PROXY STATEMENT OF CHIASMA, INC. | | | PROSPECTUS OF AMRYT PHARMA PLC |
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Raj Kannan Chief Executive Officer and President Chiasma, Inc. | | | Dr. Joseph Wiley Chief Executive Officer Amryt Pharma plc |
PROXY STATEMENT OF CHIASMA, INC. | | | PROSPECTUS OF AMRYT PHARMA PLC |
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Raj Kannan Chief Executive Officer and President Chiasma, Inc. | | | Dr. Joseph Wiley Chief Executive Officer Amryt Pharma plc |
Chiasma, Inc. 140 Kendrick Street, Building C East Needham, MA 02494 Attention: Investor Relations Telephone: (617) 928-5300 | | | Amryt Pharma plc 45 Mespil Road Dublin 4 Ireland Attention: Investor Relations Telephone: +353 (0)1 518 0200 |
• | the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Amryt Pharma plc as of March 31, 2021 and the audited consolidated financial statements of Amryt as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, (i) prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, (ii) as prepared in accordance with the accounting provisions required by International Financial Reporting Standards |
• | the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Chiasma, Inc. as of March 31, 2021 and the audited consolidated financial statements of Chiasma as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, prepared on the basis of U.S. GAAP (which we refer to as the “Chiasma consolidated financial statements”). |
• | to consider and vote on a proposal (which we refer to as the “merger proposal”) to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 4, 2021 (which, as it may be amended from time to time, we refer to as the “merger agreement”) by and among Chiasma, Amryt Pharma plc (which we refer to as “Amryt”) and Acorn Merger Sub, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Amryt (which we refer to as “Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Chiasma (which we refer to as the “merger”), with Chiasma surviving the merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Amryt; |
• | to consider and vote on a non-binding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to Chiasma’s named executive officers in connection with the merger (which we refer to as the “advisory, non-binding compensation proposal”); and |
• | to consider and vote on a proposal (which we refer to as the “adjournment proposal”) to approve the adjournment or postponement of the Chiasma special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Chiasma special meeting to approve the merger proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to this proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to Chiasma stockholders. |
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Q: | Why am I receiving this proxy statement/prospectus? |
A: | You are receiving this proxy statement/prospectus because Chiasma has agreed to be acquired by Amryt through a merger of Merger Sub with and into Chiasma (which we refer to as the “merger”) with Chiasma surviving the merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Amryt. The merger agreement, which governs the terms and conditions of the merger, is attached to this proxy statement/prospectus as Annex A. |
Q: | What matters am I being asked to vote on? |
A: | In order to complete the merger, among other things, Chiasma stockholders must adopt the merger agreement in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (which we refer to as the “DGCL”), which proposal is referred to as the “merger proposal.” |
• | a non-binding, advisory proposal to approve the compensation that may be paid or may become payable to Chiasma’s named executive officers in connection with the merger (which proposal we refer to as the “advisory, non-binding compensation proposal”); and |
• | a proposal to approve the adjournment or postponement of the Chiasma special meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Chiasma special meeting to approve the merger proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to this proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to Chiasma stockholders (which proposal we refer to as the “adjournment proposal”). |
Q: | Does my vote matter? |
A: | Yes, your vote is very important, regardless of the number of shares that you own. The merger cannot be completed unless, among other things, the merger proposal is approved by Chiasma stockholders. |
Q: | How does the Chiasma Board recommend that I vote at the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | The Chiasma Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. |
Q: | Why am I being asked to consider and vote on a proposal to approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, the merger-related compensation for Chiasma’s named executive officers (i.e., the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal)? |
A: | Under SEC rules, Chiasma is required to seek a non-binding, advisory vote of its stockholders with respect to the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Chiasma’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger. |
Q: | What happens if Chiasma stockholders do not approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, the merger-related compensation for Chiasma’s named executive officers (i.e., the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal)? |
A: | Because the vote to approve the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal is advisory in nature, the outcome of the vote will not be binding upon Chiasma or the combined company, and the completion of the merger is not conditioned or dependent upon the approval of the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal. Accordingly, the merger-related compensation, which is described in the section entitled “Interests of Chiasma’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger” beginning on page 87 of this proxy statement/prospectus, may be paid to Chiasma’s named executive officers even if Chiasma’s stockholders do not approve the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal. |
Q: | Are there any risks that I should consider in deciding whether to vote for the approval of the merger proposal? |
A: | Yes. You should read and carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 13. You also should read and carefully consider the risk factors with respect to Chiasma that are contained in the documents that are incorporated by reference into this proxy statement/prospectus. |
Q: | When and where will the Chiasma special meeting take place? |
A: | The Chiasma special meeting will be held virtually via the Internet on August 3, 2021, beginning at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The Chiasma special meeting will be held solely via live webcast and there will not be a physical meeting location. Chiasma stockholders will be able to attend the Chiasma special meeting online and vote their shares electronically during the meeting by visiting https://web.lumiagm.com/226280530 using the password “chiasma2021” (case sensitive) (which we refer to as the “special meeting website”). If you choose to attend the Chiasma special meeting and vote your shares during the Chiasma special meeting, you will need the 11-digit control number located on your proxy card as described in the section entitled “The Chiasma Special Meeting—Attending the Chiasma Special Meeting” beginning on page 43. |
Q: | Who is entitled to vote at the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | All holders of record of shares of Chiasma common stock who held shares at the close of business on June 15, 2021, the record date, are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the Chiasma special meeting. Each such holder of Chiasma common stock is entitled to cast one vote on each matter properly brought before the Chiasma special meeting for each share of Chiasma common stock that such holder owned of record as of the record date. Attendance at the Chiasma special meeting is not required to vote. See below and the section entitled “The Chiasma Special Meeting—Methods of Voting” beginning on page 41 for instructions on how to vote your shares without attending the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | What constitutes a quorum for the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | A quorum is the minimum number of shares required to be represented, either by the appearance of the stockholder in person (including virtually) or through representation by proxy, to hold a valid meeting. |
Q: | How many votes do I have for the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | Each Chiasma stockholder is entitled to one vote for each share of Chiasma common stock held of record as of the close of business on the record date. As of the close of business on the record date, there were 63,191,027 outstanding shares of Chiasma common stock. |
Q: | How can I vote my shares at the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | Shares held directly in your name as the stockholder of record of Chiasma may be voted during the Chiasma special meeting via the special meeting website. If you choose to vote your shares during the virtual meeting, you will need the 11-digit control number included on your proxy card in order to access the special meeting website and to vote as described in the section entitled “The Chiasma Special Meeting—Attending the Chiasma Special Meeting” beginning on page 43. |
Q: | If my Chiasma common stock is represented by physical stock certificates, should I send my stock certificates now? |
A: | No. After the merger is completed, you will receive a transmittal form with instructions for the surrender of your Chiasma common stock certificates. Please do not send your stock certificates with your proxy card. |
Q: | What is the difference between holding shares as a stockholder of record and as a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name?” |
A: | If your shares of common stock in Chiasma are registered directly in your name with American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the transfer agent for Chiasma, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares. As the stockholder of record, you have the right to vote your shares directly at the Chiasma special meeting. You may also grant a proxy for your vote directly to Chiasma or to a third party to vote your shares at the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | If my shares of Chiasma common stock are held in “street name” by my bank, broker or other nominee, will my bank, broker or other nominee automatically vote those shares for me? |
A: | No. Your bank, broker or other nominee will only be permitted to vote your shares of Chiasma common stock if you instruct your bank, broker or other nominee how to vote. You should follow the procedures provided by your bank, broker or other nominee regarding the voting of your shares. Under Nasdaq rules, banks, brokers and other nominees who hold shares of Chiasma common stock in “street name” for their customers have authority to vote on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners. However, banks, brokers and other nominees are prohibited from exercising their voting discretion with respect to non-routine matters, which include all the proposals currently scheduled to be considered and voted on at the Chiasma special meeting. As a result, absent specific instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares, banks, brokers and other nominees are not empowered to vote such shares. |
Q: | If I hold my shares in “street name,” can I change my voting instructions after I have submitted voting instructions to my bank, broker or other nominee? |
A: | If your shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or other nominee and you previously provided voting instructions to your bank, broker or other nominee, you should follow the instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee to revoke or change your voting instructions. |
Q: | What should I do if I receive more than one set of voting materials for the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | If you hold shares of Chiasma common stock in “street name” and also directly in your name as a stockholder of record or otherwise, or if you hold shares of Chiasma common stock in more than one brokerage account, you may receive more than one set of voting materials relating to the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | How can I vote my shares without attending the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | Whether you hold your shares directly as the stockholder of record of Chiasma or beneficially in “street name,” you may direct your vote by proxy without attending the Chiasma special meeting via the special meeting website. If you are a stockholder of record, you can vote by proxy over the Internet, or by telephone or by mail by following the instructions provided in the enclosed proxy card. Please note that if you hold shares beneficially in “street name,” you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee. |
Q: | What is a proxy? |
A: | A proxy is a stockholder’s legal designation of another person to vote shares owned by such stockholder on their behalf. The document used to designate a proxy to vote your shares of Chiasma common stock is referred to as a “proxy card.” |
Q: | If a stockholder gives a proxy, how are the shares of Chiasma common stock voted? |
A: | Regardless of the method you choose to vote, the individuals named on the enclosed proxy card will vote your shares of Chiasma common stock in the way that you indicate. For each item before the Chiasma special meeting, you may specify whether your shares of Chiasma common stock should be voted for or against, or abstain from voting. |
Q: | How will my shares of Chiasma common stock be voted if I return a blank proxy? |
A: | If you sign, date and return your proxy and do not indicate how you want your shares of Chiasma common stock to be voted, then your shares of Chiasma common stock will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Chiasma Board: “FOR” the merger proposal, “FOR” the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal and “FOR” the adjournment proposal. |
Q: | Can I change my vote after I have submitted my proxy? |
A: | Any Chiasma stockholder giving a proxy has the right to revoke the proxy and change their vote before the proxy is voted at the Chiasma special meeting by doing any of the following: |
• | subsequently submitting a new proxy (including by submitting a proxy via the Internet or telephone) for the Chiasma special meeting that is received by the deadline specified on the accompanying proxy card; |
• | giving written notice of your revocation to Chiasma’s Corporate Secretary; or |
• | revoking your proxy and voting at the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | What stockholder vote is required for the approval of each proposal at the Chiasma special meeting? What will happen if I fail to vote or abstain from voting on each proposal at the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | Proposal 1: Merger Proposal. Assuming a quorum is present at the Chiasma special meeting, approval of the merger proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Chiasma common stock. Accordingly, a Chiasma stockholder’s abstention from voting or the failure of any Chiasma stockholder to vote (including the failure of a Chiasma stockholder who holds its shares in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee to give voting instructions to such bank, broker or other nominee with respect to the merger proposal), will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the merger proposal. |
Q: | What is a “broker non-vote”? |
A: | Under the Nasdaq rules, banks, brokers and other nominees may use their discretion to vote “uninstructed” shares (i.e., shares of record held by banks, brokers or other nominees, but with respect to which the beneficial owner of such shares has not provided instructions on how to vote on a particular proposal) with respect to matters that are considered to be “routine,” but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. All of the proposals currently expected to be brought before the Chiasma special meeting are “non-routine” matters under Nasdaq rules. |
Q: | Where can I find the voting results of the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | Within four business days following certification of the final voting results Chiasma will file the final voting results of the Chiasma special meeting (or, if the final voting results have not yet been certified, the preliminary results) with the SEC on a Current Report on Form 8-K. |
Q: | What will Chiasma stockholders receive for their shares if the merger is completed? |
A: | If the merger is completed, each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Chiasma issued and outstanding (other than certain excluded shares as described in the merger agreement) will be converted into the right to receive 0.396 (which number we refer to as the “exchange ratio”) Amryt ADSs (which we collectively refer to as the “merger consideration”). |
Q: | Is the exchange ratio subject to adjustment based on changes in the prices of Chiasma common stock or Amryt ADSs? Can it be adjusted for any other reason? |
A: | For the merger consideration, you will receive a fixed number of Amryt ADSs, not a number of shares that will be determined based on a fixed market value. The market value of Amryt ADSs and the market value of Chiasma common stock at the effective time may vary significantly from their respective values on the date that the merger agreement was executed or at other dates, such as the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or the date of the Chiasma special meeting. Stock price changes may result from a variety of factors, including changes in Amryt’s or Chiasma’s respective businesses, operations or prospects, regulatory considerations, and general business, market, industry or economic conditions. The exchange ratio will not be adjusted to reflect any changes in the market value of Amryt ADSs or market value of Chiasma common stock. Therefore, the aggregate market value of the Amryt ADSs that you are entitled to receive at the time that the merger is completed could vary significantly from the value of such shares on the date of this proxy statement/prospectus or the date of the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | Will the Amryt ADSs that I receive in the merger be publicly traded on an exchange? |
A: | Yes. It is a condition to the completion of the merger that the Amryt ADSs (and the Amryt ordinary shares represented thereby) to be issued in connection with the merger be approved for listing on the Nasdaq, subject to official notice of issuance. In addition, it is a condition to the completion of the merger that the London Stock Exchange (which we refer to as the “LSE”) will not have informed Amryt or its agent that the Amryt ordinary shares underlying the Amryt ADSs to be issued pursuant to the merger will not be admitted to trading on AIM. Therefore, at the effective time, all Amryt ADSs received by Chiasma stockholders in connection with the merger will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “AMYT” and may be traded on the exchange by stockholders. |
Q: | What equity stake will Chiasma stockholders hold in Amryt immediately following the merger? |
A: | Based on the number of Amryt and Chiasma securities outstanding on June 9, 2021, using the treasury stock method, upon completion of the merger, former Chiasma securityholders are expected to receive approximately 40 percent of the equity of the combined company (excluding the impact of dilution from Amryt's convertible debentures). The relative ownership interests of Amryt shareholders and former Chiasma stockholders in Amryt immediately following the merger will depend on the number of Amryt ordinary shares and shares of Chiasma common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the merger. |
Q: | If I am a Chiasma stockholder, how will I receive the merger consideration to which I am entitled? |
A: | If you hold your shares of Chiasma common stock in book-entry form, whether through The Depository Trust Company or otherwise, you will not be required to take any specific actions to exchange your shares for Amryt ADSs. Your Chiasma shares will, following the effective time of the merger, be automatically exchanged for the Amryt ADSs (in book-entry form) to which you are entitled. If you instead hold your shares of Chiasma common stock in certificated form, then, after receiving the proper and completed documentation from you following the effective time of the merger, the exchange agent will deliver to you the Amryt ADSs (in book-entry form) to which you are entitled. More information may be found in the sections entitled “The Merger Agreement—Merger Consideration” and “The Merger Agreement—No Fractional ADSs” each beginning on page 108. |
Q: | What happens if I sell my shares of Chiasma common stock after the record date but before the Chiasma special meeting? |
A: | The record date is earlier than the date of the Chiasma special meeting. If you sell or otherwise transfer your shares of Chiasma common stock after the record date but before the Chiasma special meeting, you will, unless special arrangements are made, retain your right to vote at the Chiasma special meeting. |
Q: | When is the merger expected to be completed? |
A: | Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions described under the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—Conditions to the Completion of the Merger” beginning on page 110, including approval of the merger proposal by Chiasma stockholders, the merger is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2021. However, neither Chiasma nor Amryt can predict the actual date on which the merger will be completed, or if the merger will be completed at all, because completion of the merger is subject to conditions and factors outside the control of both companies, including the receipt of certain required regulatory approvals. Chiasma and Amryt hope to complete the merger as soon as reasonably practicable. The merger agreement contains an end date of December 1, 2021 for the completion of the merger, which may be extended by mutual agreement of Chiasma and Amryt, which we refer to as the “end date.” See also the section entitled “The Merger Proposal—Regulatory Approvals Required for the Merger” beginning on page 91. |
Q: | What happens if the merger is not completed? |
A: | If the merger proposal is not approved by Chiasma stockholders, or if the merger is not completed for any other reason, Chiasma stockholders will not receive the merger consideration, and their shares of Chiasma common stock will remain outstanding. |
Q: | Do Chiasma stockholders have dissenters’ or appraisal rights? |
A: | No, under applicable Delaware law, dissenters and appraisal rights will not be available with respect to the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. |
Q: | Who will solicit and pay the cost of soliciting proxies? |
A: | Chiasma has engaged MacKenzie Partners, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Chiasma special meeting. Chiasma estimates that it will pay MacKenzie Partners, Inc. a fee of approximately $10,000 plus reasonable expenses. Chiasma has agreed to indemnify MacKenzie Partners, against certain losses, damages and expenses. |
Q: | What are the material U.S. federal income tax considerations of the merger for U.S. holders of shares of Chiasma common stock? |
A: | It is intended that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the merger will qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (which we refer to as the “Code”) and that Section 367(a)(1) of the Code will not apply to cause the transaction to result in gain recognition by Chiasma stockholders that exchange their shares of Chiasma common stock for the merger consideration (other than any such Chiasma stockholder that is treated as a “five-percent transferee shareholder” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) of Amryt following the transaction that does not enter into a five-year gain recognition agreement in the form provided in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8). |
Q: | What should I do now? |
A: | You should read this proxy statement/prospectus carefully and in its entirety, including the annexes, and return your completed, signed and dated proxy card(s) by mail in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or submit your voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet as soon as possible so that your shares will be voted in accordance with your instructions. |
Q: | How can I find more information about Chiasma or Amryt? |
A: | You can find more information about Chiasma or Amryt from various sources described in the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information” beginning on page 181 of the accompanying proxy statement/prospectus. |
Q: | Whom do I call if I have questions about the Chiasma special meeting or the merger? |
A: | If you have questions about the Chiasma special meeting or the merger, or desire additional copies of this proxy statement/prospectus or additional proxies, you may contact: |
• | There is no assurance when or if the merger will be completed. |
• | Failure to complete the merger could negatively affect Amryt’s or Chiasma’s stock prices, future business and financial results. |
• | The exchange ratio is fixed and will not be adjusted in the event of any changes in either party’s stock price. |
• | Upon completion of the merger, Chiasma stockholders will become Amryt ADS holders, and the market price for Amryt ADSs may be affected by factors different from those that historically have affected Chiasma. |
• | In order to complete the merger, Amryt and Chiasma must obtain certain governmental approvals, and if such approvals are not granted or are granted with conditions that become applicable to the parties, completion of the merger may be delayed, jeopardized or prevented and the anticipated benefits of the merger could be reduced. |
• | The combined company may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of the merger. |
• | Amryt’s future performance following the completion of the merger depends, in part, on its ability to successfully implement its strategy. |
• | The announcement and pendency of the merger could adversely affect each of Chiasma’s and Amryt’s business, results of operations and financial condition. |
• | Chiasma and Amryt will incur substantial transaction fees and costs in connection with the merger. |
• | The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Chiasma and Amryt is presented for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of the results of operations or financial condition of the combined company following the merger. |
• | While the merger agreement is in effect, Chiasma, Amryt and their respective subsidiaries’ businesses are subject to restrictions on their business activities. |
• | The termination of the merger agreement could negatively impact Chiasma and Amryt. |
• | Directors and executive officers of Chiasma have interests in the merger that may differ from the interests of Chiasma stockholders generally, including, if the merger is completed, the receipt of financial and other benefits. |
• | Except in specified circumstances, if the merger is not completed by December 1, 2021, subject to extension by mutual written agreement of Amryt and Chiasma, either Amryt or Chiasma may choose not to proceed with the merger. |
• | There may be less publicly available information concerning Amryt than there is for issuers that are not foreign private issuers because, as a foreign private issuer, Amryt is exempt from a number of rules under the U.S. Exchange Act and is permitted to file less information with the SEC than issuers that are not foreign private issuers and Amryt, as a foreign private issuer, is permitted to follow home country practice in lieu of the listing requirements of Nasdaq, subject to certain exceptions. |
• | Amryt is organized under the laws of England and Wales and certain of its directors and officers reside outside of the United States and most of the assets of its non-U.S. subsidiaries are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for shareholders to enforce civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States against Amryt or Amryt’s directors and members of the Amryt Board. |
• | Resales of Amryt ADSs following the merger may cause the market value of Amryt ADSs to decline. |
• | The market value of Amryt ADSs may decline as a result of the merger. |
• | The rights of Chiasma stockholders who become holders of Amryt ADSs in the merger will not be the same as the rights of holders of Amryt ordinary shares or Chiasma common stock. |
• | Current Amryt shareholders and Chiasma stockholders will have a reduced ownership and voting interest after the merger and will exercise less influence over the management of the combined company. |
• | Chiasma is a target of a lawsuit that could result in substantial costs and may delay or prevent the merger from being completed. |
• | The combined company may be exposed to increased litigation, which could have an adverse effect on the combined company’s business and operations. |
• | The merger may be a taxable event for Chiasma stockholders if it does not qualify as a “reorganization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes or if the merger does not satisfy the requirements of Section 367(a)(1) of the Code. |
• | For U.S. federal income tax purposes, Amryt is treated as a surrogate foreign corporation, and there is a risk that Amryt may be treated as a U.S. corporation under certain circumstances, including as a result of proposed U.S. federal tax legislation. |
• | Amryt and Chiasma may have difficulty attracting, motivating and retaining executives and other key employees in light of the merger. |
• | The merger agreement contains provisions that make it more difficult for Amryt and Chiasma to pursue alternatives to the merger and may discourage other companies from trying to acquire Chiasma for greater consideration than what Amryt has agreed to pay. |
• | The financial forecasts are based on various assumptions that may not be realized. |
• | Exchange rate fluctuations may adversely affect the foreign currency value of Amryt ADSs. |
• | Because the market value of Amryt ADSs that Chiasma stockholders will receive in the merger may fluctuate, Chiasma stockholders cannot be sure of the market value of the merger consideration that they will receive in the merger. |
• | U.S. holders of Amryt ADSs may suffer adverse tax consequences if Amryt is characterized as a passive foreign investment company. |
Date | | | Amryt ADSs Nasdaq | | | Chiasma Common Stock Nasdaq | | | Equivalent value of merger consideration per share of Chiasma stock based on price of Amryt ADSs on Nasdaq |
| | (US$) | | | (US$) | | | (US$) | |
May 4, 2021 | | | 12.95 | | | 2.84 | | | 5.13 |
June 28, 2021 | | | $12.45 | | | $4.71 | | | $4.93 |
• | Proposal 1: Adoption of the Merger Agreement. To consider and vote on the merger proposal; |
• | Proposal 2: Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of Certain Merger-Related Compensatory Arrangements with Chiasma’s Named Executive Officers. To consider and vote on the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal; and |
• | Proposal 3: Adjournment or Postponement of the Chiasma Special Meeting. To consider and vote on the adjournment proposal. |
• | Chiasma has entered into employment agreements with certain employees, including its executive officers, entitling them to certain payments and benefits in connection with a termination of employment following a change of control of Chiasma; |
• | certain outstanding equity awards held by the Chiasma executive officers may accelerate upon a qualifying termination of their employment in connection with the merger; and |
• | directors and officers of Chiasma have continuing rights to indemnification and directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. |
• | adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders; |
• | approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders; |
• | the absence of any order issued by any court or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that remains in effect and enjoins, prevents or prohibits completion of the merger, and the absence of any applicable law enacted, entered or promulgated by any governmental authority that remains in effect and prohibits or makes illegal completion of the merger; |
• | effectiveness of the registration statement for the Amryt ADSs and Amryt ordinary shares represented thereby to be issued in the merger (of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part) and, if applicable, of the registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the Amryt ADSs and the absence of any stop order suspending that effectiveness or any proceedings for that purpose pending before the SEC; |
• | the distribution of the shareholder circular to Amryt shareholders in accordance with Amryt’s organizational documents; |
• | (i) approval for listing on Nasdaq of the Amryt ADSs (and the Amryt ordinary shares represented thereby) to be issued in connection with the merger, subject to official notice of issuance, and (ii) the LSE not having informed Amryt that the Amryt ordinary shares represented by the Amryt ADSs will not be admitted to trading on AIM; and |
• | any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated. |
• | performance in all material respects by Chiasma of all of its obligations under the merger agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the effective time; |
• | subject to certain exceptions and materiality standards provided in the merger agreement, the representations and warranties of Chiasma being true and correct at and as of the date of the merger agreement and at and as of the closing date as though made at and as of the closing date; |
• | absence of a material adverse effect on Chiasma since the date of the merger agreement; and |
• | receipt of a certificate from an executive officer of Chiasma certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied. |
• | performance in all material respects by each of Amryt and Merger Sub of all of its obligations under the merger agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the effective time; |
• | subject to certain exceptions and materiality standards provided in the merger agreement, the representations and warranties of Amryt being true and correct at and as of the date of the merger agreement and at and as of the closing date as though made at and as of the closing date; |
• | absence of a material adverse effect on Amryt since the date of the merger agreement; |
• | receipt of a certificate from an executive officer of Amryt certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied; and |
• | the receipt by Chiasma of a tax opinion as to certain tax matters. |
• | by mutual written agreement of Amryt and Chiasma; |
• | by either Amryt or Chiasma, if the merger has not been completed by the end date of December 1, 2021, subject to extension by mutual written agreement of Amryt and Chiasma; |
