other
Company shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Offer, or (ii) cause
its broker or such other person that is the holder of record of any Subject
Shares beneficially owned by the WPEP or WP to tender such Subject Shares
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer. WPEP and WP agree that once the Subject Shares
are tendered, the Subject Shares may not be withdrawn from the Offer, unless
and until (A) the Offer will have been terminated in accordance with the
terms of the Merger Agreement or (B) the Tender Agreement shall have
been terminated in accordance with its terms.
The
Tender Agreement further provides that WPEP and WP will include such Subject
Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum of any
meeting of the Companys shareholders and vote such Subject Shares
(i) in favor of (A) approval of the Merger Agreement, the plan of merger
and the transactions contemplated thereunder and (B) approval of any
proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date, if there are not
sufficient votes for the approval of the Merger Agreement and the plan of
merger or such other transaction on the date on which such meeting is held;
(ii) against (A) any Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Tender
Agreement) or (B) any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that
would reasonably be expected to result in the occurrence of any condition set
forth in Annex A to the Merger Agreement or result in a breach of any
covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of
WPEP or WP under the Tender Agreement (including any proposal to change in
any manner the voting rights of the Subject Shares); and/or (iii) in
favor of any other matter necessary for consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement, which is considered at any such meeting
of the Companys shareholders.
Pursuant to the Tender Agreement, in certain circumstances, including
in the event that WPEP or WP fail to comply with their obligations to tender
the Subject Shares, WPEP and WP have each granted an irrevocable proxy and
appointed Parent and any senior executive officer thereof as their respective
proxy and attorney-in-fact to vote any of the Subject Shares in a manner
consistent with the preceding sentence.
Pursuant
to the Tender Agreement, WPEP and WP have agreed not to initiate, solicit,
propose, knowingly encourage (including by providing information) or
knowingly facilitate the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or
could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter
into any agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) engage
in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations
regarding, or provide any information or data concerning the Company or any
of the Companys subsidiaries to any person relating to, any Acquisition
Proposal or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead
to an Acquisition Proposal.
The
Tender Agreement will automatically terminate in the event and upon the first
to occur of: (i) the termination
of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, (ii) the date of
any modification, waiver, change or amendment of the Offer or the Merger
Agreement executed after the date of the Tender Agreement that results in (A) a
decrease in the Offer Price or Merger Consideration (each as defined in the
Merger Agreement) or (B) a change in the form of consideration to be
paid in the Offer or in the form of Merger Consideration, and (iii) the
Acceptance Time (provided that each of WPEP and WP has complied with its
obligations to tender the Subject Shares pursuant to the Tender Agreement).
The
foregoing description of the Tender Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Tender Agreement, which is incorporated in this Amendment
No. 1 by reference to
Exhibit E
to this Amendment No. 1.
Termination
Agreement
In
connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, Novo
Nordisk A/S, a Danish corporation (
Novo
) and the Investors entered
into a Termination Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2010 (the
Termination
Agreement
). The Termination
Agreement provides that (i) the Shareholders Agreement, by and among
the Company, Novo, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and an affiliate of Novo (
NNPI
), WPEP and certain
affiliates of WPEP, dated as of November 10, 2000, as amended on
February 4, 2002 (the
Shareholders Agreement
), and (ii) the
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