-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QNwKSJD+I5W2gKk39yByl5ICBWzLcxFNa34PInv269n/QEAHXIOFIMhpK/smNtz2 vgGSF22IXFro/vRzx5nRzw== 0001104659-10-047705.txt : 20100908 0001104659-10-047705.hdr.sgml : 20100908 20100908160202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-047705 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100908 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100908 GROUP MEMBERS: CHARLES R. KAYE GROUP MEMBERS: JOSEPH P. LANDY GROUP MEMBERS: WARBURG PINCUS & CO. GROUP MEMBERS: WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS, LLC GROUP MEMBERS: WARBURG, PINCUS EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ZYMOGENETICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001129425 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 911144498 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-78019 FILM NUMBER: 101062379 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 EASTLAKE AVENUE E CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98102 BUSINESS PHONE: 206-442-6600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 EASTLAKE AVENUE E CITY: SEATTLE STATE: WA ZIP: 98102 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WARBURG PINCUS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001162870 IRS NUMBER: 133536050 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128780600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 SC 13D/A 1 a10-17040_1sc13da.htm SC 13D/A

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

(Amendment No. 1)*

 

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

ZymoGenetics, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, No Par Value Per Share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

98985T 10 9

(CUSIP Number)

 

Scott A. Arenare, Esq.

Managing Director and General Counsel

Warburg Pincus LLC

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 878-0600

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

With a copy to:

 

Steven J. Gartner, Esq.

Robert T. Langdon, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York  10019

(212) 728-8000

 

September 7, 2010

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box: o

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 



 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Delaware

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

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SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Warburg Pincus & Co.

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
New York

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
PN

 

3



 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Warburg Pincus LLC

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
New York

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

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SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
New York

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO

 

5



 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
Charles R. Kaye

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

 

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SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

CUSIP No.  98985T 10 9

 

 

1

Names of Reporting Persons
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons (entities only)
Joseph P. Landy

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds (See Instructions)
N/A

 

 

5

Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceeding Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)     o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
United States

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
0

 

8

Shared Voting Power
9,387,559

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
0

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
9,387,559

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
9,387,559

 

 

12

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)   o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
10.9%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN

 

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This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 12, 2008 (the “Original Schedule 13D”).  This Amendment No. 1 is being filed on behalf of Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of Delaware (“WPEP”), Warburg Pincus & Co., a general partnership organized under the laws of New York (“WP”), Warburg Pincus LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of New York (“WP LLC”), Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of New York (“WPP LLC”), Charles R. Kaye, a United States citizen (“Mr. Kaye”), and Joseph P. Landy, a United States citizen (“Mr. Landy”, and together with WPEP, WP, WP LLC, WPP LLC and Mr. Kaye, the “Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons”).  Each of Messrs. Kaye and Landy is a Managing General Partner of WP and a Co-President and Managing Member of WP LLC.  WPEP has two affiliated partnerships: Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“WPNEP I”), and Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the Netherlands (“WPNEP III”, and together with WPNEP I and WPEP, the “Investors”).  WP, WP LLC, WPP LLC, Messrs. Kaye and Landy, and the Investors are referred to in this Amendment No. 1 as the “Group Members”.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Schedule 13D.

 

 

Item 2.

Identity and Background.

Item 2(b) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

The address of the principal business and principal office of each of the Group Members is c/o Warburg Pincus & Co., 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

 

 

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction.

Item 4 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

Tender and Support Agreement

 

On September 7, 2010, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Zeus Acquisition Corporation, a Washington corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of voting common stock, without par value, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”), at a price of nine dollars and seventy-five cents ($9.75) per share of Company Common Stock, net to the holder thereof in cash, and, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Offer and the Merger Agreement, after the consummation of the Offer, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub as the surviving corporation in the merger.

 

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub, WPEP and WP entered into a Tender and Support Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2010 (the “Tender Agreement”).  The Tender Agreement provides that, among other things, WPEP and WP will tender an aggregate of 9,387,559 shares of Common Stock in the Offer (the “Subject Shares”).

