UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

 

 

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly-owned subsidiary of

 

 

CORERX, INC.

(Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

75629F109

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

Ajay Damani

Chief Executive Officer

14205 Myerlake Circle

Clearwater, Florida 33760

Telephone: (727) 259-6950

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

 

Copy to:

Gerald F. Roach

Byron B. Kirkland

Heyward D. Armstrong

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P.

150 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2300

Raleigh, North Carolina 27609

Telephone: (919) 821-6668

 

 

 

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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

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Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

  ☐ 

Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

  ☐ 

Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

  ☐ 

Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

  ☐ 

Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 

 


This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with any amendments and supplements hereto, the “Schedule TO”) relates to the tender offer (the “Offer”) by Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”), and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal”), copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively.

All information contained in the Offer to Purchase (including Schedule I thereto) and the related Letter of Transmittal is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference in response to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 of this Schedule TO, and is supplemented by the information specifically provided for in this Schedule TO.

 

Item 1.

Summary Term Sheet.

Regulation M-A Item 1001

The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase under the caption SUMMARY TERM SHEET is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.

Subject Company Information.

Regulation M-A Item 1002

(a) Name and Address. The name of the subject company and the issuer of the securities to which this Schedule TO relates is Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation. SCTL’s principal executive offices are located at 1 E. Uwchlan Ave, Suite 112, Exton, Pennsylvania, 19341. SCTL’s telephone number is (770) 534-8239.

(b) Securities. This Schedule TO relates to the Offer by Purchaser to purchase all of the Shares at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share, in cash, without interest, and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer. SCTL has advised Parent and Purchaser that, as of March 6, 2024, there were (i) 105,690,922 Shares issued and outstanding, (ii) 8,293,984 Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, (iii) 6,872,123 Shares underlying outstanding restricted stock units and (iv) 6,677,588 Shares underlying outstanding warrants.

(c) Trading Market and Price. Information concerning the principal market in which the Shares are traded and the high and low sales prices for the Shares in the principal market for each quarter during the last two years is set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase under the caption THE TENDER OFFER—Section 6 (“Price Range of Shares; Dividends”) and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.

Identity and Background of Filing Person.

Regulation M-A Item 1003

(a)-(c) Name and Address; Business and Background of Entities; and Business and Background of Natural Persons. This Schedule TO is filed by Parent and Purchaser. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 8 (“Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons”) and Schedule I attached to the Offer to Purchase.

 

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Item 4.

Terms of the Transaction.

Regulation M-A Item 1004

(a) Material Terms. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.

Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

Regulation M-A Item 1005

(a) Transactions. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 8 (“Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Parties”) and Schedule I attached to the Offer to Purchase

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

(b) Significant Corporate Events. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 11 (“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 12 (“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL”)

 

Item 6.

Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.

Regulation M-A Item 1006

(a) Purposes. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 12 (“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL”)

(c)(1)-(7) Plans. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 11 (“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 12 (“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 13 (“Certain Effects of the Offer”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 14 (“Dividends and Distributions”)

 

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Item 7.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

Regulation M-A Item 1007

(a), (b), (d) Source of Funds; Conditions; Borrowed Funds. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 11 (“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 15 (“Conditions of the Offer”)

 

Item 8.

Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

Regulation M-A Item 1008

(a) Securities Ownership. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 8 (“Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons”) and Schedule I attached to the Offer to Purchase

(b) Securities Transactions. None.

 

Item 9.

Persons/Assets Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

Regulation M-A Item 1009

(a) Solicitations or Recommendations. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 3 (“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 17 (“Fees and Expenses”)

 

Item 10.

Financial Statements.

Regulation M-A Item 1010

(a) Financial Information. Not applicable.

(b) Pro Forma Information. Not applicable.

 

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Item 11.

Additional Information.

Regulation M-A Item 1011

(a) Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the following captions is incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 10 (“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 11 (“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 12 (“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 13 (“Certain Effects of the Offer”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 15 (“Conditions of the Offer”)

 

   

THE TENDER OFFER—Section 16 (“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights”)

(c) Other Material Information. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

(a)(1)(A)*   Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024.
(a)(1)(B)*   Form of Letter of Transmittal (including Internal Revenue Service Form W-9). 
(a)(1)(C)*   Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(D)*   Form of Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(E)*   Summary Advertisement, as published in the New York Times on March 11, 2024.
(b)*   Amended and Restated Debt Commitment Letter, dated March 8, 2024.
(d)(1)   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February  28, 2024, by and among CoreRx, Inc., Cane Merger Sub, Inc. and Societal CDMO, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Societal CDMO, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2024 (File No. 001-36329)). 
(d)(2)   Form of Tender and Support Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Societal CDMO, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2024 (File No. 001-36329)). 
(d)(3)*   Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement, effective as of October  27, 2023, as amended, between Societal CDMO, Inc. and QHP Capital, L.P. (as amended on February 28, 2024).
(d)(4)*   Exclusivity Agreement, dated January 19, 2024, by and among QHP Capital, L.P., Parent and Societal CDMO, Inc. (as amended on February 18, 2024).
(g)   Not applicable.
(h)   Not applicable.
107*   Filing Fee Table.

 

*

Filed herewith.

 

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Item 13.

Information Required by Schedule 13-3.

Not Applicable.

 

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SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Date: March 11, 2024     CANE MERGER SUB, INC.
    /s/ Jeffrey Edwards
    Name: Jeffrey Edwards
    Title: President
    CORERX, INC.
    /s/ Ajay Damani
    Name: Ajay Damani
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit (a)(1)(A)

Offer to Purchase for Cash

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

by

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary of

CORERX, INC.

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE

ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME,

ON APRIL 5, 2024 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”)

UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL” or the “Company”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, this “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with this Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 28, 2024, by and among Parent, Purchaser and SCTL (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL, without a vote of SCTL’s shareholders in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988 (the “PBCL”), with SCTL continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Shares (i) held by SCTL (including Shares held in the treasury of SCTL), (ii) owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, (iii) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer or (iv) held by a holder who is entitled to and properly demands appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, has neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his, her or its rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL (clause (iv), the “Dissenting Shares,” and clauses (i) through (iv), collectively, the “Excluded Shares”)), will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding (the “Merger Consideration”). As a result of the Merger, SCTL will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price for the Shares accepted for payment in the Offer, including by reason of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for the Shares.


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The obligation of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer is subject to the satisfaction of, among other conditions, the Minimum Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”) and other customary conditions as set forth in this Offer to Purchase. See Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer.” There is no financing condition to the Offer.

After careful consideration, the board of directors of SCTL (the “SCTL Board”) unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger (the “Transactions”), are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Parent and Purchaser have entered into Tender and Support Agreements with the directors and executive officers of SCTL and certain of their affiliates, along with certain other SCTL shareholders, including First Light Asset Management (collectively, the “Supporting Shareholders,” and each, a “Supporting Shareholder”), solely in their respective capacities as shareholders of SCTL, who collectively held shares representing approximately 25.5% of the voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Shares as of February 25, 2024 (the “Tender and Support Agreements”). Each Tender and Support Agreement provides, among other things, that the Supporting Shareholders will (i) tender all of the Shares held by such Supporting Shareholder in the Offer; (ii) vote against other proposals that may impede, delay, postpone, interfere with, or prevent the consummation of the Offer or Merger; and (iii) agree to certain other restrictions on such shareholder’s ability to take actions with respect to SCTL and its Shares, including, subject to certain exceptions, to transfer such Shares.

A summary of the principal terms and conditions of the Offer is provided herein under the heading “Summary Term Sheet.” You should read this entire Offer to Purchase carefully before deciding whether to tender your Shares pursuant to the Offer.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

LOGO

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Shareholders Call (Toll-Free): (866) 342-4883

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: SCTL@dfking.com

March 11, 2024


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IMPORTANT

If you wish to tender all or any portion of your Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer, you should either (a) complete and sign the letter of transmittal that accompanies this Offer to Purchase (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which is enclosed with this Offer to Purchase, in accordance with the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal, and mail or deliver the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC, the depositary and paying agent for the Offer (the “Depositary and Paying Agent”), or tender your Shares by book-entry transfer by following the procedures described in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares,” in each case prior to the expiration of the Offer or (b) request your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to effect the transaction for you. If you hold Shares registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you should be aware that these institutions may establish their own earlier deadline for tendering Shares in the Offer. Please give your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee instructions with sufficient time to permit your nominee to tender your Shares by the Expiration Date.

Questions and requests for assistance should be directed to the Information Agent (as defined in the “Summary Term Sheet”) at the address and telephone numbers set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal, and other materials related to the Offer may also be obtained at our expense from the Information Agent. Additionally, copies of this Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal, and any other material related to the Offer may be found at www.sec.gov. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance.

This Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal contain important information and you should read both carefully and in their entirety before making any decision with respect to the Offer.

NEITHER THE OFFER NOR THE MERGER HAS BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE SEC OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE FAIRNESS OR MERITS OF THE OFFER OR THE MERGER OR UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE OR THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL AND A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

     1  

INTRODUCTION

     10  

THE TENDER OFFER

     12  

1.

 

Terms of the Offer.

     12  

2.

 

Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares.

     13  

3.

 

Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.

     14  

4.

 

Withdrawal Rights.

     17  

5.

 

Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.

     17  

6.

 

Price Range of Shares; Dividends.

     20  

7.

 

Certain Information Concerning SCTL.

     20  

8.

 

Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons.

     21  

9.

 

Source and Amount of Funds.

     22  

10.

 

Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL.

     23  

11.

 

The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements.

     28  

12.

 

Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL.

     47  

13.

 

Certain Effects of the Offer.

     48  

14.

 

Dividends and Distributions.

     49  

15.

 

Conditions to the Offer.

     49  

16.

 

Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights.

     51  

17.

 

Interests of Certain SCTL Directors and Executive Officers in the Offer and the Merger.

     55  

18.

 

Fees and Expenses.

     55  

19.

 

Miscellaneous.

     55  

SCHEDULE I – INFORMATION RELATING TO PARENT, PURCHASER AND CERTAIN RELATED ENTITIES

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SUMMARY TERM SHEET

The information contained in this Summary Term Sheet is a summary only and is not meant to be a substitute for the more detailed description and information contained in the remainder of this Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, this “Offer to Purchase”), the associated Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and other related materials. You are urged to read carefully this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and other related materials in their entirety. This Summary Term Sheet includes cross-references to other sections of this Offer to Purchase where you will find more complete descriptions of the topics mentioned below. The information concerning SCTL contained in this Summary Term Sheet and elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase has been provided by SCTL to Parent and Purchaser or has been taken from, or is based upon, publicly available documents or records of SCTL on file with the SEC or other public sources as of the date hereof. Parent and Purchaser have not independently verified the accuracy and completeness of such information.

 

Securities Sought    Subject to certain conditions, including the satisfaction of the Minimum Condition (as described in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”), all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SCTL.
Price Offered Per Share (“Offer Price”)    $1.10, per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable withholding of taxes.
Scheduled Expiration of Offer    One minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, unless the Offer is extended or earlier terminated in accordance with the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
Purchaser    Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
SCTL Board Recommendation    The SCTL Board unanimously resolved to recommend that SCTL shareholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

The following are some questions you, as a shareholder of SCTL, may have, and answers to those questions. To better understand the Offer and for a complete description of the legal terms of the Offer, you should read this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal carefully and in their entirety. Questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its address and telephone number, as set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this Offer to Purchase, we use the terms “us,” “we” and “our” to refer to Purchaser and, where appropriate, Parent.

Who is offering to purchase my Shares?

Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, is offering to buy each issued and outstanding Share in exchange for the Offer Price.

See the “Introduction” to this Offer to Purchase and Section 8—“Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons.”

What are the classes and amounts of securities sought in the Offer?

Purchaser is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding Shares of SCTL on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase. In this Offer to Purchase, we use the term “Offer” to refer to this offer and “Share” to refer to each share of SCTL common stock.

See the “Introduction” to this Offer to Purchase and Section 1—“Terms of the Offer.”

 

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Why is Purchaser making the Offer?

We are making the Offer because Parent wants to acquire control of, and ultimately the entire equity interest in, SCTL. If the Offer is consummated, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2024, by and among Parent, Purchaser and SCTL (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the PBCL and other applicable legal requirements, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL (the “Merger”), with SCTL surviving the Merger. In addition, Parent will cause the Shares to be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after completion of the Merger, and SCTL will cease to be a publicly traded company.

See Section 12—“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL.

Who can participate in the Offer?

The Offer is open to all holders and beneficial owners of the Shares.

How much is Purchaser offering to pay and what is the form of payment?

Purchaser is offering to pay $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding.

Will I have to pay any fees or commissions?

If you are the record holder of your Shares (i.e., a stock certificate or uncertificated stock in book-entry form has been issued to you) and you directly tender your Shares to us through the Depositary and Paying Agent, you will not have to pay brokerage fees, commissions or similar expenses. If you own your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee tenders your Shares on your behalf, your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may charge you a fee for doing so. You should consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges will apply.

See the “Introduction,” Section 1—“Terms of the Offer” and Section 2—“Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares.

Is there an agreement governing the Offer?

Yes. Parent, Purchaser and SCTL have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 28, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, for the terms and conditions of the Offer and, following the consummation of the Offer, the Merger. If the Minimum Condition (as defined in Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer”) and the other conditions to the Offer are satisfied or waived and we consummate the Offer, we intend to effect the Merger as soon as practicable in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”) without a vote of the holders of the Shares.

The Merger will become effective upon the filing of a statement of merger (the “Statement of Merger”) with the Pennsylvania Department of State in accordance with the PBCL, or a later day and time as may be agreed in writing by the parties and specified in the Statement of Merger. We refer to the time and day the Merger becomes effective as the “Effective Time.”

See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements” and Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer,”

Will Purchaser have the financial resources to make the payments required by the Merger Agreement?

Yes. We estimate that we will need approximately $183 million to purchase all of the Shares pursuant to the Offer, complete the Merger, pay off certain existing indebtedness of SCTL and make the other payments we are

 

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required to make under the Merger Agreement. Parent will provide us with sufficient funds to purchase all Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the Offer. Parent expects to fund the Offer and the Merger through a variety of sources, including available cash and debt financing contemplated by an amended and restated debt commitment letter dated March 8, 2024 (the “Debt Commitment Letter”), between Parent and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”). Pursuant to the Debt Commitment Letter, Oaktree committed to provide, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to Purchaser debt financing in an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million to finance the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, pay off certain existing indebtedness of SCTL and Parent and pay related fees and expenses. No alternative financing arrangements or alternative financing plans have been made. The Offer is not conditioned upon Parent’s or Purchaser’s ability to finance or fund the purchase of the Shares pursuant to the Offer.

See Section 9—“Source and Amount of Funds.”

Is Purchaser’s financial condition relevant to my decision to tender my Shares in the Offer?

No. We do not think Purchaser’s financial condition is relevant to your decision to tender Shares in the Offer because:

 

   

the Offer is being made for all issued and outstanding Shares solely for cash;

 

   

through Parent, we will have sufficient funds to purchase all Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) in the Offer and, if we consummate the Offer and the Merger, all Shares converted into the right to receive the Offer Price in the Merger; and

 

   

the Offer and the Merger are not subject to any financing condition.

See Section 9—“Source and Amount of Funds.”

How long do I have to decide whether to tender my Shares in the Offer?

You will have until one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, which is the date that is 20 business days after the commencement of the Offer (the “Expiration Date”), unless Purchaser has extended the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (in which event the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, will expire) or the Offer is earlier terminated pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement. If you hold Shares registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you should be aware that these institutions may establish their own earlier deadline for tendering Shares in the Offer. Please give your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee instructions with sufficient time to permit your nominee to tender your Shares by the Expiration Date. The time of acceptance for payment by Purchaser of all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Offer pursuant to and subject to the conditions of the Offer is referred to as the “Offer Acceptance Time.

See Section 1—“Terms of the Offer” and Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.”

Does Parent already beneficially own Shares?

As of March 8, 2024, none of Parent, Purchaser or their respective associates or affiliates owned any Shares. Parent and Purchaser may, however, be deemed to beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) 26,936,349 Shares, or approximately 25.5% of the outstanding Shares as of such date, as a result of certain voting rights granted pursuant to the Tender and Support Agreements (as defined below).

See Section 11 — “The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements —Tender and Support Agreements.”

 

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Have any shareholders already agreed to tender their Shares in the Offer or to otherwise support the Offer?

Yes. On February 28, 2024, in connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Parent and Purchaser have entered into Tender and Support Agreements with the directors and executive officers of SCTL and certain of their affiliates, along with certain other SCTL shareholders, including First Light Asset Management (collectively, the “Supporting Shareholders,” and each, a “Supporting Shareholder”), solely in their respective capacities as shareholders of SCTL, who collectively held shares representing approximately 25.5% of the voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Shares as of February 25, 2024 (the “Tender and Support Agreements”). The Tender and Support Agreements provide, among other things, that each Supporting Shareholder will (i) tender all of the Shares held by such Supporting Shareholder in the Offer; (ii) vote against other proposals that may impede, delay, postpone, interfere with, or prevent the consummation of the Offer or the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) agree to certain other restrictions on such shareholder’s ability to take actions with respect to SCTL and such shareholder’s Shares, including, subject to certain exceptions, to transfer such Shares.

Can the Offer be extended and under what circumstances?

Yes, the Merger Agreement contains provisions that govern the circumstances under which Purchaser is required or permitted to extend the Offer. Specifically, the Merger Agreement provides:

 

  (i)

if, at the scheduled Expiration Date, any Offer Condition (as defined in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”) has not been satisfied (subject to the right of Parent or Purchaser to waive any Offer Condition, other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Regulatory Condition or the Order Condition (each as defined in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”)), Purchaser will, and Parent will cause Purchaser to, extend the Offer on one or more occasions (in consecutive increments), for an additional period of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be requested by SCTL), to permit such Offer Condition to be satisfied; and

 

  (ii)

Purchaser will (and Parent will cause Purchaser to) extend the Offer from time to time for any period required by any law, any interpretation or position of the SEC, the staff thereof or Nasdaq applicable to the Offer.

Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, Purchaser is not required to extend the Offer beyond the earlier to occur of (i) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement and (ii) the first business day following August 28, 2024.

See Section 1—“Terms of the Offer” for more details on our obligation and ability to extend the Offer and Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer.”

How will I be notified if the Offer is extended?

If we extend the Offer, we will inform the Depositary and Paying Agent of any extension and will make a public announcement of the extension no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date. See Section 1—“Terms of the Offer.”

What are the most significant conditions to the Offer?

The obligation of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions by the scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer, including, among other conditions:

 

   

the Minimum Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”);

 

   

the Representations Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”);

 

   

the Covenants Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”);

 

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the absence of a Material Adverse Effect Condition (as defined below in Section 11 — “The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements — Merger Agreement”);

 

   

the Regulatory Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”);

 

   

the Order Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”); and

 

   

the Termination Condition (as defined below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”).

The above Offer Conditions are further described, and other Offer Conditions are described, below in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer.” The Offer is not subject to any financing condition. See Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer.”

How do I tender my Shares?

If you hold your Shares directly as the registered owner, you can (a) tender your Shares in the Offer by delivering a completed and signed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary and Paying Agent or (b) tender your Shares by following the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares” of this Offer to Purchase, no later than the Expiration Date.

If you hold Shares in “street” name through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, your Shares can be tendered by your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee through the Depositary and Paying Agent. You must contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and give instructions that your Shares be tendered. You should contact the institution that holds your Shares for more details.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, SCTL shareholders must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, for SCTL shareholders who are registered holders, the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal (or in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined below) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal and such other documents) must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the Expiration Date.

SCTL shareholders must tender their Shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. Tenders received by the Depositary and Paying Agent after the Expiration Date will be disregarded and of no effect.

See Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.”

If I accept the Offer, how will I get paid?

If the Offer Conditions are satisfied and we accept your validly tendered Shares for payment, payment will be promptly made by deposit of the aggregate purchase price for the Shares accepted in the Offer with the Depositary and Paying Agent, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payments from Purchaser and transmitting payments, subject to any tax withholding required by applicable law, to tendering shareholders whose Shares have been accepted for payment.

See Section 3 — “Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.”

 

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Until what time may I withdraw previously tendered Shares?

You may withdraw your previously tendered Shares at any time prior to one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, unless we extend the Offer pursuant to the Merger Agreement (i.e., the Expiration Date). In addition, pursuant to Section 14(d)(5) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Shares may also be withdrawn at any time after May 10, 2024, which is the 60th day after the date of the commencement of the Offer, unless such Shares have already been accepted for payment by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

See Section 4—“Withdrawal Rights.”

How do I validly withdraw previously tendered Shares?

To validly withdraw previously tendered Shares, you must deliver a written notice of withdrawal with the required information to the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the Expiration Date. If you tendered Shares by giving instructions to a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct the broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to arrange for the withdrawal of your Shares in a timely manner prior to the Expiration Date. See Section 4—“Withdrawal Rights.”

Will there be a subsequent offering period?

No. A subsequent offering period for the Offering is not contemplated.

What does the SCTL Board think of the Offer?

After careful consideration, the SCTL Board unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

See the “Introduction” and Section 10—“Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL.”

A more complete description of the reasons for the SCTL Board’s approval of the Offer and the Merger will be set forth in the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9, which will be filed by SCTL with the SEC and mailed to all SCTL shareholders.

If the Offer is completed, will SCTL continue as a public company?

No. We expect to complete the Merger as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer. Once the Merger takes place, SCTL will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Following the Merger, we will cause the Shares to be delisted from Nasdaq and deregistered under the Exchange Act. See Section 13—“Certain Effects of the Offer.”

Will a meeting of SCTL shareholders be required to approve the Merger?

No. If we accept Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, we will hold a sufficient number of Shares to ensure the adoption of the Merger Agreement without any vote of the Company’s shareholders under Section 321(f) of the PBCL to complete the Merger. As required by Section 321(f) of the PBCL, the Merger Agreement provides that the Merger will be effected as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer.

 

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Will the Offer be followed by the Merger if all of the Shares are not tendered in the Offer?

If we consummate the Offer, and accordingly acquire a majority of the outstanding Shares in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL, then, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Merger as described in Section 1—“Terms of the Offer,” we will complete the Merger as soon as practicable pursuant to applicable sections of the PBCL without a vote of the holders of the Shares. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, if the Minimum Condition is not satisfied, we are not required (nor are we permitted without the prior written consent of SCTL) to accept the Shares for purchase in the Offer, nor will we consummate the Merger. See Section 1—“Terms of the Offer” for more details on our obligation and ability to extend the Offer.

Under the applicable provisions of the Merger Agreement, the Offer and the PBCL, if we complete the Offer, SCTL shareholders who have not tendered their Shares in the Offer (a) will not be required to vote on the adoption of the Merger Agreement, (b) will be entitled to appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL in connection with the Merger with respect to any Shares not tendered in the Offer and (c) will, upon consummation of the Merger, if they do not validly exercise appraisal rights under the PBCL, have their Shares converted into the right to receive the Offer Price (the “Merger Consideration”), without interest and less any required withholding taxes.

See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements,” Section 12—“Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL—Merger Without a Shareholder Vote” and Section 16—“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights.”

If I decide not to tender my Shares, how will the Offer affect my Shares?

If the Offer is consummated and the conditions to the Merger described in Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements” are satisfied or waived, the Merger will be consummated as soon as practicable following the Offer Acceptance Time in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and without a vote by the SCTL shareholders, and at the Effective Time, each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other the Excluded Shares) will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding. Therefore, if the Merger takes place, the principal differences to you between tendering your Shares and not tendering your Shares are that, if you tender your Shares, you may be paid earlier and no appraisal rights will be available to you if you tender your Shares. Because the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, assuming the requirements of Section 321(f) of the PBCL are met, no shareholder vote to adopt the Merger Agreement or any other action by the shareholders of SCTL will be required in connection with the Merger. Upon consummation of the Merger, there will no longer be any public market for the Shares, and SCTL will no longer be required to make filings with the SEC or otherwise comply with the rules of the SEC relating to publicly held companies.

See the “Introduction” and Section 13—“Certain Effects of the Offer.”

What is the market value of my Shares as of a recent date?

On February 28, 2024, the last full trading day before the public announcement of the execution of the Merger Agreement, the closing sale price per Share reported on Nasdaq was $0.46 per Share. On March 8, 2024 the last full trading day before the commencement of the Offer, the reported closing sale price on Nasdaq was $1.08 per Share. We encourage you to obtain a recent quotation for Shares in deciding whether to tender your Shares.

See Section 6—“Price Range of Shares; Dividends.”

Will I have appraisal rights in connection with the Offer?

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appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL. Shareholders must properly and validly demand their right to seek appraisal under the PBCL in connection with the Merger in order to exercise appraisal rights. From and after the Effective Time, Shares held by SCTL shareholders who are entitled to demand and have properly and validly demanded their appraisal rights in compliance in all respects with Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be canceled and cease to exist, and each holder of any such Shares will cease to have any rights with respect thereto, other than the right to receive an amount as may be determined pursuant to Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL.

A more detailed discussion of appraisal rights can be found in Section 16—“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights.” In addition, the Schedule 14D-9 will include a more fulsome discussion regarding your statutory appraisal rights and directing the SCTL shareholders to a publicly available electronic resource at which Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL may be accessed without subscription or cost.

Can holders of stock options and restricted stock units participate in the Offer?

The Offer is being made only for Shares and not for outstanding options to purchase Shares (“SCTL Options”) or restricted stock units with respect to Shares (“SCTL RSUs,” and together with the SCTL Options, the “SCTL Awards”). Holders of outstanding SCTL Options and SCTL RSUs may not participate in the Offer with respect to such awards. If you hold unexercised SCTL Options and you wish to participate in the Offer, you must exercise your SCTL Options (to the extent they are exercisable) in accordance with the terms of the award agreement and tender such Shares received upon the exercise in accordance with the terms of the Offer. Any such exercise should be completed sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure the holder of such outstanding SCTL Option will have sufficient time to comply with the procedures for tendering Shares described below in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.”

See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements —Treatment of SCTL Awards” for a description of the treatment of SCTL Options and SCTL RSUs in the Merger.

What will happen to my outstanding SCTL Options and SCTL RSUs in the Merger?

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, except as otherwise agreed between Parent and the holder of the relevant SCTL Awards in writing:

 

   

At the Effective Time, each SCTL Option, whether vested or not, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and which has an exercise price per Share that is less than $1.10 (each, an “In-the-Money Option”), will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash (without interest and less any required withholding tax) equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the excess of (A) the Offer Price minus (B) the exercise price payable per Share of such In-the-Money Option.

 

   

At the Effective Time, each SCTL Option, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and which has an exercise price per Share that is greater than or equal to $1.10 (each, an “Out-of-the-Money Option”), will be cancelled for no consideration therefor.

 

   

At the Effective Time, each SCTL RSU, whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be cancelled and automatically convert into the right of the holder thereof to receive an amount in cash (without interest and less any required withholding tax) equal to (i) the total number of Shares issuable in settlement of such SCTL RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the Offer Price.

See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements —Treatment of SCTL Awards.”

 

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What will happen to my SCTL Warrants in the Offer and the Merger?

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, to the extent permitted by its terms, each warrant to purchase Shares (each, an “SCTL Warrant”) that has a per Share exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration (other than the Pre-Funded Warrants (as defined below)) (each, an “In-the-Money Warrant”) that is outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled without any consideration payable (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) therefor. Each SCTL Warrant that has a per Share exercise price that is equal to or more than the Merger Consideration (each, an “Out-of-the-Money Warrant”) that is then outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be canceled without any consideration payable (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) therefor. SCTL has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holder(s) of each outstanding SCTL Warrant that is set forth on the confidential disclosure letter provided by SCTL to Parent and Purchaser in connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement (a “Pre-Funded Warrant”) to execute warrant cancellation agreements pursuant to which each such Pre-Funded Warrant will be cancelled immediately prior to and contingent upon the Closing (as defined below) and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such Pre-Funded Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (1) the Offer Price minus (2) the exercise price payable per Share under such Pre-Funded Warrant, which amount shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements —Treatment of SCTL Warrants.”

Will selling my Shares in the Offer or the Merger have U.S. federal income tax consequences?

If you are a U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 5—“Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”), the receipt of cash by you in exchange for your Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger will be a taxable transaction. In general, you will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between your adjusted tax basis in your Shares and the amount of cash you receive for those Shares. If you are a Non-U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 5—“Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”), you will generally not be subject to United States federal income tax on your receipt of cash in exchange for your Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger. You should consult your tax advisor about the particular tax consequences to you of tendering your Shares.

See Section 5—“Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” for a further discussion of certain material United States federal income tax considerations of the Offer and the Merger.

Whom should I call if I have questions about the Offer?

You may call D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the Offer (the “Information Agent”) toll free at (866) 342-4883. See the back cover of this Offer to Purchase for additional contact information.

 

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INTRODUCTION

To the Holders of Shares of Common Stock of Societal CDMO, Inc.:

Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL” or the “Company”), at a price of $1.10 per Share, in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, this “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with this Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 28, 2024, by and among Parent, Purchaser and SCTL (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL (the “Merger”) in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”) without a vote of the holders of the Shares, with SCTL continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger and thereby becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Surviving Corporation”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Shares (i) held by SCTL (including Shares held in the treasury of SCTL), (ii) owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, (iii) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer or (iv) held by a holder who is entitled to and properly demands appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, has neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his or her rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL (clause (iv), the “Dissenting Shares”) and, clauses (i) through (iv) collectively, the “Excluded Shares”)), will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding (the “Merger Consideration”). As a result of the Merger, SCTL will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

The Merger Agreement is more fully described in Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements,” which also contains a discussion of the treatment of the SCTL Warrants, SCTL RSUs (as defined below) and SCTL Options in the Merger.

Tendering shareholders who are record owners of their Shares and who tender directly to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC, the depositary and paying agent for the Offer (the “Depositary and Paying Agent”), will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees or commissions or, except as otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes with respect to the purchase of Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer. Shareholders who hold their Shares through a broker, banker or other nominee should consult such institution as to whether it charges any service fees or commissions.

After careful consideration, the board of directors of SCTL (the “SCTL Board”) unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger (the “Transactions”), are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

SCTL will file its Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the “Schedule 14D-9”) with the SEC and disseminate the Schedule 14D-9 to holders of Shares in connection with the Offer. The Schedule

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Merger Agreement and the Transactions. Therefore shareholders of SCTL are encouraged to review the Schedule 14D-9 carefully and in its entirety.

SCTL has advised Parent that, as of the close of business on March 6, 2024, the most recent practicable date, there were (a) 105,690,922 Shares issued and outstanding, (b) 815,639 Shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding In-the-Money Options, (c) 6,872,123 Shares underlying outstanding SCTL RSUs, and (d) 6,210,000 Shares underlying outstanding In-the-Money Warrants.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, the directors of Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time will be, from and after the Effective Time, the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, and the officers of Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time will be, from and after the Effective Time, the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation.

If Purchaser consummates the Offer and the conditions to the Merger specified in the Merger Agreement are satisfied or waived, Purchaser will consummate the Merger in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL as soon as practicable without a vote of the holders of the Shares.

Certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations that are relevant to the sale of Shares for cash pursuant to the Offer or the Merger are described in Section 5—“Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Under the applicable provisions of the Merger Agreement, the Offer and the PBCL, SCTL shareholders will be entitled to appraisal rights under Pennsylvania law in connection with the Merger with respect to any Shares not tendered in the Offer, subject to and in accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL. SCTL shareholders must properly and validly demand their right to seek appraisal under the PBCL in connection with the Merger in order to exercise appraisal rights. See Section 16—“Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights.”

This Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.

 

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THE OFFER

1. Terms of the Offer.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any extension or amendment), Purchaser will irrevocably accept for payment and thereafter pay for all Shares validly tendered prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) and not validly withdrawn as permitted under Section 4—“Withdrawal Rights.” The term “Expiration Date” means one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, which is the date that is 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer, unless Purchaser has extended the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (in which event the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, will expire). The time of acceptance for payment by Purchaser of all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Offer pursuant to and subject to the conditions of the Offer is referred to as the “Offer Acceptance Time.” The Offer is subject to the Offer Conditions set forth in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer,” including, but not limited to, the Minimum Condition.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, if, at the scheduled Expiration Date, any Offer Condition is not satisfied or, if permitted by the Merger Agreement, waived, then Purchaser is required to extend the Offer on one or more occasions for additional periods of up to ten business days per extension in order to permit the satisfaction of such Offer Condition(s). In addition, Purchaser is required to extend the Offer from to time for any period required by applicable law, any interpretation or position of the SEC or its staff or the Nasdaq or its staff, in each case, applicable to the Offer.

In no event will Purchaser (i) be required to extend the Offer to a date beyond the earlier to occur of (the “Extension Deadline”) (x) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement and (y) the first business day immediately following August 28, 2024; or (ii) be permitted to extend the offer beyond the Extension Deadline without the prior written consent of SCTL.

Purchaser has the right to (a) increase the Offer Price, (b) waive any Offer Condition other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition or the Regulatory Condition and (c) make any other changes to the terms and conditions of the Offer not inconsistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement. However, without SCTL’s prior written consent, Purchaser is not permitted to (i) decrease the Offer Price, (ii) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (iii) decrease the maximum number of Shares sought to be purchased in the Offer, (iv) impose any conditions or requirements to the Offer other than the Offer Conditions, (v) amend or modify any of the Offer Conditions in a manner that adversely affects, or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, any holder of Shares or that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the consummation of the Offer or prevent, delay or impair the ability of Parent or Purchaser to consummate the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions, (vi) amend, modify, change or waive the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition or the Regulatory Condition, (vii) terminate the Offer or accelerate, extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date, except as described in Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements—The Merger Agreement—Extensions of the Offer,” (viii) provide any “subsequent offering period” within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or (ix) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

If we make a material change to the terms of the Offer or waive a material condition to the Offer, we will extend the Offer and disseminate additional tender offer materials, in each case, to the extent required by applicable law. The minimum period during which a tender offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the offer, other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought, depends upon the facts and circumstances, including the materiality of the changes. In a published release, the SEC has stated that in its view an offer must remain open for a minimum period of time following a material change in the terms of such offer and that the waiver of a condition such as the Minimum Condition is a material change in the

 

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terms of an offer. The release states that an offer should remain open for a minimum of five business days from the date the material change is first published, sent or given to shareholders, and that if material changes are made with respect to information that approaches the significance of the price and the percentage of securities sought (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a change in price or percentage of securities sought), a minimum of ten business days generally is required to allow adequate dissemination and investor response.

If, prior to the Expiration Date, Purchaser increases the consideration being paid for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer, such increased consideration will be paid to all shareholders whose Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer, whether or not such Shares were tendered prior to the announcement of the increase in consideration.

Any extension, termination or amendment of the Offer will be followed as promptly as practicable by a public announcement of the extension, termination or amendment, and any announcement in the case of an extension will be made no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date, and we will notify the Depositary and Paying Agent of any extension. Without limiting the manner in which Purchaser may choose to make any public announcement, it currently intends to make announcements regarding the Offer by issuing a press release and making any appropriate filing with the SEC.

We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, not to accept for payment any Shares if, as of immediately prior to the Expiration Date, any of the Offer Conditions have not been satisfied. See Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer.” Under certain circumstances, we may terminate the Merger Agreement and the Offer. See Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements —The Merger Agreement—Termination.”

As soon as practicable following the Offer Acceptance Time, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, we will complete the Merger in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL without a vote of the holders of the Shares. The Merger will become effective upon the filing of a statement of merger (the “Statement of Merger”) with respect to the Merger with the Pennsylvania Department of State in accordance with the PBCL, or a later time and day as may be agreed in writing by the parties and specified in the Statement of Merger. We refer to the time and day the Merger becomes effective as the “Effective Time.”

SCTL has provided us with its shareholder list and security position listings for the purpose of disseminating this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and other related materials to holders of Shares. This Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, as well as the Schedule 14D-9, will be mailed to record holders of Shares whose names appear on the shareholder list of SCTL as of March 11, 2024 provided to us by SCTL and will be furnished, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares, to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and similar persons whose nominees, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the shareholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.

2. Acceptance for Payment and Payment for Shares.

Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent waivable by Parent or Purchaser) of the Offer Conditions set forth in Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer” (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any extension or amendment), Purchaser will, and Parent will cause Purchaser to, accept for payment, and pay for, all of the Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. Subject to compliance with Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, as applicable, and with the Merger Agreement, we expressly reserve the right to delay payment for Shares in order to comply in whole or in part with any applicable law or regulation. See Section 1—“Terms of the Offer.”

 

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In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after (a) timely receipt by the Depositary and Paying Agent of Share Certificates after the Expiration Date or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares (“Book-Entry Confirmations”) into the Depositary and Paying Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares,” (b) a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined below) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal) and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, tendering shareholders may be paid at different times depending upon when the Share Certificates or Book-Entry Confirmations with respect to Shares are actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the Offer Price for any Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for the Shares.

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and Paying Agent and forming a part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, that states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering the Shares that are the subject of the Book-Entry Confirmation that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that Purchaser may enforce such agreement against the participant. The term “Agent’s Message” also includes any hard copy printout evidencing an Agent’s Message generated by a computer terminal maintained at the Depositary and Paying Agent’s office.