• | by either Amryt or Chiasma, if a governmental authority has issued a final and non-appealable injunction or other order that permanently enjoins, prevents or prohibits the completion of the merger; |
• | by either Amryt or Chiasma, if (i) Chiasma stockholders fail to adopt the merger agreement upon a vote taken on a proposal to adopt the merger agreement at the Chiasma special meeting or (ii) Amryt shareholders fail to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement upon a vote taken on a proposal to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; |
• | by Amryt if, prior to the adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders: (i) the Chiasma Board makes an adverse recommendation change, (ii) Chiasma fails to publicly confirm to Chiasma stockholders, within 10 business days after the commencement of a tender or exchange offer subject to Regulation 14D under the U.S. Exchange Act that constitutes an acquisition proposal, that Chiasma recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (or shall have withdrawn any such rejection thereafter), (iii) other than in the context of a tender or exchange offer, Chiasma fails to publicly reaffirm the Chiasma Board’s recommendation to adopt the merger agreement after the date any acquisition proposal with respect to Chiasma or any material modification thereto (which request may only be made once per acquisition proposal or material modification) is first publicly announced, within five business days after a request from Amryt, (iv) other than in the context of an acquisition proposal, Chiasma fails to publicly reaffirm the Chiasma Board’s recommendation to adopt the merger agreement within 5 business days following a written request from Amryt (which request may only be made once other than in the context of an acquisition proposal), or (v) Chiasma has breached or failed to perform any of its obligations described under “—No Solicitation” in any material respect; |
• | by Amryt if there has been a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Chiasma (other than with respect to its obligations described under “—No Solicitation”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would give rise to the failure of a closing condition by the other party and is incapable of being cured prior to the end date or is not cured within 30 days after the giving of notice thereof by Amryt or the end date; |
• | by Amryt if, prior to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders, Amryt terminates the merger agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement for a superior proposal; |
• | by Chiasma if, prior to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders: (i) the Amryt Board makes an adverse recommendation change, (ii) Amryt fails to publicly confirm to Amryt shareholders, within ten business days after the announcement or commencement of a tender or exchange offer subject to Regulation 14D under the U.S. Exchange Act that constitutes an acquisition proposal, that Amryt recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (or shall have withdrawn any such rejection thereafter), (iii) other than in the context of a tender or exchange offer, Amryt fails to publicly reaffirm the Amryt Board’s recommendation to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement after the date any acquisition proposal with respect to Amryt or any material modification thereto (which request may only be made once per acquisition proposal or material modification) is first publicly announced, within five business days after a request from Chiasma, (iv) other than in the context of an acquisition proposal, Amryt fails to publicly reaffirm the Amryt Board’s recommendation to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement within five business days following a written request from Chiasma (which request may only be made once other than in the context of an acquisition proposal), or (v) Amryt or Merger Sub has breached or failed to perform any of its obligations described under “—No Solicitation” in any material respect. |
• | by Chiasma if there has been a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Amryt or Merger Sub (other than with respect to its obligations described under “—No Solicitation”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would give rise to the failure of a closing condition by the other party and is incapable of being cured prior to the end date or is not cured within 30 days after the giving of notice thereof by Chiasma or the end date; or |
• | by Chiasma if, prior to the adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders, Chiasma terminates the merger agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement for a superior proposal. |
• | Chiasma and Amryt may experience negative reactions from the financial markets, including a decline of their share prices (which may reflect a market assumption that the merger will be completed); |
• | Chiasma and Amryt may experience negative reactions from the investment community, their customers, suppliers, distributors, regulators and employees and other partners in the business community; |
• | Chiasma and Amryt may be required to pay certain costs relating to the merger, whether or not the merger is completed; and |
• | matters relating to the merger will have required substantial commitments of time and resources by Chiasma and Amryt management, which would otherwise have been devoted to day-to-day operations and other opportunities that may have been beneficial to Chiasma and Amryt, respectively, had the merger not been contemplated. |
• | at least 75 percent of its gross income is “passive income,” or |
• | at least 50 percent of the value, determined on the basis of a quarterly average, of its gross assets is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of “passive income.” |
• | future market conditions, including the risk of disruptions to the financial or capital markets and currency fluctuations |
• | the behavior of other market participants |
• | changes in the political, social and regulatory framework in which Amryt operates or in economic, technological or consumer trends or conditions |
• | the impact of uncertainty and volatility in relation to the UK’s exit from the EU |
• | the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it may have or continue to have on these risks, on Amryt’s or Chiasma’s ability to continue to mitigate these risks, and on Amryt’s or Chiasma’s operations, financial results or financial condition |
• | the risk of unexpected deterioration in Amryt’s or Chiasma’s financial position |
• | actual or contingent liabilities |
• | the outcome of clinical trials |
• | the occurrence of cyber incidents or breaches in cybersecurity |
• | changes in U.S. federal income tax rules |
• | the actions of regulators and other factors such as Amryt’s ability to obtain financing |
• | uncertainties as to the timing of the contemplated merger |
• | uncertainties as to the approvals by Amryt’s shareholders or Chiasma’s stockholders required in connection with the contemplated merger |
• | the possibility that a competing proposal will be made |
• | the possibility that the closing conditions to the merger may not be satisfied or waived, including that a governmental entity may prohibit, delay or refuse to grant a necessary regulatory approval |
• | the effects of disruption caused by the announcement of the contemplated merger making it more difficult to maintain relationships with employees, customers, vendors and other business partners |
• | the risk of failure to attract, develop, engage and retain a diverse, talented and capable workforce, including following the consummation of the merger |
• | the risk that stockholder litigation in connection with the contemplated merger may affect the timing or occurrence of the contemplated merger or result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability |
• | other business effects, including the effects of industry, economic or political conditions outside of the control of the parties to the contemplated merger |
• | transaction costs, including the risk that management’s time and attention are diverted on transaction-related issues or that disruption from the merger makes it more difficult to maintain business, contractual and operational relationships |
• | and the risk that Amryt is unable to achieve the synergies and value creation contemplated by the merger, or that Amryt is unable to promptly and effectively integrate Chiasma’s businesses |
| | For the Three Months Ended March 31, | | | For the Years Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||
| | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | |
| | (in thousands except share and per share data) | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Product revenue, net | | | $1,924 | | | $1,106 | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— | | | $— |
Cost of goods sold | | | 67 | | | 61 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Gross profit | | | 1,857 | | | 1,045 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative | | | 15,698 | | | 44,892 | | | 15,122 | | | 9,974 | | | 9,146 | | | 21,815 |
Research and development | | | 4,199 | | | 26,802 | | | 22,457 | | | 22,362 | | | 17,948 | | | 31,317 |
Restructuring charges | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,038 | | | 8,179 |
Total operating expenses | | | 19,897 | | | 71,694 | | | 37,579 | | | 32,336 | | | 28,132 | | | 61,311 |
Loss from operations | | | (18,040) | | | (70,649) | | | (37,579) | | | (32,336) | | | (28,132) | | | (61,311) |
Interest and other income (loss), net | | | (9,583) | | | 1,826 | | | 1,543 | | | 1,044 | | | 716 | | | 547 |
Interest expense | | | (2,873) | | | (5,872) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Loss before income taxes | | | (30,496) | | | (74,695) | | | (36,036) | | | (31,292) | | | (27,416) | | | (60,764) |
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | | | 52 | | | 84 | | | 284 | | | (31) | | | (590) | | | 347 |
Net loss | | | $(30,548) | | | $(74,779) | | | $(36,320) | | | $(31,261) | | | $(26,826) | | | $(61,111) |
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Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Basic | | | $(0.49) | | | $(1.43) | | | $(1.06) | | | $(1.28) | | | $(1.10) | | | $(2.51) |
Diluted | | | $(0.49) | | | $(1.43) | | | $(1.06) | | | $(1.28) | | | $(1.10) | | | $(2.51) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |||||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding: | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Basic | | | 62,831,141 | | | 52,234,945 | | | 34,204,284 | | | 24,399,706 | | | 24,366,681 | | | 24,319,443 |
Diluted | | | 62,831,141 | | | 52,234,945 | | | 34,204,284 | | | 24,399,706 | | | 24,366,681 | | | 24,319,443 |
| | March 31, | | | December 31, | |||||||||||||
| | 2021 | | | 2020 | | | 2019 | | | 2018 | | | 2017 | | | 2016 | |
| | (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | $24,576 | | | $15,462 | | | $27,855 | | | $13,060 | | | $14,603 | | | $37,013 |
Marketable securities | | | 90,457 | | | 119,959 | | | 64,520 | | | 28,602 | | | 52,336 | | | 55,971 |
Accounts receivable | | | 1,015 | | | 538 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Inventory | | | 14,381 | | | 10,955 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Current assets | | | 137,032 | | | 153,358 | | | 96,256 | | | 62,187 | | | 68,707 | | | 95,094 |
Total assets | | | 159,535 | | | 176,338 | | | 98,826 | | | 63,256 | | | 69,883 | | | 96,756 |
Current liabilities | | | 17,319 | | | 16,731 | | | 11,375 | | | 28,627 | | | 6,745 | | | 8,400 |
Deferred royalty obligation | | | 73,368 | | | 63,548 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Long-term liabilities | | | 6,160 | | | 4,274 | | | 1,682 | | | 505 | | | 664 | | | 2,631 |
Total liabilities | | | 96,847 | | | 84,553 | | | 13,057 | | | 29,132 | | | 7,409 | | | 11,031 |
Total stockholders’ equity | | | 62,688 | | | 91,785 | | | 85,769 | | | 34,124 | | | 62,474 | | | 85,725 |
| | Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||
| | 2021 | | | 2020 | |
| | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
Revenue | | | 48,432 | | | 44,574 |
Cost of sales | | | (23,489) | | | (32,620) |
Gross profit | | | 24,943 | | | 11,954 |
Research and development expenses | | | (8,916) | | | (8,934) |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (18,156) | | | (18,406) |
Restructuring and acquisition costs | | | — | | | (853) |
Share based payment expenses | | | (1,263) | | | (745) |
Operating loss before finance expense | | | (3,392) | | | (16,984) |
Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | (2,874) | | | (2,906) |
Non-cash contingent value rights finance expense | | | (1,763) | | | (1,448) |
Net finance expense - other | | | (7,898) | | | (9,416) |
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation | | | (15,927) | | | (30,754) |
Tax (charge)/credit on loss on ordinary activities | | | (610) | | | 1,857 |
Loss for the period attributable to the equity holders of Amryt | | | (16,537) | | | (28,897) |
Exchange translation differences which may be reclassified through profit or loss | | | 2,547 | | | (13) |
Total other comprehensive income/(loss) | | | 2,547 | | | (13) |
Total comprehensive loss for the period attributable to the equity holders of Amryt | | | (13,990) | | | (28,910) |
| | | | |||
Loss per share | | | | | ||
Loss per share - basic and diluted, attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent (US$) | | | (0.09) | | | (0.19) |
| | Year ended December 31, | |||||||
| | 2020 | | | 2019 (restated) | | | 2018 | |
| | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
Revenue | | | 182,607 | | | 58,124 | | | 17,095 |
Cost of sales | | | (119,029) | | | (38,733) | | | (6,266) |
Gross profit | | | 63,578 | | | 19,391 | | | 10,829 |
Research and development expenses | | | (27,618) | | | (15,827) | | | (10,703) |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (76,673) | | | (35,498) | | | (17,342) |
Restructuring and acquisition costs | | | (1,017) | | | (13,038) | | | — |
Share based payment expenses | | | (4,729) | | | (841) | | | (821) |
Impairment charge | | | — | | | (4,670) | | | — |
Operating loss before finance expense | | | (46,459) | | | (50,483) | | | (18,037) |
Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | (27,827) | | | (6,740) | | | (10,566) |
Non-cash contingent value rights finance expense | | | (12,004) | | | (1,511) | | | — |
Net finance expense - other | | | (19,569) | | | (4,759) | | | (1,841) |
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation | | | (105,859) | | | (63,493) | | | (30,444) |
Tax credit/(charge) on loss on ordinary activities | | | 1,332 | | | 495 | | | (43) |
Loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of Amryt | | | (104,527) | | | (62,998) | | | (30,487) |
Exchange translation differences which may be reclassified through profit or loss | | | (2,164) | | | 755 | | | (77) |
Total other comprehensive (loss)/income | | | (2,164) | | | 755 | | | (77) |
Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of Amryt | | | (106,691) | | | (62,243) | | | (30,564) |
| | | | | | ||||
Loss per share | | | | | | | |||
Loss per share - basic and diluted, attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent (US$) | | | (0.66) | | | (0.83) | | | (0.67) |
| | As at | ||||
| | March 31, 2021 | | | December 31, 2020 | |
| | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
Statement of financial position data: | | | | | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash | | | 118,551 | | | 118,798 |
Trade and other receivables | | | 43,963 | | | 43,185 |
Inventories | | | 39,371 | | | 40,992 |
Working capital(1) | | | 107,729 | | | 101,800 |
Total assets | | | 521,971 | | | 536,591 |
Long term loan | | | 88,769 | | | 87,302 |
Convertible notes | | | 102,216 | | | 101,086 |
Total liabilities | | | 467,607 | | | 470,449 |
Accumulated deficit | | | (252,142) | | | (235,605) |
Total equity | | | 54,364 | | | 66,142 |
(1) | We define working capital as current assets less current liabilities. |
| | As at December 31, | ||||
| | 2020 | | | 2019 (restated) | |
| | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
Statement of financial position data: | | | | | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash | | | 118,798 | | | 67,229 |
Trade and other receivables | | | 43,185 | | | 35,500 |
Inventories | | | 40,992 | | | 58,000 |
Working capital(1) | | | 101,800 | | | 58,503 |
Total assets | | | 536,591 | | | 527,096 |
Long term loan | | | 87,302 | | | 81,610 |
Convertible Notes, net of equity component | | | 101,086 | | | 96,856 |
Total liabilities | | | 470,449 | | | 395,263 |
Accumulated deficit | | | (235,605) | | | (131,137) |
Total equity | | | 66,142 | | | 131,833 |
(1) | We define working capital as current assets less current liabilities. |
| | Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 | | | Year Ended December 31, 2020 | |
| | US$’000 | | | US$’000 | |
Revenue | | | 50,356 | | | 183,713 |
Cost of sales | | | (28,758) | | | (126,026) |
Gross profit | | | 21,598 | | | 57,687 |
Research and development expenses | | | (12,936) | | | (53,482) |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (32,661) | | | (146,375) |
Restructuring and acquisition costs | | | — | | | (1,017) |
Share based payment expenses | | | (3,485) | | | (12,489) |
Operating loss before finance expense | | | (27,484) | | | (155,676) |
Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | (2,874) | | | (27,827) |
Non-cash contingent value rights finance expense | | | (1,763) | | | (12,004) |
Net finance expense – other | | | (7,821) | | | (19,061) |
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation | | | (39,942) | | | (214,568) |
Tax credit/(charge) on loss on ordinary activities | | | 589 | | | 2,916 |
Loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of Amryt | | | (39,353) | | | (211,652) |
| | | | |||
Loss per share | | | | | ||
Loss per share - basic and diluted, attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent (US$) | | | (0.13) | | | (0.73) |
| | As at March 31, 2021 | |
| | US$’000 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash | | | 107,981 |
Trade and other receivables | | | 51,581 |
Inventories | | | 53,752 |
Working capital(1) | | | 104,748 |
Total assets | | | 936,472 |
Long term loan | | | 88,769 |
Convertible Notes, net of equity component | | | 102,216 |
Total liabilities | | | 560,087 |
Accumulated deficit | | | (271,163) |
Total equity | | | 376,385 |
(1) | We define working capital as current assets less current liabilities. |
Date | | | Amryt ADSs Nasdaq | | | Chiasma Common Stock Nasdaq | | | Equivalent value of merger consideration per share of Chiasma stock based on price of Amryt ADSs on Nasdaq |
| | (US$) | | | (US$) | | | (US$) | |
May 4, 2021 | | | 12.95 | | | 2.84 | | | 5.13 |
June 28, 2021 | | | $12.45 | | | $4.71 | | | $4.93 |
| | Year Ended December 31, 2020 | |
| | (US$) | |
Amryt Historical per Ordinary Share Data: | | | |
Net Earnings/(Loss)—basic | | | ($0.66) |
Net Earnings/(Loss)—diluted | | | ($0.66) |
Cash dividends paid | | | $0 |
Book Value | | | $0.42 |
Chiasma Historical per Common Share Data: | | | |
Net Earnings/(Loss)—basic | | | ($1.43) |
Net Earnings/(Loss)—diluted | | | ($1.43) |
Cash dividends declared | | | $0 |
Book Value | | | $1.76 |
| | Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 | |
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined per Amryt Ordinary Share Data: | | | |
Net (Loss)—basic | | | ($0.13) |
Net Earnings/(Loss)—diluted | | | ($0.13) |
Cash dividends paid | | | $0 |
Book Value | | | $1.21 |
| | Quarter Ended March 31, 2021 | |
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined per Chiasma Equivalent Share Data: | | | |
Net (Loss)—basic | | | ($0.05) |
Net (Loss)—diluted | | | ($0.05) |
Cash dividends paid | | | $0 |
Book Value | | | $0.48 |
• | Proposal 1: Adoption of the Merger Agreement. To consider and vote on the merger proposal; |
• | Proposal 2: Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of Certain Merger-Related Compensatory Arrangements with Chiasma’s Named Executive Officers. To consider and vote on the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal; and |
• | Proposal 3: Adjournment or Postponement of the Chiasma Special Meeting. To consider and vote on the adjournment proposal. |
• | Proposal 1: “FOR” the merger proposal; |
• | Proposal 2: “FOR” the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal; and |
• | Proposal 3: “FOR” the adjournment proposal. |
Proposal | | | Required Vote | | | Effect of Certain Actions |
Proposal 1: Merger Proposal | | | Approval requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Chiasma common stock entitled to vote on the merger proposal. | | | Shares of Chiasma common stock not present at the Chiasma special meeting, shares that are present and not voted on the merger proposal, including due to the failure of any Chiasma stockholder who holds their shares in “street name” through a bank, broker or other nominee to give voting instructions to such bank, broker or other nominee with respect to the merger proposal, and abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the merger proposal |
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Proposal 2: Advisory, Non-Binding Compensation Proposal | | | Approval requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of votes cast on the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal (meaning the number of votes cast “FOR” this proposal must exceed the votes cast “AGAINST”). | | | A failure to vote, a broker non-vote or an abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the advisory, non-binding compensation proposal, assuming a quorum is present. |
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Proposal 3: Adjournment Proposal | | | Approval requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of votes cast on the adjournment proposal (meaning the number of votes cast “FOR” this proposal must exceed the votes cast “AGAINST”). | | | A failure to vote, a broker non-vote or an abstention will have no effect on the outcome of the adjournment proposal. |
• | By Internet: By visiting the Internet address provided on the proxy card and following the instructions provided on your proxy card. |
• | By Telephone: By calling the number located on the proxy card and following the recorded instructions. |
• | By Mail: If you have received a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail, you may complete, sign, date and return by mail the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided to you with your proxy materials. |
• | Via the Special Meeting Website: All stockholders of record may vote at the Chiasma special meeting by attending the meeting via the special meeting website. Stockholders who plan to attend the Chiasma special meeting will need the 11-digit control number included on their proxy card in order to access the special meeting website and to attend and vote thereat. |
• | by voting again by Internet or telephone as instructed on your proxy card before the closing of the voting facilities at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 2, 2021; |
• | by sending a signed written notice of revocation to Chiasma’s Corporate Secretary, provided such statement is received before the Chiasma special meeting; |
• | by submitting a properly signed and dated proxy card as instructed above in advance of the Chiasma special meeting; or |
• | by attending the Chiasma special meeting via the special meeting website and requesting that your proxy be revoked or voting via the website as described above. |
• | Synergies. The merger is expected to accelerate and diversify Amryt’s growing revenues and deliver cost synergies. Both Amryt and Chiasma currently enjoy a significant degree of customer call-point overlap and combining operations would provide significant salesforce scale opportunities. The merger is also expected to result in a diversified and broad shareholder base with leading biotech investors supportive of the company’s long-term growth plans. |
• | Diversified Portfolio of Established and Growing Products and Financial Strength. Consistent with Amryt’s shareholder-endorsed strategy to acquire, develop and commercialize novel treatments for rare diseases, the portfolio of products of the combined company would offer a pathway to a potential $1.0 billion of peak revenues. The merger would solidify Amryt’s position as a global leader in treating rare and orphan conditions and the combined company would have three approved commercial products as well as a robust clinical pipeline of development assets. The addition of MYCAPSSA, which was recently launched in the U.S., to Amryt’s commercial product portfolio would represent a strong strategic, operational and commercial fit given the overlap existing across Chiasma’s and Amryt’s portfolios. |
• | Improved Competitive Positioning. The merger would deliver improved competitive positioning with increased scale for the combined company in the U.S., the EU and beyond. The merger is expected to enhance the combined company’s commercial and medical infrastructure globally, which would enable Amryt’s future growth plans in highly attractive markets and help Amryt continue to execute its future growth plans. |
• | Increased Share Liquidity. The merger is expected to result in increased share liquidity for holders of the combined company following the completion of the merger due to the benefits associated with a larger market capitalization and more diverse shareholder base. |
• | Business Climate. The current and prospective business climate in the biopharmaceutical industry, including the regulatory and litigation environment, and the position of current and likely competitors, including as a result of other business combinations. |
• | Due Diligence. The results of the due diligence review of Chiasma conducted by Amryt and its financial advisor. |
• | Merger Agreement. The view that the terms and conditions of the merger agreement and the merger, including the covenants, closing conditions and terminations, are favorable to completing the merger. |
• | Alternatives Available. Potential strategic alternatives that might be available to Amryt relative to the merger, including remaining a standalone entity or other acquisition opportunities and the belief of the Amryt Board that the merger is in the best interests of Amryt, its stakeholders and its shareholders as a whole given the potential risks, rewards and uncertainties associated with each alternative, including execution and regulatory risks and achievement of anticipated synergies. |
• | the fact that the exchange ratio is fixed and will not fluctuate based upon changes in the stock price of Chiasma or Amryt prior to completion of the merger; and |
• | that the merger consideration had an implied value per share of Chiasma common stock of $5.52, based on the closing price of Amryt ordinary shares and Chiasma common stock as of April 30, 2021, and the implied offer price based on the preliminary exchange ratio of 1.975 Amryt ordinary shares for each share of Chiasma common stock, or 0.395 Amryt ADSs (each Amryt ADS representing the right to receive five Amryt ordinary shares), which represented a premium of approximately 85.2 percent to Chiasma stockholders. |
• | following the receipt of an alternative acquisition proposal that the Chiasma Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside counsel and its financial advisor) is or is reasonably likely to lead to a superior proposal (as defined in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement —No Solicitation”), subject to certain restrictions imposed by the merger agreement, including that the Chiasma Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law and that Amryt shall have been given an opportunity to match the superior proposal; or |
• | in response to an intervening event (as defined in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—No Solicitation”), subject to certain restrictions imposed by the merger agreement, including that the Chiasma Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable law and provided Amryt with prior notice of its intention to take such action. |
• | the fact that Chiasma stockholders will be sharing participation of Chiasma’s upside with Amryt shareholders as part of the combined company; |
• | the fact that forecasts of future results of operations and synergies are estimates based on assumptions that may not be realized within the expected time frame or at all; |
• | the effect of the public announcement of the merger agreement, including effects on Chiasma’s relationship with its partners and other business relationships and Chiasma’s ability to attract and retain key management and personnel; |
• | the risk of the coronavirus pandemic making it more difficult for Amryt and Chiasma to consummate the merger, including increased difficulty in obtaining sufficient votes for the recommended proposals and other logistical challenges; |
• | the fact that the merger agreement precludes Chiasma from actively soliciting alternative transaction proposals and requires payment by Chiasma of a $8.0 million termination fee under certain circumstances; |
• | the fact that Chiasma will be required to pay a $3.5 million termination fee to Amryt if the merger agreement is terminated because Chiasma’s stockholders fail to adopt the merger agreement; |
• | the fact that, because the exchange ratio is fixed, if the price of the Amryt ADSs declines and does not recover prior to the effective time of the merger, the value of consideration received by Chiasma stockholders in connection with the merger would also decline; |
• | the risks associated with integrating businesses upon completion of the merger, including risks of employee disruption, risks relating to melding of company cultures and retention risks relating to key management and employees; |
• | the possibility that the merger will not be consummated and the potential negative effects on Chiasma’s business, operations, financial results and stock price; |
• | the restrictions imposed by the merger agreement on the conduct of Chiasma’s business prior to completion of the merger, which could delay or prevent Chiasma from undertaking some business opportunities that may arise during that time, including Chiasma’s ability to capitalize the company to continue operations; |
• | the potential for litigation relating to the proposed merger and the associated costs, burden and inconvenience involved in defending those proceedings; |
• | the fact that the strategic direction of the continuing company following the completion of the merger will be determined by a board of directors initially comprised of a majority of designees of Amryt; |
• | the fact that, under Delaware law, Chiasma stockholders are not entitled to appraisal rights, dissenters’ rights or similar rights of an objecting shareholder in connection with the merger; |
• | the interests that certain directors and executive officers of Chiasma may have with respect to the merger that may be different from, or in addition to, their interests as stockholders of Chiasma or the interests of Chiasma’s other stockholders generally, as described under “—Interests of Chiasma’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger”; and |
• | the various other applicable risks associated with Chiasma, Amryt and the merger, including the risks described in “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors.” |
1. | Reviewed documents, including but not limited to the following, regarding Chiasma: |
a. | Chiasma’s annual reports and audited financial statements on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020; |
b. | Certain internal financial analyses and forecasts of Chiasma prepared by and provided to Duff & Phelps by Chiasma management relating to Chiasma’s business and utilized per instruction of Chiasma (which we refer to as the “Adjusted Chiasma Projections”), as set forth and described more fully in the section entitled “—Certain Prospective Financial Information Reviewed by the Chiasma Board and Its Financial Advisor”; and |
c. | Revenue Interest Financing Agreement (which we refer to as the “RIFA”) between HCR and Chiasma, dated as of April 7, 2020; |
2. | Reviewed the documents including, but not limited to the following, regarding Amryt: |
a. | Amryt’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2019; |
b. | Amryt’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the SEC; |
c. | Amryt’s prospectus filings with the SEC, including the Amendment No. 1 to Form F-1 filed on January 11, 2021, the 424(b)(4) Prospectus filed on January 14, 2021, and the 424(b)(3) Prospectus Supplement No.1 filed on March 4, 2021; |
d. | Certain internal financial analyses and forecasts for Amryt prepared based on information provided by the management of Amryt and adjusted and provided by the management of Chiasma relating to Amryt’s business and utilized per instruction of Chiasma (which we refer to as the “Chiasma Management Adjusted Amryt Projections”), as set forth and described more fully in the section entitled “—Certain Prospective Financial Information Reviewed by the Chiasma Board and Its Financial Advisor”; and |
e. | Certain cost synergies expected to be realized in the proposed transaction, as well as the costs to achieve these synergies, provided by Amryt management and reviewed by Chiasma management, as set forth and described more fully in the section entitled “—Certain Prospective Financial Information Reviewed by the Chiasma Board and Its Financial Advisor”; |
3. | Documents related to the Proposed Transaction, including: |
a. | The letter of intent from Amryt to Chiasma dated April 21, 2021; |
b. | The draft of the merger agreement dated May 4, 2021 (which we refer to as the “draft merger agreement”); |
4. | Discussed the information referred to above and the background and other elements of the proposed transaction with Chiasma management and their representatives, including Torreya in Torreya’s capacity as investment banker for Chiasma; |
5. | Discussed the Adjusted Chiasma Projections (as set forth and described more fully in the section entitled “—Certain Prospective Financial Information Reviewed by the Chiasma Board and Its Financial Advisor”) and their underlying assumptions with Chiasma management and representatives from Torreya; |
6. | Discussed the Chiasma Management Adjusted Amryt Projections (as set forth and described more fully in the section entitled “—Certain Prospective Financial Information Reviewed by the Chiasma Board and Its Financial Advisor”) and their underlying assumptions and the analysis of transaction synergies with Amryt management, as well as with Chiasma management; |
7. | Reviewed various analyst reports for each of Chiasma, Amryt and the selected public companies; |
8. | Reviewed the historical trading price and trading volume of the Chiasma common stock and Amryt ADSs and the publicly traded securities of certain other companies that Duff & Phelps deemed relevant; |
9. | Performed certain valuation and comparative analyses using generally accepted valuation and analytical techniques consisting of discounted cash flow, selected public companies and precedent M&A transactions analyses; and |
