Designations) to establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights of its Preferred Shares. The Designations became effective upon such adoption, and a copy is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any Preferred Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Companys ordinary shares or any other class or series of junior shares, and none of the Companys ordinary shares or any other class or series of junior shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of the Companys subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of the Companys ordinary shares have been set aside for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Preferred Shares.
Under Irish law, the Companys board of directors (or an authorized committee) may only declare and pay cash dividends on the Preferred Shares out of the Companys distributable reserves. While as of December 31, 2014 the Company did not have distributable reserves, it has filed a petition with the Irish High Court to confirm the creation of approximately $5.79 billion of distributable reserves by decreasing its share premium account. The Company has undertaken to the Preferred Share Underwriters to use reasonable best efforts to create distributable reserves if the Irish High Court declines its petition. If distributable reserves are not created, the Company may deliver ordinary shares instead of cash to satisfy its obligations under the Preferred Shares.
In addition, upon the Companys voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $1,000.00 per Preferred Share, plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preferred Shares to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution to be paid out
of the Companys assets legally available for distribution to the Companys shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to the Companys creditors and holders of any senior shares and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of junior shares (including the Companys ordinary shares).
The terms of the Preferred Shares, including such restrictions, are more fully described in the Designations.
Item 7.01. | Other Events. |
On March 2, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has closed its concurrent offerings of 14,513,889 Ordinary Shares and 5,060,000 Preferred Shares, which includes 1,319,444 Ordinary Shares and 460,000 Preferred Shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment options granted to the Ordinary Shares Underwriters and the Preferred Shares Underwriters, respectively.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or as otherwise subject to liability of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
Exhibit 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2015, by and among Actavis plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Ordinary Shares. | |
Exhibit 1.2 | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2015, by and among Actavis plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. | |
Exhibit 4.1 | Designations of the Terms of the 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A. | |
Exhibit 4.2 | Form of Certificate for 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1). | |
Exhibit 5.1 | Opinion of Arthur Cox. | |
Exhibit 23.1 | Consent of Arthur Cox (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above). | |
Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release dated March 2, 2015. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 2, 2015
ACTAVIS plc | ||
By: | /s/ A. Robert D. Bailey | |
Name: | A. Robert D. Bailey | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary |
Warner Chilcott Limited | ||
By: | /s/ A. Robert D. Bailey | |
Name: | A. Robert D. Bailey | |
Title: | Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
Exhibit 1.1* | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2015, by and among Actavis plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Ordinary Shares. | |
Exhibit 1.2* | Underwriting Agreement, dated February 24, 2015, by and among Actavis plc and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. | |
Exhibit 4.1* | Designations of the Terms of the 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A. | |
Exhibit 4.2 | Form of Certificate for 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1). | |
Exhibit 5.1* | Opinion of Arthur Cox. | |
Exhibit 23.1 | Consent of Arthur Cox (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above). | |
Exhibit 99.1* | Press Release dated March 2, 2015. |
* | Exhibits filed herewith |
Exhibit 1.1
ACTAVIS PLC
13,194,445 Ordinary Shares
Underwriting Agreement
February 24, 2015
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
320 Park Avenue, Floor 12
New York, New York 10022
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10152
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Actavis plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you are acting as representatives (the Representatives), an aggregate of 13,194,445 ordinary shares (the Ordinary Shares), par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Underwritten Shares). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,319,444 Ordinary Shares of the Company (the Option Shares) solely to cover over-allotments. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the Shares. The Ordinary Shares of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the Stock.
On November 16, 2014, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement) with Avocado Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub), and Allergan Inc., a Delaware corporation (Allergan), that provides for the acquisition of Allergan by the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Allergan, with Allergan continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger). As used herein, Acquired Companies shall refer to Allergan and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. For purposes of Section 3 of this Agreement, references to the knowledge of the Company with respect to matters pertaining to the Acquired Companies shall be limited to the actual knowledge of the Company.
This underwriting agreement (this Agreement) and the Merger Agreement are referred to herein as the Transaction Documents.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement (File No. 333-202168), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430 Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and as used herein, the term Preliminary Prospectus means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the Rule 462 Registration Statement), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package): a Preliminary Prospectus dated February 19, 2015 and each free-writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
Applicable Time means 5:15 P.M., New York City time, on February 24, 2015.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein
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and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the Purchase Price) of $280.9809 from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1 hereto.
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company; provided that the Underwriters may only exercise such option for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Underwritten Shares. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice (other than any such notice given with respect to Option Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date) shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives, in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on March 2, 2015, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the Closing Date and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the Additional Closing Date.
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Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. For the purposes of effecting delivery of the Shares, the Company will issue in the name of Cede & Co. (Cede) the Shares to be sold hereunder and will instruct Cede to deliver the book entry interest in such Shares to such broker accounts as the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall direct on or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, none of the Representatives or any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply
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in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, including, to the knowledge of the Company, the documents filed with the Commission by Allergan, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents, including, to the knowledge of the Company, the documents so filed by Allergan, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements.
(i) Preparation of the Financial Statements of the Company. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material
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respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the Companys audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In addition, the pro forma financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (including the notes related thereto) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof, in the reasonable judgment of the Companys management and subject to the qualifications contained therein, are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein and are set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ii) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Allergan. To the knowledge of the Company, (i) the audited consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Allergan incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Allergan and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified, (ii) such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein and (iii) the summary financial information of Allergan and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Allergans audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(iii) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Forest. The audited consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Forest Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Forest), and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Forest and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial information of Forest and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Forests audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(iv) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Warner Chilcott. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Warner Chilcott Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (Warner Chilcott), and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial information of Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Warner Chilcotts audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(v) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Warner Chilcott plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (Legacy Warner Chilcott) and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Legacy Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein.
(vi) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Old Actavis. The combined financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Actavis Pharma Holding 4 ehf., a company incorporated in Iceland, and Actavis S.à r.l., a private limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated in Luxembourg (collectively, Old Actavis) incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Old Actavis and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards and its interpretations
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as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been (A) any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of Ordinary Shares or shares of common stock of Allergan, as applicable, upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, or (B) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, on any class of capital stock thereof, except for dividends or distributions for internal tax, restructuring or similar purposes between or among the Company and any of its subsidiaries; (ii) there has not been (A) any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (B) to the knowledge of the Company, any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole (collectively, the Combined Company); and (iii) none of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, except for such losses or interference as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Combined Company.
(h) Organization and Good Standing.
(i) Organization and Good Standing of the Company. The Company and each of its significant subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the Significant Subsidiaries) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, if applicable, in each jurisdiction in which its respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its respective businesses requires such qualification, and has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the
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businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is required to be so listed. The Significant Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.
As used herein, Material Adverse Effect means (A) when used in respect of any matter relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any material adverse effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents and (B) when used in respect of any matter relating to any of the Acquired Companies, any material adverse effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Combined Company, or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(ii) Organization and Good Standing of the Acquired Companies. To the knowledge of the Company, each of the Acquired Companies has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, if applicable, in each jurisdiction in which its respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its respective business requires such qualification, and has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Capitalization.
(i) Capitalization of the Company. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interests in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all
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material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.
(ii) Capitalization of the Acquired Companies. To the knowledge of the Company, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Acquired Companies have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights and, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, the Company will acquire, directly or indirectly, good and valid title to all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Acquired Companies free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except as provided in the Merger Agreement, as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Equity Awards. With respect to the stock options (the Stock Options), restricted stock units and restricted stock (collectively, Awards) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Company Stock Plans) and, to the knowledge of the Company, with respect to the Awards granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of any of the Acquired Companies (the Acquired Company Stock Plans), (i) each grant of an Award was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Award was by its terms to be effective (the Grant Date) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the boards of directors (or any duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (ii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans or the Acquired Company Stock Plans, as applicable, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the Exchange) and any other exchange on which the Companys or, if applicable, any of the Acquired Companies securities are traded, and (iii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, and disclosed in the filings of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies of granting Awards prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Awards with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company, its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, or their respective results of operations or prospects.
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(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(o) No Violation or Default. None of the Company, any of the Significant Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is a party or by which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is subject (an Existing Instrument); or (iii) in violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies pursuant to, any Existing Instrument, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, or
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(iii) result in the violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
As used herein, Debt Repayment Triggering Event means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any Existing Instrument the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or any portion of the indebtedness due by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, under such Existing Instrument.
(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have already been obtained or made, (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have been obtained or made or as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) or under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (iv) the statutory notification to the Registrar of Companies in Ireland of the allotment of the Shares and (v) where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is a party or to which any property of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(s) Independent Accountants.
(i) Independent Accountants of the Company and Warner Chilcott. (A) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC), who have expressed their opinion with respect to each of (1) the Companys audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, (2) the audited financial statements of Warner Chilcott for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and (3) the unaudited financial statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott for the nine-months ended September 30, 2013 and the audited financial statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, in each case of (1), (2) and (3), that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to each of the Company, Warner Chilcott and Legacy Warner Chilcott, respectively, as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and any non-audit services provided by PWC to any of the Company, Warner Chilcott, Legacy Warner Chilcott or any of their respective subsidiaries have been approved by the audit committees of the boards of directors of the Company, Warner Chilcott or Legacy Warner Chilcott, as applicable.
(ii) Independent Accountants of Allergan. Ernst & Young LLP (Ernst & Young), who have expressed their opinion with respect to Allergans audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are, to the knowledge of the Company, independent public accountants with respect to Allergan as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the PCAOB, and, to the knowledge of the Company, any non-audit services provided by Ernst & Young to any of the Acquired Companies have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of Allergan.
(iii) Independent Accountants of Forest. BDO USA LLP (BDO), who have expressed their opinion with respect to Forests unaudited financial statements for the quarter-ended June 30, 2014 and Forests audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Forest as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the PCAOB, and any non-audit services provided by BDO to Forest or any of its subsidiaries have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of Forest.
(iv) Independent Accountants of Old Actavis. KPMG ehf. (KPMG), who have expressed their opinion with respect to the audited financial statements of Old Actavis for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Old Actavis as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an
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independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules the PCAOB, and any non-audit services provided by KPMG to Old Actavis or any of its subsidiaries were approved by the audit committee of the board of directors (or equivalent authorizing body) of Old Actavis.
(t) Title to Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary and confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the Intellectual Property) used by the Company, its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies in, and necessary for the conduct of, their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to so own or have the right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no infringement by third parties of the Companys, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies Intellectual Property and there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies (i) challenging the Companys, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies rights in or to any Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies, or (iii) alleging that the operation of the Companys, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies respective businesses as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of a third party, which infringement, invalidity, inadequacy or violation would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(u) No Undisclosed Relationships. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any other person or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(v) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof received by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Investment Company Act).
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(w) Taxes. The Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except to the extent a failure to make such filings or payments would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Licenses and Permits. The Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Company, any of the Significant Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization, which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) No Labor Disputes. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no material labor dispute with employees of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies exists, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies (a) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any
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Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law; (ii) there are no costs required under or liabilities associated with applicable Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed; and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies. Hazardous Materials means any material, chemical, substance, waste (including medical waste), pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. Release means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into, from or through any building or structure.
(aa) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) or the Acquired Companies would have any liability (each, a Plan) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to a Plan that either has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, any member of the Companys Controlled Group or any of the Acquired Companies has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (v) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental
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agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Companys and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies most recently completed fiscal year, as applicable; or (y) a material increase of the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable. For purposes of this Section 3(aa), any representations regarding Plans of the Acquired Companies are to the knowledge of the Company.
(bb) Disclosure Controls. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company or Allergan, as applicable, in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys or Allergans management, as applicable, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(cc) Accounting Controls. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies maintain systems of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP or international financial reporting standards, as the case may be, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP or international financial reporting standards, as the case may be, and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(dd) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus:
(i) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls of the Company. Since the end of its most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
(ii) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls of Allergan. To the knowledge of the Company, since the end of its most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weaknesses in Allergans internal controls over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in Allergans internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect Allergans ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
(ee) eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(ff) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment or benefit. The Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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(gg) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies are and have been, during the past five years, conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(hh) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies or any of their directors or officers, or any employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) (each, a Sanctioned Country); and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), as will result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction (whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(ii) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company.
(jj) No Stabilization. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
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(kk) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(i) Companys Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ii) Allergans Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance. To the knowledge of the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Allergan or any of the Allergans directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ll) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(mm) Stamp, Value Added and Withholding Taxes. Except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by Ireland, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (each, a Taxing Jurisdiction) as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, to the knowledge of the Company, no value added tax or other similar taxes levied by reference to added value or sales (VAT), stamp duties, registration taxes, issuance or transfer taxes or other similar taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters in any Taxing Jurisdiction solely in connection with (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (B) the issuance and delivery of the Shares in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus or (C) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, all payments to be made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the Payors) on or by virtue of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, under the current laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction, will not be subject to withholding, duties, levies, deductions, charges or other taxes and are otherwise payable free and clear of any other withholding, duty, levy, deduction, charge or other tax in the Taxing Jurisdiction and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the Taxing Jurisdiction.
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(nn) Submission of Jurisdiction. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 15(e) of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York state and United States federal court sitting in the City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court.
(oo) Passive Foreign Investment Company. Subject to the qualifications, limitations, exceptions and assumptions set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company does not believe that it was a passive foreign investment company (a PFIC), as defined in section 1297 of the Code.
(pp) Dividends. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no approvals are currently required in Ireland or the United States in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of Shares. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of Ireland and the United States and any political subdivision thereof, any amount payable with respect to the Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Company may be paid by the Company in United States dollars or Euros and freely transferred out of Ireland, and no such payments made to the holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of Ireland will be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Ireland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Ireland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; and will use its best efforts to furnish electronic copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, with printed copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to follow as soon as practicable but in no event later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second business day succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
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(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, four signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) upon request of such Underwriter and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object in a timely manner.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
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such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Ongoing Compliance. (i) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law and (ii) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with applicable law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will use best efforts, in cooperation with the Representatives, to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
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(h) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) 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, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the substantially concurrent public offering and sale of 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Preferred Shares) in connection with financing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) the issuance, if any, of Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, (D) any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of options, restricted stock units or other awards granted under or covered by Company Stock Plans or stock-based retirement plans and (E) the issuance of Stock or other securities (including securities convertible into shares of Stock) in connection with an employee stock compensation plan or agreement, in each case of (D) and (E), which plans or agreements are disclosed in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of proceeds.
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the Exchange.
(l) Reports. For a period of one year after the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
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(m) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(n) Tax Indemnity. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp, registration or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, and, in Ireland, any VAT, on the sale of the Shares by the Company to the Underwriters, on the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus. All sums payable by the Payors to the Underwriters (the Payees) under this Agreement, including any indemnity payments made pursuant to this Section 4(n), shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever imposed in any Taxing Jurisdiction unless the relevant Payor is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, and except for any tax imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income or capital gains earned, accrued or realized by the Underwriters or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by a Taxing Jurisdiction as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting solely from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such withholding or deductions, the Payors shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order to ensure that the net amounts received after such withholding or deductions shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made. All sums payable by the Payors to the Payees under this Agreement shall be considered exclusive of VAT. All amounts charged by the Payees or for which the Payees are to be reimbursed will be invoiced together with any applicable VAT that is properly chargeable thereon, where appropriate. Any VAT due on the amounts charged by the Payees shall be for the account of the Payors, save to the extent that, in the event of a reimbursement of expenses, such Payee reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority, in which event the amount payable shall be reduced by the amount of such credit or repayment.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
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(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (i) the Applicable Time and (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies that are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, (A) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (B) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the
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judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, which shall be delivered on behalf of the Company by the signatories thereof in their respective capacities as officers of the Company and not in their individual capacity, of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Accountants Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Accountants Comfort Letter for the Company. From PWC, independent registered public accountants for the Company, letters dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to each of (A) the audited and pro forma financial statements and certain financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, (B) the audited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Warner Chilcott and (C) the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Legacy Warner Chilcott, in each case of (A), (B) and (C) that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and other customary matters;
(ii) Accountants Comfort Letter for the Acquired Companies. From Ernst & Young, independent auditors for the Acquired Companies, a letter dated the respective date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of the Acquired Companies included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other customary matters; and
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(iii) Accountants Comfort Letter for Forest. From BDO, independent auditors for Forest, a letter dated the respective date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Forest included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other customary matters;
provided, that in each case of clauses (i) through (iii) above, the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion of Counsel for the Company.
(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(ii) Opinion of Chief Legal Officer for the Company. A. Robert D. Bailey, Chief Legal Officer of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(iii) Opinion of Ireland Counsel for the Company. Arthur Cox, special Ireland counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company.
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(j) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any such relevant jurisdiction) or a comparable attestation in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between the Representatives and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of the Companys share capital or certain other securities, delivered to the Representatives on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees and other reasonable and documented expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a road show) or any Pricing
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Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the first and second sentences of the third paragraph of text under the caption Underwriting concerning the terms of the offering of the Underwritten Shares, including the concession and reallowance to certain dealers and (ii) the thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs under the caption Underwriting, regarding stabilizing transactions.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually
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agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives, any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective
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proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in securities settlement or clearance services; or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any change in the United States or international financial markets or any calamity or crisis involving the United States or Ireland that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it
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impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, then each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters.
