and a trustee mutually agreeable to Parent and Alder (the “CVR Agreement”) as follows: if, on or before December 31, 2024, Alder obtains the first legally valid approval by the European Commission of a “marketing authorisation application” of any medicinal product for human use containing any Eptinezumab for the prevention, prophylaxis and/or palliation of migraine, which approval relies on the efficacy data and endpoints from the two concluded pivotal studies, PROMISE 1 and PROMISE 2.
Stockholders of record who tender directly to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”) will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees, commissions or similar expenses 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. Stockholders who hold their Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee should consult with such institution as to whether it charges any service fees or commissions.
THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE MINUTE AFTER 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON OCTOBER 21, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED.
The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 16, 2019 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Payor, Parent, Purchaser and Alder. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that following the consummation of the Offer and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Purchaser will be merged with and into Alder (the “Merger”), with Alder continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Because the Merger will be governed by Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), no stockholder vote will be required to consummate the Merger. In the Merger, each Share outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than Shares held (i) in the treasury of Alder or by Payor, Parent, Purchaser or any other direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, which Shares shall be canceled and shall cease to exist or (ii) by stockholders who validly exercise appraisal rights under Delaware law with respect to such Shares) will be automatically canceled and converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes. As a result of the Merger, Alder will cease to be a publicly traded company and will become wholly owned by Parent. Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price for Shares, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for Shares. The Merger Agreement is more fully described in the Offer to Purchase.
The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (a) the absence of a termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Termination Condition”) and (b) the satisfaction of:
(i) the Minimum Tender Condition (as described below);
(ii) the Regulatory Condition (as described below); and
(iii) the Governmental Impediment Condition (as described below).
The Offer is not subject to a financing condition. The Minimum Tender Condition requires that the number of Shares validly tendered (excluding Shares tendered pursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures but not yet received) in accordance with the terms of the Offer and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the end of the day, one minute after 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2019 (the “Expiration Date,” unless Purchaser shall have extended the period during which the Offer is open in accordance with the Merger Agreement, in which event “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by Purchaser, shall expire), together with any Shares then owned by Parent and its affiliates, equals one Share more than 50% of the sum of (i) the total number of Shares outstanding at the time of the expiration of the Offer, plus (ii) the total number of Shares that Alder is required to issue upon conversion, settlement, exchange or exercise of all options, warrants, rights or securities for which the holder has, by the time of the expiration of the Offer, elected to convert, settle, exchange or exercise or for which the conversion, settlement, exchange or exercise date has already occurred by the time of the expiration of the Offer (but without duplication). The Regulatory Condition requires that (i) any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “HSR Act”), shall have expired or otherwise been terminated and (ii) the applicable governmental bodies of competent jurisdiction in Austria and Germany shall have granted merger control clearance or shall have provided confirmation that a merger control filing is not triggered as a result of the Offer or the Merger. Under the HSR Act, each of Parent and Alder filed on September 20, 2019, a Premerger Notification and Report Form with the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (the “Antitrust Division”) in connection with the purchase of Shares in the Offer. The Offer may not be consummated until the expiration of a thirty(30)-calendar-day waiting period following the filing, unless the waiting period is earlier terminated by the FTC and the Antitrust Division. If the thirty(30)-calendar-day
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