For purposes of the Offer, Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and thereby purchased, Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as, if and when Purchaser gives written notice to the Depositary and Paying Agent of Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares pursuant to the Offer. Upon the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement and subject to the Offer Conditions, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the Offer Price for such Shares with the Depositary and Paying Agent, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payments from Purchaser and transmitting payments to tendering shareholders whose Shares have been accepted for payment. If Purchaser extends the Offer, is delayed in its acceptance for payment of Shares or is unable to accept Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to Purchaser’s rights under the Offer and the Merger Agreement, the Depositary and Paying Agent may, nevertheless, on behalf of Purchaser, retain tendered Shares, and such Shares may only be withdrawn to the extent that tendering shareholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described below under Section 4—“Withdrawal Rights” and as otherwise required by Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act.

If any tendered Shares are not accepted for payment for any reason pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offer, unpurchased Shares will be returned, without expense to the tendering shareholder (or, in the case of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer into the Depositary and Paying Agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares,” such Shares will be credited to an account maintained at DTC), promptly following the expiration or termination of the Offer.

3. Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares.

Valid Tenders. In order for a shareholder to validly tender Shares pursuant to the Offer, the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase and either (a) the Share Certificates evidencing tendered Shares must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at such address or (b) such Shares must be tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described below and a Book-Entry Confirmation must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent, in each case prior to the Expiration Date.

If you hold Shares in “street” name through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and give instructions that your Shares be tendered.

 

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Book-Entry Transfer. The Depositary and Paying Agent will establish an account with respect to the Shares at DTC for purposes of the Offer within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make a book-entry delivery of Shares by causing DTC to transfer such Shares into the Paying Agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for such transfer. However, although delivery of Shares may be effected through book-entry transfer at DTC, either the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, or an Agent’s Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal and such other documents, must, in any case, be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at its address set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Date. Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Depositary and Paying Agent.

No Guaranteed Delivery. We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, SCTL shareholders must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, for SCTL shareholders who are registered holders, the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal and such other documents) must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the Expiration Date. SCTL shareholders must tender their Shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. Tenders received by the Depositary and Paying Agent after the Expiration Date will be disregarded and of no effect.

Signature Guarantees. No signature guarantee is required on the Letter of Transmittal if:

 

   

the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) (which term, for purposes of this Section 3, includes any participant in DTC’s systems whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of Shares) of Shares tendered therewith, unless the registered holder has completed either the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Payment Instructions” on the Letter of Transmittal; or

 

   

Shares are tendered for the account of a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or any other “eligible guarantor institution,” as that term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Eligible Institution” and collectively, “Eligible Institutions”).

In all other cases, all signatures on a Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1 of the Letter of Transmittal. If Shares are registered in the name of a person or persons other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made or delivered to, or Shares not accepted for payment or not tendered is to be issued in, the name(s) of a person other than the registered holder(s), then the Share Certificates submitted after the Expiration Date must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate duly executed stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the Share Certificate, with the signature(s) on the Share Certificate or stock powers guaranteed by an Eligible Institution as provided in the Letter of Transmittal. See Instructions 1 and 5 of the Letter of Transmittal.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Offer, payment for Shares accepted pursuant to the Offer will in all cases only be made after (a) timely receipt by the Depositary and Paying Agent of Share Certificates for such Shares or a Book-Entry Confirmation pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 3, (b) a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message, and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, tendering shareholders may be paid at different times depending upon when the foregoing documents with respect to Shares are actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent.

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deemed made only when actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent (including, in the case of book-entry transfer, by Book-Entry Confirmation). If delivery is by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

The tender of Shares pursuant to any one of the procedures described above will constitute the tendering shareholder’s acceptance of the Offer, as well as the tendering shareholder’s representation and warranty that the shareholder has the full power and authority to tender and assign Shares tendered, as specified in the Letter of Transmittal or the Book-Entry Confirmation, as applicable, and that when accepted for payment, we will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claims. Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering shareholder and Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

Determination of Validity. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. Purchaser reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of which may, in the opinion of Purchaser, be unlawful. Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares by any particular shareholder, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other shareholders. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived to the satisfaction of Purchaser. None of Parent, Purchaser, SCTL, the Depositary and Paying Agent, the Information Agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

Appointment as Proxy. By executing the Letter of Transmittal, the tendering shareholder will irrevocably appoint designees of Purchaser as the shareholder’s proxies in the manner set forth in the Letter of Transmittal, each with full power of substitution, to the full extent of the shareholder’s rights with respect to Shares tendered by the shareholder and accepted for payment by Purchaser and with respect to any and all other Shares or other securities or rights issued or issuable in respect of such Shares. The appointment will be effective when, and only to the extent that, Purchaser accepts for payment Shares tendered by the shareholder as provided herein. Upon appointment:

 

   

all such powers of attorney and proxies will be considered irrevocable and coupled with an interest in the tendered Shares;

 

   

all prior powers of attorney, proxies and consents given by the shareholder with respect to such Shares or other securities or rights will, without further action, be revoked;

 

   

no subsequent powers of attorney, proxies, consents or revocations may be given by the shareholder (and, if given, will not be deemed effective); and

 

   

the designees of Purchaser will thereby be empowered to exercise all voting and other rights with respect to such Shares and other securities or rights, including, without limitation, in respect of any annual, special or adjourned meeting of SCTL’s shareholders, actions by written consent in lieu of a shareholder meeting or otherwise, as they in their sole discretion deem proper.

Purchaser reserves the right to require that, in order for Shares to be deemed validly tendered, immediately upon Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares, Purchaser must be able to exercise full voting, consent and other rights with respect to such Shares and other related securities or rights, including voting at any meeting of shareholders. The Offer does not constitute a solicitation of proxies, absent a purchase of Shares, for any meeting of SCTL’s shareholders.

 

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Stock Options and Other Equity Awards; SCTL Warrants. The Offer is being made only for Shares and not for outstanding SCTL Options, SCTL RSUs, SCTL Warrants (each as defined below) or other equity awards. Holders of outstanding vested SCTL Options or SCTL Warrants may participate in the Offer only if they first exercise such SCTL Options or SCTL Warrants, to the extent they are exercisable, in accordance with the terms of the applicable SCTL equity plan, agreement or arrangement, and tender the Shares, if any, issued upon such exercise. Any such exercise should be completed sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure that the holder of such outstanding SCTL Options or SCTL Warrants will have sufficient time to comply with the procedures for tendering Shares described in this Section 3.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding. Payments made to shareholders of SCTL in the Offer or the Merger generally will be subject to information reporting and may be subject to backup withholding (currently at a rate of 24%). To avoid backup withholding, any shareholder that is a U.S. person that does not otherwise establish an exemption from U.S. federal backup withholding must provide such shareholder’s correct taxpayer identification number and certain other information on a properly completed and duly executed Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9, a copy of which will be included in the Letter of Transmittal. Any shareholder that is not a U.S. person should submit an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or other applicable IRS Form W-8) attesting to such shareholder’s exempt foreign status in order to qualify for an exemption from backup withholding. Shareholders that are not U.S. persons should consult their own tax advisors to determine which IRS Form W-8 is appropriate. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund from the IRS or a credit against a shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any; provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. See Section 5—“Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

4. Withdrawal Rights.

Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Thereafter, tenders are irrevocable, except that if we have not accepted your Shares for payment within 60 days after commencement of the Offer, you may withdraw them at any time after May 10, 2024, the 60th day after commencement of the Offer, until Purchaser accepts your Shares for payment.

For a withdrawal to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. The notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of such Shares, if different from that of the person who tendered such Shares. If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer as set forth in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares,” any notice of withdrawal must also specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn Shares.

If Purchaser extends the Offer, is delayed in its acceptance for payment of Shares or is unable to accept Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to Purchaser’s rights under the Offer, the Depositary and Paying Agent may, nevertheless, on behalf of Purchaser, retain tendered Shares, and such Shares may not be withdrawn except to the extent that tendering shareholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described herein and as otherwise required by Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act.

Withdrawals of Shares may not be rescinded. Any Shares withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be re-tendered following one of the procedures described in Section 3—“Procedures for Accepting the Offer and Tendering Shares” at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

5. Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.

The following summary discusses certain material United States federal income tax considerations for U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders (in each case, as defined below) who tender Shares pursuant to the Offer or who receive the Merger Consideration for their Shares in the Merger. This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue

 

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Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code, administrative interpretations, and judicial decisions as in effect as of the date of this Offer to Purchase, all of which may change, possibly with retroactive effect. We have not sought, and do not intend to seek, any ruling from the IRS or any opinion of counsel with respect to the statements made or the conclusions reached in the following summary. No assurance can be given that the IRS will agree with the views expressed herein or that a court will not sustain any challenge by the IRS in the event of litigation.

This discussion assumes that a holder’s Shares that are sold pursuant to the Offer or in the Merger are held as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). It does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a holder of Shares in light of such holder’s particular circumstances, or to a holder of Shares that is subject to special rules, including, but not limited to:

 

   

a financial institution or insurance company;

 

   

a mutual fund;

 

   

entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or other pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes or investors therein;

 

   

a tax-exempt organization;

 

   

a dealer or broker in securities;

 

   

a person whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;

 

   

a former citizen or former long-term resident of the United States;

 

   

a regulated investment company or real estate investment trust;

 

   

a shareholder that holds its Shares through individual retirement or other tax-deferred accounts;

 

   

a trader in securities who elects to apply a mark-to-market method of accounting;

 

   

a shareholder that holds Shares as part of a hedge, appreciated financial position, straddle, or conversion or integrated transaction;

 

   

a shareholder that acquired Shares through the exercise of compensatory options or stock purchase plans or otherwise as compensation;

 

   

a U.S. expatriate or entity covered by the anti-inversion rules under the Code;

 

   

a person holding Shares as “qualified small business stock” within the meaning of Section 1202 of the Code;

 

   

a person who actually or constructively owns more than 5% of the Shares;

 

   

a person who holds both Shares and common stock of Parent; and

 

   

a person subject to the base erosion and anti-abuse tax.

For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Shares that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

   

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

   

a corporation, or other entity or arrangement taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or any state therein or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

   

a trust (a) that is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and all the substantial decisions of which are controlled by one or more U.S. persons or (b) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

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A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of Shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

If a partnership (including any entity or arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partner and the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding Shares should consult its tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to it of the tender of Shares pursuant to the Offer.

This discussion is not a complete description of all potential U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant. This discussion does not address tax consequences that may vary with, or are contingent on, individual circumstances. In addition, it does not address the application of the alternative minimum tax, the Medicare tax on net investment income, or the special tax accounting rules under Section 451(b) of the Code, or any U.S. federal non-income tax or any non-U.S., state or local tax consequences. Accordingly, each holder of Shares should consult its tax advisor to determine the particular U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. income or other tax consequences to it of the Offer or the Merger, as applicable, including the application and effect of any U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, estate, gift and other tax laws to the receipt of cash in exchange for Shares.

U.S. Holders. The sale of Shares for cash by a U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer or the Merger will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes and may also be a taxable transaction under applicable state, local, non-U.S. and other tax laws. In general, a U.S. Holder will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between its adjusted tax basis in its Shares and the amount of cash received in exchange therefor (determined before the deduction of backup withholding, if any). Gain or loss will be determined separately for each block of Shares (i.e., Shares acquired for the same cost in a single transaction). Such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period in the Shares is more than one year as of the date of the tender of such Shares pursuant to the Offer or the date on which the Merger is consummated, as applicable. Under current law, long- term capital gains recognized by non-corporate taxpayers generally are subject to U.S. federal income tax at preferential rates. The deduction of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Non-U.S. Holders. The sale of Shares for cash by a Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer or the Merger generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax, unless:

 

   

the gain, if any, on Shares is effectively connected with the conduct by the Non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to the Non-U.S. Holder’s permanent establishment in the United States); or

 

   

the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who was present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of sale and certain other conditions are met.

Gain described in the first bullet point above generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in the same manner as if the Non-U.S. Holder were a U.S. Holder (unless an applicable income tax treaty provides otherwise). Additionally, any gain described in the first bullet point above of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation also may be subject to an additional “branch profits tax” at a 30% rate (or lower rate provided by an applicable income tax treaty). A Non-U.S. Holder described in the second bullet point above will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate provided by an applicable income tax treaty) on any capital gain recognized, which may be offset by U.S.-source capital losses recognized in the same taxable year, even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States, provided that such Non-U.S. holder has timely filed U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses.

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number and comply with certain certification procedures or otherwise establish an exemption from backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional U.S. federal income tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of the person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may generally be obtained provided, that the required information is timely furnished to the Internal Revenue Service. See Section 3—”Procedures for Accepting and Tendering Shares—Information Reporting and Backup Withholding.”

6. Price Range of Shares; Dividends.

The Shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “SCTL.” The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices per Share for the periods indicated. Share prices are as reported by Nasdaq.

 

     High      Low  

Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

     

First Quarter

   $ 2.11      $ 1.47  

Second Quarter

   $ 1.80      $ 0.64  

Third Quarter

   $ 1.65      $ 0.72  

Fourth Quarter

   $ 1.84      $ 1.27  

Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2023

     

First Quarter

   $ 1.61      $ 1.05  

Second Quarter

   $ 1.15      $ 0.66  

Third Quarter

   $ 1.10      $ 0.40  

Fourth Quarter

   $ 0.46      $ 0.30  

Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024

     

First Quarter (through February 28, 2024)

   $ 0.54      $ 0.32  

On February 28, 2024, the last full trading day prior to the public announcement of the execution of the Merger Agreement, the closing sale price per Share reported on Nasdaq was $0.46 per Share. On March 8, 2024, the last full day of trading prior to the commencement of the Offer, the closing sale price per Share reported on Nasdaq was $1.08. Shareholders are urged to obtain a current market quotation for Shares.

According to SCTL’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC, SCTL has never declared or paid any cash dividends on the Shares. Under the Merger Agreement, SCTL is not permitted to declare, set aside, make or pay any dividends with respect to the Shares without the prior written consent of Parent.

7. Certain Information Concerning SCTL.

General. SCTL was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on November 15, 2007 as Recro Pharma, Inc. Effective March 21, 2022, Recro Pharma, Inc. changed its named to Societal CDMO, Inc. to reflect the corporate transformation that had taken place primarily as a result of its acquisition of IriSys, LLC. SCTL’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SCTL.” The address of SCTL’s principal executive office is 1 E. Uwchlan Ave, Suite 112, Exton, Pennsylvania, 19341. The telephone number of SCTL’s principal executive office is (770) 534-8239.

The following description of SCTL and its business has been derived from SCTL’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to that report. SCTL is a bi-coastal contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”) with capabilities spanning pre-investigational new drug development to commercial manufacturing and packaging for a wide range of therapeutic dosage forms with a primary focus on small molecules. With an expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, SCTL is a leading CDMO providing development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market. In addition to SCTL’s experience in handling DEA-controlled substances and developing and manufacturing modified-release dosage forms, SCTL has the expertise to deliver

 

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on its clients’ pharmaceutical development and manufacturing projects, regardless of complexity level. SCTL does all of this in its three state-of-the-art facilities that, in the aggregate, total 145,000 square feet, in Gainesville, Georgia and San Diego, California. SCTL currently manufactures the following key products with its key commercial partners: Ritalin LA®, Focalin XR®, Verelan PM®, Verelan SR®, Verapamil PM, Verapamil SR and Donnatal liquids and tablets. SCTL also supports numerous development stage products.

Available Information. The Shares are registered under the Exchange Act. Accordingly, SCTL is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance with the Exchange Act, is required to file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC relating to its business, financial condition and other matters. Information as of particular dates concerning SCTL’s directors and officers, their remuneration, stock options granted to them, the principal holders of SCTL’s securities, any material interests of those persons in transactions with SCTL and other matters is required to be disclosed in proxy statements, the most recent one having been filed with the SEC on April 6, 2023. Such reports, proxy statements and other information are available for inspection through the SEC’s website on the Internet at www.sec.gov.

Although Purchaser has no knowledge that any of the foregoing information about SCTL is inaccurate, incomplete or untrue, the information included in the periodic reports, proxy statements and other information filed by SCTL with the SEC were prepared by SCTL and the Purchaser was not involved in the preparation of such reports, statements and information.

Certain Projections. SCTL provided the SCTL Board and its financial advisors with selected unaudited financial projections, some of which were shared with Purchaser in connection with its due diligence review. Such information is described in the Schedule 14D-9 under the heading “— Certain Unaudited Financial Projections,” which is being filed with the SEC on the date of this Offer to Purchase and is being mailed to SCTL’s shareholders together with this Offer to Purchase. SCTL’s shareholders are urged to, and should, carefully read the Schedule 14D-9.

8. Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons.

Purchaser is a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and was formed solely for the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of SCTL. Parent is a full-service CDMO that provides a comprehensive range of services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Parent is a wholly owned subsidiary of NQ PE Project Stingray Midco Inc. (“Midco”). Midco is a wholly owned subsidiary of NQ PE Project Stingray Topco Inc. (“Topco”), and Topco is a wholly owned subsidiary of NQ PE Project Stingray Parent, L.P. (“Stingray Parent”). The general partner of Stingray Parent is NQ PE Project Stingray Parent GP, Ltd. (the “GP”), and the directors of the GP are Jeffrey Edwards and Ashton Poole. The entities in the preceding sentences are collectively referred to herein as the “Parent Affiliates.” The address of the principal executive office of Parent is 14205 Myerlake Circle, Clearwater, Florida 33760 and its telephone number is (727) 259-6950. The address of the principal executive office for each of the other Parent Affiliates is located at c/o QHP Capital, L.P., 4509 Creedmoor Road, Suite 403, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 and the telephone number of these entities is (919) 261-5250. Midco acquired all of the outstanding shares in Parent pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan and Merger dated January 11, 2021.

The name, citizenship, business address, business phone number, principal occupation or employment and five-year employment history for each of the directors, executive officers and control persons of the Parent Affiliates and certain other information are set forth in Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase.

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Affiliates, any of the persons or entities referred to above nor any director, executive officer or subsidiary of any of the foregoing has effected any transaction in the Shares during the past 60 days.

Except as provided in the Merger Agreement or as otherwise described in this Offer to Purchase, none of the Parent Affiliates or their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, any of the persons listed in Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase, has any present or proposed material agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship with SCTL or any of its executive officers, directors, controlling persons or subsidiaries. Except as provided in the Merger Agreement or as otherwise described in this Offer to Purchase, none of the Parent Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, any of the persons listed in Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase, has any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with any other person with respect to any securities of SCTL, including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship concerning the transfer or voting of such securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Except as set forth in this Offer to Purchase, none of the Parent Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, any of the persons listed on Schedule I hereto, has had any business relationship or transaction with SCTL or any of its executive officers, directors or affiliates that is required to be reported under the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable to the Offer. Except as set forth in this Offer to Purchase, there have been no material contacts, negotiations or transactions between the Parent Affiliates or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, any of the persons listed in Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase, on the one hand, and SCTL or its affiliates, on the other hand, concerning a merger, consolidation or acquisition, tender offer or other acquisition of SCTL’s securities, an election of SCTL’s directors or a sale or other transfer of a material amount of SCTL’s assets during the past two years.

None of the persons listed in Schedule I has, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, during the past five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). None of the persons listed in Schedule I to this Offer to Purchase has, to the knowledge of the Parent Affiliates, during the past five years, been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding (except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement) that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws.

Additional Information. Pursuant to Rule 14d-3 under the Exchange Act, we have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the “Schedule TO”), of which this Offer to Purchase forms a part, and exhibits to the Schedule TO. The Schedule TO and the exhibits thereto and other information that Purchaser has filed electronically with the SEC are available and may be obtained at no charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

9. Source and Amount of Funds.

The Offer is not conditioned upon any financing arrangements.

Parent and Purchaser estimate that the total funds required to (i) purchase all outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer and to complete the Merger, (ii) pay for the Company RSUs, the Company Options and the SCTL Warrants required to be cashed out by the Merger Agreement, (iii) pay off certain existing indebtedness of SCTL, and (iv) make the other payments we are required to make under the Merger Agreement will be approximately $183 million.

We expect to fund the Offer and the Merger out of sources of available cash and via debt financing contemplated by an amended and restated debt commitment letter dated March 8, 2024 (the “Debt Commitment Letter”) between Parent and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) that was entered into in connection with the Transactions. As discussed below, a condition to borrowing under the Term Loan (as defined below)

 

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contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter is that Parent (or a direct or indirect parent of Parent) will receive an equity contribution of at least $100 million substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing under the Term Loan (the “Equity Contribution”). Parent has not entered into an agreement with respect to additional equity capital, but Parent expects that it will receive the Equity Contribution via one or more funds or investment vehicles affiliated with QHP Capital. No alternative financing arrangements or alternative financing plans have been made.

Debt Commitment Letter

Pursuant to the Debt Commitment Letter, the Commitment Parties committed to provide, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to Parent debt financing (the “Debt Financing”) in the form of a $100 million senior secured term facility (the “Term Loan”) to finance the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, to refinance certain existing indebtedness of SCTL and Parent and to pay related fees and expenses.

The Term Loan will mature on the fifth (5th) year anniversary of the closing date. The Term Loan will amortize quarterly beginning the thirteenth full fiscal quarter after the closing date, with quarterly installments of principal due through the maturity date.

The amounts outstanding under the Term Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to Term SOFR for a three-month tenor (subject to a floor of 3.0%) plus a margin of 7.50% (the “Interest”). Interest will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed based on a 360-day year and will be payable quarterly.

The definitive documentation for the Term Loan as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter will contain covenants, events of default and other terms and provisions that have been agreed with the Commitment Parties and are set forth on the term sheet attached as an exhibit to the Debt Commitment Letter and will otherwise be finalized substantially consistent with the “Documentation Principles” contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter.

The commitments of the Commitment Parties are subject to, among other things, (i) confirmation that the Merger has been consummated or will be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Loan; (ii) the absence of any modification to the Merger Agreement that is materially adverse to the Lenders; (iii) confirmation that the refinancing of certain of SCTL’s and Parent’s existing indebtedness either has been consummated or will be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Loan; (iv) confirmation that the Equity Contribution has been made or will be made substantially concurrently with the initial borrowing under the Term Loan; (v) the absence, since the date of the Merger Agreement, of a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement); and (vi) the receipt by the Commitment Parties of documentation containing terms that are materially consistent with the provisions of the term sheet attached as an exhibit to the Debt Commitment Letter and the applicable Documentation Principles.

The summary of the Debt Commitment Letter does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Debt Commitment Letter, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit (d)(4) to the Schedule TO and which is incorporated herein by reference.

10. Background of the Offer; Past Contacts or Negotiations with SCTL.

The following chronology summarizes the key meetings and other events between representatives of Parent, and representatives of SCTL that led to the signing of the Merger Agreement. The following chronology does not purport to catalogue every conversation between Parent, SCTL and their respective representatives. For a summary of additional activities of SCTL relating to the signing of the Merger Agreement, please refer to the

 

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Schedule 14D-9 being mailed to SCTL shareholders with this Offer to Purchase. Other than as described below, there have been no material contacts between SCTL and Parent in the past two years.

On October 25, 2023, while attending the Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) annual European conference in Barcelona, Spain, representatives of Raymond James introduced David Enloe, SCTL’s Chief Executive Officer, to Ashton Poole, a partner at QHP Capital, L.P. (“QHP Capital”), and Jeffrey Edwards, a partner at QHP Capital and a current board member of Parent. During this initial meeting, the parties discussed the CDMO market landscape.

Following this initial interaction, on October 27, 2023, QHP Capital entered into a confidentiality agreement with SCTL, which agreement contained a standstill obligation.

On November 17, 2023, Mr. Edwards and other representatives of Parent met with Mr. Enloe, Ryan Lake, SCTL’s Chief Financial Officer, Scott Rizzo, SCTL’s Chief Operating Officer, and Richard Sidwell, Ph.D., SCTL’s Chief Strategy Officer, in Atlanta, Georgia. During this meeting, the parties discussed, among other topics, whether there was a strategic and cultural fit between Parent and SCTL. However, the financial terms of a potential transaction were not discussed during this meeting.

On November 20, 2023, representatives of Parent requested certain preliminary due diligence materials from SCTL to better inform its view on a potential transaction with SCTL.

On December 12, 2023, Parent received a process letter regarding a potential sale of SCTL’s 24,500 square foot development facility located in San Diego, California (the “San Diego Site”).

On December 17, 2023, representatives of Parent visited the San Diego Site and met with Mr. Enloe, Erica Raether, SCTL’s chief people officer, and Tim Bourque, SCTL’s Vice President of Operations & Site Head.

Following the San Diego Site visit, on December 27, 2023, at the request of representatives of Parent, representatives of Parent and certain members of the SCTL Board met virtually to discuss Parent’s potential interest in a transaction with SCTL and to provide information concerning the investment strategy and thesis of QHP Capital and its portfolio companies, including Parent. Representatives of Raymond James were also present at the meeting. No financial or transaction terms were discussed at this meeting.

On January 2, 2024, based on diligence conducted to date, Parent submitted a non-binding indication of interest to acquire SCTL at a price range of $1.00 – $1.20 per Share, assuming that existing SCTL shareholders representing 25–45% of the outstanding Shares reinvest their Shares in Parent pursuant to a “rollover” transaction (the “Initial Proposal”). The Initial Proposal was subject to SCTL entering into an exclusivity agreement requiring SCTL to negotiate exclusively with Parent for a period of not less than 45 days. The closing price per Share of SCTL common stock on Nasdaq on that day was $0.41.

On January 5, 2024, at the direction of the SCTL Board, representatives of Raymond James communicated to representatives of Parent that the SCTL Board was not prepared to enter exclusivity at that time but encouraged Parent to continue evaluating the proposed transaction in order to put forth a revised proposal. Representatives of Raymond James also communicated, at the direction of the SCTL Board, that any transaction requiring a substantial rollover presented significant complexities for the SCTL Board and that further extensive detail about Parent’s operations and financials would be needed to support entering into exclusivity for a transaction requiring a substantial rollover component. Representatives of Parent communicated to representatives of Raymond James that Parent was also considering alternative acquisition targets and would require an exclusivity commitment in order to continue pursuing a potential transaction with SCTL.

On January 7, 2024, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Poole and other representatives from Parent met with Mr. Enloe in San Francisco, California to discuss potential growth opportunities related to a combined company.

 

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During the week of January 8, 2024, representatives of Raymond James and members of SCTL’s senior management attended the J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, during which they attended a meeting with representatives from Parent. No price or deal terms were discussed at these meetings.

On January 11, 2024, representatives of Parent submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest to acquire SCTL at a price of $1.20 per Share (the “January 11 Proposal”). The January 11 Proposal eliminated the requirement that SCTL shareholders participate in a rollover transaction and was subject to SCTL entering into an exclusivity agreement requiring SCTL to negotiate exclusively with Parent for a period of not less than thirty days. The January 11 Proposal included certain assumptions about the amount of currently outstanding equity securities and assumed that no additional equity securities would be issued by SCTL. The closing price per Share of SCTL common stock on Nasdaq on that day was $0.36.

Later that day, representatives of Raymond James sought clarification from Parent on certain terms of the January 11 Proposal, including regarding the expected timing of any such transaction.

On January 12, 2024, at the direction of the SCTL Board, Raymond James provided Parent with an updated capitalization table that included additional shares outstanding.

On January 16, 2024, representatives of Raymond James and representatives of Parent held a telephonic discussion during which they reviewed, among other things, the assumptions on which the terms of the January 11 Proposal were based and the terms upon which the SCTL Board would potentially consider entering into exclusivity with Parent.

On January 18, 2024, Parent submitted a revised proposal to acquire SCTL in response to the feedback provided to it by representatives of Raymond James at the direction of the SCTL Board (the “January 18 Proposal”). The January 18 Proposal included a revised price of $1.10 per Share, taking into account additional diligence completed by Parent over the course of the preceding week, including revised assumptions concerning SCTL’s capitalization and the impact of estimated transaction expenses. The January 18 Proposal also reiterated the request for at least 45 days of exclusivity, as well as a request that SCTL reimburse Parent for its transaction expenses incurred in connection with the evaluation and negotiation of a potential transaction if the parties do not enter into a definitive agreement during the exclusivity period.

On January 19, 2024, following discussion and negotiation between Parent, on the one hand, and representatives of Raymond James and members of SCTL senior management, on the other hand, Parent and SCTL entered into an exclusivity agreement (the “Exclusivity Agreement”) providing for an initial 30-day exclusivity period, subject to an extension for an additional 10 days following Parent’s written confirmation of the terms set forth in the January 18 Proposal (the “Exclusivity Period”). The Exclusivity Agreement did not contain any expense reimbursement provision.

On January 20, 2024, Parent received access to a full virtual data room, and over the course of the following weeks, management of each of Parent and SCTL discussed and exchanged additional due diligence information.

On January 22, 2024, representatives of Goodwin Procter LLP, outside counsel to SCTL (“Goodwin”) and representatives of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P. (“Smith Anderson”), legal counsel to Parent, held an introductory telephonic meeting to discuss the anticipated timeline for the negotiation and execution of the definitive agreement.

On January 23, 2024, representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, distributed to representatives of Smith Anderson a draft Merger Agreement that contemplated, among other things, (i) a two-step tender offer/merger structure that would be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, (ii) a “no-shop” provision requiring SCTL to cease solicitation of alternative proposals following the execution of the Merger Agreement, (iii) the ability of SCTL to negotiate with counterparties in connection with a superior proposal and/or terminate the Merger Agreement to accept a superior proposal and (iv) a termination fee payable by SCTL in certain circumstances (“Company Termination Fee”) equal to 2.0% of the transaction equity value.

 

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On January 26, 2024, representatives from SCTL and representatives from Parent held a telephonic meeting to discuss SCTL’s commercial product portfolio as well as SCTL’s corporate functions.

On January 29, 2024, representatives of Parent participated in a site visit to SCTL’s facilities in Gainesville, Georgia for the purpose of evaluating the site’s operational processes, and on January 30, 2024, representatives of Parent participated in a site visit to the San Diego Site where they evaluated the site’s operational processes and assessed environmental compliance.

On February 2, 2024, representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, distributed to representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, a markup of the proposed draft Merger Agreement reflecting, among other things, (i) a requirement that SCTL reimburse Parent for its transaction expenses if the Offer is terminated at the End Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) due to failure to satisfy the Minimum Condition (the “Expense Reimbursement Obligation”); (ii) a requirement that SCTL pay the Company Termination Fee if Parent terminates the Merger Agreement in response to a material breach of any of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants in the Merger Agreement; and (iii) a Company Termination Fee equal to $5 million, or approximately 3.8% of transaction equity value. Representatives of Smith Anderson simultaneously distributed a draft of the Support Agreement to representatives of Goodwin.

From February 2, 2024 through February 7, 2024. representatives of Parent and representatives of SCTL held various diligence calls to discuss, among other topics, SCTL’s information technology systems, historical financial performance, key commercial products, taxes and cost accounting practices.

On February 8, 2024, representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, distributed a revised draft of the Merger Agreement to representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, which draft reflected, among other things, (i) the deletion of the Expense Reimbursement Obligation; (ii) the removal of the requirement that SCTL is obligated to pay the Company Termination Fee if Parent terminates the Merger Agreement in response to a material breach of any of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants in the Merger Agreement; and (iii) a Company Termination Fee payable by SCTL equal to $3.75 million, or approximately 2.8% of transaction equity value.

On February 9, 2024, the SCTL Board held a virtual meeting at which members of senior management and representatives of Goodwin were present by invitation. Among other things, the SCTL Board discussed the status of the ongoing diligence activities of Parent in connection with the proposed transaction and the status of various transaction documents.

On February 12, 2024, representatives of Parent participated in a site visit to SCTL’s facilities in Gainesville, Georgia to view the facilities and meet the key executive leadership team. That evening, Mr. Enloe and representatives of Raymond James met with representatives of Parent to discuss observations from their facilities tour.

On February 13, 2024, representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, distributed to representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, a revised markup of the proposed draft Merger Agreement reflecting, among other things, the reinsertion of (i) the requirement that SCTL reimburse Parent for its transaction expenses if the Offer is not consummated by the End Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) due to failure to satisfy the Minimum Condition; (ii) the requirement that SCTL pay the Company Termination Fee if Parent terminates the Merger Agreement in response to a material breach of any of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants in the Merger Agreement; and (iii) a Company Termination Fee equal to $5 million, or approximately 3.8% of transaction equity value.

On February 14, 2024, representatives of Goodwin and representatives of Smith Anderson held a videoconference during which they discussed, among other things, the key terms of the Merger Agreement and the progress of Parent’s confirmatory due diligence activities.

 

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On February 15, 2024, Mr. Enloe and Ms. Raether visited Parent’s Clearwater facility to understand Parent’s operations and meet members of Parent’s management team.

On February 16, 2024, representatives of Parent communicated to representatives of Raymond James that, based on the progress of its confirmatory due diligence activities to date, it was prepared to reaffirm the valuation set forth in its January 18 Proposal of $1.10 per Share and that Parent intended to exercise its right to extend the exclusivity period for an additional 10 days pursuant to the terms of the Exclusivity Agreement in order to provide sufficient time to finalize legal documents and complete Parent’s confirmatory due diligence activities. Representatives of Parent provided written confirmation of such affirmation and intention to extend the exclusivity period as described above on February 18, 2024.

On February 16, 2024, representatives of SCTL and Parent held a telephonic meeting to discuss additional open legal items pertaining to SCTL. In addition, representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, provided representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, with a revised draft of the Merger Agreement and a final form of the Support Agreement reflecting, among other things, (i) deletion of the Expense Reimbursement Obligation; (ii) deletion of the requirement that SCTL pay the Company Termination Fee if Parent terminates the Merger Agreement in response to a material breach of any of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants in the Merger Agreement; and (iii) a proposed Company Termination Fee equal to $4.5 million, or approximately 3.5% of transaction equity value.

On February 20, 2024, representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, distributed to representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, a revised markup of the proposed draft Merger Agreement reflecting, among other things, (i) acceptance of SCTL’s deletion of the Expense Reimbursement Obligation; (ii) reinsertion of the requirement that SCTL pay the Company Termination Fee if Parent terminates the Merger Agreement in response to a material breach of any of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants in the Merger Agreement; and (iii) reinsertion of a Company Termination Fee equal to $5 million, or approximately 3.8% of transaction equity value. 

On February 22, 2024, representatives of Raymond James and members of SCTL senior management held a virtual meeting with representatives of Parent to discuss, among other things, certain confirmatory diligence matters relating to SCTL’s year-to-date performance and to discuss financial results. Also on February 22, 2024, representatives of Goodwin and representatives of Smith Anderson met virtually to discuss certain key terms of the Merger Agreement. Later that day, representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, distributed to representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, a revised draft of the Merger Agreement reflecting, among other things, SCTL’s position that it would accept a Company Termination Fee equal to $5 million as proposed by Parent so long as the parties agree to remove the Company Termination Fee trigger based on SCTL’s breach of any representation, warranty or covenant in the Merger Agreement.

On February 24, 2024, representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, communicated with representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, with respect to the key open confirmatory due diligence items that Parent required in order to proceed with signing the Merger Agreement. Over the course of that day, representatives of Goodwin communicated with representatives of Smith Anderson and representatives of Raymond James communicated with representatives of Parent concerning the status of the open confirmatory due diligence points.

In the afternoon of February 25, 2024, representatives of Smith Anderson, on behalf of Parent, distributed a revised markup of the Merger Agreement to representatives of Goodwin, on behalf of SCTL, which markup reflected, among other things, a limitation on SCTL’s requirement to pay the Company Termination Fee in connection with a termination of the Merger Agreement for a breach of SCTL’s representations, warranties or covenants to circumstances in which SCTL consummates a superior transaction (or enters into a definitive agreement for a superior transaction which is subsequently consummated) within 12 months of termination.

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consider approval of the proposed transaction with Parent. During that meeting, the SCTL Board unanimously adopted resolutions (i) determining that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorizing and approving the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolving that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolving to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer. Later that evening, Mr. Enloe met with Mr. Edwards and Mr. Poole to discuss the status of the transaction and open items remaining to finalize and enter into the Merger Agreement.

On February 26 and 27, 2024, various representatives of Parent and Smith Anderson and various representatives of Raymond James and Goodwin, as well as SCTL senior management, exchanged emails and engaged in discussions telephonically and in person concerning certain confirmatory due diligence matters.

On the morning of February 28, 2024, the board of directors of Parent held a meeting to discuss the transaction. Following that discussion, the board of directors of Parent unanimously approved the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.

Over the course of the morning and afternoon on February 28, 2024, representatives of Parent and representatives of Raymond James and SCTL senior management exchanged emails and engaged in discussions telephonically concerning the transaction and certain confirmatory legal due diligence items with respect to SCTL, and representatives of Goodwin and Smith Anderson engaged in discussions telephonically and by videoconference and exchanged comments to the draft Merger Agreement.

Following the closing of trading of the U.S. stock markets on February 28, 2024, Parent, Purchaser and SCTL entered into the Merger Agreement; Parent, Purchaser and the Supporting Shareholders entered into the Support Agreements; and SCTL issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement with Parent and Purchaser.