(b) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Shares, which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters agree to use reasonable best efforts to arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(c) If, within 48 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
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11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable solely as a result thereof; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Companys counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including reasonable related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) (such fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (iv) not to exceed $15,000); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if applicable; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (vii) in an amount not to exceed $25,000); (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors, provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of the third-party costs of any private aircraft incurred in connection with such roadshow; and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange. Except as provided in this Section 11 and Section 7, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(ii); (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters; or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted by Section 6 under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
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14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358), Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; Mizuho Securities USA Inc., 320 Park Avenue, Floor 12, New York, New York 10022 (e-mail: US-ECM@us.mizuho-sc.com), Attention: Equity Capital Markets; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 (fax: (212) 214-5918), Attention: Equity Syndicate Department. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 400 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, (fax: (862) 261-7922); Attention: A. Robert D. Bailey.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
(c) Judgment Currency. All payments to be made hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars. The Company agrees to indemnify each Underwriter, its directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the judgment currency) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
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(d) Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court of (i) Ireland, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) the United States or the State of New York, or (iii) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
(e) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Company irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such authorized agent, and written notice of such service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in this Section 15(e), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that such authorized agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as such authorized agent for service of process. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such authorized agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(g) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Maria Teresa Hilado | |
Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Benjamin H. Burdett | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
Benjamin H. Burdett | ||
Executive Director | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Derek Dillon | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ David Herman | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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Schedule 1
Underwriter |
Number of Shares | |||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
3,065,070 | |||
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
2,083,403 | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
1,225,764 | |||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
1,225,764 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
606,944 | |||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
606,944 | |||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
606,944 | |||
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. |
606,944 | |||
RBS Securities Inc. |
606,944 | |||
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
606,944 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
606,944 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
191,319 | |||
DNB Markets, Inc. |
191,319 | |||
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
191,319 | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
191,319 | |||
BBVA Securities Inc. |
116,112 | |||
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. |
116,112 | |||
Fifth Third Securities, Inc. |
116,112 | |||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
116,112 | |||
Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
116,112 | |||
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Total |
13,194,445 |
Sch. 1-1
Schedule 2
Significant Subsidiaries
1. | Forest Laboratories Holdings Ltd. |
2. | Forest Laboratories, LLC |
3. | Warner Chilcott Company LLC |
Sch. 2-1
Annex A
a. Pricing Disclosure Package
Pricing Term Sheet (as set forth on Annex B)
Annex A-1
Annex B
ACTAVIS PLC
Pricing Term Sheet
Concurrent Offerings of
13,194,445 ordinary shares
(the Ordinary Shares Offering)
and
4,600,000 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
(the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering)
This pricing term sheet relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 19, 2015 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering (the Ordinary Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus also dated February 19, 2015 and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (in the case of investors purchasing in the Ordinary Shares Offering) and (ii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 19, 2015 relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus also dated February 19, 2015 and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (in the case of investors purchasing in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering). Neither the Ordinary Shares Offering nor the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is contingent on the closing of the other offering. Certain capitalized terms used in this pricing term sheet that are not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable.
Issuer: | Actavis plc | |
Trade Date: | February 25, 2015 | |
Expected Settlement Date: | March 2, 2015 | |
Ordinary Shares Offering | ||
Title of Securities: | Ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Actavis plc (ordinary shares) | |
Symbol / Exchange | ACT / NYSE | |
Size of the Ordinary Share Offering: | 13,194,445 ordinary shares | |
Underwriters Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares: | Up to 1,319,444 additional ordinary shares solely to cover overallotments, if any | |
Last Reported Sale Price of Ordinary Shares on the NYSE on February 24, 2015: | $289.11 per ordinary share | |
Public Offering Price: | $288.00 per ordinary share |
Annex B-1
Net Proceeds: | Approximately $3,700,387,031.10 (or approximately $4,071,125,593.72 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares solely to cover overallotments, if any, in full), in each case, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Actavis plc | |
CUSIP / ISIN: | G0083B108 / IE00BD1NQJ95 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Barclays Capital Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
Co-Managers: | BNP Paribas Securities Corp. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. RBS Securities Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC DNB Markets, Inc. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. BBVA Securities Inc. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. PNC Capital Markets LLC Santander Investment Securities Inc. | |
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering | ||
Title of Securities: | 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share of Actavis plc (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares) | |
Size of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering: | 4,600,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares | |
Underwriters Option to Purchase Additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares: | Up to 460,000 additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares solely to cover overallotments, if any | |
Public Offering Price: | $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share | |
Net Proceeds: | Approximately $4,480,888,800 (or approximately $4,929,677,680 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares solely to cover overallotments, if any, in full), in each case, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Actavis plc | |
Liquidation Preference: | $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share |
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Dividends: |
5.500% of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share per annum, to the extent legally permitted and declared by the board of directors (or an authorized committee of the board) of Actavis plc, payable in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in ordinary shares or any combination of cash and ordinary shares, as determined by Actavis plc in its sole discretion; provided that any undeclared or unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate. Assuming the initial issue date is March 2, 2015, the expected dividend payable on the first dividend payment date is $13.60 per share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $13.75 per share
If Actavis plc elects to make any payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in ordinary shares, such ordinary shares shall be valued for such purpose at the average VWAP per ordinary share over the five consecutive trading day period beginning on and including the seventh scheduled trading day prior to the applicable dividend payment date (the average price), multiplied by 97%. In no event will the number of ordinary shares delivered in connection with any declared dividend, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to the total dividend payment divided by the floor price. To the extent that the amount of the declared dividend exceeds the product of the number of ordinary shares delivered in connection with such declared dividend and 97% of the average price, Actavis plc will, if legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
Under Irish law, the board of directors (or an authorized committee) of Actavis plc may only declare and pay cash dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares out of distributable reserves. While as of December 31, 2014 Actavis plc did not have distributable reserves, it has filed a petition with the Irish High Court to confirm the creation of approximately $5.79 billion of distributable reserves by decreasing its share premium account. Actavis plc has undertaken to the underwriters to use reasonable best efforts to create distributable reserves if the Irish High Court declines its petition. If distributable reserves are not created, Actavis plc may deliver ordinary shares instead of cash to satisfy its obligations under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares | |
Floor Price: |
$100.80, subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |
Dividend Record Dates: |
The February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the next dividend payment date | |
Dividend Payment Dates: |
March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on June 1, 2015 and to, and including, the mandatory conversion date | |
Dividend Period: |
The period from and including a dividend payment date to but excluding the next dividend payment date, except that the initial dividend period will commence on and include the issue date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and will end on and exclude the June 1, 2015 dividend payment date | |
Initial Price: |
$288.00, which equals the per share public offering price of the ordinary shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering | |
Threshold Appreciation Price: |
$352.80, which represents an appreciation of 22.50% over the initial price |
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Acquisition Termination Redemption: |
Within ten Business Days following the earlier of (a) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated or if Actavis plc determines in its reasonable judgment that the Acquisition will not occur and (b) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 30, 2015, if the Acquisition has not closed on or prior to such time on such date, Actavis plc may, at its option, give notice of acquisition termination redemption to the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. If Actavis plc provides such notice, then, on the acquisition termination redemption date specified in such notice, Actavis plc will be required to redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share equal to the acquisition termination make-whole amount described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The acquisition termination make-whole amount will be payable in cash, or in certain instances at the election of Actavis plc, in ordinary shares or a combination of cash and ordinary shares, as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |
Mandatory Conversion Date: |
March 1, 2018 | |
Conversion Rate: |
Upon conversion on the mandatory conversion date, the conversion rate for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share will be not more than 3.4722 ordinary shares (the maximum conversion rate) and not less than 2.8345 ordinary shares (the minimum conversion rate), depending on the applicable market value of ordinary shares and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The applicable market value of ordinary shares is the average VWAP per ordinary share over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on and including the 22nd scheduled trading day immediately preceding the mandatory conversion date
The conversion rate will be calculated as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the following table illustrates the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
Applicable Market Value of ordinary shares |
Conversion rate (number of ordinary shares to be received upon mandatory conversion of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share) | |
Greater than $352.80 (which is the threshold appreciation price) | 2.8345 shares (approximately equal to $1,000.00 divided by the threshold appreciation price) | |
Equal to or less than $352.80 but greater than or equal to $288.00 | Between 2.8345 and 3.4722 shares, determined by dividing $1,000.00 by the applicable market value of ordinary shares | |
Less than $288.00 (which is the initial price) | 3.4722 shares (approximately equal to $1,000.00 divided by the initial price) |
Conversion at the Option of the Holder: | At any time prior to March 1, 2018, other than during a fundamental change conversion period, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares may elect to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into ordinary shares at the minimum conversion rate of 2.8345 ordinary shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (early conversion) as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The minimum conversion rate is subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
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Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount: | If a fundamental change (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to March 1, 2018, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into ordinary shares at the fundamental change conversion rate during the period (the fundamental change conversion period) beginning on the effective date of such fundamental change (the fundamental change effective date) and ending on the date that is 20 calendar days after the fundamental change effective date (or, if earlier, the mandatory conversion date). The fundamental change conversion rate will be determined based on the fundamental change effective date and the price paid or deemed paid per ordinary share in the transaction resulting in such fundamental change (the fundamental change share price)
Holders who convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares within the fundamental change conversion period will also receive:
(1) a fundamental change dividend make-whole amount, in cash or in ordinary shares or any combination thereof, equal to the present value (computed using a discount rate of 2.75% per annum) of all remaining dividend payments on their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (excluding any accumulated dividend amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and declared dividends for a dividend period during which the fundamental change effective date falls) from such fundamental change effective date to, but excluding, the mandatory conversion date. If Actavis plc elects to pay the fundamental change dividend make-whole amount in ordinary shares in lieu of cash, the number of ordinary shares to be delivered will equal (x) the fundamental change dividend make-whole amount divided by (y) the greater of the floor price and 97% of the fundamental change share price; and
(2) to the extent that the accumulated dividend amount exists as of the fundamental change effective date, such accumulated dividend amount in cash or ordinary shares or any combination thereof, at the election of Actavis plc, upon conversion, as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
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Fundamental Change Conversion Rate: | The fundamental change conversion rate will be determined by reference to the table below and is based on the effective date of the fundamental change (the fundamental change effective date) and the price (the fundamental change share price) paid or deemed paid per ordinary share therein. If the holders of ordinary shares receive only cash in the fundamental change, the fundamental change share price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the fundamental change share price shall be the average VWAP per ordinary share over the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day preceding the fundamental change effective date
The fundamental change share prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., the column headers) will be adjusted as of any date on which the fixed conversion rates of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are adjusted as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
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The following table sets forth the fundamental change conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share for each fundamental change share price and fundamental change effective date set forth below |
Fundamental change share price on the fundamental change effective date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective date |
$100.00 | $200.00 | $250.00 | $288.00 | $300.00 | $325.00 | $352.80 | $375.00 | $400.00 | $450.00 | $500.00 | $600.00 | $700.00 | $800.00 | $900.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,100.00 | $1,200.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2, 2015 |
3.3852 | 3.1381 | 3.0120 | 2.9385 | 2.9195 | 2.8857 | 2.8565 | 2.8385 | 2.8229 | 2.8026 | 2.7920 | 2.7853 | 2.7857 | 2.7875 | 2.7891 | 2.7902 | 2.7910 | 2.7915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2015 |
3.4093 | 3.1888 | 3.0543 | 2.9719 | 2.9502 | 2.9115 | 2.8778 | 2.8569 | 2.8388 | 2.8154 | 2.8033 | 2.7954 | 2.7951 | 2.7964 | 2.7975 | 2.7982 | 2.7987 | 2.7990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2016 |
3.4290 | 3.2446 | 3.1024 | 3.0092 | 2.9841 | 2.9390 | 2.8995 | 2.8752 | 2.8541 | 2.8272 | 2.8136 | 2.8048 | 2.8041 | 2.8049 | 2.8055 | 2.8059 | 2.8061 | 2.8062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2016 |
3.4439 | 3.3070 | 3.1599 | 3.0530 | 3.0234 | 2.9693 | 2.9218 | 2.8927 | 2.8678 | 2.8370 | 2.8222 | 2.8134 | 2.8126 | 2.8129 | 2.8131 | 2.8132 | 2.8133 | 2.8133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2017 |
3.4547 | 3.3753 | 3.2323 | 3.1074 | 3.0708 | 3.0029 | 2.9429 | 2.9067 | 2.8768 | 2.8423 | 2.8279 | 2.8208 | 2.8202 | 2.8203 | 2.8203 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2017 |
3.4636 | 3.4430 | 3.3355 | 3.1886 | 3.1389 | 3.0425 | 2.9573 | 2.9087 | 2.8725 | 2.8391 | 2.8299 | 2.8275 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2018 |
3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.3333 | 3.0769 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 |
The exact fundamental change share price and fundamental change effective date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:
| if the fundamental change share price is between two fundamental change share price amounts in the table or the fundamental change effective date is between two dates in the table, the fundamental change conversion rate will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the fundamental change conversion rates set forth for the higher and lower fundamental change share price amounts and the two fundamental change effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; |
| if the fundamental change share price is in excess of $1,200.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the fundamental change conversion rate will be the minimum conversion rate, subject to adjustment; and |
| if the fundamental change share price is less than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the fundamental change conversion rate will be the maximum conversion rate, subject to adjustment |
Listing: |
Actavis plc intends to have the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACTPRA | |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
G0083B116 / IE00BVYJ1Y03 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Barclays Capital Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. RBS Securities Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC DNB Markets, Inc. Lloyds Securities Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. BBVA Securities Inc. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. PNC Capital Markets LLC Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
Supplemental Information
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the related prospectus supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the Ordinary Shares Offering or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and related prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, at (866) 803-9204; Mizuho Securities, Attn: Equity Capital Markets Desk, 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, at (212) 205-7606; Wells Fargo Securities, Attn: Equity Syndicate Dept., 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014-4606, at (866) 718-1649 or email a request to prospectus@morganstanley.com.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[], 2015
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
320 Park Avenue, Floor 12
New York, New York 10022
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10152
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreements referred to below
Re: ACTAVIS PLC --- Public Offerings
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into two separate Underwriting Agreements (the Underwriting Agreements) on behalf of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 to each such Underwriting Agreement, respectively (the Underwriters), with Actavis plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the Company), providing for the public offering (the Ordinary Shares Public Offering) of ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the Ordinary Shares), and a concurrent public offering (the Preferred Shares Public Offering, and, together with the Ordinary Shares Public Offering, the Public Offerings) of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share (together with the Ordinary Shares, the Securities).
In consideration of the Underwriters agreement to purchase and make the Public Offerings of the respective Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
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the Representatives, on behalf of the respective Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 60 days after the date of either the prospectus relating to the Ordinary Shares Public Offering or the Preferred Shares Public Offering (each, a Prospectus), whichever is later (the Restricted Period), (1) 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 shares of the Companys share capital or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of the Companys share capital (including without limitation, any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of the Companys share capital or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of the Companys share capital. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to:
(A) | any Securities to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreements; |
(B) | transfers of any shares of the Companys share capital (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) to any trust for the direct benefit or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin), (iii) by operation of law, such as rules of intestate succession, (iv) to any members of the immediate family of the undersigned or (v) to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or other entity that controlled by the undersigned and/or by members of the immediate family of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned; or |
(C) | transfers of any shares of the Companys share capital to the Company (i) in connection with the exercise of any options outstanding as of the date of this agreement and having an expiration date during the Restricted Period to acquire Securities pursuant to the employee benefit plans described in either Prospectus; provided that the Securities received upon such exercise shall be subject to the terms of this agreement, or (ii) in connection with a forfeiture, cancellation or surrender of any shares of the Companys share capital pursuant to any Company program, including under clawback provisions or upon termination of employment; |
provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B), each donor, donee, transferor or transferee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 60-day period referred to above).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if neither of the Underwriting Agreements becomes effective, or if both of the Underwriting Agreements (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this agreement. The undersigned understands that the respective Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreements and proceeding with the Public Offerings in reliance upon this agreement.
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This agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Exhibit 1.2
ACTAVIS PLC
4,600,000 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
Underwriting Agreement
February 24, 2015
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
320 Park Avenue, Floor 12
New York, New York 10022
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10152
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Actavis plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), for whom you are acting as representatives (the Representatives), an aggregate of 4,600,000 shares of 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A (the Preferred Shares), par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Underwritten Shares). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 460,000 Preferred Shares of the Company (the Option Shares) solely to cover over-allotments. The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the Shares. The Preferred Shares will be convertible into a variable number of ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Ordinary Shares). Such Ordinary Shares into which the Shares are convertible are hereinafter referred to as the Conversion Shares.
The terms of the Preferred Shares will be set forth in resolutions of the board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, of the Company (the Designations).
On November 16, 2014, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement) with Avocado Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub), and
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Allergan Inc., a Delaware corporation (Allergan), that provides for the acquisition of Allergan by the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Allergan, with Allergan continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger). As used herein, Acquired Companies shall refer to Allergan and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. For purposes of Section 3 of this Agreement, references to the knowledge of the Company with respect to matters pertaining to the Acquired Companies shall be limited to the actual knowledge of the Company.
This underwriting agreement (this Agreement), the Designations and the Merger Agreement are referred to herein as the Transaction Documents.
The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement (File No. 333-202168), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares and the Conversion Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430 Information), is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and as used herein, the term Preliminary Prospectus means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the Rule 462 Registration Statement), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package): a Preliminary Prospectus dated February 19, 2015 and each free-writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.
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Applicable Time means 5:15 P.M., New York City time, on February 24, 2015.
2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the Purchase Price) of $975.628 from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1 hereto.
In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.
The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company; provided that the Underwriters may only exercise such option for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Underwritten Shares. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice (other than any such notice given with respect to Option Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date) shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.
(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives, in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York,
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New York 10019 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on March 2, 2015, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the Closing Date and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the Additional Closing Date.
Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. For the purposes of effecting delivery of the Shares, the Company will issue in the name of Cede & Co. (Cede) the Shares to be sold hereunder and will instruct Cede to deliver the book entry interest in such Shares to such broker accounts as the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, shall direct on or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, none of the Representatives or any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares or the Conversion Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
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has been issued by the Commission, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares or the Conversion Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, including, to the knowledge of the Company, the documents filed with the Commission by Allergan, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents, including, to the knowledge of the Company, the documents so filed by Allergan, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements.
(i) Preparation of the Financial Statements of the Company. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (GAAP) applied on
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a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the Companys audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In addition, the pro forma financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (including the notes related thereto) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof, in the reasonable judgment of the Companys management and subject to the qualifications contained therein, are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein and are set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(ii) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Allergan. To the knowledge of the Company, (i) the audited consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Allergan incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Allergan and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified, (ii) such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein and (iii) the summary financial information of Allergan and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Allergans audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(iii) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Forest. The audited consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Forest Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Forest), and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Forest and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
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have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial information of Forest and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Forests audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(iv) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Warner Chilcott. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Warner Chilcott Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (Warner Chilcott), and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The summary financial information of Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis consistent with that of Warner Chilcotts audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(v) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Warner Chilcott plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (Legacy Warner Chilcott) and its consolidated subsidiaries incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Legacy Warner Chilcott and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein.
