Exhibit 2.2
CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS CONTINGENT VALUE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of March 6, 2023 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between Sun Pharmaceutical Holdings USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SPH”), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an entity organized under the laws of India (“SPIL” and, together with SPH, “Parent”), and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Computershare”), and its affiliate Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company (together with Computershare, the “Rights Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, SPIL, Foliage Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 19, 2023 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub (a) agreed to commence a tender offer (as it may be extended and amended from time to time as permitted under the Merger Agreement, the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and (b) following the consummation of the Offer, will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPIL, in accordance with Section 251(h) of the DGCL and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, (a) in each of the Offer and the Merger, SPIL has agreed to provide to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock (other than holders of Excluded Shares and Appraisal Shares) and (b) in the Merger, SPIL has agreed to provide to holders of Company Preferred Stock, Surviving Warrants, Company RSUs, and In-the-Money Company Stock Options, in each case, that are outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (such Company RSUs and In-the-Money Company Stock Options, collectively, the “Covered Equity Awards”), in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), the right to receive contingent cash payments as hereinafter described; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.7(b) of the Merger Agreement, holders of Out-of-the-Money Company Stock Options shall be entitled to receive contingent cash payments from SPIL or the Surviving Corporation, subject to and pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, upon delivery of a Milestone Notice to the Rights Agent.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the consummation of the transactions referred to above, Parent and the Rights Agent agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“AAA” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5(b).
“Accounting Standards” means IFRS or GAAP, in each case, as generally and consistently applied by the applicable Selling Entity or Sublicensee.
“Acting Holders” means, at the time of determination, Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding CVRs as set forth on the CVR Register.
“Applicable Fiscal Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(f).
“Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“Calendar Year” means each respective period of twelve (12) consecutive months beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31.