Exhibit 10.3
TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This TENDER AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 7, 2024, is entered into by and among Eli Lilly and Company, an Indiana corporation (“Parent”), Rainier Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and each of the stockholders of Morphic Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), set forth on Schedule A (each, a “Stockholder” and, collectively, the “Stockholders”). All terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder is the record or beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the number of shares of Company Common Stock and Company Stock Options, if any, set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on Schedule A (all such shares of Company Common Stock and Company Stock Options set forth on Schedule A next to the Stockholder’s name, together with any shares of Company Common Stock or any other voting securities of the Company that are hereafter issued to or otherwise directly or indirectly acquired by any Stockholder prior to the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.2, including for the avoidance of doubt any shares of Company Common Stock acquired by such Stockholder upon the exercise or settlement, as applicable, of any Company Stock Option, Company RSU or other rights to acquire capital stock of the Company after the date hereof, being referred to herein as the “Subject Shares”);
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution hereof, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company, are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides, among other things, for Merger Sub to commence an offer to purchase (the consummation of which is subject to the Offer Conditions) all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, and, following completion of the Offer, for the Merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to their willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, and as an inducement and in consideration for Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Stockholder, severally and not jointly, and on such Stockholder’s own account with respect to the Subject Shares, has agreed to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT TO TENDER AND VOTE
1.1 Agreement to Tender. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Stockholder hereby agrees to validly and irrevocably tender or cause to be validly and irrevocably tendered in the Offer all of such Stockholder’s Subject Shares (other than Company Stock Options that are not exercised during the Agreement Period (as defined below)) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens (as defined below). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as promptly