(vi) Preparation of the Financial Statements of Old Actavis. The combined financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Actavis Pharma Holding 4 ehf., a company incorporated in Iceland, and Actavis S.à r.l., a private limited liability company
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(société à responsabilité limitée) incorporated in Luxembourg (collectively, Old Actavis) incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Old Actavis and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards and its interpretations as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto, and any supporting schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein.
(g) No Material Adverse Change. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been (A) any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of Ordinary Shares or shares of common stock of Allergan, as applicable, upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, or (B) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, on any class of capital stock thereof, except for dividends or distributions for internal tax, restructuring or similar purposes between or among the Company and any of its subsidiaries; (ii) there has not been (A) any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (B) to the knowledge of the Company, any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies, taken as a whole (collectively, the Combined Company); and (iii) none of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, except for such losses or interference as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse change in the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Combined Company.
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(h) Organization and Good Standing.
(i) Organization and Good Standing of the Company. The Company and each of its significant subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the Significant Subsidiaries) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, if applicable, in each jurisdiction in which its respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its respective businesses requires such qualification, and has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is required to be so listed. The Significant Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company.
As used herein, Material Adverse Effect means (A) when used in respect of any matter relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any material adverse effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents and (B) when used in respect of any matter relating to any of the Acquired Companies, any material adverse effect, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect, on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Combined Company, or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(ii) Organization and Good Standing of the Acquired Companies. To the knowledge of the Company, each of the Acquired Companies has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, if applicable, in each jurisdiction in which its respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its respective business requires such qualification, and has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority necessary to own or hold its respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Capitalization.
(i) Capitalization of the Company. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Capitalization; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
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outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interests in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares) and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.
(ii) Capitalization of the Acquired Companies. To the knowledge of the Company, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Acquired Companies have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights and, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement, the Company will acquire, directly or indirectly, good and valid title to all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the Acquired Companies free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except as provided in the Merger Agreement, as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Equity Awards. With respect to the stock options (the Stock Options), restricted stock units and restricted stock (collectively, Awards) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Company Stock Plans) and, to the knowledge of the Company, with respect to the Awards granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of any of the Acquired Companies (the Acquired Company Stock Plans), (i) each grant of an Award was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Award was by its terms to be effective (the Grant Date) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the boards of directors (or any duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (ii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans or the Acquired Company Stock Plans, as applicable, the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the Exchange) and any other exchange on which the Companys or, if applicable, any of the Acquired Companies securities are traded, and (iii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, and disclosed in the filings of the Company or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Company has not and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have not knowingly granted, and
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there is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies of granting Awards prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Awards with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company, its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, or their respective results of operations or prospects.
(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The Designations. The Designations, the proposed form of which has been furnished to the Representatives, have been duly authorized by the Company and will have been duly adopted by the Company on or prior to the Closing Date. The Designations set forth the rights, powers, preferences and designations of the Shares.
(n) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company pursuant to the Designations and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein (i) will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (ii) will have the rights, powers, preferences and designations as set forth in the Designations; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(o) The Conversion Shares. The Shares will be convertible into the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares set forth in the Designations; a number of Conversion Shares (the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares) equal to the product of (A) the sum of (i) a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the maximum conversion rate for the Preferred Shares and (ii) to the extent so elected by the Company in connection with any such conversion, the number of Ordinary Shares deliverable by the Company upon conversion in respect of dividends payable upon conversion of the Shares (whether or not declared) (assuming the Company elects to issue and deliver, in respect of accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared), the maximum number of Ordinary Shares in connection with any such conversion), multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Shares, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Designations, has been and will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and such Conversion Shares, when issued upon such conversion or delivery (as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares set forth in the Designations, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
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(p) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(q) No Violation or Default. None of the Company, any of the Significant Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is a party or by which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is subject (an Existing Instrument); or (iii) in violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, the issuance of a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares issuable by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Designations, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the cash payment of dividends by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Designations will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies pursuant to, any Existing Instrument, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
As used herein, Debt Repayment Triggering Event means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, the holder of any Existing Instrument the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or any portion of the indebtedness due by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, as applicable, under such Existing Instrument.
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(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, the issuance of a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares issuable by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Designations, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the cash payment of dividends by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Designations, except for (i) the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have already been obtained or made, (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have been obtained or made or as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) or under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (iv) the statutory notification to the Registrar of Companies in Ireland of (a) the allotment of the Shares and (b) the adoption of the Designations and (v) where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is a party or to which any property of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies, as the case may be, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; and (i) there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(u) Independent Accountants.
(i) Independent Accountants of the Company and Warner Chilcott. (A) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PWC), who have expressed their opinion with respect to each of (1) the Companys audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31,
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2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, (2) the audited financial statements of Warner Chilcott for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and (3) the unaudited financial statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott for the nine-months ended September 30, 2013 and the audited financial statements of Legacy Warner Chilcott for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, in each case of (1), (2) and (3), that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to each of the Company, Warner Chilcott and Legacy Warner Chilcott, respectively, as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and any non-audit services provided by PWC to any of the Company, Warner Chilcott, Legacy Warner Chilcott or any of their respective subsidiaries have been approved by the audit committees of the boards of directors of the Company, Warner Chilcott or Legacy Warner Chilcott, as applicable.
(ii) Independent Accountants of Allergan. Ernst & Young LLP (Ernst & Young), who have expressed their opinion with respect to Allergans audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are, to the knowledge of the Company, independent public accountants with respect to Allergan as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the PCAOB, and, to the knowledge of the Company, any non-audit services provided by Ernst & Young to any of the Acquired Companies have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of Allergan.
(iii) Independent Accountants of Forest. BDO USA LLP (BDO), who have expressed their opinion with respect to Forests unaudited financial statements for the quarter-ended June 30, 2014 and Forests audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Forest as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules of the PCAOB, and any non-audit services provided by BDO to Forest or any of its subsidiaries have been approved by the audit committee of the board of directors of Forest.
(iv) Independent Accountants of Old Actavis. KPMG ehf. (KPMG), who have expressed their opinion with respect to the audited financial statements of Old Actavis for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to Old Actavis as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the rules the PCAOB, and any non-audit services provided by KPMG to Old Actavis or any of its subsidiaries were approved by the audit committee of the board of directors (or equivalent authorizing body) of Old Actavis.
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(v) Title to Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary and confidential information, systems or procedures) (collectively, the Intellectual Property) used by the Company, its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies in, and necessary for the conduct of, their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to so own or have the right to use such Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no infringement by third parties of the Companys, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies Intellectual Property and there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies (i) challenging the Companys, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies rights in or to any Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies, or (iii) alleging that the operation of the Companys, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies respective businesses as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of a third party, which infringement, invalidity, inadequacy or violation would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(w) No Undisclosed Relationships. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any other person or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that are not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(x) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof received by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Investment Company Act).
(y) Taxes. The Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except to the extent a failure to make such filings or payments would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(z) Licenses and Permits. The Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Company, any of the Significant Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization, which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) No Labor Disputes. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no material labor dispute with employees of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies exists, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies (a) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, Environmental Laws), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law; (ii) there are no costs required under or liabilities associated with applicable Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies,
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except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed; and (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies. Hazardous Materials means any material, chemical, substance, waste (including medical waste), pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. Release means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into, from or through any building or structure.
(cc) Compliance with ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) or the Acquired Companies would have any liability (each, a Plan) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Code, except for noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to a Plan that either has resulted in, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, any member of the Companys Controlled Group or any of the Acquired Companies has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (v) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans by the
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Company, its subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable, compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Companys and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies most recently completed fiscal year, as applicable; or (y) a material increase of the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries or the Acquired Companies, as applicable. For purposes of this Section 3(cc), any representations regarding Plans of the Acquired Companies are to the knowledge of the Company.
(dd) Disclosure Controls. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company or Allergan, as applicable, in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys or Allergans management, as applicable, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(ee) Accounting Controls. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies maintain systems of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP or international financial reporting standards, as the case may be, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP or international financial reporting standards, as the case may be, and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(ff) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus:
(i) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls of the Company. Since the end of its most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
(ii) No Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls of Allergan. To the knowledge of the Company, since the end of its most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weaknesses in Allergans internal controls over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in Allergans internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect Allergans ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information.
(gg) eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(hh) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment or benefit. The Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
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(ii) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies are and have been, during the past five years, conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Companies with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(jj) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies or any of their directors or officers, or any employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a specially designated national or blocked person), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory (including Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria) (each, a Sanctioned Country); and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), as will result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction (whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
(kk) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company.
(ll) No Stabilization. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Acquired Companies has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.
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(mm) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(i) Companys Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ii) Allergans Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance. To the knowledge of the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Allergan or any of the Allergans directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(nn) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(oo) Stamp, Value Added and Withholding Taxes. Except for any net income, capital gains or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by Ireland, the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (each, a Taxing Jurisdiction) as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, to the knowledge of the Company, no value added tax or other similar taxes levied by reference to added value or sales (VAT), stamp duties, registration taxes, issuance or transfer taxes or other similar taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters in any Taxing Jurisdiction solely in connection with (A) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (B) the issuance and delivery of the Shares in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus or (C) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company, all payments to be made by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the Payors) on or by virtue of the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, under the current laws of any Taxing Jurisdiction, will not be subject to withholding, duties, levies, deductions, charges or other taxes and are otherwise payable free and clear of any other withholding, duty, levy, deduction, charge or other tax in the Taxing Jurisdiction and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in the Taxing Jurisdiction.
(pp) Submission of Jurisdiction. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 15(e) of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York state and United States federal court sitting in the City of New York and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in such court.
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(qq) Passive Foreign Investment Company. Subject to the qualifications, limitations, exceptions and assumptions set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company does not believe that it was a passive foreign investment company (a PFIC), as defined in section 1297 of the Code.
(rr) Dividends. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no approvals are currently required in Ireland or the United States in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of Shares. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, under current laws and regulations of Ireland and the United States and any political subdivision thereof, any amount payable with respect to the Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Company may be paid by the Company in United States dollars or Euros and freely transferred out of Ireland, and no such payments made to the holders thereof or therein who are non-residents of Ireland will be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Ireland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization in Ireland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
4. Further Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; and will use its best efforts to furnish electronic copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, with printed copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to follow as soon as practicable but in no event later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second business day succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
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(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, four signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) upon request of such Underwriter and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object in a timely manner.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (viii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Ongoing Compliance. (i) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with applicable law and (ii) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (A) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (B) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with applicable law.
(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will use best efforts, in cooperation with the Representatives, to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
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(h) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) 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, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of the Companys share capital or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of the Companys share capital, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the shares of the Companys share capital or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder (including the conversion thereof), (B) the substantially concurrent public offering and sale by the Company of Ordinary Shares in connection with financing the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) the issuance, if any, of (x) Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the payment of dividends with respect to the Preferred Shares or (y) Conversion Shares issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, (D) any Ordinary Shares issued upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of options, restricted stock units or other awards granted under or covered by Company Stock Plans or stock-based retirement plans and (E) the issuance of Ordinary Shares or other securities (including securities convertible into Ordinary Shares) in connection with an employee stock compensation plan or agreement, in each case of (D) and (E), which plans or agreements are disclosed in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of proceeds.
(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Shares and a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the Exchange, subject to notice of issuance.
(l) Reservation of Conversion Shares. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times during the period from and including the Closing Date through and including March 1, 2018, free of preemptive or similar rights, a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares less the aggregate number of Conversion Shares issued in connection with the conversion of Preferred Shares during such period.
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(m) No Adjustment of Conversion Rate. During the period from and including the date hereof through and including the earlier of (i) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Option Shares and (ii) the expiration of the Underwriters option to purchase Option Shares, the Company will not do, or authorize, or cause to be done any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion rate of the Preferred Shares.
(n) Creation of Distributable Reserves. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain, on or prior to the first dividend payment date for the Preferred Shares, the approval of the Irish High Court with respect to the Companys petition, filed prior to the date hereof (the Distributable Reserve Petition), for the creation of distributable reserves for the Company by the reduction of the share premium created in connection with the Companys acquisition of Warner Chilcott. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company will, to the extent required to create distributable reserves for the Company, (i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the Companys shareholders for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the Companys shareholders for the Distributable Reserve Petition (or any successor petition thereto), (ii) make any applicable filings and submissions requested or required by the Irish High Court in support of the Distributable Reserve Petition, and otherwise vigorously pursue in good faith the approval of the Irish High Court for the Distributable Reserve Petition, and (iii) if the Irish High Court shall decline to approve the Distributable Reserve Petition, vigorously pursue any available avenues of administrative and judicial appeal with respect thereto, including, if applicable, withdrawing and resubmitting the Distributable Reserve Petition (or a successor petition thereto) to the extent permitted to do so. The Company shall keep the Representatives reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the Distributable Reserve Petition and shall promptly notify the Representatives upon the approval or rejection thereof by the Irish High Court. In addition to the foregoing, to the extent the Company is unable to create sufficient distributable reserves through the Distributable Reserve Petition (or a successor petition thereto) to permit the Company to pay cash dividends on the Preferred Shares, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to create sufficient distributable reserves through the distribution of earnings from the Companys subsidiaries to the Company.
(o) Reports. For a period of one year after the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.
(p) Record Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(q) Tax Indemnity. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp, registration or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, and, in Ireland, any VAT, on the sale of the Shares by the Company to the Underwriters, on the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on the sale and delivery by the
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Underwriters of the Shares as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus. All sums payable by the Payors to the Underwriters (the Payees) under this Agreement, including any indemnity payments made pursuant to this Section 4(q), shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever imposed in any Taxing Jurisdiction unless the relevant Payor is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, and except for any tax imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income or capital gains earned, accrued or realized by the Underwriters or franchise taxes imposed on the Underwriters by a Taxing Jurisdiction as a result of any present or former connection (other than any connection resulting solely from the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) between the Underwriters and the jurisdiction imposing such withholding or deductions, the Payors shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order to ensure that the net amounts received after such withholding or deductions shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made. All sums payable by the Payors to the Payees under this Agreement shall be considered exclusive of VAT. All amounts charged by the Payees or for which the Payees are to be reimbursed will be invoiced together with any applicable VAT that is properly chargeable thereon, where appropriate. Any VAT due on the amounts charged by the Payees shall be for the account of the Payors, save to the extent that, in the event of a reimbursement of expenses, such Payee reasonably determines that it is entitled to credit or repayment in respect of such VAT from the relevant tax authority, in which event the amount payable shall be reduced by the amount of such credit or repayment.
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no issuer information (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such Underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.
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(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (i) the Applicable Time and (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if there are any debt securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of the Acquired Companies that are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act, (A) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded any such debt securities or preferred stock and (B) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any such debt securities or preferred stock (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, which shall be delivered on behalf of the Company by the signatories thereof in their respective capacities as
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officers of the Company and not in their individual capacity, of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Accountants Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Representatives shall have received:
(i) Accountants Comfort Letter for the Company. From PWC, independent registered public accountants for the Company, letters dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to each of (A) the audited and pro forma financial statements and certain financial information of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, (B) the audited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Warner Chilcott and (C) the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Legacy Warner Chilcott, in each case of (A), (B) and (C) that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and other customary matters;
(ii) Accountants Comfort Letter for the Acquired Companies. From Ernst & Young, independent auditors for the Acquired Companies, a letter dated the respective date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of the Acquired Companies included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other customary matters; and
(iii) Accountants Comfort Letter for Forest. From BDO, independent auditors for Forest, a letter dated the respective date of delivery thereof and addressed to the Representatives, on behalf of the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and certain financial information of Forest included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other customary matters;
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provided, that in each case of clauses (i) through (iii) above, the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion of Counsel for the Company.
(i) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, special U.S. counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(ii) Opinion of Chief Legal Officer for the Company. A. Robert D. Bailey, Chief Legal Officer of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(iii) Opinion of Ireland Counsel for the Company. Arthur Cox, special Ireland counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company.
(j) Good Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Acquired Companies in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities (where the concept of good standing is a recognized concept in any such relevant jurisdiction) or a comparable attestation in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
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(k) The Designations. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Designations shall have been duly adopted and become effective and the Company shall have delivered a copy thereof, certified by an officer of the Company, to the Representatives.
(l) Exchange Listing. The Company shall have filed the requisite listing application with the Exchange for the listing of the Shares and a number of Conversion Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the Exchange.
(m) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between the Representatives and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of the Companys share capital or certain other securities, delivered to the Representatives on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees and other reasonable and documented expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any issuer information filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a road show) or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
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omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the first and second sentences of the third paragraph of text under the caption Underwriting concerning the terms of the offering of the Underwritten Shares, including the concession and reallowance to certain dealers and (ii) the thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs under the caption Underwriting, regarding stabilizing transactions.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
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Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives, any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in securities settlement or clearance services; or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any change in the United States or international financial markets or any calamity or crisis involving the United States or Ireland that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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10. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, then each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters.
(b) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Shares, which such defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed or refused to purchase exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters agree to use reasonable best efforts to arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(c) If, within 48 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
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11. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable solely as a result thereof; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Companys counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including reasonable related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) (such fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (iv) not to exceed $15,000); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates representing the Shares and the Conversion Shares, if applicable; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (vii) in an amount not to exceed $25,000); (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors, provided, however, that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of the third-party costs of any private aircraft incurred in connection with such roadshow; and (ix) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Preferred Shares, if applicable, and all fees and expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares and the Conversion Shares on the Exchange. Except as provided in this Section 11 and Section 7, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9(ii); (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters; or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted by Section 6 under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
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14. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358), Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; Mizuho Securities USA Inc., 320 Park Avenue, Floor 12, New York, New York 10022 (e-mail: US-ECM@us.mizuho-sc.com), Attention: Equity Capital Markets; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152 (fax: (212) 214-5918), Attention: Equity Syndicate Department. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 400 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054, (fax: (862) 261-7922); Attention: A. Robert D. Bailey.
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.