 

Pursuant to the Tender Agreement, each of WPEP and WP will:  (i) deliver pursuant to the terms of the Offer (A) a letter of transmittal with respect to the Subject Shares complying with the terms of the Offer, (B) a certificate representing such Subject Shares or an “agent’s message” (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of a book-entry share of any uncertificated Subject Shares, and (C) all other documents or instruments required to be delivered by

 

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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 Company’s 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 Company’s 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 Company’s 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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Investors’ Rights Agreement, by and among the Company, NNPI, WPEP and certain affiliates of WPEP dated as of November 10, 2000 (the “Investors’ Agreement”), will terminate in their entirety and be of no further force or effect, subject in all respects to and conditioned solely upon the closing of the Offer on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and payment (which, for purposes of the Termination Agreement, shall be satisfied by receipt by the depositary for the Offer of funds from Parent or Merger Sub) of the Offer Price to Novo and each of the Investors for each share of Company Common Stock tendered into the Offer by Novo and each of the Investors, without any further or additional action by the parties.

 

The Termination Agreement will terminate and each of the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement will remain in full force and effect in the event and upon the first to occur of:  (i) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and (ii) the date of any modification, waiver, change or amendment of the Offer or the Merger Agreement executed after the date of the Termination Agreement that results in (A) a decrease in the Offer Price or Merger Consideration or (B) a change in the form of consideration to be paid in the Offer or in the form of Merger Consideration.

 

The foregoing description of the Termination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Termination Agreement, which is incorporated in this Amendment No. 1 by reference to Exhibit F to this Amendment No. 1.

 

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5(a) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

(a)           As of September 7, 2010, each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own 9,387,559 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 10.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, based on the 85,904,484 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of July 29, 2010, as reported by the Company in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010, which was filed with the SEC on August 3, 2010.

 

Item 5(b) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

(b)           Each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons shares the power to vote or to direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of the 9,387,559 shares of Common Stock it may be deemed to beneficially own.  Mr. Kaye and Mr. Landy are each Managing General Partners of WP and Co-Presidents and Managing Members of WP LLC and may be deemed to control the other Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons.  Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaim beneficial ownership of all of the shares of Common Stock that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by any of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons.

 

The Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons are making this single, joint filing because they may be deemed to constitute a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.  The filing of this Amendment No. 1 shall not be construed as an admission of such beneficial ownership or that the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons constitute a person or group.  Each of the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock in which such Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons does not have a pecuniary interest.

 

Item 5(c) of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

 

(c)           Except as described in this Amendment No. 1, during the last sixty (60) days there were no transactions in the Common Stock effected by the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons, nor, to the best of their knowledge, any of their general partners, members or directors.

 

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Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

Item 6 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

As described in Item 4 hereto, the Warburg Reporting Persons have entered into (i) a Tender Agreement and (ii) a Termination Agreement.  The information set forth in Item 4 with respect to the Tender Agreement and Termination Agreement is incorporated into this Item 6 by reference in its entirety.

 

 

Item 7.

Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Item 7 of the Original Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following at the end thereof:

 

Exhibit E

Tender and Support Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2010, by and among Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Zeus Acquisition Corporation, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P. and Warburg Pincus & Co.

 

 

Exhibit F

Termination Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2010, by and among ZymoGenetics, Inc., Novo Nordisk A/S, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, L.P. and Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, L.P.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

WARBURG, PINCUS EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC,

 

 

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Warburg Pincus & Co.,

 

 

 

its Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

WARBURG PINCUS & CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

WARBURG PINCUS LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

Warburg Pincus & Co,

 

 

 

 

its Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Charles R. Kaye

 

 

 

By:

Scott A. Arenare, Attorney-in-Fact*

 

 

 

Dated:  September 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott A. Arenare

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph P. Landy

 

 

 

By:

Scott A. Arenare, Attorney-in-Fact**

 

* The Power of Attorney given by Mr. Kaye was previously filed with the SEC on March 2, 2006 as an exhibit to a statement on Schedule 13D filed by Building Products, LLC with respect to Builders FirstSource, Inc.