10. | Conducted such other analyses and considered such other factors as Duff & Phelps deemed appropriate. |
1. | Relied upon the accuracy, completeness and fair presentation of all information, data, advice, opinions and representations obtained from public sources or provided to it from private sources, including Chiasma management and did not independently verify such information; |
2. | Relied upon the fact that the Chiasma Board and Chiasma have been advised by counsel as to all legal matters with respect to the proposed transaction, including whether all procedures required by law to be taken in connection with the proposed transaction have been duly, validly and timely taken; |
3. | Assumed that any estimates, evaluations, forecasts and projections furnished to Duff & Phelps were reasonably prepared and based upon the best currently available information and good faith judgment of the person furnishing the same, and Duff & Phelps expresses no opinion with respect to such projections or the underlying assumptions; |
4. | Assumed that the merger will qualify for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code; |
5. | Assumed that information supplied and representations made by Chiasma management are substantially accurate regarding Chiasma and the proposed transaction; |
6. | Assumed that the representations and warranties made in the merger agreement are substantially accurate; |
7. | Assumed that the final executed merger agreement will not differ in any material respect from the draft merger agreement reviewed by Duff & Phelps; |
8. | Assumed that there has been no material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, or prospects of Chiasma or Amryt since the date of the most recent financial statements and other information made available to or discussed with Duff & Phelps, and that there was no information or facts that would make the information reviewed by or discussed with Duff & Phelps incomplete or misleading; |
9. | Assumed that all of the conditions required to implement the proposed transaction will be satisfied and that the proposed transaction will be completed in accordance with the merger agreement without any amendments thereto or any waivers of any terms or conditions thereof; and |
10. | Assumed that all governmental, regulatory or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation of the proposed transaction will be obtained without any adverse effect on Chiasma or the contemplated benefits expected to be derived in the proposed transaction. |
Chiasma Discounted Cash Flow Analysis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
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| | Chiasma Projections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2021P | | | 2022P | | | 2023P | | | 2024P | | | 2025P | | | 2026P | | | 2027P | | | 2028P | | | 2029P | | | 2030P | |
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Earnings Before Interest and Taxes | | | ($66.0) | | | ($27.6) | | | $44.7 | | | $105.0 | | | $149.7 | | | $194.8 | | | $240.7 | | | $307.8 | | | $309.2 | | | $308.5 |
Taxes(1) | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | (2.5) | | | (5.8) | | | (30.0) | | | (53.3) | | | (65.9) | | | (84.6) | | | (85.0) | | | (84.9) |
Net Operating Profit After Tax | | | (66.0) | | | (27.6) | | | 42.2 | | | 99.3 | | | 119.7 | | | 141.5 | | | 174.8 | | | 223.1 | | | 224.2 | | | 223.7 |
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Tax Depreciation | | | 0.5 | | | 0.2 | | | 0.1 | | | 4.0 | | | 0.9 | | | 0.7 | | | 0.6 | | | 0.5 | | | 0.6 | | | 0.6 |
Capital Expenditures | | | (0.4) | | | (0.1) | | | 0.0 | | | (6.0) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) |
(Increase) Decrease in Working Capital | | | (23.5) | | | (15.4) | | | (8.1) | | | (5.7) | | | (19.0) | | | (13.3) | | | (8.9) | | | (7.3) | | | (6.6) | | | (0.9) |
Unlevered Free Cash Flow | | | ($89.4) | | | ($42.9) | | | $34.1 | | | $91.5 | | | $101.1 | | | $128.4 | | | $166.0 | | | $215.8 | | | $217.6 | | | $223.0 |
Enterprise Value | | | | | Low | | | Mid | | | High | |
Perpetuity Rate of Decline(1) | | | | | (20.0%) | | | (20.0%) | | | (20.0%) | |
Weighted Average Cost of Capital | | | | | 14.0% | | | 13.0% | | | 12.0% | |
Indicated Enterprise Value Range * | | | | | $540.0 | | | $590.0 | | | $640.0 | |
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Implied Enterprise Valuation Multiples | | | | | | | | | ||||
2022 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | $97 | | | 5.56x | | | 6.07x | | | 6.58x |
2023 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 185 | | | 2.91x | | | 3.18x | | | 3.45x |
2024 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 268 | | | 2.01x | | | 2.20x | | | 2.39x |
(1) | Per Chiasma management |
* | Rounded |
Selected Public Companies Analysis | | | As of April 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMPANY INFORMATION | | | | | ENTERPRISE VALUE AS MULTIPLE OF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company Name | | | Enterprise Value | | | LTM EBITDA | | | 2021 EBITDA | | | 2022 EBITDA | | | 2023 EBITDA | | | 2024 EBITDA | | | 2025 EBITDA | | | LTM Revenue | | | 2021 Revenue | | | 2022 Revenue | | | 2023 Revenue | | | 2024 Revenue | | | 2025 Revenue |
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | $312 | | | -8.1x | | | -10.7x | | | 49.9x | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 4.19x | | | 3.37x | | | 2.61x | | | 2.34x | | | 2.03x | | | 1.81x |
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. | | | 2,598 | | | -11.1 | | | -15.3 | | | -41.9 | | | 226.6 | | | 11.6 | | | 8.0 | | | 9.96 | | | 8.29 | | | 5.79 | | | 4.16 | | | 3.34 | | | 2.71 |
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. | | | 202 | | | -5.1 | | | -4.4 | | | -6.5 | | | 10.1 | | | 2.5 | | | 1.7 | | | 4.40 | | | 5.18 | | | 2.67 | | | 1.56 | | | 0.86 | | | 0.63 |
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 194 | | | -5.0 | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 32.27 | | | 13.13 | | | 1.65 | | | 1.06 | | | 0.79 | | | 0.64 |
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 2,198 | | | -12.6 | | | -12.3 | | | -14.6 | | | -19.0 | | | NA | | | NA | | | NM | | | 34.57 | | | 15.47 | | | 8.80 | | | 5.70 | | | 4.44 |
Camurus AB (publ) | | | 1,318 | | | -56.3 | | | 40.8 | | | 42.1 | | | 16.9 | | | 9.2 | | | 10.1 | | | 33.17 | | | 11.49 | | | 10.72 | | | 7.36 | | | 5.15 | | | 4.35 |
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 356 | | | 8.6 | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 2.99 | | | 2.64 | | | 2.19 | | | 1.81 | | | 1.63 | | | 1.89 |
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,693 | | | 62.2 | | | 19.3 | | | 7.1 | | | 4.6 | | | 5.1 | | | 4.5 | | | 10.60 | | | 5.62 | | | 3.12 | | | 2.14 | | | 1.96 | | | 1.76 |
Insmed Incorporated | | | 3,534 | | | -13.9 | | | -12.8 | | | -15.7 | | | -17.2 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 21.49 | | | 16.73 | | | 10.75 | | | 7.22 | | | 4.73 | | | 3.52 |
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 755 | | | -3.5 | | | -5.9 | | | -2.5 | | | -1.8 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 2.42 | | | 2.21 | | | 1.98 | | | 1.43 | | | 0.94 | | | 0.80 |
Pharming Group N.V. | | | 777 | | | 8.9 | | | 8.3 | | | 7.9 | | | 9.0 | | | 5.29 | | | NA | | | 3.48 | | | 2.89 | | | 2.51 | | | 2.64 | | | 1.51 | | | 0.86 |
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | | | 2,823 | | | -9.4 | | | -6.7 | | | -10.3 | | | -135.2 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 7.41 | | | 5.93 | | | 4.33 | | | 3.30 | | | 2.59 | | | 2.65 |
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 614 | | | -21.7 | | | -53.4 | | | -8.9 | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 5.65 | | | 4.04 | | | 4.41 | | | 3.01 | | | 2.26 | | | 1.84 |
Strongbridge Biopharma plc | | | 105 | | | -2.8 | | | -4.9 | | | -4.4 | | | 3.0 | | | 1.2 | | | 1.3 | | | 3.40 | | | 2.88 | | | 1.66 | | | 1.05 | | | 0.60 | | | 0.53 |
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. | | | 1,427 | | | -28.1 | | | -22.4 | | | -67.9 | | | 31.5 | | | 8.7 | | | NA | | | 7.19 | | | 6.86 | | | 5.22 | | | 3.56 | | | 2.45 | | | 1.75 |
Trevena, Inc. | | | 173 | | | -6.0 | | | -4.3 | | | -12.4 | | | -86.6 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 56.43 | | | 13.08 | | | 4.65 | | | 2.16 | | | 1.38 | | | 0.99 |
UroGen Pharma Ltd. | | | 343 | | | -2.9 | | | -2.7 | | | -3.0 | | | -3.9 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 29.04 | | | 6.00 | | | 3.29 | | | 2.30 | | | 1.24 | | | 0.93 |
VYNE Therapeutics Inc. | | | 231 | | | -2.4 | | | -3.7 | | | -11.5 | | | 8.2 | | | NA | | | NA | | | 11.00 | | | 4.75 | | | 2.13 | | | 1.49 | | | 1.09 | | | 0.89 |
Xeris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | 210 | | | -2.6 | | | -6.2 | | | -12.0 | | | 22.0 | | | 4.2 | | | 2.5 | | | 10.29 | | | 4.51 | | | 2.08 | | | 1.31 | | | 1.01 | | | 0.83 |
Zogenix, Inc. | | | 706 | | | -3.2 | | | -4.0 | | | -6.6 | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 51.75 | | | 7.84 | | | 3.30 | | | 1.57 | | | 1.37 | | | 1.28 |
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Mean | | | $1,028 | | | -5.7x | | | -5.6x | | | -6.2x | | | 4.6x | | | 6.0x | | | 4.7x | | | 16.16x | | | 8.10x | | | 4.53x | | | 3.01x | | | 2.13x | | | 1.76x |
Median | | | $660 | | | -5.1x | | | -5.4x | | | -7.7x | | | 4.6x | | | 5.2x | | | 3.5x | | | 9.96x | | | 5.77x | | | 3.21x | | | 2.23x | | | 1.57x | | | 1.51x |
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Amryt Pharma plc(1) | | | $623 | | | -38.2x | | | 24.6x | | | 8.9x | | | 5.0x | | | 3.4x | | | 2.8x | | | 3.41x | | | 3.07x | | | 2.41x | | | 1.87x | | | 1.47x | | | 1.39x |
Chiasma, Inc.(1) | | | $101 | | | -1.4x | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | NA | | | 90.87x | | | 4.58x | | | 1.23x | | | 0.62x | | | 0.47x | | | 0.39x |
(1) | Chiasma and Amryt multiples based on consensus analyst projections, and are shown for illustrative purposes only |
Chiasma Valuation Summary | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
($ in millions, except per share values) | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
| | Chiasma Standalone Valuation | | | Chiasma Closing 1-day(1) | | |||||||||
| | Low | | | Mid | | | High | | ||||||
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis(2) | | | $540.0 | | | $590.0 | | | $640.0 | | | | |||
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Indicated Enterprise Value | | | $540.0 | | | $590.0 | | | $640.0 | | | | |||
(+) Cash and Equivalents(3) | | | 156.0 | | | 156.0 | | | 156.0 | | | | |||
(-) PV of RIFA Payments(4) | | | (72.1) | | | (74.3) | | | (76.6) | | | | |||
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Indicated Equity Value | | | $623.9 | | | $671.7 | | | $719.4 | | | | |||
(+) Net Cash from Capital Raise(5) | | | 56.4 | | | 56.4 | | | 56.4 | | | | |||
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Adjusted Equity Value Post Capital Raise | | | $680.3 | | | $728.1 | | | $775.8 | | | | |||
Basic Shares (000s) | | | 57,904 | | | 57,904 | | | 57,904 | | | | |||
Options (000s) | | | 3,743 | | | 4,008 | | | 4,310 | | | | |||
Additional Shares from Capital Raise (000s)(6) | | | 22,371 | | | 22,371 | | | 22,371 | | | | |||
Warrants (000s) | | | 6,234 | | | 6,235 | | | 6,235 | | | | |||
RSUs (000s) | | | 109 | | | 109 | | | 109 | | | | |||
(÷) Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding (000s) | | | 90,362 | | | 90,628 | | | 90,931 | | | | |||
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Indicated Equity Value Per Share Price | | | $7.53 | | | $8.03 | | | $8.53 | | | $2.98 | |
(1) | Based on the closing price of Chiasma common stock as of April 30, 2021 |
(2) | Based on the estimated standalone valuation of Chiasma |
(3) | Balance as of December 31, 2020 includes marketable securities and restricted cash, per Chiasma management |
(4) | Present value of RIFA payment |
(5) | Assumes a gross $60.0 million capital raise and fees of 6%, per Chiasma management, based on Chiasma management’s estimated cash needs over the next 24 months |
(6) | Assumes the capital is raised at a 10% discount to the closing price of $2.98 per share, as of April 30, 2021, and the issuance of 22,371 new shares, per Chiasma management |
Combined Company Discounted Cash Flow Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| | Management Projections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2021P | | | 2022P | | | 2023P | | | 2024P | | | 2025P | | | 2026P | | | 2027P | | | 2028P | | | 2029P | | | 2030P | |
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EBITDA | | | ($53.0) | | | $152.1 | | | $204.7 | | | $334.2 | | | $420.5 | | | $522.6 | | | $600.0 | | | $691.0 | | | $706.1 | | | $715.0 |
Taxes(1) | | | 0.0 | | | (27.4) | | | (36.8) | | | (60.1) | | | (75.7) | | | (94.1) | | | (108.0) | | | (124.4) | | | (127.1) | | | (128.7) |
Rebates(2) | | | (6.1) | | | (21.5) | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 |
Milestones(2) | | | (0.3) | | | (10.8) | | | 0.0 | | | (12.1) | | | (17.3) | | | (0.1) | | | (1.0) | | | (2.0) | | | (1.0) | | | 0.0 |
CVRs(3) | | | 0.0 | | | (45.0) | | | (31.5) | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 |
Capital Expenditures(4) | | | (19.4) | | | (13.1) | | | (3.5) | | | (8.1) | | | (0.7) | | | (0.7) | | | (0.7) | | | (0.7) | | | (0.7) | | | (0.7) |
(Increase) Decrease in Working Capital(4) | | | (26.8) | | | (23.7) | | | (25.4) | | | (31.6) | | | (30.0) | | | (26.4) | | | (17.5) | | | (16.1) | | | (12.4) | | | (5.7) |
Unlevered Free Cash Flow | | | ($105.5) | | | $10.6 | | | $107.5 | | | $222.1 | | | $296.8 | | | $401.4 | | | $472.8 | | | $547.8 | | | $564.9 | | | $579.9 |
Enterprise Value | | | | | Low | | | Mid | | | High | |
Perpetuity Rate of Decline(5) | | | | | (20.0%) | | | (20.0%) | | | (20.0%) | |
Weighted Average Cost of Capital | | | | | 12.5% | | | 11.5% | | | 10.5% | |
Indicated Enterprise Value Range* | | | | | $1,890.0 | | | $2,040.0 | | | $2,190.0 |
Implied Enterprise Valuation Multiples | | | | | | | | | ||||
2021 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | $228 | | | 8.28x | | | 8.94x | | | 9.60x |
2022 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 440 | | | 4.29x | | | 4.63x | | | 4.98x |
2023 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 519 | | | 3.64x | | | 3.93x | | | 4.22x |
2022 EBITDA | | | 152 | | | 12.4x | | | 13.4x | | | 14.4x |
2023 EBITDA | | | 205 | | | 9.2x | | | 10.0x | | | 10.7x |
2024 EBITDA | | | 334 | | | 5.7x | | | 6.1x | | | 6.6x |
2025 EBITDA | | | 420 | | | 4.5x | | | 4.9x | | | 5.2x |
(1) | Taxes based on 18% of EBITDA (depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation are not deductible for tax purposes), per Amryt management |
(2) | Per Amryt management |
(3) | CVRs may be paid in either cash or shares |
(4) | Per Amryt and Chiasma management |
(5) | Per Chiasma management |
Combined Company Valuation Summary | |||||||||
($ and shares in millions, except per share values) | | ||||||||
| | Low | | | Mid | | | High | |
Indicated Combined Company Enterprise Value | | | $1,890.0 | | | $2,040.0 | | | $2,190.0 |
(+) Cash and Equivalents - Chiasma(1) | | | $156.0 | | | $156.0 | | | $156.0 |
(+) Cash and Equivalents - Amryt(2) | | | 118.8 | | | 118.8 | | | 118.8 |
(-) RIFA Change of Control Obligation - Chiasma(3) | | | (117.0) | | | (117.0) | | | (117.0) |
(-) Convertible Notes - Amryt(4) | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 |
(-) NPV of Convertible Notes Interest(5) | | | (18.9) | | | (19.2) | | | (19.6) |
(-) Term Loan - Amryt(6) | | | (88.0) | | | (88.0) | | | (88.0) |
(-) DOJ/SEC Settlement - Amryt(7) | | | (4.0) | | | (4.0) | | | (4.0) |
(-) Transaction Costs(8) | | | (20.0) | | | (20.0) | | | (20.0) |
Indicated Combined Company Equity Value | | | $1,916.9 | | | $2,066.5 | | | $2,216.2 |
(÷) Fully Diluted Shares(9) | | | 377.558 | | | 377.558 | | | 377.558 |
Indicated Combined Company Equity Value Per Share | | | $5.08 | | | $5.47 | | | $5.87 |
Indicated Merger Consideration(10) | | | $10.03 | | | $10.81 | | | $11.59 |
Indicated Chiasma Standalone Value Per Share | | | $7.53 | | | $8.03 | | | $8.53 |
Implied Premium | | | 33.2% | | | 34.6% | | | 35.9% |
Combined Company Implied Enterprise Valuation Multiples | ||||||||||||
2021 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | $228 | | | 8.28x | | | 8.94x | | | 9.60x |
2022 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 440 | | | 4.29x | | | 4.63x | | | 4.98x |
2023 POS Adjusted Revenue | | | 519 | | | 3.64x | | | 3.93x | | | 4.22x |
2022 EBITDA | | | 152 | | | 12.4x | | | 13.4x | | | 14.4x |
2023 EBITDA | | | 205 | | | 9.2x | | | 10.0x | | | 10.7x |
2024 EBITDA | | | 334 | | | 5.7x | | | 6.1x | | | 6.6x |
2025 EBITDA | | | 420 | | | 4.5x | | | 4.9x | | | 5.2x |
(1) | Balance as of December 31, 2020 for Chiasma standalone includes marketable securities and restricted cash, per Chiasma management |
(2) | Balance as of December 31, 2020 for Amryt standalone includes restricted cash, per Amryt management |
(3) | Represents the payment obligation under the RIFA triggered by a change of control ($65m principal x 1.80x), per Chiasma management |
(4) | Assumes the conversion of the Convertible Notes at maturity, April 1, 2025 |
(5) | Represents the estimated present value of future after-tax interest expense payments on the Convertible Notes |
(6) | Balance as of December 31, 2020, per Amryt management |
(7) | Represents balance outstanding as of December 31, 2020, which was paid off in Q1 2021, per Amryt management |
(8) | Estimated transaction costs, per Amryt and Chiasma management |
(9) | Represents the fully diluted shares of the combined company including the incremental 48.3 million shares from the conversion of the Convertible Notes |
(10) | As of the delivery of the Oral Opinion, the preliminary exchange ratio represented 1.975 Amryt ordinary shares for each share of Chiasma common stock, or 0.395 Amryt ADSs (each Amryt ADS representing the right to receive five Amryt ordinary shares) for each share of Chiasma common stock |
Observations of Premiums Paid - Stock, Cash, and Mixed | | | Source: Capital IQ | |||||||||
Transactions announced, closed, or effective from January 2016 - April 2021 | ||||||||||||
| | | | Premium as a % of | ||||||||
| | | | One-Day Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Week Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Month Prior to Announcement Date | ||
Biopharmaceutical Companies | | | | | | | | | ||||
Average | | | 72.1% | | | 79.1% | | | 104.0% | |||
Median | | | 59.4% | | | 63.3% | | | 83.5% | |||
Number of Transactions | | | 80 | | | | | | | |||
Chiasma(1) | | | | | 85.2% | | | 93.0% | | | 84.0% |
Observations of Premiums Paid - Stock, Cash, and Mixed | | | Source: Mergerstat | |||||||||
Transactions announced from January 2016 - April 2021 | | |||||||||||
| | | | Premium as a % of | ||||||||
| | | | One-Day Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Week Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Month Prior to Announcement Date | ||
Biopharmaceutical Premium Analysis | | | | | | | | | ||||
Average | | | 91.0% | | | 92.9% | | | 103.8% | |||
Median | | | 59.8% | | | 60.1% | | | 72.4% | |||
Number of Transactions | | | 71 | | | | | | | |||
Chiasma(1) | | | 85.2% | | | 93.0% | | | 84.0% |
(1) | Based on the closing price of Chiasma common stock as of April 30, 2021 and the implied offer price based on the preliminary exchange ratio of 1.975 Amryt ordinary shares for each share of Chiasma common stock, or 0.395 Amryt ADSs (each Amryt ADS representing the right to receive five Amryt ordinary shares) for each share of Chiasma common stock |
Observations of Premiums Paid - Stock Only | | | Source: Capital IQ | |||||||||
Transactions announced, closed, or effective from January 2016 - April 2021 | ||||||||||||
| | | | Premium as a % of | ||||||||
| | | | One-Day Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Week Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Month Prior to Announcement Date | ||
Biopharmaceutical Companies | | | | | | | | | ||||
Average | | | 48.1% | | | 45.5% | | | 67.1% | |||
Median | | | 40.7% | | | 29.7% | | | 92.4% | |||
Number of Transactions | | | 11 | | | | | | | |||
Chiasma(1) | | | 85.2% | | | 93.0% | | | 84.0% |
Observations of Premiums Paid - Stock Only | | | Source: Mergerstat | |||||||||
Transactions announced from January 2016 - April 2021 | ||||||||||||
| | | | Premium as a % of | ||||||||
| | | | One-Day Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Week Prior to Announcement Date | | | One-Month Prior to Announcement Date | ||
Biopharmaceutical Premium Analysis | | | | | | | | | ||||
Average | | | 38.6% | | | 28.5% | | | 20.4% | |||
Median | | | 44.7% | | | 30.5% | | | 16.7% | |||
Number of Transactions | | | 5 | | | | | | | |||
Chiasma(1) | | | 85.2% | | | 93.0% | | | 84.0% |
(1) | Based on the closing price of Chiasma common stock as of April 30, 2021 and the implied offer price based on the preliminary exchange ratio of 1.975 Amryt ordinary shares for each share of Chiasma common stock, or 0.395 Amryt ADSs (each Amryt ADS representing the right to receive five Amryt ordinary shares) for each share of Chiasma common stock |
Transaction Control Premium | | | | | | | |||
| | Proposed Transaction | | | Chiasma Closing 1-day(1) | | | Chiasma 30-day VWAP(1) | |
Amryt Closing 1-day Share Price(1) | | | $2.797 | | | | | ||
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Indicated Equity Value Per Share Price(2) | | | $5.52 | | | $2.98 | | | $3.09 |
Implied control premium | | | | | 85.4% | | | 78.8% |
(1) | As of April 30, 2021 |
(2) | Based on the preliminary exchange ratio of 1.975 Amryt ordinary shares for each share of Chiasma common stock, or 0.395 Amryt ADSs (each Amryt ADS representing the right to receive five Amryt ordinary shares) for each share of Chiasma common stock |
($ in millions) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||
| | COVID Adjusted FY-2021(1) | | | Plan FY-2021(1) | | | Conservative FY-2022 | | | Plan FY-2022 | | | Conservative FY-2023 | | | Plan FY-2023 | | | Conservative FY-2024 | | | Plan FY-2024 | | | Conservative FY-2025 | | | Plan FY-2025 | |
MYCAPSSA Revenue - US | | | $23.5 | | | $32.5 | | | $92.6 | | | $101.8 | | | $170.0 | | | $195.0 | | | $240.0 | | | $275.0 | | | $270.0 | | | $310.0 |
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Gross Profit | | | $22.6 | | | $31.2 | | | $77.1 | | | $84.8 | | | $143.0 | | | $164.1 | | | $210.0 | | | $240.7 | | | $238.0 | | | $273.2 |
GAAP Operating Expenses | | | $85.1 | | | $85.1 | | | $85.4 | | | $85.4 | | | $86.0 | | | $86.0 | | | $87.2 | | | $87.2 | | | $90.0 | | | $90.0 |
(1) | 2021 represents a phased launch with limited sales efforts as a result of COVID-19. |
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| | FY-2022 | | | FY-2023 | | | FY-2024 | | | FY-2025 | | | FY-2026 | | | FY-2027 | | | FY-2028 | | | FY-2029 | |
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MYCAPSSA Revenue - EU | | | — | | | $3.4 | | | $12.5 | | | $25.4 | | | $38.1 | | | $51.0 | | | $58.8 | | | $61.4 |
Gross Profit | | | — | | | $2.2 | | | $7.6 | | | $16.3 | | | $23.8 | | | $32.2 | | | $36.5 | | | $38.3 |
Total Non-GAAP Operating Expenses | | | $13.9 | | | $20.0 | | | $21.4 | | | $20.0 | | | $20.0 | | | $20.0 | | | $20.0 | | | $20.0 |
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| | Conservative FY-2025 | | | Unadjusted FY-2025 | | | Conservative FY-2026 | | | Unadjusted FY-2026 | | | Conservative FY-2027 | | | Unadjusted FY-2027 | | | Conservative FY-2028 | | | Unadjusted FY-2028 | | | Conservative FY-2029 | | | Unadjusted FY-2029 | |
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MYCAPSSA Revenue - US | | | $39.4 | | | $67.0 | | | $137.8 | | | $234.3 | | | $236.3 | | | $401.6 | | | $393.8 | | | $669.4 | | | $401.6 | | | $682.8 |
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Gross Profit | | | $33.5 | | | $56.9 | | | $117.3 | | | $199.5 | | | $201.2 | | | $341.9 | | | $335.2 | | | $569.8 | | | $341.9 | | | $581.2 |
Revised Range for US Acromegaly ($ in millions) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
| | US Acro Scenario 1 FY-2026 | | | US Acro Scenario 2 FY-2026 | | | US Acro Scenario 1 FY-2027 | | | US Acro Scenario 2 FY-2027 | | | US Acro Scenario 1 FY-2028 | | | US Acro Scenario 2 FY-2028 | | | US Acro Scenario 1 FY-2029 | | | US Acro Scenario 2 FY-2029 | | | US Acro Scenario 1 FY-2030 | | | US Acro Scenario 2 FY-2030 | |
MYCAPSSA Acromegaly Revenue - US | | | $276 | | | $305 | | | $262 | | | $320 | | | $249 | | | $336 | | | $236 | | | $352 | | | $224 | | | $370 |
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MYCAPSSA NET Revenue - US | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $410 | | | $410 | ||||||||
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MYCAPSSA EU Acromegaly | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $62 | | | $62 | ||||||||
Total Revenue (2030) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $696 | | | $841 |
Adjusted Chiasma Projections ($ in Millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | 2026 | | | 2027 | | | 2028 | | | 2029 | | | 2030 | |
Total Revenue - POS Adjusted(1) | | | $28.0 | | | $97.2 | | | $185.4 | | | $268.3 | | | $331.8 | | | $392.5 | | | $453.3 | | | $539.7 | | | $545.8 | | | $550.1 |
Gross Profit | | | $26.9 | | | $81.0 | | | $155.4 | | | $231.9 | | | $286.2 | | | $335.0 | | | $384.8 | | | $455.9 | | | $461.7 | | | $465.4 |
EBITDA | | | ($65.5) | | | ($27.4) | | | $44.7 | | | $109.1 | | | $150.6 | | | $195.5 | | | $241.3 | | | $308.3 | | | $309.8 | | | $309.2 |
EBIT | | | ($66.0) | | | ($27.6) | | | $44.7 | | | $105.0 | | | $149.7 | | | $194.8 | | | $240.7 | | | $307.8 | | | $309.2 | | | $308.5 |
Less: Taxes(2) | | | 0.0 | | | 0.0 | | | (2.5) | | | (5.8) | | | (30.0) | | | (53.3) | | | (65.9) | | | (84.6) | | | (85.0) | | | (84.9) |
Net Operating Profit After Taxes | | | ($66.0) | | | ($27.6) | | | $42.2 | | | $99.3 | | | $119.7 | | | $141.5 | | | $174.8 | | | $223.1 | | | $224.2 | | | $223.7 |
Plus: Tax Depreciation | | | 0.5 | | | 0.2 | | | 0.1 | | | 4.0 | | | 0.9 | | | 0.7 | | | 0.6 | | | 0.5 | | | 0.6 | | | 0.6 |
Less: Capital Expenditures(3) | | | (0.4) | | | (0.1) | | | 0.0 | | | (6.0) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) | | | (0.5) |
Less: Investment in Working Capital(4) | | | (23.5) | | | (15.4) | | | (8.1) | | | (5.7) | | | (19.0) | | | (13.3) | | | (8.9) | | | (7.3) | | | (6.6) | | | (0.9) |
Unlevered Free Cash Flow* | | | ($89.4) | | | ($42.9) | | | $34.1 | | | $91.5 | | | $101.1 | | | $128.4 | | | $166.0 | | | $215.8 | | | $217.6 | | | $222.3 |
(1) | Probability of success of EU Acromegaly revenue of 86% based on industry benchmarks for regulatory approval for endocrine products |
(2) | Assumes a 27.5% effective tax rate and projects NOLs using the 382-limitation analysis completed in Q1 2021 |
(3) | 2024 assumes a capital expenditure of $6M for a lab build-out to support further development, plus $0.5M/ year of additional capital thereafter to support manufacturing |
(4) | Adjustments for planned inventory buildup in 2021/2022 and to support the NET Launch in 2025/2026. Working Capital assumption for years 2027+ is based on industry benchmark of ~20% |
* | The royalty interest financing obligations with HCR are excluded from the projections |
($ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2021 P | | | 2022 P | | | 2023 P | | | 2024 P | | | 2025 P | | | 2026 P | | | 2027 P | | | 2028 P | | | 2029 P | | | 2030 P | |
Amryt POS Adjusted Revenue | | | $200.2 | | | $343.0 | | | $333.4 | | | $413.6 | | | $475.8 | | | $547.6 | | | $589.7 | | | $623.7 | | | $644.6 | | | $661.0 |
Gross Profit | | | $107.7 | | | $238.9 | | | $212.0 | | | $273.7 | | | $319.9 | | | $397.9 | | | $440.5 | | | $477.1 | | | $493.6 | | | $506.4 |
EBITDA(1) | | | $11.8 | | | $133.2 | | | $110.2 | | | $175.3 | | | $220.1 | | | $277.3 | | | $308.9 | | | $332.9 | | | $346.5 | | | $356.1 |
(1) | EBITDA is after deduction of stock based compensation |
Combined Company Projections USD in Millions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | 2026 | | | 2027 | | | 2028 | | | 2029 | | | 2030 | |
Total Revenue - POS Adjusted | | | $228.2 | | | $440.2 | | | $518.8 | | | $681.9 | | | $807.6 | | | $940.1 | | | $1,043.1 | | | $1,163.3 | | | $1,190.4 | | | $1,211.1 |
Chiasma EBITDA | | | ($65.5) | | | ($27.4) | | | $44.7 | | | $109.1 | | | $150.6 | | | $195.5 | | | $241.3 | | | $308.3 | | | $309.8 | | | $309.2 |
Amryt EBITDA | | | $11.8 | | | $133.2 | | | $110.2 | | | $175.3 | | | $220.1 | | | $277.3 | | | $308.9 | | | $332.9 | | | $346.5 | | | $356.1 |
Net Synergies(1) | | | $0.7 | | | $46.3 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 | | | $49.8 |
EBITDA | | | ($53.0) | | | $152.1 | | | $204.7 | | | $334.2 | | | $420.5 | | | $522.6 | | | $600.0 | | | $691.0 | | | $706.1 | | | $715.0 |
Less: Taxes(2) | | | $0 | | | ($27.4) | | | ($36.8) | | | ($60.1) | | | ($75.7) | | | ($94.1) | | | ($108.0) | | | ($124.4) | | | ($127.1) | | | ($128.7) |
Less: Rebates(3) | | | ($6.1) | | | ($21.5) | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 |
Less: Milestones(3) | | | ($0.3) | | | ($10.8) | | | $0 | | | ($12.1) | | | ($17.3) | | | ($0.1) | | | ($1.0) | | | ($2.0) | | | ($1.0) | | | $0 |
Less: CVRs(4) | | | $0 | | | ($45.0) | | | ($31.5) | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 | | | $0 |
Less: Capital Expenditures(5) | | | ($19.4) | | | ($13.1) | | | ($3.5) | | | ($8.1) | | | ($0.7) | | | ($0.7) | | | ($0.7) | | | ($0.7) | | | ($0.7) | | | ($0.7) |
Less: Investment in Working Capital(5) | | | ($26.8) | | | ($23.7) | | | ($25.4) | | | ($31.6) | | | ($30.0) | | | ($26.4) | | | ($17.5) | | | ($16.1) | | | ($12.4) | | | ($5.7) |
Unlevered Free Cash Flow | | | ($105.5) | | | $10.6 | | | $107.5 | | | $222.1 | | | $296.8 | | | $401.4 | | | $472.8 | | | $547.8 | | | $564.9 | | | $579.9 |
(1) | Represents cost synergies net of the cost to achieve, per Amryt and Chiasma management of approximately $9.0 million in 2021 and $49.8 million a year thereafter |
(2) | Taxes based on 18% of EBITDA (depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation are not deductible for tax purposes), per Amryt management. The P&L and valuation excluded potential upside from Chiasma’s NOLs, with quantification and analysis of potential restriction subject to additional tax work between signing and closing. |
(3) | Per Amryt management |
(4) | CVRs may be paid in either cash or shares |
(5) | Per Amryt and Chiasma management |
• | The relevant price per share of Chiasma common stock is $4.09, which is the average closing price per share of Chiasma common stock as reported on Nasdaq over the first five business days following the first public announcement of the transaction on May 5, 2021; |
• | The effective time as referenced in this section occurs on July 31, 2021, which is the assumed date of the effective time solely for purposes of the disclosure in this section; and |
• | The employment of each executive officer of Chiasma was terminated by Chiasma without “cause” or due to the officer’s resignation for “good reason” (as such terms are defined in the relevant plans and agreements), in either case immediately following the merger and on the assumed date of the effective time of July 31, 2021. |
Name | | | Cash Severance ($) | | | Health Continuation ($) |
Raj Kannan | | | 1,389,419 | | | 44,050 |
Anand Varadan | | | 697,107 | | | 29,367 |
John Doyle | | | 597,647 | | | 29,367 |
William Ludlam, M.D., Ph.D. | | | 658,763 | | | 29,367 |
Lee Giguere | | | 303,293 | | | 14,683 |
Drew Enamait | | | 262,358 | | | 14,683 |
Name | | | Unvested Chiasma Stock Options (#) | | | Value of Unvested Chiasma Stock Options ($)(1) |
Raj Kannan | | | 908,334 | | | — |
Anand Varadan | | | 390,626 | | | — |
John Doyle | | | 175,000 | | | 24,500 |
William Ludlam, M.D., Ph.D. | | | 197,568 | | | 35,478 |
Lee Giguere | | | 192,190 | | | — |
Drew Enamait | | | 137,842 | | | 21,051 |
(1) | Certain Chiasma Stock Options held by the Chiasma Executive Officers have exercise prices that exceed the assumed price per share of $4.09. Accordingly, the value of Chiasma Stock Options in this table solely reflects the intrinsic value of Chiasma Stock Options that have exercise prices that are less than such assumed price. |
• | The relevant price per share of Chiasma common stock is $4.09, which is the average closing price per share of Chiasma common stock as reported on Nasdaq over the first five business days following the first public announcement of the transaction on May 5, 2021; |
• | The effective time as referenced in this section occurs on July 31, 2021, which is the assumed date of the effective time solely for purposes of the disclosure in this section; and |
• | The employment of each named executive officer of Chiasma was terminated by Chiasma without “cause” or due to the officer’s resignation for “good reason” (as such terms are defined in the relevant plans and agreements), in either case immediately following the first effective time and on the assumed date of the effective time of July 31, 2021. |
Named Executive Officer(1) | | | Cash ($) | | | Equity($)(2) | | | Perquisites / Benefits($) | | | Total ($)(3) |
Raj Kannan | | | 1,389,419 | | | — | | | 44,050 | | | 1,433,469 |
Mark J. Fitzpatrick | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Anand Varadan | | | 697,107 | | | — | | | 29,367 | | | 726,474 |
(1) | Mark J. Fitzpatrick, former President and Principal Financial Officer of Chiasma, terminated employment with Chiasma on January 19, 2021. Pursuant to a Release of Claims, dated September 30, 2020 (a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Chiasma’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020), Mr. Fitzpatrick will provide consulting services following such termination until June 30, 2021 and, subject to the terms and conditions of such Release of Claims, is entitled to receive severance and benefits as described therein, including potential acceleration of outstanding Chiasma Stock Options that are scheduled to vest on or before June 30, 2021 and extension of the post-termination exercise period for his vested Chiasma Stock Options until December 31, 2021. Based on the assumed effective date of the transactions, all of Mr. Fitzpatrick’s outstanding Chiasma Stock Options will have fully vested or been forfeited in accordance with their terms prior to the transaction and, for purposes of the table above, we have not ascribed any value to the extension of the post-termination exercise period of Mr. Fitzpatrick’s Chiasma Stock Options. |
(2) | Although each of Raj Kannan and Anand Varadan hold unvested Chiasma Stock Options which could accelerate upon a Qualifying Termination in connection with the transactions, the option exercise price per share of each such Chiasma stock option exceeds the assumed price per share of Chiasma common stock of $4.09 (the average closing price per share of Chiasma common stock as reported on Nasdaq over the first five business days following the first public announcement of the transaction on May 5, 2021). |