(c) Judgment Currency. All payments to be made hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars. The Company agrees to indemnify each Underwriter, its directors, officers, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any loss incurred by such Underwriter as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due hereunder and such judgment or order being expressed and paid in a currency (the judgment currency) other than U.S. dollars and as a result of any variation as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the U.S. dollar amount is converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order, and (ii) the rate of exchange at which such indemnified person is able to purchase U.S. dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by the indemnified person. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term rate of exchange shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the relevant currency.
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(d) Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from jurisdiction of any court of (i) Ireland, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) the United States or the State of New York, or (iii) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, set-off or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property and assets or this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
(e) Submission to Jurisdiction. The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in such courts. The Company agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment. The Company irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York, as its authorized agent in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such authorized agent, and written notice of such service to the Company by the person serving the same to the address provided in this Section 15(e), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that such authorized agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as such authorized agent for service of process. The Company further agrees to take any and all action as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such authorized agent in full force and effect for a period of seven years from the date of this Agreement.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(g) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Maria Teresa Hilado | |
Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Benjamin H. Burdett | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
Benjamin H. Burdett | ||
Executive Director | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Derek Dillon | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
[Signature Page to the Underwriting Agreement]
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours, | ||
ACTAVIS PLC | ||
By: |
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Title: |
Accepted: As of the date first written above | ||
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA INC. | ||
By: |
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Authorized Signatory | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ David Herman | |
Authorized Signatory | ||
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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Schedule 1
Underwriter |
Number of Shares | |||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
1,068,580 | |||
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
726,340 | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC |
427,340 | |||
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC |
427,340 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
211,600 | |||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
211,600 | |||
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
211,600 | |||
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. |
211,600 | |||
RBS Securities Inc. |
211,600 | |||
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
211,600 | |||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
211,600 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
66,700 | |||
DNB Markets, Inc. |
66,700 | |||
Lloyds Securities Inc. |
66,700 | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
66,700 | |||
BBVA Securities Inc. |
40,480 | |||
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. |
40,480 | |||
Fifth Third Securities, Inc. |
40,480 | |||
PNC Capital Markets LLC |
40,480 | |||
Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
40,480 | |||
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Total |
4,600,000 |
Sch 1-1
Schedule 2
Significant Subsidiaries
1. | Forest Laboratories Holdings Ltd. |
2. | Forest Laboratories, LLC |
3. | Warner Chilcott Company LLC |
Sch 2-1
Annex A
a. Pricing Disclosure Package
Pricing Term Sheet (as set forth on Annex B)
Annex A-1
Annex B
ACTAVIS PLC
Pricing Term Sheet
Concurrent Offerings of
13,194,445 ordinary shares
(the Ordinary Shares Offering)
and
4,600,000 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
(the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering)
This pricing term sheet relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 19, 2015 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering (the Ordinary Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus also dated February 19, 2015 and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (in the case of investors purchasing in the Ordinary Shares Offering) and (ii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 19, 2015 relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), the accompanying prospectus also dated February 19, 2015 and the documents incorporated and deemed to be incorporated by reference therein (in the case of investors purchasing in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering). Neither the Ordinary Shares Offering nor the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is contingent on the closing of the other offering. Certain capitalized terms used in this pricing term sheet that are not defined herein have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable.
Issuer: | Actavis plc | |
Trade Date: | February 25, 2015 | |
Expected Settlement Date: | March 2, 2015 | |
Ordinary Shares Offering | ||
Title of Securities: | Ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Actavis plc (ordinary shares) | |
Symbol / Exchange | ACT / NYSE | |
Size of the Ordinary Share Offering: | 13,194,445 ordinary shares | |
Underwriters Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares: | Up to 1,319,444 additional ordinary shares solely to cover overallotments, if any | |
Last Reported Sale Price of Ordinary Shares on the NYSE on February 24, 2015: | $289.11 per ordinary share | |
Public Offering Price: | $288.00 per ordinary share |
Annex B-1
Net Proceeds: | Approximately $3,700,387,031.10 (or approximately $4,071,125,593.72 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional ordinary shares solely to cover overallotments, if any, in full), in each case, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Actavis plc | |
CUSIP / ISIN: | G0083B108 / IE00BD1NQJ95 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Barclays Capital Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | |
Co-Managers: | BNP Paribas Securities Corp. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. RBS Securities Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC DNB Markets, Inc. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. BBVA Securities Inc. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. PNC Capital Markets LLC Santander Investment Securities Inc. | |
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering | ||
Title of Securities: | 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share of Actavis plc (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares) | |
Size of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering: | 4,600,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares | |
Underwriters Option to Purchase Additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares: | Up to 460,000 additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares solely to cover overallotments, if any | |
Public Offering Price: | $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share | |
Net Proceeds: | Approximately $4,480,888,800 (or approximately $4,929,677,680 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares solely to cover overallotments, if any, in full), in each case, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Actavis plc | |
Liquidation Preference: | $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share |
Annex B-2
Dividends: |
5.500% of the liquidation preference of $1,000.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share per annum, to the extent legally permitted and declared by the board of directors (or an authorized committee of the board) of Actavis plc, payable in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in ordinary shares or any combination of cash and ordinary shares, as determined by Actavis plc in its sole discretion; provided that any undeclared or unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate. Assuming the initial issue date is March 2, 2015, the expected dividend payable on the first dividend payment date is $13.60 per share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $13.75 per share
If Actavis plc elects to make any payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in ordinary shares, such ordinary shares shall be valued for such purpose at the average VWAP per ordinary share over the five consecutive trading day period beginning on and including the seventh scheduled trading day prior to the applicable dividend payment date (the average price), multiplied by 97%. In no event will the number of ordinary shares delivered in connection with any declared dividend, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to the total dividend payment divided by the floor price. To the extent that the amount of the declared dividend exceeds the product of the number of ordinary shares delivered in connection with such declared dividend and 97% of the average price, Actavis plc will, if legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement
Under Irish law, the board of directors (or an authorized committee) of Actavis plc may only declare and pay cash dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares out of distributable reserves. While as of December 31, 2014 Actavis plc did not have distributable reserves, it has filed a petition with the Irish High Court to confirm the creation of approximately $5.79 billion of distributable reserves by decreasing its share premium account. Actavis plc has undertaken to the underwriters to use reasonable best efforts to create distributable reserves if the Irish High Court declines its petition. If distributable reserves are not created, Actavis plc may deliver ordinary shares instead of cash to satisfy its obligations under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares | |
Floor Price: |
$100.80, subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |
Dividend Record Dates: |
The February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the next dividend payment date | |
Dividend Payment Dates: |
March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on June 1, 2015 and to, and including, the mandatory conversion date | |
Dividend Period: |
The period from and including a dividend payment date to but excluding the next dividend payment date, except that the initial dividend period will commence on and include the issue date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and will end on and exclude the June 1, 2015 dividend payment date | |
Initial Price: |
$288.00, which equals the per share public offering price of the ordinary shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering | |
Threshold Appreciation Price: |
$352.80, which represents an appreciation of 22.50% over the initial price |
Annex B-3
Acquisition Termination Redemption: |
Within ten Business Days following the earlier of (a) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated or if Actavis plc determines in its reasonable judgment that the Acquisition will not occur and (b) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 30, 2015, if the Acquisition has not closed on or prior to such time on such date, Actavis plc may, at its option, give notice of acquisition termination redemption to the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. If Actavis plc provides such notice, then, on the acquisition termination redemption date specified in such notice, Actavis plc will be required to redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share equal to the acquisition termination make-whole amount described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The acquisition termination make-whole amount will be payable in cash, or in certain instances at the election of Actavis plc, in ordinary shares or a combination of cash and ordinary shares, as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |
Mandatory Conversion Date: |
March 1, 2018 | |
Conversion Rate: |
Upon conversion on the mandatory conversion date, the conversion rate for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share will be not more than 3.4722 ordinary shares (the maximum conversion rate) and not less than 2.8345 ordinary shares (the minimum conversion rate), depending on the applicable market value of ordinary shares and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The applicable market value of ordinary shares is the average VWAP per ordinary share over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on and including the 22nd scheduled trading day immediately preceding the mandatory conversion date
The conversion rate will be calculated as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the following table illustrates the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
Applicable Market Value of ordinary shares |
Conversion rate (number of ordinary shares to be received upon mandatory conversion of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share) | |
Greater than $352.80 (which is the threshold appreciation price) | 2.8345 shares (approximately equal to $1,000.00 divided by the threshold appreciation price) | |
Equal to or less than $352.80 but greater than or equal to $288.00 | Between 2.8345 and 3.4722 shares, determined by dividing $1,000.00 by the applicable market value of ordinary shares | |
Less than $288.00 (which is the initial price) | 3.4722 shares (approximately equal to $1,000.00 divided by the initial price) |
Conversion at the Option of the Holder: |
At any time prior to March 1, 2018, other than during a fundamental change conversion period, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares may elect to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into ordinary shares at the minimum conversion rate of 2.8345 ordinary shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (early conversion) as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The minimum conversion rate is subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
Annex B-4
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount: | If a fundamental change (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to March 1, 2018, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into ordinary shares at the fundamental change conversion rate during the period (the fundamental change conversion period) beginning on the effective date of such fundamental change (the fundamental change effective date) and ending on the date that is 20 calendar days after the fundamental change effective date (or, if earlier, the mandatory conversion date). The fundamental change conversion rate will be determined based on the fundamental change effective date and the price paid or deemed paid per ordinary share in the transaction resulting in such fundamental change (the fundamental change share price)
Holders who convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares within the fundamental change conversion period will also receive:
(1) a fundamental change dividend make-whole amount, in cash or in ordinary shares or any combination thereof, equal to the present value (computed using a discount rate of 2.75% per annum) of all remaining dividend payments on their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (excluding any accumulated dividend amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and declared dividends for a dividend period during which the fundamental change effective date falls) from such fundamental change effective date to, but excluding, the mandatory conversion date. If Actavis plc elects to pay the fundamental change dividend make-whole amount in ordinary shares in lieu of cash, the number of ordinary shares to be delivered will equal (x) the fundamental change dividend make-whole amount divided by (y) the greater of the floor price and 97% of the fundamental change share price; and
(2) to the extent that the accumulated dividend amount exists as of the fundamental change effective date, such accumulated dividend amount in cash or ordinary shares or any combination thereof, at the election of Actavis plc, upon conversion, as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement | |
Fundamental Change Conversion Rate: |
The fundamental change conversion rate will be determined by reference to the table below and is based on the effective date of the fundamental change (the fundamental change effective date) and the price (the fundamental change share price) paid or deemed paid per ordinary share therein. If the holders of ordinary shares receive only cash in the fundamental change, the fundamental change share price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the fundamental change share price shall be the average VWAP per ordinary share over the 10 consecutive trading day period ending on the trading day preceding the fundamental change effective date | |
The fundamental change share prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., the column headers) will be adjusted as of any date on which the fixed conversion rates of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are adjusted as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement |
Annex B-5
The following table sets forth the fundamental change conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share for each fundamental change share price and fundamental change effective date set forth below |
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Effective date |
$100.00 | $200.00 | $250.00 | $288.00 | $300.00 | $325.00 | $352.80 | $375.00 | $400.00 | $450.00 | $500.00 | $600.00 | $700.00 | $800.00 | $900.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,100.00 | $1,200.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2, 2015 |
3.3852 | 3.1381 | 3.0120 | 2.9385 | 2.9195 | 2.8857 | 2.8565 | 2.8385 | 2.8229 | 2.8026 | 2.7920 | 2.7853 | 2.7857 | 2.7875 | 2.7891 | 2.7902 | 2.7910 | 2.7915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2015 |
3.4093 | 3.1888 | 3.0543 | 2.9719 | 2.9502 | 2.9115 | 2.8778 | 2.8569 | 2.8388 | 2.8154 | 2.8033 | 2.7954 | 2.7951 | 2.7964 | 2.7975 | 2.7982 | 2.7987 | 2.7990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2016 |
3.4290 | 3.2446 | 3.1024 | 3.0092 | 2.9841 | 2.9390 | 2.8995 | 2.8752 | 2.8541 | 2.8272 | 2.8136 | 2.8048 | 2.8041 | 2.8049 | 2.8055 | 2.8059 | 2.8061 | 2.8062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2016 |
3.4439 | 3.3070 | 3.1599 | 3.0530 | 3.0234 | 2.9693 | 2.9218 | 2.8927 | 2.8678 | 2.8370 | 2.8222 | 2.8134 | 2.8126 | 2.8129 | 2.8131 | 2.8132 | 2.8133 | 2.8133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2017 |
3.4547 | 3.3753 | 3.2323 | 3.1074 | 3.0708 | 3.0029 | 2.9429 | 2.9067 | 2.8768 | 2.8423 | 2.8279 | 2.8208 | 2.8202 | 2.8203 | 2.8203 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2017 |
3.4636 | 3.4430 | 3.3355 | 3.1886 | 3.1389 | 3.0425 | 2.9573 | 2.9087 | 2.8725 | 2.8391 | 2.8299 | 2.8275 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2018 |
3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.3333 | 3.0769 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 |
The exact fundamental change share price and fundamental change effective date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:
| if the fundamental change share price is between two fundamental change share price amounts in the table or the fundamental change effective date is between two dates in the table, the fundamental change conversion rate will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the fundamental change conversion rates set forth for the higher and lower fundamental change share price amounts and the two fundamental change effective dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; |
| if the fundamental change share price is in excess of $1,200.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the fundamental change conversion rate will be the minimum conversion rate, subject to adjustment; and |
| if the fundamental change share price is less than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the fundamental change conversion rate will be the maximum conversion rate, subject to adjustment |
Listing: |
Actavis plc intends to have the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACTPRA | |
CUSIP / ISIN: |
G0083B116 / IE00BVYJ1Y03 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Barclays Capital Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
Annex B-6
Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. RBS Securities Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC DNB Markets, Inc. Lloyds Securities Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. BBVA Securities Inc. Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. Fifth Third Securities, Inc. PNC Capital Markets LLC Santander Investment Securities Inc. |
Supplemental Information
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the related prospectus supplement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the Ordinary Shares Offering or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and related prospectus supplement if you request it by contacting J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, at (866) 803-9204; Mizuho Securities, Attn: Equity Capital Markets Desk, 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, at (212) 205-7606; Wells Fargo Securities, Attn: Equity Syndicate Dept., 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014-4606, at (866) 718-1649 or email a request to prospectus@morganstanley.com.
Annex B-7
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[], 2015
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
320 Park Avenue, Floor 12
New York, New York 10022
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10152
As Representatives of
the several Underwriters listed in
Schedule 1 to the Underwriting
Agreements referred to below
Re: ACTAVIS PLC Public Offerings
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into two separate Underwriting Agreements (the Underwriting Agreements) on behalf of the several underwriters named in Schedule 1 to each such Underwriting Agreement, respectively (the Underwriters), with Actavis plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of Ireland (the Company), providing for the public offering (the Ordinary Shares Public Offering) of ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the Ordinary Shares), and a concurrent public offering (the Preferred Shares Public Offering, and, together with the Ordinary Shares Public Offering, the Public Offerings) of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share (together with the Ordinary Shares, the Securities).
In consideration of the Underwriters agreement to purchase and make the Public Offerings of the respective Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of
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the Representatives, on behalf of the respective Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 60 days after the date of either the prospectus relating to the Ordinary Shares Public Offering or the Preferred Shares Public Offering (each, a Prospectus), whichever is later (the Restricted Period), (1) 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 shares of the Companys share capital or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of the Companys share capital (including without limitation, any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of any shares of the Companys share capital or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of the Companys share capital or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of the Companys share capital. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to:
(A) | any Securities to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreements; |
(B) | transfers of any shares of the Companys share capital (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) to any trust for the direct benefit or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin), (iii) by operation of law, such as rules of intestate succession, (iv) to any members of the immediate family of the undersigned or (v) to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company or other entity that controlled by the undersigned and/or by members of the immediate family of the undersigned, or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned; or |
(C) | transfers of any shares of the Companys share capital to the Company (i) in connection with the exercise of any options outstanding as of the date of this agreement and having an expiration date during the Restricted Period to acquire Securities pursuant to the employee benefit plans described in either Prospectus; provided that the Securities received upon such exercise shall be subject to the terms of this agreement, or (ii) in connection with a forfeiture, cancellation or surrender of any shares of the Companys share capital pursuant to any Company program, including under clawback provisions or upon termination of employment; |
provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B), each donor, donee, transferor or transferee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 60-day period referred to above).
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that, if neither of the Underwriting Agreements becomes effective, or if both of the Underwriting Agreements (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this agreement. The undersigned understands that the respective Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreements and proceeding with the Public Offerings in reliance upon this agreement.
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This agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Very truly yours, | ||
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER] | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | ||
Title: |
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Exhibit 4.1
Designations of the Terms of the 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
SECTION 1. Designation; Number of Shares; Ranking. The series of serial preferred shares shall be designated as the Companys 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.0001 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares).
The number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares authorized to be issued shall be 4,600,000 (as increased from time to time, up to an aggregate of 5,060,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, by an amount equal to the number of any additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares purchased by the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to the exercise of their overallotment option as set forth therein).
Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be identical in all respects to every other Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with respect to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, rank:
(a) | senior to (i) Ordinary Shares and (ii) each class or series of shares established after the Initial Issue Date the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks senior to or on a parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon any liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company (collectively, Junior Shares); |
(b) | on parity with each class or series of shares established after the Initial Issue Date the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon any liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company (collectively, Parity Shares); |
(c) | junior to each class or series of shares established after the Initial Issue Date the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company (collectively, Senior Shares); and |
(d) | junior to the Companys existing and future indebtedness. |
SECTION 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares:
Accumulated Dividend Amount shall mean, with respect to any Fundamental Change, the aggregate amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for Dividend Periods prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date, including for the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Effective Date (but excluding any declared dividends for a Dividend Period during which the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls).
Acquisition means the Companys acquisition of Allergan, Inc.
Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Acquisition Termination Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Acquisition Termination Market Value shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
Acquisition Termination Redemption means a redemption of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.
Acquisition Termination Redemption Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
Acquisition Termination Share Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Agent Members shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(b).
Applicable Market Value means the Average VWAP per Ordinary Shares over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the settlement period) commencing on and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date.
Articles of Association shall mean the Companys Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended from time to time.
Average Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(iii).
Average VWAP means the average of the VWAPs for each Trading Day in the relevant period.