 

** The Power of Attorney given by Mr. Landy was previously filed with the SEC on March 2, 2006 as an exhibit to a statement on Schedule 13D filed by Building Products, LLC with respect to Builders FirstSource, Inc.

 

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EX-99.E 2 a10-17040_1ex99de.htm EX-99.E

Exhibit E

 

TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 7, 2010, is by and among BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), ZEUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION, a Washington corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and each of the entities set forth on Schedule A hereto (each, a “Shareholder”).

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Shareholder is the record and beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the number of shares of common stock, without par value (“Common Stock”), of ZYMOGENETICS, INC., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A (all such shares set forth on Schedule A, together with any shares of Common Stock of the Company that are hereafter issued to or otherwise acquired or owned by any Shareholder prior to the termination of this Agreement being referred to herein as the “Subject Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for Merger Sub to commence a tender offer for all of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company (the “Offer”) and the merger of the Company and Merger Sub (the “Merger”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to their willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub have required that each Shareholder, and as an inducement and in consideration therefor, each Shareholder (in such Shareholder’s capacity as a holder of the Subject Shares) has agreed to, enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

AGREEMENT TO TENDER

 

1.1   Agreement to Tender.  Each Shareholder agrees to validly tender or cause to be tendered in the Offer all of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than (10) Business Days after, the commencement of the Offer, each Shareholder shall: (i) deliver pursuant to the terms of the Offer (A) a letter of transmittal with respect to such Shareholder’s Subject Shares complying with the terms of the Offer, (B) a Certificate representing such Subject Shares or an “agent’s message” (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of a book-entry share of any uncertificated Subject Shares and (C) all other

 



 

documents or instruments required to be delivered by other Company Shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Offer; or (ii) cause such Shareholder’s broker or such other Person that is the holder of record of any Subject Shares beneficially owned by such Shareholder to tender such Subject Shares pursuant to and in accordance with clause (i) of this Section 1.1 and the terms of the Offer.  Each Shareholder agrees that, once such Shareholder’s Subject Shares are tendered, such Shareholder will not withdraw any of such Subject Shares from the Offer unless and until (A) the Offer shall have been terminated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement or (B) this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS

 

Each Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as to such Shareholder, jointly and severally, that:

 

2.1.   Authorization; Binding Agreement.  Such Shareholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or constituted (to the extent such concepts are recognized in such jurisdiction) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within such Shareholder’s corporate or organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or organizational actions on the part of such Shareholder.  Such Shareholder has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Shareholder, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

2.2.   Non-Contravention.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Shareholder does not, and the performance by such Shareholder of such Shareholder’s obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, (i) violate any Laws applicable to such Shareholder or such Shareholder’s Subject Shares, (ii) except as may be required by federal securities law, require any consent, approval, order, authorization or other action by, or filing with or notice to, any Person (including any Governmental Entity) under, constitute a default (with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both) under, or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration under, or result in the creation of any Encumbrances on any of the Subject Shares pursuant to, any Contract, agreement, trust, commitment, Order or other instrument binding on such Shareholder or any applicable Law, except, in each case, for matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise adversely impact such Shareholder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or (iii) violate any provision of such Shareholder’s organizational documents.

 

2.3.   Ownership of Subject Shares; Total Shares.  Such Shareholder is the record or beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares and has good and marketable title to such Subject Shares free and clear of any liens, claims, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, options, rights, understandings or arrangements or any other encumbrances or restrictions whatsoever on title, transfer or exercise of any rights of a shareholder in respect of such Subject Shares (collectively, “Encumbrances”), except as (i) provided hereunder or in

 

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the Shareholders’ Agreement and (ii) pursuant to any applicable restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act (collectively, “Permitted Encumbrances”).  The Subject Shares listed on Schedule A opposite such Shareholder’s name constitute all of the shares of Common Stock of the Company beneficially owned by such Shareholder as of the date hereof, and such Shareholder neither holds nor has any beneficial ownership in any other Equity Interest in the Company.  Except pursuant to this Agreement, no Person has any contractual or other right or obligation to purchase or otherwise acquire any of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares.