11. The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements.

The following summary description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which Purchaser has included as Exhibit (d)(1) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and is incorporated herein by reference. Shareholders and other interested parties should read the Merger Agreement for a more complete description of the provisions summarized below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.

The Merger Agreement and the summary included below are not intended to provide any factual information about SCTL, its shareholders or executives, Parent or Purchaser, their respective businesses, or the actual conduct of their respective businesses during the period prior to the consummation of the Merger. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only as of specified dates for the purposes of such agreement, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the agreements and may be subject to qualifications and limitations agreed upon by the parties. In particular, in reviewing the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement and described in the following summary, it is important to bear in mind that such representations, warranties and covenants were negotiated with the principal purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing matters as facts. Such representations, warranties and covenants may also be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to SCTL shareholders and to reports and documents filed with the SEC, and in some cases were qualified by disclosures set forth in a confidential disclosure letter that was provided by SCTL to Parent and Purchaser (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) but is not filed with the SEC as part of the Merger Agreement. SCTL shareholders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement. Accordingly,

 

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SCTL shareholders should not rely on such representations, warranties and covenants as characterizations of the actual state of facts or circumstances described therein without consideration of the entirety of the factual disclosures about SCTL, Parent or Purchaser made in this Offer to Purchase, the Schedule 14D-9 or other reports filed with the SEC. Information concerning the subject matter of such representations, warranties and covenants, which do not purport to be accurate as of the date of this Offer to Purchase, may have changed since the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in this Offer to Purchase or SCTL’s public disclosures.

The Merger Agreement

The Offer. The Merger Agreement provides that no later than the tenth business day following the date of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will commence a cash tender offer for all the Shares at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share, in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable withholding of taxes. Purchaser’s obligation to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer is subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of the Offer Conditions described in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer.” Purchaser will, as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two business days) after the Offer Acceptance Time, pay for all Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer.

Purchaser has the right to (a) increase the Offer Price, (b) waive any Offer Condition other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition or the Regulatory Condition, and (c) make any other changes to the terms and conditions of the Offer not inconsistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement. However, without SCTL’s prior written consent, Purchaser is not permitted to (i) decrease the Offer Price, (ii) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (iii) decrease the maximum number of Shares sought to be purchased in the Offer, (iv) impose any conditions or requirements to the Offer other than the Offer Conditions, (v) amend or modify any of the Offer Conditions in a manner that adversely affects, or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, any holder of Shares or that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the consummation of the Offer or prevent, delay or impair the ability of Parent or Purchaser to consummate the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions, (vi) amend, modify, change or waive the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition or the Regulatory Condition, (vii) terminate the Offer or accelerate, extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date, except in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, as described in Section 11—“The Merger Agreement; Other Agreements—The Merger Agreement—Extensions of the Offer,” (viii) provide any “subsequent offering period” within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or (ix) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

Extensions of the Offer. The Merger Agreement contains provisions that govern the circumstances under which Purchaser is required or permitted to extend the Offer. Specifically, the Merger Agreement provides:

 

  (i)

if, at the scheduled Expiration Date, any Offer Condition (as defined in Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer”) has not been satisfied (subject to the right of SCTL to waive any Offer Condition, other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Regulatory Condition or the Order Condition), Purchaser will, and Parent will cause Purchaser to, extend the Offer on one or more occasions (in consecutive increments), for an additional period of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be requested by SCTL), to permit such Offer Conditions to be satisfied; and

 

  (ii)

Purchaser will (and Parent will cause Purchaser to) extend the Offer for any period required by any law, any interpretation or position of the SEC, the staff thereof or Nasdaq applicable to the Offer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser is (a) not required to extend the Offer beyond the earlier to occur of (the “Extension Deadline”) (i) the first business day following August 28, 2024 and (ii) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement or (b) permitted to extend the Offer beyond the Extension Deadline without the prior written consent of SCTL. In the event that the Merger Agreement is validly terminated, Purchaser, at such time, will irrevocably and unconditionally terminate the Offer. If Purchaser terminates the Offer, or if the Merger

 

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Agreement is validly terminated before the acquisition of Shares in the Offer, Purchaser will promptly (and in any event within 24 hours of such termination) return, in accordance with applicable law, all tendered Shares to the registered holders thereof.

The Merger. The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement and in accordance with the PBCL (including Section 321(f) of the PBCL), at the Effective Time, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL, the separate corporate existence of Purchaser will cease and SCTL will continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger.

The closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place as soon as practicable (and in no event later than one business day) following the Offer Acceptance Time. On the date of the Closing (the “Closing Date”), the parties will file a Statement of Merger with respect to the Merger in accordance with the PBCL with the Pennsylvania Department of State and will take such further actions, including making all other filings or recordings required under the PBCL, in connection with the Merger. The parties to the Merger Agreement will take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL. The Merger will become effective at the time and day of the filing of the Statement of Merger with the Pennsylvania Department of State, or a later time and day as may be agreed in writing by the parties and specified in the Statement of Merger.

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. At the Effective Time, (a) the articles of incorporation of SCTL will be amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit B of the Merger Agreement, and (b) the bylaws of SCTL will be amended such that the bylaws of Purchaser, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, will be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, except that all references to Purchaser will be automatically amended and will become references to the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended.

Directors and Officers. From and after the Effective Time, (a) the directors of Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, and (b) the officers of Purchaser immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation.

Effect on Capital Stock. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time:

 

   

each Share held by SCTL (including Shares held in the treasury of SCTL) immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Canceled Shares”) will, in each case, be canceled and retired and cease to exist, and no consideration will be paid therefor by virtue of the Merger;

 

   

each Share held by Parent, Purchaser or any other direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will automatically be cancelled and retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor (such Shares, together with the Cancelled Shares, the “Excluded Shares”);

 

   

each Share that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any Excluded Shares, any Dissenting Shares (as defined below) and Shares validly tendered and irrevocably accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer) will be automatically converted into the right to receive the Offer Price in cash, without interest and less any required withholding tax (the “Merger Consideration”), upon compliance with the applicable procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement with respect to the surrender of certificates representing Shares or the book-entry transfer of Shares;

 

   

each Share validly and irrevocably accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer will automatically be cancelled and retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration will be delivered in exchange therefor;

 

   

each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Purchaser issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be converted into one share of common stock, par value

 

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$0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted, which will constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time.

Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by SCTL shareholders who are entitled to demand appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and who have properly exercised and perfected their respective demands for appraisal of such Shares in the time and manner provided in Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, have neither effectively withdrawn nor lost their rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL (the “Dissenting Shares”) will not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, but will instead be automatically cancelled and no longer outstanding and will cease to exist and the holder thereof will be entitled to only such consideration as will be determined pursuant to Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL in respect of such Shares. However, all Dissenting Shares held by SCTL shareholders who have failed to perfect or who have effectively withdrawn or otherwise lost their rights to appraisal of these Dissenting Shares under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL will no longer be considered to be Dissenting Shares and will be treated as if such Shares had been converted into, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest and less any required withholding tax, upon compliance with the applicable procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement with respect to the surrender of certificates representing Shares or the book-entry transfer of Shares.

From and after the Effective Time, all Shares will no longer be outstanding and will automatically cease to exist and will cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except as specified above.

Treatment of SCTL Awards. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof:

 

   

SCTL Options: Each option to purchase Shares (each, an “SCTL Option”), whether vested or unvested, that has a per Share exercise price that is less than $1.10 (an “In-the-Money Option”) that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest and subject to deduction of any required withholding under applicable tax law, an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the excess of (1) the Merger Consideration minus (2) the per Share exercise price payable per Share under such In-the-Money Option. Each SCTL Option that has a per Share exercise price equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration will be cancelled at the Effective Time without any consideration payable therefor.

 

   

SCTL RSUs: Each restricted stock unit of SCTL (“SCTL RSU”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or not, will be canceled and converted into the right to receive, cash in an amount equal to (i) the total number of Shares issuable in settlement of such SCTL RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the Merger Consideration.

Treatment of SCTL Warrants: Immediately prior to the Effective Time:

 

   

By virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of the holders thereof, each warrant to purchase Shares (“SCTL Warrant”) that has a per Share exercise price that is less than the Merger Consideration (other than the Pre-Funded Warrants (as defined below)) (each, an “In-the-Money Warrant”) that is outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled without any consideration payable (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) therefor, whether before or after the Effective Time;

 

   

By virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of the holders thereof, each SCTL Warrant that has a per Share exercise price that is equal to or more than the Merger Consideration (each, an “Out-of-the-Money Warrant”) that is then outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will be canceled without any consideration payable (whether in the form of cash or otherwise) therefor, whether before or after the Effective Time; and

 

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The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the holder(s) of each outstanding SCTL Warrant that is a Pre-Funded Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by SCTL on August 28, 2023 (a “Pre-Funded Warrant”) to execute warrant cancellation agreements pursuant to which each such Pre-Funded Warrant will be cancelled immediately prior to and contingent upon the Closing and converted into the right to receive cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the total number of Shares subject to such In-the-Money Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of (1) the Merger Consideration minus (2) the exercise price payable per Share under such In-the-Money Warrant, which amount shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Representations and Warranties. In the Merger Agreement, SCTL has made customary representations and warranties to Parent and Purchaser, which are qualified by information set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter and certain disclosures in SCTL’s SEC filings since January 1, 2021 and publicly available prior to the date of the Merger Agreement, including, among others, representations and warranties relating to:

 

   

corporate organization, good standing of SCTL and its subsidiaries and organizational documents of SCTL and its subsidiaries;

 

   

corporate authority of SCTL to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, and due execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement;

 

   

capitalization and equity securities of SCTL and its subsidiaries;

 

   

non-contravention of applicable law and orders and SCTL’s organizational documents and contracts;

 

   

timely filing of SEC filings, accuracy and completeness of the SEC filings and absence of certain SEC investigations;

 

   

preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis, maintenance of system of internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and off-balance sheet arrangements;

 

   

absence of a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below) and absence of certain changes and events since September 30, 2023;

 

   

intellectual property rights;

 

   

compliance with privacy and information security laws;

 

   

material contracts and commitments, including compliance with governmental contracts;

 

   

absence of undisclosed liabilities;

 

   

absence of material litigation;

 

   

compliance with law;

 

   

regulatory compliance;

 

   

compliance with anti-corruption and money laundering laws, trade controls and sanctions;

 

   

governmental authorizations;

 

   

tax matters;

 

   

employee and labor matters;

 

   

employee benefit plan matters;

 

   

environmental matters;

 

   

real property;

 

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customers and suppliers;

 

   

title to owned and leased tangible assets and real property;

 

   

insurance matters;

 

   

absence of anti-takeover agreements or plans and exemption from takeover laws of Pennsylvania;

 

   

any required shareholder vote;

 

   

receipt of fairness opinion from financial advisor;

 

   

financial advisors and brokers; and

 

   

the exclusivity of the representations and warranties made by Parent and Purchaser.

Each of Parent and Purchaser has made customary representations and warranties to SCTL with respect to, among other matters:

 

   

corporate organization;

 

   

Purchaser’s formation and purpose;

 

   

corporate authority of Parent and Purchaser to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, and the due execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement;

 

   

non-contravention of applicable law and orders and their organizational documents and contracts;

 

   

disclosure in Schedule TO and information provided or included in Schedule 14D-9 and other documents relating to the Offer;

 

   

absence of litigation;

 

   

that neither is an “interested shareholder” within the meaning of Section 2553 of the PBCL;

 

   

financial advisors and brokers;

 

   

sufficiency of funds to consummate the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger; and

 

   

the exclusivity of the representations and warranties made by SCTL.

Some of the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement made by SCTL are qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect.” For purposes of the Merger Agreement, a “Material Adverse Effect” means any change, effect, circumstance, fact, event or occurrence (each, an “Effect”) which, individually or when taken together with all other Effects, either (a) has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of SCTL or (b) has prevented or materially delayed, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay, the consummation by SCTL of the Offer or the Merger; provided, that, in the case of clause (a) above, none of the following will be deemed in and of themselves, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and none of the following will be taken into account in determining whether there is, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect:

 

  (a)

any Effect generally affecting the U.S. or foreign economies, financial or securities markets, or political, legislative, or regulatory conditions, or the industries in which SCTL operates;

 

  (b)

any Effect arising out of or otherwise relating to fluctuations in the value of any currency exchange, interest or inflation rates or tariffs;

 

  (c)

any Effect arising out of or otherwise relating to any change (or proposed change) in, or any compliance with or action taken for the purpose of complying with, any law or GAAP (or interpretations of any law or GAAP);

 

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  (d)

any Effect arising out of or otherwise relating to any act of terrorism, cyberterrorism (whether or not or sponsored by a governmental body), outbreak of hostilities, acts of war, trade war, national or international calamity or any other similar event (or the escalation of any of the foregoing);

 

  (e)

any acts of god, natural disasters, force majeure events, weather or environmental events, health emergencies, pandemics (including COVID-19) or epidemics (or the escalation of any of the foregoing) and any governmental or industry responses thereto);

 

  (f)

any change in the market price or trading volume of SCTL’s stock or change in SCTL’s credit ratings;

 

  (g)

the failure of SCTL to meet internal or analysts’ expectations, projections, forecasts, guidance or estimates, including the results of operations of SCTL;

 

  (h)

any Effect resulting from the negotiation, execution, announcement, pendency or performance of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions or any Effect related to the identity of Parent or any of its affiliates as the acquiror of SCTL (or facts and circumstances concerning Parent or any of its affiliates), including the impact of any of the foregoing on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, of SCTL and its subsidiaries with any supplier, customer, wholesaler, service provider, distributor, licensor, licensee, regulator, employee, creditor, shareholder or other third parties;

 

  (i)

any Effect arising out of or otherwise directly relating to any action taken by SCTL at the written direction or with the approval of Parent, or any action specifically required to be taken by SCTL pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, or the failure of SCTL to take any action that SCTL is specifically prohibited from taking by the terms of the Merger Agreement to the extent Parent unreasonably fails to give its consent thereto after a written request therefor; and

 

  (j)

any Effect arising out of or relating to Parent’s or Purchaser’s breach of the Merger Agreement or the availability or cost of any equity or debt financing to Parent, Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation.

provided, however, that in the cases of clauses (a) through (e) above, such exclusion will only be applicable to the extent such matter does not have a disproportionate Effect on SCTL relative to other companies in the industries in which SCTL operates that are of a similar size to SCTL, in which case such Effect will be taken into account only to the extent of such materially disproportionate Effect on SCLT; provided, further, that in the cases of clauses (f) and (g), the underlying causes of any such Effect may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception in this definition.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, SCTL has represented that the SCTL Board has (a) determined that the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of SCTL and its shareholders, (b) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, including the Offer and the Merger, (c) resolved that that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (d) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

Covenants of SCTL. The Merger Agreement provides that, during the period from the date of the Merger Agreement until the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time (the “Pre-Closing Period”), except (a) as required or expressly provided for under the Merger Agreement or as required by applicable law; (b) as consented to in writing by Parent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); or (c) as set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, SCTL will:

 

   

conduct in all material respects its business and operations in the ordinary course;

 

   

promptly notify Parent of (i) any knowledge of the receipt of any notice from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required in connection with any of the Transactions; and (ii) the commencement of any legal proceeding, or if to SCTL’s knowledge, any legal proceeding has been threatened in writing;

 

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use commercially reasonable efforts to manage the transaction expenses incurred by SCTL such that they do not exceed the good faith estimate provided by SCTL to Parent in the Company Disclosure Letter; and

 

   

use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the material components of SCTL’s current business organization, including keeping available the services of current officers and key employees, and use commercially reasonable to maintain its relations and goodwill with all material suppliers, material customers, governmental bodies and other material business relations.

The Merger Agreement also contains specific covenants restricting SCTL and each of its subsidiaries from taking certain actions during the Pre-Closing Period without the prior written consent of Parent (which will not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned) (subject to the same exceptions listed above) including, among other things, not to:

 

   

amend any of the organizational documents of SCTL or the comparable charter or organization documents of any of its subsidiaries;

 

   

establish a record date for, declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any of any shares of its capital stock (including the Shares);

 

   

repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any of its shares of capital stock (including the Shares) or any right, warrants or options to acquire any shares of its capital stock, subject to certain limited exceptions;

 

   

split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any Shares or other equity interests;

 

   

issue, sell, grant, deliver, pledge, transfer, encumber or authorize the issuance, sale, grant delivery, pledge, transfer or encumbrance (other than pursuant to agreements in effect as of the date of the Merger Agreement) of (A) any capital stock, equity interest or other security of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any option, call, warrant, restricted securities or right to acquire any capital stock, equity interest or other security of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock, equity interest or other security of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions;

 

   

except as (i) otherwise required under applicable law, (ii) required pursuant to the terms of an applicable Employee Plan (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or (iii) in the ordinary course of business or as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, establish, adopt, terminate or amend any Employee Plan (or any plan, program, arrangement, practice or agreement that would be an Employee Plan if it were in existence on the date of the Merger Agreement), or amend or waive any of its rights under, any of the Employee Plans (or any plan, program, arrangement, practice or agreement that would be an Employee Plan if it were in existence on the date of the Merger Agreement) or grant any employee or director any material increase in compensation or other benefits, except that SCTL may (A) make promotions in the ordinary course of business; (B) provide increases in salary, wages, bonuses or benefits to employees in the ordinary course of business (which will include compensation adjustments consistent with promotions made in the ordinary course of business) or as required under an Employee Plan; (C) amend any Employee Plans to the extent required by applicable Laws; (D) make annual or quarterly bonus or commission payments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, including the 2023 Bonus; and (E) take such actions as are necessary to effect the determination of the SCTL Board (or a committee thereof) with respect to the settlement of Company RSUs;

 

   

hire or terminate (other than for cause) any employee or independent contractor with an annual base salary or annual base compensation (as applicable) in excess of $200,000;

 

   

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supplies, raw materials, inventory or products in the ordinary course of business), or (D) enter into any joint venture, partnership, collaboration or similar profit-sharing arrangement;

 

   

make or authorize any capital expenditure, except that the Company may make any capital expenditure that (A) does not exceed $250,000 individually or $1,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal quarter and (B) is set forth on Section 6.2(b)(viii) of the Company Disclosure Letter;

 

   

acquire, lease, license, sublicense, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of, divest or spin-off, abandon, waive, relinquish or permit to lapse (other than any patent expiring at the end of its statutory term), transfer, assign, guarantee, mortgage or otherwise subject to any material Encumbrance (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (other than Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) any material right or other material asset or property, except, in the case of any of the foregoing (A) in the ordinary course of business (including entering into non-exclusive license agreements in the ordinary course of business), (B) pursuant to dispositions of obsolete, surplus or worn out assets that are no longer useful in the conduct of the business of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) as provided for in SCTL’s capital expense budget delivered or made available to Parent prior to the date of the Merger Agreement;

 

   

lend money or make capital contributions or advances to or make investments in, any Person, or incur or guarantee any Indebtedness (as defined in the Merger Agreement), except for (A) short-term borrowings, of not more than $200,000 in the aggregate, incurred in the ordinary course of business, (B) advances to employees and consultants for travel and other business related expenses in the ordinary course of business, (C) intercompany loans and capital contributions, (D) sales commission advances made in the ordinary course of business or (E) Indebtedness that will be discharged at the Closing;

 

   

except as required by applicable law, make, rescind or change any material tax election, change any annual tax accounting period, adopt or change any material method of tax accounting, amend any material tax return, surrender any claim for a material refund of taxes, consent to the extension or waiver of the statutory period of limitations applicable to any tax claim or assessment (other than in connection with automatic extensions of the due date for filing a tax return), enter into any material closing agreement with respect to taxes, or settle or compromise any material tax assessment or other material tax liability;

 

   

commence any legal proceeding, except (A) with respect to routine matters in the ordinary course of business, (B) in such cases where SCTL reasonably determines in good faith that the failure to commence suit would result in a material impairment of a valuable aspect of its business (provided that SCTL consults with Parent and considers the views and comments of Parent with respect to any such legal proceeding prior to commencement thereof), or (C) in connection with a breach of the Merger Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby;

 

   

settle, release, waive or compromise any legal proceeding pending against SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, other than (A) any legal proceeding relating to a breach of the Merger Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby or (B) any one or more legal proceedings that results solely in an obligation involving only the payment of monies by SCTL of not more than $500,000 in the aggregate;

 

   

enter into any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with any labor organization (except to the extent required by applicable Laws);

 

   

implement any employee layoffs, plant closings, reductions in force, furloughs, temporary layoffs, work schedule changes or other such actions that could reasonably be expected to require advance notice under the WARN Act;

 

   

adopt or implement any shareholder rights plan or similar arrangement;

 

   

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by (A) GAAP, (B) Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (C) any governmental body or quasi-governmental authority (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization);

 

   

adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

 

   

(A) amend or modify, in either case in any material respect, waive any rights under, terminate, replace or release, settle or compromise any material claim, liability or obligation under any Material Contract (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or (B) enter into any contract which if entered into prior to the date of the Merger Agreement would have been a Material Contract; subject to the restrictions set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter;

 

   

waive or release any noncompetition, non-solicitation, nondisclosure, noninterference or non-disparagement obligation of any current or former employee or independent contractor;

 

   

take other actions outside the ordinary course of business or related to certain assets (it being understood and agreed that Parent may condition, withhold or delay its consent to SCTL taking any such actions in its sole and absolute discretion); or

 

   

authorize any of, or agree or commit to take, any of the actions described above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in the Merger Agreement gives Parent or Purchaser, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time. SCTL will exercise complete control and supervision over its and its subsidiaries’ respective operations prior to the Effective Time, consistent with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement.

Acquisition Proposals. SCTL will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, and will direct its representatives not to:

 

   

solicit, initiate, or propose the making, submission or announcement of, or knowingly induce, encourage, facilitate or assist, any inquiry, offer or proposal that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (as defined below);

 

   

furnish to any person (other than Parent and its affiliates and representatives) any non-public information relating to SCTL or afford to any Person access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of SCTL (other than Parent and its affiliates and representatives), in any such case, in connection with, or with the intent to induce the making, submission or announcement of, or to encourage, facilitate or assist, any inquiry, offer or proposal that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any inquiry, offer or proposal that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal; and

 

   

participate, enter into, or engage in any discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal;

 

   

enter into any letter of intent, acquisition agreement, agreement in principle or similar agreement with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; and

 

   

waive or release any Person from, or fail to use reasonable best efforts to enforce, any standstill agreement or any standstill provisions of any contract entered into in respect of an Acquisition Proposal, unless SCTL’s Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with SCTL’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the SCTL Board under applicable Law.

Acquisition Proposal” means any proposal, indication of interest or offer from any Person (other than Parent and its affiliates) or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, relating to, whether in a single transaction or series of related transactions, any (a) direct or indirect acquisition, sale or

 

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exclusive license of assets of the Company, joint venture, partnership, collaboration, revenue-sharing arrangement or similar transactions with respect to, any Company Product, or any assets of SCTL equal to 15% or more of the Company’s consolidated assets or to which 15% or more of the Company’s revenues or earnings on a consolidated basis are attributable, (b) issuance or acquisition of equity securities of SCTL (or instruments convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, such equity securities) representing 15% or more of the outstanding Shares or the total voting power of any class of equity securities of the Company, (c) recapitalization, tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or group beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding Shares or the total voting power of any class of equity securities of the Company, (d) any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving SCTL that if consummated would result in (i) any Person or group beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding Shares or the total voting power of any class of equity securities of SCTL or (ii) the shareholders of SCTL immediately preceding such transaction holding, directly or indirectly, equity interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction representing less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the voting power of the surviving or resulting entity, or (e) any combination of the foregoing, in each case, other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Except as otherwise described below, SCTL and its directors, officers and employees will, and SCTL will direct its other representatives to, (A) cease and cause to be terminated any solicitation and any and all discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than Parent, Purchaser, SCTL, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and (B) terminate access by any person (other than Parent, Purchaser, SCTL, or any of their respective affiliates or representatives) to any physical or electronic data room relating to any Acquisition Proposal. However, SCTL and its representatives may clarify and understand the terms and conditions of any inquiry or proposal made by any person for the sole purpose of determining whether it constitutes an Acquisition Proposal as described in this subsection “ —Acquisition Proposals.”

Notwithstanding the restrictions described above, if at any time following the date of the Merger Agreement and prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, SCTL receives an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from any third party that was made on or after the date of the Merger Agreement and that did not result from a breach of the provisions of the Merger Agreement which are described in this subsection “—Acquisition Proposals,” and the SCTL Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that the Acquisition Proposal constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Offer (as defined below) and that the failure to take the actions described in clause (a) or (b) below would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law, then SCTL and its representatives may (a) furnish information with respect to SCTL and its subsidiaries to the third party making the Acquisition Proposal or (b) engage in or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with the person or group of persons making such Acquisition Proposal. However, SCTL will, and will instruct its representative not to, disclose any material non-public information to such third party unless it has, or first enters into, a confidentiality agreement with such third party with confidentiality terms that, taken as a whole, are not materially less restrictive to the other person than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined below) and other confidentiality agreements that exist as of the date of the Merger Agreement and does not contain any provision preventing SCTL from providing disclosure to Parent as required pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Agreement as described in this subsection “—Acquisition Proposals.” SCTL must also, as promptly as practicable (and in any event within twenty-four hours) provide Parent any material non-public information concerning SCTL or its subsidiaries provided to the third party that was not previously provided to Parent and Purchaser.

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summary of the material terms and conditions of any Acquisition Proposal and keep Parent reasonably informed of any material developments, discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal on a reasonably prompt basis.

Superior Offer” means a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal received after the date of the Merger Agreement on terms and conditions that the SCTL Board (or a committee thereof) has determined, in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, would result in a transaction more favorable to the shareholders of SCTL (solely in their capacity as such) from a financial point of view than the Transactions, taking into account all the terms and conditions (including all financial, regulatory, financing, conditionality, legal and other terms and conditions) of such Acquisition Proposal and the Merger Agreement (including any changes to the terms of the Merger Agreement proposed in writing by Parent prior to the time of such determination and any fees to be paid by SCTL for terminating the Merger Agreement); provided, that for purposes of the definition of “Superior Offer,” the references to “15%” and “85%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be references to “50%.”

Prior to the termination of the Merger Agreement, the SCTL Board (or a committee thereof) may not take any action described in the following (any such action, a “Company Adverse Change Recommendation”):

 

   

withhold, withdraw, amend, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw, amend, qualify or modify, the SCTL Board’s recommendation;

 

   

approve, recommend or declare advisable, or publicly propose to approve, recommend or declare advisable, any Acquisition Proposal;

 

   

fail to publicly reaffirm the SCTL Board’s recommendation within ten days after Parent reasonably requests in writing or, if earlier, within two business days before the Expiration Date; provided, however, that SCTL will have no obligation to make such reaffirmation on more than three separate occasions;

 

   

following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the Shares by a person unaffiliated with Parent, fail to publicly affirm the SCTL Board’s recommendation and recommend that SCTL’s shareholders reject such tender offer or exchange offer within ten business days after the commencement of such tender offer or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act (or, if earlier, by the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the scheduled date of the Offer Acceptance Time); and

 

   

fail to include the SCTL Board’s recommendation in the Schedule 14D-9 when filed with the SEC or disseminated to SCTL’s shareholders.

Notwithstanding the restrictions described above or anything to the contrary set forth in the Merger Agreement, at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time:

 

   

if SCTL receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from any person that has not been withdrawn and, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the SCTL Board (or a committee thereof) determines, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, then (A) the SCTL Board may make a Company Adverse Change Recommendation or (B) terminate the Merger Agreement; provided that it pays the SCTL Termination Fee (as defined below) and SCTL and its representatives have otherwise complied with their obligations under the Merger Agreement. However, SCTL is only permitted to do the actions contemplated in clauses (A) and (B) above if, and only if, (x) the SCTL Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the SCTL Board to the SCTL shareholders under applicable law; (y) SCTL has given Parent prior written notice of its intention to make a Company Adverse Change Recommendation or terminate the Merger agreement at least 4 business days prior to making any such Company Adverse Change Recommendation or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Company Adverse Change Recommendation or

 

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termination) and, if desired by Parent, during such 5 business day period has negotiated, and has caused its representatives to negotiate, in good faith with respect to any revisions to the terms of the Merger Agreement or another proposal, to the extent proposed by Parent, so that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to constitute a Superior Offer; and (z) (1) SCTL has provided, and has directed its representatives to provide, to Parent, a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (2) SCTL has given Parent the 4 business days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of the Merger Agreement or make another proposal so that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to constitute a Superior Offer, and, to the extent requested by Parent, has negotiated in good faith with Parent and its representatives with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) at the end of such 5 business day period, the SCTL Board makes the determination that the Acquisition Proposal remains a Superior Offer (after taking into account the amendments to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions proposed by Parent, if any).

 

   

the SCTL Board may make a Company Adverse Change Recommendation if and only if (A) a Change in Circumstance (as defined below) has occurred; (B) SCTL has provided Parent a Determination Notice at least 4 business days prior to making any such Company Adverse Change Recommendation; and (C) (x) the Determination Notice specifies in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances relating to such Change in Circumstance that render a Company Adverse Change Recommendation necessary and includes such documents, information and data in SCTL’s possession as reasonably relate to such Change in Circumstance, (y) SCTL has given Parent 4 business days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of the Merger Agreement or make another proposal so that such Change in Circumstance would no longer necessitate a Company Adverse Change Recommendation, and, to the extent requested by Parent, has negotiated in good faith with Parent with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (z) at the end of such 4 business day period, the SCTL Board, after consultation with outside legal counsel, makes the determination, in good faith, that the failure to make the Company Adverse Change Recommendation in response to such Change in Circumstance would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the SCTL Board to SCTL’s shareholders under applicable law (after taking into account the amendments proposed to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions by Parent, if any).

Change in Circumstance” means any event, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence material to SCTL occurring after the date of the Merger Agreement that (a) has a material positive effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of SCTL, (b) was neither known to the SCTL Board nor reasonably foreseeable as of or prior to the date of the Merger Agreement, and (c) does not relate to any Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry, offer, request or proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that in no event will any of the following constitute or contribute to a Change in Circumstance: (i) changes (including changes of applicable Law) or conditions generally affecting the industry in which the Acquired Companies operate, (ii) changes in the market price or trading volume of SCTL Common Stock (it being understood that the underlying facts giving rise or contributing to such change may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Change in Circumstance), or (iii) SCTL’s meeting or exceeding any internal or published budgets, projections, forecasts or predictions of financial performance for any period, or the consequences of any of the foregoing (it being understood that the underlying facts giving rise or contributing to such change may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Change in Circumstance).

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to obtain as promptly as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any governmental body or other person in connection with the consummation of the transactions.

State Takeover Laws. In the event that any “fair price,” “business combination” or “control share acquisition” statute or other similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the parties will use their respective reasonable best efforts to grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms and conditions contemplated hereby and otherwise act to lawfully eliminate the effect of any such statute on any of the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions.

Access and Investigation. Unless prohibited by applicable law, from the date of the Merger Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, SCTL will provide Parent and its representatives (under supervision of appropriate personnel and in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the normal operation of SCTL’s business), at Parent’s sole expense, reasonable access during normal business hours to SCTL’s properties, books and records, contracts and personnel, and will furnish to Parent such information concerning SCTL’s business, properties and personnel as Parent or its representatives may reasonably request.

Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, SCTL and the SCTL Board will, to the extent necessary, take all appropriate action to approve, for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the disposition and cancellation or deemed disposition and cancellation by SCTL directors and officers of Shares, SCTL Options and SCTL RSUs in the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance. The Merger Agreement provides that, from and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will indemnify and hold harmless each present or former director or officer of SCTL (the “Indemnified Parties”) for their acts and omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time, including in respect of the Transactions, as provided in the articles of incorporation and bylaws of SCTL (as in effect as of the date of the Merger Agreement) and as provided in the indemnification agreements between SCTL and said Indemnified Persons in the forms made available by SCTL to Parent prior to the date of the Merger Agreement. These obligations will survive the Merger and will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of such Indemnified Persons, and will be observed by Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their successors and assigns to the fullest extent available under applicable law for a period of six years from the Effective Time.

From the Effective Time until the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time or (ii) such time as the Surviving Corporation ceases to exist, the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, shall contain, and Parent shall cause the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation to contain, to the extent permitted by applicable law, provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of each Indemnified Party than are set forth in the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date of the Merger Agreement.

From the Effective Time until the sixth anniversary of the date on which the Effective Time occurs, the Surviving Corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Indemnifying Parties”) will, to the fullest extent permitted under the articles of incorporation of SCTL (as in effect as of the date of the Merger Agreement) and applicable laws, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified Person in his or her capacity as an officer or director of SCTL against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement or compromise), fees, expenses, judgments or fines incurred by such Indemnified Person as an officer or director of SCTL in connection with any pending or threatened legal proceeding based on or arising out of, in whole or in part, the fact that such Indemnified Person is or was a director or officer of SCTL at or prior to the Effective Time and pertaining to any and all matters pending, existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including any such matter arising under any

 

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claim based in whole or in part on, or arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to the Merger Agreement or the Transactions.

SCTL will purchase, prior to the Effective Time, a tail policy under the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained at such time by SCTL, which will (i) be effective for a period from the Effective Time through and including the date that is six years after the Effective Time for claims arising from facts or events that existed or occurred prior to or at the Effective Time, and (ii) contain coverage at least as protective as the coverage provided by the existing policies. If SCTL obtains such tail policy prior to the Effective Time, Parent will cause the policy to be maintained for its full term and cause all obligations under such tail policy to be honored by the Surviving Corporation. If such tail policy is not obtained, for a period of six years from the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation will cause the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by SCTL and its subsidiaries with respect to matters arising on or before the Effective Time to be maintained. The annual premium for such tail policy may not exceed 300% of the last annual premium paid prior to the Effective Time.

Employment and Employee Benefits Matters. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Parent will honor, and will cause the Surviving Corporation to honor, all severance agreements for all employees of SCTL who are employed by SCTL as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and who continue to be employed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation (or any affiliate thereof) following the Effective Time (such employees, the “Continuing Employees”). In addition, for the period beginning at the Effective Time and ending on December 31, 2024, Parent will provide, or cause to be provided, to each Continuing Employee, in the discretion of Parent, (i) total target cash compensation (defined as base salary (or base wages, as they may be), plus target short-term cash incentive compensation opportunities) that is either (A) no less favorable than the total target cash compensation that is provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement or (B) substantially comparable to the total target cash compensation provided to similarly situated employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries and (ii) employee benefits (excluding change in control, transaction, retention, equity and equity-based or other long-term incentives, pension plans, retiree health and welfare, deferred compensation and severance arrangements (the “Specified Arrangements”)) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits (excluding the Specified Arrangements) that are (1) provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement pursuant to the Employee Plans, (2) provided to similarly situated employees of Parent or its subsidiaries or (3) a combination of (1) and (2).

Parent and the Surviving Corporation have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide each Continuing Employee, subject to applicable law and applicable tax qualification requirements, full credit (for purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting, benefit accruals, and vacation entitlement) for service with the Acquired Companies of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, in which such employees become participants on or after the Effective Time (each, a “Parent Plan”), to the same extent as such Continuing Employee was entitled, before the Effective Time, to credit for such service under any similar Employee Plan in which such Continuing Employee participated or was eligible to participate in immediately prior to the Effective Time; in each case, to the extent permitted under the terms of the applicable Parent Plans and applicable law. Parent will use commercially reasonable efforts to waive all limitations and exclusions as to pre-existing conditions, and all waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage requirements applicable to the Continuing Employees, to the extent that such limitations, exclusions and waiting periods would not (or, as applicable, did not) apply under a similar employee benefit plan in which such employees participated prior to the Effective Time.

Parent has also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any eligible expense incurred by a Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents during the portion of the plan year immediately before the Effective Time to be taken into account for purposes of satisfying all deductible, coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket requirements applicable to such Continuing Employee and his or her covered dependents under any health and welfare benefit plan of Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as if such amounts had been paid in accordance with the applicable health and welfare benefit plan of Parent or the Surviving Corporation.

 

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Shareholder Litigation. Prior to the Effective Time, SCTL will (1) provide Parent with prompt notice of all shareholder litigation relating the Merger Agreement, the Offer, the Merger or any of the Transactions; (2) keep Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof; (3) provide Parent with the reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all material filings or responses to be made by SCTL in connection with such litigation; and (4) provide Parent with the right to consult on any settlement with respect to such transaction litigation. SCTL may not settle any such litigation without Parent’s prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Delisting; Deregistration. Prior to the Effective Time, SCTL will cooperate with Parent and take, or cause to be taken, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under appliable law and the rules and policies of Nasdaq, to enable the delisting by the Surviving Corporation of the Shares from Nasdaq as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time and the deregistration of the Shares under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable following the delisting.

Tax Returns. SCTL and its subsidiaries have represented under the Merger Agreement that (i) they have timely filed on or before the applicable due date (taking into account any applicable extensions) all material tax returns required to be filed by them, (ii) all material tax returns have been prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and are accurate and complete in all material respects; and (iii) SCTL and its subsidiaries have timely paid in full all material taxes required to be paid.