Beneficial Owner means beneficial owner as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company and shall include any authorized committee of such Board of Directors.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
Change in Tax Law means any change in, or amendment to, the laws or regulations of any taxing jurisdiction or any change in the official interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Initial Issue Date, other than a change in tax rate.
Clause I Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
Clause II Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
Clause IV Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv).
Conversion, Dividend Disbursing and Redemption Agent shall initially mean Computershare Inc., the Companys duly appointed conversion, dividend disbursing and redemption agent for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Company shall mean Actavis plc.
Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Current Market Price per Ordinary Share (or, in the case of Section 13(a)(iv), per Ordinary Share, or per unit of share capital or equity interest, as applicable) on any date means for the purposes of determining an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates:
(i) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(ii), Section 13(a)(iv) (but only in the event of an adjustment thereunder not relating to a Spin-Off), or Section 13(a)(v), the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring such computation;
(ii) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(iv) in the event of an adjustment thereunder relating to a Spin-Off, the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share or per unit of share capital or equity interests of the subsidiary or other business unit being distributed, as applicable, over the first ten consecutive Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth Trading Day following the effective date of such distribution; and
(iii) for purposes of any adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(vi), the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on and including the Trading Day following the Expiration Date of the relevant tender offer or exchange offer.
Depositary means DTC or its nominee or any successor.
Designations means the designations set out in this Exhibit A.
Dividend Payment Date means March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year commencing on June 1, 2015, to and including the Mandatory Conversion Date.
Dividend Period means the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on, and include, the Initial Issue Date and shall end on, and exclude, the Dividend Payment Date occurring on June 1, 2015.
Dividend Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
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DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Early Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
Early Conversion Average Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
Early Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).
Early Conversion Settlement Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Exchange Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
Ex-Date, when used with respect to any issuance or distribution, means the first date on which Ordinary Shares trade without the right to receive such issuance or distribution.
Expiration Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(vi).
Fair Market Value means the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be final and set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Fixed Conversion Rates means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.
Floor Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e).
A Fundamental Change shall be deemed to have occurred, at such time after the Initial Issue Date, upon: (i) the consummation of any transaction or event (whether by means of an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger, combination, recapitalization or otherwise) in connection with which 90% or more of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests are exchanged for, converted into, acquired for or constitute solely the right to receive, consideration 10% or more of which is not common stock or ordinary shares that are listed on, or immediately after the transaction or event will be listed on, any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market; (ii) any person or group (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Company, any of the Companys majority-owned subsidiaries or any of the Companys or the Companys majority-owned subsidiaries employee benefit plans, becoming the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of share capital then outstanding entitled to vote generally in elections of the Companys directors; or (iii) the Ordinary Shares (or, following a Reorganization Event, any Ordinary Shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests into which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares become convertible in connection with such Reorganization Event) cease to be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or another United States national securities exchange.
Fundamental Change Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Fundamental Change Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).
Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Fundamental Change Conversion Rate means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate set forth in the table below for the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price applicable to such Fundamental Change:
Fundamental change share price on the fundamental change effective date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective date |
$100.00 | $200.00 | $250.00 | $288.00 | $300.00 | $325.00 | $352.80 | $375.00 | $400.00 | $450.00 | $500.00 | $600.00 | $700.00 | $800.00 | $900.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,100.00 | $1,200.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 2, 2015 |
3.3852 | 3.1381 | 3.0120 | 2.9385 | 2.9195 | 2.8857 | 2.8565 | 2.8385 | 2.8229 | 2.8026 | 2.7920 | 2.7853 | 2.7857 | 2.7875 | 2.7891 | 2.7902 | 2.7910 | 2.7915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2015 |
3.4093 | 3.1888 | 3.0543 | 2.9719 | 2.9502 | 2.9115 | 2.8778 | 2.8569 | 2.8388 | 2.8154 | 2.8033 | 2.7954 | 2.7951 | 2.7964 | 2.7975 | 2.7982 | 2.7987 | 2.7990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2016 |
3.4290 | 3.2446 | 3.1024 | 3.0092 | 2.9841 | 2.9390 | 2.8995 | 2.8752 | 2.8541 | 2.8272 | 2.8136 | 2.8048 | 2.8041 | 2.8049 | 2.8055 | 2.8059 | 2.8061 | 2.8062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2016 |
3.4439 | 3.3070 | 3.1599 | 3.0530 | 3.0234 | 2.9693 | 2.9218 | 2.8927 | 2.8678 | 2.8370 | 2.8222 | 2.8134 | 2.8126 | 2.8129 | 2.8131 | 2.8132 | 2.8133 | 2.8133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2017 |
3.4547 | 3.3753 | 3.2323 | 3.1074 | 3.0708 | 3.0029 | 2.9429 | 2.9067 | 2.8768 | 2.8423 | 2.8279 | 2.8208 | 2.8202 | 2.8203 | 2.8203 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | 2.8204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 1, 2017 |
3.4636 | 3.4430 | 3.3355 | 3.1886 | 3.1389 | 3.0425 | 2.9573 | 2.9087 | 2.8725 | 2.8391 | 2.8299 | 2.8275 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | 2.8274 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 1, 2018 |
3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.4722 | 3.3333 | 3.0769 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 | 2.8345 |
If the Fundamental Change Share Price falls between two Fundamental Change Share Prices set forth in the table above, or if the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates set forth in the table above, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices and the two Fundamental Change Effective Dates based on a 365-day year, as applicable.
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If the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $1,200.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate.
If the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $100.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv)), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate.
The Fundamental Change Share Prices in the column headings in the table above are subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13(c)(iv). The Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table above are each subject to adjustment in the same manner as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.
Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d)(i)(A).
Fundamental Change Effective Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Fundamental Change Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
Fundamental Change Share Price means, for any Fundamental Change, (i) if the holders of Ordinary Shares receive only cash in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid in such Fundamental Change per Ordinary Share, and (ii) if the holders of Ordinary Shares receive any property other than cash in such Fundamental Change, the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day preceding the Fundamental Change Effective Date.
Global Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22.
Holder means each person in whose name the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are registered, who shall be treated by the Company and the Registrar as the absolute owner of those Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.
Initial Issue Date means March 2, 2015, the first original issue date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Initial Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(ii).
Junior Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).
Liquidation Dividend Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(ii).
Liquidation Preference means, as to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, $1,000 per share.
Mandatory Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
Mandatory Conversion Date means March 1, 2018.
Mandatory Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.
Maximum Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).
Merger Agreement means the agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 16, 2014, among the Company, Avocado Acquisition Inc. and Allergan, Inc., as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
Minimum Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).
Nonpayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).
Nonpayment Remedy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iii).
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate of the Company, signed by any duly authorized Officer of the Company.
Ordinary Shares mean the ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Parity Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(b).
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Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.
Preferred Share Directors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).
Qualifying Market means the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or another United States national securities exchange.
Qualifying Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iii).
Record Date means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the February 15, May 15, August 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the applicable March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 Dividend Payment Date, respectively. These Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a particular Record Date is a Business Day.
Record Holder means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, a Holder of record of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as such Holder appears on the share register of the Company at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the related Record Date.
Reference Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
Registrar shall initially mean Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Companys duly appointed registrar for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Reorganization Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
Scheduled Trading Day means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.
Senior Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1(c).
settlement period shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Market Value.
Shelf Registration Statement shall mean a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of or resales of Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend or other amounts issuable in respect of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion.
Share Dilution Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Spin-Off means a dividend or other distribution by the Company to all holders of Ordinary Shares consisting of share capital of, or similar equity interests in, or relating to a subsidiary or other business unit of the Company.
Taxing Jurisdiction shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a).
Threshold Appreciation Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).
Trading Day means a day on which the Ordinary Shares:
(a) are not suspended from trading, and on which trading in the Ordinary Shares is not limited, on any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market during any period or periods aggregating one half-hour or longer; and
(b) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Ordinary Shares; provided that if the Ordinary Shares are not traded on any such exchange, association or market, Trading Day means any Business Day.
Transfer Agent shall initially mean Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Companys duly appointed transfer agent for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Trigger Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(D).
Underwriting Agreement means the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, dated February 24, 2015, among the Company and the underwriters named therein.
Unit of Exchange Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(e).
Voting Preferred Shares means any series of the Companys preferred shares, in addition to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, ranking equally with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares either as to dividends or to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and upon which like voting rights for the election of directors have been conferred and are exercisable.
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VWAP per Ordinary Share on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed on Bloomberg page ACT<EQUITY>AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day; or, if such price is not available, VWAP means the market value per Ordinary Share on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose.
SECTION 3. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of share capital ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to dividends, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Company legally available therefor, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 5.500% on the Liquidation Preference per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (the Dividend Rate) (equivalent to $55 per annum per share), payable in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or by delivery of any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 3(c)(i) (subject to the limitations described herein). Declared dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at such annual rate, and dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or Dividend Periods there have been funds legally available for the payment of such dividends. Declared dividends shall be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to Record Holders at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the immediately preceding Record Date, whether or not the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by such Record Holders on such Record Date are converted after such Record Date and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this delay.
The amount of dividends payable on each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share for each full Dividend Period (after the initial Dividend Period) shall be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. Dividends payable on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for the initial Dividend Period and any partial Dividend Period shall be computed based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day months). Accumulated dividends shall not bear interest.
No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to any Dividend Period unless all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, whether payable in cash, property or Ordinary Shares, in excess of full cumulative dividends.
Except as described in this Section 3(a), dividends on any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares converted to Ordinary Shares shall cease to accumulate on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Date or the Early Conversion Date (each, a Conversion Date), as applicable.
(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares, and no Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) any dividend or distribution payable in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iii) any dividends or distributions of rights in connection with a shareholders rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders rights plan; (iv) purchases of Ordinary Shares or Junior Shares pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Ordinary Shares or Junior Shares existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding share repurchase plan; or (v) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in Ordinary Shares or Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged. The phrase Share Dilution Amount means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and as measured from the Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees and agents and equitably adjusted for any share split, share dividend, reverse share split, reclassification or similar transaction.
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When dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (i) have not been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares sufficient to discharge the Companys obligations in respect thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Record Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Shares unless dividends are declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares bear to each other; provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will continue to accumulate.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Ordinary Shares, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
(c) Method of Payment of Dividends.
(i) Subject to the limitations described below, any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, may be paid by the Company, as determined in the Companys sole discretion:
(A) in cash;
(B) by delivery of Ordinary Shares; or
(C) by delivery of any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares.
(ii) Each payment of a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be made in cash, except to the extent the Company timely elects to make all or any portion of such payment in Ordinary Shares. The Company shall give notice to Holders of any such election and the portions of such payment that will be made in cash and in Ordinary Shares no later than 10 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend; provided that if the Company does not provide timely notice of this election, the Company will be deemed to have elected to pay the relevant dividend in cash.
(iii) If the Company elects to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in Ordinary Shares, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at 97% of the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the seventh Scheduled Trading Day prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (the Average Price).
(d) No fractional shares of Ordinary Shares shall be delivered by the Company to Holders in payment or partial payment of a dividend. The Company shall instead pay a cash adjustment to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Ordinary Shares to be delivered in connection with any declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to the total dividend payment divided by $100.80, subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13 (such dollar amount, as adjusted from time to time, the Floor Price). To the extent that the amount of any declared dividend exceeds the product of (x) the number of Ordinary Shares delivered in connection with such declared dividend and (y) 97% of the Average Price, the Company shall, if it is legally able to do so, notwithstanding any notice by the Company to the contrary, declare and pay such excess amount in cash.
(f) To the extent that the Company, in its reasonable judgment, determines that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Company shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such Ordinary Shares have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares would be freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not affiliates of the Company for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Ordinary Shares approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (or if the Ordinary Shares are not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed), and qualified or registered under applicable U.S. state securities laws, if required.
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SECTION 4. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, each Holder shall be entitled to receive:
(i) the Liquidation Preference per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, plus
(ii) an amount (the Liquidation Dividend Amount) equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such Holders shares to (but excluding) the date fixed for liquidation, winding up or dissolution,
to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Companys creditors and holders of any Senior Shares, and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of Junior Shares, including Ordinary Shares.
(b) Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets nor the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with any other Person or Persons, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company for the purposes of this Section 4.
(c) If, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding up or dissolution of the Company, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the Liquidation Dividend Amount of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and (2) the liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, on, any Parity Shares are not paid in full, the Holders and all holders of any Parity Shares shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of the Companys assets in proportion to the respective liquidation preferences and an amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.
(d) After the payment to any Holder of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for each of such Holders Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
SECTION 5. Acquisition Termination Redemption; No Sinking Fund.
(a) Within ten Business Days following the earlier of (a) the date on which an Acquisition Termination Event occurs and (b) 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on November 30, 2015, if the Acquisition has not closed on or prior to such time on such date, the Company shall be entitled, but not required, to mail a notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption to the Holders (provided that, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form through DTC, the Company may give such notice in respect of such shares in any manner permitted by DTC). If the Company shall mail such notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption to Holders, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date, the Company shall be required to redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount.
Acquisition Termination Event means either (1) the Merger Agreement is terminated or (2) the Company shall determine in its reasonable judgment that the Acquisition will not occur.
Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount means, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, an amount in cash equal to $1,010 plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date (whether or not declared); provided, however, that if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount will equal the Reference Amount.
Acquisition Termination Share Price means the average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the date on which the Company shall provide notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption to Holders.
The Reference Amount shall equal the sum of the following amounts:
(i) a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate; plus
(ii) cash in an amount equal to the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount;
provided that the Company may deliver cash in lieu of all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares set forth in clause (i) above, and the Company may deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or any portion of the cash amount set forth in clause (ii) above, in each case, as set forth in this Section 5.
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Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate means a rate equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, assuming for such purpose that the date on which the Company shall provide notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption is the Fundamental Change Effective Date and that the Fundamental Change Share Price is the Acquisition Termination Share Price.
Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount means an amount of cash equal to the sum of (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and (y) the Accumulated Dividend Amount, assuming in each case, for such purpose that the date on which the Company shall provide notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption is the Fundamental Change Effective Date.
(b) If the Acquisition Termination Share Price shall exceed the Initial Price, the Company may pay cash (computed to the nearest cent) in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate. If the Company shall make such an election, it shall deliver cash (computed to the nearest cent) in an amount equal to such number of Ordinary Shares in respect of which it shall have made such election multiplied by the Acquisition Termination Market Value.
(c) If the Acquisition Termination Share Price shall exceed the Initial Price, the Company may elect to deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of cash for some or all of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount. If the Company makes such an election, it shall deliver a number of Ordinary Shares equal to such portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount to be paid in Ordinary Shares divided by the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Acquisition Termination Market Value; provided that, if the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount or portion thereof in respect of which Ordinary Shares are delivered exceeds the product of such number of Ordinary Shares multiplied by 97% of the Acquisition Termination Market Value, the Company shall, if it is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent).
Acquisition Termination Market Value means the average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the twenty consecutive Trading Day period commencing on and including the third Trading Day following the date on which the Company provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption.
Acquisition Termination Redemption Date means the date specified by the Company in its notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption that is not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date on which the Company shall provide notice of such Acquisition Termination Redemption; provided, that, if the Acquisition Termination Share Price is greater than the Initial Price and the Company shall elect to pay cash in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate, or, if the Company shall elect to deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or any portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount, the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date shall be the third Business Day following the last Trading Day of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used to determine the Acquisition Termination Market Value.
(d) | The notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption shall specify, among other things: |
(i) | the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount; |
(ii) | if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, the number of Ordinary Shares and the amount of cash comprising the Reference Amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (before giving effect to any election to pay or deliver, with respect to each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, cash in lieu of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate or Ordinary Shares in lieu of cash in respect of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount); |
(iii) | if applicable, whether the Company shall deliver cash in lieu of all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate comprising a portion of the Reference Amount (specifying, if applicable, the number of such Ordinary Shares in respect of which cash will be delivered); |
(iv) | if applicable, whether the Company shall deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or any portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount comprising a portion of the Reference Amount (specifying, if applicable, the percentage of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount in respect of which Ordinary Shares will be delivered in lieu of cash); and |
(v) | the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date. |
(e) If any portion of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount is to be paid in Ordinary Shares, no fractional Ordinary Shares will be delivered to the Holders. The Company shall instead, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, pay a cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent) to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the seventh Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date. If more than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is to be redeemed from a Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the payment of the Reference Amount shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so redeemed.
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(f) All cash payments to which a Holder is entitled in connection with an Acquisition Termination Redemption will be rounded to the nearest cent.
(g) To the extent that the Company, in its reasonable judgment, determines that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Ordinary Shares issued as any portion of the payment of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount, the Company shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such Ordinary Shares have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares would be freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not affiliates of the Company for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Ordinary Shares qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required, and approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (or if the Ordinary Shares are not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed).
(h) Other than pursuant to the Acquisition Termination Redemption provisions described above, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be subject to any redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions.
SECTION 6. Voting Rights.
(a) General. Holders shall not have any voting rights except as set forth in this Section 6 or as otherwise from time to time specifically required by Irish law.
(b) Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment. (i) Whenever dividends on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (A) have not been declared and paid, or (B) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares sufficient to discharge the Companys obligations in respect thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders on the applicable Record Date, for the equivalent of six or more Dividend Periods, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a Nonpayment), the authorized number of directors of the Board of Directors shall, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and Holders, voting together as a single class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding, shall be entitled at such meeting to fill such newly created directorships by electing two additional members of the Board of Directors (the Preferred Share Directors); provided that the election of any such directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Companys securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors; and provided further that the Board of Directors shall, at no time, include more than two Preferred Share Directors. In the event of a Nonpayment, the holders of record of at least 25% of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares may request that a special meeting of shareholders be called to elect such Preferred Share Directors (provided, however, that if the next annual or a special meeting of shareholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such Preferred Share Directors, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Articles of Association, shall be included in the agenda for and shall be held at such scheduled annual or special meeting of shareholders). The Preferred Share Directors will stand for reelection annually, and at each subsequent annual meeting of the shareholders, so long as the Holders continue to have such voting rights. At any meeting at which the Holders are entitled to elect Preferred Share Directors, the holders of record of a majority of the then outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and all other series of Voting Preferred Shares, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and other Voting Preferred Shares so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the Preferred Share Directors. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other Voting Preferred Shares have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such other Voting Preferred Shares voted.