 

2.4.   Voting Power.  Such Shareholder has full voting power (subject to the terms of the Shareholders’ Agreement), with respect to such Shareholder’s Subject Shares, and full power of disposition, full power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth herein and full power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares.  None of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Subject Shares, except as provided hereunder or in the Shareholders’ Agreement.

 

2.5.   Reliance.  Such Shareholder has had the opportunity to review the Merger Agreement and this Agreement with counsel of such Shareholder’s own choosing.  Such Shareholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such Shareholder’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

2.6    Absence of Litigation.  With respect to such Shareholder, as of the date hereof, there is no Action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending against, or, to the knowledge of such Shareholder, threatened against such Shareholder or any of such Shareholder’s properties or assets (including the Subject Shares) that could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise adversely impact such Shareholder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

2.7    Brokers.  No broker, finder, financial advisor, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Shareholder.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

 

Each of Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Shareholders, jointly and severally, that:

 

3.1.   Organization; Authorization.  Parent is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Merger Sub is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Washington.  The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within each of Parent’s and Merger Sub’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of Parent and Merger Sub.  Parent and Merger Sub have full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.

 

3.2.   Binding Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and

 

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Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

ARTICLE IV

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS

 

Each Shareholder hereby covenants and agrees, jointly and severally, that until the termination of this Agreement:

 

4.1.   Voting of Subject Shares; Proxy.

 

(a)  At every meeting of the Company Shareholders called, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, such Shareholder shall, or shall cause the holder of record on any applicable record date to, include such Shareholder’s Subject Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of Company Shareholders and vote such Shareholder’s Subject Shares (to the extent that any of the Subject Shares are not purchased in the Offer) (the “Vote 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 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 such Shareholder under this 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 Company Shareholders.

 

(b)  Such Shareholder hereby irrevocably grants to, and appoints, Parent and any senior executive officer thereof, such Shareholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of such Shareholder, to attend any meeting of the Company Shareholders on behalf of such Shareholder with respect to the matters set forth in Section 4.1(a), to include such Subject Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of Company Shareholders, and to vote all Vote Shares, or to grant a consent or approval in respect of the Vote Shares, in connection with any meeting of Company Shareholders or any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting of Company Shareholders in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 4.1(a), in each case, in the event that (i) such Shareholder fails to comply with the obligations of such Shareholder set forth in Section 4.1(a) above, (ii) any Action is commenced, or Order entered, which challenges or impairs the enforceability or validity of the obligations of such Shareholder set forth in Section 4.1(a) or (iii) Parent notifies such Shareholder of its intent to exercise the proxy set forth in this Section 4.1(b).  Such Shareholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 4.1(b) is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of such Shareholder under this Agreement.  Such Shareholder hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and, except as set forth in this Section 4.1(b) or in Section 5.2 hereof, is intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 23B.07.220 of the WBCA.

 