(3) | Cutback. Amounts reported in this table do not reflect the impact of the better net after-tax cutback that may apply to the payments and benefits of the named executive officers in the event that the excise tax applicable under Section 4999 of the Code would otherwise apply. See “Interests of Chiasma’s Directors and Executive Officers in the Transaction—Officer Employment Agreements.” |
• | a holder who acquired shares of Chiasma common stock pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation; |
• | a financial institution; |
• | a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; |
• | a pension plan; |
• | a dealer or broker in stocks, securities, or currencies; |
• | a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for securities holdings; |
• | a tax-exempt organization; |
• | an S corporation, partnership, or other pass-through entity (or an investor in an S corporation, partnership or other pass-through entity); |
• | an insurance company; |
• | a mutual fund, a regulated investment company, or a real estate investment trust; |
• | an individual retirement or other tax-deferred account; |
• | a person who holds shares of Chiasma common stock as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion, constructive sale, or other integrated transaction; |
• | a U.S. holder (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
• | a holder of shares of Chiasma common stock that holds any Amryt ADSs immediately prior to the merger; |
• | Persons that directly, indirectly or constructively own or at any time during the five-year period ending on the Closing Date owned, 5 percent or more of the total combined voting power of Chiasma or Amryt voting stock or of the total value of Chiasma or Amryt equity interests; or |
• | a U.S. expatriate or former long-term resident of the United States. |
• | an individual citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any U.S. state or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust that either (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more U.S. persons or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
• | when you exchange all of your shares of Chiasma common stock solely for Amryt ADSs, you will not recognize any gain or loss; |
• | the aggregate adjusted tax basis of the Amryt ADSs you actually receive will be equal to the aggregate adjusted tax basis of your shares of Chiasma common stock surrendered for the Amryt ADSs; and |
• | the holding period of Amryt ADSs will include the period during which you held the shares of Chiasma common stock prior to the merger. |
• | at least 75 percent of its gross income for such year is “passive income” for purposes of the PFIC rules; or |
• | at least 50 percent of the value of its assets (determined based on a quarterly average) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. |
• | the excess distribution or recognized gain would be allocated ratably over the U.S. holder’s holding period for the Amryt ADS; |
• | the amount of the excess distribution or recognized gain allocated to the taxable year of distribution or gain, and to any taxable years in the U.S. holder’s holding period prior to the first taxable year in which Amryt were treated as a PFIC, would be treated as ordinary income; and |
• | the amount of the excess distribution or recognized gain allocated to each other taxable year would be subject to the highest U.S. federal income tax rate in effect for individuals or corporations, as applicable, for each such year and the resulting tax will be subject to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax. |
• | applies only to the absolute beneficial owners of Chiasma stock and, following the merger, Amryt ADSs and any dividends paid in respect of Chiasma stock and, following the merger, the underlying Amryt ordinary shares represented by the Amryt ADSs (where the dividends are regarded (for UK tax purposes) as that person’s own income, and not the income of some other person); |
• | addresses only the principal UK tax consequences for investors who hold the Chiasma stock, and, following the merger, Amryt ADSs solely as capital assets/investments; |
• | does not address the tax consequences that may be relevant to certain special classes of investor such as dealers, brokers or traders in shares or securities and other persons who hold the Chiasma stock and, following the merger, Amryt ADSs otherwise than as an investment; |
• | does not address the tax consequences for holders that are financial institutions, insurance companies, collective investment schemes, pension schemes, charities or tax-exempt organizations; |
• | assumes that the holder is not an officer or employee of Chiasma or Amryt (or of any related company of either) and has not (and is not deemed to have) acquired the Chiasma stock, or following the merger, Amryt ADSs, by reason of an office or employment; and |
• | assumes that the holder does not control or hold (and is not deemed to control or hold), either alone or together with one or more associated or connected persons, directly or indirectly (including through the holding of the Chiasma stock, or following the merger, Amryt ADSs), an interest of 10 percent or more in the issued share capital (or in any class thereof), voting power, rights to profits or capital of Chiasma, or following the merger, Amryt, and is not otherwise connected with (or deemed for any tax purpose to be) connected with Chiasma, or following the merger, Amryt. |
• | the Amryt ordinary shares are admitted to trading on AIM but are not listed on any recognized stock exchange (with the term “listed” being construed in accordance with section 99A of the UK Finance Act 1986 and the term “recognized stock exchange” being construed in accordance with section 1005 of the UK Income Tax Act 2007) and this has been certified to Euroclear; and |
• | AIM continues to be accepted as a “recognized growth market” (as construed in accordance with section 99A of the UK Finance Act 1986). |
• | adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders; |
• | approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders; |
• | the absence of any order issued by any court or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that remains in effect and enjoins, prevents or prohibits completion of the merger, and the absence of any applicable law enacted, entered or promulgated by any governmental authority that remains in effect and prohibits or makes illegal completion of the merger; |
• | effectiveness of the registration statement for the Amryt ADSs and Amryt ordinary shares represented thereby to be issued in the merger (of which this proxy statement/prospectus forms a part) and, if applicable, of the registration statement on Form F-6 relating to the Amryt ADSs and the absence of any stop order suspending that effectiveness or any proceedings for that purpose pending before the SEC; |
• | the distribution of the shareholder circular to Amryt shareholders in accordance with Amryt’s organizational documents; |
• | (i) approval for listing on Nasdaq of the Amryt ADSs (and the Amryt ordinary shares represented thereby) to be issued in connection with the merger, subject to official notice of issuance, and (ii) the LSE not having informed Amryt that the Amryt ordinary shares represented by the Amryt ADSs will not be admitted to trading on AIM; and |
• | any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated. |
• | performance in all material respects by Chiasma of all of its obligations under the merger agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the effective time; |
• | subject to certain exceptions and materiality standards provided in the merger agreement, the representations and warranties of Chiasma being true and correct at and as of the date of the merger agreement and at and as of the closing date as though made at and as of the closing date; |
• | absence of a material adverse effect (as described below) on Chiasma since the date of the merger agreement; and |
• | receipt of a certificate from an executive officer of Chiasma certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied. |
• | performance in all material respects by each of Amryt and Merger Sub of all of its obligations under the merger agreement required to be performed by it at or prior to the effective time; |
• | subject to certain exceptions and materiality standards provided in the merger agreement, the representations and warranties of Amryt being true and correct at and as of the date of the merger agreement and at and as of the closing date as though made at and as of the closing date; |
• | absence of a material adverse effect (as described below) on Amryt since the date of the merger agreement; |
• | receipt of a certificate from an executive officer of Amryt certifying that the conditions set forth in the three bullets directly above have been satisfied; and |
• | the receipt by Chiasma of a tax opinion as to certain tax matters. |
• | corporate existence, good standing and qualification to conduct business; |
• | due authorization, execution and validity of the merger agreement; |
• | governmental approvals necessary to complete the merger; |
• | absence of any conflict with or violation or breach of organizational documents or any conflict with or violation or breach of applicable law, any consent or other action by any person under or default under any contract, or creation or imposition of any lien on any asset of the applicable party or its respective subsidiaries as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of the merger agreement or completion of the merger; |
• | capitalization; |
• | subsidiaries; |
• | SEC filings, the absence of material misstatements or omissions from such filings and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
• | financial statements; |
• | the absence, since March 31, 2021 through the date of the merger agreement, of any material adverse effect on Chiasma and of any action that would constitute a breach of certain interim operating covenants of Chiasma if such action were taken between the date of the merger agreement and the closing date of the merger; |
• | absence of undisclosed material liabilities; |
• | litigation; |
• | permits; |
• | compliance with laws; |
• | certain regulatory matters relating to health care laws and relevant authorities; |
• | material contracts, properties and insurance matters; |
• | tax matters; |
• | employees, employee benefit plans and labor matters; |
• | intellectual property matters; |
• | environmental matters; |
• | compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and anti-corruption laws in other jurisdictions; |
• | transactions with affiliates; |
• | inapplicability of antitakeover statutes; and |
• | receipt of a fairness opinion from Duff & Phelps and fees payable to Chiasma’s financial advisors in connection with the merger. |
• | corporate existence, good standing and qualification to conduct business; |
• | due authorization, execution and validity of the merger agreement; |
• | governmental approvals necessary to complete the merger; |
• | absence of any conflict with or violation or breach of organizational documents or any conflict with or violation or breach of applicable law, any consent or other action by any person under or default under any contract, or creation or imposition of any lien on any asset of the applicable party or its respective subsidiaries as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of the merger agreement or completion of the merger; |
• | capitalization; |
• | subsidiaries; |
• | SEC filings and non-SEC reports, the absence of material misstatements or omissions from such filings and reports and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other relevant rules; |
• | financial statements; |
• | the absence, since March 31, 2021 through the date of the merger agreement, of any material adverse effect on Amryt and of any action that would constitute a breach of certain interim operating covenants of Amryt if such action were taken between the date of the merger agreement and the closing date of the merger; |
• | absence of undisclosed material liabilities; |
• | litigation; |
• | permits; |
• | compliance with laws; |
• | certain regulatory matters relating to health care laws and relevant authorities; |
• | material contracts, properties and insurance matters; |
• | tax matters; |
• | employees, employee benefit plans and labor matters; |
• | intellectual property matters; |
• | environmental matters; |
• | compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and anti-corruption laws in other jurisdictions; |
• | transactions with affiliates; |
• | inapplicability of antitakeover statutes; and |
• | fees payable to Amryt’s financial advisors in connection with the transaction. |
i. | any changes in general U.S. or global economic, capital markets or regulatory conditions or other general business, financial or market conditions; |
ii. | any changes in conditions generally affecting the industries in which such party or any of its subsidiaries operates; |
iii. | any decline, in and of itself, in the market price or trading volume of such party’s securities or credit ratings (provided, that any events, changes, effects, circumstances, facts, developments or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such decline that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of material adverse effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a material adverse effect with respect to such party); |
iv. | any failure, in and of itself, by such party or any of its subsidiaries to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions in respect of revenues, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period (provided, that any events, changes, effects, circumstances, facts, developments or occurrences giving rise to or contributing to such decline that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of material adverse effect may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a material adverse effect with respect to such party); |
v. | the public announcement of the merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, including the impact thereof on the relationships of a party with their respective customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or other material third-party business relations or with their respective employees directly arising out of or related to the foregoing; |
vi. | any changes in applicable law or GAAP or IFRS, as applicable, first announced or proposed after the date of the merger agreement; |
vii. | geopolitical conditions, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, civil or political unrest, any acts of war or terrorism or any worsening thereof; |
viii. | any epidemic or pandemic (including COVID-19), hurricane, earthquake, flood, calamity or other |
ix. | any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other law, order, directive, guideline or recommendation by any governmental authority or public health agency in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and all guidelines and requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, such as social distancing, cleaning, and other similar or related measures (which we refer to as “COVID-19 measures”); |
x. | the taking of any action required to be taken pursuant to the merger agreement, or which the other party has requested in writing; |
xi. | any transaction litigation; or |
xii. | any matters expressly set forth in the confidential disclosure schedules delivered by Chiasma to Amryt or by Amryt to Chiasma; |
• | adopt any change to its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents; |
• | (A) acquire (including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof or any assets, security or property, other than inventory acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, business combination, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization or restructuring; |
• | form any new subsidiary of Chiasma; |
• | split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, other than transactions (A) solely among Chiasma and one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (B) solely among Chiasma’s wholly owned subsidiaries; |
• | amend any term or alter any rights of any of Chiasma’s outstanding equity securities; |
• | declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or other equity securities; |
• | enter into any contract with respect to the voting or registration of any equity securities of Chiasma; |
• | redeem, repurchase, cancel or otherwise acquire (or offer to do any of the foregoing) any of its or its subsidiaries’ equity securities, other than repurchases of shares of Chiasma common stock in connection with the exercise of Chiasma Stock Options or the vesting or settlement of Chiasma RSU Awards, in each case outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement or granted after the date of the merger agreement, in accordance with the present terms of such Chiasma equity awards; |
• | issue, deliver or sell, grant, pledge or otherwise encumber (or authorize any of the foregoing) any shares of its capital stock or any other equity securities, other than (A) the issuance of any shares of Chiasma common stock in connection with the exercise of Chiasma Stock Options or Chiasma warrants or the vesting or settlement of Chiasma RSU Awards that are, in each case outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement in accordance with the terms thereof, (B) the issuance of shares of Chiasma common stock upon the exercise of purchase rights under Chiasma Employee Stock Purchase Plan or (C) in the case of a subsidiary of Chiasma, in connection with transactions (1) solely among Chiasma and one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (2) solely among Chiasma’s wholly owned subsidiaries; |
• | authorize, make or incur any capital expenditures or obligations or liabilities in connection therewith, other than any not materially in excess of the capital expenditures expressly contemplated by the capital expenditure budget of Chiasma and its subsidiaries made available to Amryt prior to the date of the merger agreement; |
• | sell, lease, license, transfer or otherwise dispose of any subsidiary or any division thereof or of Chiasma or any assets, securities or property (other than intellectual property rights, which are the subject of another bullet below), other than sales or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
• | make any material loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than loans, advances, capital contributions or investments (A) by Chiasma to or in one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (B) by any subsidiary of Chiasma to or in Chiasma or any wholly owned subsidiary of Chiasma; |
• | incur, assume, guarantee, repurchase or otherwise become liable for or prepay any indebtedness for borrowed money, or directly or indirectly, on a contingent basis or otherwise, issue or sell any debt securities or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire debt securities, or forgive any loans to directors, officers or employees of Chiasma or any of its subsidiaries; |
• | terminate, renew, extend or in any material respect modify or amend any material contract or waive, release or assign any material right or claim thereunder, or enter into any contract that would constitute a material contract if entered into prior to the date of the merger agreement; |
• | enter into any new lease that would constitute a material contract or amend the terms of any lease that constitutes a material contract; |
• | terminate, suspend, abrogate, amend or let lapse any material permit in a manner materially adverse to Chiasma or any of its subsidiaries; |
• | except as required by Chiasma employee plans as in effect as of the date of the merger agreement, (A) grant any change in control, severance, retention or termination pay to (or amend any existing change in control, severance, retention or termination pay arrangement with) any of their respective directors, officers, employees or individual consultants (including former directors, officers, employees or individual consultants), (B) take any action to accelerate the vesting of, or payment of, any compensation or benefit under any Chiasma employee plan, (C) establish, adopt or amend any Chiasma employee plan or labor agreement, (D) increase the compensation, bonus opportunity or other benefits payable to any of their respective directors, officers or employees (including former directors, officers or employees), (E) hire or terminate without cause any director, officer or employee holding a title above vice president, (F) increase the total number of employees of Chiasma and its subsidiaries by more than the amounts contemplated by Chiasma’s operating plan as of the date of the merger |
• | (A) change any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles or practices, except for as required by a change in GAAP or applicable law, or revalue any of its material assets, or (B) change in any material respect its practices related to the collection of accounts receivable or the payment of accounts payables outside the ordinary course of business or otherwise in a manner not permitted by the terms thereof; |
• | enter into any new line of business outside of its existing business; |
• | (A) make, change or revoke any material tax election, (B) change any annual tax accounting period, (C) adopt or change any material method of tax accounting, (D) enter into any material closing agreement with respect to taxes or (E) settle or surrender or otherwise concede, terminate or resolve any material tax claim, audit, investigation or assessment for an amount in excess of $1.0 million individually or $3.0 million in the aggregate, (F) amend any material tax returns, or (G) apply for a ruling from any taxing authority; |
• | commence, settle or compromise any action involving or against Chiasma or any of its subsidiaries (including any action involving or against an employee, officer or director of Chiasma or any of its subsidiaries in their capacities as such), other than any action in respect of taxes (which will be governed exclusively by the immediately preceding bullet) or brought by the stockholders of Chiasma against Chiasma and/or its directors relating to the merger agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby (which will be governed exclusively by the transaction litigation provision of the merger agreement); |
• | (A) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by their terms as in effect on the date of the merger agreement, (B) cancel any material indebtedness owed to Chiasma or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) waive, release, grant or transfer any right of material value; |
• | (A) license or grant any rights under, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material Chiasma intellectual property, or (B) permit any material Chiasma registered intellectual property to lapse, expire or become abandoned prior to the end of the applicable term of such Chiasma registered intellectual property, except where Chiasma has made a reasonable business decision to not maintain such item of Chiasma registered intellectual property, in each case, consistent with past practice; |
• | (A) materially reduce the amount of any material insurance coverage provided by existing insurance policies or (B) fail to maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage materially consistent with past practice; |
• | take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to (A) prevent or impede the merger from qualifying for the intended tax treatment, (B) cause the stockholders of Chiasma (subject to certain exceptions) to recognize gain pursuant to Section 367(a)(1) of the Code or (C) prevent or impede Chiasma from being able to deliver the executed Chiasma tax certificate at closing; |
• | take any action or omit to take any action if such action or omission could reasonably be expected to result in any of the closing conditions to the merger not being satisfied; or |
• | authorize, agree, resolve, commit or propose to do any of the foregoing. |
• | adopt or propose any change (A) to Amryt’s organizational documents that would adversely impact the rights of the holders of Amryt ordinary shares or the holders of Amryt ADSs or (B) the organizational documents of Merger Sub; |
• | other than in the ordinary course of business, (A) acquire (including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any interest in any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any division thereof or any assets, security or property, other than inventory acquired in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) effect or be a party to any merger, consolidation, business combination, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization or restructuring; |
• | split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock, other than transactions (A) solely among Amryt and one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (B) solely among Amryt’s wholly owned subsidiaries; |
• | amend any term or alter any rights of any of the outstanding equity securities of Amryt; |
• | declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock or other equity securities; |
• | enter into any contract with respect to the voting or registration of any equity securities of Amryt; |
• | redeem, repurchase, cancel or otherwise acquire (or offer to do any of the foregoing) any of its or its subsidiaries’ equity securities, other than repurchases of (A) Amryt ordinary shares in connection with the exercise, vesting or settlement or Amryt equity awards, in each case outstanding as of the date of the merger agreement or granted after the date of the merger agreement to the extent permitted by the merger agreement, or (B) Amryt warrants or any other convertible equity securities of Amryt in accordance with the terms thereof; |
• | issue, deliver or sell, grant, pledge or otherwise encumber (or authorize any of the foregoing) any shares of its capital stock or any other equity securities, other than (A) the issuance of any Amryt ordinary shares in connection with the exercise, vesting or settlement of Amryt equity awards or the exercise of Amryt warrants or any other convertible equity securities of Amryt, (B) the grant of Amryt equity awards to employees, directors of individual independent contractors of Amryt or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to Amryt’s equity compensation plans in the ordinary course of business, (C) in connection with the allotment of the Amryt ordinary shares underlying the Amryt ADSs to be issued pursuant to the merger and/or the issuance of Amryt ADSs in connection with the merger or (D) putting to Amryt shareholders at the annual general meeting of Amryt’s shareholders, and the passing of, customary resolutions in relation to Amryt’s share capital; |
• | authorize, make or incur any capital expenditures or obligations or liabilities in connection therewith, other than any not materially in excess of the capital expenditures expressly contemplated by the capital expenditure budget of Amryt and its subsidiaries made available to Chiasma prior to the date of the merger agreement; |
• | sell, lease, license, transfer or otherwise dispose of any subsidiary or any division thereof or of Amryt or any assets, securities or property, other than sales or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; |
• | make any material loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than loans, advances, capital contributions or investments (A) by Amryt to or in one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries or (B) by any subsidiary of Amryt to or in Amryt or any wholly owned subsidiary of Amryt; |
• | incur or otherwise become liable for or prepay any indebtedness for borrowed money, or issue or sell any debt securities or other rights to acquire debt securities, or forgive any loans to directors, officers or employees of Amryt or any of its subsidiaries; |
• | enter into any new lease that would constitute a material contract or amend the terms of any lease that constitutes a material contract; |
• | terminate, suspend, abrogate, amend or let lapse any material permit in a manner materially adverse to Amryt or any of its subsidiaries; |
• | change any method of financial accounting or financial accounting principles or practices, except for as required by a change in IFRS or applicable law, or revalue any of its material assets; |
• | enter into any new line of business outside of its existing business; |
• | (A) make, change or revoke any material tax election, (B) change any annual tax accounting period, (C) adopt or change any material method of tax accounting, (D) enter into any material closing agreement with respect to taxes or (E) settle or surrender or otherwise concede, terminate or resolve any material tax claim, audit, investigation or assessment for an amount in excess of $1.0 million individually or $3.0 million in the aggregate, (F) amend any material tax returns, or (G) apply for a ruling from any taxing authority; |
• | (A) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by their terms as in effect on the date of the merger agreement, (B) cancel any material indebtedness owed to Amryt or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) waive, release, grant or transfer any right of material value in each case for an amount in excess of $1.0 million individually or $2.5 million in the aggregate; |
• | (A) materially reduce the amount of any material insurance coverage provided by existing insurance policies or (B) fail to maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage materially consistent with past practice; |
• | take any action or knowingly fail to take any action where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to (A) prevent or impede the merger from qualifying for the intended tax treatment, (B) cause the stockholders of Chiasma (subject to certain exceptions) to recognize gain pursuant to Section 367(a)(1) of the Code or (C) prevent or impede Amryt from being able to deliver the executed Amryt tax certificate at closing; |
• | take any action or omit to take any action if such action or omission could reasonably be expected to result in any of the closing conditions to the merger not being satisfied; or |
• | authorize, agree, resolve, commit or propose to do any of the foregoing. |
• | solicit, initiate, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage (including by way of furnishing information) any acquisition proposal or any inquiry with respect thereto; |
• | (i) enter into or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, (ii) furnish to any third party any information or (iii) otherwise assist, participate in, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any third party, in each case, in connection with or for the purpose of knowingly encouraging or facilitating, an acquisition proposal or any inquiry with respect thereto; |
• | approve, recommend or enter into or propose to approve, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent or similar document, agreement, commitment or agreement in principle with respect to an acquisition proposal; |
• | grant any waiver, amendment or release under any standstill or confidentiality agreement with respect to an acquisition proposal or an inquiry with respect thereto (provided that this will not restrict any such waiver or release if determined that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with directors’ fiduciary duties); |
• | make an adverse recommendation change; or |
• | take any action to make any antitakeover laws and regulations inapplicable to any third party or any acquisition proposal. |
• | engage in negotiations or discussions with any third party that has made after the date of the merger agreement a superior proposal (as defined below in this section) or an unsolicited bona fide written acquisition proposal that the Chiasma Board or the Amryt Board, as applicable, determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, is or is reasonably likely to lead to a superior proposal; and |
• | furnish to such third party and its representatives non-public information relating to Chiasma or Amryt, as applicable, or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to a confidentiality agreement that (A) does not contain any provision that would prevent that party from complying with its obligation to provide disclosure to the other party in connection with these solicitation restrictions and (B) contains confidentiality and use provisions that, in each case, are not materially less restrictive to Chiasma or Amryt, as applicable, than those contained in the confidentiality agreement in place between Chiasma and Amryt, so long as all such non-public information (to the extent not previously provided or made available to the other party) is provided or made available to the other party substantially concurrently with the time it is provided or made available to such third party; |
(i) | such party first notifies the other party in writing at least five business days prior to taking such action that such party intends to take such action, which notice shall include an unredacted copy (if any) of such acquisition agreement and related transaction documents; |
(ii) | such party and its representatives negotiate with the other party and its representatives during such five business day notice period, to the extent the other party seeks to negotiate, to enable the other party to propose any adjustments to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement; |
(iii) | upon the end of such notice period, the applicable party’s board of directors considers in good faith any revisions to the terms of the merger agreement proposed by the other party, and determined after consultation with advisors that the superior proposal would nevertheless continue to constitute a superior proposal; and |
(iv) | in the event of any change to any of the financial terms or any other material terms of such superior proposal, such party, in each case, delivers to the other party an additional notice consistent with that described in clause (i) and a new notice period under clause (i) will commence each time, except each such notice period shall be two business days (instead of five business days), during which time such party must comply with the foregoing requirements anew with respect to each such additional notice. |
(i) | such party first notifies the other party in writing at least five business days prior to taking such action that such party intends to take such action, which notice will include a reasonably detailed description of the intervening event; |
(ii) | such party and its representatives negotiate with the other party and its representatives during such five business day notice period, to the extent the other party seeks to negotiate, to enable the other party to propose any adjustments to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement; and |
(iii) | upon the end of such notice period, the applicable party’s board of directors considers in good faith any written commitment by the other party to amend the terms of the merger agreement, and determined in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel that failure to make an adverse recommendation change would nonetheless be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties. |