(ii) Any request to call a special meeting for the initial election of the Preferred Share Directors after a Nonpayment shall be made by written notice, signed by the requisite holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding, and delivered to the Company in such manner as provided for in Section 17 below, or as may otherwise be required by law.
(iii) If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares have been paid in full, or declared and a sum (which may include Ordinary Shares) sufficient to discharge the Companys obligations in respect
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thereof shall have been set aside (a Nonpayment Remedy), the Holders shall immediately and, without any further action by the Company, be divested of the foregoing voting rights, subject to the revesting of such rights in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment. If such voting rights for the Holders and all other holders of Voting Preferred Shares shall have terminated, the term of office of each Preferred Share Director so elected shall terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two.
(iv) Any Preferred Share Director shall be removed automatically where the director is restricted or disqualified from acting as a director under Irish law or at any time by the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares (voting together as a single class), when they have the voting rights described above. In the event that a Nonpayment shall have occurred and there shall not have been a Nonpayment Remedy, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Share Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Share Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Share Director remaining in office or, if none remains in office, filled by the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares then outstanding voting together as a single class with holders of any other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders, by electing two Preferred Share Directors, when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the filling of each vacancy will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Companys securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. Any such vote of shareholders to remove, or to fill a vacancy in the office of, a Preferred Share Director may be taken only at a special meeting of such shareholders, called as provided above for an initial election of Preferred Share Directors after a Nonpayment (provided that such request is received at least 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of shareholders, failing which such election shall be included in the agenda for and shall be held at the next scheduled annual or special meeting of shareholders). The Preferred Share Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote. Each Preferred Share Director elected at any special meeting of shareholders or by written consent of the other Preferred Share Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders if such office shall not have previously terminated and such Preferred Share Director shall not have been removed from such office, in each case as above provided.
(c) Other Voting Rights. So long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles of Association, the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and all other series of Voting Preferred Shares (subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6(c)) at the time outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at an annual or special meeting of such shareholders, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Authorization of Senior Shares. Any amendment or alteration of the Articles of Association or these Designations so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any class or series of Senior Shares;
(ii) Amendment of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles of Association or these Designations so as to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including without limitation, the right to payment of additional amounts as described under Section 14; or
(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations. Any consummation of a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, or of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity, unless in each case (x) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Company is not the surviving or resulting entity (or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are otherwise exchanged or reclassified), are converted or reclassified into or exchanged for preferred shares of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (y) such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that remain outstanding or such preferred shares, as the case may be, have rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction (any such preferred shares being referred to herein as Qualifying Preferred Shares);
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provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 6(c), (1) any increase in the amount of the Companys authorized but unissued preferred shares, (2) any increase in the amount of the Companys authorized Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or the issuance of any additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or (3) the authorization or creation of any class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares, any increase in the amount of authorized but unissued shares of such class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares or the issuance of additional shares of such class or series of Parity Shares or Junior Shares will be deemed not to adversely affect (or to otherwise cause to be materially less favorable) the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and shall not require the affirmative vote of holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation specified in this Section 6(c) would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Shares, then only the series of Voting Preferred Shares adversely affected and entitled to vote shall vote thereon.
(d) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other procedural aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles of Association, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is listed or traded at the time.
SECTION 7. Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date.
(a) Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall automatically convert (unless previously redeemed at the option of the Company in accordance with Section 5, converted at the option of the Holder in accordance with Section 8 or pursuant to an exercise of a Fundamental Change Conversion right pursuant to Section 9) on the Mandatory Conversion Date (Mandatory Conversion), into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate.
(b) The Mandatory Conversion Rate, which is the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share on the Mandatory Conversion Date (excluding Ordinary Shares, if any, issued in respect of accrued and unpaid dividends) shall, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 7(c), be as follows:
(i) if the Applicable Market Value is greater than $352.80 (the Threshold Appreciation Price), then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 2.8345 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (the Minimum Conversion Rate);
(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than $288.00 (the Initial Price), then the Mandatory Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be equal to $1,000 divided by the Applicable Market Value; or
(iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 3.4722 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (the Maximum Conversion Rate);
provided that the Fixed Conversion Rates, the Threshold Appreciation Price, the Initial Price and the Applicable Market Value are each subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.
(c) If prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that Holders receive an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends that have not been declared (Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount) divided by the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Average Price (calculated as though the Mandatory Conversion Date is the applicable Dividend Payment Date). To the extent that the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Average Price, the Company shall, if the Company is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash pro rata to the Holders.
SECTION 8. Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder.
(a) Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, the Holders shall have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), at any time prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date (Early Conversion), into Ordinary Shares at the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment as described in Section 13 and to satisfaction of the conversion procedures set forth in Section 10.
(b) If as of any Early Conversion Date, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all Dividend Periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date prior to such Early Conversion Date, the Minimum
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Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, with respect to the relevant Early Conversion, so that the converting Holder receives an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to the amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends for such prior Dividend Periods (the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount), divided by the greater of the Floor Price and the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the Early Conversion Settlement Period) commencing on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date (such average being referred to as the Early Conversion Average Price). To the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of the number of additional Ordinary Shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash. Except as described in the first sentence of this Section 8(b), upon any Early Conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, unless such Early Conversion occurs after the Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as of such Record Date, in accordance with Section 3.
SECTION 9. Fundamental Change Conversion.
(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Holders shall have the right to (i) convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 9(a) being a Fundamental Change Conversion) at any time during the period (the Fundamental Change Conversion Period) that begins on the effective date of such Fundamental Change (the Fundamental Change Effective Date) and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is 20 calendar days after the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if earlier, the Mandatory Conversion Date) into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, (ii) with respect to such converted shares, receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount payable in cash or in Ordinary Shares; and (iii) with respect to such converted shares, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), subject to the Companys right to deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or part of such amounts as set forth in clause (d) below; provided that if such Fundamental Change Effective Date or the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date falls after the Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the next Dividend Payment Date, the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holders as of such Record Date, in accordance with Section 3, and such dividend shall not be included in the Accumulated Dividend Amount, and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount shall not include the present value of such dividend. With respect to any Fundamental Change, Holders who do not submit their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion during the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Period will not be entitled to convert their non-submitted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares at the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or to receive the relevant Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the relevant Accumulated Dividend Amount.
(b) On or before the twentieth calendar day prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or, if such prior notice is not practicable, no later than the second Business Day immediately following the actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, a written notice (the Fundamental Change Notice) shall be sent by or on behalf of the Company, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders. Such notice shall state:
(i) the event causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, as the case may be;
(iii) that Holders shall have the right to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Conversion Period; and
(v) the instructions a Holder must follow to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change.
If the Company notifies Holders of a Fundamental Change later than the twentieth calendar day prior to the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days from, and including, the twentieth calendar day prior to such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the date of such notice; provided that the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be extended beyond the Mandatory Conversion Date.
(c) Not later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if the Company provides notice to Holders of the Fundamental Change prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date, on the date the Company gives Holders notice of the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date), the Company shall notify Holders of:
(i) the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate;
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(ii) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable; and
(iii) the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.
(d) (i) For any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that are converted during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, in addition to the Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, the Company shall at its option:
(A) pay the Holder in cash, to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so, the present value, computed using a discount rate of 2.75% per annum, of all dividend payments on the Holders Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for all the remaining Dividend Periods (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount and declared dividends for a Dividend Period during which the Fundamental Change Effective Date falls) from and including such Fundamental Change Effective Date to but excluding the Mandatory Conversion Date (the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount),
(B) increase the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued on conversion by a number equal to (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount divided by (y) the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, or
(C) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount in a combination of cash and Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) immediately above.
(ii) In addition, to the extent that the Accumulated Dividend Amount exists as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, Holders who convert shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares within the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will be entitled to receive such Accumulated Dividend Amount upon conversion. The Accumulated Dividend Amount will be payable, at the Companys election, in:
(A) cash, to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so,
(B) an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to (x) the Accumulated Dividend Amount divided by (y) the greater of the Floor Price and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, or
(C) a combination of cash and Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) immediately above.
(iii) The Company shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash except to the extent the Company elects on or prior to the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date to make all or any portion of such payments in Ordinary Shares. If the Company elects to deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of all or any portion of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount or any portion thereof paid in Ordinary Shares exceeds the product of the number of additional shares the Company delivers in respect thereof and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Company shall, if it is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash. No such payment in cash may be made if the payment is not permitted by the Companys then existing debt instruments.
(iv) No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered by the Company to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. A cash adjustment shall be paid by the Company to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the seventh Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Conversion Date.
SECTION 10. Conversion Procedures.
(a) Pursuant to Section 7, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, any outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall automatically convert into Ordinary Shares. The person or persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Except as provided under Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
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(b) To effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8, a Person who:
(i) holds a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Share must deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTCs conversion program and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any; or
(ii) holds Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in definitive, certificated form must:
(A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(B) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;
(C) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and
(D) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.
The Early Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (Early Conversion Date). A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares if such Holder exercises its conversion rights, but such Holder shall be required to pay any transfer or similar tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder. A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in book-entry form, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the latest of (i) the third Business Day immediately succeeding the Early Conversion Date, (ii) the third Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period and (iii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The person or persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Early Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such applicable Early Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares) by virtue of holding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares constituting fewer than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(c) To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9, a Person who:
(i) holds a beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Share must deliver to DTC the appropriate instruction form for conversion pursuant to DTCs conversion program and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any; or
(ii) holds shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in definitive, certificated form must:
(A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(B) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;
(C) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and
(D) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.
The Fundamental Change Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Person has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the Fundamental Change Conversion Date). A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar
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taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares if such Holder exercises its conversion rights, but such Holder shall be required to pay any transfer or similar tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder. A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in book-entry form, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of the third Business Day immediately succeeding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The person or persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13(c)(iii), prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on such applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Ordinary Shares (including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares) by virtue of holding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares constituting fewer than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(d) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares should be sent, the Company shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Company and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Company.
(e) Converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and other amounts and Ordinary Shares, if any, to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 7, 8 or 9, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, subject to the right of the Record Holders of such shares on such Record Date to receive payment of such declared dividend on such Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.
SECTION 11. Reservation of Ordinary Shares.
(a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares, solely for issuance upon the conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the product of the Maximum Conversion Rate then in effect and the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares then outstanding. For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of Ordinary Shares that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.
(b) All Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).
(c) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to comply with all U.S. federal and state and Irish laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.
(d) The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Ordinary Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Ordinary Shares shall be so listed on such exchange
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or automated quotation system, all Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of, or issuable in respect of the payment of dividends, the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount, the Accumulated Dividend Amount or the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
SECTION 12. Fractional Shares.
(a) No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued as a result of any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
(b) In lieu of any fractional Ordinary Share otherwise issuable in respect of any mandatory conversion pursuant to Section 7 or a conversion at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9, the Company shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the Ordinary Shares over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the seventh Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, Fundamental Change Conversion Date or Early Conversion Date, as applicable.
(c) If more than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.
SECTION 13. Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates.
(a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be subject to the following adjustments:
(i) | Share Dividends and Distributions. If the Company issues Ordinary Shares to all holders of Ordinary Shares as a dividend or other distribution, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be divided by a fraction: |
(A) | the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination, and |
(B) | the denominator of which is the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the total number of Ordinary Shares constituting such dividend or other distribution. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 13(a)(iv)(E), any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (i) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination shall not include shares that the Company holds in treasury. For so long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not pay any dividend or make any other distribution on Ordinary Shares that it holds in treasury.
(ii) | Issuance of Share Purchase Rights. If the Company issues to all holders of Ordinary Shares rights or warrants (other than rights or warrants issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or share purchase plan or other similar plans), entitling such holders, for a period of up to 45 calendar days from the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at a price per share less than the Current Market Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such rights or warrants shall be increased by multiplying such Fixed Conversion Rate by a fraction: |
(A) | the numerator of which is the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the number of Ordinary Shares issuable or deliverable upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, and |
(B) | the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination and the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the quotient of the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants divided by the Current Market Price. |
Subject to the provisions of Section 13(a)(iv)(E), any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (ii) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination. In the event
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that such rights or warrants described in this clause (ii) are not so issued, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights or warrants, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or Ordinary Shares are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights or warrants upon the exercise of such rights or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of Ordinary Shares actually delivered. In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at less than the Current Market Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price payable to exercise such rights or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants and the value of such consideration (if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, which determination shall be final). For the purposes of this clause (ii), the number of Ordinary Shares at the time outstanding shall not include shares that the Company holds in treasury. For so long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Company shall not issue any such rights or warrants in respect of Ordinary Shares that the Company holds in treasury.
(iii) | Subdivisions and Combinations of the Ordinary Shares. If outstanding Ordinary Shares shall be subdivided into a greater number of Ordinary Shares or combined into a lesser number of Ordinary Shares, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or combination shall be multiplied by a fraction: |
(A) | the numerator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such subdivision or combination, and |
(B) | the denominator of which is the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to such subdivision or combination. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iii) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date of such subdivision or combination.
(iv) | Debt or Asset Distribution. |
(A) | If the Company distributes to all holders of Ordinary Shares evidences of its indebtedness, shares of its share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Companys share capital, cash or other assets (excluding (1) any dividend or distribution covered by Section 13(a)(i) or 13(a)(iii), (2) any rights or warrants covered by Section 13(a)(ii), (3) any dividend or distribution covered by Section 13(a)(v) and (4) any Spin-Off to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(iv)(B) apply), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction: |
(1) | the numerator of which is the Current Market Price, and |
(2) | the denominator of which is the Current Market Price minus the Fair Market Value, on such date fixed for determination, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness, shares of the Companys share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Companys share capital, cash or other assets so distributed applicable to one Ordinary Share. |
(B) | In the case of a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction: |
(1) | the numerator of which is the sum of (x) the Current Market Price of the Ordinary Shares and (y) the Fair Market Value of the portion of those shares of share capital or similar equity interests so distributed that is applicable to one Ordinary Share as of the 15th Trading Day after the effective date for such distribution (or, if such shares of share capital or equity interests are listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the Current Market Price of such securities), and |
(2) | the denominator of which is the Current Market Price of the Ordinary Shares. |
(C) | Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such |
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distribution. In the event that such distribution described in this clause (iv) is not so made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to make such distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. If an adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate is required under this clause (iv) during any settlement period or Early Conversion Settlement Period in respect of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this clause (iv). |
(D) | For purposes of this clause (iv) (and subject in all respects to clause (ii)), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its Ordinary Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Companys share capital, including, but not limited to, Ordinary Shares (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (Trigger Event): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Ordinary Shares; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this clause (iv) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this clause (iv) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made under this clause (iv). |
If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Initial Issue Date, is subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such distribution with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iv) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Ordinary Shares with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Ordinary Shares as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued. For purposes of clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence, any rights that have become void by reason of the actions or status of the holder(s) thereof shall not be included in determining whether all rights have been redeemed or purchased. |
(E) | For purposes of clause (i), clause (ii) and this clause (iv), if any dividend or distribution to which this clause (iv) is applicable includes one or both of: |
(I) | a dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares to which clause (i) is applicable (the Clause I Distribution); or |
(II) | an issuance of rights or warrants to which clause (ii) is applicable (the Clause II Distribution), |
then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause I Distribution, if any, and the Clause II Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this clause (iv) is applicable (the Clause IV Distribution) and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this clause (iv) with respect to such Clause IV Distribution shall then be made, and (2) the Clause I Distribution, if any, and Clause II Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause IV Distribution and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by clause (i) and clause (ii) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (x) the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive any Clause I Distribution or Clause II Distribution shall be deemed to be the date fixed for the
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determination of holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the Clause IV Distribution and (y) any Ordinary Shares included in any Clause I Distribution or Clause II Distribution shall be deemed not to be outstanding at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for such determination within the meaning of clauses (i) and (ii).
(v) | Cash Distributions. If the Company pays or makes a dividend or other distribution consisting exclusively of cash to all holders of Ordinary Shares, excluding (1) any cash that is distributed in a Reorganization Event to which Section 13(e) applies, (2) any dividend or other distribution in connection with the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and (3) any consideration payable as part of a tender or exchange offer by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company covered by Section 13(a)(vi)), each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be multiplied by a fraction: |
(1) | the numerator of which is the Current Market Price, and |
(2) | the denominator of which is the Current Market Price minus the amount per Ordinary Share of such dividend or other distribution. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (v) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for the determination of the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution. In the event that any dividend or other distribution described in this clause (v) is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors publicly announces its decision not to pay such dividend or make such distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or other distribution had not been declared.
(vi) | Self Tender Offers and Exchange Offers. If the Company or any subsidiary of the Company successfully completes a tender or exchange offer pursuant to a Schedule TO or registration statement on Form S-4 for Ordinary Shares (excluding any securities convertible or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares), where the cash and the value of any other consideration included in the payment per Ordinary Share exceeds the Current Market Price, each Fixed Conversion Rate in effect at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of expiration of the tender or exchange offer (the Expiration Date) shall be multiplied by a fraction: |
(A) | the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of: |
(1) | the aggregate cash and Fair Market Value on the Expiration Date of any other consideration paid or payable for Ordinary Shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer; and |
(2) | the product of (I) the Current Market Price and (II) (x) the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires less (y) any purchased Ordinary Shares; and |
(B) | the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (I) the Current Market Price and (II) the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding at the time such tender or exchange offer expires, including any purchased Ordinary Shares. |
Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (vi) shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 10th Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date but will be given effect as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. In the event that the Company or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company or such subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, if the application of this clause (vi) to any tender offer or exchange offer would result in a decrease in each Fixed Conversion Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such tender offer or exchange offer under this clause (vi). If an adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate is required pursuant to this clause (vi) during any settlement period or Early Conversion Settlement Period in respect of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that have been tendered for conversion, delivery of the related conversion consideration shall be delayed to the extent necessary in order to complete the calculations provided for in this clause (vi).