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4.2.   No Transfer; No Inconsistent Arrangements.  Except as provided hereunder (including pursuant to Section 1.1 or Section 4.1) or under the Merger Agreement, such Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) create or permit to exist any Encumbrance, other than Permitted Encumbrances, on any such Subject Shares, (ii) transfer, sell, assign, gift, hedge, pledge or otherwise dispose (whether by sale, liquidation, dissolution, dividend or distribution) of, or enter into any derivative arrangement with respect to (collectively, “Transfer”), any or all of such Shareholder’s Equity Interests in the Company, including any Subject Shares, or any right or interest therein (or consent to any of the foregoing), (iii) enter into any contract, option or other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any Transfer of such Subject Shares or any interest therein, (iv) grant or permit the grant of any proxy, power-of-attorney or other authorization or consent in or with respect to any such Subject Shares, (v) deposit or permit the deposit of any of such Shareholder’s Equity Interests in the Company, including any Subject Shares, into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of such Equity Interests, including the Subject Shares, or (vi) take or permit any other action that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of such Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise make any representation or warranty of such Shareholder herein untrue or incorrect.  Any action taken in violation of the foregoing sentence shall be null and void ab initio and such Shareholder agrees that any such prohibited action may and should be enjoined.  If any involuntary Transfer of any of the Subject Shares shall occur (including, but not limited to, a sale by such Shareholder’s trustee in any bankruptcy, or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Subject Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect until valid termination of this Agreement.  Such Shareholder agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, become a member of a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company for the purpose of opposing or competing with or taking any actions inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Shareholder may make Transfers of Subject Shares (a) to any wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Shareholder, in which case the Subject Shares shall continue to be bound by this Agreement and provided that any such transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement prior to the consummation of any such Transfer; or (b) as Parent may otherwise agree in writing in its sole discretion.

 

4.3.   No Exercise of Appraisal Rights; Actions.  Such Shareholder (i) waives and agrees not to exercise any appraisal rights or dissenters’ rights in respect of such Shareholder’s Subject Shares that may arise with respect to the Merger and (ii) agrees not to commence or join in, and agrees to take all actions necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective successors challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement.

 

4.4.   Documentation and Information.  Such Shareholder shall not make any public announcement regarding this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby without the prior written consent of Parent; provided, however, that such consent shall not be required to the extent that any such announcement is consistent with the prior public announcements made by the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; provided, further, that, to the extent practicable, such Shareholder shall give Parent an opportunity to review the portions of any such announcement that describe this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and

 

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thereby prior to its release; and provided, further, that such Shareholder may redact or remove from the announcement that has been provided to Parent for review hereunder any statements regarding the financial impact to such Shareholder of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.  Such Shareholder hereby authorizes Parent and Merger Sub to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC, and any press release or other disclosure document that Parent or Merger Sub reasonably determines to be necessary in connection with the Offer, the Merger and any transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, such Shareholder’s identity and ownership of the Subject Shares, the existence of this Agreement and the nature of such Shareholder’s commitments and obligations under this Agreement, and such Shareholder acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub may in Parent’s sole discretion, file this Agreement or a form hereof with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity.

 

4.5   No Solicitation.  Such Shareholder shall not, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) 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 Company Subsidiary to any Person relating to, any Acquisition Proposal or any proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. Such Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease all discussions and negotiations with any Person that may be ongoing with respect to any proposal that constitutes, or is reasonably expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal.

 

4.6.   Adjustments.  In the event (i) of any stock split, stock dividend, merger, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or the like of the capital stock of the Company on, of or affecting the Subject Shares or (ii) that such Shareholder shall become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Company Common Stock, then the terms of this Agreement shall apply to the shares of Company Common Stock held by Shareholder immediately following the effectiveness of the events described in clause (i) or such Shareholder becoming the beneficial owner thereof as described in clause (ii), as though, in either case, they were Subject Shares hereunder.  In the event that Shareholder shall become the beneficial owner of any other securities entitling the holder thereof to vote or give consent with respect to the matters set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, then the terms of Section 4.1 hereof shall apply to such other securities as though they were Subject Shares hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1.   Notices.  Any notices or other communications required or permitted under, or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person, or upon confirmation of receipt when transmitted by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail, or on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or on the next Business Day if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case addressed as follows: (i) if to Parent or Merger Sub, in accordance with the provisions of the Merger Agreement and (ii) if to a Shareholder, to such Shareholder’s address, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth on Schedule A hereto, or to such other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to each other party hereto.