Conditions to the Merger. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the respective obligations of SCTL, Parent and Purchaser to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permissible under applicable law, waiver by all parties) at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:

 

   

there will not have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and remain in effect any temporary, preliminary or permanent Order (as defined in the Merger Agreement) preventing the consummation of the Merger, nor any law or Order promulgated, entered, enforced, enacted, issued or deemed applicable to the Merger by any governmental body which directly or indirectly prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of the Merger; and

 

   

Purchaser will have irrevocably accepted for payment all of the Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer.

Termination. The Merger Agreement may be terminated, and the Offer and the Merger may be abandoned:

 

  (a)

by mutual written consent of Parent and SCTL at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time;

 

  (b)

by either SCTL or Parent if:

 

  (i)

the Offer Acceptance Time has not occurred on or prior to August 28, 2024; or

 

  (ii)

any court or other governmental body of competent jurisdiction has issued an Order that has the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the Offer or the Merger, or making consummation of the Offer or the Merger illegal, and such Order has become final and non-appealable.

 

  (c)

by Parent, at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, if:

 

  (i)

(A) the SCTL Board effects a Company Adverse Change Recommendation; or (B) SCTL willfully breaches any of its obligations under Section 6.3 (No Solicitation) of the Merger Agreement; or

 

  (ii)

there has been a breach of any representation or warranty made by SCTL in the Merger Agreement or SCTL has failed to perform any covenant or obligation in the Merger Agreement, and such breach or inaccuracy would cause a failure of the conditions of the Offer Conditions that cannot be satisfied or cured by SCTL by August 28, 2024, or if capable of being cured, SCTL has not cured within 30 days following the date on which Parent gives SCTL written notice of such breach or failure to perform.

 

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by SCTL, at any time prior to the Offer Acceptance Time:

 

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in order to accept a Superior Offer and substantially concurrently with such termination enter into a binding written definitive acquisition agreement providing for the consummation of a transaction constituting a Superior Offer (a “Specified Agreement”), if (A) SCTL has determined that an Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Offer in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, (B) SCTL has complied in all material respects with its covenants and obligations under Section 6.3 (No Solicitation) of the Merger Agreement, and (C) SCTL, prior to or concurrently with such termination, pays Parent the SCTL Termination Fee (as defined below);

 

  (ii)

there has been a breach of any representation or warranty made by Parent or Purchaser in the Merger Agreement or there has been a failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Purchaser and such breach or failure would reasonably be expected to prevent Parent or Purchaser from consummating the Transactions (and such breach cannot be cured before the earlier of (A) August 28, 2024 and (B) thirty days following receipt by Parent or Purchaser of written notice of such breach or, if such breach is capable of being cured within such period, it has not been cured within this period); or

 

  (iii)

in the event (A) Purchaser fails to commence the Offer in violation of the Merger Agreement (other than due to a violation by SCTL of its obligations under the Merger Agreement); (B) Purchaser terminates the Offer prior to the effective Expiration Date when it is not otherwise permitted to do so under the Merger Agreement; or (C) Purchaser fails to purchase all Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) when required to do so in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Effect of Termination. If the Merger Agreement is properly and validly terminated, the Merger Agreement will be of no further force or effect and there will be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Purchaser or SCTL following any such termination, except that (i) certain specified provisions of the Merger Agreement will survive, including those described under “SCTL Termination Fee” below; (ii) the confidentiality agreement by and among Parent and SCTL will survive the termination of the Merger Agreement and remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms; and (iii) termination will not relieve any party from liability for fraud or any willful or intentional breach of such party’s representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in the Merger Agreement.

SCTL Termination Fee. In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated: (i) by SCTL because the SCTL Board has determined than an Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Offer and has complied in all material respects with its covenants and obligations under Section 6.3 (No Solicitation) of the Merger Agreement; (ii) by Parent because SCTL has either (A) effected a Company Adverse Change Recommendation or (B) willfully breached its obligations under Section 6.3 (No Solicitation) of the Merger Agreement; (iii) (A) (x) by either Parent or SCTL because the Offer Acceptance Time has not occurred on or prior to August 28, 2024 or (y) by Parent because there has been a breach of any representation or warranty made by SCTL in the Merger Agreement or SCTL has failed to perform any covenant or obligation in the Merger Agreement, and such breach or inaccuracy would cause a failure of the conditions of the Offer Conditions that cannot be satisfied or cured by SCTL by August 28, 2024, or if capable of being cured, SCTL has not cured within 30 days following the date on which Parent gives SCTL written notice of such breach or failure to perform (provided, that in either case, at the time of such termination, the Minimum Condition is not satisfied), (B) prior to any such termination, a bona fide Acquisition Proposal has been made to SCTL or publicly disclosed (whether by SCTL or the third party), and in each case, has not been withdrawn prior to the date of such termination, and (C) within 12 months after such termination, (1) SCTL consummates a transaction relating to the an Acquisition Proposal or (2) SCTL enters into an agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and such Acquisition Proposal is subsequently consummated, then SCTL has agreed to pay Parent a termination fee of $5,000,000 (the “SCTL Termination Fee”). SCTL will not be required to pay the SCTL Termination Fee more than once pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

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Remedies. SCTL, Parent and Purchaser have agreed that in the event of any breach of the Merger Agreement, irreparable harm would occur that money damages could not make whole. Accordingly, the parties have agreed that (i) each party will be entitled to (subject to certain provisions of the Merger Agreement), in addition to any other remedy it may be entitled to at law or in equity, to compel specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of the Merger Agreement in any action without the posting of a bond or undertaking, and (ii) the parties waive, in any action for specific performance, the defense of adequacy of a remedy at law and any other objections to specific performance of the Merger Agreement.

Fees and Expenses. Except in limited circumstances expressly specified in the Merger Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby will be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Offer and Merger are consummated; provided, however, that if the Closing occurs, then Parent will pay or cause to be paid (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds all amounts owing (whether or not then due and payable) by SCTL or any of its Subsidiaries as out-of-pocket advisory, broker, accounting, legal, investment banking and other professional fees incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as and when due and (ii) to the recipient thereof, in accordance with the applicable terms, all sale, change in control, transaction or retention bonuses or severance payments or other transaction-related payments to be paid to any current or former employee, director, officer or other service provider of any of SCTL or any of its Subsidiaries becomes payable as a result of the execution of Merger Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in connection with any subsequent event(s)) as and when due, subject to the receipt of customary payoff letters, invoices or termination agreements, as applicable, to the extent reasonably requested by Parent. SCTL has provided Parent with its good faith estimate of all expenses it expects to incur or it will be or become obligated to pay at or in connection with closing. SCTL has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to manage the expenses during the pre-closing period such that they do not exceed the good faith estimate provided by SCTL. However, SCTL is not prohibited from incurring additional transaction expenses to the extent it reasonably determines in good faith that such transaction expenses are necessary and appropriate in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

Governing Law. The Merger Agreement is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof.

Other Agreements

Tender and Support Agreements

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the directors and executive officers of SCTL and certain of their affiliates, along with certain other SCTL shareholders, including First Light Asset Management (the “Supporting Shareholders”), and the Purchaser entered into tender and support agreements (the “Support Agreements”). Collectively, as of February 28, 2024, the Supporting Shareholders beneficially owned approximately 25.5% of the outstanding Shares.

The Tender and Support Agreements provide that, no later than ten business days after the commencement of the Offer, the Supporting Shareholders will tender into the Offer, and not withdraw, all the Shares that each Supporting Shareholder owns of record or beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) as of the date of the Tender and Support Agreements or that the Supporting Shareholders acquires record ownership or beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of after such date during the Support Period (as defined below) (collectively, the “Subject Shares”).

During the period from February 28, 2024 until the termination of the Tender and Support Agreements (the “Support Period”), the Supporting Shareholders have agreed, in connection with any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of SCTL, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to (i) appear

 

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at each such meeting or otherwise cause all such Subject Shares to be counted as present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and (ii) be present (in person or by proxy) and vote or cause to be voted, or deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with respect to all of the Subject Shares, (x) against any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to (1) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of SCTL contained in the Merger Agreement or of the Support Agreement Party in the Support Agreement; or (2) result in any of the conditions set forth in Section 11 — “The Merger Agreement; Other AgreementsConditions to the Merger” or Section 15 — “Conditions to the Offer” of this Offer to Purchase not being satisfied by August 28, 2024; (y) against any change in membership of the SCTL Board that is not recommended or approved by the SCTL Board; and (z) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other action, agreement or transaction involving SCTL that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or prevent the consummation of the Offer or the Merger.

During the Support Period, each Supporting Shareholder has further agreed not to, directly or indirectly, (i) create or permit to exist any Encumbrance (as defined in the Merger Agreement), other than certain Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Merger Agreement), on any of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares, (ii) transfer, sell (including short sell), assign, gift, hedge, distribute, pledge, grant a participation interest in, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by depositing, submitting or otherwise tendering any such Subject Shares into any tender or exchange offer other than the Offer), or enter into any derivative arrangement with respect to (collectively, “Transfer”), any of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares, or any right or interest therein (or consent to any of the foregoing), (iii) enter into any contract with respect to any Transfer of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares or any legal or beneficial 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 of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares, (v) deposit or permit the deposit of any of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of such Supporting Shareholder’s Subject Shares, or (vi) take or permit any other action that would in any way restrict, limit, impede, delay or interfere with the performance of such Supporting Shareholder’s obligations thereunder in any material respect, otherwise make any representation or warranty of such Supporting Shareholder therein untrue or incorrect, or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Supporting Shareholder from complying with any of their obligations under the Tender and Support Agreements. The restrictions on Transfer are subject to certain customary exceptions.

During the Support Period, the Supporting Shareholders, solely in their capacities as shareholders of SCTL, will not, and will cause their representatives not to, directly or indirectly (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of providing information or taking any other action) any inquiries, proposals or offers, or the making of any submission or announcement of any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) directly or indirectly engage in, enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding, or furnish to any person any information or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of SCTL to, or take any other action to assist, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any effort by any person, in each case in connection with or in response to any inquiry, offer or proposal that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, (iii) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement, purchase agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or other similar instrument relating to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) knowingly encourage or recommend any other holder of Shares to vote against the Merger or to not tender Shares into the Offer or (vi) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. The Tender and Support Agreements provide that the Supporting Shareholders’ obligations under the agreements are solely in their respective capacities as shareholders of SCTL, and not, if applicable, in such shareholders’ or any of their affiliates’ capacity as a director, officer or employee of SCTL, and that nothing in the Tender and Support Agreements in any way restricts a director or officer of SCTL in the taking of any actions (or failures to act) in his or her capacity as a director or officer of SCTL, or in the exercise of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer of SCTL.

 

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Each Tender and Support Agreement terminates automatically upon the earliest of (i) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, (ii) the Effective Time, or (iii) the date on which any amendment or change to the Merger Agreement or the Offer is effected without the applicable Supporting Shareholders’ consent that decreases the amount, or changes the form, of consideration payable to all shareholders of SCTL pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

The Confidentiality Agreement

SCTL and QHP Capital entered into a Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement, effective as of October 27, 2023, as amended, in connection with a possible negotiated business transaction between the parties or their respective affiliates (as amended, the “Confidentiality Agreement”). Under the Confidentiality Agreement, QHP Capital agreed, among other things, to keep certain non-public information concerning SCTL confidential (subject to certain exceptions, including, but not limited to, if certain confidential information was in the public domain prior to the time of its disclosure under the Confidentiality Agreement or if certain confidential information is or was independently developed or discovered by or for QHP Capital without use of or reference to SCTL’s confidential information). Obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement will remain in effect for two years following expiration of the term of the Confidentiality Agreement. The Confidentiality Agreement was amended on February  28, 2024, to clarify that the standstill obligations do not apply to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

12. Purpose of the Offer; Plans for SCTL.

Purpose of the Offer. The purpose of the Offer is for Parent, through Purchaser, to acquire control of, and the entire equity interest in, SCTL. The Offer, as the first step in the acquisition of SCTL, is intended to facilitate the acquisition of all outstanding Shares. The purpose of the Merger is to acquire all outstanding Shares not tendered and purchased pursuant to the Offer. If the Offer is consummated, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the obligations of Parent and Purchaser to effect the Merger contained in the Merger Agreement, Purchaser intends to consummate the Merger as soon as practicable following the Offer Acceptance Time.

Former holders of Shares whose Shares are purchased in the Offer will cease to have any equity interest in SCTL and will no longer participate in the future growth of SCTL. If the Merger is consummated, all current holders of Shares will no longer have an equity interest in SCTL, regardless of whether they tender their Shares in connection with the Offer, and instead will only have the right to receive the Offer Price or, to the extent that holders of Shares are entitled to and have properly demanded appraisal in connection with the Merger in compliance with Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL, the amounts to which such holders of Shares are entitled thereunder.

Merger Without a Vote of the SCTL Shareholders. If the Offer is consummated, we are not required to and will not seek the approval of SCTL’s remaining shareholders before effecting the Merger. Section 321(f) of the PBCL generally provides that, following consummation of a successful tender offer for a public corporation, and subject to certain statutory provisions, if the acquiring corporation and its affiliates own at least such percentage of the shares of stock, and each class or series thereof of the target corporation that, absent Section 321(f) of the PBCL, would be required to adopt a merger agreement under the PBCL and the target corporation’s articles of incorporation, and the other shareholders are entitled to receive the same consideration for their stock in the merger as was payable in the tender offer, the acquiring corporation may effect a merger without a vote of the shareholders of the target corporation. Accordingly, if the Offer is completed, it will mean that the Minimum Condition has been satisfied, and if the Minimum Condition has been satisfied, it will mean that the Merger will be effected in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL. Accordingly, if we consummate the Offer, we intend to effect the closing of the Merger without a vote of the shareholders of SCTL, in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

 

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Plans for SCTL. If the Offer and Merger are consummated, at the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation’s articles of incorporation and bylaws will be amended and restated to conform to the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Purchaser as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that references to the name of Purchaser will be replaced by references to the name of the Surviving Corporation. Purchaser’s directors immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the initial directors of the Surviving Corporation, and the officers of the Surviving Corporation will be the respective individuals who served as the officers of Purchaser as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in each case, until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal. SCTL will request each director of SCTL immediately prior to the Effective Time to execute and deliver a letter effectuating his or her resignation as a member of the SCTL Board.

Except as otherwise provided herein, it is expected that, initially following the Merger, the business and operations of SCTL will, except as set forth in this Offer to Purchase, be continued substantially as they are currently being conducted. Based on available information, we are conducting a detailed review of SCTL and its assets, corporate structure, dividend policy, capitalization, indebtedness, operations, properties, policies and management and personnel, and will consider what, if any, changes would be desirable in light of the circumstances which exist upon completion of the Offer. We also expect that the Shares will be delisted and will no longer be quoted on Nasdaq, and that SCTL’s obligation to file periodic reports under the Exchange Act will be suspended. We will continue to evaluate the business and operations of SCTL during the pendency of the Offer and after the consummation of the Offer and will take such actions as we deem appropriate under the circumstances then existing. Thereafter, we intend to review such information as part of a comprehensive review of SCTL’s business, operations, capitalization and management with a view to optimizing the value of Parent. Possible changes could include changes in SCTL’s business, corporate structure, charter, bylaws, capitalization, board of directors, management, business development opportunities, asset purchases or sales, strategic transactions, indebtedness or dividend policy.

Except as described above or elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase, Purchaser and Parent have no present plans or proposals that would relate to or result in (i) any extraordinary corporate transaction involving SCTL or any of its subsidiaries (such as a merger, reorganization, liquidation, relocation of any operations or sale or other transfer of a material amount of assets), (ii) any sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of SCTL or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any change in the SCTL Board or management of SCTL, (iv) any material change in SCTL’s capitalization or dividend policy, (v) any other material change in SCTL’s corporate structure or business, (vi) a class of securities of SCTL being delisted from a national securities exchange or ceasing to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association or (vii) a class of equity securities of SCTL being eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

13. Certain Effects of the Offer.

Because the Merger will be effected in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL, no shareholder vote will be required to consummate the Merger. Following the Offer Acceptance Time and subject to the satisfaction of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, we and SCTL will consummate the Merger as soon as practicable. We do not expect there to be a significant period of time between the Offer Acceptance Time and the consummation of the Merger.

Market for Shares. If the Offer is consummated and we accordingly acquire a number of Shares that satisfies the Minimum Condition and the other conditions to the Merger are satisfied or waived, then, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, we will effect the Merger as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer. As a result of the Merger, there will be no public or other market for the Shares.

Stock Exchange Listing. The Shares are currently listed on Nasdaq. However, the rules of Nasdaq establish certain criteria that, if not met, could lead to the delisting of Shares from Nasdaq. Among these criteria are the number of shareholders, the number of shares publicly held and the aggregate market value of the shares publicly

 

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held. If, as a result of the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, the Shares no longer meet the requirements of Nasdaq for continued listing, the market for Shares would be adversely affected. Parent, Purchaser and SCTL have agreed to take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary to delist the Shares from Nasdaq after the Effective Time. We expect to consummate the Merger as soon as practicable following the Offer Acceptance Time and, if the Merger takes place, SCTL will no longer be publicly traded.

Margin Regulations. The Shares are currently “margin securities” under the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”), which designation has the effect, among other effects, of allowing brokers to extend credit on the collateral of Shares. Depending upon factors similar to those described above regarding the market for Shares and stock quotations, it is possible that, following the Offer, Shares would no longer constitute “margin securities” for the purposes of the margin regulations of the Federal Reserve Board and, therefore, could no longer be used as collateral for loans made by brokers.

Exchange Act Registration. The Shares are currently registered under the Exchange Act. The registration of the Shares may be terminated upon application by SCTL to the SEC if Shares are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor held by 300 or more holders of record. Termination of the registration of Shares under the Exchange Act would substantially reduce the information required to be furnished by SCTL to its shareholders and to the SEC and would make certain provisions of the Exchange Act no longer applicable to SCTL, such as the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the requirement of furnishing a proxy statement pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with shareholders meetings and the related requirement of furnishing an annual report to shareholders and the requirements of Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act with respect to “going private” transactions. Furthermore, the ability of “affiliates” of SCTL and persons holding “restricted securities” of SCTL to dispose of such securities pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be impaired. If registration of Shares under the Exchange Act were terminated, the Shares would no longer be “margin securities” or be eligible for listing on Nasdaq as described above. Parent and Purchaser currently intend to cause SCTL to terminate the registration of Shares under the Exchange Act (and as permitted by applicable law, the requirement to make filings under the Exchange Act) after the Effective Time and as soon as the requirements for termination of registration are met.

14. Dividends and Distributions.

The Merger Agreement provides that, from the date of the Merger Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of the Merger Agreement, neither SCTL nor any of its subsidiaries will establish a record date for, declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock.

15. Conditions to the Offer.

Purchaser will not be required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act, to pay for any Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer and may delay the acceptance for payment of or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, the payment for, any validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) Shares, and (subject to the provisions of the Merger Agreement) may terminate the Offer and not accept for payment any tendered Shares if the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms or at any scheduled Expiration Date (subject to any extensions of the Offer pursuant to the Merger Agreement), if any of the following conditions are not satisfied or waived in writing by Parent as of the Expiration Date:

 

  (i)

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  (C) subject to an agreement that they are to be transferred, contributed or delivered to the Purchaser, any parent of Purchaser or any wholly owned subsidiary of any of the foregoing in exchange for shares or interests in Parent or Purchaser or such parent or subsidiary, collectively represent at least one Share more than 50% of the then issued and outstanding Shares as of immediately after the consummation of the Offer (the “Minimum Condition”);

 

  (ii)

(A) the representations and warranties of SCTL set forth in Section 4.1 (Due Organization; Subsidiaries, Etc.), Section 4.3 (Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement), Section 4.4 (Capitalization, Etc.) (solely with respect to subsections (b) and (e)), Section 4.5 (Non-Contravention; Consents) (solely with respect to clause (a)), Section 4.25 (Merger Approval) and Section 4.27 (Brokers and Other Advisors) of the Agreement will have been accurate (disregarding for this purpose all “Material Adverse Effect” and “materiality” qualifications contained in such representations and warranties) in all material respects at and as of the Offer Acceptance Time as if made on and as of such time (except representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of another date or time, in which case as of such other date or time); (B) the representations and warranties of SCTL set forth in Section 4.4 (Capitalization, Etc.) (solely with respect to subsections (a), (c) and (d)) and Section 4.7 (solely with respect to subsection (a)) of the Agreement will have been accurate in all respects as of the date of the Merger Agreement and will be accurate in all respects (other than de minimis inaccuracies and inaccuracies resulting from actions permitted by the Merger Agreement or consented to by Parent) (it being understood that the accuracy of those representations or warranties that address matters only as of a specific date will be measured as of such date); and (C) all of the other representations and warranties of SCTL set forth in the Merger Agreement (other than those referred to in clauses (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above) will have been accurate (disregarding for this purpose all “Material Adverse Effect” and “materiality” qualifications contained in such representations and warranties) in all respects at and as of the Offer Acceptance Time as if made on and as of such time (except representations and warranties that by their terms speak specifically as of another date or time, in which case as of such other date or time), except where any failure of any representation or warranty to be so accurate has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect (the “Representations Condition”);

 

  (iii)

SCTL having complied with or performed in all material respects all of SCTL’s covenants and agreements it is required to comply with or perform at or prior to the Offer Acceptance Time (the “Obligations Condition”);

 

  (iv)

Parent and Purchaser having received a certificate executed on behalf of SCTL by SCTL’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer confirming that the Representations Condition, the Obligations Condition and the MAE Condition (as defined below) have been duly satisfied;

 

  (v)

there having not been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or remain in effect any temporary, preliminary or permanent Order preventing the acquisition of or payment for Shares pursuant to the Offer, nor will any Law (other than any Antitrust Law) have or Order been promulgated, entered, enforced, enacted, issued or deemed applicable to the Offer or the Merger by any Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction and remaining in effect that directly or indirectly enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits, or makes illegal, the acquisition of or payment for Shares pursuant to the Offer, or the consummation of the Merger (the “Order Condition”);

 

  (vi)

any waiting period (or any extension thereof) applicable to the Offer under the HSR Act will have expired or been terminated (the “Regulatory Condition”);

 

  (vii)

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The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent and Purchaser and other than each of the Minimum Condition, Order Condition and Regulatory Condition, may be waived (but solely to the extent permitted by the Agreement and applicable Law) by Parent and Purchaser, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of Parent and Purchaser. For purposes of this Section 15, capitalized terms used in this Section 15, defined in the Merger Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit (d)(1) of the Schedule TO and is incorporated herein by reference.

16. Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals; Appraisal Rights.

General. Except as described in this Section 16, based on its examination of publicly available information filed by SCTL with the SEC, other publicly available information concerning SCTL and other information made available to Purchaser by SCTL, Purchaser is not aware of any governmental license or regulatory permit that appears to be material to SCTL’s business that might be adversely affected by Purchaser’s acquisition of Shares as contemplated herein or of any approval or other action by any governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, that would be required for the acquisition or ownership of Shares by Purchaser or Parent as contemplated herein. Should any such approval or other action be required, Purchaser currently contemplates that, except as described below under “State Takeover Statutes,” such approval or other action will be sought. While Purchaser does not currently intend to delay acceptance for payment of Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter, there can be no assurance that any such approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained without substantial conditions or that if such approvals were not obtained or such other actions were not taken, adverse consequences might not result to SCTL’s business, any of which under certain conditions specified in the Merger Agreement could cause Purchaser to elect to terminate the Offer without the purchase of Shares thereunder. See Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer.”

State Takeover Statutes. A number of states (including Pennsylvania, where SCTL is incorporated) have adopted laws that purport, to varying degrees, to apply to attempts to acquire securities of corporations that are incorporated in, or that have substantial assets, shareholders, principal executive offices or principal places of business in those states or whose business operations otherwise have substantial economic effects in such states. SCTL, directly or through subsidiaries, conducts business in a number of states throughout the United States, some of which have enacted such laws.

The Pennsylvania Takeover Disclosure Law (“PTDL”) purports to regulate certain attempts to acquire a corporation which (i) is organized under the laws of Pennsylvania or (ii) has its principal place of business and substantial assets located in Pennsylvania. In Crane Co. v. Lam, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania preliminarily enjoined, on grounds arising under the United States Constitution, enforcement of at least the portion of the PTDL involving the pre-offer waiting period thereunder. Section 8(a) of the PTDL provides an exemption for any offer to purchase securities as to which the board of directors of the target company recommends acceptance to its shareholders, if at the time such recommendation is first communicated to shareholders the Purchaser files with the Pennsylvania Securities Commission (“PSC”) a copy of the Schedule TO and certain other information and materials. The SCTL Board has unanimously (i) determined that the Transactions are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be governed by Section 321(f) of the PBCL and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer.

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with the Section 8(a) filing. The Section 8(a) filing should be available for inspection at the PSC’s office at 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 during business hours.

Chapter 25 of the PBCL contains other provisions relating generally to takeovers and acquisitions of certain publicly owned Pennsylvania corporations such as SCTL that have a class or series of shares entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of a corporation registered under the Exchange Act (a “registered corporation”). The following discussion is a general and abbreviated summary of certain features of such chapter, is not intended to be complete or to completely address potentially applicable exceptions or exemptions, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Chapter 25 of the PBCL.

In addition to other provisions not applicable to the Offer or the Merger, Subchapter 25D of the PBCL includes provisions requiring, among other things, approval of a merger of a registered corporation with an “interested shareholder” in which the “interested shareholder” is treated differently from other shareholders, by the affirmative vote of the shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders other than the interested shareholder are entitled to cast with respect to the transaction without counting the votes of the interested shareholder. This disinterested shareholder approval requirement is not applicable to a transaction (i) approved by a majority of disinterested directors, (ii) in which the consideration to be received by shareholders is not less than the highest amount paid by the interested shareholder in acquiring shares of the same class, or (iii) effected without submitting the merger to a vote of shareholders as permitted in Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

Subchapter 25E of the PBCL provides that, in the event that a purchaser (or a group of related persons, or any other person or group of related persons) were to acquire Shares that would cause them to hold at least 20% of the voting power of SCTL, in connection with the Offer or otherwise (a “Control Transaction”), shareholders of SCTL would have the right to demand “fair value” of such shareholders’ Shares and to be paid such fair value upon compliance with the requirements of Subchapter 25E. Under Subchapter 25E, “fair value” may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the controlling person or group at any time during the 90-day period ending on and including the date of the Control Transaction, plus an increment, if any, representing any value, including, without limitation, any proportion of value payable for acquisition of control of SCTL, that may not be reflected in such price.

Subchapter 25F of the PBCL prohibits under certain circumstances certain “business combinations,” including mergers and sales or pledges of significant assets, of a registered corporation with an “interested shareholder” for a period of five years. Subchapter 25F exempts, among other things, business combinations approved by the board of directors prior to a shareholder becoming an interested shareholder.

Subchapter 25G of the PBCL, relating to “control-share acquisitions,” prevents under certain circumstances the owner of a control-share block of shares of a registered corporation from voting such shares unless a majority of both the “disinterested” shares and all voting shares approve such voting rights. Failure to obtain such approval may result in a forced sale by the control-share owner of the control share block to the corporation at a possible loss.

Subchapter 25H of the PBCL, relating to profit disgorgement by certain controlling shareholders of a registered corporation who obtained or sought to obtain control of such corporation, provides that under certain circumstances any profit realized by such a shareholder from the disposition of shares of the corporation to any person (including to SCTL under Subchapter 25G or otherwise) will be recoverable by SCTL.

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25J of the PBCL provides protection against termination or impairment under certain circumstances of “covered labor contracts” of a registered corporation as a result of a “business combination transaction” if the business operation to which the covered labor contract relates was owned by the registered corporation at the time voting rights of the acquired Shares are restored by shareholder vote after a control-share acquisition.

Section 2504 of the PBCL provides that the applicability of Chapter 25 of the PBCL to a registered corporation having a class or series of shares entitled to vote generally in the election of directors registered under the Exchange Act or otherwise satisfying the definition of a registered corporation under Section 2502(1) of the PBCL will terminate immediately upon the termination of the status of the corporation as a registered corporation.

SCTL has represented to Parent and Purchaser in the Merger Agreement that the SCTL Board has taken or will take, prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, all actions necessary so that any restrictions related to business combinations contained in the PBCL will be inapplicable to the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions.

In 1982, in Edgar v. MITE Corp., the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated on constitutional grounds the Illinois Business Takeover Statute which, as a matter of state securities law, made takeovers of corporations meeting certain requirements more difficult. However, in 1987, in CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America, the Supreme Court held that the State of Indiana could, as a matter of corporate law, constitutionally disqualify a potential acquiror from voting shares of a target corporation without the prior approval of the remaining shareholders where, among other things, the corporation is incorporated, and has a substantial number of shareholders, in the state. Subsequently, in TLX Acquisition Corp. v. Telex Corp., a U.S. federal district court in Oklahoma ruled that the Oklahoma statutes were unconstitutional as applied to corporations incorporated outside Oklahoma in that they would subject such corporations to inconsistent regulations. Similarly, in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. McReynolds, a U.S. federal district court in Tennessee ruled that four Tennessee takeover statutes were unconstitutional as applied to corporations incorporated outside Tennessee. This decision was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In December 1988, a U.S. federal district court in Florida held in Grand Metropolitan PLC v. Butterworth that the provisions of the Florida Affiliated Transactions Act and the Florida Control Share Acquisition Act were unconstitutional as applied to corporations incorporated outside of Florida. The state law before the Supreme Court was by its terms applicable only to corporations that had a substantial number of shareholders in the state and were incorporated there.

Purchaser is not aware of any other state takeover laws or regulations which are applicable to the Offer or the Merger and has not attempted to comply with any such state takeover laws or regulations. If any government official or third party should seek to apply any such state takeover law to the Offer or the Merger or other business combination between Purchaser or any of its affiliates and SCTL, Purchaser will take such action as then appears desirable, which action may include challenging the applicability or validity of such statute in appropriate court proceedings. In the event it is asserted that one or more state takeover statutes is applicable to the Offer or the Merger and an appropriate court does not determine that it is inapplicable or invalid as applied to the Offer or the Merger, Purchaser might be required to file certain information with, or to receive approvals from, the relevant state authorities or holders of Shares, and Purchaser might be unable to accept for payment or pay for Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer, or be delayed in continuing or consummating the Offer or the Merger. In such case, Purchaser may not be obligated to accept for payment or pay for any tendered Shares. See Section 15—“Conditions to the Offer.”

Foreign Laws. Based on a review of the information currently available relating to the countries and businesses in which SCTL and Parent are engaged, Parent and Purchaser are not aware of any material filing or approval in any foreign country that is required in order to consummate the Offer and the Merger.

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tendered their Shares pursuant to the Offer and who comply with the applicable legal requirements will have dissenters’ rights under Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL or any successor or replacement provision to dissent and demand appraisal of, and to receive payment in cash of the fair value of, their Shares, in lieu of the right to receive the Offer Price. Such rights to demand appraisal, if the statutory procedures are met, could lead to a judicial determination of the fair value of the Shares, as of the Effective Time (excluding any element of value in anticipation of the Merger), required to be paid in cash to such dissenting holders for their Shares. Any such judicial determination of the fair value of the Shares could be based upon considerations other than or in addition to the Offer Price or the market value of the Shares, including asset values and the investment value of the Shares. The fair value so determined could be more or less than the per Share Offer Price. Moreover, Purchaser or SCTL may argue in an appraisal proceeding that, for purposes of such a proceeding, the fair value of such Shares is less than the Offer Price.

As will be described more fully in the Schedule 14D-9, in order to exercise appraisal rights under Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL in connection with the Merger, an SCTL shareholder must do all of the following:

 

   

prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, deliver to SCTL a written notice of intention to demand payment of the fair value of his, her or its shares (if the Merger is completed);

 

   

make no change in the holder’s beneficial ownership of his, her or its shares from the date of the written notice through the day of the Merger; and

 

   

refrain from tendering his, her or its shares in the Offer.

Any holder of Shares who wishes to exercise such appraisal rights or who wishes to preserve his, her or its right to do so in connection with the Merger should carefully review each of the Schedule 14D-9 and Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL because failure to timely and properly comply with the procedures specified will result in the loss of appraisal rights under the PBCL.

The foregoing discussion is not a complete statement of law pertaining to dissenters’ rights under the PBCL and is qualified in its entirety by the full text Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL. The preservation and proper exercise of appraisal rights requires strict and timely adherence to the applicable provisions of the PBCL. Failure to fully and precisely follow the steps required by Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL for the perfection of appraisal rights will result in the loss of those rights. The Schedule 14D-9 will include information directing the SCTL shareholders to a publicly available electronic resource at which Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL may be accessed without subscription or cost. The Schedule 14D-9 will constitute the formal notice of appraisal rights under Chapter 15, Subchapter D of the PBCL. Any SCTL shareholder wishing to exercise appraisal rights is urged to consult legal counsel before attempting to exercise such rights.

The information provided above is for informational purposes only. If you tender your Shares in the Offer, you will not be entitled to exercise appraisal rights with respect to your Shares but, instead, upon the terms and subject to the Offer Conditions, you will receive the Offer Price for your Shares.

“Going Private” Transactions. The SEC has adopted Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act, which is applicable to certain “going private” transactions, and which may under certain circumstances be applicable to the Merger or another business combination following the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer in which Purchaser seeks to acquire the remaining Shares not held by it. Purchaser believes that Rule 13e-3 will not be applicable to the Merger because it is anticipated that the Merger will be effected within one year following the consummation of the Offer and, in the Merger, shareholders will receive the same Offer Price as that paid in the Offer.

Litigation. To the knowledge of Parent and Purchaser, as of March 8, 2024, there is no pending litigation against Parent, Purchaser or SCTL in connection with the Merger or the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

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Shareholder Approval Not Required. Section 321(f) of the PBCL generally provides that no vote of shareholders of a constituent corporation that has a class or series of stock that is listed on a national securities exchange is required to authorize a merger if certain requirements are met, including that (a) the acquiring company consummates a tender offer for any and all of the outstanding stock of the company to be acquired on the terms set forth in a merger agreement that, absent Section 321(f) of the PBCL, would be entitled to vote on the adoption of the merger agreement, and (b) immediately following the consummation of the tender offer, the stock irrevocably accepted for purchase pursuant to such offer and received by the Depositary and Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such offer, together with the stock otherwise owned by the acquiring company or its affiliates equals at least such percentage of the stock of the company to be acquired, and of each class and series thereof, that, absent Section 321(f) of the PBCL, would be required to adopt the merger agreement under the PBCL and the articles of incorporation of the company to be acquired. If the Minimum Condition is satisfied and Purchaser accepts Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer, Purchaser will hold a sufficient number of Shares to consummate the Merger under Section 321(f) of the PBCL without submitting the adoption of the Merger Agreement to a vote of the SCTL shareholders. Following the Offer Acceptance Time, and subject to the satisfaction of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Parent, Purchaser and SCTL will take all necessary and appropriate action to effect the Merger as soon as practicable without a meeting of SCTL shareholders in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

17. Interests of Certain SCTL Directors and Executive Officers in the Offer and the Merger.

In considering the fairness of the consideration to be received in the Offer and the Merger, the shareholders of SCTL should be aware that certain directors and executive officers of SCTL have interests in the Offer and Merger that may present them with certain actual or potential conflicts of interest. A description of these interests, including the information required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K, is included in the Schedule 14D-9 under the headings “Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements,” “Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation” and “Item 8. Additional Information,” which description and information is incorporated herein by reference.

18. Fees and Expenses.

Parent and Purchaser have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. to act as the Information Agent and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC to act as the Depositary and Paying Agent in connection with the Offer. The Information Agent may contact holders of Shares by mail, telephone, telecopy, telegraph and personal interview and may request brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial owners of Shares.

The Information Agent and the Depositary and Paying Agent each will receive reasonable and customary compensation for their respective services in connection with the Offer, will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses and will be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses in connection with their respective services.

Neither Parent nor Purchaser will pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other person (other than to the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. Brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees will, upon request, be reimbursed by Purchaser for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer materials to their customers. In those jurisdictions where applicable laws or regulations require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction to be designated by Purchaser.

19. Miscellaneous.

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jurisdiction. If we become aware of any U.S. state in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance of Shares pursuant thereto would not be in compliance with an administrative or judicial action taken pursuant to a U.S. state statute, we will make a good faith effort to comply with any such law. If, after such good faith effort, we cannot comply with any such law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of Shares in such state. In any jurisdictions where applicable laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction to be designated by Purchaser.

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation on behalf of Parent or Purchaser not contained herein or in the Letter of Transmittal, and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized. No broker, dealer, bank, trust company, fiduciary or other person will be deemed to be the agent of Parent, Purchaser, the Depositary and Paying Agent or the Information Agent for the purpose of the Offer.

Parent and Purchaser have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO pursuant to Rule 14d-3 under the Exchange Act, together with exhibits furnishing certain additional information with respect to the Offer, and may file amendments to it. In addition, SCTL will file with the SEC a Schedule 14D-9, together with exhibits, pursuant to Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act, setting forth the SCTL Board Recommendation and the reasons for the SCTL Board Recommendation and furnishing certain additional related information. A copy of these documents, and any amendments to them, may be examined at, and copies may be obtained from, the SEC in the manner set forth under Section 8—“Certain Information Concerning Parent, Purchaser and Certain Related Persons.”