(i) | preparing and filing as promptly as practicable with any governmental authority all documentation to effect all filings necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the merger; |
(ii) | obtaining, as promptly as practicable, and thereafter maintain, all consents from any governmental authority that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the merger, and complying with the terms and conditions of each such consent (including by supplying as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information or documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act or other applicable antitrust laws); |
(iii) | obtaining all required consents from non-governmental third parties; and |
(iv) | cooperating in their efforts to comply with their obligations under the merger agreement. |
(i) | agree or proffer to divest or hold separate, or take any other action with respect to, any of the assets or businesses of Amryt, Chiasma, the surviving corporation (assuming the consummation of the merger) or any of their respective subsidiaries; |
(ii) | agree or proffer to limit in any manner whatsoever or not to exercise any rights of ownership of any securities (including the shares of Chiasma common stock); or |
(iii) | enter into any agreement that in any way limits the ownership or operation of any business of Amryt, Chiasma, the surviving corporation (assuming the consummation of the merger) or any of their respective subsidiaries, in each case that is not conditioned upon, or that becomes effective prior to, the closing or that is material to the business, financial condition or results of operations of Amryt, Chiasma, the surviving corporation or any of their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole. |
(i) | a base salary or wage rate that is not less than the base salary or wage rate provided to such affected employee immediately prior to the effective time; |
(ii) | target annual bonus and commission cash and equity incentive compensation opportunities that are no less favorable than as provided to such affected employee immediately prior to the effective time; and |
(iii) | employee benefits that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to the employee benefits provided to either, as determined by Amryt, such affected employee under the Chiasma employee plans immediately prior to the effective time or the employee benefits provided by Amryt to its similarly-situated employees, subject to certain exceptions. |
• | each of Amryt and Chiasma is required to provide the other party and its representatives reasonable access to its properties, assets, books, contracts, personnel, records and information concerning its businesses, properties and personnel as the other party may reasonably request; |
• | each of Amryt and Chiasma is required to promptly (i) notify the other of any stockholder or shareholder demands or other actions commenced against it, its subsidiaries or any of its or its subsidiaries’ respective directors or officers relating to the merger agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) give the other party the opportunity to consult with it regarding the defense or settlement of any such transaction litigation and give the other party the opportunity to participate in (but not control), at the other party’s expense, the defense and settlement of any such transaction litigation and (iii) not to settle any such transaction litigation without the other party’s prior written consent (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); |
• | each of Amryt and Chiasma is required to consult with the other, and give the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon, before issuing any press release or other public statement with respect to the merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, subject to certain exceptions; |
• | each of Amryt and Chiasma is required to promptly notify the other of any change, condition or event (i) that renders or would reasonably be expected to render any of its representations or warranties to be untrue or inaccurate or (ii) that results or would reasonably be expected to result in any failure by it to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement, in each case such that any of the closing conditions to the merger could reasonably be expected to not be satisfied; |
• | each of Amryt and Chiasma is required to cooperate with the other in taking all actions necessary to delist Chiasma common stock from the Nasdaq and terminate its registration under the U.S. Exchange Act, in each case effective upon the effective time; and |
• | Amryt and Chiasma are required to establish a transition committee consisting of three representatives designated by each party to facilitate exchange of information between the parties, oversee integration planning and consult with respect to operations and major business decisions, among other matters. |
• | by mutual written agreement of Amryt and Chiasma; or |
• | by either Amryt or Chiasma, if: |
• | the merger has not been completed by the end date of December 1, 2021, subject to extension by mutual written agreement of Amryt and Chiasma. However, the right to terminate the merger agreement after the end date will not be available to a party if such party’s breach of any provision of the merger agreement is the primary cause of the failure of the merger to be completed by the end date; |
• | a court or other governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued an injunction or other order that permanently enjoins, prevents or prohibits the completion of the merger and such injunction or order has become final and non-appealable. However, such right to terminate the merger agreement will not be available to a party if such party’s breach of any provision of the merger agreement is the primary cause of such injunction or other order; |
• | Chiasma stockholders fail to adopt the merger agreement upon a vote taken on a proposal to adopt the merger agreement at the Chiasma special meeting, provided that the failure to obtain stockholder approval is not proximately caused by Chiasma. We refer to this termination right in this proxy statement/prospectus as the “Chiasma no-vote termination right”; or |
• | Amryt shareholders fail to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement upon a vote taken on a proposal to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, provided that the failure to obtain shareholder approval is not proximately caused by Amryt. We refer to this termination right in this proxy statement/prospectus as the “Amryt no-vote termination right.” |
• | by Amryt, if: |
• | prior to the adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders, (i) the Chiasma Board makes an adverse recommendation change, (ii) Chiasma fails to publicly confirm to Chiasma stockholders, within ten business days after the commencement of a tender or exchange offer subject to Regulation 14D under the U.S. Exchange Act that constitutes an acquisition proposal, that Chiasma recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (or shall have withdrawn any such rejection thereafter), (iii) other than in the context of a tender or exchange offer, Chiasma fails to publicly reaffirm the Chiasma Board’s recommendation to adopt the merger agreement after the date any acquisition proposal with respect to Chiasma or any material modification thereto (which request may only be made once per acquisition proposal or material modification) is first publicly announced, within five business days after a request from Amryt, (iv) other than in the context of an acquisition proposal, Chiasma fails to publicly reaffirm the Chiasma Board’s recommendation to adopt the merger agreement within five business days following a written request from Amryt (which request may only be made once other than in the context of an acquisition proposal), or (v) Chiasma has breached or failed to perform any of its obligations described under “—No Solicitation” in any material respect. We refer to this termination right in this proxy statement/prospectus as the “change in recommendation of Chiasma termination right”; |
• | there has been a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Chiasma (other than with respect to its obligations described under “—No Solicitation”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would cause the other party to fail to satisfy any of its closing condition to the merger, and such breach or failure to perform either (i) is incapable of being cured by the end date or (ii) has not been cured upon the earlier of (A) 30 days following notice from Amryt of such breach or failure to perform and (B) the end date. However, such right to terminate the merger agreement will not be available to Amryt if Amryt or Merger Sub is then in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements that would cause the applicable closing condition to the merger related to accuracy of its representations and warranties or performance of its covenants and agreements not to be satisfied; or |
• | prior to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders, in order to enter into a definitive agreement for a superior proposal with respect to Amryt promptly following such termination, provided that Amryt has complied with all of the terms and conditions described under “—No Solicitation,” paid its termination payment (as described below) substantially concurrently with or prior to such termination and substantially concurrently enters into a definitive agreement with respect to such superior proposal. We refer to this termination right in this proxy statement/prospectus as the “Amryt superior proposal termination right.” |
• | by Chiasma, if: |
• | prior to the approval of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement by Amryt shareholders, (i) the Amryt Board makes an adverse recommendation change, (ii) Amryt fails to publicly confirm to Amryt shareholders, within ten business days after the announcement or commencement of a tender or exchange offer subject to Regulation 14D under the U.S. Exchange Act that constitutes an acquisition proposal, that Amryt recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (or shall have withdrawn any such rejection thereafter), (iii) other than in the context of a tender or exchange offer, Amryt fails to publicly reaffirm the Amryt Board’s recommendation to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement after the date any acquisition proposal with respect to Amryt or any material modification thereto (which request may only be made once per acquisition proposal or material modification) is first publicly announced, within five business days after a request from Chiasma, (iv) other than in the context of an acquisition proposal, Amryt fails to publicly reaffirm the Amryt Board’s recommendation to approve the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement within five business days following a written request from Chiasma (which request may only be made once other than in the context of an acquisition proposal), or (v) Amryt or Merger Sub has breached or failed to perform any of its obligations described under “—No Solicitation” in any material respect. We refer to this termination right as the “change in recommendation of Amryt termination right”; |
• | there has been a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of Amryt or Merger Sub (other than with respect to its obligations described under “—No Solicitation”) that, individually or in the aggregate, would cause the other party to fail to satisfy any of its closing condition to the merger, and such breach or failure to perform either (i) is incapable of being cured by the end date or (ii) has not been cured upon the earlier of (A) 30 days following notice from Chiasma of such breach or failure to perform and (B) the end date. However, such right to terminate the merger agreement will not be available to Chiasma if Chiasma is then in breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements that would cause the applicable closing condition to the merger related to accuracy of its representations and warranties or performance of its covenants and agreements not to be satisfied; or |
• | prior to the adoption of the merger agreement by Chiasma stockholders, in order to enter into a definitive agreement for a superior proposal with respect to Chiasma promptly following such termination, provided that Chiasma has complied with all of the terms and conditions described under “—No Solicitation,” paid its termination payment (as described below) substantially concurrently with or prior to such termination and substantially concurrently enters into a definitive agreement with respect to such superior proposal. We refer to this termination right as the “Chiasma superior proposal termination right.” |
• | by Amryt pursuant to the change in recommendation of Chiasma termination right; |
• | by Chiasma pursuant to the Chiasma superior proposal termination right; or |
• | by Amryt or Chiasma pursuant to the Chiasma no-vote termination right and prior to such termination and after the date of the merger agreement, an acquisition proposal for Chiasma has been publicly announced or disclosed, and within 12 months after the date of such termination, Chiasma or any of its affiliates enters into a definitive agreement relating to, or consummates, an acquisition proposal. However, in this instance, any references in the definition of acquisition proposal to 20 percent will be replaced by 50 percent. |
• | by Chiasma pursuant to the change in recommendation of Amryt termination right; |
• | by Amryt pursuant to the Amryt superior proposal termination right; or |
• | by Amryt or Chiasma pursuant to the Amryt no-vote termination right and prior to such termination and after the date of the merger agreement, an acquisition proposal for Amryt has been publicly announced or disclosed, and within 12 months after the date of such termination, Amryt or any of its affiliates enters into a definitive agreement relating to, or consummates, an acquisition proposal. However, in this instance, any references in the definition of acquisition proposal to 20 percent will be replaced by 50 percent. |
• | the issuance of approximately 26,335,306 Amryt ADSs valued (based on Amryt’s reference price on May 4, 2021) at $12.95 in respect of Chiasma shares; and |
• | the conversion of Chiasma financial information from U.S. GAAP to the Amryt accounting policies in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (which we refer to as “IASB”). |
| | Amryt | | | Chiasma | | | Adjustments | | | Notes | | | Pro forma combined | |
| | IFRS | | | U.S. GAAP | | | | | | | IFRS | |||
| | (US$ in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||||||||
Revenue | | | 182,607 | | | 1,106 | | | — | | | | | 183,713 | |
Cost of product sales | | | (48,446) | | | (61) | | | — | | | | | (48,507) | |
Amortization of acquired intangibles | | | (42,966) | | | — | | | (6,936) | | | 3a | | | (49,902) |
Amortization of inventory fair value step-up | | | (27,617) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (27,617) | |
Total cost of sales | | | (119,029) | | | (61) | | | (6,936) | | | | | (126,026) | |
Gross profit | | | 63,578 | | | 1,045 | | | (6,936) | | | | | 57,687 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (76,673) | | | (44,892) | | | (24,810) | | | 3b | | | (146,375) |
Research and development expenses | | | (27,618) | | | (26,802) | | | 938 | | | 3c | | | (53,482) |
Restructuring and acquisition costs | | | (1,017) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (1,017) | |
Share based payment expense | | | (4,729) | | | — | | | (7,760) | | | 3d | | | (12,489) |
Operating loss before finance expense | | | (46,459) | | | (70,649) | | | (38,568) | | | | | (155,676) | |
Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | (27,827) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (27,827) | |
Non-cash contingent value rights finance expense | | | (12,004) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (12,004) | |
Net finance expense - other | | | (19,569) | | | (4,046) | | | 4,554 | | | 3e | | | (19,061) |
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation | | | (105,859) | | | (74,695) | | | (34,014) | | | | | (214,568) | |
Tax credit/(charge) on loss on ordinary activities | | | 1,332 | | | (84) | | | 1,668 | | | 3f | | | 2,916 |
Loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of the company | | | (104,527) | | | (74,779) | | | (32,346) | | | | | (211,652) | |
Loss per share - basic and diluted, attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent | | | (0.66) | | | | | | | | | (0.73) | |||
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares in issue | | | 158,591,356 | | | | | 131,676,531 | | | 3g | | | 290,267,887 |
a) | As per Note 2(b) of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position an adjustment to non-cash amortization expense of $6.9 million has been included in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss based on the estimated fair values of the Chiasma’s identified intangible assets and their related weighted-average estimated useful life. This adjustment will recur for the life of the underlying assets. The assumptions used by Amryt to arrive at the estimated fair value of the identifiable intangible assets have been derived primarily from public information and information provided by Amryt and Chiasma. However, a detailed analysis has not been completed and actual results may differ materially from these estimates. |
b) | Adjustment to selling, general and administrative expenses of $24.8 million consists of: |
(i) | the addition of non-recurring acquisition expenses of $29.0 million related to the transaction. It has been estimated that total transaction and related costs of $30.9 million will be incurred collectively by Amryt and Chiasma in connection with the transaction, which include advisory, legal, valuation and other professional fees. Amryt incurred $0.4 million of transaction and related costs in the year ended December 31, 2020 and Amryt and Chiasma incurred $0.4 million and $1.1 million respectively for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. As a result, an adjustment of $29.0 million has been presented in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss within selling, general and administrative expenses. These transaction specific costs will not have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company; |
ii) | reclassification of Chiasma share based payment expense of $4.1 million to share based payment expenses to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation. |
iii) | reclassification of Chiasma rent expense to interest expense of $0.1 million as a result of the conversion of Chiasma’s financial information from U.S. GAAP to IFRS. Under IFRS this expense is included in interest expense as a component of net finance expense - other. |
c) | Adjustment to research and development expenses of $0.9 million consists of reclassification of share based payment expenses to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation. |
d) | Adjustment to share based payment expenses of $7.8 million consists of: |
(i) | increase in share based payment expense of $5.0 million related to the reclassification of share based payment expense from selling, general and administrative expenses of $4.1 million and from research and development expenses of $0.9 million to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation; and |
(ii) | increase in Chiasma share based payment expense of $2.8 million as a result of the conversion of Chiasma’s financial information from U.S. GAAP to IFRS. Under U.S. GAAP, Chiasma elected to apply the straight-line approach to recognize compensation cost over the requisite service period for the entire award. IFRS requires compensation cost to be recognized in accordance with the accelerated method, resulting in a higher proportion of cost being allocated to the earlier years. In addition, under U.S. GAAP Chiasma had made the accounting policy election to recognize forfeitures of the awards as they occur. IFRS requires Chiasma to estimate the number of awards expected to be forfeited and only recognize expense for the options expected to vest. |
e) | Adjustment to net finance expense - other of $4.6 million consists of: |
i) | the elimination of the finance charges of Chiasma related to its Revenue Interest Financing Arrangement due to the planned repayment of this financing upon closing of the transaction. Consequently, with effect from the start of the period of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss, interest expense on the deferred royalty obligation of $5.6 million, accretion of debt discount of $0.3 million and fair value of derivative adjustments of ($1.2 million) have been eliminated; and |
ii) | increase in Chiasma interest expense of $0.1 million due to the reclassification of rent expense from selling, general and administrative expenses as a result of the conversion of Chiasma financial information from U.S. GAAP to IFRS. Under U.S. GAAP, the classification of interest expense on the lease liability is included in selling, general and administrative expenses, but under IFRS this is included in interest expense as a component of net finance expense - other. |
f) | As per Note 2(c) of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position, the estimated tax credit on loss on ordinary activities of $1.7 million relates to the change in the deferred tax liability due to the amortization of the fair value uplift on intangible assets. The estimated net deferred tax liability is based on assumptions and limited information and therefore the final amounts may differ materially from these estimates. |
g) | The weighted-average number of Amryt ordinary shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share has been calculated using the weighted-average number of Amryt ordinary shares issued and outstanding during the period and the number of shares of Chiasma common stock issued and outstanding as of May 4, 2021, giving effect to the exchange ratio established in the transaction agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Amryt pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share was calculated using 290.3 million weighted-average ordinary shares, which reflects the 158.6 million weighted-average Amryt ordinary shares issued and outstanding for the period and the 66.4 million weighted-average Chiasma shares of common stock, warrants, options and restricted stock units outstanding as of May 4, 2021 converted to an estimated 131.7 million ordinary shares per the transaction agreement. |
| | Amryt | | | Chiasma | | | Adjustments | | | Notes | | | Pro forma combined | |
| | IFRS | | | U.S. GAAP | | | | | | | IFRS | |||
| | (US$ in thousands, except share and per share data) | |||||||||||||
Revenue | | | 48,432 | | | 1,924 | | | — | | | | | 50,356 | |
Cost of product sales | | | (11,797) | | | (67) | | | — | | | | | (11,864) | |
Amortization of acquired intangibles | | | (10,741) | | | — | | | (5,202) | | | 3a | | | (15,943) |
Amortization of inventory fair value step-up | | | (951) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (951) | |
Total cost of sales | | | (23,489) | | | (67) | | | (5,202) | | | | | (28,758) | |
Gross profit | | | 24,943 | | | 1,857 | | | (5,202) | | | | | 21,598 | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (18,156) | | | (15,698) | | | 1,193 | | | 3b | | | (32,661) |
Research and development expenses | | | (8,916) | | | (4,199) | | | 179 | | | 3c | | | (12,936) |
Share based payment expense | | | (1,263) | | | — | | | (2,222) | | | 3d | | | (3,485) |
Operating loss before finance expense | | | (3,392) | | | (18,040) | | | (6,052) | | | | | (27,484) | |
Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | (2,874) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (2,874) | |
Non-cash contingent value rights finance expense | | | (1,763) | | | — | | | — | | | | | (1,763) | |
Net finance expense - other | | | (7,898) | | | (12,456) | | | 12,533 | | | 3e | | | (7,821) |
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation | | | (15,927) | | | (30,496) | | | 6,481 | | | | | (39,942) | |
Tax credit/(charge) on loss on ordinary activities | | | (610) | | | (52) | | | 1,251 | | | 3f | | | 589 |
Loss for the year attributable to the equity holders of the company | | | (16,537) | | | (30,548) | | | 7,732 | | | | | (39,353) | |
Loss per share - basic and diluted, attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent | | | (0.09) | | | | | | | | | (0.13) | |||
Weighted-average number of ordinary shares in issue | | | 178,937,717 | | | | | 131,676,531 | | | 3g | | | 310,614,248 |
a) | As per Note 2(b) of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position an adjustment to non-cash amortization expense of $5.2 million has been included in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss based on the estimated fair values of the Chiasma’s identified intangible assets and their related weighted-average estimated useful life. This adjustment will recur for the life of the underlying assets. The assumptions used by Amryt to arrive at the estimated fair value of the identifiable intangible assets have been derived primarily from public information and information provided by Amryt and Chiasma. However, a detailed analysis has not been completed and actual results may differ materially from these estimates. |
b) | Adjustment to selling, general and administrative expenses of $1.2 million consists of reclassification of Chiasma share based payment expense to share based payment expenses to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation. |
c) | Adjustment to research and development expenses of $0.2 million consists of reclassification of share based payment expense to share based payment expenses to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation. |
d) | Adjustment to share based payment expenses of $2.2 million consists of: |
(i) | increase in share based payment expense of $1.4 million related to the reclassification of share based payment expense from selling, general and administrative expenses of $1.2 million and from research and development expenses of $0.2 million to conform with Amryt financial statement presentation; and |
(ii) | increase in Chiasma share based payment expense of $0.8 million as a result of the conversion of Chiasma financial information from U.S. GAAP to IFRS. Under U.S. GAAP, Chiasma elected to apply the straight-line approach to recognize compensation cost over the requisite service period for the entire award. IFRS requires compensation cost to be recognized in accordance with the accelerated method, resulting in a higher proportion of cost being allocated to the earlier years. In addition, under U.S. GAAP Chiasma had made the accounting policy election to recognize forfeitures of the awards as they occur. IFRS requires Chiasma to estimate the number of awards expected to be forfeited and only recognize expense for the options expected to vest. |
e) | With effect from the start of the period of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss, the finance charges related to Chiasma have been eliminated, including interest expense on the deferred royalty obligation of $2.7 million, accretion of debt discount of $0.1 million and fair value of derivative liabilities adjustments of $9.7 million due to the planned repayment of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement on closing of the transaction. |
f) | As per Note 2(c) of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position, the estimated tax credit on loss on ordinary activities of $1.2 million relates to the change in the deferred tax liability due to the amortization of the fair value uplift on intangible assets. The estimated net deferred tax liability is based on assumptions and limited information and therefore the final amounts may differ materially from these estimates. |
g) | The weighted-average number of Amryt ordinary shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share has been calculated using the weighted-average number of Amryt ordinary shares issued and outstanding during the period and the number of shares of Chiasma common stock issued and outstanding as of May 4, 2021 giving effect to the exchange ratio established in the transaction Agreement. For the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Amryt pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share was calculated using 310.6 million weighted-average ordinary shares, which reflects the 178.9 million weighted-average Amryt ordinary shares issued and outstanding for the period and the 66.4 million weighted-average Chiasma shares of common stock, warrants, options and restricted stock units outstanding as of May 4, 2021 converted to an estimated 131.7 million ordinary shares per the transaction agreement. |
| | Amryt | | | Chiasma | | | Adjustments | | | Notes | | | Pro forma combined | |
| | IFRS | | | U.S. GAAP | | | | | | | IFRS | |||
| | (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Assets | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Goodwill | | | 19,131 | | | — | | | 80,039 | | | 4a | | | 99,170 |
Intangible assets | | | 292,315 | | | — | | | 320,802 | | | 4b | | | 613,117 |
Property, plant and equipment | | | 7,156 | | | 487 | | | — | | | | | 7,643 | |
Other non-current assets | | | 1,484 | | | 1,744 | | | — | | | | | 3,228 | |
Restricted cash - non-current | | | — | | | 20,272 | | | (20,272) | | | 4c | | | — |
Total non-current assets | | | 320,086 | | | 22,503 | | | 380,569 | | | | | 723,158 | |
Current assets | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
Trade and other receivables | | | 43,963 | | | 7,618 | | | — | | | | | 51,581 | |
Inventories | | | 39,371 | | | 14,381 | | | — | | | | | 53,752 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash - current | | | 118,551 | | | 24,576 | | | (35,146) | | | 4c | | | 107,981 |
Marketable securities | | | — | | | 90,457 | | | (90,457) | | | 4c | | | — |
Total current assets | | | 201,885 | | | 137,032 | | | (125,603) | | | | | 213,314 | |
Total assets | | | 521,971 | | | 159,535 | | | 254,966 | | | | | 936,472 | |
Current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Trade and other payables | | | 87,189 | | | 16,694 | | | (2,909) | | | 4d | | | 100,974 |
Provisions and other liabilities | | | 6,967 | | | 625 | | | — | | | | | 7,592 | |
Total current liabilities | | | 94,156 | | | 17,319 | | | (2,909) | | | | | 108,566 | |
Non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Contingent consideration and contingent value rights | | | 149,064 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 149,064 | |
Deferred tax liability | | | 6,753 | | | — | | | 77,120 | | | 4e | | | 83,873 |
Long term loan | | | 88,769 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 88,769 | |
Convertible notes | | | 102,216 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 102,216 | |
Provisions and other liabilities | | | 26,649 | | | 79,528 | | | (78,578) | | | 4f | | | 27,599 |
Total non-current liabilities | | | 373,451 | | | 79,528 | | | (1,458) | | | | | 451,521 | |
Total liabilities | | | 467,607 | | | 96,847 | | | (4,367) | | | | | 560,087 | |
Net assets | | | 54,364 | | | 62,688 | | | 259,333 | | | | | 376,385 | |
Equity | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Equity attributable to owners of the parent | | | | | | | | | | | |||||
Share capital | | | 13,899 | | | 578 | | | 10,336 | | | | | 24,813 | |
Share premium | | | 51,596 | | | 440,371 | | | (110,243) | | | | | 381,724 | |
Other reserves | | | 241,011 | | | — | | | — | | | | | 241,011 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (252,142) | | | (378,261) | | | 359,240 | | | | | (271,163) | |
Total equity | | | 54,364 | | | 62,688 | | | 259,333 | | | | | 376,385 |
Estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed: | | | | | ||
Goodwill | | | 80.0 | | | (a) |
Intangible assets | | | 332.9 | | | (b) |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | (0.7) | | | |
Deferred tax assets/liabilities | | | (80.0) | | | (c) |
Other assets/liabilities | | | 8.8 | | | |
Total allocation | | | 341.0 | | |
(a) | The goodwill estimated to arise from the transaction of $80.0 million has been calculated as the excess of the purchase consideration of $341.0 million over the fair value of the net assets acquired of $261.0 million. |
(b) | The estimated fair value of Chiasma’s intangible assets is estimated to be $332.9 million and include product rights which have a weighted-average estimated useful life of 16 years. The annual amortization charge is estimated to be $20.8 million to the period of the end of the useful life. The assumptions used by Amryt to arrive at the estimated fair value of the identifiable intangible assets have been derived primarily from public information and information provided by Amryt and Chiasma. However, a detailed analysis has not been completed and actual results may differ materially from these estimates. |
(c) | The estimated fair value of the net deferred tax liability is $80.0 million. This adjustment is in relation to the fair value uplift on intangible assets and is based on assumptions and limited information and therefore the final amounts may differ materially from these estimates. The related estimated tax credit on loss on ordinary activities for the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Loss for the year ended December 31, 2020 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 is $1.7 million and $1.2 million, respectively. This adjustment will recur for the life of the underlying assets. |
a) | Goodwill, as discussed in Note 2 above, arising from the merger is estimated to be $80.0 million. |
b) | Adjustment to intangible assets of $320.8 million consists of the preliminary allocation of purchase consideration of $332.9 million net of the related amortization for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the quarter ended March 31, 2021 of $6.9 million and $5.2 million, respectively, as discussed in Note 2 above. |
c) | Adjustment to cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash of $145.9 million consists of: |
(i) | the repayment of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement of $65.0 million and payment of the related change of control premium of $51.9 million, net of interest paid of $0.1 million; and |
(ii) | the payment of non-recurring acquisition expenses of $29.0 million related to the transaction. It has been estimated that total transaction and related costs of $30.9 million will be incurred attributable as follows: Amryt $10.6 million and Chiasma $20.3 million. Amryt incurred $0.4 million of transaction and related costs in the year ended December 31, 2020 and $0.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. As a result, an adjustment of $9.8 million has been presented in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position as a reduction to cash and cash equivalents and a corresponding reduction to retained earnings to represent the estimated future charge. Chiasma had incurred $1.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and therefore an adjustment of $19.2 million has been presented in the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Financial Position as a reduction to cash and cash equivalents and a corresponding increase to goodwill as these transaction costs will reduce Chiasma’s retained earnings prior to the consummation of the transaction. |