 

5.2.   Termination.  This Agreement shall terminate automatically, without any notice or other action by any Person, 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 hereof that results in (A) a decrease in the Offer Price or Merger Consideration (each as defined in the Merger Agreement on the date hereof) 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 Shareholder has complied with the obligations of such Shareholder set forth in Section 1.1 above).  Upon termination of this Agreement, no party shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) nothing set forth in this Section 5.2 shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement prior to termination hereof and (y) the provisions of this Article V shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

5.3.   Amendments and Waivers.  Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party to this Agreement or, in the case of a waiver, by each party against whom the waiver is to be effective.  No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

5.4.   Expenses.  All costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense; provided, however, that on the Closing Date, Parent shall reimburse each Shareholder for such Shareholder’s reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses, including the reasonable costs, fees and expenses of legal counsel, incurred by such Shareholder in connection with the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and any instrument delivered in connection therewith as well as any amendments, modifications or waivers thereof, subject to an aggregate cap of $25,000 (the “Cap”) with respect to all such reimbursements pursuant to this Section 5.4.  Reimbursement of such fees and expenses shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by such Shareholder, set forth in a statement delivered to Parent on or prior to the Closing Date, and thereafter Parent will pay, promptly upon receipt of a supplemental statement therefor, such additional reasonable costs, fees and expenses, if any (but subject to the Cap), as may be incurred by such Shareholder on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with such transactions.

 

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5.5.   Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment.  The Parties hereby agree that their respective representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein are solely for the benefit of the other parties, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement, and this Agreement is not intended to, and does not, confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, including the right to rely upon the representations and warranties set forth herein. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties.  No assignment by any party shall relieve such party of any of its obligations hereunder.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

5.6.   Governing Law; Venue.  (a)   This Agreement and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to its principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of the Laws of another jurisdiction.  Any Action against, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought solely and exclusively in the courts of the State of Delaware, or in any direct appellate court therefrom; provided that if (and only after) such courts determine that they lack subject matter jurisdiction over any such legal Action, such legal Action shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Federal courts of the United States located in the State of Delaware, or in any direct appellate court therefrom.  Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment (subject to any appeals therefrom) in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.  Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in respect of any legal Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any such court in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.6.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5.1.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(b)   EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (i) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (ii) EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND

 

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HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (iii) EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (iv) EACH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.6(b).

 

5.7.   Counterparts; Delivery by Facsimile or Email.  This Agreement may be executed by facsimile and in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  This Agreement, and any amendments hereto, waivers hereof or consents or notifications hereunder, to the extent signed and delivered by means of a facsimile machine or by email with facsimile or scan attachment, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original contract and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effects as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person.  At the request of any party, each other party shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties.  No party shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or Contract was transmitted or communicated through the use of facsimile machine or by email with facsimile or scan attachment as a defense to the formation of a contract, and each such party forever waives any such defense.

 

5.8.   Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.  For the avoidance of doubt, any commercial Contracts or Contracts that are not expressly related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, on the one hand, and any Shareholder that is a party hereto or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not be deemed superseded pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

5.9.   Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the end that transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the greatest extent possible.

 

5.10.   Specific Performance.  The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and, accordingly, that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.  In any action for specific performance, the parties will waive the defense of adequacy of a remedy at law, and the parties waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the remedies referred to in this Section 5.10.

 

5.11         Headings.  The Section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

5.12.   Mutual Drafting.  Each party has participated in the drafting of this Agreement, which each party acknowledges is the result of extensive negotiations between the parties; accordingly, in the

 

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event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

5.13.   Further Assurances.  Parent, Merger Sub and each Shareholder will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all further documents and instruments and use their respective 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 under applicable Laws and regulations, to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.14.   Interpretation.  Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this Agreement: (i) “or” is not exclusive; (ii) “including” and its variants mean “including, without limitation” and its variants; (iii) words defined in the singular have the parallel meaning in the plural and vice versa; (iv) words of one gender shall be construed to apply to each gender; and (v) the terms “Article,” “Section” and “Schedule” refer to the specified Article, Section or Schedule of or to this Agreement.

