Exhibit 10.1
SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 19, 2020 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among Endo International plc, a public limited company incorporated in Ireland (“Parent”), Beta Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Marital Trust U/W/O Edwin H. Wegman dated 8-10-06 (the “Stockholder” and, together with Parent and Merger Sub, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub and BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for (i) Merger Sub to commence the Offer and (ii) following the consummation of the Offer, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, in each case, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Stockholder Beneficially Owns 935,073 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Existing Common Shares”); and
WHEREAS, as a material condition and inducement to Parent and Merger Sub’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Stockholder, on the Stockholder’s own account with respect to the Covered Company Shares (as defined herein), has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
“Beneficially Own” means, with regard to any securities, having “beneficial ownership” of such securities for purposes of Rule 13d-3 or 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. Similar terms such as “Beneficial Ownership” and “Beneficial Owner” have the corresponding meanings.
“Covered Company Shares” means (a) the Existing Common Shares and (b) any Company securities of which the Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership after the date hereof.