 

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SCHEDULE I INFORMATION RELATING TO PARENT, PURCHASER AND CERTAIN RELATED ENTITIES

Background

Purchaser is a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The following entities (collectively, the “Parent Affiliates”) have direct or indirect control of Parent:

 

Entity

  

State of

Formation /

Organization

  

Controlled By

  

Management

NQ PE Project Stingray Midco. Inc. (“Midco”)    Delaware    NQ PE Project Stingray Topco, Inc. as sole stockholder    Directors
NQ PE Project Stingray Topco Inc. (“Topco”)    Delaware    NQ PE Project Stingray Parent, L.P., as sole stockholder    Directors
NQ PE Project Stingray Parent, L.P. (“Stingray LP”)    Cayman Islands    NQ PE Project Stingray Parent GP, Ltd., as general partner    General Partner
NQ PE Project Stingray Parent GP, Ltd. (“Parent GP”)    Cayman Islands    NQ PE I GP, Ltd., as sole member (“NQ PE I GP”)    Directors

Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the Parent Affiliates is c/o QHP Capital, L.P., 4509 Creedmoor Road, Suite 403, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 and the phone number of each Parent Affiliate and each person is (919) 261-5250. Except as otherwise indicated, all directors and executive officers listed below are citizens of the United States.

Purchaser

The name current principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment of each director and executive officer of Purchaser are set forth below.

 

Name

  

Position at Purchaser

  

Current Principal Occupation or Employment and 5-Year Employment
History

Jeff Edwards    President and Board Member    Mr. Edwards has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From August 2015 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Vern Davenport    Secretary, Treasurer and Board Member    Mr. Davenport has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From February 2017 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.

 

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Parent

The name current principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment of each director and executive officer of Parent are set forth below. The address of the principal executive office of Parent is 14205 Myerlake Circle, Clearwater, Florida 33760 and its telephone number is (727) 259-6950.

 

Name

  

Position at Parent

  

Current Principal Occupation or Employment and 5-Year Employment
History

Ajay Damani    Chief Executive Officer and Board Member    Mr. Damani has served as Chief Executive Officer of Parent since October 2021. Prior to this role, Mr. Damani was acting Chief Strategy Officer at Parent from January 2021 until October 2021. Between May 2018 and January 2021, Mr. Damani served as Vice President of Pharmaceutical Technologies at Adare Pharmaceuticals.
Anders Forsell    Chief Financial Officer    Mr. Forsell has served as Chief Financial Officer of Parent since January 2024. Prior to joining Parent, Mr. Forsell served as Chief Financial Officer of Ottliite Technology from February 2017 until December 2023.
Dan Dobry    Chief Strategy Officer    Mr. Dobry has served as Chief Strategy Officer at Parent since July 2022. Prior to joining Parent, Mr. Dobry founded Bend Bioscience in June 2021. Between June 2020 and June 2021, Mr. Dobry served as Head of Commercial Development, Small Molecule Drug Product, at Lonza, and, from January 2018 until June 2020 served as Director, Commercial Development, Dosage Forms and Delivery Systems, at Lonza.
Vern Davenport    Board Member    Mr. Davenport has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From February 2017 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Frank Leo    Board Member    Mr. Leo is a retired pharmaceutical services executive. He currently serves as an executive operating advisor at QHP Capital, L.P.
Nailesh Bhatt    Board Member    Mr. Bhatt has served as chief executive officer of VGYAAN Pharmaceuticals LLC since January 2018.
Jeff Edwards    Board Member    Mr. Edwards has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From August 2015 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Jonathan Jonas    Board Member    Mr. Jonas oversees JV Investment Partners’ diversified investment portfolio and has been in this position during the past 12 years.
Rick Schindewolf    Board Member    Mr. Schindewolf has served as Chief Financial Officer of SiO2 Materials Science since January 2024. After serving as Chief Financial Officer of Leiters from February 2019 until March 2023, he briefly retired before starting his position at SiO2 Materials Science.

 

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NQ PE I GP

The name current principal occupation or employment and material occupations, positions, offices or employment of each director and executive officer of NQ PE I GP are set forth below. Mr. Ernest Gerald Brown is a citizen of the United Kingdom.

 

Name

  

Position at Parent

  

Current Principal Occupation or Employment and 5-Year Employment
History

Vern Davenport    Board Member and Vice President    Mr. Davenport has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From February 2017 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Michael Sorensen    Board Member and Vice President    Mr. Sorensen has been a partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From 2016 until April 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Jeff Edwards    Board Member    Mr. Edwards has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From August 2015 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Ashton Poole    Board Member    Mr. Poole has been an owner and partner at QHP Capital, L.P. since March 2021. From December 2019 until March 2021, he was a partner at NovaQuest Private Equity.
Ernest Gerald Brown    Board Member    During the past five years, Mr. Brown’s principal occupation has been serving on the boards of directors of companies.

 

 

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The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer is:

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC

Mail or deliver the Letter of Transmittal to:

 

  If delivering by mail:   

If delivering by express mail, courier,

or other expedited service:

  
       
 

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS Re-Organization Dept.

P.O. Box 1317

Brentwood, NY 11717-0718

  

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS IWS

51 Mercedes Way

Edgewood, NY 11717

  

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

LOGO

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Shareholders Call (Toll-Free): (866) 342-4883

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: SCTL@dfking.com

 

 

 

Exhibit (a)(1)(B)

Letter of Transmittal

To Tender Shares of Common Stock

of

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase

Dated March 11, 2024

by

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.,

a wholly owned subsidiary of

CORERX, INC.

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON APRIL 5, 2024 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”) UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer Is:

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC

 

If delivering by hand, express mail, courier

or other expedited service:

   If delivering by mail:

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS IWS

51 Mercedes Way

Edgewood, NY 11717

  

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS Re-Organization Dept.

P.O. Box 1317

Brentwood, NY 11717-0718

For assistance call D.F. King and Co., Inc.

Shareholders call toll free: (866) 342-4883

Banks and brokers call: (212) 269-5550

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARES SURRENDERED

 

Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Holder(s) (Please fill in,

if blank, exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s)) (Attach
additional signed list if necessary)*

   Certificate
Number(s)*
   Total Number of
Shares
Represented

by
Certificate(s)**
   Number of
Certificated
Shares

Surrendered**
   Book Entry
Shares
Surrendered

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

*

Need not be completed by book-entry shareholders.

**

Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares above of common stock represented by certificates described above are being surrendered hereby.

Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an address other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC (the “Depositary and Paying Agent”). You must sign this Letter of Transmittal in the appropriate space provided therefor below, with signature guaranteed, if required, and complete and sign the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) Form W-9 included in this Letter of Transmittal, if the shareholder is a United States person. Shareholders who are not United States persons should submit a properly completed and signed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or other appropriate IRS Form W-8. Failure to provide the information on IRS Form W-9 or an appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable, may subject you to United States backup withholding on any payments made to you pursuant to the Offer (as defined below). The instructions set forth in this Letter of Transmittal should be read carefully before you tender any of your Shares (as defined below) into the Offer (as defined below).

All questions regarding the Offer should be directed to the Information Agent, D.F. King and Co., Inc., at (866) 342-4883 or the address set forth on the back page of the Offer to Purchase.

This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by shareholders of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), if certificates (“Certificates”) for shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SCTL (the “Shares”) are to be forwarded herewith.

If any Share Certificate(s) you are tendering with this Letter of Transmittal has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, then you should contact SCTL’s transfer agent, Broadridge, at (855) 793-5068 regarding the requirements for replacement. You may be required to post a bond to secure against the risk that the Share Certificate(s) may be subsequently recirculated. You are urged to contact the Transfer Agent immediately in order to receive further instructions, for a determination of whether you will need to post a bond and to permit timely processing of this documentation. See Instruction 11.

The Offer is being made to all holders of the Shares. The Purchaser is not aware of any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would be prohibited by securities, “blue sky” or other valid laws or regulations of such jurisdiction. If the Purchaser becomes aware of any U.S. state in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance of Shares pursuant thereto would not be in compliance with an administrative or judicial action taken pursuant to a U.S. state statute, the Purchaser will make a good faith effort to comply with any such law or regulation. If, after such good faith effort, the Purchaser cannot comply with any such law or regulation, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of Shares in such state. In any jurisdictions where applicable laws or regulations require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of the Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws or regulations of such jurisdiction to be designated by the Purchaser.

 

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CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED HEREWITH.

 

CHECK HERE IF YOU HAVE LOST YOUR CERTIFICATE(S) AND REQUIRE ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE(S). BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST CONTACT THE TRANSFER AGENT TO OBTAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLACING LOST CERTIFICATES. SEE INSTRUCTION 11.

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW

PLEASE READ ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to Cane Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a Pennsylvania corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Parent”), the above described shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), pursuant to the Purchaser’s offer to purchase all outstanding Shares, at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding (such amount or any higher amount per share that may be paid pursuant to the Offer being hereinafter referred to as the “Offer Price”), subject to the terms and conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Offer to Purchase”) receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended and supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (and if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms of any such extension or amendment), and effective upon acceptance for payment of the Shares validly tendered herewith and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to or upon the order of the Purchaser all right, title and interest in and to all of the Shares that are being tendered hereby (and any and all dividends, distributions, rights, other Shares or other securities issued or issuable in respect thereof on or after the date hereof (collectively, “Distributions”)) and irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Purchaser the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with respect to such Shares (and any and all Distributions), with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest in the Shares tendered by this Letter of Transmittal), to (i) deliver Certificates for such Shares (and any and all Distributions) or transfer ownership of such Shares (and any and all Distributions) on the account books maintained by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or otherwise held in book-entry form, together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity, to or upon the order of the Purchaser; (ii) present such Shares (and any and all Distributions) for transfer on the books of SCTL; and (iii) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Shares (and any and all Distributions), all in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

By executing this Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints Jeffrey Edwards, the designee of the Purchaser, the attorney-in-fact and proxy of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to (i) vote at any annual or special meeting of SCTL shareholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof or otherwise in such manner as such attorney-in-fact and proxy or his substitute shall, in his sole discretion, deem proper with respect to; (ii) execute any written consent concerning any matter as such attorney-in-fact and proxy or his substitute shall in his, her or its sole discretion deem proper with respect to; and (iii) otherwise act as such attorney-in-fact and proxy or his, her or its substitute shall in his, her or its sole discretion deem proper with respect to, all of the Shares (and any and all Distributions) tendered hereby and accepted for payment by the Purchaser. This appointment will be effective if and when, and only to the extent that, the Purchaser accepts such Shares tendered with this Letter of Transmittal for payment pursuant to the Offer. This power of attorney and proxy are irrevocable and are granted in consideration of the acceptance for payment of such Shares in accordance with the terms of the Offer. Such acceptance for payment shall, without further action, revoke any prior powers of attorney and proxies granted by the undersigned at any time with respect to such Shares (and any and all Distributions), and no subsequent powers of attorney, proxies, consents or revocations may be given by the undersigned with respect thereto (and, if given, will not be deemed effective). The Purchaser reserves the right to require that, in order for the Shares to be deemed validly tendered, immediately upon the Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares, the Purchaser or its designees must be able to exercise full voting, consent and other rights with respect to such Shares (and any and all Distributions), including voting at any meeting of SCTL shareholders or executing a written consent concerning any matter.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer any and all of the Shares tendered hereby (and any and all Distributions) and that, when the same are accepted for payment by the Purchaser, the Purchaser will acquire good, marketable and

 

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unencumbered title to such Shares (and such Distributions), free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and the same will not be subject to any adverse claims. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is the registered owner of the Shares, or the Certificate(s) have been endorsed to the undersigned in blank. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary and Paying Agent or the Purchaser to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Shares tendered hereby (and any and all Distributions). In addition, the undersigned shall remit and transfer promptly to the Depositary and Paying Agent for the account of the Purchaser all Distributions in respect of any and all of the Shares tendered hereby, accompanied by appropriate documentation of transfer, and, pending such remittance and transfer or appropriate assurance thereof, the Purchaser shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as owner of each such Distribution and may withhold the entire Offer Price of the Shares tendered hereby or deduct from such Offer Price the amount or value of such Distribution as determined by the Purchaser in its sole discretion.

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal shall not be affected by, and shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, trustees in bankruptcy, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.

It is understood that the undersigned will not receive payment for the Shares unless and until the Shares are accepted for payment and until the Certificate(s) owned by the undersigned are received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at the address set forth above, together with such additional documents as the Depositary and Paying Agent may require, and until the same are processed for payment by the Depositary and Paying Agent.

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that delivery of any Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to such Certificate shall pass, only upon the proper delivery of such Certificate to the Depositary and Paying Agent.

The undersigned understands that the valid tender of Shares pursuant to any of the procedures described in the Offer to Purchase and in the instructions hereto will constitute the undersigned’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer. The Purchaser’s acceptance of such Shares for payment will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (and if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of such extension or amendment). The undersigned recognizes that under certain circumstances set forth in the Offer, the Purchaser may not be required to accept for payment any Shares tendered hereby.

Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Payment Instructions,” a check will be issued for the Offer Price of all Shares purchased and, if appropriate, Certificates not tendered or accepted for payment in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appearing above under “Description of Shares Surrendered” will be returned. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” the check for the Offer Price of all Shares purchased will be mailed and, if appropriate, any Certificates not tendered or not accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) will be returned to the address(es) of the registered holder(s) appearing above under “Description of Shares Surrendered.” In the event that the boxes entitled “Special Payment Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” are both completed, the check for the Offer Price of all Shares purchased will be issued and, if appropriate, any Certificates not tendered or not accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) will be returned in the name(s) of, and deliver such check and, if appropriate, return any Certificates (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) to, the person(s) so indicated. The undersigned recognizes that the Purchaser has no obligation, pursuant to the “Special Payment Instructions,” to transfer any Shares from the name of the registered holder thereof if the Purchaser does not accept for payment any of the Shares so tendered. The undersigned recognizes that the Purchaser has no obligation, pursuant to the Special Payment Instructions, to transfer any Shares from the name(s) of the registered holder(s) thereof if the Purchaser does not accept for payment any of the Shares so tendered.

 

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SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7)

To be completed ONLY if the check for the Offer Price of Shares accepted for payment and/or Certificates not tendered or not accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned.

  

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7)

To be completed ONLY if the check for the Offer Price of Shares accepted for payment and/or Certificates evidencing Shares not tendered or not accepted are to be mailed to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown above.

Issue check and/or Certificates to:    Mail check and/or Certificates to:

Name:

(Please Print)

  

Name:

(Please Print)

Address:    Address:
(Include Zip Code)    (Include Zip Code)
(Taxpayer Identification No. (e.g., Social Security No.)) (Also complete, as appropriate, IRS Form W-9 included below)   

 

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IMPORTANT

SHAREHOLDER: YOU MUST SIGN BELOW

(U.S. Holders: Please complete and return the IRS Form W-9 included below)

(Non-U.S. Holders: Please obtain, complete and return appropriate IRS Form W-8)

(Signature(s) of Holder(s) of Shares)

Dated:

Name(s):

(Please Print)

Capacity (Full Title) (See Instruction 5):

Address:

(Include Zip Code)

Area Code and Telephone No. (Required):

Email Address:

Tax Identification No. (e.g., Social Security No.) (See IRS Form W-9 included below):

(Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Certificate(s) or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by Certificate and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, agent, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title and see Instruction 5. For information concerning signature guarantees, see Instruction 1)

Guarantee of Signature(s)

(If Required-See Instructions)

 

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[Place Medallion Stamp Here]

Authorized Signature:

Name:

Name of Firm:

Address:

(Include Zip Code)

Area Code and Telephone No.:

Dated:           , 2024

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER

1. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. No signature guarantee is required on this Letter of Transmittal: (a) if this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of Shares tendered herewith, unless such registered holder has completed either the box entitled “Special Payment Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal; or (b) if such Shares are tendered for the account of a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or any other “eligible guarantor institution,” as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each, an “Eligible Institution”). In all other cases, including those referred to above, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 5.

2. REQUIREMENTS OF TENDER. No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. In order for Shares to be validly tendered pursuant to the Offer, one of the following procedures must be followed:

For Shares held as physical certificates, the Certificates representing tendered Shares, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the front page of this Letter of Transmittal before the Expiration Date.

For Shares held in book-entry form, either a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantees, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at the appropriate address set forth on the front page of this Letter of Transmittal before the Expiration Date.

The method of delivery of Shares, Certificate(s), this Letter of Transmittal, and all other required documents is at the election and risk of the tendering shareholder. Shares will be deemed delivered (and the risk of loss of Certificates will pass) only when actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

No fractional Shares will be purchased. By executing this Letter of Transmittal, the tendering shareholder waives any right to receive any notice of the acceptance for payment of Shares.

3. INADEQUATE SPACE. If the space provided herein is inadequate, Certificate numbers, the number of Shares represented by such Certificates and/or the number of Shares tendered should be listed on a separate signed schedule attached hereto.

4. PARTIAL TENDERS (NOT APPLICABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS WHO TENDER BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER). If fewer than all the Shares represented by any Certificate delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares which are to be tendered in the box entitled “Number of Shares Surrendered.” In such case, the remainder of the Shares represented by the old Certificate will be issued in book-entry form, and a book statement representing these shares will be sent to the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, as promptly as practicable following the expiration or termination of the Offer. All Shares represented by Certificates delivered to the Depositary and Paying Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

5. SIGNATURES ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL; STOCK POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS.

(a) Exact Signatures. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the Certificates without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

(b) Joint Holders. If any of the Shares tendered hereby are held of record by two or more persons, all such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

 

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(c) Different Names on Certificates. If any of the Shares tendered hereby are registered in different names on different Certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of Certificates.

(d) Endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, no endorsements of Certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment of the Offer Price is to be made, or Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be returned, in the name of any person other than the registered holder(s). Signatures on any such Certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

(e) Stock Powers. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, Certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case, signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the Certificates for such Shares. Signature(s) on any such Certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1.

(f) Evidence of Fiduciary or Representative Capacity. If this Letter of Transmittal or any Certificate or stock power is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other legal entity or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Depositary and Paying Agent of the authority of such person so to act must be submitted. Proper evidence of authority includes a power of attorney, a letter of testamentary or a letter of appointment.

6. STOCK TRANSFER TAXES. Except as otherwise provided in this Instruction 6, the Purchaser or any successor entity thereto will pay all stock transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of any Shares pursuant to the Offer (for the avoidance of doubt, transfer taxes do not include U.S. federal income taxes or withholding taxes). If, however, consideration is to be paid to, or if Certificate(s) for Shares not tendered or not accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, any person(s) other than the registered holder(s), or if tendered Certificate(s) for Share(s) are registered in the name of any person(s) other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the Purchaser or any successor entity thereto will not be responsible for any stock transfer or similar taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder(s) or such other person(s) or otherwise) payable on account of the transfer to such other person(s) and no consideration shall be paid in respect of such Share(s) unless evidence satisfactory to Purchaser or any successor entity thereto of the payment of such taxes, or the inapplicability of such taxes is submitted.

7. SPECIAL PAYMENT AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS. If a check is to be issued for the Offer Price of any Shares tendered by this Letter of Transmittal in the name of, and, if appropriate, Certificates for Shares not tendered or not accepted for payment are to be issued or returned to, any person(s) other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or if a check and, if appropriate, such Certificates are to be returned to any person(s) other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown in this Letter of Transmittal, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal must be completed. Please note that an appropriate Form W-9 or Form W-8, as applicable, must also be completed for the person receiving the payment. If you have completed this section, your signature on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a bank, broker, or other financial institution that is a member of a Securities Transfer Association-approved medallion program such as STAMP, SEMP, or MSP.

8. COMPLETE, SIGN AND SUBMIT THE APPROPRIATE TAX FORM. Please review the section titled “Important Tax Information” below and relevant tax information provided in the Offer. If you are a U.S. citizen or other “United States person” (as defined in the instructions to IRS Form W-9, attached hereto), please complete and submit the IRS Form W-9 attached hereto. If you are not a United States person, please complete and submit the applicable IRS Form W-8, which can be found on the IRS website (www.irs.gov). If payment is to be made to any payee other than the registered holder, such other payee must also complete and provide an IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8, as applicable.

 

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Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the address set forth above.

9. IRREGULARITIES. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by the Depositary and Paying Agent or Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. However, shareholders may challenge the Purchaser’s determinations in a court of competent jurisdiction. The Purchaser reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be unlawful. The Depositary and Paying Agent or Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares of any particular shareholder, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other shareholders. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been waived or cured within such time as the Purchaser shall determine. None of the Parent, the Purchaser, the Depositary and Paying Agent, the Information Agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notice. The Purchaser’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and the instructions thereto) will be final and binding.

10. QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES. The Information Agent may be contacted at the address and telephone number set forth on the last page of this Letter of Transmittal for questions and/or requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer materials. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. Such copies will be furnished promptly at the Purchaser’s expense.

11. LOST, STOLEN DESTROYED OR MUTILATED CERTIFICATES. If any Certificate has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, the shareholder should promptly notify the Transfer Agent toll-free at (855) 793-5068. The shareholder will then be instructed as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace such Certificates. You may be required to post a bond to secure against the risk that the Certificate(s) may be subsequently recirculated. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, destroyed or stolen certificates have been followed. You are urged to contact the Transfer Agent immediately in order to receive further instructions and for a determination of whether you will need to post a bond and to permit timely processing of this documentation.

Certificates evidencing tendered Shares, as well as this Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received before the Expiration Date.

 

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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

Under U.S. federal income tax laws regarding backup withholding, the Depositary and Paying Agent may be required to withhold a portion of any payments made to certain shareholders pursuant to the Offer. To avoid backup withholding, a tendering shareholder that is a “United States person” (as defined in the instructions to IRS Form W-9, which includes a U.S. citizen), and, if applicable, each other U.S. payee, is required to (a) provide the Depositary and Paying Agent with a correct Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”) on IRS Form W-9, which is included herein, and to certify, under penalty of perjury, that such number is correct and that such shareholder or payee is not subject to backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax; or (b) otherwise establish a basis for exemption from backup withholding. If the shareholder is an individual, then the shareholder’s TIN is generally such shareholder’s Social Security number. Failure to provide the information on the IRS Form W-9 may subject the tendering shareholder or payee to backup withholding at the applicable rate (currently 24%), and such shareholder or payee may be subject to a penalty imposed by the IRS. The tendering shareholder or payee should write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN if a TIN has not been issued and the shareholder or payee has applied for a number or intends to apply for a number in the near future. If a TIN has been applied for and the Depositary and Paying Agent is not provided with a TIN before payment is made, the tendering shareholder or payee will be subject to backup withholding at the applicable rate. See the enclosed IRS Form W-9 and the instructions thereto for additional information.

Certain shareholders or payees (including, among others, corporations and certain non-U.S. persons) may not be subject to backup withholding. Exempt shareholders or payees that are United States persons should furnish their TIN, check the appropriate box on the IRS Form W-9 and sign, date and return the IRS Form W-9 to the Depositary and Paying Agent in order to avoid backup withholding.

A shareholder or other payee that is not a United States person may establish an exemption from backup withholding: (a) by providing the Depositary and Paying Agent with a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, or other appropriate IRS Form W-8, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to such shareholder’s or payee’s foreign status; or (b) by otherwise establishing an exemption. An appropriate IRS Form W-8 may be obtained from the Depositary and Paying Agent or the IRS website (www.irs.gov).

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund or credit may be obtained from the IRS if eligibility is established and appropriate procedure is followed. Shareholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of U.S. federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the IRS refund procedure.

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK ADVICE BASED ON YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE IRS FORM W-9 INCLUDED IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONS ENCLOSED WITH THE IRS FORM W-9 INCLUDED IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU WROTE “APPLIED FOR” IN THE SPACE FOR THE TIN ON THE IRS FORM W-9.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate IRS Center or Social Security Administration Office, or (2) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number by the time of payment, a portion of all reportable payments made to me will be withheld, but that such amounts will be refunded to me if I then provide a Taxpayer Identification Number within sixty (60) days.

 

Signature

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Form   W-9

(Rev. March 2024)

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

 

Request for Taxpayer

 

Identification Number and Certification

 

Go to www.irs.gov/FormW9 for instructions and the latest information.

 

Give form to the requester. Do not send to the IRS.

Before you begin. For guidance related to the purpose of Form W-9, see Purpose of Form, below.

Print or type.

See Specific Instructions on
page 3.

 

1  Name of entity/individual. An entry is required. (For a sole proprietor or disregarded entity, enter the owner’s name on line 1, and enter the business/disregarded entity’s name on line 2.)

 

 

2   Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above.

 

                       
 

3a  Check the appropriate box for federal tax classification of the entity/individual whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one of the following seven boxes.

     

4  Exemptions (codes apply only to certain entities, not individuals; see instructions on page 3):

  ☐ Individual/sole proprietor   ☐ C corporation   ☐    S corporation   ☐    Partnership   ☐    Trust/estate      

 

Exempt payee code (if any)      

 

 

 LLC. Enter the tax classification (C = C corporation, S = S corporation, P = Partnership) . . . .                          

 

 

Note: Check the “LLC” box above and, in the entry space, enter the appropriate code (C, S, or P) for the tax classification of the LLC, unless it is a disregarded entity. A disregarded entity should instead check the appropriate box for the tax classification of its owner.

 

Other (see instructions)                                          

 

     

 

Exemption from Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) reporting code (if any)       

 

 

(Applies to accounts maintained outside the United States.)

 

3b  If on line 3a you checked “Partnership” or “Trust/estate,” or checked “LLC” and entered “P” as its tax classification, and you are providing this form to a partnership, trust, or estate in which you have an ownership interest, check this box if you have any foreign partners, owners, or beneficiaries. See instructions . . . . . . . . . ☐

 

     
 

 

5  Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.). See instructions.

 

      

 

 Requester’s name and address (optional)

    

 

6  City, state, and ZIP code

 

    
    

 

7  List account number(s) here (optional)

 

              
Part I    Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

 

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the instructions for Part I, later. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN, later.

 

Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1. See also What Name and Number To Give the Requester for guidelines on whose number to enter.

                     
 

Social security number

                                       
    or    
 

Employer Identification number

 
                                       
Part II    Certification

 

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

 

1.  The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and

 

2.  I am not subject to backup withholding because (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

 

3.  I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and

 

4.  The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.

 

Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and, generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions for Part II, later.

  

 

Sign
Here
   Signature of
U.S. person 
     Date 

 

General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Future developments. For the latest information about developments related to Form W-9 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to www.irs.gov/FormW9.

What’s New

Line 3a has been modified to clarify how a disregarded entity completes this line. An LLC that is a disregarded entity should check the appropriate box for the tax classification of its owner. Otherwise, it should check the “LLC” box and enter its appropriate tax classification.

 

 

 

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New line 3b has been added to this form. A flow-through entity is required to complete this line to indicate that it has direct or indirect foreign partners, owners, or beneficiaries when it provides the Form W-9 to another flow-through entity in which it has an ownership interest. This change is intended to provide a flow-through entity with information regarding the status of its indirect foreign partners, owners, or beneficiaries, so that it can satisfy any applicable reporting requirements. For example, a partnership that has any indirect foreign partners may be required to complete Schedules K-2 and K-3. See the Partnership Instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 1065).

Purpose of Form

An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information return with the IRS is giving you this form because they must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN), which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but are not limited to, the following.

 

  Form 1099-INT (interest earned or paid).

 

  Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds).

 

  Form 1099-MISC (various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds).

 

  Form 1099-NEC (nonemployee compensation).

 

  Form 1099-B (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other transactions by brokers).

 

  Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions).

 

  Form 1099-K (merchant card and third-party network transactions).

 

  Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), and 1098-T (tuition).

 

  Form 1099-C (canceled debt).

 

  Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property). Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN.

Caution: If you don’t return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN, you might be subject to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding, later.

By signing the filled-out form, you:

1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued);

2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding; or

3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee; and

4. Certify to your non-foreign status for purposes of withholding under chapter 3 or 4 of the Code (if applicable); and

5. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting is correct. See What Is FATCA Reporting, later, for further information.

Note: If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester’s form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9.

Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are:

 

  An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien;

 

  A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States;

 

  An estate (other than a foreign estate); or

 

  A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7).

Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 withholding. Payments made to foreign persons, including certain distributions, allocations of income, or transfers of sales proceeds, may be subject to withholding under chapter 3 or chapter 4 of the Code (sections 1441-1474). Under those rules, if a Form W-9 or other certification of non-foreign status has not been received, a withholding agent, transferee, or partnership (payor) generally applies presumption rules that may require the payor to withhold applicable tax from the recipient, owner, transferor, or partner (payee). See Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities.

The following persons must provide Form W-9 to the payor for purposes of establishing its non-foreign status.

 

  In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the disregarded entity.

 

  In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the grantor trust.

 

  In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust and not the beneficiaries of the trust.

See Pub. 515 for more information on providing a Form W-9 or a certification of non-foreign status to avoid withholding.

Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person (under Regulations section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) or other applicable section for chapter 3 or 4 purposes), do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Pub. 515). If you are a qualified foreign pension fund under Regulations section 1.897(l)-1(d), or a partnership that is wholly owned by

qualified foreign pension funds, that is treated as a non-foreign person for purposes of section 1445 withholding, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use Form W-8EXP (or other certification of non-foreign status).

Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a saving clause. Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes.

If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items.

1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien.

2. The treaty article addressing the income.

3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions.

4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax.

5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article.

Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if their stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first Protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on their scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption.

If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233.

Backup Withholding

What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such payments. This is called “backup withholding.” Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include, but are not limited to, interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third-party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding.

You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return.

Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if:

1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester;

2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the instructions for Part II for details);

3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN;

4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only); or

5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding, as described in item 4 under “By signing the filled-out form” above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only).

Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code, later, and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

See also Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 withholding, earlier.

What Is FATCA Reporting?

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all U.S. account holders that are specified U.S. persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code, later, and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Updating Your Information

You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you are no longer tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account, for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies.

Penalties

Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

 

 

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Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.

Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Specific Instructions

Line 1

You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line blank. The name should match the name on your tax return.

If this Form W-9 is for a joint account (other than an account maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFI)), list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of Form W-9. If you are providing Form W-9 to an FFI to document a joint account, each holder of the account that is a U.S. person must provide a Form W-9.

•  Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name.

Note for ITIN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line 1a. This should also be the same as the name you entered on the Form 1040 you filed with your application.

•  Sole proprietor. Enter your individual name as shown on your Form 1040 on line 1. Enter your business, trade, or “doing business as” (DBA) name on line 2.

•  Partnership, C corporation, S corporation, or LLC, other than a disregarded entity. Enter the entity’s name as shown on the entity_s tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

•  Other entities. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. Enter any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

•  Disregarded entity. In general, a business entity that has a single owner, including an LLC, and is not a corporation, is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner (a disregarded entity). See Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2). A disregarded entity should check the appropriate box for the tax classification of its owner. Enter the owner’s name on line 1. The name of the owner entered on line 1 should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owner’s name is required to be provided on line 1. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entity’s name on line 2. If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN.

Line 2

If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded entity name, enter it on line 2.

Line 3a

Check the appropriate box on line 3a for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box on line 3a.

 

   
IF the entity/individual on line 1 is a(n) . . .   THEN check the box for . . .
• Corporation   Corporation.

• Individual or

 

• Sole proprietorship

  Individual/sole proprietor.

• LLC classified as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes or

 

• LLC that has filed Form 8832 or 2553 electing to be taxed as a corporation

 

Limited liability company and enter the appropriate tax classification:

P = Partnership,

C = C corporation, or

S = S corporation.

• Partnership   Partnership.
• Trust/estate   Trust/estate.

Line 3b

Check this box if you are a partnership (including an LLC classified as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes), trust, or estate that has any foreign partners, owners, or beneficiaries, and you are providing this form to a partnership, trust, or estate, in which you have an ownership interest. You must check the box on line 3b if you receive a Form W-8 (or documentary evidence) from any partner, owner, or beneficiary establishing foreign status or if you receive a Form W-9 from any partner, owner, or beneficiary that has checked the box on line 3b.

Note: A partnership that provides a Form W-9 and checks box 3b may be required to complete Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 1065). For more information, see the Partnership Instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 1065).

If you are required to complete line 3b but fail to do so, you may not receive the information necessary to file a correct information return with the IRS or furnish a correct payee statement to your partners or beneficiaries. See, for example, sections 6698, 6722, and 6724 for penalties that may apply.

Line 4 Exemptions

If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to you.

Exempt payee code.

•  Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding.

•  Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends.

•  Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third-party network transactions.

•  Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to attorneys_ fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC.

The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space on line 4.

1 — An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2).

2 — The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

3 — A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or territory, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities.

4 — A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities.

5 — A corporation.

6 — A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or territory.

7 — A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

8 — A real estate investment trust.

9 — An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

10 — A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a).

11 — A financial institution as defined under section 581.

12 — A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian.

13 — A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947.

The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.

 

   
IF the payment is for...   THEN the payment is exempt for…

• Interest and dividend payments

  All exempt payees except for 7.

• Broker transactions

  Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012.

• Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends

  Exempt payees 1 through 4.
   

• Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,0001

  Generally, exempt payees 1 through 5.2

• Payments made in settlement of payment card or third-party network transactions

  Exempt payees 1 through 4.

 

1 

See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Information, and its instructions.

 

2 

However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys’ fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney reportable under section 6045(f), and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency.

Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A requester may indicate that a code is not required by providing you with a Form W-9 with “Not Applicable” (or any similar indication) entered on the line for a FATCA exemption code.

A — An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37).

B — The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

 

 

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C — A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or territory, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities.

D — A corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i).

E — A corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i).

F — A dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state.

G — A real estate investment trust.

H — A regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

I — A common trust fund as defined in section 584(a).

J — A bank as defined in section 581.

K — A broker.

L — A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1).

M — A tax-exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan.

Note: You may wish to consult with the financial institution requesting this form to determine whether the FATCA code and/or exempt payee code should be completed.

Line 5

Enter your address (number, street, and apartment or suite number). This is where the requester of this Form W-9 will mail your information returns. If this address differs from the one the requester already has on file, enter “NEW” at the top. If a new address is provided, there is still a chance the old address will be used until the payor changes your address in their records.

Line 6

Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.

Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have, and are not eligible to get, an SSN, your TIN is your IRS ITIN. Enter it in the entry space for the Social security number. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below.

If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN.

If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, enter the owner’s SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entity’s EIN.

Note: See What Name and Number To Give the Requester, later, for further clarification of name and TIN combinations.

How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local SSA office or get this form online at www.SSA.gov. You may also get this form by calling 800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/EIN. Go to www.irs.gov/Forms to view, download, or print Form W-7 and/or Form SS-4. Or, you can go to www.irs.gov/OrderForms to place an order and have Form W-7 and/or Form SS-4 mailed to you within 15 business days.

If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and enter “Applied For” in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, you will generally have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester.

Note: Entering “Applied For” means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon. See also Establishing U.S. status for purposes of chapter 3 and chapter 4 withholding, earlier, for when you may instead be subject to withholding under chapter 3 or 4 of the Code.

Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8.

Part II. Certification

To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if item 1, 4, or 5 below indicates otherwise.

For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on line 1 must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code, earlier.

Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below.

1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form.

3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification.

4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. “Other payments” include payments made in the course of the requester’s trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third-party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations).

5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), ABLE accounts (under section 529A), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

What Name and Number To Give the Requester

 

    For this type of account:   Give name and SSN of:
 1.   Individual   The individual
 
 2.   Two or more individuals (joint account) other than an account maintained by an FFI   The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account1
 
 3.   Two or more U.S. persons (joint account maintained by an FFI)   Each holder of the account
 
 4.   Custodial account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)   The minor2
 
 5.   a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee)   The grantor-trustee1
 
  b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law   The actual owner1
 
 6.   Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual   The owner3
 
 7.   Grantor trust filing under Optional Filing Method 1 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(A))**   The grantor*
For this type of account:   Give name and EIN of:
 8.   Disregarded entity not owned by an individual   The owner
 
 9.   A valid trust, estate, or pension trust   Legal entity4
 
10.   Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553   The corporation
 
11.   Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization   The organization
 
12.   Partnership or multi-member LLC   The partnership
 
13.   A broker or registered nominee   The broker or nominee
 
14.   Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments   The public entity
 
15.   Grantor trust filing Form 1041 or under the Optional Filing Method 2, requiring Form 1099 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B))**   The trust

 

1 

List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that person’s number must be furnished.

 

2 

Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN.

 

3 

You must show your individual name on line 1, and enter your business or DBA name, if any, on line 2. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN.

 

4 

List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)

* Note: The grantor must also provide a Form W-9 to the trustee of the trust.

** For more information on optional filing methods for grantor trusts, see the Instructions for Form 1041.

Note: If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.

 

 

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Secure Your Tax Records From Identity Theft

Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information, such as your name, SSN, or other identifying information, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.

To reduce your risk:

 

  Protect your SSN,

 

  Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and

 

  Be careful when choosing a tax return preparer.

If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.

If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity, or a questionable credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039.

For more information, see Pub. 5027, Identity Theft Information for Taxpayers.

Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a systemic problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 800-829-4059.

Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts.