 

5.15   Capacity as Shareholder.  Each Shareholder signs this Agreement solely in such Shareholder’s capacity as a Shareholder of the Company, and not in any other capacity and this Agreement shall not limit or otherwise affect the actions of such Shareholder or any affiliate, employee or designee of such Shareholder or any of its affiliates in its capacity, if applicable, as an officer or director of the Company.

 

5.16   No Agreement Until Executed.  This Agreement shall not be effective unless and until (i) the Merger Agreement is executed by all parties thereto and (ii) this Agreement is executed by all parties hereto.

 

5.17  No Ownership Interest.  Except as otherwise provided herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Parent or Merger Sub any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to the Subject Shares. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Shares shall remain vested in and belong to each applicable Shareholder, and neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall have any authority to manage, direct, restrict, regulate, govern, or administer any of the policies or operations of the Company or exercise any power or authority to direct such Shareholder in the voting of any of the Shares, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

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The parties are executing this Agreement on the date set forth in the introductory clause.

 

 

 

 

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy Levin

 

 

Name:

Dr. Jeremy Levin

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Alliances and Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZEUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeremy Levin

 

 

Name:

Dr. Jeremy Levin

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

[Signature Page to Tender and Support Agreement]

 



 

 

 

WARBURG, PINCUS EQUITY

 

 

PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Warburg Pincus & Co.,

 

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Leff

 

 

Name:

Jonathan Leff

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARBURG PINCUS & CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Leff

 

 

Name:

Jonathan Leff

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

[Signature Page to Tender and Support Agreement]

 



 

Schedule A

 

Name of Shareholder

 

No. Shares of
Common Stock

 

Notice Information:

Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.

 

2,163,799

 

c/o Warburg Pincus

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3911

Attention:  Jonathan Leff

Facsimile:  (212) 878-9351

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice to such Shareholder) to:

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY  10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Steven J. Gartner

Robert T. Langdon

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 728-8111

 

 

 

 

 

Warburg Pincus & Co.

 

7,223,760

 

c/o Warburg Pincus

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3911

Attention:  Jonathan Leff

Facsimile:  (212) 878-9351

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice to such Shareholder) to:

 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY  10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Steven J. Gartner

Robert T. Langdon

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 728-8111

 

 

[Schedule A to Tender and Support Agreement]

 


EX-99.F 3 a10-17040_1ex99df.htm EX-99.F

Exhibit F

 

TERMINATION AGREEMENT

 

This TERMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of September 7, 2010 by and among ZymoGenetics, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), Novo Nordisk A/S, a Danish corporation (“Novo”), Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“WPEP”), Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., a Netherlands limited partnership (“WPNEP I”), and Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., a Netherlands limited partnership (“WPNEP III” and, collectively with WPEP and WPNEP I, the “WPEP Parties”). Each of the Company, Novo and the WPEP Parties are sometimes referred to herein individually, as a “Party” and, together as the “Parties.”

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, Novo, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Novo (“NNPI”), WPEP and certain affiliates of WPEP are parties to that certain Shareholders’ Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2000, as amended on February 4, 2002 (the “Shareholders’ Agreement”), and the Company, NNPI, WPEP and certain affiliates of WPEP are parties to that certain Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2000 (the “Investors’ Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V., a Netherlands limited partnership (“WPNEP II”), was dissolved and in connection with such dissolution, any and all shares of Company Common Stock (as defined below) owned by WPNEP II were transferred to WPNEP I;

 

WHEREAS, WPNEP II is no longer deemed to be a party to each of the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement and, accordingly, WPNEP II’s consent is not required to execute this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 7, 2010 (the “Merger Agreement”) (capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”) and Zeus Acquisition Corporation, a Washington corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of voting common stock of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) at the Offer Price on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, and following the consummation of the Offer, either (i) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation in the merger (the “Long-Form Merger”) or (ii) in the event that the Short-Form Threshold is reached, at the election of Parent in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub as the surviving corporation in the merger (the “Short-Form Merger,” and either the Long-Form Merger or the Short-Form Merger, as applicable, the “Merger”), and each share of Company Common Stock that is not

