Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Merger
On May 17, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), Catalent, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Catalent” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), through its wholly owned subsidiary Catalent Holdco I Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (in such capacity, “Buyer”), completed its previously announced acquisition of Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Paragon”), pursuant to the merger of Merger Sub with and into Paragon (the “Merger”), with Paragon continuing as the surviving company in the Merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer.
In accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 14, 2019 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Buyer, Merger Sub, Paragon, Pearl Shareholder Representative, LLC, as representative of the Company Securityholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and, solely with respect to Section 4.12 of the Merger Agreement (solely with respect to the Equity Financing (as defined therein)) and Section 8.19 of the Merger Agreement, Catalent, on the Closing Date, Buyer completed its acquisition of Paragon for a purchase price of $1.2 billion in cash, subject to customary escrow arrangements and a purchase price adjustment related to, among other things, the amount of Paragon’s working capital and other adjustments (as adjusted, the “Closing Payment”).
The Company financed the portion of the Closing Payment due at the closing of the Merger and related fees and expenses with the net proceeds of the Preferred Stock Issuance and the Incremental Dollar TermB-2 Loans (each as defined below).
Investment Agreement
As previously disclosed, Catalent entered into an equity commitment and investment agreement, dated as of April 14, 2019 (the “Investment Agreement”), with Green Equity Investors VII, L.P. and Green Equity Investors Side VII, L.P. (together, the “Funds”), both affiliates of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“Leonard Green”), in connection with the issuance and sale of 650,000 shares of Catalent’s Series A preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Series A Preferred Stock”), to the Funds for an aggregate purchase price of $650 million, or $1,000 per share (such issuance and sale, the “Preferred Stock Issuance”).
On the Closing Date, (a) the Funds assigned a portion of their commitment under the Investment Agreement to purchase shares of Series A Preferred Stock to LGP AssociatesVII-A LLC and LGP AssociatesVII-B LLC, both affiliates of Leonard Green (collectively, together with the Funds, the “Investors”), and (b) Catalent and the Investors completed the Preferred Stock Issuance (the “Preferred Stock Issuance Closing”).
Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock
Each share of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Investors pursuant to the Investment Agreement has the powers, designations, preferences, and other rights of the shares of such series as are set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock filed by Catalent with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 16, 2019 (the “Certificate of Designation”).
The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to Catalent’s shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of Catalent (a “Liquidation”). The Series A Preferred Stock initially has a stated value of $1,000 per share (as such value may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the “Stated Value”). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative dividends payable quarterly against the Stated Value at a rate of 5.00% per annum (as such rate may be adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation, the “Dividend Rate”), and such dividends may be settled in cash, by increasing the Stated Value, or in a combination thereof, at Catalent’s election, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are also entitled to receive dividends or distributions declared or paid on the Common Stock on anas-converted basis.
The Dividend Rate is subject to adjustment based on the relative and absolute price performance of the Common Stock. If, as of the fourth anniversary of the Preferred Stock Issuance Closing, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) for the sixty consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date (the “Year Four Price”), by (ii)