If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov or report them at www.ftc.gov/complaint. You can contact the FTC at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 877-IDTHEFT (877-438-4338). If you have been the victim of identity theft, see www.IdentityTheft.gov and Pub. 5027.

Go to www.irs.gov/IdentityTheft to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.

Privacy Act Notice

Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and territories for use in administering their laws. The information may also be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payors must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividends, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payor. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.

 

 

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The Depositary and Paying Agent for the Offer Is:

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, LLC

 

If delivering by hand, express mail, courier

or other expedited service:

   If delivering by mail:

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS IWS

51 Mercedes Way

Edgewood, NY 11717

  

Broadridge, Inc.

Attention: BCIS Re-Organization Dept.

P.O. Box 1317

Brentwood, NY 11717-0718

D.F. King and Co., Inc. (the “Information Agent”) may be contacted at its address and telephone number listed below for questions and/or requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer materials. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. Such copies will be furnished promptly at the Purchaser’s expense.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

D.F. King and Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street

22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Shareholders call toll free: (866) 342-4883

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

E-mail: SCTL@dfking.com

 

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Exhibit (a)(1)(C)

Offer to Purchase

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated March 11, 2024

by

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary

of

CORERX, INC.

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON APRIL 5, 2024, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

March 11, 2024

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

We have been engaged by Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), to act as information agent (the “Information Agent”) in connection with Purchaser’s offer to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with the Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”). Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee.

For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:

1. The Offer to Purchase;

2. The Letter of Transmittal (including Internal Revenue Service Form W-9) for your use in accepting the Offer and tendering Shares and for the information of your clients;


3. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Offer; and

4. SCTL’s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9.

Certain conditions to the Offer are described in Section 15—“Conditions of the Offer” of the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is not subject to any financing condition.

Your prompt action is requested. We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, which is the date that is twenty business days after the commencement of the Offer (the “Expiration Date”), unless Purchaser has extended the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (as defined below) (in which event the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, will expire) or the Offer is earlier terminated pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Purchaser is not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, SCTL shareholders must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, for SCTL shareholders who are registered holders, the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal (or in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in Offer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal and such other documents) must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent (as defined below) prior to the Expiration Date.

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2024, by and among Parent, Purchaser and SCTL (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL, without a vote of SCTL’s shareholders in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”), with SCTL continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Shares (i) held by SCTL (including Shares held in the treasury of SCTL), (ii) owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, (iii) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer or (iv) held by a holder who is entitled to and properly demands appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, has neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his or her rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL, will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding. As a result of the Merger, SCTL will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

The Board of Directors of SCTL unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

For Shares to be properly tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., the depositary and paying agent for the Offer (the “Depositary and Paying Agent”), must be in timely receipt of (a) the certificates evidencing such Shares after the Expiration Date or confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary and Paying Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, (b) a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Officer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of

Transmittal) and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.


Neither Parent nor Purchaser will pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other person (other than to the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. Brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees will, upon request, be reimbursed by Purchaser for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer materials to their customers. In those jurisdictions where applicable laws or regulations require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction to be designated by Purchaser. Tendering shareholders who are record owners of their Shares and who tender directly to the Depositary and Paying Agent will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees or commissions or, except as otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes with respect to the purchase of Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer. Shareholders who hold their Shares through a broker, banker or other nominee should consult such institution as to whether it charges any service fees or commissions. Questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the address and telephone number listed below. Additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal, and other materials related to the Offer may be obtained at no cost to shareholders from the Information Agent. Additionally, copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal, and any other materials related to the Offer may be found free of charge at www.sec.gov.

 

Very truly yours,

D.F. KING & CO., INC.

Nothing contained herein or in the enclosed documents shall render you, the agent of Purchaser, the Information Agent, the Depositary and Paying Agent or any affiliate of any of them or authorize you or any other person to use any document or make any statement on behalf of any of them in connection with the Offer other than the enclosed documents and the statements contained therein.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

LOGO

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Shareholders Call (Toll-Free): (866) 342-4883

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: SCTL@dfking.com

Exhibit (a)(1)(D)

Offer to Purchase

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated March 11, 2024

by

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary

of

CORERX, INC.

 

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON APRIL 5, 2024, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

March 11, 2024

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal in connection with the offer by Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with the Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

Also enclosed is SCTL’s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SCTL UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU TENDER ALL OF YOUR SHARES IN THE OFFER.

We or our nominees are the holder of record of Shares held for your account. A tender of such Shares can be made only by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal accompanying this letter is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Shares held by us or our nominees for your account.

We request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of the Shares held by us or our nominees for your account, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.


Please note carefully the following:

1. The Offer Price for the Offer is $1.10 per Share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding.

2. The Offer is being made for all issued and outstanding Shares.

3. The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2024 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among SCTL, Parent and Purchaser, pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into SCTL, without a vote of SCTL’s shareholders in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”), with SCTL continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Shares (i) held by SCTL (including Shares held in the treasury of SCTL), (ii) owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, (iii) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer or (iv) held by a holder who is entitled to and properly demands appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, has neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his, her or its rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL, will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding. As a result of the Merger, SCTL will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

4. The Board of Directors of SCTL unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable, fair to, and in the best interest of SCTL and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by SCTL of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be effected under Section 321(f) of the PBCL, and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of SCTL accept the Offer and tender their Shares to Purchaser pursuant to the Offer.

5. The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at the Expiration Date. The term “Expiration Date” means one minute following 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, which is the date that is 20 business days after the commencement of the Offer, unless Purchaser has extended the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (in which event the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, will expire). Previously tendered Shares may be withdrawn at any time until the Offer has expired, and if not previously accepted for payment at any time, after May 10, 2024, pursuant to SEC regulations.

6. The obligation of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered (and not properly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer is subject to the conditions set forth in “Section 15—Conditions of the Offer” of the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is not subject to any financing condition.

If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the Instruction Form on the detachable part hereof. An envelope to return your instructions to us is enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, all such Shares will be tendered unless otherwise specified on the Instruction Form.

Your prompt action is requested. Your Instruction Form should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit the tender on your behalf before the Expiration Date.

The Offer is being made to all holders of Shares. Purchaser is not aware of any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance thereof would be prohibited by securities, “blue sky” or other valid laws of such jurisdiction. If Purchaser becomes aware of any U.S. state in which the making of the Offer or the acceptance of Shares pursuant thereto would not be in compliance with an administrative or judicial action taken


pursuant to a U.S. state statute, Purchaser will make a good faith effort to comply with any such law. If, after such good faith effort, Purchaser cannot comply with any such law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of Shares in such state. In any jurisdictions where applicable laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of Purchaser by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction to be designated by Purchaser.


INSTRUCTION FORM WITH RESPECT TO

Offer to Purchase

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated March 11, 2024

by

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

a wholly owned subsidiary

of

CORERX, INC.

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal in connection with the offer by Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“SCTL”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with the Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Offer”).

The undersigned hereby instruct(s) you to tender to Purchaser the number of Shares indicated below (or, if no number is indicated, all Shares) which are held by you or your nominees for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.

The undersigned understands and acknowledges that all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. In addition, the undersigned understands and acknowledges that:

1. Purchaser reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of which may, in the opinion of Purchaser, be unlawful and waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares by any particular shareholder, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other shareholders.

2. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived to the satisfaction of Purchaser.

3. None of Parent, Purchaser, SCTL or any of their respective affiliates or assigns, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., in its capacity as the depositary and paying agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc., in its capacity as the information agent, or any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.


The method of delivery of this document is at the election and risk of the tendering shareholder. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.

 

Number of Shares to be Tendered:     SIGN HERE
Shares*    

 

    Signature(s)    

 

Account No.:          
Dated:  , 2024          
          Please Print Name(s) and Address(es) Here
Area Code and Phone Number    
Tax Identification Number or Social Security Number    

 

*

Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all Shares held by us for your account are to be tendered.

Exhibit (a)(1)(E)

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell Shares (as defined below). The Offer (as defined below) is being made only by the Offer to Purchase, dated March 11, 2024 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the related Letter of Transmittal, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and is being made to all holders of Shares. THE OFFER IS BEING MADE TO ALL HOLDERS OF SHARES. PURCHASER IS NOT AWARE OF ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY SECURITIES, “BLUE SKY” OR OTHER VALID LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION. IF PURCHASER BECOMES AWARE OF ANY U.S. STATE IN WHICH THE MAKING OF THE OFFER OR THE ACCEPTANCE OF SHARES PURSUANT THERETO WOULD NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL ACTION TAKEN PURSUANT TO A U.S. STATE STATUTE, PURCHASER WILL MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH LAW. IF, AFTER SUCH GOOD FAITH EFFORT, PURCHASER CANNOT COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH LAW, THE OFFER WILL NOT BE MADE TO (NOR WILL TENDERS BE ACCEPTED FROM OR ON BEHALF OF) THE HOLDERS OF SHARES IN SUCH STATE. IN ANY JURISDICTIONS WHERE APPLICABLE LAWS REQUIRE THE OFFER TO BE MADE BY A LICENSED BROKER OR DEALER, THE OFFER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE MADE ON BEHALF OF PURCHASER BY ONE OR MORE REGISTERED BROKERS OR DEALERS LICENSED UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION TO BE DESIGNATED BY PURCHASER.

Notice of Offer to Purchase

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

Societal CDMO, Inc.

at

$1.10 per share, in cash, without interest and less any applicable tax withholding

by

Cane Merger Sub, Inc.

a wholly owned subsidiary

of

CoreRx, Inc.

Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Purchaser”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Parent”), is offering to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Societal”), at a purchase price of $1.10 per Share in cash, without interest, subject to any applicable tax withholding (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with the Offer to Purchase and other related materials, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

Tendering shareholders who are holders of record of their Shares and who tender directly to Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., the depositary and paying agent for the Offer (the “Depositary and Paying Agent”), will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees, commissions or, except as otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes with respect to the purchase of Shares by Purchaser pursuant to the Offer. Shareholders who hold their Shares through a broker, banker or other nominee should consult such institution as to whether it charges any service fees or commissions.


THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT ONE MINUTE FOLLOWING 11:59 P.M.,

EASTERN TIME, ON APRIL 5, 2024, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER

TERMINATED.

The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2024, by and among Parent, Purchaser and Societal (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, after the completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into Societal, without a vote of Societal’s shareholders in accordance with Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the “PBCL”), with Societal continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”) and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Shares (i) Shares held by Societal (including Shares held in the treasury of Societal), (ii) owned by Parent, Purchaser or any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, (iii) irrevocably accepted for payment in the Offer or (iv) held by a holder who is entitled to and properly demands appraisal rights under Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL and, as of the Effective Time, has neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his, her or its rights to such appraisal and payment under the PBCL, will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable tax withholding (the “Merger Consideration”). As a result of the Merger, Societal will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

The obligation of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for Shares validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) pursuant to the Offer is subject to the satisfaction of, among other conditions, the Minimum Condition (as defined below) and other customary conditions as set forth in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase (collectively, the “Offer Conditions”). There is no financing condition to the Offer.

The “Minimum Condition” means that the number of Shares (A) “purchased” (as such term is defined in Section 321(f) of the PBCL) by Parent or Purchaser in accordance with the Offer, (B) otherwise owned by Parent or Purchaser or by any parent of Parent or Purchaser or any wholly owned subsidiary of any of the foregoing, or (C) subject to an agreement that they are to be transferred, contributed or delivered to the Purchaser, any parent of Purchaser or any wholly owned subsidiary of any of the foregoing in exchange for shares or interests in Parent or Purchaser or such parent or subsidiary, collectively represent at least one Share more than 50% of the then issued and outstanding Shares as of immediately after the consummation of the Offer.

The term “Expiration Date” means one minute following 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, on April 5, 2024, which is the date that is 20 business days after the commencement of the Offer, unless Purchaser has extended the Offer pursuant to and in accordance with the Merger Agreement (in which event the “Expiration Date” will mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, will expire).

The Board of Directors of Societal (the “Societal Board”) unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Offer and the Merger (collectively, the “Transactions”), are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of Societal and its shareholders, (ii) authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance by Societal of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iii) resolved that the Merger will be governed by Section 321(f) of the PBCL and (iv) resolved to recommend that the shareholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer.

Descriptions of the reasons for the Societal Board’s recommendation and approval of the Offer and the Merger will be set forth in Societal’s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the “Schedule 14D-9”), which is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to all Societal shareholders together with the Offer materials (including the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal). Shareholders should carefully read the information set forth in the Schedule 14D-9, including the information set forth in Item 4 thereof under the sub-headings “Recommendation of the SCTL Board” and “Background of the Offer and the Merger; Reasons for the Recommendation.”


The Merger Agreement contains provisions that govern the circumstances under which Purchaser is required or permitted to extend the Offer. Specifically, the Merger Agreement provides: (i) if, at the scheduled Expiration Date, any Offer Condition has not been satisfied (subject to the right of Societal to waive any Offer Condition, other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Regulatory Condition or the Order Condition (each as defined in the Merger Agreement)), Purchaser will, and Parent will cause Purchaser to, extend the Offer on one or more occasions (in consecutive increments), for an additional period of up to ten business days each (or such longer period as may be requested by Societal), until such time as such conditions have been satisfied or waived; and (ii) Purchaser will (and Parent will cause Purchaser to) extend the Offer for any period required by any law, any interpretation or position of the SEC, the staff thereof or the Nasdaq Capital Market applicable to the Offer. Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, Purchaser is (A) not required to extend the Offer beyond the earlier to occur of (the “Extension Deadline”) (x) the first business day immediately following August 28, 2024 and (y) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement or (B) permitted to extend the Offer beyond the Extension Deadline without the prior written consent of Societal.

If the Offer is consummated, Purchaser is not required to and will not seek the approval of Societal’s remaining shareholders before effecting the Merger. Parent, Purchaser and Societal have agreed to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer in accordance with Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

Purchaser expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, not to accept for payment any Shares if, as of immediately prior to the Expiration Date, any of the Offer Conditions have not been satisfied. Purchaser has the right to (a) increase the Offer Price, (b) waive any Offer Condition other than the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition, or the Regulatory Condition (each as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (c) make any other changes to the terms and conditions of the Offer not inconsistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement. However, without Societal prior written consent, Purchaser is not permitted to (i) decrease the Offer Price, (ii) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (iii) decrease the maximum number of Shares sought to be purchased in the Offer, (iv) impose any conditions or requirements to the Offer other than the Offer Conditions, (v) amend or modify any of the Offer Conditions in a manner that adversely affects, or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, any holder of Shares or that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or delay the consummation of the Offer or prevent, delay or impair the ability of Parent or Purchaser to consummate the Offer, the Merger or the other Transactions, (vi) amend, modify, change or waive the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Order Condition or the Regulatory Condition (each as defined in the Merger Agreement), (vii) terminate the Offer or accelerate, extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date, except as described in Section 11of the Offer to Purchase, (viii) provide any “subsequent offering period” within the meaning of Rule 14d-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or (ix) take any action (or fail to take any action) that would result in the Merger not being permitted to be effected pursuant to Section 321(f) of the PBCL.

Any extension, termination or amendment of the Offer will be followed as promptly as practicable by a public announcement of the extension, termination or amendment, and any announcement in the case of an extension will be made no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date, and Purchaser will notify the Depositary and Paying Agent of any extension. Without limiting the manner in which Purchaser may choose to make any public announcement, Purchaser currently intends to make announcements regarding the Offer by issuing a press release and making any appropriate filing with the SEC.

Purchaser is not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, Societal shareholders must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, for Societal shareholders who are registered holders, the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal and such other documents) must be received by the Depositary and Paying Agent


prior to the Expiration Date. Societal shareholders must tender their Shares in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. Tenders received by the Depositary and Paying Agent after the Expiration Date will be disregarded and of no effect.

For purposes of the Offer, Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and thereby purchased, Shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as, if and when Purchaser gives oral or written notice to the Depositary and Paying Agent of Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares pursuant to the Offer. Upon the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement and subject to the Offer Conditions, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the Offer Price for such Shares with the Depositary and Paying Agent, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payments from Purchaser and transmitting payments to tendering shareholders whose Shares have been accepted for payment. If Purchaser extends the Offer, is delayed in its acceptance for payment of Shares or is unable to accept Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to Purchaser’s rights under the Offer and the Merger Agreement, the Depositary and Paying Agent may, nevertheless, on behalf of Purchaser, retain tendered Shares, and such Shares may only be withdrawn to the extent that tendering shareholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase and as otherwise required by Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, which requires Purchaser to pay the consideration offered or return the securities deposited by or on behalf of shareholders promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the Offer. Under no circumstances will Purchaser pay interest on the purchase price for the Shares accepted for payment in the Offer, including by reason of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for the Shares.

In all cases, Purchaser will pay for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer only after (a) timely receipt by the Depositary and Paying Agent of certificates for such Shares (“Share Certificates”) after the Expiration Date or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares (“Book-Entry Confirmation”) into the Depositary and Paying Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (the “DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, (b) a Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal) and (c) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, tendering shareholders may be paid at different times depending upon when the Share Certificates or Book-Entry Confirmations with respect to Shares are actually received by the Depositary and Paying Agent.

Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Thereafter, tenders are irrevocable, except that if Purchaser has not accepted your Shares for payment within 60 days after commencement of the Offer, you may withdraw them at any time after May 10, 2024, the 60th day after commencement of the Offer, until Purchaser accepts your Shares for payment.

For a withdrawal to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary and Paying Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of the Offer to Purchase. The notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who tendered the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of such Shares, if different from that of the person who tendered such Shares. If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer as set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, any notice of withdrawal must also specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn Shares.

Withdrawals of Shares may not be rescinded. Any Shares withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be re-tendered by following one of the procedures for tendering Shares described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by Purchaser, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. Purchaser reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by the Purchaser not to be


in proper form or the acceptance for payment of which may, in the opinion of Purchaser, be unlawful. Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares by any particular shareholder, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other shareholders. No tender of Shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived to the satisfaction of Purchaser. None of Parent, Purchaser, Societal, the Depositary and Paying Agent, D.F. King & Co., Inc. (the “Information Agent”) or any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

Subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement and the rights of holders of Shares to challenge any interpretation with respect to their Shares in a court of competent jurisdiction and any subsequent judgment of any such court, Purchaser’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and the instructions thereto) will be final and binding.

The information required to be disclosed by paragraph (d)(1) of Rule 14d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.

Societal has provided Purchaser with its shareholder list and security position listings for the purpose of disseminating the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and other related materials to holders of Shares. The Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, as well as the Schedule 14D-9, will be mailed to record holders of Shares whose names appear on the shareholder list of Societal as of March 11, 2024 provided to Purchaser by Societal and will be furnished, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares, to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and similar persons whose nominees, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the shareholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares.

The receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in exchange for its Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes and may also be a taxable transaction under applicable state, local, non-U.S. and other tax laws. In general, a U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between its adjusted tax basis in its Shares and the amount of cash received in exchange thereof (determined before the deduction of backup withholding, if any). Gain or loss will be determined separately for each block of Shares (i.e., Shares acquired for the same cost in a single transaction) sold for cash pursuant to the Offer or the Merger. See Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase for a more detailed discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the Offer and the Merger. You are urged to consult with your own tax advisor as to the particular tax consequences to you of the Offer and the Merger in light of your particular circumstances (including the application and effect of any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income and other tax laws).

The Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal contain important information, and Societal’s shareholders should read both carefully and in their entirety before making a decision with respect to the Offer.

Questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the address and telephone number set forth below. Copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and other materials related to the Offer may be obtained at no cost to Societal’s shareholders from the Information Agent. Additionally, copies of the Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and any other materials related to the Offer are available free of charge at www.sec.gov. Shareholders may also contact their brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees for assistance. Neither Parent nor Purchaser will pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other person (other than to the Depositary and Paying Agent and the Information Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer.


The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

LOGO

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Shareholders Call (Toll-Free): (866) 342-4883

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: SCTL@dfking.com

March 11, 2024

Exhibit (b)

OAKTREE CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT, L.P.

333 S. GRAND AVENUE, 28TH

FLOOR

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071

Highly Confidential

March 8, 2024

CoreRx, Inc.

14205 Myerlake Circle,

Clearwater, FL 33760,

United States

Project Cane

Amended and Restated Commitment Letter

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have advised Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (solely in its capacity as an investment manager to certain funds and accounts managed by it, “Oaktree” and, together with each other person, if any, added as a “Commitment Party” after the date of this Commitment Letter, “we” or “us” and each, a “Commitment Party”) that CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Borrower” or “you”), and Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower, each an entity formed at the direction of or under the control of QHP Capital, L.P. and/or its affiliates (collectively, and together with any investment funds controlled or advised by the foregoing entities, the “Sponsor”), intend, directly or indirectly, to acquire a business previously identified to us and code named “Cane” (“Target”; the Target and its subsidiaries, the “Acquired Business”) and to consummate the other transactions described in Exhibit A hereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Exhibits and other attachments hereto.

 

1.

Commitments.

In connection with the Transactions, each Commitment Party commits to provide, on a several, and not joint and several, basis, that percentage of the Term Facility set forth opposite its name on Schedule I (the “Commitment Schedule”) to this Commitment Letter (each Commitment Party providing such a commitment, a “Lender”).

The Term Facility will contain the terms set forth on the Term Sheet attached to this Commitment Letter as Exhibit B, and the commitments of each Lender are subject only to the satisfaction or waiver by the Lead Arrangers (as defined below) of the Financing Conditions (as defined below). This amended and restated commitment letter, together with the Term Sheet and the other attachments hereto and thereto, is referred to herein as this “Commitment Letter.” This Commitment Letter, the Original Commitment Letter (as defined below) and the Fee Letter (as defined below), together, are referred to herein as the “Commitment Papers.” This Commitment Letter amends, restates, supersedes and replaces in its entirety as of the date hereof that certain commitment letter (the “Original Commitment Letter”) dated as of February 28, 2024 (the “Original Signing Date”), by and among the Commitment Parties and you, and such Original Commitment Letter shall be of no further force or effect; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Commitment Parties shall be entitled to the indemnification and cost reimbursement provisions of this Commitment Letter as if they were in effect as of the Original Signing Date.

 

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2.

Titles and Roles.

In connection with the Transactions, each Commitment Party (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) will act with and have the title(s) and in the role(s) set forth opposite its name with respect to the Term Facility on the Commitment Schedule. Each Commitment Party identified on the Commitment Schedule as a Lead Arranger for the Term Facility, together with each person (if any) that becomes a Lead Arranger after the date of the Original Commitment Letter for the Term Facility, is referred to in the Commitment Papers as, a “Lead Arranger” and collectively as the “Lead Arrangers”. Each Commitment Party appointed as a “Left Lead Arranger” for the Term Facility on the Commitment Schedule will appear on the top left of the cover page of all marketing materials for the Term Facility and will hold the roles and responsibilities conventionally understood to be associated with such name placement.

Other than as may be separately agreed, no other agents, co-agents, lead arrangers, co-arrangers, bookrunners, managers or co-managers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation to any of the foregoing or any Lender (other than compensation expressly contemplated by the Commitment Papers) will be paid in order to obtain a commitment with respect to any Facility unless you and we agree.

 

3.

Information.

You hereby represent (prior to the Closing Date, with respect to information provided by or concerning the Acquired Business or its operations or assets, to your knowledge) that,

 

  (a)

all written information and written factual data (other than the Projections and information of a general economic or industry nature) (the “Information”) that has been or will be made available to the Commitment Parties by you or by any of your representatives on your behalf, when taken as a whole (after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto), is or will be correct in all material respects and does not or will not, when furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made (after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto); and

 

  (b)

any projections provided in connection with the Term Facility (together with any financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information, collectively, the “Projections”) that have been or will be made available to the Commitment Parties by you or by any of your representatives on your behalf, when taken as a whole, have been or will be prepared, in good faith based upon assumptions that are believed by you to be reasonable at the time made and at the time any such Projections are delivered to the Commitment Parties; it being understood that (1) Projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, (2) Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of you, the Acquired Business or the Sponsor, (3) no assurance can be given that any particular Projections will be realized, and (4) actual results may differ and such differences may be material.

You agree that, if at any time prior to the Closing Date, you become aware that any of the representations in the preceding sentence would be incorrect in any material respect if the Information and Projections were being furnished, and such representations were being made, at such time, then you will, and will use your commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Acquired Business to, promptly supplement the Information and the Projections so that (with respect to information provided by or concerning the Acquired Business or its operations or assets, to your knowledge) such representations will be correct in all material respects under those circumstances, it being understood in each case that such supplementation shall cure any breach of such representations. In arranging the Term Facility, the Commitment Parties will be entitled to use and rely on the Information and the Projections without responsibility for independent verification thereof, and the Commitment Parties do not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information or Projections. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the making nor the accuracy of the representations set forth above are a condition precedent to the commitments hereunder or the funding of the Term Facility on the Closing Date.

 

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4.

Fees.

As consideration for the commitments of each Lender and each Lead Arranger’s and other agents’ agreements to perform the services described herein, you agree to pay (or cause to be paid) the fees set forth in the Fee Letter dated the Original Signing Date, by and among you and the Commitment Parties, and delivered in connection with the Term Facility (the “Fee Letter”), if and to the extent payable. Once paid, such fees will not be refundable under any circumstances, except as otherwise contemplated by the Fee Letter or otherwise agreed in writing by the parties hereto.

 

5.

Conditions Precedent.

The commitments of each Lender with respect to the Term Facility and each Lead Arranger’s and each agent’s agreements to perform the services described herein are subject solely to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Lead Arrangers) of the conditions precedent set forth on Exhibit C to this Commitment Letter labeled “Conditions Annex” (such conditions, the “Financing Conditions” and such exhibit, the “Conditions Annex”), and, upon satisfaction (or waiver by the Lead Arrangers) of such conditions, each party thereto will execute and deliver the Facilities Documentation (as defined in Exhibit C) and the funding of the Term Facility shall occur.

Notwithstanding anything in the Commitment Papers, the Facilities Documentation or any other agreement or other undertaking concerning the financing of the Transactions to the contrary, the following provisions (the “Certain Funds Provisions”) will apply:

(a) the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which will be a condition to the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date will be the Acquisition Agreement Representations (as defined below) and the Specified Representations (as defined below);

(b) the terms of the Facilities Documentation and the Closing Deliverables will be subject to the Documentation Principles, will contain no conditions to the funding of the Term Facility other than the Financing Conditions, and in any event will be in a form such that they do not impair the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date if the Financing Conditions are satisfied (or waived by the Lead Arrangers); it being understood that to the extent any security interest in any Collateral of the Acquired Business is not or cannot be provided, created, perfected and/or delivered on the Closing Date (other than the pledge and perfection of the security interests in (x) equity securities of the Acquired Business, (y) assets with respect to which a lien may be validly created pursuant to Article 9 of the New York UCC (“Personal Property Collateral”) and perfected by the filing of a general “all assets” financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code and (z) intellectual property with respect to which a lien may be perfected by the filing of short-form intellectual property security agreements in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable; provided that stock certificates for the entities comprising the Acquired Business will only be required to be delivered on the Closing Date to the extent received by you prior to the Closing Date) after your use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral of the Acquired Business shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date (and failure to provide the same shall not result in a default or event of default), but instead shall be required to be provided and/or perfected 90 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably); it being further understood that any stock certificates currently held by the collateral agent under the Existing Borrower Facility (as defined in Exhibit A) may be delivered within two business days after the Closing Date to the extent they are not returned to the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(c) there are no conditions (implied or otherwise) to the commitments and agreements hereunder, and there will be no conditions (implied or otherwise) under the Facilities Documentation to the funding of the Term Facility on the Closing Date (including compliance with the terms of the Commitment Papers or the Facilities Documentation), other than the Financing Conditions, and upon satisfaction (or waiver by the Lead Arrangers) of the Financing Conditions, each Administrative Agent, each Collateral Agent, each Lender and each other party thereto will execute and deliver the Facilities Documentation to which it is a party and the funding under the Term Facility will occur; and

(d) the execution and delivery by the Acquired Business (the “Target Loan Parties”) of the Facilities Documentation to which it is required to be a party on the Closing Date shall be accomplished under escrow arrangements pursuant to which the Target Loan Parties’ signature pages are provided to the Administrative Agent before (or coincident with) the time the Merger is consummated in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement (the “Merger Effective Time”), and such signature pages (and the Facilities Documentation and related deliverables to which the Target Loan Parties are parties) are automatically released from escrow to such Administrative Agent concurrently with the Merger Effective Time and the adoption of related authorizing resolutions. The Target Loan Parties’ signature pages may be executed by individuals that will be officers and/or directors of a Target Loan Parties upon consummation of the Merger, whether or not such individuals are officers and/or directors of such entities prior to the consummation of the Merger, so long as such individuals are authorized in such capacity at the time such signature pages are released from the applicable escrow arrangements.

Acquisition Agreement Representations” means each of the representations and warranties made by the Acquired Business in the Acquisition Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders (in their capacities as such), to the extent that you (or your affiliates) have the right (taking into account any applicable notice or cure provisions) to terminate your (or your affiliates’) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement or decline to consummate the Acquisition (in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Acquisition Agreement.

Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Borrower, Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors set forth in the Facilities Documentation relating to their organizational existence, organizational power and authority (only as to execution, delivery and performance of the Facilities Documentation and the extensions of credit thereunder), their due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability (against them) of the Facilities Documentation, solvency on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date (immediately after giving effect to the Transactions) consistent with the solvency certificate attached to this Commitment Letter as Annex I to Exhibit C), no conflicts of Facilities Documentation with their charter documents (as will be in effect upon consummation of, or immediately after consummation of, the Merger and the adoption of any related resolutions), compliance of the Transactions with Federal Reserve margin regulations, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Patriot Act, use of proceeds on the Closing Date not violating OFAC, FCPA and applicable sanctions and anti-money laundering laws and attachment and perfection of security interests in the Collateral (subject to permitted liens and the Certain Funds Provisions).

 

6.

Indemnification; Expenses.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Commitment Party and its affiliates and controlling persons and the respective officers, directors, employees, partners, agents and representatives of each of the foregoing and their permitted successors and permitted assigns (each, an “Indemnified Person”) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses, joint or several, excluding in each case lost profits, to which any such Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any actual claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding resulting from the Commitment Papers, the Transactions or the Term Facility (each, an “Action”), regardless of whether any such Indemnified Person is a party thereto and whether or not such Action is brought by you, your equity holders, affiliates, creditors or any other person, and to reimburse each such Indemnified Person,

 

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within 30 days after receipt of a written request, together with customary backup documentation in reasonable detail, for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal expenses of one firm of outside counsel for all such Indemnified Persons taken as a whole and, if necessary, of a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) material to the interests of all such Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict retains its own counsel and informs you, of another firm of counsel for all such affected Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole), or other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing (but in the case of fees and expenses of any other advisor or consultant, solely to the extent you have consented to the retention of such person (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed)); provided, that the foregoing indemnity will not apply to losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to the extent (a) resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or gross negligence of an Indemnified Person or any Related Indemnified Persons (as defined below), (b) arising from a material breach of the obligations of an Indemnified Person or any Related Indemnified Persons under the Commitment Papers or the Facilities Documentation, including the failure to fund the Term Facility upon satisfaction of the Financing Conditions (in the case of clauses (a) and (b) as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), or (c) arising from, or in connection with, any dispute among Indemnified Persons or any Related Indemnified Persons of the foregoing, other than any Actions against any Commitment Party in its capacity as, or in fulfilling its role as, an Administrative Agent or other agency role under the Term Facility to the extent none of the exceptions in clauses (a) and (b) of this proviso would apply.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment Letter, except to the extent resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or gross negligence of (or breach of the Commitment Papers by) such Indemnified Person or any Related Indemnified Persons of the foregoing (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment), no Indemnified Person will be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems (including the Platform) and neither any Indemnified Person, nor you or the Acquired Business (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, affiliates or agents) will be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages in connection with the Commitment Papers, the Term Facility, the Transactions (including the Term Facility and the use of proceeds thereunder), or with respect to any activities or other transactions related to the Term Facility; provided, that this sentence shall not limit your indemnification or reimbursement obligations set forth herein to the extent such special, indirect, punitive or consequential damages are included in any third party claim in connection with which such Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

Notwithstanding anything in the Commitment Papers, you will have no obligation to indemnify any Indemnified Person for income taxes (or similar taxes) incurred by such person in connection with the fees or other compensation such person received in connection with the Commitment Papers; provided that this sentence shall not limit your indemnification obligations and other obligations with respect to withholding taxes and other taxes after the Closing Date pursuant to the Facilities Documentation. You will not be liable for any settlement of any Action effected without your prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but, if settled with your written consent or if there is a final judgment in any such Actions by a court of competent jurisdiction, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with the indemnification provisions of this Commitment Letter. You will not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any Action in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Actions and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Each Indemnified Person shall be severally obligated to refund or return any and all amounts paid by you under this Section 6 to the extent such Indemnified Person is not entitled to payment of such amounts in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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For purposes hereof, a “Related Indemnified Person” of an Indemnified Person means (a) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnified Person, (b) the respective directors, partners, officers, or employees of such Indemnified Person or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates and (c) the respective agents of such Indemnified Person or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (c), acting at the instructions of such Indemnified Person, controlling person or such controlled affiliate; provided, that each reference to a controlled affiliate or controlling person in this sentence pertains to a controlled affiliate or controlling person involved in the negotiation of this Commitment Letter, the Original Commitment Letter and the Term Facility.

You agree to reimburse each Commitment Party on the Closing Date (to the extent an invoice is received as set forth in paragraph 9 of Exhibit C) or, if invoiced after the Closing Date or if the Closing Date does not occur, within 30 days after presentation of a summary statement, for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including expenses of each Commitment Party’s due diligence investigation, travel expenses and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of one outside counsel to the Commitment Parties (taken as a whole) and, if necessary, of one local counsel to the Commitment Parties identified to you prior to the Closing Date in each relevant material jurisdiction, which may be a local counsel acting in multiple material jurisdictions), in each case, incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Commitment Papers and the Facilities Documentation (collectively, the “Expenses”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, you agree that if the transactions under the Acquisition Agreement shall have been terminated or abandoned and you or any of your affiliates shall receive any compensation in the nature of a break-up fee, termination fee or similar fee pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, you will promptly apply any such compensation remaining after reimbursement of your and the Sponsor’s (and their respective affiliates’) expenses to reimburse the Commitment Parties for their Expenses. You acknowledge that we may receive a benefit, including without limitation, a discount, credit or other accommodation, from any of such counsel based on the fees such counsel may receive on account of their relationship with us, including, without limitation, fees paid pursuant hereto. It is hereby understood and agreed that the Commitment Parties shall notify you reasonably promptly if your obligation to reimburse the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates for legal fees and expenses of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP exceeds $500,000 at any time prior to the Closing Date; provided that any failure to provide such notice shall not derogate or otherwise affect your reimbursement obligations hereunder.

 

7.

Sharing Information; Absence of Fiduciary Relationship; Affiliate Activities; Binding Obligations.

You acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including investment banking and financial advisory services, securities trading, hedging, financing and brokerage activities, and financial planning and benefits counseling) to other companies in respect of which you or the Acquired Business may have conflicting interests. We will not furnish confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or our other relationships with you to such other companies. You also acknowledge that we do not have any obligation to use, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained by us or any of our respective affiliates from such other companies.

You further acknowledge and agree that (a) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between you and any Commitment Party is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, irrespective of whether such Commitment Party has advised or is advising you on other matters, (b) each Commitment Party, on the one hand, and you, on the other hand, have an arm’s-length business relationship that does not, directly or indirectly, give rise to, nor do you rely on, any fiduciary duty on the part of such Commitment Party, and you waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims you may have against us for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that we will have no liability (whether

 

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direct or indirect) to you in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on your behalf, including equity holders, employees or creditors, (c) you are capable of evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, (d) you have been advised that each Commitment Party and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from your and your affiliates’ interests and that such Commitment Party has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to you or your affiliates, (e) you have consulted your own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have deemed appropriate, and (f) each Commitment Party has been, is and will be acting solely as a principal and, except as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for you, any of your affiliates or any other person or entity. In addition, each Commitment Party may employ the services of its affiliates in providing certain services hereunder and may exchange with such affiliates in connection therewith information concerning you and the Acquired Business, and such affiliates will be entitled to the benefits afforded to, and subject to the obligations of (including, for the avoidance of doubt, confidentiality obligations), such Commitment Party under this Commitment Letter.

You further acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be a full service securities firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, each Commitment Party may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for their respective own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of you, the Acquired Business and the Sponsor and other companies with which you, the Acquired Business or the Sponsor may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by each Commitment Party, its affiliates or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.

You further acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for making your own independent judgment with respect to the Transactions and the process leading thereto. Additionally, you acknowledge and agree that we are not advising you as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. You will consult with your own advisors concerning such matters and will be responsible for making your own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby.

We represent and warrant that the Commitment Papers constitute our legally valid and binding obligation to provide services set forth herein and to fund the Term Facility upon satisfaction or waiver of the Financing Conditions, in each case, enforceable at law and in equity in accordance with their terms. You represent and warrant that the Commitment Papers constitute your legally valid and binding obligation, enforceable at law and in equity against you in accordance with their terms; provided, that nothing contained in the Commitment Papers obligates you or any of your affiliates to consummate any Transaction or to draw upon all or any portion of the Term Facility. No party hereto will take any position that is inconsistent with the foregoing representations and warranties.