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(vii) | Fair Market Value in Excess of Current Market Price. Except with respect to a Spin-Off, in cases as to which Section 13(a)(iv) or Section 13(a)(v) applies where the Fair Market Value of the evidences of the Companys indebtedness, shares of share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Companys share capital, cash or other assets applicable to one Ordinary Share distributed to holders of Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds the Current Market Price (as determined for purposes of calculating the conversion rate adjustment pursuant to Section 13(a)(iv) or Section 13(a)(v)), rather than being entitled to an adjustment in each Fixed Conversion Rate, Holders shall be entitled to receive upon conversion, in addition to a number of Ordinary Shares otherwise deliverable on the applicable Conversion Date, the kind and amount of the evidences of the Companys indebtedness, shares of share capital, securities, rights to acquire shares of the Companys share capital, cash or other assets comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned immediately prior to the record date for determining the holders of Ordinary Shares entitled to receive the distribution, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such distribution. |
(viii) | Rights Plans. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect with respect to the Ordinary Shares on any Conversion Date, upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, converting Holders shall receive, in addition to the Ordinary Shares, the rights under such rights plan, unless, prior to such Conversion Date, the rights have separated from the Ordinary Shares, in which case each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation of such rights as if the Company made a distribution to all holders of the Ordinary Shares as described in Section 13(a)(iv), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. Any distribution of rights or warrants pursuant to a rights plan that would allow Holders to receive upon conversion, in addition to any Ordinary Shares, the rights described therein (unless such rights or warrants have separated from Ordinary Shares) shall not constitute a distribution of rights or warrants that would entitle Holders to an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates. |
(b) Adjustment for Tax Reasons. The Company may make such increases in each Fixed Conversion Rate, in addition to any other increases required by this Section 13, as the Company deems advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Ordinary Shares resulting from any dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reasons; provided that the same proportionate adjustment must be made to each Fixed Conversion Rate.
(c) Calculation of Adjustments; Adjustments to Threshold Appreciation Price, Initial Price and Fundamental Change Share Price.
(i) All adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of an Ordinary Share. Prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date, no adjustment in a Fixed Conversion Rate shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent therein. If any adjustment by reason of this Section 13(c)(i) is not required to be made, such adjustment shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, however, that on the earlier of the Mandatory Conversion Date, an Acquisition Termination Redemption Date, an Early Conversion Date and a Fundamental Change Effective Date, adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be made with respect to any such adjustment carried forward that has not been taken into account before such date.
(ii) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b), (x) an inversely proportional adjustment shall also be made to the Threshold Appreciation Price and the Initial Price solely for purposes of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(b) shall apply on the Mandatory Conversion Date and (y) an inversely proportional adjustment will also be made to the Floor Price. Such adjustment shall be made by dividing each of the Threshold Appreciation Price and the Initial Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be either Fixed Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b) and the denominator of which shall be such Fixed Conversion Rate immediately before such adjustment. Whenever any provision of these Designations require the Company or the Board of Directors to calculate the VWAP per Ordinary Share over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Current Market Price and the Average Price (as the case may be)) to account for any adjustments to the Initial Price, the Threshold Appreciation Price, the Floor Price and the Fixed Conversion Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Ex-Date, Effective Date or Expiration Date (as the case may be) of such event occurs, during the relevant period used to calculate such prices or values (as the case may be).
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(iii) If:
(A) the record date for a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and
(B) such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to the Holders had such record date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20 consecutive Trading Day period,
then the Company shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each share of their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution. In this case, the Holders would receive the dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares together with the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon the Mandatory Conversion Date.
(iv) If an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 13(b), a proportional adjustment shall be made to each Fundamental Change Share Price column heading set forth in the table included in the definition of Fundamental Change Conversion Rate as of the day on which the Fixed Conversion Rates are so adjusted. Such adjustment shall be made by multiplying each Fundamental Change Share Price included in such table, applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to such Fundamental Change Share Price adjustment, and the denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted.
(v) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made if Holders may participate, at the same time, upon the same terms and otherwise on the same basis as holders of Ordinary Shares and solely as a result of holding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment as if they held, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate then in effect. In addition, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall not be adjusted:
(A) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Companys securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Ordinary Shares under any plan;
(B) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or rights or warrants to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future benefit or other incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(C) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;
(D) for a change solely in the par value of the Ordinary Shares;
(E) for share repurchases that are not tender offers, including structured or derivative transactions; or
(F) for accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, except as provided under Sections 7, 8 and 9.
(d) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table in the definition of Fundamental Change Conversion Rate are to be adjusted, the Company shall:
(i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates and prepare and transmit to the Transfer Agent an Officers Certificate setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based;
(ii) within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates, provide, or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such adjustment; and
(iii) as soon as practicable following the determination of such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates provide, or cause to be provided, to the Holders a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates were determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates.
(e) Reorganization Events. In the event of:
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which the Company is the continuing Company and in which the Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation are not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or another Person);
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(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company;
(iii) any reclassification of Ordinary Shares into securities including securities other than Ordinary Shares; or
(iv) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),
in each case, as a result of which the Ordinary Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, securities, cash or other property (each, a Reorganization Event), each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders, become convertible into the kind of securities, cash and other property that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such securities, cash and other property, the Exchange Property, with each Unit of Exchange Property meaning the kind and amount of such Exchange Property that a Holder of one Ordinary Share is entitled to receive). For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of Exchange Property in the case of any Reorganization Event that causes the Ordinary Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election) shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Ordinary Shares that affirmatively make such an election (or of all holders of Ordinary Shares if none makes an election). The Company shall notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made. The number of Units of Exchange Property for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share converted or subject to Acquisition Termination Redemption following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9 to Ordinary Shares were to Units of Exchange Property (without any interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a record date that is prior to such Conversion Date, except as provided in Section 13(c)(iii)). For the purpose of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 7(b) is applicable, the value of a Unit of Exchange Property shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (which determination will be final), except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests shall be the average over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date of the volume weighted average prices for such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors (which determination will be final)); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such ordinary shares, depositary receipts or other securities representing common equity interests over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose.
The above provisions of this Section 13(e) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 13 shall apply to any shares of the share capital or depositary receipts of the Company (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Ordinary Shares in any such Reorganization Event.
The Company (or any successor thereto) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 13(e).
SECTION 14. Payment of Additional AmountsChange in Tax Law.
(a) The Company shall make all payments on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (including but not limited to any payments of dividends and cash in lieu of any fractional Ordinary Shares upon conversion) without deduction or withholding for any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed by any jurisdiction where the Company is incorporated or tax resident, as the case may be, or a jurisdiction in which a successor to the Company is incorporated or tax resident (each, a Taxing Jurisdiction) unless the deduction or withholding is required by law.
(b) If, as a result of a Change in Tax Law, a Taxing Jurisdiction requires that the Company deducts or withholds any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges from payments on or with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay any additional amounts necessary to make the net amount paid to a Holder or beneficial owner equal the amount that such Holder or beneficial owner would have received in the absence of such deduction or withholding, provided that such additional amounts shall only be paid in respect of payments to a Holder or beneficial owner that were eligible to be made without
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deduction or withholding for any taxes, assessment or other governmental changes in the absence of such Change in Tax Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no case shall any additional amounts be paid on account of:
(i) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable only because a type of connection exists between the Holder or beneficial owner of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share and a Taxing Jurisdiction, other than a connection related solely to purchase or ownership of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares;
(ii) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable only because the Holder or beneficial owner presented the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for payment more than 30 days after the date on which the relevant payment becomes due or was provided for, whichever is later;
(iii) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, excise, personal property or similar tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge;
(iv) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld due to the Holder or beneficial owner of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares failing to accurately comply with a request from the Company for any certification, identification or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction if compliance is required by law, regulation or an applicable income tax treaty, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(v) the amount of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments on or with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares;
(vi) any taxes payable under Sections 1471-1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as of the Initial Issue Date (or any amended or successor version), any regulations or official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection therwith, or any law or regulation adopted pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States with respect to the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of such Code;
(vii) any payment to any Holder or beneficial owner of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that is a fiduciary or partnership or a person other than the sole beneficial owner of any such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of the payment would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had the beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares;
(viii) any withholding or deduction that is imposed on a payment to or for the benefit of an individual and required to be made pursuant to the European Council Directive 2003/48/EC of June 3, 2003, Directive 2014/48/EU of March 24, 2014, or any other European Union Directive on the taxation of savings implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN (European Union Economic and Finance Ministers) Council Meeting of 26- 27 November 2000 or any subsequent Council Meeting amending or supplementing those conclusions or any law implementing or complying with or introduced in order to conform to such Directive; or
(ix) any combination of the withholdings, taxes, assessments or other governmental charges described in clauses (i) through (viii) above.
SECTION 15. Transfer Agent, Registrar, and Conversion, Dividend Disbursing and Redemption Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent and Registrar for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A., and the Conversion Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be Computershare Inc. The Company may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Company and the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Redemption Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Company removes Computershare Trust Company, N.A. or Computershare Inc., the Company shall appoint a successor transfer agent, registrar or conversion, dividend disbursing and redemption agent, as the case may be, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Company shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders.
SECTION 16. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes.
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SECTION 17. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in these Designations, in the Articles of Association and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are represented by Global Preferred Shares, such notices may also be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by DTC or any similar facility used for the settlement of transactions in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
SECTION 18. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders shall have no preemptive or preferential rights to purchase or subscribe for any shares, obligations, warrants or other securities of the Company of any class.
SECTION 19. Other Rights. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Association or as provided by applicable law.
SECTION 20. Share Certificates.
(a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall initially be represented by share certificates substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) Share certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be signed in accordance with the Articles of Association, by manual or facsimile signature.
(c) A share certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be valid until manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Each share certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be dated the date of its countersignature.
(d) If any Officer of the Company who has signed a share certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent and Registrar countersigns the share certificate, the share certificate shall be valid nonetheless.
(e) The Company may at its option issue Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares without certificates under the circumstances specified in Section 22(d).
SECTION 21. Replacement Certificates.
(a) If physical certificates are issued, and any of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificates shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent Liquidation Preference of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares certificate and indemnity, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent.
(b) The Company is not required to issue any certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares on or after the Mandatory Conversion Date. In lieu of the delivery of a replacement certificate following the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Transfer Agent, upon delivery of the evidence and indemnity described above, shall deliver the Ordinary Shares issuable and any cash deliverable pursuant to the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares formerly evidenced by the certificate.
SECTION 22. Book Entry Form.
(a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be issued in global form (Global Preferred Shares) eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, represented by one or more share certificates in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary bearing the form of global securities legend set forth in Exhibit A. The aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by each share certificate representing Global Preferred Shares may from time to time be increased or decreased by a notation by the Registrar and Transfer Agent on Schedule I attached to the share certificate.
(b) Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under these Designations, with respect to any Global Preferred Shares, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Registrar as the sole Holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held as Global Preferred Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Registrar or any agent of the Company or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a
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holder of a beneficial interest in any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. The Holders may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take pursuant to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, these Designations, or the Articles of Association.
(c) Transfers of a Global Preferred Share shall be limited to transfers of such Global Preferred Share in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depositary or to a successor of the Depositary or such successors nominee.
(d) If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares or DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, and in either case a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company shall issue certificated shares in exchange for the Global Preferred Shares or otherwise provide for alternate book-entry arrangements with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. In any such case, the Global Preferred Shares shall be exchanged in whole for definitive share certificates, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, representing an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference or otherwise exchanged pursuant to such alternate book-entry arrangements providing for beneficial interests of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference. If definitive share certificates are issued pursuant to this Section 22(d), such definitive share certificates shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by DTC in a written instrument to the Registrar.
SECTION 23. Miscellaneous.
(a) The Company shall pay any and all stock transfer and documentary stamp taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares or other securities issued on account of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares pursuant hereto or certificates representing such shares or securities. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any such tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares or other securities in a name other than that in which the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to which such shares or other securities are issued or delivered were registered, and shall not be required to make any such issuance or delivery unless and until the Person otherwise entitled to such issuance or delivery has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(b) The Liquidation Preference and the Dividend Rate each shall be subject to equitable adjustment whenever there shall occur a stock split, combination, reclassification or other similar event involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. Such adjustments shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and submitted by the Board of Directors to the Transfer Agent.
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Exhibit A
[FORM OF FACE OF MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES, SERIES A CERTIFICATE]
[INCLUDE FOR GLOBAL PREFERRED SHARES]
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK COMPANY (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO. HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE.
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Actavis plc
5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
(par value $0.0001 per share) (Liquidation Preference as specified below)
Actavis plc, an Irish public limited company (the Company), hereby certifies that [ ] (the Holder), is the registered owner of [ ]][the number shown on Schedule I hereto of] fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Companys designated 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, with a par value of $0.0001 per share and a Liquidation Preference of $1,000 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares). The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are transferable on the books and records of the Registrar, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Designations establishing the terms of the 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of Actavis plc dated February 24, 2015, as the same may be amended from time to time (the Designations), and the other provisions of the Articles of Association of Actavis plc, as the same may be amended from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Designations. The Company will provide a copy of the Designations and the Articles of Association to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Company at its principal place of business.
Reference is hereby made to the provisions of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Designations and the Articles of Association, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Holder is bound by the Designations and the Articles of Association and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Unless the Transfer Agent and Registrar have properly countersigned, these Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Designations or the Articles of Association or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company this of .
Actavis plc | ||
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COUNTERSIGNATURE
These are the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares referred to in the within-mentioned Designations.
Dated: ,
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as
Registrar and Transfer Agent
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES]
Cumulative dividends on each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in the Designations.
The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible in the manner and accordance with the terms set forth in the Designations.
The Company shall furnish without charge to each Holder who so requests a statement of the designations, voting rights, preferences, limitations, and special rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued so far as they have been fixed and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the designations, voting rights, preferences, limitations, and special rights of the classes and series of shares of the Company.
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(To be Executed by the Holder
in order to Convert the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the Conversion) [ ] shares of 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares), of Actavis plc (hereinafter called the Company), represented by share certificate No. [ ] (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Certificates), into ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the Ordinary Shares) according to the conditions of the Designations establishing the terms of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the Designations), as of the date written below. If Ordinary Shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto, if any. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) is attached hereto.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Designations.
Date of Conversion:
Applicable Conversion Rate:
Number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be Converted:
Number of Ordinary Shares to be Issued:*
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* | The Company is not required to issue Ordinary Shares until the original Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate(s) (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Company or the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent. |
** | Address where Ordinary Shares and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Company. |
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced hereby to:
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and irrevocably appoints:
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as agent to transfer the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Certificate)
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(Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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Schedule I1
Actavis plc
Global Preferred Share
5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A
Certificate Number: [ ]
The number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares initially represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be [ ]. Thereafter the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall note changes in the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced by this Global Preferred Share in the table set forth below:
Amount of Decrease in Number of Shares Represented by this Global |
Amount of Increase in Number of |
Number of Shares Represented by this |
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1 | Attach Schedule I only to Global Preferred Shares. |
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Exhibit 5.1
[Arthur Cox Letterhead]
2 March 2015
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
To: | Actavis plc |
1 Grand Canal Square |
Docklands |
Dublin 2 |
Ireland |
Re: | Actavis plc |
Dear Sirs,
1. | Basis of Opinion |
1.1 | We are acting as Irish counsel to Actavis plc, a public company limited by shares, incorporated under the laws of Ireland, registered number 527629, with its registered office at 1 Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2, Ireland (the Company), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of ordinary shares of US$0.0001 par value of the Company and mandatory convertible preferred shares of US$0.0001 par value of the Company (the Shares) (the Transaction). |
1.2 | The Companys registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202168) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on 19 February 2015 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), is referred to in this opinion as the Registration Statement, and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated 25 February 2015 and filed with the SEC on 26 February 2015, is referred to in this opinion as the Prospectus. |
1.3 | This opinion is given solely for the benefit of the addressee of this opinion and may not be relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent, provided, however, that it may be relied upon by persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of U.S. federal securities laws. |
1.4 | This opinion is confined to and given in all respects on the basis of the laws of Ireland (meaning Ireland exclusive of Northern Ireland) in force as at the date hereof as currently applied by the courts of Ireland. We have made no investigations of, and we express no opinion as to, the laws of any other jurisdiction or the effect thereof. In particular, we express no opinion on the laws of the European Union as it affects any jurisdiction (other than Ireland insofar as opined on herein). We have assumed without investigation that insofar as the laws of any jurisdiction other than Ireland are relevant, such laws do not prohibit and are not inconsistent with any of the obligations or rights expressed in the documents listed in Schedule 2 (the Transaction Documents) or the transactions contemplated thereby. |
1.5 | This opinion is also strictly confined to the matters expressly stated herein and is not to be read as extending by implication or otherwise to any other matter. |
1.6 | In giving this opinion, we have relied upon the Corporate Certificate (as defined in Schedule 3) and the Searches (see paragraph 1.10 below). |
1.7 | For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, facsimile copies, copies certified to our satisfaction or copies sent to us by email in pdf or other electronic format, as listed at Schedule 3 to this opinion. |
1.8 | All words and phrases defined in the Transaction Documents and not defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as are respectively assigned to them in the Transaction Documents. References in this opinion to: |
the Companies Acts means the Companies Acts 1963 to 2005 and Parts 2 and 3 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2006, the Companies (Amendment) Act 2009, the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, the Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 and the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, including all enactments, which are to be read as one with, or construed or read together as one with, the Companies Acts and every statutory modification and re-enactment thereof for the time being in force.