d) | Elimination of interest accrual on the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement of $2.9 million due to the planned repayment of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement upon closing of the transaction. |
e) | Adjustment to deferred tax liability of $77.1 million consists of the preliminary allocation of purchase consideration of $80.0 net of the related tax credits for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the quarter ended March 31, 2021 of $1.7 million and $1.2 million, respectively, as discussed in Note 2 above. |
f) | Reflects repayment of the Revenue Interest Financing Agreement principal of $65.0 million and elimination of the associated estimated fair value of the derivative liabilities of $11.6 million, long-term interest payable of $5.2 million and debt discount of ($3.2) million. |
Name and address of beneficial owner | | | Number of shares beneficially owned | | | Percentage of shares beneficially owned |
5% or great stockholders: | | | | | ||
Affiliates of MPM Capital(1) | | | 7,118,747 | | | 11.0% |
BlackRock, Inc.(2) | | | 4,240,044 | | | 6.7% |
Affiliates of Adage Capital Partners(3) | | | 4,000,000 | | | 6.3% |
Affiliates of Stonepine Capital(4) | | | 6,770,000 | | | 10.7% |
Rubric Capital Management LP(5) | | | 7,250,000 | | | 11.5% |
Rock Springs Capital Management LP(6) | | | 3,243,600 | | | 5.1% |
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Directors and executive officers: | | | | | ||
David Stack(7) | | | 251,637 | | | * |
Todd Foley(1)(7) | | | 62,000 | | | * |
Bard Geesaman, M.D., Ph.D.(7) | | | 29,170 | | | * |
Roni Mamluk, Ph.D.(7) | | | 586,053 | | | * |
Scott Minick(8) | | | 218,569 | | | * |
John Scarlett, M.D.(9) | | | 123,322 | | | * |
John F. Thero(7) | | | 82,000 | | | * |
Raj Kannan(10) | | | 782,928 | | | 1.2% |
Mark J. Fitzpatrick(11) | | | 729,614 | | | 1.1% |
Anand Varadan(7) | | | 316,992 | | | * |
All current executive officers and directors as a group (13 persons)(12) | | | 3,044,282 | | | 4.6% |
* | Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1 percent of Chiasma’s outstanding common stock. |
(1) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13 G/A filed on February 12, 2021 by MPM BioVentures IV-QP L.P., reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2019. Consists of (i) 114,299 shares of common stock and 34,033 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by MPM Asset Management Investors BV4, LLC, (ii) 154,861 shares of common stock and 46,112 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by MPM BioVentures IV GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG, (iii) 4,019,574 shares of common stock and 1,196,908 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to warrants held by MPM BioVentures IV-QP, L.P. and (iv) 1,447,562 shares of common stock and 105,398 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, L.P. MPM BioVentures IV LLC is the Managing Member of MPM BioVentures IV GP LLC, which is the General Partner of MPM BioVentures IV-QP, L.P. and MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, L.P. and the Managing Limited Partner of MPM BioVentures IV GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG. Todd Foley, who is a member of the Chiasma Board, is a Managing Director of MPM Asset Management LLC, which is the Management Company of MPM BioVentures IV LLC. Todd Foley, Ansbert Gadicke and Luke Evnin are the members of MPM BioVentures IV LLC. Investment and voting decisions with respect to the shares held by MPM Asset Management Investors BV4, LLC, MPM BioVentures IV GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG, MPM BioVentures IV-QP, L.P. and MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, L.P. are made by the members of MPM BioVentures IV LLC. MPM’s address is 450 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. |
(2) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13G/A filed on January 29, 2021 by BlackRock, Inc. reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2020. BlackRock has sole voting power with respect to 4,215,783 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 4,240,044 shares. The address for BlackRock is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055. |
(3) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13G/A filed on February 11, 2021 jointly by Adage Capital Partners, L.P., Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C., Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C., Robert Atchinson, and Phillip Gross reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2020. Each of Adage Capital Partners, L.P., Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C., Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C., Robert Atchinson, and Phillip Gross have shared voting and dispositive power over all of the shares. Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. is the general partner of Adage Capital Partners, L.P. Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C. is managing member of Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. Robert Atchinson and Phillip Gross are managing members of Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C. and Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. and are general partners of Adage Capital Partners, L.P. The address for Adage Capital Partners, L.P., Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C., Adage Capital Advisors, L.L.C., Robert Atchinson, and Phillip Gross is 200 Clarendon Street, 52nd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. |
(4) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13G/A filed on May 14, 2021 jointly by Stonepine Capital Management, LLC, Stonepine Capital, L.P., Jon M. Plexico and Timothy P. Lynch reporting beneficial ownership as of March 8, 2021. Each of Stonepine Capital Management, LLC, Stonepine Capital, L.P., Jon M. Plexico and Timothy P. Lynch have shared voting and dispositive power over all of the shares. Stonepine Capital Management, LLC is the general partner and investment adviser of investment funds, including Stonepine Capital, L.P. Mr. Plexico and Mr. Lynch are the control persons of Stonepine Capital Management, LLC. The address for Stonepine Capital Management, LLC, Stonepine Capital, L.P., Jon M. Plexico and Timothy P. Lynch is 919 NW Bond Street, Suite 204, Bend, Oregon 97703-2767. |
(5) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13G filed on May 31, 2021 by Rubric Capital Management LP reporting beneficial ownership as of May 31, 2021. Each of Rubric Capital Management LP and David Rosen have shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to all of the shares. David Rosen is the managing member of Rubic Capital Management GP LLC, the general partner of Rubric Capital Management LP. The address for Rubric Capital Management LP is 155 East 44th Street, Suite 1630, New York, NY 10017. |
(6) | The amount shown and the following information are derived from the Schedule 13G filed on June 24, 2021 jointly by Rock Springs Capital Management LP (“RSCM”), Rock Springs Capital LLC (“RSC”) and Rock Springs Capital Master Fund LP (“Master Fund”) reporting beneficial ownership as of June 14, 2021. Each of RSCM and RSC have shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to all of the shares. Master Fund has shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 3,086,039 of the shares. RSCM serves as the investment manager of Master Fund. RSC is the general partner of RSCM. The address for RSCM and RSC is 650 South Exeter, Suite 1070, Baltimore, MD 21202. The address for Master Fund is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9008, Cayman Islands. |
(7) | Consists of Chiasma common stock issuable upon exercise of Chiasma Stock Options presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021. |
(8) | Consists of (i) 62,531 shares of Chiasma common stock held by Scott Minick, (ii) 62,000 shares of Chiasma common stock issuable upon exercise of Chiasma Stock Options presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021, held by Scott Minick, (iii) 87,194 shares of Chiasma common stock held by trusts for which Mr. Minick is a trustee and (iv) warrants to purchase 6,844 shares of Chiasma common stock presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021, held by a family trust for which Mr. Minick is a trustee. |
(9) | Consists of 61,322 shares Chiasma common stock held and 62,000 shares of Chiasma common stock issuable upon exercise of Chiasma Stock Options presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 23, 2021. |
(10) | Consists of 137,095 shares Chiasma common stock held and 645,833 shares of Chiasma common stock issuable upon exercise of Chiasma Stock Options presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021. |
(11) | Consists of 19,612 shares Chiasma common stock held and 710,002 shares of Chiasma common stock issuable upon exercise of Chiasma Stock Options presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021. |
(12) | Consists of 391,785 shares of Chiasma common stock, options to purchase 2,645,653 shares of Chiasma common stock presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021 and warrants to purchase 6,844 shares of Chiasma common stock presently exercisable or exercisable within sixty (60) days of June 25, 2021. |
| | Number of Amryt Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned(1) | | | Percent of Class | |
Name of beneficial owner | | | Number | | | Percentage |
5% or greater shareholders: | | | | | ||
Athyrium Capital Management, LP(1) | | | 65,796,247 | | | 34.9% |
Highbridge(2) | | | 39,516,973 | | | 21.0% |
UBS(3) | | | 12,850,625 | | | 6.8% |
Stonepine | | | 11,082,415 | | | 5.9% |
Software AG-Stiftung | | | 10,212,153 | | | 5.4% |
Edgepoint Capital | | | 9,956,295 | | | 5.3% |
Executive officers and directors: | | | | | ||
Dr. Joseph A. Wiley(4) | | | 5,453,096 | | | 2.9% |
Rory P. Nealon(5) | | | 2,983,511 | | | 1.6% |
Ray T. Stafford | | | 1,718,601 | | | * |
Donald K. Stern | | | 55,000 | | | * |
Dr. Alain H. Munoz | | | 55,000 | | | * |
George P. Hampton | | | 55,000 | | | * |
Dr. Patrick V.J.J. Vink | | | 55,000 | | | * |
Stephen T. Wills | | | 55,000 | | | * |
All executive officers and directors as a group (eight persons) | | | 10,100,107 | | | 5.4% |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | Consists of 44,286,346 ordinary shares (including any as represented by Amryt ADSs) and 21,509,901 ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of Convertible Notes held by the following affiliates of Athyrium Capital Management, LP: Athyrium Opportunities II Acquisition 2 LP, Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition 2 LP, Athyrium Opportunities II Acquisition LP and Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP. |
(2) | Consists of 14,339,923 ordinary shares (including any as represented by Amryt ADSs), 16,210,530 ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of Convertible Notes and 8,966,520 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of zero cost warrants held by the following affiliates of Highbridge: Highbridge MSF International Ltd., Highbridge SCF Special Situations SPV, L.P. and Highbridge Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P. Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes and the zero cost warrants, Highbridge may not convert any Convertible Notes or exercise zero cost warrants that it beneficially owns to the extent that such conversions and exercises would result in Highbridge beneficially owning in excess of 9.99% of our ordinary shares. After giving effect to these blockers, as of November 30, 2020, Highbridge’s beneficial ownership is limited to 9.99%. |
(3) | Consists of 9,950,000 ordinary shares (including any as represented by Amryt ADSs) and 2,900,625 ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of Convertible Notes held by the following affiliates of UBS: Nineteen77 Global Multi-Strategy Alpha Master Limited and Nineteen77 Global Convertible Bond Master Limited. Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, UBS may not convert any Convertible Notes that it beneficially owns to the extent that such conversions would result in UBS beneficially owning in excess of 9.99% of our ordinary shares. After giving effect to these blockers, as of November 30, 2020, UBS’s beneficial ownership is limited to 9.99%. |
(4) | Consists of (i) 3,507,080 ordinary shares (including any as represented by Amryt ADSs), (ii) 343,521 share options exercisable at £1.2072 per share, which expire on November 28, 2024, (iii) 158,020 share options exercisable at £0.758 per share, which expire on May 21, 2026, and (iv) 1,444,475 share options exercisable at £1.215 per share, which expire on November 5, 2026. |
(5) | Consists of (i) 1,610,770 ordinary shares (including any as represented by Amryt ADSs), (ii) 137,408 share options exercisable at £1.2072 per share, which expire on November 28, 2024, (iii) 125,958 share options exercisable at £0.758 per share, which expire on May 21, 2026, and (iv) 1,109,375 share options exercisable at £1.215 per share, which expire on November 5, 2026. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Authorized Capital | |||
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As of June 9, 2021, there were 183,593,296 ordinary shares in issue, each with a nominal value of £0.06 (of which 4,208,314 shares were held in treasury), including shares underlying American depositary shares. The Amryt articles of association do not include a limit on the aggregate number of shares that Amryt has the authority to issue. Amryt may therefore from time to time by ordinary resolution increase Amryt’s capital by such sum to be divided into shares of such amounts and carrying such rights as the resolution may prescribe. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, Amryt may, by ordinary resolution: • consolidate and divide all or any of Amryt’s share capital into shares of larger nominal value than Amryt’s existing shares; • cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken; and | | | The aggregate number of shares of stock that Chiasma has the authority to issue is 130,000,000 shares, consisting of 125,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share and 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of June 15, 2021, the record date for the Chiasma special meeting, Chiasma had 63,191,027 shares of Chiasma common stock issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. The Chiasma certificate of incorporation expressly authorizes, to the fullest extent of the law, its board of directors, without shareholder approval, to provide by resolution or resolutions for, out of the unissued shares of undesignated preferred stock, the issuance of the shares of undesignated preferred stock in one or more series of such stock, and by filing a certificate of designations pursuant to applicable law of the State of Delaware, to establish or change from time to time the number of shares of each such series, and to fix the designations, powers, including voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
• sub-divide Amryt’s shares into shares of smaller nominal value than Amryt’s existing shares. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, Amryt may by special resolution reduce Amryt’s share capital and any capital revaluation reserve and share premium account in any manner. Each Amryt ADS represents the right to receive, and to exercise the beneficial ownership interests in, five Amryt ordinary shares that is on deposit with the depositary and/or custodian. An Amryt ADS also represents the right to receive, and to exercise the beneficial interests in, any other property received by the depositary or the custodian on behalf of the owner of the Amryt ADS but that has not been distributed to the owners of Amryt ADSs because of legal restrictions or practical considerations. Amryt and the depositary may agree to change the ADS-to-ordinary share ratio by amending the deposit agreement. Amryt ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under trading symbol “AMYT.” Amryt ordinary shares are admitted to AIM with the trading symbol “AMYT.” | | | of the shares of each series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof. Chiasma’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “CHMA.” |
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Size, Classification and Term of Board of Directors | |||
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The Amryt articles of association currently provide that unless otherwise determined by special resolution of the shareholders, the number of directors shall not be fewer than two or more than seven. The Amryt Board currently has seven members. It is proposed that the Amryt Board increase the number of members to nine pursuant to the “parent board size approval.” As noted in the section entitled “The Merger Proposal—Governance Matters Following Completion of the Merger,” Amryt is required to take all necessary action so that, as of immediately following the effective time, the Amryt Board will include two additional members. Subject to satisfaction of customary background checks and the receipt of a customary letter of appointment, Raj Kannan and one other individual selected by Chiasma prior to the closing who is acceptable to Amryt will be appointed as directors of Amryt until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable law; however, the tenure on the Amryt Board of the other individual selected by Chiasma will be limited to June 15, 2022. Each director is subject to compulsory retirement, and at each annual general meeting that occurs after September 25, 2021, one-third of the current directors | | | The Chiasma certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors shall be fixed solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Chiasma Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of undesignated preferred stock, shall be classified, with respect to the term for which they severally hold office, into three classes. The Chiasma Board is classified into three classes. Each director is appointed for a three-year term. The Chiasma certificate of incorporation provides that directors are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting called for such purpose and hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever, pursuant to the provisions of Chiasma certificate of incorporation, the holders of any one or more series of undesignated preferred stock shall have the right, voting separately as a series or together with holders of other such series, to elect Chiasma directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
(or, if their number is not a multiple of three, the number nearest to but not greater than one-third, subject to a minimum of one) shall retire from office by rotation. A director retiring by rotation shall be eligible for re-election. Six of the seven directors on the Amryt Board are “independent” as defined under the Nasdaq rules. As a foreign private issuer, Amryt is not required to meet the Nasdaq rule that its board be comprised of a majority of independent directors, but it voluntarily complies and intends to continue to comply with this requirement The directors may establish any local boards or agencies for managing any of the affairs of Amryt, either in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and may appoint any persons to be members of such local boards, or any managers or agents, and may delegate to any local board, manager or agent any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in the directors (other than the power of making calls), with the power to sub-delegate. The Amryt Board has three standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee and a Compliance Committee. Under the Companies Act, any agreement under which a director undertakes personally to perform services (as a director or otherwise) for a company or any of its subsidiaries is defined as a ‘service contract.’ Service contracts with a guaranteed term of employment of more than two years require prior approval by the shareholders of the relevant company by ordinary resolution. English law permits a company to provide for terms of different lengths for its directors. | | | terms of the Chiasma certificate of incorporation and any certificate of designations applicable to such series. Chiasma directors are elected if the votes cast for such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast against such nominee’s election; however, directors are elected by a plurality of votes cast in contested elections. The number of Chiasma directors shall be fixed solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Chiasma Board. The directors shall hold office in the manner provided in the Chiasma certificate of incorporation. A majority of the Chiasma Board must be comprised of Independent Directors as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2). |
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Nomination of Directors | |||
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The shareholders may by ordinary resolution appoint a person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors, but the total number of directors shall not exceed the maximum number fixed in accordance with the Amryt articles of association. No person other than a director retiring at an Amryt general meeting shall, unless recommended by the directors for appointment, be eligible for appointment to the office of director at any general meeting unless, not less than seven nor more than 28 days before the day appointed for the meeting, there shall have been given to Amryt notice in writing by some member | | | The Chiasma bylaws provide that nominations of persons for election to the Chiasma Board may be made: • by the Chiasma Board; or • by any stockholder of Chiasma who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in the Chiasma bylaws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who is present (in person or by proxy) at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Chiasma bylaws as to such nomination or business. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his or her intention to propose such person for appointment stating the particulars which would, if he or she were so appointed, be required to be included in Amryt’s register of directors, and also notice in writing signed by the person to be proposed of his or her willingness to be appointed. | | | The foregoing clause (ii) is the exclusive means for a Chiasma stockholder to bring nominations or business properly before an annual meeting or special meeting in lieu thereof (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 or Rule 14a-11 (or any successor rules)) under the U.S. Exchange Act and such stockholder must comply with the notice and other procedures set forth in the bylaws to bring such nominations or business properly before an annual meeting or special meeting in lieu thereof. In addition to the other requirements set forth in the bylaws, for any proposal of business to be considered at an annual meeting or special meeting in lieu thereof, it must be a proper subject for action by stockholders of Chiasma under the DGCL. |
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Election of Directors | |||
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The Amryt shareholders may by ordinary resolution appoint a director. Without prejudice to the power of the shareholders to appoint any person to be a director pursuant to the Amryt articles of association, the directors shall have power at any time to appoint any person who is willing to act as a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing directors but so that the total number of directors shall not exceed at any time the maximum number fixed by or in accordance with the Amryt articles of association. Any director appointed by the Amryt Board shall retire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting next following such appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment at that meeting. If not reappointed at such annual general meeting, such director shall vacate office at the conclusion of such annual general meeting. | | | The holders of Chiasma’s common stock have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors, and the Chiasma bylaws provide that any election of directors by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes properly cast on the election of directors. |
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Removal of Directors | |||
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Under the Companies Act, Amryt shareholders may remove a director without cause by an ordinary resolution (which is passed by a simple majority of those voting in person or by proxy at a general meeting) irrespective of any provisions of any service contract the director has with the company, provided a shareholder has given notice to Amryt of its intention to propose the resolution at least 28 clear days before the general meeting. Amryt must, where practicable, give its shareholders notice of such resolution in the same manner and at the same time as it gives notice of the meeting. Where that is not practicable, Amryt must give its shareholders notice at least 14 clear days before the meeting (a) by advertisement in a newspaper having an appropriate circulation, or (b) in any other manner allowed by the Amryt articles of association. On receipt of notice of an intended | | | Subject to the rights, if any, of any series of undesignated preferred stock to elect directors and to remove any director whom the holders of any such series have the right to elect, any director (including persons elected by directors to fill vacancies in the board of directors) may be removed from office (i) only with cause and (ii) only by the affirmative vote of the holders of 75 percent or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote at an election of directors. At least forty-five (45) days prior to any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which it is proposed that any director be removed from office, written notice of such proposed removal and the alleged grounds thereof shall be sent to the Director whose removal will be considered at the meeting. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
resolution to remove a director, the company must forthwith send a copy of the notice to the director concerned. Certain other procedural requirements under the Companies Act must also be followed such as allowing the director to make representations against his or her removal either at the meeting or in writing. According to the Amryt articles of association, the office of a director shall be vacated in any of the following events, namely: (a) if (but in the case of a director holding any executive office subject to the terms of any contract between him or her and Amryt) he or she resigns his or her office by instrument in writing signed by the resigning director and authenticated in such manner as the other directors or director may accept (provided that the resigning director shall deposit the original signed instrument at the office as soon as reasonably practicable but failure or delay in his or her doing so shall not prejudice the validity of the resignation); (b) if he or she becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or her or makes any arrangement or composition with his or her creditors generally; (c) if, in the opinion of the majority of directors other than the director vacating office and in the written opinion of a suitably qualified medical expert, he or she becomes of unsound mind; (d) if he or she is absent from meetings of the directors for six successive months without leave, and his or her alternate director (if any) shall not during such period have attended in his or her stead, and the directors resolve that his or her office be vacated; (e) if he or she ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Act (and every other statute (and any regulations subordinate thereto) for the time being in force concerning companies and affecting Amryt) or becomes prohibited by law from being a director; (f) he or she is removed from office by notice in writing signed by all of the other directors (without prejudice to any claim for damages which he or she may have for breach of any contract between him or her and Amryt) and, | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
for this purpose, a set of like notices each signed by one or more of the directors shall be as effective as a single notice signed by the requisite number of directors; (g) he or she ceases to hold the number of shares required to qualify him or her for office (if any) or does not acquire the same within two months after election or appointment; or (h) he or she is removed as a director by ordinary resolution of the members provided that such removal shall be without prejudice to any claim he or she may have for breach of contract between him or her and Amryt. | | | |
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Vacancies on the Board of Directors | |||
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Under English law, the procedure by which directors, other than a company’s initial directors, are appointed is generally set out in a company’s articles of association, provided that where two or more persons are to be appointed as directors of a public limited company by a single resolution of the shareholders, resolutions appointing each director must be voted on individually (unless a resolution that it should be so made has first been agreed to by the meeting without any vote being given against it). Pursuant to the Amryt articles of association, at the meeting at which a director retires, the shareholders may fill the vacated office by appointing a person to fill such vacancy, and in default the retiring director, if willing to act, shall be deemed to have been re-appointed, unless at such meeting it is expressly resolved not to fill the vacancy, or a resolution for the reappointment of such director shall have been put to the meeting and lost. A resolution of the directors declaring a director to have vacated office under the terms of Article 115 shall be conclusive as to the fact and grounds of vacation stated in the resolution. | | | Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of undesignated preferred stock to elect Chiasma directors and to fill vacancies in the Chiasma Board relating thereto, any and all vacancies in the Chiasma Board, however occurring, including, without limitation, by reason of an increase in the size of the Chiasma Board, or the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of a director, shall be filled solely and exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum of the Chiasma Board, and not by the stockholders. Any director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, death or removal. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of undesignated preferred stock to elect directors, when the number of directors is increased or decreased, the Chiasma Board shall determine the class or classes to which the increased or decreased number of directors shall be apportioned; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. In the event of a vacancy in the Chiasma Board, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided by law, shall exercise the powers of the full Chiasma Board until the vacancy is filled. |
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Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Voting | |||
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Votes Attaching to Shares: • Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any share by or in accordance with the Amryt articles of association, on a show of hands every holder of ordinary shares who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy not being himself or herself a holder or (being a corporation) is present by a representative or by proxy not being himself or herself a holder shall have one vote and on a poll every holder who is present in person or by proxy shall have one vote for every share of which he or she is the holder. Votes on a Poll: • At a general meeting, a resolution put to a vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless before or upon the declaration of the result of the show of hands a poll is demanded by (i) the chairperson of the meeting, (ii) not less than five shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting, (iii) shareholder(s) representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the shareholders having the right to vote at the meeting; or (iv) member(s) holding shares conferring a right to vote at the meeting, being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one tenth of the total sum paid up on all the shares conferring that right. • On a poll, votes may be given either personally or by proxy. On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not, if he or she votes, use all his or her votes or cast all the votes he or she uses in the same way. At a general meeting which is held as a combined physical and electronic meeting, a resolution put to a vote of the meeting is to be decided on by a poll, and poll votes may be cast by means of the electronic platform. No shareholder shall, unless determined otherwise by the directors, be entitled to vote at any general meeting or any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in respect of any share held by him or her, either personally or by proxy, or to exercise any privilege as a member, if: • any call or other sum presently payable by him or her to Amryt in respect of the shares remains unpaid; or | | | Each share of Chiasma common stock entitles the holder to one vote at all meetings of Chiasma stockholders. The Chiasma bylaws provide that, when a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, any matter before any such meeting (other than an election of a director or directors) shall be decided by a majority of the votes properly cast for and against such matter, except where a larger vote is required by law, by the Chiasma certificate of incorporation or by the Chiasma bylaws. Under Delaware law, a sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of a corporation’s assets, a merger or consolidation of a corporation with another corporation or a dissolution of a corporation generally requires the approval of the corporation’s board of directors and, with limited exceptions, the affirmative vote of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the transaction. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