 

8.

Assignments; Amendments; Governing Law, Etc.

This Commitment Letter and the commitments hereunder are not assignable (except (x) assignments by you to an affiliate that is a newly formed domestic “shell” company controlled by the Sponsor that consummates or intends to consummate the Acquisition, (y) assignments by us to our controlled affiliates, managed funds or accounts or limited partners (other than Disqualified Lenders) and (z) any other assignment that occurs as a matter of law) without the prior written consent of each other party hereto, and any attempted assignment without such consent will be null and void. Notwithstanding the right to make assignments in respect of the Term Facility, no Lender will be relieved, released or novated from its obligations under the Commitment Papers in connection with any assignment or participation of the Term Facility, including its commitments and obligations to fund the Term Facility, until after the funding under the Term Facility has occurred.

 

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Without limitation of the foregoing, any assignment of commitments with respect to the Term Facility by a Commitment Party shall be only to banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders that are identified by such Commitment Party and, other than any assignment to its controlled affiliates, managed funds or accounts or limited partners, with respect to which you have consented (the “Lenders”). In any event, no assignment shall be made to any entity that is designated by you or the Sponsor as a Disqualified Lender in writing to us on or prior to the Original Signing Date (collectively, the “Disqualified Lenders”).

Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Facilities Documentation to the contrary, no Disqualified Lender may become a Lender or have any commitment or right (including a participation right) with respect to the Term Facility. To the extent persons are identified as Disqualified Lenders in writing by you after the Original Signing Date (or, if on or after the Closing Date, by you to the Administrative Agent) pursuant to clause (a) above (or otherwise become a Disqualified Lender after the Original Signing Date), the inclusion of such persons as Disqualified Lenders (or such person becoming a Disqualified Lender) shall not retroactively invalidate prior assignments or participations to such person that were made in compliance with applicable assignment or participation provisions. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) any entity that is a Disqualified Lender under clause (a) or (b) above may not become a Lender due to the fact that it is an affiliate of an existing Lender and (y) “Disqualified Lenders” shall exclude any person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Lender” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent.

This Commitment Letter is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto (and Indemnified Persons solely to the extent expressly set forth herein), is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto (and Indemnified Persons solely to the extent expressly set forth herein) and is not intended to create a fiduciary relationship among the parties hereto. Any and all services to be provided by each Commitment Party hereunder may be performed by or through any of its affiliates or branches, and such affiliates and branches will be entitled to the benefits afforded to, and will be subject to the obligations of (including, for the avoidance of doubt confidentiality obligations), such Commitment Party under this Commitment Letter; provided that the applicable Commitment Party shall remain liable to the Borrower for the performance of such benefits and obligations. Except as otherwise set forth herein, this Commitment Letter may not be amended or any provision hereof waived or modified except in a writing signed by each Commitment Party and you. This Commitment Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which, when taken together, will constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Commitment Letter by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including in “.pdf” format) will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Commitment Letter and will not affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Commitment Letter. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import this Commitment Letter or any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. The Commitment Papers supersede all prior understandings, whether written or oral, among you and us with respect to the Term Facility and set forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect thereto.

THIS COMMITMENT LETTER, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS COMMITMENT LETTER, WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY; provided, however, that (a) the interpretation of the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) and whether or not a Material Adverse Effect has occurred (including for purposes of the Financing Conditions), or any other

 

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term used herein that is defined by reference to the Acquisition Agreement, (b) the determination of the accuracy of any Acquisition Agreement Representation and whether as a result of any inaccuracy of any Acquisition Agreement Representation there has been a failure of a Financing Condition and (c) the determination of whether the Merger or Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement will, in each case, be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws governing the Acquisition Agreement as applied to the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of laws of any other jurisdiction. A determination by any court of competent jurisdiction (including any court arbitration body contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement) with respect to any of the foregoing matters described in clauses (a) through (c) of the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence shall be conclusive for all purposes hereunder.

 

9.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THE ACQUISITION, THE TRANSACTIONS, THE COMMITMENT PAPERS OR THE PERFORMANCE BY US OR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES OF THE SERVICES HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

 

10.

Jurisdiction.

Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, and any appellate court from any such court, in any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim arising out of or relating to the Commitment Papers, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim will be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court, (b) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim arising out of or relating to the Commitment Papers in any court in which such venue may be laid in accordance with the preceding clause of this sentence, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim in any such court, (d) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding will be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and (e) agrees a determination by any court of competent jurisdiction (including any court contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement and including any alternate dispute resolution procedures as may be contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement) with respect to the right to terminate the Acquisition Agreement and whether the parties thereto have an obligation to consummate the Acquisition (including with respect to termination rights and satisfaction of conditions) shall be conclusive for all purposes under this Commitment Letter. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail or overnight courier addressed to any of the parties hereto at the addresses above will be effective service of process against such party for any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim brought in any such court.

 

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11.

Confidentiality.

This Commitment Letter is delivered to you on the understanding that none of the Fee Letter, the Original Commitment Letter or this Commitment Letter, or their terms or substance, may be disclosed by you to any other person or entity prior to their acceptance by you, except

 

  a)

solely on a confidential basis, to the Sponsor, any Investor or potential Investor and to your and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, controlling persons, members, partners, equity holders, attorneys, accountants, representatives, experts, agents and advisors;

 

  b)

if each Commitment Party consents in writing to such proposed disclosure;

 

  c)

that the Term Sheet and the existence of this Commitment Letter and the Original Commitment Letter (but not any other contents of the Fee Letter, the Original Commitment Letter or this Commitment Letter) may be disclosed to any rating agency in connection with the Transactions;

 

  d)

pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulation or as requested by a governmental authority, in each case based on the advice of your legal counsel (in which case you agree to inform us promptly thereof to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation);

 

  e)

you may disclose, on a confidential basis, the Fee Letter and the contents thereof to your and the Acquired Business’ auditors and accounting and tax advisers for customary accounting and tax purposes, including accounting for deferred financing costs;

 

  f)

you may disclose the Fee Letter, the Original Commitment Letter or this Commitment Letter in connection with the enforcement of your rights or remedies hereunder or under the Fee Letter;

 

  g)

you may disclose this Commitment Letter and the Original Commitment Letter and the contents hereof and thereof (but not the Fee Letter or the contents thereof) after your acceptance thereof or prior thereto to the extent that such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by you or any of your affiliates in violation of any confidentiality obligations hereunder; and

 

  h)

you may disclose this Commitment Letter and the Original Commitment Letter and the contents hereof and thereof (but not the Fee Letter) in connection with any public filing requirement.

Each Commitment Party and its affiliates will use all confidential information provided to it or such affiliates by or on behalf of you and the contents of the Commitment Papers solely for the purpose of providing the services that are the subject of this Commitment Letter and will treat confidentially all such information and the Commitment Papers; provided, that the foregoing sentence will not prevent such Commitment Party from disclosing any such information, (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or otherwise as required by applicable law or regulation (in which case such Commitment Party agrees to inform you promptly thereof to the extent lawfully permitted to do so, unless such Commitment Party is prohibited by applicable law from so informing you), (b) upon the request or demand of any governmental, regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Commitment Party or any of its affiliates (in which case such Commitment Party agrees to inform you promptly thereof prior to such disclosure, unless such Commitment Party is prohibited by applicable law from so informing you, or except in connection with any routine request as part of any routine or ordinary course regulatory audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), (c) to the extent that such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of improper disclosure by such Commitment Party or any of its affiliates or any of their respective members, partners (including existing and prospective limited partners), officers, directors, employees, legal counsel, independent auditors, professionals and other experts or agents, advisors, controlling persons and other representatives, (d) to the extent that such information is received by such Commitment Party from a third party that is not to such Commitment Party’s knowledge subject to confidentiality obligations to you, Holdings, the Target, the Sponsor or their respective affiliates, (e) to the extent that such information is independently developed by such Commitment

 

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Party without the use of any confidential information, (f) to the members, partners, directors (or equivalent managers), managed funds, managed accounts, existing financing sources, officers, employees, agents, affiliates, limited partners, managers, current and prospective investors, attorneys, accountants, independent auditors or other experts and advisors of such Commitment Party who need to know such information in connection with the Transactions, are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information confidential (provided that such Commitment Party shall be responsible for the compliance of such persons with the provisions of this paragraph), (g) except with respect to the Fee Letter, to bona fide prospective Lenders, participants or assignees or any bona fide potential counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Acquired Business or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective obligations, in each case who agree to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph), subject to the proviso below, (h) to ratings agencies for the purposes of obtaining a private rating letter or shadow rating in connection with the Transactions, so long as, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall have agreed in writing to maintain the confidentiality of such materials, or (i) in connection with the enforcement of our rights hereunder or under the Fee Letter; provided, that (i) the disclosure of any such information to any Lenders or prospective Lenders or participants or prospective participants will be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such Lender or prospective Lender or participant or prospective participant that such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as is otherwise reasonably acceptable to you and the Commitment Parties, including, without limitation, as agreed in any marketing materials) in accordance with customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which will in any event require “click through” or other affirmative actions on the part of the recipient to access such information and (ii) no such disclosure will be made to any Disqualified Lender.

After the closing of the Transactions and at such Commitment Party’s expense, each Commitment Party may, with the prior written consent of the Borrower, (i) place advertisements in periodicals and on the Internet as it may choose and (ii) on a confidential basis, circulate promotional materials in the form of a “tombstone” or “case study” (and, in each case, otherwise describe the names of any of you or your affiliates and any other information about the Transactions, including the amount, type and closing date of the Term Facility). In addition, the Commitment Parties may disclose the existence of the Term Facility and the information about the Term Facility to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to such Commitment Party in connection with the administration and management of the Term Facility.

The obligations under this section with respect to the Commitment Letter and the Original Commitment Letter but not the Fee Letter will automatically terminate and be superseded by the confidentiality provisions in the Facilities Documentation (to the extent set forth therein) upon the execution and delivery of the Facilities Documentation and in any event will terminate on the first anniversary of the Original Signing Date.

 

12.

Surviving Provisions.

The compensation, information, indemnification, expense reimbursement, payment of fees, confidentiality, jurisdiction, venue, governing law, no agency or fiduciary duty and waiver of jury trial provisions contained in the Commitment Papers will remain in full force and effect regardless of whether definitive financing documentation is executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter or the Lenders’ commitments hereunder and the Lead Arrangers’ and other agents’ several agreements to provide the services described herein; provided, that your obligations under the Commitment Papers, other than those relating to compensation, information and confidentiality, shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the Facilities Documentation upon consummation of the Transactions and the payment of all amounts owing at such time under the Commitment Papers.

 

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13.

Patriot Act Notification.

We hereby notify you that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”) and the requirements of the beneficial ownership certification required by 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation), each Commitment Party and each Lender is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the Borrower and each Guarantor that will allow such Commitment Party or such Lender to identify the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and is effective as to each Commitment Party and each Lender.

 

14.

Acceptance and Termination.

This Commitment Letter shall become effective upon execution and delivery by all parties hereto.

If you do so execute and deliver this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter to the Lead Arrangers, we agree to hold our commitment available for you until the earliest of (such earliest date being the “Termination Date”): (a) the date that is 5 business days after the “End Date” (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as of the Original Signing Date), (b) the date on which you notify us in writing that the Acquisition Agreement has terminated in accordance with its terms without the funding of the Term Facility and (c) the date of the consummation of the Acquisition (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, prior to the consummation thereof) with or without the effectiveness of the Facilities Documentation or the funding of the Term Facility. Upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, this Commitment Letter and the commitments and undertakings of each Commitment Party hereunder will automatically terminate, unless such Commitment Party, in its discretion, agrees to an extension. The termination of any commitment pursuant to this paragraph will not prejudice your rights and remedies in respect of any breach or repudiation of the Commitment Papers.

You shall have the right to terminate this Commitment Letter and the commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder in full or in part, on a pro rata basis among the Commitment Parties, at any time upon written notice to them from you, subject to your surviving obligations as set forth in paragraph 12 of this Commitment Letter.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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We are pleased to have this opportunity and we look forward to working with you on this transaction.

 

Very truly yours,

OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. ,

 

on behalf of certain funds and accounts managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. or an affiliate, in each case, within its Global Private Debt strategy, or one or more entities owned by such funds or accounts

By:   /s/ Matthew Stewart
  Name: Matthew Stewart
  Title: Managing Director
By:   /s/ Mary Gallegly
  Name: Mary Gallegly
  Title: Managing Director

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PROJECT CANE AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMITMENT LETTER]

 

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Accepted and agreed to as of

the date first written above:

CoreRx, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ajay Damani
  Name: Ajay Damani
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PROJECT CANE AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMITMENT LETTER]

 

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CONFIDENTIAL       SCHEDULE I

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Commitment Schedule1

Term Facility

Commitments

In connection with the Transactions, each Lender commits to provide that percentage of the Term Facility set forth opposite its name in the table below:

 

Lender

   Commitment      Commitment Percentage  

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

   $ 100,000,000        100

Total

   $ 100,000,000        100

Titles and Roles

In connection with the Transactions, each Commitment Party (acting alone or through or with affiliates selected by it) will act with and have the title(s) and in the role(s) set forth opposite its name with respect to the Term Facility.

 

Title/Role

  

Term Facility

Administrative Agent    As set forth on Exhibit B
Collateral Agent    As set forth on Exhibit B
Lead Arrangers    Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

 

 

1 

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this exhibit have the meanings given to them in the Commitment Letter to which this exhibit is attached, including the other exhibits thereto. In the event any such capitalized term is subject to multiple and differing definitions, the appropriate meaning thereof in this exhibit is determined by reference to the context in which it is used.

 

   

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Schedule I


CONFIDENTIAL       EXHIBIT A

Project Cane

Transaction Description2

It is intended that:

(a) The Borrower will directly or indirectly acquire (the “Acquisition”) the Target and its subsidiaries, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Borrower, Merger Sub and the Target (together with the schedules and exhibits to such agreement, as such agreement, schedules and exhibits may amended from time to time in a manner that would not result in a failure of the condition precedent set forth in paragraph 1 of Exhibit C to this Commitment Letter, the “Acquisition Agreement”), and will consummate the Transactions (as defined below). The Acquisition is structured as a merger, in which Merger Sub will merge with and into Target, with Target surviving such merger as a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of the Borrower (the “Merger”).

(b) The Sponsor and other equity investors (the “Investors”) will, directly or indirectly, contribute to the Borrower (or a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) cash in exchange for common equity of the Borrower (or such direct or indirect parent) (the “Equity Contribution”), in a minimum amount of $100,000,000 (collectively, the “Minimum Equity Contribution”). Any such parent will contribute, or cause to be contributed, all such cash to the Borrower substantially simultaneously with (or prior to) the funding of the Term Facility.

(c) The Borrower will obtain $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of senior secured term loans (the “Term Facility”) having terms materially consistent with those set forth on the term sheet attached to this Commitment Letter as Exhibit B (including the annexes attached thereto, the “Term Sheet”).

(d) The proceeds of the Equity Contribution and the borrowing under the Term Facility on the Closing Date will be applied on the Closing Date,

 

  (i)

to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and pursuant to the terms of, the Acquisition Agreement;

 

  (ii)

(A) to finance the repayment of the indebtedness of the Acquired Business pursuant to (x) that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2022, by the Target in favor of RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as amended and (y) that certain Subordinated Promissory Note, issued on August 13, 2021 by the Target in favor of IriSys, Inc., or its successors or permitted assigns, as amended and (B) to finance the repayment of the indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2021 (the “Existing Borrower Facility”), among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended (this clause (ii), the “Refinancing”); and

 

  (iii)

to pay fees, costs and expenses related to the Transactions (such fees, costs and expenses, the “Transaction Costs”).

 

2 

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this exhibit have the meanings given to them in the Commitment Letter to which this exhibit is attached, including the other exhibits thereto. In the event any such capitalized term is subject to multiple and differing definitions, the appropriate meaning thereof in this exhibit is determined by reference to the context in which it is used.

 

   

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Exhibit A


The transactions described above, together with the transactions related thereto, are collectively referred to herein as the “Transactions.” The Term Sheet (together with the Documentation Principles) reflect all material terms related to the Term Facility. For purposes of the Commitment Papers, “Closing Date” means the date of the funding under the Term Facility. All references to “dollars” and “$” are to the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

CONFIDENTIAL       EXHIBIT B

Project Cane

Term Sheet1

 

Borrower:    CoreRx, Inc., a Florida corporation (or any permitted assignee thereof pursuant to the terms of the Commitment Letter) (the “Borrower”).
Holdings:    NQ PE Project Stingray Midco Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Lead Arrangers:    Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (the “Lead Arrangers”).
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent:    Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC will act as sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and sole collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), in each case, for the Lenders under the Term Facility described in this Term Sheet.
Transactions:    As described on the “Transaction Description” attached to the Commitment Letter as Exhibit A.
Lenders:    The Lenders
Term Facility:    A senior secured first-lien term loan facility (the “Term Facility” and the loans thereunder, the “Term Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000, to be made available in a single drawing on the Closing Date. Amounts repaid or prepaid with respect to the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
Incremental Term Facilities:    None.
Purpose:    Proceeds of the Term Loans will be used to finance the Transactions, including the Acquisition and the Merger, the Refinancing and the payment of related fees, costs and expenses.
Voluntary Prepayments:    Voluntary prepayments of borrowings under the Term Facility will be permitted at any time following the Closing Date, in minimum principal amounts to be mutually agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent consistent with the Documentation Principles subject to the prepayment premium set forth below.

 

1 

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this exhibit have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter to which this exhibit is attached or the other exhibits to the Commitment Letter. As used in this exhibit, “Administrative Agent,” “Lead Arrangers,” “Lenders,” and “Loans” refers to the Lead Arrangers, Lenders and Loans under the Facilities described in this Term Sheet.

 

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Exhibit A


Mandatory Prepayments:   

The Term Loans shall be prepayable (a) with 100% of the net cash proceeds from asset sales and casualty events, subject to customary exceptions and reinvestment rights to be agreed, (b) with 100% of the net cash proceeds from the issuance or incurrence of indebtedness other than any indebtedness permitted under the Facilities Documentation, (c) in full upon the occurrence of any change of control and (d) with 100% of the proceeds from any cash equity contribution made to cure a breach of the Total Leverage Ratio covenant.

 

Each Lender shall have the right to decline all or a portion of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment.

Prepayment Premium:    Any (x) optional prepayment of the Term Loans, (y) mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans (except for prepayments in connection with casualty events) or (z) acceleration of the Term Loans pursuant to the Facilities Documentation shall, in each case, be accompanied by a prepayment fee equal to (a) if such prepayment is made prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, an amount equal to the amount of interest that would have been paid on the principal amount of the Loans being so prepaid for the period from and including the date of such prepayment to but excluding the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date, plus 2.00% of the amount of the principal prepaid, (b) if such prepayment is made on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, 2.00% of the amount of the principal prepaid and (c) if such prepayment is made on or after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, 0.00% of the amount of the principal prepaid.
Documentation Principles:    The Facilities Documentation will (i) be prepared by counsel to the Lead Arrangers and (ii) be substantially in the form of the Agreed Precedent (as defined below), as modified in a manner consistent with the Commitment Papers and otherwise mutually agreed to be customary and appropriate for transactions of this type. “Agreed Precedent” means the definitive documentation for the senior secured credit facilities provided to the Borrower prior to the Original Signing Date, with (a) modifications as are necessary to reflect the financing structure and the other terms set forth in this Commitment Letter (including the exceptions, basket amounts and thresholds set forth in Annex I to Exhibit B hereto) and the Fee Letter and (b) modifications to reflect changes in law or accounting standards since the date of such precedent. The two preceding sentences are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Documentation Principles.” Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Term Sheet have the meanings set forth in the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or in the Agreed Precedent, as applicable. The Facilities Documentation will contain only those payments, conditions to borrowing, mandatory prepayments, representations and warranties, covenants and events of default

 

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Exhibit B


   expressly set forth in the Commitment Letter and this Term Sheet. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders reserve the right (but not the obligation) to negotiate certain other terms, provisions and baskets set forth in the Agreed Precedent.
Interest Rate:   

The Term Loans will accrue interest at a rate equal to Term SOFR for a 3-month tenor plus a margin of 7.50% (such margin, the “Margin”).

 

The floor for 3-month Term SOFR shall be 3.00%.

 

The interest will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed based on a 360-day year, and will be payable quarterly.

Default Rate:    During the continuation of any event of default, the interest rate will be, with respect to all outstanding amounts, the applicable interest rate, plus 2.00% per annum. Interest on such overdue amounts will be payable upon written demand.
Maturity and Amortization:   

The Term Loans will mature on the date that is five (5) years after the Closing Date (the “Maturity Date”).

 

The Term Loans will be interest-only for the first twelve (12) full fiscal quarters after the Closing Date.

 

Amortization will begin on the thirteenth (13th) full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, with quarterly installments (payable on the last business day of each applicable fiscal quarter) of 12.5% per quarter of the principal amount of funded Term Loans outstanding on the third anniversary of the Closing Date and with the balance payable on the maturity date set forth above (and in each case, subject to reduction as a result of prepayments consistent with the Documentation Principles).

Guarantees:    All obligations of the Borrower under the Term Facility will be unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior secured basis (the “Guarantees”) by Holdings and each existing and subsequently acquired or organized material subsidiary of the Borrower (the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with Holdings, the “Guarantors” and the Guarantors together with the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following persons shall not be required to guarantee the Term Facility (and the Loan Parties shall not include any such subsidiary): (i) any subsidiaries that are prohibited by applicable law from guaranteeing the facilities or which would require approval from a third party (including a governmental authority) to guarantee the facilities that is required on the Closing Date or at the time such subsidiary becomes a subsidiary (including pursuant to assumed indebtedness) (but not incurred in contemplation thereof) and (ii) CoreRx Pharma India Private Limited.

 

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Exhibit B


Security:   

Subject to the Certain Funds Provisions and the Documentation Principles, obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of the Term Facility will be secured jointly and severally on a first priority basis by substantially all assets of the Loan Parties, wherever located, now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “Collateral”), subject to the following exceptions:

 

(i) any general intangibles or other rights or interests, in each case arising under any contracts, instruments, leases, licenses, permits, letters of credit, purchase money arrangements, instruments or other documents as to which the grant of a security interest would (A) constitute or result in the unenforceability of any of the foregoing documents or (B) give any other party to such contract, instrument, lease, license, permit, letter of credit, purchase money arrangement, instrument or other document the right to terminate its obligations thereunder;

 

(ii) trademark applications filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent to use” such trademark pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act solely to the extent that granting a lien in such trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of, or render void or voidable or result in the cancellation of any Loan Party’s right, title or interest in, such trademark application or any trademark issued as a result of such application under applicable law; provided that if the foregoing no longer applies following the issuance of a registered trademark resulting from such intent-to-use trademark application, such intent-to-use trademark application shall be automatically included as Collateral;

 

(iii) any asset, the granting of a security interest in which would be void or illegal under any applicable law, would require any governmental or regulatory consent, license or authorization (unless such consent, license or authorization has been obtained), or pursuant thereto would result in, or permit the termination of, such asset;

 

(iv) any asset subject to a purchase money security interest, finance lease obligation or similar arrangement to the extent that the grant of other Liens on such asset (A) would result in a breach, violation or invalidation of, or constitute a default under, the agreement or instrument governing such arrangement or (B) would require the consent of any other party to such arrangement;

 

(v) the Excluded Accounts (to be defined in the Facilities Documentation);

 

(vi) margin stock;

 

(vii) any fee-owned or leasehold real property other than Material Real Property (to be defined in the Facilities Documentation);

 

(viii) motor vehicles, aircraft and other assets subject to certificates of title, except to the extent a security interest therein can be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement; and

 

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Exhibit B


  

 

(ix) any assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost, burden, difficulty or consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof outweighs, or are excessive in relation to, the practical benefit to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby.

 

Actions that shall be required for the creation or perfection of security interests in the Collateral include, among others, (i) the filing of a general “all asset” UCC-1 financing statement in the applicable filing office, (ii) the delivery of share certificates (if any) with respect to the shares of wholly-owned subsidiaries and instruments above a threshold to be mutually agreed, (iii) the filing of short-form intellectual property security agreements in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to issued, registered and pending U.S. copyrights, patents and trademarks, (iv) the entry into account control agreements with respect to deposit accounts held by Loan Parties (other than Excluded Accounts (to be defined in the Facilities Documentation)), with such account control agreements to be delivered (x) within 30 days after the Closing Date with respect to deposit accounts held by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date or, (y) with respect to accounts opened after the Closing Date, upon the opening or acquisition of such deposit account (or in each case, such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) and (v) mortgages with respect to Material Real Property. In addition, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain landlord waivers with respect to material locations (to be agreed) (x) within 45 days after the Closing Date with respect to locations leased by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date or (y) with respect to locations opened after the Closing Date, upon the opening or acquisition of such material location (or in each case, such later date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

Representations and Warranties:    Subject to the Documentation Principles and to limitations for materiality, exceptions and qualifications to be provided in the Facilities Documentation, the representations and warranties are to be limited to the following (to be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries and, solely with respect to limited matters to be agreed, Holdings): organization and existence, due authorization, execution and delivery of the Facilities Documentation, enforceability of the Facilities Documentation, no violation of, or conflict with, law or organizational documents, compliance with law, government approvals with respect to the Term Facility, validity of the Facilities Documentation, financial information, no material adverse effect, litigation, labor and environmental matters, subsidiaries, ownership of properties, taxes, benefit plans, accuracy of information as of the Closing Date, Regulations U and X, consolidated solvency as of the Closing Date, intellectual property, data security, Investment Company Act and OFAC, FCPA and other applicable sanctions and anti-money laundering laws.

 

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Exhibit B


   All representations and warranties shall be made on the Closing Date, but the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which will be a condition to the availability of the Term Facility on the Closing Date will be the Acquisition Agreement Representations and the Specified Representations.
Affirmative Covenants:   

Subject to the Documentation Principles, the affirmative covenants shall be limited to the following (to be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries and, solely with respect to further assurances on security, Holdings):

 

•  financial information and reports (with delivery of (i) monthly unaudited financials to be delivered within 30 days after each month (or within 45 days after each month ending on or before December 31, 2024), (ii) quarterly unaudited financials to be delivered within 45 days of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (or within 60 days after each quarter ending on or before June 30, 2024) and within 60 days of the last quarter of each fiscal year, and (iii) annual audited financials to be delivered within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year (or within 180 days after the end of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024), accompanied by an opinion of a nationally recognized accounting firm that is not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or emphasis of matter (other than a going concern qualification based solely on (i) the upcoming maturity date of the Loans occurring within 12 months of the date of the relevant audit or (ii) a breach or anticipated breach of financial covenants under the Facilities Documentation) or any qualification or exception as to the scope of the relevant audit);

 

•  compliance certificates (concurrently with each set of quarterly and annual financials and within 5 business days after the end of each calendar month (with respect to compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant));

 

•  delivery of board minutes, presentations and other materials within two business days following regularly scheduled board meeting, in each case, subject to customary redactions related to attorney-client privilege or conflicts of interest;

 

•  an annual budget concurrently with the delivery of the audited financial statements for the preceding fiscal year;

 

•  quarterly lender calls;

 

•  notices of defaults, events of default and certain other material events;

 

•  maintenance of existence;

 

•  compliance with laws (including ERISA, environmental laws, OFAC, FCPA and other applicable sanctions and anti-money laundering laws);

 

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Exhibit B


  

 

•  maintenance of properties;

 

•  maintenance of licenses and permits;

 

•  maintenance of regulatory approvals;

 

•  termination of non-permitted liens;

 

•  data security;

 

•  insurance;

 

•  payment of taxes;

 

•  books and records and inspection rights;

 

•  use of proceeds;

 

•  future guarantors and security;

 

•  cash management;

 

•  changes in business activities;

 

•  changes in legal name, entity type or jurisdiction; and

 

•  post-closing matters (as needed);

 

subject, in the case of each of the foregoing covenants, to limitations for materiality, exceptions and qualifications to be provided in the Facilities Documentation.

Negative Covenants:   

Subject to the Documentation Principles, the negative covenants shall be limited to the following (to be applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries and, solely with respect to the passivity covenant, Holdings):

 

•  indebtedness;

 

•  liens;

 

•  financial covenants (as set forth below);

 

•  investments (including permitted acquisitions);

 

•  restricted payments;

 

•  consolidations and mergers;

 

•  lines of business;

 

•  dispositions;

 

•  payments of indebtedness;

 

•  restrictive agreements;

 

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Exhibit B


  

 

•  modifications and terminations of material agreements and organic documents;

 

•  outbound licenses;

 

•  sale and leaseback;

 

•  transaction with affiliates;

 

•  change in fiscal year;

 

•  hazardous materials;

 

•  accounting changes;

 

•  sanctions;

 

•  payments to insiders;

 

•  benefit plans and agreements; and

 

•  passive holding company covenant with respect to Holdings;

 

subject, in the case of each of the foregoing covenants, to exceptions and qualifications to be provided in the Facilities Documentation. For the avoidance of doubt, the Facilities Documentation shall permit in all respects the consummation of the Transactions.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, other than pursuant to any Permitted License (to be defined in the Facilities Documentation):

 

(A) the Borrower and its subsidiaries shall not be permitted to create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any material IP securing any indebtedness for borrowed money other than the Term Facility;

 

(B) the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their subsidiaries to (x) directly or indirectly transfer, by means of contribution, sale, assignment, lease or sublease, license or sublicense, or other disposition of any kind (including as an investment, restricted payment or asset sale), any material IP or Material Agreement (as defined below) or (y) permit any person other than a Loan Party to license or own any interest in any material IP or Material Agreement owned by such Loan Party; and

 

(C) no material IP or Material Agreement shall be contributed as an investment or distributed as a restricted payment to any subsidiary other than a Loan Party.

 

Material Agreement” means any contract to the extent that the absence or termination of such contract would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect or be material to the business or operations of Holdings and its subsidiaries as a whole.

 

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Exhibit B


Financial Covenants:   

(a) Minimum Liquidity: The unrestricted cash-on-hand and cash equivalents of the Borrower and its subsidiaries held in one or more controlled accounts shall (i) at all times prior to the 60th day after the Closing Date not be less than $8,000,000 and (ii) at all times thereafter not be less than $12,500,000.

 

(b) Total Leverage Ratio: As of the last day of each fiscal quarter, commencing with the 1st full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date (but not sooner than the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2024), the Borrower shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio to exceed 4.00x.

 

There shall be no equity cure rights with respect to the minimum liquidity covenant. Equity cure rights with respect to the Total Leverage Ratio covenant will be mutually agreed but exercisable not more than four times during the term of the Term Facility or more than two times during any 12-month period.

Selected Financial Definitions:   

The definition of “Adjusted EBITDA” is set forth on Annex II to Exhibit B.

 

Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) total funded indebtedness as of such date of determination to (2) Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) for the most recently ended four-fiscal quarter period.

Events of Default:   

Subject to the Documentation Principles, Events of Default to be limited to the following (subject to limitations for materiality, notice and grace periods, exceptions and qualifications to be provided in the Facilities Documentation):

 

•  nonpayment of principal or interest when due;

 

•  nonpayment of fees or any other amounts payable after a customary three business day grace period;

 

•  violation of covenants;

 

•  incorrectness of representations and warranties;

 

•  cross-payment default and cross-event of default to material indebtedness in excess of the amount set forth on Annex I to this Exhibit B);

 

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Exhibit B


  

 

•  bankruptcy or other insolvency events of Holdings, the Borrower or its material subsidiaries (with a customary grace period for involuntary events);

 

•  monetary judgments in excess of the amount set forth on Annex I to this Exhibit B;

 

•  material ERISA events;

 

•  change of control;

 

•  regulatory matters; and

 

•  actual or asserted invalidity of guarantees or security documents with respect to Collateral.

Voting:    To be consistent with the Documentation Principles; provided that the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby will be required with respect to any contractual subordination of the liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral securing the obligations under the Term Facility or the contractual payment priority of the Term Facility to any other indebtedness for borrowed money.
Assignments and Participations:   

The Lenders shall have the right at any time after funding to transfer or assign any and all rights to a third party; provided that the Borrower will have a consent right over such transfer or assignment, unless such transfer or assignment was to Oaktree or any of its affiliates, managed funds or accounts, another Lender (or any affiliate, managed fund or account thereof) or a default or event of default has occurred. The Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to such transfer or assignment unless it objects thereto by written notice within 5 business days.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any assignment or participation be permitted to be made to any Disqualified Lender unless an event of default has occurred and is continuing.

Expenses and Indemnification:    To be consistent with the Documentation Principles.
Governing Law and Forum:    New York.
Board Observer Rights:    Oaktree will have the right to appoint one natural person as a non-voting observer to the board of directors of the Borrower or any committee thereof, it being understood that the rights of the observer to attend meetings or receive materials shall be limited in a customary manner as necessary to the extent there would be a conflict of interest or a loss of attorney-client privilege. Such non-voting observer will be reimbursed for any reasonable out-of-pocket travel and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to attendance at board meetings.
Counsel to the Lead Arrangers:    Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

 

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Exhibit B


CONFIDENTIAL    EXHIBIT C

Project Cane

Conditions Annex 1

Subject in all respects to the Certain Funds Provisions, the commitments of the Lenders, the availability and funding of the Term Loans and the Lead Arrangers’ and other agents’ agreements to perform the services described in this Commitment Letter are, in each case, subject solely to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Lead Arrangers) of the following conditions precedent:

1. The Acquisition shall have been consummated or, substantially concurrently with the borrowing of the Term Loans, shall be consummated, in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect to any modifications, amendments, consents or waivers thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders (in their capacities as such) without the consent of the Commitment Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided, that

(i) an amendment, supplement, waiver or modification of the Acquisition Agreement that decreases the purchase price thereunder will, in each case, not be deemed to be materially adverse to the Lenders as long as such reduction is less than 10% of the purchase price and is allocated to (x) first, reduce the Equity Contribution to the Minimum Equity Contribution level and (y) second, reduce the Term Facility and the Equity Contribution on a pro rata basis,

(ii) an amendment, supplement, waiver or modification of the Acquisition Agreement that has the effect of increasing the purchase price thereunder will be deemed not to be materially adverse to the Lenders if such increase is not funded with indebtedness for borrowed money, and

(iii) any change to, or waiver with respect to, the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” contained in the Acquisition Agreement (as in effect on the Original Signing Date) will be deemed to be adverse in a material respect to the interests of the Lenders.

2. The Commitment Parties will have received copies of (i) audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Acquired Business, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Business, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Acquired Business as of September 30, 2023, together with the related consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholder’s equity (deficit) and cash flows of the Borrower and the Acquired Business for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023 (it being understood that the Commitment Parties acknowledge the receipt of all such financial statements described in clauses (i) and (ii) above).

3. Each of the (x) Refinancing and (y) the Equity Contribution (in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity Contribution) either has been consummated or will be consummated substantially concurrently with the funding of the Term Facility; it being agreed that the Refinancing may be consummated with the proceeds of the funding of the Term Facility.

 

 

1 

All capitalized terms used but not defined in this exhibit have the meanings given to them in the Commitment Letter to which this exhibit is attached, including the other exhibits thereto. In the event any such capitalized term is subject to multiple and differing definitions, the appropriate meaning thereof in this exhibit is determined by reference to the context in which it is used.

 

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Exhibit C


4. Since the date of the Acquisition Agreement, there shall not have occurred nor shall there be continuing any Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as in effect on the Original Signing Date) that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement as in effect on the Original Signing Date).

5. The Commitment Parties will have received the following (each such credit agreement and guarantee and security agreement, collectively, the “Facilities Documentation”), in each case, containing terms that are materially consistent with the provisions of the Term Sheet and the Documentation Principles:

 

  (a)

a credit agreement with respect to the Term Facility, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

  (b)

a security agreement with respect to the Term Facility pursuant to which a lien is granted on the collateral securing the Term Facility in favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders under the Term Facility, and pursuant to which the Collateral Agent is authorized to file customary “all asset” UCC-1 financing statements with respect thereto, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

  (c)

subject to the Certain Funds Provision, any certificated securities representing equity of the Borrower and its subsidiaries constituting Collateral, in each case, with customary stock powers executed in blank.

6. The Commitment Parties will have received the following (collectively, the “Closing Deliverables”) in each case subject to the Certain Funds Provision and the applicable Documentation Principles:

 

  (a)

customary legal opinions from your New York and Florida counsel and local counsel of any other material jurisdictions with respect to the Term Facility to be funded on the Closing Date;

 

  (b)

an officer’s certificate containing (i) certification of organizational documents and appropriate authorizing resolutions and (ii) a customary incumbency certificate from officers of each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors (to the extent such officer is executing the Facilities Documentation);

 

  (c)

good standing certificates (to the extent applicable) from the Secretary of State (or equivalent office) of Holdings’, the Borrower’s and the Subsidiary Guarantor’s respective jurisdictions of organization;

 

  (d)

a solvency certificate substantially in the form attached as Annex I to this Exhibit C of the Commitment Letter duly executed by the chief financial officer (or other officer with reasonably equivalent responsibilities) of the Borrower; and

 

  (e)

a borrowing request, which must be delivered at least three business days prior to the Closing Date (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree), which shall be deemed to be conditioned on the consummation of the Transactions.