 



 

tendered and accepted pursuant to the Offer will thereupon be cancelled and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the Offer Price, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Parties desire to terminate their respective responsibilities and obligations arising under the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement, subject only to the closing of the Offer and payment by Merger Sub of the Offer Price to Novo and each of the WPEP Parties for each share of Company Common Stock tendered into the Offer by Novo and each of the WPEP Parties; and

 

WHEREAS, as holders of a majority of the common stock issued upon conversion of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Novo and the WPEP Parties consist of the requisite parties having authority to terminate the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement in their entirety pursuant to Section 7.4 and Section 3.7 thereof, respectively, by their mutual agreement herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein made, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Article I.                Termination of Shareholders’ Agreement and Investors’ Agreement

 

Section 1.01           Each of the Parties hereby agrees that the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement shall be terminated in their entirety and be of no further force or effect, subject in all respects to and conditioned solely upon the closing of the Offer on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and payment (which, for purposes of this Agreement, shall be satisfied by receipt by the depositary for the Offer of funds from Parent or Merger Sub) of the Offer Price to Novo and each of the WPEP Parties for each share of Company Common Stock tendered into the Offer by Novo and each of the WPEP Parties, without any further or additional action by the Parties.

 

Section 1.02           Each of the Parties hereby agrees that upon termination of the Shareholders’ Agreement and the Investors’ Agreement in accordance with Section 1.01 above, the parties to the Shareholders’ Agreement shall have no further rights, obligations or duties under the Shareholders’ Agreement or in respect thereof, and the parties to the Investors’ Agreement shall have no further rights, obligations or duties under the Investors’ Agreement or in respect thereof.

 

Section 1.03           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon the first to occur of (i) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and (ii) the date of any modification, waiver, change or amendment of the Offer or the Merger Agreement executed after the date hereof that results in (A) a decrease in the Offer Price or Merger Consideration or (B) a change in the form of consideration to be paid in the Offer or in the form of Merger Consideration, the Parties hereby mutually agree that (a) this Agreement shall automatically terminate and be of no further force and effect, (b) the Shareholders’ Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and (c) the Investors’ Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 

 

2



 

Unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the Parties agree that this Agreement is irrevocable and may not be terminated or amended prior to the closing of the Offer.

 

Article II.              Miscellaneous

 

Section 2.01           Each Party hereto from time to time hereafter, and upon request, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver such other instruments as reasonably may be required to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.02           This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors, assignees and beneficiaries in interest.

 

Section 2.03           This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Washington without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and without reference to any rules of construction regarding the Party responsible for the drafting hereof.

 

Section 2.04           This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, and signature pages may be delivered by facsimile or ..pdf, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 2.05           All headings herein are inserted for convenience only and shall not modify or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 2.06           This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces any prior understandings and agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof and no provision or document of any kind shall be included in or form a part of such agreement unless signed and delivered to the other parties by the party to be charged.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

ZYMONGENETICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas E. Williams

 

 

 

Name:

Douglas E. Williams, Ph.D.

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

[Signature Page to Termination Agreement]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

NOVO NORDISK A/S

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jesper Brandgaard

 

 

 

Name:

Jesper Brandgaard

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

[Signature Page to Termination Agreement]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

WARBURG, PINCUS EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Warburg, Pincus & Co.

 

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Leff

 

 

Name:

Jonathan Leff

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARBURG, PINCUS NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS I, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Warburg, Pincus & Co.

 

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Leff

 

 

Name:

Jonathan Leff

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARBURG, PINCUS NETHERLANDS EQUITY PARTNERS III, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Warburg, Pincus & Co.

 

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Leff

 

 

Name:

Jonathan Leff

 

 

Title:

Partner

 

 

[Signature Page to Termination Agreement]

 


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