• the holder has been duly served with a notice under section 793 of the Companies Act and he or she has failed to provide Amryt with information concerning interests in those shares required to be provided under the Companies Act within the relevant period. With respect to the Amryt ADSs, a holder of ADSs generally has the right under the deposit agreement to instruct the depositary to exercise the voting rights for the ordinary shares represented by its ADSs. The voting rights of holders of ordinary shares are described below. At Amryt’s request, the depositary will distribute to holders of ADSs any notice of a shareholders’ meeting received from Amryt together with information explaining how to instruct the depositary to exercise the voting rights of the ordinary shares represented by the ADSs. In lieu of distributing such materials, the depositary bank may distribute to holders of ADSs instructions on how to retrieve such materials upon request. If the depositary timely receives voting instructions from a holder of ADSs, it will endeavor to vote (or cause the custodian to vote) the securities (in person or by proxy) represented by the holder’s ADSs as follows: • If voting at the shareholders’ meeting by show of hands: The depositary will vote (or instruct the custodian to vote) all the securities represented by ADSs in accordance with the voting instructions timely received from a majority of the ADS holders who provided voting instructions. • If voting at the shareholders’ meeting by poll: The depositary will vote (or instruct the custodian to vote) the securities represented by ADSs in accordance with the voting instructions timely received from the holders of ADSs. Securities represented by ADSs for which no timely voting instructions have been received by the depositary from the holder will not be voted (except as otherwise contemplated in the deposit agreement). The ability of the depositary to carry out voting instructions may be limited by practical and legal limitations and the terms of the securities on deposit. Amryt cannot assure that holders of ADSs will receive voting materials with sufficient time to enable them to return voting instructions to the depositary in a timely manner. | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Cumulative Voting | |||
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The holders of Amryt’s ordinary shares do not have any cumulative voting rights. | | | Chiasma stockholders do not have any cumulative voting rights. |
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Shareholder Action by Written Consent | |||
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Under English law, shareholders of a public company such as Amryt are not permitted to pass resolutions by written consent. All shareholder decisions must be taken at the general meeting. | | | Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if consent in writing setting forth the action taken is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. |
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Amendment of the Articles of Association of Amryt and the Articles of Incorporation of Chiasma | |||
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Under English law, Amryt’s shareholders may amend the Amryt articles of association by special resolution. The Amryt Board is not authorized to change the Amryt articles of association. | | | Under the DGCL, any proposal to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of the Chiasma certificate of incorporation, except as may be provided in the terms of any preferred stock, requires approval by the affirmative vote of a majority outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon. |
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Amendment of Bylaws | |||
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See “Amendment of the Articles of Association of Amryt” above. | | | The Chiasma bylaws may from time to time be supplemented, amended or repealed, or new by-laws may be adopted, by (i) the Chiasma Board by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, or (ii) the stockholders at any annual meeting, or special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose in accordance with the Chiasma bylaws, by the affirmative vote of at least 75 percent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that if the Chiasma Board recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class. |
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Meeting Notice | |||
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In accordance with the Companies Act and the Amryt articles of association, Amryt is required in each year to hold an annual general meeting in addition to any other meeting held in that year and within six months | | | Under the DGCL and the Chiasma bylaws, written notice of annual and special meetings of Chiasma stockholders must be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
of the end of any financial period provided that not more than 15 months has elapsed between the date of one annual general meeting and the next. The annual general meeting shall be convened whenever and wherever the Amryt Board sees fit, subject to the requirements of the Companies Act. The directors may, whenever they think fit, and shall on requisition in accordance with the Companies Act, proceed to convene a general meeting. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, an annual general meeting shall be called by at least 21 clear days’ notice and all other general meetings shall be called by at least 14 clear days’ notice. The notice must be in writing and must specify (a) the place(s), the day and the time of the meeting; (b) the general nature of the business of the meeting; (c) in the case of an annual general meeting, that the meeting is an annual general meeting; (d) if the meeting is convened to consider a special resolution, the intention to propose the resolution as such; and (e) in the case of a combined physical and electronic meeting, that the meeting is being held as such, details of the means for members to attend and participate in the meeting (including the physical place(s) of the meeting and the electronic platform to be used) and any applicable access, identification or security arrangements. Amryt may give notice by electronic communication and/or by making it available on Amryt’s website (subject to notifying the address of such website to shareholders who have agreed that notices of meetings may be accessed by them on a website and then in accordance with the manner agreed by such members and Amryt as to such notification). | | | stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. The Chiasma bylaws provide that notice to stockholders of an annual and special meeting of stockholders may be given personally or by mail. Notice of a special meeting must also state the purpose for which the special meeting is called. Notice of all special meetings of stockholders shall be given in the same manner as provided for annual meetings, except that the notice of all special meetings shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called. Notice of an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to a stockholder if a waiver of notice is executed, or waiver of notice by electronic transmission is provided, before or after such meeting by such stockholder or if such stockholder attends such meeting, unless such attendance is for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. |
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Advance Notice | |||
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The Amryt articles of association provide that, where, by any provision contained in the Companies Act, special notice is required of a resolution, the resolution shall not be effective unless notice of the intention to move it has been given to Amryt not less than 28 days (or such shorter period as the Companies Act permits) before the meeting at which it is moved, and Amryt shall give to the shareholders notice of any such resolution as required by and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act. In certain circumstances under the Companies Act, Amryt’s shareholders may propose a resolution to be moved at the next annual general meeting or require Amryt to circulate to all shareholders entitled to | | | For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (ii) of Article I, Section 2(a)(1) of the Chiasma bylaws, the stockholder must (i) have given timely notice in writing to the Secretary of Chiasma, (ii) have provided any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by Chiasma’s bylaws and (iii) together with the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination or business proposal is made, have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the solicitation statement required by Chiasma’s bylaws. To be timely, a stockholder’s written notice shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of Chiasma not later than the close of |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
receive notice of a general meeting, a statement of not more than 1,000 words in relation to a resolution to be dealt with at that meeting or other business to be dealt with at that meeting. | | | business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event the annual meeting is first convened more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, or if no annual meeting were held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received by the Secretary of Chiasma not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the scheduled date of such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting of stockholders will not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. |
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Right to Call a Special Meeting of Shareholders | |||
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Amryt shareholders holding at least 5 percent of the paid-up capital of the company carrying voting rights at general meetings (excluding any paid-up capital held as treasury shares) can require the directors to call a general meeting and, if the directors fail to do so within 21 days from the date on which they become subject to the requirement, the shareholders who requested the meeting (or any of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them) may themselves call a general meeting. The meeting must be called in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which meetings are required to be called by directors of the company. Any reasonable expenses incurred by the members requesting the meeting by reason of the failure of the directors duly to call a meeting must be reimbursed by the company. | | | The Chiasma bylaws provide that subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of undesignated preferred stock, special meetings of the stockholders of Chiasma may be called only by the Chiasma Board acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. The Chiasma Board may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Chiasma Board and stockholder proposals of other business shall not be brought before a special meeting of stockholders to be considered by the stockholders unless such special meeting is held in lieu of an annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with the Chiasma bylaws, in which case such special meeting in lieu thereof shall be deemed an annual meeting for purposes of the Chiasma bylaws and the provisions of the Chiasma bylaws shall govern such special meeting. |
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Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses; Director Liability | |||
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The Amryt articles of association provide that to the extent permitted by law, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which he or she may otherwise be entitled, any person who is or was at any time a | | | Under the DGCL, a corporation’s certificate of incorporation may include a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation and its stockholders for damages arising |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
director, alternate director, officer or employee of Amryt is entitled to be indemnified (and, if the directors so determine, any other Relevant Person (as defined in “Information Not Required in Prospectus— Item 20. Indemnification of Officers and Directors of Amryt”) (including, for example, a director of a subsidiary) shall be entitled to be indemnified), out of Amryt’s assets against all losses or liabilities which he or she may sustain or incur in or about the execution of the duties of his or her office or otherwise in relation thereto. The Amryt articles of association also provide that to the extent permitted by law, the directors have the power to purchase and maintain insurance for or for the benefit of any persons who are or were at any time: • directors, alternate directors, officers or employees of a group company; or • trustees of any pension fund in which Amryt’s employees or employees of any other group company are interested, including in each case insurance against any liability incurred by such persons in respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of their duties and/or in the exercise or purported exercise of their powers and/or otherwise in relation to their duties, powers or posts in relation to Amryt or any other group company or pension fund and, so far as the law allows, Amryt may indemnify or exempt any such person from or against such liability Under the Companies Act, any provision, whether contained in a company’s articles of association or any contract with the company or otherwise, that purports to exempt a director of a company, to any extent, from any liability that would otherwise attach to him or her in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company is void. In addition, any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity, to any extent, for a director of the company or of an associated company against any liability attaching to him or her in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he or she is a director is also void, except as permitted by the Companies Act, which provides exceptions for the company to (a) purchase and maintain insurance against such liability; | | | from a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. However, no provision can limit the liability of a director for: • any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; • acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; • intentional or negligent payment of unlawful dividends or stock purchases or redemptions; or • any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such person is made a party by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (other than a derivative action), if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, shareholder vote, agreement or otherwise. Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation provides that a Chiasma director shall not be personally liable to Chiasma or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Chiasma or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived an |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
(b) provide a “qualifying third party indemnity” (being an indemnity against certain liabilities incurred by the director to a person other than the company or an associated company); or (c) provide a “qualifying pension scheme indemnity” (being an indemnity against liability incurred in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of an occupational pension plan). | | | improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended after the effective date of Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. The Chiasma bylaws provide that, each director shall be indemnified and held harmless by Chiasma to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits Chiasma to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Chiasma to provide prior to such amendment), and to the extent authorized in the Chiasma bylaws. |
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Appraisal and Dissenters Rights | |||
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English law does not generally provide for appraisal rights. However, in the event of a compulsory acquisition or “squeeze-out,” under the Companies Act, where (a) a “takeover offer” is made for the shares of a company incorporated in the UK, and (b) the offeror has, by virtue of acceptances of the offer, acquired or unconditionally contracted to acquire at least 90 percent in value of the shares of any class to which the offer relates representing at least 90 percent of the voting rights carried by those shares, the offeror may, within three months beginning on the day after the last day on which the offer could be accepted, require shareholders who did not accept the offer to transfer their shares to the offeror on the terms of the offer. A dissenting shareholder may, in relation to the shares held by him or her, object to the transfer or its proposed terms by applying to the court within six weeks of the date on which notice of the required transfer was given by the offeror. The court may, on receiving such an application, order (a) that the offeror is not entitled and bound to acquire the shares to which the notice relates, or (b) that the terms on which the offeror is entitled and bound to acquire the shares shall be such as the court thinks fit. A minority shareholder is entitled, in circumstances similar to the “squeeze-out” described above, to require the offeror to acquire his or her shares on the same terms as those contained in the original offer (which we refer to as a “sell-out”). The period within which the offeree shareholder must exercise his or her | | | Under the DGCL, a stockholder may dissent from, and receive payments in cash for, the fair value of his or her shares as appraised by the Delaware Court of Chancery in the event of certain mergers and consolidations. However, stockholders do not have appraisal rights if the shares of stock they hold, at the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting of stockholders to act upon the merger or consolidation, or on the record date with respect to action by written consent, are either (i) listed on a national securities exchange or (ii) held of record by more than 2,000 holders. Further, no appraisal rights are available to stockholders of the surviving corporation if the merger did not require the vote of the stockholders of the surviving corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, appraisal rights are available if stockholders are required by the terms of the merger agreement to accept for their shares anything other than (a) shares of stock of the surviving corporation, (b) shares of stock of another corporation that will either be listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 holders, (c) cash instead of fractional shares or (d) any combination of clauses (a) – (c). Appraisal rights are also available under the DGCL in certain other circumstances, including in certain parent-subsidiary corporation mergers and in certain circumstances where the certificate of incorporation so provides. The Chiasma certificate of incorporation does not provide for appraisal rights in any additional circumstance. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
rights is the later of: (a) three months from the close of the offer, and (b) three months from when the bidder gives the shareholder notice of his or her rights. | | | |
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Dividends and Repurchases | |||
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The Amryt articles of association provide that Amryt may by ordinary resolution at a general meeting declare dividends out of profits available for distribution in accordance with the respective rights and priorities of its shareholders, but no such dividend shall be payable other than in accordance with the Companies Act and no dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the directors. There is no fixed date on which entitlement to dividends arises. Subject to the rights of persons (if any) with special rights as to dividends, all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid-up on the shares in respect of which the dividend is paid. All dividends shall be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amount paid up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid, except that if any share is issued on terms providing that it shall carry any particular right as to a dividend, such share shall rank for dividend accordingly. Insofar as, in the opinion of the directors, Amryt’s profits justify such payments, the directors may pay interim dividends on shares of any class. Subject to their judgment, the directors may also pay half yearly or at other suitable intervals to be settled by them, any dividend which may be payable at a fixed rate if they are of the opinion that the profits justify the payment and if and to the extent that such payment is permitted by the Companies Act. Amryt may, upon the recommendation of the directors, by ordinary resolution at a general meeting direct payment of a dividend in whole or in part by the distribution of specific assets (and in particular of paid up shares, debentures or other securities or rights of any other company) and the directors shall give effect to such resolution and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution, the directors may settle the same as they think expedient. There are no separate dividend restrictions or procedures for non-resident holders of shares under the Amryt articles of association. Under the Companies Act, before a company can lawfully make a distribution or dividend, it must ensure that it has sufficient profits available for the purpose. A | | | Under the DGCL, Chiasma stockholders are entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by the Chiasma Board. The Chiasma Board may declare and pay a dividend to Chiasma stockholders out of surplus or, if there is no surplus, out of net profits for the year in which the dividend is declared or the immediately preceding fiscal year, or both, provided that such payment would not reduce capital below the amount of capital represented by all classes of outstanding stock having a preference as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation. A dividend may be paid in cash, in shares of Chiasma common stock or in other property. Under the DGCL, Chiasma common stock may be acquired by Chiasma and subsidiaries of Chiasma without stockholder approval. Shares of such Chiasma common stock owned by a majority-owned subsidiary are neither entitled to vote nor counted as outstanding for quorum purposes. Under the DGCL, Chiasma may redeem or repurchase shares of its own Chiasma common stock, except that generally it may not redeem or repurchase those shares if the capital of Chiasma is impaired at the time or would become impaired as a result of the redemption or repurchase of such shares. If Chiasma were to designate and issue shares of a series of preferred stock that is redeemable in accordance with its terms, such terms would govern the redemption of such shares. Repurchased and redeemed shares may be retired or held as treasury shares. Shares that have been repurchased but have not been retired may be resold by a corporation for such consideration as the board of directors may determine in its discretion. Dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the common stock out of any assets or funds of Chiasma legally available for the payment of dividends, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any outstanding preferred stock, but only when and as declared by the board of directors or any authorized committee thereof. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
company’s profits available for the purpose of making a distribution are its accumulated, realized profits, so far as not previously utilized by distribution or capitalization, less its accumulated, realized losses, so far as not previously written off in a reduction or reorganization of capital. The requirement to have sufficient profits available for the purpose before a distribution or dividend can be paid applies to Amryt and to each of Amryt’s subsidiaries that has been incorporated under English law. It is not sufficient that Amryt has sufficient profits available for the purpose of making a distribution. As a public company, the Companies Act imposes an additional capital maintenance requirement on Amryt to ensure that its net worth is at least equal to the amount of its capital. The rules provide that a public company can only make a distribution: • if, at the time that the distribution is made, the amount of its net assets (that is, the aggregate of the company’s assets less the aggregate of its liabilities) is no less than the aggregate of its called-up share capital and undistributable reserves; and • if, and to the extent that, the distribution itself, at the time that it is made, does not reduce the amount of the net assets to less than that aggregate total. With respect to Amryt ADSs, ADS holders generally have the right to receive the distributions made on the securities deposited with the custodian. An ADS holder’s receipt of these distributions may be limited, however, by practical considerations and legal limitations. ADS holders will receive such distributions under the terms of the deposit agreement in proportion to the number of ADSs held as of the specified record date, after deduction the applicable fees, taxes and expenses. If any cash distributions for the securities on deposit with the custodian are made, the funds will be deposited with the custodian. Upon receipt of confirmation of the deposit of the requisite funds, the depositary will arrange for any funds received in a currency other than U.S. dollars to be converted into U.S. dollars and for the distribution of the U.S. dollars to the holders, subject to the laws and regulations of England and Wales. If the custodian determines that the currency conversion and the transfer and distribution of the proceeds is not practicable or lawful, or if any required approval or license of any governmental authority or agency thereof is denied or is not obtainable at a reasonable cost or within a reasonable period, the custodian may, in its discretion, (i) make such | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
conversion and distribution in dollars to the holders for whom such conversion, transfer and distribution is lawful and practicable, (ii) distribute the foreign currency (or an appropriate document evidencing the right to receive such foreign currency) to holders for whom this is lawful and practicable, or (iii) hold such foreign currency (without liability for interest thereon) for the respective accounts of the holders entitled to receive the same. The depositary will apply the same method for distributing the proceeds of the sale of any property (such as undistributed rights) held by the custodian in respect of securities on deposit. The distribution of cash will be made net of the fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of the deposit agreement. The depositary will hold any cash amounts it is unable to distribute in a non-interest bearing account for the benefit of the applicable holders and beneficial owners of ADSs until the distribution can be effected or the funds that the depositary holds must be escheated as unclaimed property in accordance with the laws of the relevant states of the United States. Whenever a free distribution of ordinary shares for the securities on deposit with the custodian is made, the applicable number of ordinary shares will be deposited with the custodian. Upon receipt of confirmation of such deposit, the depositary will either distribute to holders new ADSs representing the ordinary shares deposited or modify the ADS-to-ordinary shares ratio, in which case each ADS such holder holds will represent rights and interests in the additional ordinary shares so deposited. Only whole new ADSs will be distributed. Fractional entitlements will be sold and the proceeds of such sale will be distributed as in the case of a cash distribution. The distribution of new ADSs or the modification of the ADS-to-ordinary share ratio upon a distribution of ordinary shares will be made net of the fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of the deposit agreement. In order to pay such taxes or governmental charges, the depositary may sell all or a portion of the new ordinary shares so distributed. No such distribution of new ADSs will be made if it would violate a law (e.g., the U.S. securities laws) or if it is not operationally practicable. If the depositary does not distribute new ADSs as described above, it may sell the ordinary shares received upon the terms described in the deposit agreement and will distribute the proceeds of the sale as in the case of a cash distribution. Whenever Amryt intends to distribute rights to subscribe for additional ordinary shares, Amryt will give notice to the depositary and will assist the depositary in | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
determining whether it is lawful and reasonably practicable to distribute rights to subscribe for additional ADSs to holders. The depositary will establish procedures to distribute rights to subscribe for additional ADSs to holders and to enable such holders to exercise such rights if it is lawful and reasonably practicable to make the rights available to holders of ADSs, and if Amryt provides all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement (such as opinions to address the lawfulness of the transaction). ADS holders may have to pay fees, expenses, taxes and other governmental charges to subscribe for the new ADSs upon the exercise of its rights. The depositary is not obligated to establish procedures to facilitate the distribution and exercise by holders of rights to purchase new ordinary shares other than in the form of ADSs. The depositary will not distribute the rights to a holder of Amryt ADSs if: • no timely request that the rights be distributed to such holder is received or if Amryt requests that the rights not be distributed to such holder; • Amryt fails to deliver satisfactory documents to the depositary; or • it is not reasonably practicable to distribute the rights. The depositary will sell the rights that are not exercised or not distributed if such sale is lawful and reasonably practicable. The proceeds of such sale will be distributed to holders as in the case of a cash distribution. If the depositary is unable to sell the rights, it will allow the rights to lapse. Whenever Amryt intends to distribute a dividend payable at the election of shareholders either in cash or in additional shares, Amryt will give prior notice thereof to the depositary and will indicate whether it wishes the elective distribution to be made available to ADS holders. In such case, Amryt will assist the depositary in determining whether such distribution is lawful and reasonably practicable. The depositary will make the election available to ADS holders only if it is reasonably practicable and if it has received all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement. In such case, the depositary will establish procedures to enable ADS holders to elect to receive either cash or additional ADSs, in each case as described in the deposit agreement. | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
If the election is not made available to ADS holders, such holder will receive either cash or additional ADSs, depending on what a shareholder in England and Wales would receive upon failing to make an election, as more fully described in the deposit agreement. Whenever Amryt intends to distribute property other than cash, ordinary shares or rights to purchase additional ordinary shares, Amryt will notify the depositary in advance and will indicate whether Amryt wishes such distribution to be made to ADS holders. In such case, Amryt will assist the depositary in determining whether such distribution is lawful and reasonably practicable. If it is reasonably practicable to distribute such property to ADS holders and if Amryt provides to the depositary all of the documentation contemplated in the deposit agreement, the depositary will distribute the property to the holders in a manner it deems practicable. The distribution will be made net of fees, expenses, taxes and governmental charges payable by holders under the terms of the deposit agreement. In order to pay such taxes and governmental charges, the depositary may sell all or a portion of the property received. The depositary will not distribute the property to a ADS holders and will sell the property if: • Amryt does not timely request that the property be distributed to such or if Amryt requests that the property not be distributed to such holder; • Amryt does not deliver satisfactory documents; or • the depositary determines that all or portion of the distribution to such holder is not reasonably practicable. The proceeds of such a sale will be distributed to ADS holders as in the case of a cash distribution. | | | |
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Required Shareholder Votes for Certain Transactions | |||
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The Companies Act provides for schemes of arrangement, which are arrangements or compromises proposed between a company and (a) its creditors, or any class of them, or (b) its shareholders or any class of them; and are used in certain types of reconstructions, amalgamations, capital reorganizations or takeovers. These arrangements require: • the approval at a shareholders’ or creditors’ meeting convened by order of the court, of a majority in | | | Under Delaware law, a sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of a corporation’s assets, a merger or consolidation of a corporation with another corporation or a dissolution of a corporation generally requires the approval of the corporation’s board of directors and, with limited exceptions, the affirmative vote of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the transaction. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
number of shareholders or creditors or a class thereof representing 75 percent in value of the capital held by, or debt owed to, the shareholders or creditors (or class thereof as the case may be) present and voting, either in person or by proxy at the meeting convened by order of the court; and • the approval of the court. A compromise or agreement sanctioned by the court is binding on (a) all creditors or the class of creditors or on the members or class of members (as the case may be), and (b) the company or, in the case of a company in the course of being wound up, the liquidator and contributories of the company. AIM Rule 14 provides that shareholder consent is required for a reverse takeover, meaning any acquisition(s) in a 12 month period which for an AIM company would: (a) exceed 100 percent in any of the class tests; or (b) result in a fundamental change in its business, board or voting control. In addition, AIM Rule 15 provides that any disposal by an AIM company which, when aggregated with any other disposal(s) over the previous twelve months, exceeds 75 percent in any of the class tests, is deemed to be a disposal resulting in a fundamental change of business and must be, amongst other things, conditional on the consent of its shareholders being given in general meeting. There are additional rules which apply to mergers and divisions of public companies. | | | |