7. Subject to the Certain Funds Provision, the accuracy of the Acquisition Agreement Representations and the Specified Representations in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that to the extent that the Acquisition Agreement Representations and the Specified Representations specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be accurate in all material respects as of such earlier date.

 

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Exhibit C


  8.

The Lenders will have received at least three business days prior to the Closing Date:

 

  (a)

all outstanding documentation and other information about the Loan Parties required under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act (but excluding any beneficial ownership information, which is covered solely by clause (b) below); and

 

  (b)

solely to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under 31 C.F.R. §1010.230, a customary FinCEN beneficial ownership certificate (it being agreed delivery of a signed LSTA Beneficial Ownership Form shall satisfy this clause (b));

in each case of clauses (a) and (b), solely to the extent such information or documentation has been requested in writing to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at least ten business days prior to the Closing Date.

9. All fees and expenses due to the Commitment Parties under the Commitment Papers and required to be paid on the Closing Date (to the extent an invoice has been delivered to the Borrower at least two business days prior to the Closing Date), shall, upon the borrowing under the Term Facility, have been paid (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Term Facility).

 

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Exhibit C

Exhibit (d)(3)

MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

This Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement (this “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made, effective as of October 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), by and between QHP Capital, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, with a place of business at 4509 Creedmoor Road, Suite 403, Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 (“QHP”), and Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, with a place of business at 1 E. Uwchlan Ave, Suite 112, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 (“Company”), because QHP and Company desire to discuss and explore a possible negotiated business transaction between themselves or their Affiliates (as defined below) or to otherwise share Confidential Information (as defined below) between themselves or their Affiliates (the “Proposed Transaction”). In connection with the Proposed Transaction, QHP, in its discretion, may disclose to Company certain information that QHP considers nonpublic, confidential or proprietary in nature, and Company, in its discretion, may disclose to QHP certain information that Company considers nonpublic, confidential or proprietary in nature. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, QHP and Company are each considered a “Party” and together the “Parties”. In consideration of the exchange of such information, QHP and Company hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Definitions. As used in this Confidentiality Agreement,

Confidential Information” of a Party means any and all information disclosed or provided by, or on behalf of, such Party (the “Disclosing Party”) (regardless of the form, method, or medium of communication) to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”) or its Representatives after the Effective Date that would be regarded as confidential by a reasonable business person, including any information learned by the Receiving Party and its Representatives through observation or otherwise during visits to the facilities of the Disclosing Party or its Affiliates during such time period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confidentiality Agreement, a Party’s Confidential Information does not include, and a Receiving Party and its Representatives have no obligations regarding, any information that: (i) is, or becomes, generally available to and known by the general public (other than as a result of, directly or indirectly, any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by the Receiving Party or any of its Representatives); (ii) was known by or in the lawful possession of the Receiving Party or its Representatives prior to receipt from or on behalf of the Disclosing Party pursuant to this Confidentiality Agreement; (iii) is rightfully obtained by the Receiving Party or its Representatives from a third party that, to the Receiving Party’s or its Representatives’ knowledge after reasonable inquiry, has no legal or contractual obligation to the Disclosing Party to maintain such information in confidence; or (iv) has been or is independently developed by the Receiving Party or its Representatives without using any Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, each Party agrees to treat (a) the Proposed Transaction and this Confidentiality Agreement; (b) the fact that discussions and negotiations regarding the Proposed Transaction have occurred and will occur between the Parties; (c) any terms, conditions or arrangements being discussed in connection with the Proposed Transaction; (d) the fact that Confidential Information has been disclosed; and (e) any information or analysis derived from any of the Confidential Information as the Confidential Information of the other Party.

Representatives” means, with respect to a Party, any Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, managers, members, and advisors (including accountants, attorneys and financial advisors) of that Party and of its Affiliates, and the members of the investment committees of each Party; provided, however, that no person or entity shall be deemed to be a Representative of a Party


unless and until such person or entity actually receives Confidential Information from such Party and is informed of its confidential nature. For the avoidance of doubt, Company acknowledges that certain directors, officers, employees, managers and partners of QHP or QHP’s Affiliates may serve on the board of directors (or similar governing body) of QHP’s Affiliates or portfolio companies of investment funds managed by QHP’s Affiliates (each, a “Dual Representative”) and no such Affiliates or portfolio companies will be deemed to have received Confidential Information solely as a result of such dual role of any Dual Representative, so long as such Dual Representative has not disclosed any Confidential Information to such Affiliate or portfolio company and such portfolio companies take no action at the direction or on behalf of any Dual Representative or QHP that would be a violation of this Agreement if QHP directly took such action itself.

Affiliate” means, with respect to a Party, any entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Party. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the terms “controls”, “controlled”, and “control” mean (a) directly or indirectly owning at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting stock of an entity at issue; or (b) directly or indirectly possessing the power to cause or direct the management or policies of an entity at issue, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

 

2.

Confidentiality Obligations. Except with the prior written permission of the other Party or as otherwise expressly provided in this Confidentiality Agreement, each Party and its Representatives shall:

 

  (i)

maintain in confidence, and not disclose in any manner (except in accordance with the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement), in whole or in part, to any person or entity, the other Party’s Confidential Information;

 

  (ii)

not use the other Party’s Confidential Information, or permit it to be accessed or used, for any purpose whatsoever except to assess the Proposed Transaction; and

 

  (iii)

protect and safeguard the other Party’s Confidential Information in its and its Representatives’ possession with at least the same degree of care as the other Party would protect its own Confidential Information, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care.

 

3.

Permitted Disclosure. A Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information, without the other Party’s prior written permission, only to those of its Representatives who (i) have a good faith, legitimate need to know such Confidential Information and (ii) as of such disclosure, are bound by a written confidentiality agreement (or professional obligations of confidentiality) no less restrictive than the obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement as a Representative. A Receiving Party agrees that it or one of its Representatives shall inform such Receiving Party’s Representatives that receive Confidential Information of the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement and instruct such Representatives to comply with the applicable provisions hereof.

 

4.

Legally Compelled Disclosure. In addition, a Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information, without the other Party’s prior written permission, to the extent it is required to do so by law, by any governmental or other regulatory authority, by regulation, or by a court, administrative order or other authority of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, prior to such disclosure, the compelled Party shall (i) promptly notify, except to the extent legally impermissible, the other Party of the requirement to disclose, (ii) provide the other Party with reasonable opportunity to pursue legal action (at such other Party’s sole cost and expense) to prevent or limit


  the required disclosure, and, (iii) if requested, provide reasonable assistance at the other Party’s sole cost and expense in pursuing legal action to prevent or limit the required disclosure. Notwithstanding the above, a Party may disclose Confidential Information in conjunction with a routine audit, exam or inquiry that is not specific to the Proposed Transaction or Confidential Information.

 

5.

Certain Covenants.

 

  (a)

Standstill Provision. During the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date that is twelve (12) months following the date of this Agreement (the “Standstill Period”), neither QHP nor any of its Representatives or subsidiaries, nor its Affiliates who have received Confidential Information or are otherwise acting at QHP’s direction or on its behalf shall, in any manner, directly or indirectly:

 

  (i)

make, effect, initiate, cause or participate in: (A) any acquisition of beneficial ownership of any of the securities of the Company or any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company without the Company’s prior written consent; (B) any acquisition of any of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company; (C) any tender offer, exchange offer, merger, business combination, recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company, or involving any securities or assets of the Company or any securities or assets of any subsidiary or other affiliate of the Company; or (D) any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as those terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or consents with respect to any securities of the Company;

 

  (ii)

form, join or participate in a “group” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder) with respect to the beneficial ownership of any securities of the Company;

 

  (iii)act,

alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management, board of directors or policies of the Company;

 

  (iv)

take any action that might require the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the types of matters set forth in clause “(i)” of this sentence;

 

  (v)

agree or offer to take, or encourage or propose (publicly or otherwise) the taking of, any action referred to in clause “(i)”, “(ii)”, “(iii)” or “(iv)” of this sentence;

 

  (vi)

assist, induce or encourage any other Person to take any action of the type referred to in clause “(i)”, “(ii)”, “(iii)”, “(iv)” or “(v)” of this sentence;

 

  (vii)

enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangement or agreement with any other person relating to any of the foregoing; or

 

  (viii)

request or propose that the Company or any of the Company’s Representatives amend, waive or consider the amendment or waiver of any provision set forth in this Section 5(a).

The expiration of the Standstill Period will not terminate or otherwise affect any of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

  (b)

Other Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, QHP agrees that neither it nor any of its Representatives will provide any Confidential Information to any potential debt or equity financing source without the prior written consent of the Company (it


  being further understood that QHP and its Representatives shall not have any discussions or communications, including, without limitation, any discussions or communications regarding partnering or the making of any joint bid, with respect to a Proposed Transaction, or any sale of any portion of the Company or any of its businesses or assets with any potential equity financing source without the prior written consent of the Company with respect to such partnering or joint bid). In the event that the Company provides such consent with respect to a potential debt or equity financing source, QHP agrees that neither it nor its Representatives shall provide any Confidential Information to such potential debt or equity financing source unless and until such potential debt or equity financing source shall have executed and delivered to the Company a confidentiality agreement with the Company that is counter-signed by the Company and substantially identical to this Agreement or a joinder to this Agreement, the obligations with respect to which the Company is expressly entitled to enforce. QHP further agrees that neither QHP nor any of its Representatives will enter into any exclusivity, lock-up, dry-up or other agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, with any debt financing source, commercial bank, any affiliate of any commercial bank or any other person that could reasonably be expected to limit, restrict, restrain or otherwise impair in any manner, directly or indirectly, the ability of such debt financing source, commercial bank or Affiliates thereof or such other person to serve as a financing source to any other person considering a transaction involving the Company or any of its businesses or assets. QHP hereby represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its Representatives has entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding of the type contemplated by the foregoing sentence with respect to any transaction involving the Company or any of its businesses or assets.

 

  (c)

Non-Solicitation. For a period of twelve (12) months from the date hereof, without the prior written consent of the Company, neither QHP nor its controlled affiliates will, directly or indirectly, solicit to hire as an employee or engage as consultant or hire as an employee or engage as a consultant any officer, director or senior-level employee of the Company or any employee about whom the Company has received Confidential Information; provided that the foregoing shall not preclude QHP from (i) hiring any such person whose employment was terminated by the Company at least six (6) months prior to commencement of employment discussions between QHP and such person, or (ii) making general or public solicitations not targeted at employees of the Company (including, without limitation, by a bona fide search firm or pursuant to an online advertisement on QHP’s website) so long as no such employee is hired as a result thereof.

 

  (d)

Certain Discussions. For a period of twelve (12) months from the date hereof, neither QHP nor any of its controlled affiliates will, directly or indirectly, hold any discussions regarding the Company or its business or operations with any employees, customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors or any other person with whom, to QHP’s knowledge, the Company has a material business relationship, other than in the ordinary course of business. All communications regarding the Proposed Transaction and all requests for additional information concerning the Company or the Confidential Information will be submitted or directed solely to those representatives of the Company designated by the Company in writing.

 

6.

Data Room. The terms of this Confidentiality Agreement shall control over any additional purported confidentiality requirements imposed by any web-based database or similar repository of Confidential Information to which the Receiving Party or any of its Representatives is granted access in connection with the evaluation, negotiation, structuring or consummation of the Proposed Transaction, notwithstanding acceptance of such submission of an electronic signature, “clicking” on an “I Agree” icon or other indication of assent to such additional confidentiality conditions, it being understood and agreed that the confidentiality obligations with respect to Confidential Information are exclusively governed by this Confidentiality Agreement and may not be enlarged except by a written agreement that is hereafter executed by each Party.


7.

Return and Destruction of Confidential Information. Upon (A) the termination of this Confidentiality Agreement; or (B) written request, a Party and its Representatives shall (i) either promptly return or destroy (at such Party’s or its Representatives’ option) all copies of the other Party’s Confidential Information in its and its Representatives’ possession, (ii) promptly destroy all materials prepared by it or on its behalf that contain or are based upon the other Party’s Confidential Information (other than proprietary financial analyses or models prepared by the Receiving Party or its Representatives in connection with the evaluation of the Proposed Transaction so long as all Confidential Information is deleted from all such financial analyses and models) and (iii) deliver to the other Party a certificate confirming the destruction or return of all the Confidential Information such Party received pursuant to this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confidentiality Agreement, a Party or its Representatives may retain copies of the other Party’s Confidential Information in their respective files solely (a) to monitor compliance with this Confidentiality Agreement, (b) to the extent required to defend or maintain any litigation relating to this Confidentiality Agreement, (c) to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, or (d) in accordance with their respective bona fide internal record-keeping policies. In addition, no Party or its Representatives will be required to return or destroy Confidential Information contained in any computer system back-up records made by such Party or Representative in the ordinary course of business. The return and destruction of the other Party’s Confidential Information or other embodiments of such Confidential Information shall not relieve the Receiving Party and its Representatives of their obligations contained in this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

8.

Equitable Relief. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach or threatened breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by such Party of its Representatives. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available at law (which neither Party waives by the exercise of any rights hereunder), the non-breaching Party shall be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief as a remedy for any such breach or threatened breach, and the Parties hereby waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond or the showing of actual monetary damages in connection with such claim. Each Party further agrees to notify the other Party in writing immediately upon learning of the occurrence of any unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information or other breach of this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

9.

Waiver, Amendment and Severability. No waiver by a Party, express or implied, of any breach or default in performance by the other Party of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any other breach or default in the performance by the other Party of the same or any other obligation hereunder. This Confidentiality Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written agreement executed by the Parties. If any provision or part of any provision of this Confidentiality Agreement or the application thereof to any set of facts is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the enforceability of any other provisions or parts thereof or the application thereof to any other set of facts, and all other provisions and parts thereof shall continue in full force and effect.

 

10.

No Warranties. Neither Party nor any of their respective Representatives have made or make any representation or warranty as to their respective Confidential Information or the accuracy, completeness, fairness or otherwise of their respective Confidential Information. Neither Party nor


any of their respective Representatives shall have any liability whatsoever and howsoever arising in connection with their respective Confidential Information or the supply or disclosure thereof, except as expressly provided in this Confidentiality Agreement, and the supply and disclosure (whether orally or in writing) of such Confidential Information shall not be taken as a recommendation or inducement or be relied on in connection with the Proposed Transaction or any other transaction. Only those representations and warranties that are made in a definitive transaction agreement executed by and between the Parties will have any legal effect.

 

11.

No Transfer of Rights, Title or Interest; No Other Obligation. Each Party hereby retains its entire right, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to all of its Confidential Information. This Confidentiality Agreement does not create any obligation to provide Confidential Information, but merely defines the rights, duties, and obligations of the Parties with respect to Confidential Information, which each Party in its sole discretion determines to disclose hereunder. This Confidentiality Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation to enter into the Proposed Transaction or any other relationship between the Parties or their Affiliates, except for the matters specifically agreed to herein.

 

12.

Entire Agreement; Interpretation. This Confidentiality Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between QHP and Company with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all previous or other negotiations, representations and understandings between them with respect to the subject matter hereof are superseded. All headings and captions used in this Confidentiality Agreement are for convenience only, and are not intended to have any substantive effect. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to Sections mean the Sections of this Confidentiality Agreement. The word “including” and any derivative thereof in this Confidentiality Agreement means “including without limitation.” The word “or” in this Confidentiality Agreement means “and/or.” The Parties acknowledge and agree that they each have participated in the negotiations and preparation of this Confidentiality Agreement, together with their legal counsel and other Representatives. Accordingly, the Parties further agree that no presumption or burden of proof shall be raised in any question of interpretation of this Confidentiality Agreement based upon any assertion that one Party or the other Party has drafted this Confidentiality Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

13.

No Assignment. Neither Party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement, without the written consent of the other Party. Any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 12 shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 12, this Confidentiality Agreement shall be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns and delegees of the Parties.

 

14.

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process. Any and all claims, controversies and causes of action arising out of or relating to this Confidentiality Agreement, whether sounding in contract, tort or statute, shall be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, including its statutes of limitations, without giving effect to any conflict-of-laws or other rule that would result in the application of the laws of a different jurisdiction. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Wilmington, Delaware (or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over a particular matter or matters, in a United States District Court located in Wilmington, Delaware) (the “Chosen Courts”) for any litigation, controversy or dispute arising out of or relating to this Confidentiality Agreement, or the negotiation, validity or performance of this Confidentiality Agreement, or the Proposed Transaction (collectively, a “Dispute”), and agrees that it will not commence any such action in any forum other than the Chosen Courts. Each Party hereby waives any objection to the laying of venue of any Dispute in the Chosen Courts and agrees not to plead or claim in any Chosen Court that such Dispute brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Parties agree to designate any Dispute to the Delaware Court of Chancery, and each Party irrevocably consents to such designation. Each Party irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for in Section 17.


15.

Counterparts. This Confidentiality Agreement may be executed in counterparts, in which event this document, together with all of the counterpart signatures shall constitute a single, integrated document. The exchange of copies of this Confidentiality Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile transmission or by email transmission in portable digital format, or similar format, shall constitute effective execution and delivery of such instrument(s) as to the Parties and may be used in lieu of the original Confidentiality Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the Parties transmitted by facsimile or by email transmission in portable digital format, or similar format, shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

16.

Duration of Parties’ Obligations; Termination. This Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate, and all provisions hereof shall be of no further force or effect, two (2) years from the Effective Date (the “Term”). Either Party may terminate this Confidentiality Agreement at any time by providing 30 days’ advance written notice to the other Party; provided, however, that if this Confidentiality Agreement is so terminated by either Party, this Confidentiality Agreement will continue to apply to any Confidential Information disclosed hereunder (including Confidential Information returned or destroyed) prior to the other Party’s receipt of the termination notice until the end of the Term.

 

17.

Similar or Competitive Opportunities. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that, without the use of the other Party’s Confidential Information, each Party and its Representatives and Affiliates may evaluate, engage in, invest in, possess an interest in or become associated or do business in connection with, or have general knowledge with respect to, other compounds, products, technologies, companies or business ventures of any nature or description (including compounds, products, technologies, companies and business ventures that may be substantially similar to, or actually or potentially competitive with, those discussed as part of the Proposed Transaction), independently or with others, without having or incurring any liability to the other Party absent an actual breach of the provisions contained herein. Neither the execution of this Confidentiality Agreement nor receipt of the Confidential Information shall in any way restrict or preclude such activities or use of information absent a specific breach of the provisions contained herein.

 

18.

Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing, properly addressed and delivered to the intended recipient at the address contained in the preamble (or such other address specified in writing by a Party) and shall be deemed effective upon receipt.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, QHP and Company have each executed this Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

 

QHP Capital, L.P.     Societal CDMO, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ashton Poole     By:   /s/ J. David Enloe Jr.
Name: Ashton Poole     Name: J. David Enloe Jr.
Title: Manager     Title: CEO


AMENDMENT TO MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

This Amendment to Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement (the “Amendment”) is entered into as of February 28, 2024 (the “Amendment Date”), by and between Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and QHP Capital, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“QHP”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meaning assigned to each such term in the Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS, the Company and QHP entered into that certain Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement, dated October 27, 2023 (the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement, as set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

Amendment of the Agreement.

 

  a.

Section 5(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended such that the last paragraph thereof is amended and restated to read as follows:

“The expiration of the Standstill Period will not terminate or affect any of the other provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) the Parties acknowledge and agree that the Company has expressly consented and agreed to the transactions contemplated or permitted by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 28, 2024, by and among the Company, CoreRx, Inc. (“CoreRx”) and Cane Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), including the Offer (as defined therein) and (B) nothing in this Confidentiality Agreement shall limit CoreRx’s or Merger Sub’s rights under or in connection with the Merger Agreement or the Offer, including, without limitation, their respective rights to enforce the Merger Agreement and CoreRx’s rights under Section 6.4 of the Merger Agreement.”

 

  b.

The Agreement is hereby amended to add a new Section 19 to read as follows:

“19. Third-Party Beneficiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, CoreRx and Merger Sub are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Confidentiality Agreement and are entitled to enforce it as if Parties hereunder.”

 

2.

Confirmation of Terms. Except to the extent amended hereby, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

3.

Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Party may execute this Agreement by facsimile, scanned electronic signature or certified electronic signature which shall be as effective as an original signature.

 

4.

Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws principles.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused to this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the Amendment Date.

 

Societal CDMO, Inc.     QHP Capital, L.P.
By:   /s/ Ryan Lake     By:   QHP Capital GP, LLC, its General Partner
Name: Ryan Lake     By:  

/s/ Jeff Edwards

Title: Chief Financial Officer     Name: Jeff Edwards
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
CoreRx, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ajay Damani
Name: Ajay Damani
Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Cane Merger Sub, Inc.
By:   /s/ Jeff Edwards
Name: Jeff Edwards
Title: President


CLEAN TEAM AMENDMENT TO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

February 28, 2024

In connection with the evaluation of the Proposed Transaction between Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company”) on one hand, and QHP Capital, L.P. (“QHP,” and together with the Company, the “Parties”) and/or one or more affiliates of QHP on the other hand, the Parties entered into a Non-Disclosure Agreement dated as of October 27, 2023, as amended (the “Non-Disclosure Agreement”). Among other things, the Non-Disclosure Agreement governs the disclosure and use of certain Confidential Information (as defined in the Non-Disclosure Agreement) between the Parties. This Amendment supplements (and does not supersede) the Non-Disclosure Agreement (or any other non-disclosure or similar agreement existing between the Parties) and imposes additional restrictions on the disclosure and use of certain Confidential Information. Capitalized terms used in this Clean Team Amendment to the Non-Disclosure Agreement (this “Amendment”) that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Non-Disclosure Agreement.

 

1.

As part of ongoing diligence, the Parties expect to exchange certain Confidential Information that may be competitively sensitive in nature. The Parties recognize that cooperation among the Parties and access to Confidential Information is necessary for the Parties to properly evaluate the Proposed Transaction. Each Party is willing to disclose competitively sensitive information on the basis set forth herein, the extent of such disclosure to be at the sole discretion of the Disclosing Party. For purposes of this Amendment, Confidential Information that is competitively sensitive information is “Clean Team Information,” the “Disclosing Party” is the Party that discloses Information, and the “Receiving Party” is the Party to whom the Confidential Information is being disclosed.

 

2.

Each Receiving Party will designate a “Clean Team.” With respect to QHP, the Clean Team shall be deemed to include QHP, its Representatives, its potential financing sources, and other third parties that have the right to access Confidential Information (it being acknowledged and agreed that, with respect to advisor set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Specified Advisor”), only those employees of the Specified Advisor listed on Exhibit A hereto (as such Exhibit may be supplemented by QHP from time to time, subject to the consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) of the Company), and not the Specified Advisor as a whole, will be members of the Clean Team (the “Specified Advisor Clean Team Members”)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, QHP’s Clean Team shall not include (a) any individual who has direct day-to-day responsibility for decision-making regarding products or services of CoreRx, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries (collectively, “CoreRx”) that compete with the products or services sold by, or to QHP’s knowledge in development by, the Company or (b) any employee of CoreRx unless such employee is an approved Employee Clean Team Member hereunder. Each Receiving Party may also designate certain employees of the Receiving Party or any of its affiliates (“Employee Clean Team Members”) to be members of the Clean Team; provided, however, that no employee with direct day-to-day responsibility for, or who contributes to, decision-making regarding products or services that compete with the products or services sold by, or to the Receiving Party’s knowledge in development by, the Disclosing Party


  may be designated as a Receiving Party Clean Team member. The Receiving Party will provide to the Disclosing Party the names and job titles of each proposed Employee Clean Team Member and apprise such Employee Clean Team Member of its obligations hereunder. The Disclosing Party shall approve the inclusion of each Employee Clean Team Member, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Upon such approval by the Disclosing Party, each Employee Clean Team Member shall be subject to the provisions of this Amendment.

 

3.

Only a Receiving Party’s Clean Team members as defined in this Amendment and, with respect to Employee Clean Team Members, approved by the Disclosing Party in accordance with this Amendment may access or review Clean Team Information. In addition, as may be agreed by the Parties, certain competitively sensitive information (“Advisor Information”) may be designated by the Disclosing Party as only being provided to particular advisors (each, an “Advisor”) that would be required to comply with the provisions of Section 6 of this Amendment. The Disclosing Party shall provide prior written notice (email being sufficient) to the applicable Advisor specifying any competitively sensitive information that it intends to be Advisor Information. After receiving such notice, the Advisor shall not disclose the Advisor Information to other Clean Team members, other than in accordance with Section 6 of this Amendment.

 

4.

In the event the Proposed Transaction does not take place, Receiving Party shall not allow any Employee Clean Team Member who had, following the date of hereof, access to and has reviewed, in connection with the evaluation of the Proposed Transaction, Clean Team Information pursuant to this Amendment to be responsible for day-to-day responsibility for decision-making regarding products or services of CoreRx in a manner that is competitive with the Company, without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party (which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed), for a period of six (6) months from the last date on which such Employee Clean Team Member has had access to Clean Team Information.

 

5.

The Receiving Party’s Clean Team will not disclose any Clean Team Information to any individual or entity who is not a member of the Clean Team (including, with respect to employees of CoreRx, an approved member of the Clean Team), without the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or otherwise in compliance with this Amendment (including the provisions of Section 6 of this Amendment).

 

6.

After receiving Clean Team Information, the Receiving Party’s Clean Team (or the applicable member thereof) may prepare written reports that summarize the results of any analysis involving the Clean Team Information (each, a “Report”). The Receiving Party’s Clean Team may disclose Reports to the Receiving Party or its Representatives, provided that disclosure is otherwise permitted under and complies with the terms of the Non-Disclosure Agreement; provided, further, that before the Clean Team (or the applicable member thereof) discloses (i) any Reports to the Receiving Party that would be provided to any individual or person who is not a Clean Team member (e.g., employees of the Receiving Party who are not Employee Clean Team Members) or (ii) any Reports containing Advisor Information to the Receiving Party, the Clean Team will provide a copy


  of the Reports to the designated outside antitrust counsel for Disclosing Party (“Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel”), and provided further that, with respect to the Specified Advisor, the Non-Disclosure Agreement only applies to the Specified Advisor Clean Team Members and not the Specified Advisor as a whole, and the Specified Advisor will comply with the provisions of the Non-Disclosure Agreement applicable to it in its role as a Representative. Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel will review the Reports to ensure the summaries do not disclose competitively sensitive information. If Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel believes a Report needs to be modified in order to prevent the disclosure of competitively sensitive information, it will advise the Clean Team that prepared the summary promptly. For the avoidance of doubt, the Clean Team (or the applicable member thereof) will not (i) provide any Reports to the Receiving Party that would be provided to any individual or person who is not a Clean Team member or (ii) provide any Reports containing Advisor Information to the Receiving Party unless those Reports first have been reviewed and approved for disclosure (or modified and approved for disclosure as so modified) by Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the last sentence of Section 3 of this Amendment, this Section 6 is a non-exclusive means of complying with this Amendment.

 

7.

Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel will not disclose the Receiving Party’s Reports to the Disclosing Party without the express prior written permission of the Receiving Party. The Parties acknowledge that the Parties share a common interest in ensuring sensitive Clean Team Information is handled appropriately, and the Parties agree that disclosure of the Report to the Disclosing Party Antitrust Counsel is in pursuit of this common interest and does not waive any attorney-client privilege or attorney work product protection that may apply to the Report.

 

8.

For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of this “clean team” process and of this Amendment is to prevent the disclosure of competitively sensitive information beyond what is necessary for bona fide diligence, valuation, integration planning, antitrust and regulatory analysis purposes. This Amendment should be construed in a manner consistent with that overall purpose.

 

9.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties’ rights and obligations with respect to the Confidential Information disclosed pursuant to this Amendment shall be governed by the Non-Disclosure Agreement. Nothing in this Amendment limits the obligations of the parties under that Non-Disclosure Agreement between the Parties.

 

10.

This Amendment may be signed by facsimile, in PDF format or other means of electronic transmission and in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall be deemed to constitute a single instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers or representatives.

 

Societal CDMO, Inc.
By:   /s/ J. David Enloe Jr.
  Name: J. David Enloe Jr.
  Title: CEO
QHP Capital, L.P.
By:   QHP Capital GP, LLC, its General Partner,
By:   /s/ Jeff Edwards
  Name: Jeff Edwards
  Title: Authorized Signatory

Exhibit (d)(4)

January 19, 2024

J. David Enloe, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Societal CDMO, Inc.

1 E. Uwchlan Ave., Suite 112

Exton, Pennsylvania 19341

Dear Mr. Enloe:

This letter sets forth our agreement concerning exclusivity arrangements in connection with the proposed acquisition of Societal CDMO, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) by CoreRx, Inc., and/or one or more of its affiliates (collectively, “CoreRx”) (such transaction, the “Transaction”). Although the obligations set forth in this letter are binding, this letter creates no obligation for either party to engage in or continue negotiations regarding, or to enter into any definitive agreements memorializing or to close, any transaction (including, without limitation, the Transaction) or relationship of any nature.

Exclusivity. In consideration of and to induce the significant commitment of effort and expense that CoreRx expects to incur in connection with the Transaction, the Company hereby agrees that until the earlier of (a) 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the date that is 30 days following the date on which the Company executes this letter (the “Initial Exclusivity Period Termination Date”), and (b) the execution of a final and written definitive agreement with respect to the Transaction (such period, as it may be extended in accordance with this paragraph, the “Exclusivity Period”), the Company shall not, and shall cause its Representatives (as defined below) not to, directly or indirectly (1) initiate contact with, solicit, encourage or disclose, directly or indirectly, any information concerning the Company or its business to, (2) afford any access to the Company’s personnel, offices, facilities, properties, assets, books or records to, or (3) enter into or continue any discussion, negotiation or agreement with, any person or entity (other than CoreRx), in each case, in connection with a potential acquisition of all or any portion of the equity, assets or business of the Company, whether directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise (each, a “Competing Transaction”); provided, that if on the Initial Exclusivity Period Termination Date CoreRx (A) confirms to the Company in writing that it does not intend to propose any adverse change to the financial or other material terms set forth in the confidential, non-binding indication of interest delivered by CoreRx to the Company on January 19, 2024 including, without limitation, the proposed per-share offer price of $1.10 per share (the “Offer”) and (B) is continuing to work in good faith towards the negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement with respect to the Transaction, the Exclusivity Period shall be automatically extended for an additional 10 days (the “Extended Exclusivity Termination Date”). For purposes of this letter, “Representatives” of the Company means the Company’s affiliates and the Company’s and its affiliates respective directors, managers, officers, employees, representatives, agents and advisors (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants).


The Company hereby agrees that any action taken by one or more of its Representatives that would constitute a breach of this letter if taken by the Company will constitute a breach of this letter by the Company.

The Company shall and shall cause its Representatives to as promptly as practicable (and in no event more than 24 hours following the Company’s execution of this Agreement) cease and cause to be terminated any existing discussions or negotiations with any persons or entities (other than CoreRx and its representatives) conducted on or prior to the date hereof with respect to any Competing Transaction.

Specific Performance. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any breach or threatened breach by the Company or its Representatives would give rise to irreparable harm to CoreRx, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, and the Company hereby agrees that, in addition to all other remedies available at law or otherwise to CoreRx, CoreRx shall be entitled to, obtain equitable relief (including, without limitation, injunctive relief and specific performance) as a remedy for any breach or threatened breach of any provision of this letter, without the need for CoreRx to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any such remedy. The Company agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that an adequate remedy at law is available or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity.

Access. During the Exclusivity Period, the Company shall (a) provide CoreRx and its officers, directors, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, advisors, investors, financing sources and other representatives with full access to information requested by CoreRx relating to the Company’s assets, contracts, books, records, financial statements, properties and employees (provided that CoreRx will comply with the NDA (as defined below)) upon reasonable advance notice, in order that CoreRx may have full opportunity to make such investigations as it deems appropriate of the affairs of the Company for purposes of conducting diligence in connection with, negotiating and consummating the Transaction; and (b) compile and provide CoreRx and its officers, directors, managers, employees, attorneys, accountants, advisors, investors, financing sources and other representatives with such additional information as they may reasonably request for purposes of conducting diligence in connection with, negotiating and consummating the Transaction, in each case except to the extent limited by any applicable law.

Limitations. Notwithstanding anything otherwise contained in this letter, but without limitation to the binding nature of this letter, this letter does not constitute an offer or proposal regarding any transaction (including, without limitation, the Transaction) or relationship of any nature capable of acceptance and does not represent a commitment or other binding obligation of CoreRx or the Company or any other person or entity to negotiate or enter into any transaction (including, without limitation, the Transaction) or relationship of any nature.

 

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Counterparts; Facsimile or Electronic Signatures. This letter may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile, electronic mail or by other means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, in portable document format (“pdf”)) shall be binding for all purposes hereof.

Amendment and Waiver. No amendment to this letter is effective unless it is in writing, identified as an amendment to this letter, and executed by each of CoreRx and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto of any right hereunder will be effective unless it is in writing, identified as a waiver of such right, executed by the waiving party, and delivered to the other party hereto.

Confidentiality. The existence and terms of this letter are confidential and intended solely for the benefit of the parties hereto. The parties hereto are parties to that certain Mutual Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreement, effective as of October 27, 2023 (the “NDA”). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the NDA shall continue in effect following the execution of this letter and that the NDA shall govern any disclosure regarding the existence or terms of this letter and/or the existence or terms of discussions and negotiations between the parties regarding any transaction (including, without limitation, the Transaction) or relationship of any nature. The obligations of the parties are and shall be binding on them in accordance with the terms therein.

Governing Law and Legal Effect. This letter shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws). Any disputes arising out of or in connection with this letter shall be brought before a competent court in the State of Delaware.

*  *  *

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If the foregoing is satisfactory, please indicate agreement on behalf of the Company by executing the copy of this letter where indicated below and returning a signed pdf copy via email to me.

 

 

Sincerely,
CoreRx, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ajay Damani
Name: Ajay Damani
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Accepted and agreed to this 19 day of January 2024:

 

Societal CDMO, Inc.
By:   /s/ J. David Enloe
Name: J. David Enloe
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


February 18, 2024

Strictly Confidential

J. David Enloe, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Societal CDMO, Inc.

1 E. Uwchlan Ave., Suite 112

Exton, Pennsylvania 19341

via email

RE: Extension of Exclusivity Period

Dear Mr. Enloe,

Reference is made to that certain letter agreement (the “Indication of Interest”) dated January 19, 2024 between QHP Capital L.P. (“QHP”), CoreRx, Inc. (the “Buyer”) and Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company” and, collectively with QHP and the Buyer, the “Parties”) and the accompanying letter agreement dated January 19, 2024 between the Parties (the “Exclusivity Agreement”), setting forth exclusivity arrangements in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by the Buyer or one of its affiliates (the “Transaction”).

The Buyer (A) hereby confirms to the Company that it does not intend to propose any adverse change to the financial or other material terms set forth in the Indication of Interest, including, without limitation, the proposed per-share offer price of $1.10 per share and (B) is continuing to work in good faith towards the negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement with respect to the Transaction. Accordingly, pursuant to the Exclusivity Agreement, the Exclusivity Period is hereby extended for an additional 10 days.

 

Sincerely,
CoreRx, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ajay Damani
Name: Ajay Damani
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 107

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES

Schedule TO

(Form Type)

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

CANE MERGER SUB, INC.

(Name of Filing Person (Offeror))

a wholly owned subsidiary of

CORERX, INC.

(Name of Filing Person (Parent of Offeror))

Table 1: Transaction Valuation

 

       
    

 Transaction 

Valuation*

 

Fee

 rate 

 

 Amount of 

Filing Fee**

       

Fees to be Paid

  $127,285,800.82   0.0001476   $18,787.38
       

Fees Previously Paid

  $0     $0
       

Total Transaction Valuation

  $127,285,800.82      
       

Total Fees Due for Filing

      $18,787.38
       

Total Fees Previously Paid

      $0
       

Total Fee Offsets

      $0
       

Net Fee Due

          $18,787.38

 

*

Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated by adding (i) the product of (A) 105,690,922, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (each such share, a “Share”) of Societal CDMO, Inc. (“SCTL”) issued and outstanding as of March 6, 2024, and (B) $1.07, the average of the high and low sales prices per Share on March 5, 2024, as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market (which, for the purposes of calculating the filing fee only, shall be deemed to be the “Reference Price”), (ii) the product of (A) 1,773,536, the number of Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options with an exercise price less than $1.10, and (B) $0.48, the difference between the Reference Price and $0.59, the weighted average exercise price for such options, (iii) the product of (A) 6,872,123, the number of Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding restricted stock units and (B) the Reference Price, and (iv) the product of (A) 6,210,000, the number of Shares issuable pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase Shares with an exercise price less than $1.10, and (B) $1.05, the difference between the Reference Price and $0.02, the weighted average exercise price for such warrants.

 

**

The amount of the filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Fee Rate Advisory #1 for fiscal year 2024 beginning on October 1, 2023, issued August 25, 2023, by multiplying the transaction value by 0.0001476.


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