1.9 | No verification or enquiry has been made into any reference to non-Irish laws or legislation in the Transaction Documents or the meaning or effect thereof and phrases used in the Transaction Documents have been construed by us as having the meaning and effect they would have if the Transaction Documents were governed by Irish law. |
1.10 | For the purpose of giving this opinion, we have caused to be made the following legal searches against the Company on 2 March 2015 (the Searches), as is customary for legal advisers to do in Ireland: |
(a) | on the file of the Company maintained by the Registrar of Companies in Dublin for mortgages, debentures or similar charges or notices thereof and for the appointment of any receiver, examiner or liquidator; |
(b) | in the Judgments Office of the High Court for unsatisfied judgments, orders, decrees and the like for the five years immediately preceding the date of the search; and |
(c) | in the Central Office of the High Court in Dublin for any proceedings and petitions filed in the last two years. |
1.11 | This opinion is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland as interpreted by the courts of Ireland at the date hereof. |
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1.12 | This opinion speaks only as of its date. We assume no obligation to update this opinion at any time in the future or to advise you of any change in law or change in interpretation of law which may occur after the date of this opinion. |
1.13 | As regards certain U.S. laws, legal opinions are being provided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. |
1.14 | No opinion is expressed as to the taxation consequences of the Transaction, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby. |
1.15 | No assumption or qualification in this opinion limits any other assumption or qualification herein. Headings to paragraphs or subparagraphs of this opinion are for convenience only and do not affect the construction or interpretation hereof. |
2. | Opinion |
Subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in this opinion and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:
2.1 | the Company is a public company limited by shares, is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Ireland and has the requisite corporate authority to issue the Shares; |
2.2 | the issuance of the Shares, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, has been duly authorised by all necessary corporate action of the Company; and |
2.3 | the Shares have been validly issued, fully paid or credited as fully paid and are non-assessable (which term, when used herein, means that the holders of such Shares are not liable, solely by virtue of holding such Shares, for additional assessments or calls on such Shares by the Company or its creditors). |
3. | No Refresher |
This opinion speaks only as of its date. We are not under any obligation to update this opinion from time to time or to notify you of any change of law, fact or circumstances referred to or relied upon in the giving of this opinion.
4. | Disclosure |
This opinion is addressed to you in connection with the issuance of the Shares pursuant to the Prospectus. We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Form 8-K dated 2 March 2015. We also hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption Legal Matters in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in a category of person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Arthur Cox
ARTHUR COX
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SCHEDULE 1
Assumptions
For the purpose of giving this opinion we assume the following, without any responsibility on our part if any assumption proves to have been untrue as we have not verified independently any assumption:
Authenticity and bona fides
1. | The truth, completeness, accuracy and authenticity of any letters, resolutions, certificates, permissions, minutes, authorisations and all other documents of any kind submitted to us as originals or copies of originals, the genuineness of all signatories, stamps and seals thereon, and (in the case of copies) that each copy conforms to the originals which themselves are authentic and genuine and that each original was appropriately authorised and executed in the manner appearing on any copy. |
2. | That, where incomplete Transaction Documents have been submitted to us or signature pages only have been supplied to us for the purposes of issuing this opinion, the originals of such Transaction Documents correspond in all respects with the last draft of the complete Transaction Documents submitted to us. |
3. | That the final version of each of the Transaction Documents have been, or will be, presented to each of the parties thereto for signature, that they, and where relevant the documents examined by us and listed in Schedule 3, have been, or will be, executed in a form and content having no material difference to the final version of each draft Transaction Document, or other document, provided to us; that they have been, or will be, delivered by the parties thereto; that they are not, and will not be, subject to any escrow or other similar arrangements and that the terms thereof are being, and continue to be, observed and performed by the parties thereto. |
4. | That the Transaction Documents have been executed in a form and content having no material difference to the drafts provided to us, will be delivered by the parties thereto, and that the terms thereof will be observed and performed by the parties thereto. |
5. | That the Corporate Certificate fully and accurately states the position as to the matters of fact referred to therein and that the position as stated therein in relation to any factual matter pertains as of the date hereof. |
6. | That the copies produced to us of minutes of meetings, extracts of minutes of meetings, resolutions and/or written resolutions correctly record the proceedings at such meetings and/or the subject matter which they purport to record and that any meetings referred to in such copies were duly convened, duly quorate and held and all formalities were duly observed, that those present at any such meetings were entitled to attend and vote at the meeting and acted bona fide throughout and acted in accordance with any of their duties, breach of which could give rise to the Transaction being avoided, that all resolutions set out in such copies were duly passed and that no further resolutions have been passed or corporate or other action taken which would or might alter the effectiveness thereof and that there is or was, at the relevant time of allotment of the Shares, no matter affecting the authority of the directors to issue and allot the Shares, not disclosed by the memorandum and articles of association of the company or the resolutions produced to us, which would have any adverse implications in relation to the opinions expressed in this opinion. |
7. | The absence of fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence and lack of bad faith on the part of the parties to the Transaction Documents and their respective officers, employees, agents and (with the exception of Arthur Cox) advisers. |
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8. | That any signatures on the Transaction Documents and any other documents of any kind provided for the purposes of this opinion are the signatures of the persons who they purport to be. |
Accuracy of searches and warranties
9. | The accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed in the Searches and that such information is accurate as of the date of this opinion and has not since the time of such search or enquiry been altered. In this connection, it should be noted that the matters disclosed in the Searches may not present a complete summary of the actual position on the matters we have caused searches to be conducted for and it should be noted that searches at the Registrar of Companies in Dublin do not necessarily reveal whether or not a prior charge has been created or a resolution has been passed or a petition presented or any other action taken for the winding-up of, or the appointment of a receiver or an examiner to, the Company. |
10. | That there has been no alteration in the status or condition of the Company as disclosed by the Searches. |
11. | The truth, completeness and accuracy of all representations and statements as to factual matters contained in the Transaction Documents and any other documents provided for the purpose of this opinion at the time they were made and at all times thereafter. |
12. | That no proceedings have been instituted or injunction granted against the Company to restrain it from issuing the Shares and the issuance and sale of any Shares would not be contrary to any state, governmental, court, state or quasi-governmental agency, licensing authority, local or municipal governmental body or regulatory authoritys order, direction, guideline, recommendation, decision, licence or requirement, other than where the foregoing is required by Irish law. |
Registration Statement and the Shares
13. | That the Registration Statement is effective under the Securities Act. |
14. | That no amendments have and/or will be made to the Registration Statement. |
15. | That any Shares issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will be in consideration of the receipt by the Company prior to the issue of the Shares pursuant thereto of either cash or the release of a liability of the Company for a liquidated sum, at least equal to the nominal value of such Shares and any premium required to be paid up on the Shares pursuant to their terms of issue. |
16. | That all securities issued and sold under the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will be issued and/or sold in compliance with all applicable laws (other than Irish law), including applicable U.S. federal and U.S. state securities laws, in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. |
17. | That a definitive purchase or similar agreement with respect to any Shares offered has been duly authorised and validly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto. |
18. | That the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC has been authorised by all necessary actions under all applicable laws other than Irish law. |
19. | That the Company will continue to renew its authority to issue the Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the articles of association of the Company and the Companies Acts and that, where such authority has not been renewed, the Company will not issue the Shares after such authority has expired. |
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20. | That the issuance of the Shares upon the conversion, exchange and exercise of any securities issued under the Registration Statement will be conducted in accordance with the terms and the procedures described in the articles of association of the Company, the Companies Acts and the terms of issuance of such securities. |
21. | That the issuance of the Shares will be in compliance with the Companies Acts, the Irish Takeover Panel Act, 1997, Takeover Rules 2013, and all other applicable Irish company, takeover, securities, market abuse, insider dealing laws and other rules and regulations. |
22. | That, at the time of issuance and/or sale of the Shares, the Company will have sufficient authorised but unissued share capital to issue the required number of Shares. |
23. | That, as at the time of the issuance and/or sale of the Shares, such issuance will not be in contravention or breach of any agreement, undertaking, arrangement, deed or covenant affecting the Company or to which the Company is a party or otherwise bound or subject. |
24. | That the Registration Statement does not constitute (and is not intended to constitute) a prospectus within the meaning of Part 5 of the Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2005 of Ireland and that no offer of Shares to the public is made, or will be made, that requires the publication of a prospectus pursuant to Irish prospectus law in general, or in particular pursuant to the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 of Ireland. |
25. | That from the date of the board resolutions set out in Schedule 3 to this opinion, no other corporate or other action has been taken by the Company to amend, alter or repeal those resolutions. |
Solvency and Insolvency
26. | That (i) the Company was not unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 214 of the 1963 Act and Section 2 of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 or any analogous provision under any applicable laws immediately after the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents; (ii) the Company will not, as a consequence of doing any act or thing which any Document contemplates, permits or requires the relevant party to do, be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of such Sections or any analogous provisions under any applicable laws; (iii) no liquidator, receiver or examiner or other similar or analogous officer has been appointed in relation to the Company or any of its assets or undertaking; and (iv) no petition for the making of a winding-up order or the appointment of an examiner or any similar officer or any analogous procedure has been presented in relation to the Company. |
27. | That no proceedings have been instituted or injunction granted against the Company to restrain it from issuing the Shares and the issue of any Shares would not be contrary to any state, governmental, court, state or quasi-governmental agency, licensing authority, local or municipal governmental body or regulatory authoritys order, direction, guideline, recommendation, decision, licence or requirement. |
Financial Assistance
28. | That the Company is not, by entering into the Transaction Documents or performing its obligations thereunder, providing financial assistance in connection with a purchase or subscription of its shares or those of its holding company for the purpose of or which would be prohibited by Section 60 of the 1963 Act. |
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Commercial Benefit
29. | That the Transaction Documents have been entered into for bona fide commercial purposes, on arms length terms and for the benefit of each party thereto and are in those parties respective commercial interest and for their respective corporate benefit. |
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SCHEDULE 2
Transaction Documents
1. | The Registration Statement. |
2. | The Prospectus. |
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SCHEDULE 3
Documents Examined
Searches
1. | The results of the Searches. |
The Transaction Documents
2. | The Transaction Documents. |
The Company
3. | A copy of the certificate of incorporation of the Company dated 16 May 2013. |
4. | A copy of the certificate of incorporation on change of name of the Company dated 17 May 2013. |
5. | A copy of the certificate of incorporation on re-registration as a public limited company of the Company dated 20 September 2013. |
6. | A copy of the memorandum and articles of association of the Company as amended and restated by special resolution on 30 September 2013. |
7. | A corporate certificate (the Corporate Certificate) of the secretary of the Company dated 2 March 2015. |
8. | A copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 5 February 2015. |
9. | A copy of the resolutions of the shelf pricing committee of the board of directors of the Company dated 24 February 2015. |
10. | A letter of status from the Irish Companies Registration Office dated 27 February 2015. |
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Exhibit 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
CONTACTS:
Investors:
Lisa DeFrancesco
(862) 261-7152
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Charlie Mayr | David Belian | |
(862) 261-8030 | (862) 261-8141 |
Actavis Announces Closing of Public Offerings of Ordinary Shares and
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in Connection with Pending
Acquisition of Allergan
DUBLIN, IRELAND March 2, 2015 Actavis plc (NYSE: ACT) today announced that it has closed its concurrent offerings of 14,513,889 Ordinary Shares at $288.00 per share and 5,060,000 5.500% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Series A, at $1,000.00 per share, each having been offered in a separate registered public offering. The amounts sold include 1,319,444 Ordinary Shares and 460,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters in each of the respective offerings to purchase additional Ordinary Shares and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, respectively.
The net proceeds from the offerings of Ordinary Shares and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares were approximately $4.1 billion and $4.9 billion, respectively, in each case after estimated underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses payable by Actavis plc. Actavis plc intends to use the net proceeds from these offerings, together with additional debt financing, including senior unsecured notes and borrowings under unsecured term loan facilities and an unsecured cash bridge loan facility and, if and to the extent all or a portion of the net proceeds from these financings are not available, an unsecured bridge loan facility, to finance a portion of the cash consideration for its previously announced acquisition (the Allergan Acquisition) of Allergan, Inc. (Allergan) and certain related transactions and financing expenses.
If for any reason the Allergan Acquisition does not close, then Actavis plc expects to use the net proceeds from the offerings for general corporate purposes, which may include the redemption of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and the redemption or repurchase of indebtedness.
J.P. Morgan, Mizuho Securities, Wells Fargo Securities, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Citigroup were the joint book-running managers on the Ordinary Shares and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares offerings.
The offerings were made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Each offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement relating to such offering and the accompanying base prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting: J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, at (866) 803-9204; Mizuho Securities, Attn: Equity Capital Markets Desk, 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, at (212) 205-7600; Wells Fargo Securities, Attn: Equity Syndicate Dept., 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014-4606, at (866) 718-1649 or email a request to prospectus@morganstanley.com. These documents were also filed with the SEC and are available at the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
About Actavis
Actavis plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a unique specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing high quality affordable generic and innovative branded pharmaceutical products for patients around the world.
Actavis markets a broad portfolio of branded and generic pharmaceuticals and develops innovative medicines for patients suffering from diseases principally in the central nervous system, gastroenterology, womens health, urology, cardiovascular, respiratory and anti-infective therapeutic categories. Actavis is an industry leader in product research and development, with one of the broadest brand development pipelines in the pharmaceutical industry, and a leading position in the submission of generic product applications. Actavis has commercial operations in more than 60 countries and operates more than 30 manufacturing and distribution facilities around the world.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this communication that refer to Actavis estimated or anticipated future results, including estimated synergies, or other non-historical facts are forward-looking statements that reflect Actavis current perspective of existing trends and information as of the date of this communication. Forward looking statements generally will be accompanied by words such as anticipate, believe, plan, could, should, estimate, expect, forecast, outlook, targets, guidance, intend, may, might, will, possible, potential, predict, project, or other similar words, phrases or expressions. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the Allergan acquisition, including future financial and operating results, Actavis and Allergans plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and the expected timing of completion of the transaction. It is important to note that Actavis goals and expectations are not predictions of actual performance. Actual results may differ materially from Actavis current expectations depending upon a number of factors affecting Actavis business, Allergans business and risks associated with acquisition transactions. These factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainty associated with financial projections; restructuring in connection with, and successful closing of, the Allergan Acquisition; subsequent integration of the Allergan Acquisition and the ability to recognize the anticipated synergies and benefits of the Allergan Acquisition; the ability to obtain required regulatory approvals for the transaction (including the approval of antitrust authorities necessary to complete the Allergan Acquisition), the timing of obtaining such approvals and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the transaction; the ability to obtain the requisite Allergan and Actavis shareholder approvals; the risk that a condition to closing of the Allergan Acquisition may not be satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the failure of the proposed transaction to close for any other reason; risks relating to the value of the Actavis shares to be issued in the transaction; the anticipated size of the markets and continued demand for Actavis and Allergans products; Actavis and Allergans ability to successfully develop and commercialize new products; Actavis and Allergans ability to conform to regulatory standards and receive requisite regulatory approvals; availability of raw materials and other key ingredients; uncertainty and costs of legal actions and government investigations; the inherent uncertainty associated with financial projections; fluctuations in Actavis operating results and financial condition, particularly given its manufacturing and sales of branded and generic products; risks associated with acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures, such as difficulties integrating businesses, uncertainty associated with financial projections, projected synergies, restructuring, increased costs, and adverse tax consequences; the adverse impact of substantial debt and other financial obligations on the ability to fulfill and/or refinance debt obligations; risks associated with relationships with employees, vendors or key customers as a result of acquisitions of businesses, technologies or products; its compliance with federal and state healthcare laws, including laws related to fraud, abuse, privacy security and others; risks of the generic industry generally; generic product competition with its branded products; uncertainty associated with the development of commercially successful branded pharmaceutical products; uncertainty associated with development and approval of commercially successful biosimilar products; costs and efforts to defend or enforce technology rights, patents or other intellectual property; expiration of Actavis and Allergans patents on its branded products and the potential for increased competition from generic manufacturers; risks associated with owning the branded and generic version of a product; competition between branded and generic products; the ability of branded product manufacturers to limit the production, marketing and use of generic products; Actavis and Allergans ability to obtain and afford third-party licenses and proprietary technology they need; Actavis and Allergans potential infringement of others proprietary rights; its dependency on third-party service providers and third-party manufacturers and suppliers that in some cases may be the only source of finished products or raw materials that they need; Actavis competition with certain of its significant customers; the impact of its returns, allowance and
chargeback policies on its future revenue; successful compliance with governmental regulations applicable to Actavis and Allergans respective third party providers facilities, products and/or businesses; the difficulty of predicting the timing or outcome of product development efforts and regulatory agency approvals or actions, if any; Actavis and Allergans vulnerability to and ability to defend against product liability claims and obtain sufficient or any product liability insurance; Actavis and Allergans ability to retain qualified employees and key personnel; the effect of intangible assets and resulting impairment testing and impairment charges on its financial condition; Actavis ability to obtain additional debt or raise additional equity on terms that are favorable to Actavis; difficulties or delays in manufacturing; its ability to manage environmental liabilities; global economic conditions; Actavis ability to continue foreign operations in countries that have deteriorating political or diplomatic relationships with the United States; Actavis and Allergans ability to continue to maintain global operations; risks associated with tax liabilities, or changes in U.S. federal or international tax laws to which they are subject, including the risk that the Internal Revenue Service disagrees that Actavis is a foreign corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes; risks of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks associated with cyber-security and vulnerability of its information and employee, customer and business information that Actavis stores digitally; Actavis ability to maintain internal control over financial reporting; changes in the laws and regulations, affecting among other things, availability, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceutical products; the highly competitive nature of the pharmaceutical industry; Actavis ability to successfully navigate consolidation of its distribution network and concentration of its customer base; the difficulty of predicting the timing or outcome of pending or future litigation or government investigations; developments regarding products once they have reached the market and such other risks and uncertainties detailed in Actavis periodic public filings with the SEC, including but not limited to Actavis Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as amended from time to time in Actavis other investor communications. Except as expressly required by law, Actavis disclaims any intent or obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements.
Important Information for Investors and Shareholders
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. In connection with the proposed merger between Actavis and Allergan, Actavis has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, including Amendment No. 1 thereto, that contains a joint proxy statement of Actavis and Allergan that also constitutes a prospectus of Actavis. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on January 26, 2015. Each of Actavis and Allergan commenced mailing the joint proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders or its stockholders on January 28, 2015. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF ACTAVIS AND ALLERGAN ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN OR WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Actavis and Allergan through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Actavis are available free of charge on Actavis internet website or by contacting Actavis Investor Relations Department at (862) 261-7488. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Allergan are available free of charge on Allergans internet website or by contacting Allergans Investor Relations Department at (714) 246-4766.
Participants in the Merger Solicitation
Actavis, Allergan, their respective directors and certain of their executive officers and employees may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed participants in the solicitation of the Actavis and Allergan shareholders in connection with the proposed merger is set forth in the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Information about the directors and executive officers of Allergan is set forth in its proxy statement for its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 26, 2014 and certain of its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Information about the directors and executive officers of Actavis is set forth in Actavis proxy statement for its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014 and certain of Actavis Current Reports on Form 8-K. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus filed with the above-referenced registration statement on Form S-4 and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become available.
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