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State Antitakeover Statutes and Certain Articles of Incorporation Provisions | |||
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See the section entitled “Appraisal and Dissenters Rights” above with regards to the “squeeze-out” and “sell-out” takeover provisions under the Companies Act. Under the Companies Act, a limited company having a share capital may only purchase its own shares (including any redeemable shares) out of the distributable profits of the company available for the purpose or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for the purpose of financing the purchase, provided that they are not restricted from doing so by their articles. A limited company may not purchase its own shares if, as a result of the purchase, there would no longer be any issued shares of the company other than redeemable shares or shares held as treasury shares. Shares must be fully paid in order to be repurchased. Subject to the foregoing, the Amryt articles of association provide that it shall have the power, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and, if applicable, subject to any approval by means of a special resolution | | | Chiasma is subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a business combination with any interested stockholder for a three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the board of directors approves the business combination or the transaction by which such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, in either case, before the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder acquires 85 percent of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock in the transaction by which such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, or the business combination is subsequently approved by the board of directors and authorized at a meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2∕3 percent of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
at a separate class meeting of the holders of any class of convertible shares, to purchase its own shares, including any redeemable shares. Amryt completed a capital reduction of its share premium account which was formally approved at the UK High Court of Justice on November 5, 2019, following which Amryt now has positive distributable reserves. Further, Amryt agreed, for certain Aegerion creditors who wished to restrict their percentage share interest in Amryt’s issued share capital, to issue to the relevant Aegerion creditor, as an alternative to Amryt ordinary shares, an equivalent number of new zero cost warrants to subscribe for Amryt ordinary shares to be constituted on the terms of the zero cost warrant. The relevant Aegerion creditors are entitled at any time to exercise the zero cost warrants, at which point in time Amryt would issue to that Aegerion creditor the relevant number of fully paid ordinary shares in return for the exercise of the zero cost warrants. On September 24, 2019, certain of Aegerion’s creditors elected to receive 8,065,000 zero cost warrants to subscribe for Amryt ordinary shares as consideration for the acquisition. Separately 5,911,722 warrants were issued to investors in connection with Amryt’s $60.0 million equity raise. On November 14, 2019, Amryt repurchased a combined 4,864,656 ordinary shares from Highbridge Tactical Credit Master Fund L.P., Highbridge SCF Special Situations SPV, L.P. and Nineteen77 Global Multi Strategy Alpha Master Limited. In exchange for the ordinary shares, these institutions were issued an equivalent number of zero cost warrants. Each warrant entitles the holder to subscribe for one ordinary share at zero cost. These ordinary shares are now held as treasury shares. On December 19, 2019, Highbridge MSF International Ltd exercised 1,645,105 zero cost warrants in exchange for 1,645,105 ordinary shares. On July 9, 2020, Highbridge Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P. exercised 4,000,000 warrants in exchange for 4,000,000 ordinary shares. On September 22, 2020, Nineteen 77 Global Multi Strategy Alpha Master Limited exercised 4,229,753 warrants in exchange for 4,229,753 ordinary shares. As Amryt is a public company incorporated in England and Wales with its registered office in England and Wales | | |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
and which has shares admitted to AIM, it is subject to the UK City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (which we refer to as the “City Code”), which is issued and administered by the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (which we refer to as the “Panel”). The City Code provides a framework within which takeovers of companies subject to it are conducted. In particular, the City Code contains certain rules in respect of mandatory offers. Under Rule 9 of the City Code, if a person: • acquires, whether by a series of transactions over a period of time or not, an interest in Amryt’s shares which, when taken together with shares in which he or she or persons acting in concert with him or her are interested, carries 30 percent or more of the voting rights of Amryt’s shares; or • who, together with persons acting in concert with him or her, is interested in shares that in the aggregate carry not less than 30 percent and not more than 50 percent of the voting rights of Amryt’s shares, and such person, or any person acting in concert with him or her, acquires additional interests in shares that increase the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which that person is interested; the acquirer and depending on the circumstances, its concert parties, would be required (except with the consent of the Panel) to make a cash offer (or an offer accompanied by a cash alternative) for Amryt’s outstanding shares at a price not less than the highest price paid for any interests in the shares by the acquirer or its concert parties during the previous 12 months. | | | |
Pre-emptive Rights | |||
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English law generally provides Amryt’s shareholders with pre-emptive rights when ‘equity securities’ (meaning ordinary shares or rights to subscribe for, or convert securities into, ordinary shares) are issued for cash. Public companies can seek approval from their shareholders by way of a special resolution, to disapply the statutory pre-emptive rights. Such a disapplication of pre-emptive rights may be for a maximum period of up to five years from the date of the shareholder resolution. This approval would need to be renewed by Amryt’s shareholders upon its expiration (i.e., at least every five years). Typically UK public companies seek the disapplication of pre-emption rights (in relation to a specified aggregate nominal amount) on an annual basis at their annual general meeting and certain disapplications of pre-emption rights have been approved by Amryt shareholders. | | | Chiasma stockholders do not have preemptive rights to acquire newly issued capital stock. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Fiduciary Duties | |||
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Under English law, Amryt’s directors owe various statutory and fiduciary duties to Amryt, including: • to act in the way he or she considers, in good faith, would be most likely to promote the success of the company for the benefit of its members as a whole, and in doing so have regard (amongst other matters) to: (i) the likely consequences of any decision in the long-term, (ii) the interests of Amryt’s employees, (iii) the need to foster Amryt’s business relationships with suppliers, customers and others, (iv) the impact of Amryt’s operations on the community and the environment, (v) the desirability of Amryt to maintain a reputation for high standards of business conduct, and (vi) the need to act fairly as between Amryt’s shareholders; • to avoid a situation in which he or she has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of Amryt; • to act in accordance with the company’s constitution and only exercise his or her powers for the purposes for which they are conferred; • to exercise independent judgment; • to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence; • not to accept benefits from a third party conferred by reason of his or her being a director or doing, or not doing, anything as a director; and • to declare any interest that he or she has, whether directly or indirectly, in a proposed or existing transaction or arrangement with the company. | | | Directors of a Delaware corporation owe fiduciary duties of care and loyalty to the corporation and to its shareholders. The duty of care generally requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself or herself of all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director act in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He or she must not use his or her corporate position for personal gain or advantage. In general, but subject to certain exceptions, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Delaware courts have also imposed a heightened standard of conduct upon directors of a Delaware corporation who take any action designed to defeat a threatened change in control of the corporation. Under Delaware law, a member of the board of directors, or a member of any committee designated by the board of directors, is, in the performance of such member’s duties, fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the corporation by any of the corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the board of directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the corporation. |
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Exclusive Forum | |||
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The deposit agreement and the ADSs will be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The rights of holders of ordinary shares (including ordinary shares represented by ADSs) are governed by the laws of England and Wales. | | | Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to limited exceptions, the state or federal courts located in the State of Delaware are the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on Chiasma’s behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of Chiasma’s directors, officers or other employees to Chiasma or Chiasma’s stockholders, (iii) any action |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
| | asserting a claim against Chiasma’s arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, Chiasma’s certificate of incorporation or Chiasma’s bylaws, or (iv) any other action asserting a claim against Chiasma that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The Chiasma bylaws provide that unless Chiasma consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or Chiasma’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of DGCL or the Chiasma certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against Chiasma governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of Chiasma shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of exclusive forum provision. | |
Conflicts of Interest | |||
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Under English law, a director is under a duty to avoid a situation in which he or she has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the company and is obliged to declare his or her interest in a proposed or ongoing transaction to the other directors. It is an offence to fail to declare an interest. Save as provided in the Amryt articles of association, a director shall not vote at a meeting of the directors on any resolution concerning a matter in which he or she has any material interest otherwise than by virtue of his or her interests in shares, debentures or other securities of, or rights of, Amryt. A director shall be entitled to vote in respect of any matter in which he or she has any interest which is not material. A director shall not be counted in the quorum at a meeting in relation to any resolution on which he or she is debarred from voting. The duty to avoid a conflict of interest is not infringed if the situation cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest or if the matter has been authorized by the directors in accordance with the Amryt articles of association. Pursuant to the Amryt articles of association, no director or proposed director, including an alternate director, shall be disqualified by his or her office from contracting with | | | Under Delaware law, a contract or transaction in which a director has an interest will not be voidable solely for this reason if (i) the material facts about such interested director’s interest are disclosed or are known to the board of directors or an informed and properly functioning independent committee thereof, and a majority of disinterested directors or such committee in good faith authorizes the transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, (ii) the material facts about such interested director’s relationship or interest are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote on such transaction, and the transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the majority of shares entitled to vote thereon or (iii) the transaction is fair to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified. The mere fact that an interested director is present and voting on a transaction in which he or she is interested will not itself make the transaction void. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee that authorizes the contract or transaction. Under Delaware law, an interested director could be held liable for a transaction in which such director derived an improper personal benefit. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Amryt either with regard to his or her tenure of any other office or place of profit, or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract, or any contract or arrangement entered into by or on Amryt’s behalf in which any director is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any director so contracting or being so interested, be liable to account to Amryt for any profit realized by any such contract or arrangement, by reason of such director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. Any director, including an alternate director, may continue to be or become a director or other officer or member of or otherwise interested in any other company promoted by Amryt or any of its subsidiaries or in which Amryt or any of its subsidiaries may be interested, as a member or otherwise, or in which Amryt or any of its subsidiaries has decided not to take any shareholding or other interest whatsoever, and no such director shall be accountable for any remuneration or other benefits whatsoever received by him or her or as a director or other officer or member of or from his or her interest in any such other company. The directors may exercise the voting power conferred by the shares of any other company held or owned by Amryt, or exercisable by them as directors of such other company, in such manner in all respects as they think fit but subject to the restrictions contained in the Amryt articles of association. | | | |
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Rights of Inspections | |||
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Under the Companies Act, Amryt is required to retain and keep available for inspection by shareholders free of charge, and by any other person on payment of a prescribed fee, its register of members. It must also keep available for inspection by shareholders free of charge records of all resolutions and meetings by shareholders and for a fee, provide copies of the minutes to shareholders who request them. Shareholders may also inspect the service contracts of directors at Amryt’s registered offices during business hours free of charge. In each case, the records of all resolutions and meetings of the directors and the shareholders should be kept for at least ten years. These records may be kept in electronic form, as long as they are capable of being produced in hard copy form. Pursuant to the Amryt articles of association, Amryt’s accounting records are kept at Amryt’s registered office, or (subject to the provisions of the Companies Act) at such other place as the directors think fit, and are open to inspection by Amryt’s officers. No shareholder (other | | | Under Section 220 of the DGCL, a stockholder or its agent has a right to inspect Chiasma’s stock ledger, a list of all of its stockholders and its other books and records during the usual hours of business upon written demand stating his or her purpose (which must be reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder). If Chiasma refuses to permit such inspection or refuses to reply to the request within five business days of the demand, the stockholder may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for an order to compel such inspection. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
than an officer of Amryt) has any right of inspecting any Amryt account or book or document except as conferred by applicable law or authorized by the Amryt directors or the shareholders in a general meeting. With respect to Amryt ADSs, the depositary will maintain ADS holder records at its depositary office. An ADS holder may inspect such records at such office during regular business hours but solely for the purpose of communicating with other holders in the interest of business matters relating to the ADSs and the deposit agreement. The depositary will maintain in New York facilities to record and process the issuance, cancellation, combination, split-up and transfer of ADSs. These facilities may be closed from time to time, to the extent not prohibited by law. | | | |
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Shareholder Suits | |||
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Under English law, generally, the company, rather than its shareholders, is the proper claimant in an action in respect of a wrong done to the company or where there is an irregularity in the company’s internal management. Notwithstanding this general position, the Companies Act provides that (i) a court may allow a shareholder to bring a derivative claim (that is, an action in respect of and on behalf of the company) in respect of a cause of action arising from an actual or proposed act or omission involving a director’s negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, and (ii) a shareholder may bring a claim for a court order where the company’s affairs are being or have been conducted in a manner that is unfairly prejudicial to the interests of some or all of its shareholders, or an actual or proposed act or omission of the company (including an act or omission on its behalf) is or would be so prejudicial. In respect of derivative claims, it is immaterial whether the cause of action arose before or after the person seeking to bring the claim became a shareholder of the company. A person seeking to bring a derivative claim must obtain the permission of the courts of England and Wales to continue that claim after issue. The courts of England and Wales must refuse the claim if the action would not promote the success of the company, or the company authorized the director’s action or omission before it occurred (or before it occurs, for an action or omission that is yet to occur), or has since ratified the action or omission (in both cases provided the act is capable of authorization or ratification). If there is no absolute bar to continuing the claim, the courts of England and Wales must consider the following | | | Generally, Chiasma is subject to potential liability under the federal securities laws and under Delaware law. Under the DGCL, a stockholder may bring a derivative action on behalf of the corporation to enforce the rights of the corporation. Generally, a person may institute and maintain such a suit only if such person was a stockholder at the time of the transaction that is the subject of the suit or his or her shares thereafter devolved upon him or her by operation of law. The DGCL also requires that the derivative plaintiff make a demand on the directors of the corporation to assert the corporate claim before the suit may be prosecuted by the derivative plaintiff, unless such demand would be futile. In certain circumstances, class action lawsuits are available to stockholders. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
(non-exhaustive) factors: (a) whether the shareholder is acting in good faith in seeking to continue the claim, (b) the importance that a person acting in accordance with the duty to promote the success of the company would accord to the proposed claim, (c) whether a proposed or past act or omission could be, and in the circumstances would be likely to be authorized or ratified, (d) whether the company has decided not to pursue the claim, (e) whether the shareholder has a cause of action that he or she may pursue in his or her own right rather than on behalf of the company, and (f) the views of the shareholders of the company who have no personal direct or indirect interest in the matter. The UK Limitation Act 1980 imposes a limitation period, with certain exceptions, of civil claims. The period is six years in respect of actions in contract and tort, and twelve years for breach of any obligation contained in a deed. The period starts to run on the date that the action accrued. In the case of contract, this is the date on which the breach occurred, and in tort this is the date on which the damage occurred. | | | |
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Disclosure of Interest in Shares | |||
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Amryt may give notice pursuant to Article 82 of the Amryt articles of association and Section 793 of the Companies Act to any person whom Amryt knows or have reasonable cause to believe: • to be interested in Amryt’s shares; or • to have been so interested at any time in the three years immediately preceding the date on which the notice is to be issued. The notice may require the person to: • confirm that fact or (as the case may be) to state whether or not it is the case; and • if he or she holds, or has during that time held, any such interest, to give such further information as may be required in accordance with part 22 of the Companies Act (including particulars of the interest (past or present) and the identity of the persons interested in the shares in question). If Amryt has served a disclosure notice on a person appearing to be interested in specified shares and Amryt has not received the information required in the disclosure notice within the “relevant period” (as defined below) after service of the disclosure notice, subject to the other provisions of the Amryt articles of association, the holder holding the specified shares shall not be | | | Neither the DGCL nor the Chiasma certificate of incorporation or bylaws impose an obligation with respect to disclosure by stockholders of their interests in Chiasma common stock, except as part of a stockholders’ nomination of a director or stockholder proposals to be made at an annual meeting. Acquirers of Chiasma common stock are subject to disclosure requirements under Section 13(d)(1) of the U.S. Exchange Act and Rule 13d-1 thereunder, which provide that any person who becomes the beneficial owner of more than 5 percent of the outstanding shares of Chiasma common stock must, within 10 days after such acquisition and subject to certain exceptions, file a Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing specified information, and send a copy of the Schedule 13D to Chiasma and to each securities exchange on which Chiasma common stock is traded. Amendments to Schedule 13D representing changes in co-ownership or intentions with respect to Chiasma must be filed promptly. Chiasma is required by the rules of the SEC to disclose in the proxy statement relating to its annual meeting of shareholders the identity and number of shares of Chiasma voting securities beneficially owned by: • each of its directors; • its principal executive officer; |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
entitled to vote at general meetings and, in addition, if the holder holds 0.25 percent or more of any class of shares, such holder shall not be entitled to receive any dividend in respect of such shares or to transfer or agree to transfer such shares or rights therein. For the purposes of this paragraph, “relevant period” shall be: (i) 28 days, if a holder holds less than 0.25 percent of any class of shares; or (ii) 14 days, if a holder holds 0.25 percent or more of any class of shares. Subject to certain exceptions, each UK-incorporated company is required to comply with the people with significant control register regime specified in the Companies Act. Amryt is required keep a register in which it records the details of every individual (a PSC) and relevant legal entity (an RLE) that has significant control over it. As a UK company which is admitted to AIM, Amryt is subject to certain rules set out in the DTRs and the AIM Rules, including the significant shareholder disclosure obligations that apply to an AIM company pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules and rule 5 of the DTRs (which we refer to as “DTR 5”). The notification threshold under DTR 5 is triggered by interests in voting rights reaching, exceeding or falling below 3 percent and each 1 percent above 3 percent. The holder of the interest is required to notify Amryt of such an interest within two trading days, following which Amryt is required to notify the market without delay and in any event by the end of the third trading day after notification. | | | • its principal financial officer; • each of its three most highly compensated executive officers other than its principal executive officer and its principal financial officer; • all of its directors and executive officers as a group; and • any beneficial owner of 5 percent or more of the Chiasma voting securities of which Chiasma is aware. |
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Related Party Transactions | |||
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Under the AIM Rules, the definition of a “related party” includes substantial shareholders (i.e., any person who is entitled to exercise, or to control the exercise of, 10 percent or more of the votes able to be cast at general meetings of Amryt), directors and certain former directors, or any associate of a related party. Certain tests (which we refer to as “class tests”) are used to assess the impact of the related party transaction on the company. Amryt’s reporting obligations are triggered if any transaction with a related party exceeds 5 percent in any of the class tests. If such threshold is reached, Amryt is required to issue notification without delay as soon as the terms of a transaction with a related party are agreed disclosing: (a) the information specified in Schedule Four of the AIM Rules; (b) the name of the related party | | | Chiasma is subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions: • before the stockholder became interested, Chiasma’s board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
concerned and the nature and extent of their interest in the transaction; and (c) a statement that with the exception of any director who is involved in the transaction as a related party, its directors consider, having consulted with its nominated adviser, that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned. In addition, the AIM Rules provide that Amryt must disclose in its annual audited accounts any transaction with a related party, whether or not previously disclosed under the rules, where any of the class tests exceed 0.25 percent and must specify the identity of the related party and the consideration for the transaction. Further, under the Companies Act, certain transactions between a director (or a person connected with a director) and a related company of which he or she is a director are prohibited unless approved by the shareholders, such as loans, quasi-loans, credit transactions and substantial property transactions. Pursuant to the Amryt articles of association, no director or proposed director, including an alternate director, shall be disqualified by his or her office from contracting with Amryt either with regard to his or her tenure of any other office or place of profit, or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract, or any contract or arrangement entered into by or on Amryt’s behalf in which any director is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested, be liable to be avoided, nor shall any director so contracting or being so interested, be liable to account to Amryt for any profit realized by any such contract or arrangement, by reason of such director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established. Any director, including an alternate director, may continue to be or become a director or other officer or member of or otherwise interested in any other company promoted by Amryt or any of its subsidiaries or in which Amryt or any of its subsidiaries may be interested, as a member or otherwise, or in which Amryt or any of its subsidiaries has decided not to take any shareholding or other interest whatsoever, and no such director shall be accountable for any remuneration or other benefits whatsoever received by him or her or as a director or other officer or member of or from his or her interest in any such other company. The directors may exercise the voting power conferred by the shares of any other company held or owned by Amryt, or exercisable by them as directors | | | • upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85 percent of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and employee stock plans, in some instances, but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder; or • at or after the time the stockholder became interested, the business combination was approved by the Chiasma Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder. Section 203 defines a business combination to include: • any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder; • any sale, transfer, lease, pledge or other disposition involving the interested stockholder of 10 percent or more of the assets of the corporation; • subject to exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder; • subject to exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; and • the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation. In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any entity or person beneficially owning 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by the entity or person. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
of such other company, in such manner in all respects as they think fit but subject to the restrictions contained in the Amryt articles of association. Also see the section entitled “Conflicts of Interest” above with regards to directors’ interests. For the purposes of the Amryt articles of association, the interest of any person who is connected with a director (within the meaning of Section 252 of the Companies Act) shall be taken to be the interest of that director. | | | The Chiasma Board adopted a related person transaction policy, which requires all related person transactions to be reviewed and approved by Chiasma’s audit committee. This review covers any material transaction, arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships, in which we were or are to be a participant, and a related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, including, purchases of goods or services by or from the related person or entities in which the related person has a material interest, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness and employment by us of a related person. A “related person” is any person who is or was one of Chiasma’s executive officers, directors or director nominees or is a holder of more than 5 percent of Chiasma common stock, or their immediate family members or any entity owned or controlled by any of the foregoing persons. Chiasma is required to disclose certain information regarding related party transactions in accordance with SEC rules. |
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Annual and Periodic Reporting Requirements | |||
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Amryt is required to meet continuing obligations under the AIM Rules and applicable English law, including making notifications and announcements with respect to: • Financial reporting—Amryt must publish an annual report as soon as possible and in any event within six months after the end of each financial year. Amryt must also publish a half-yearly report as soon as possible and in any event no later than three months after the end of the period to which it relates; • Inside information—As an AIM traded company, Amryt must comply with both the (a) AIM Rule 11 requirements to disclose price sensitive information, and (b) Article 17 of UK MAR to disclose inside information. Under AIM Rule 11, Amryt must issue notification via a regulated information service, referred to as an “RIS,” without delay of any new developments which are not public knowledge which, if made public, would be likely to lead to a significant movement in the price of its shares (which could include, for example, its financial condition and the performance of its business). In addition to the obligations to manage and disclose price sensitive information under AIM | | | As a U.S. public company and a small reporting company and non-accelerated filer under SEC rules, Chiasma must file with the SEC, among other reports and notices: • an Annual Report on Form 10-K within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year; and • a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter. These reports are Chiasma’s principal disclosure documents, and in addition to financial statements, these reports include details of Chiasma’s business, its capitalization and recent transactions; management’s discussion and analysis of Chiasma’s financial condition and operating results; and officer certifications regarding disclosure controls and procedures, among other matters. In addition, Chiasma must file with the SEC: • a proxy statement in connection with the annual shareholders meeting containing information regarding Chiasma’s executive compensation and the holdings of Chiasma securities by Chiasma’s directors, executive officers, and greater than 5 percent shareholders; and |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
Rule 11, Amryt must inform the public as soon as possible of inside information that directly concerns the company under article 17(1) of UK MAR. For the purposes of UK MAR, inside information is information of a precise nature that: (a) has not been made public, (b) relates, directly or indirectly, to one or more issuers or financial instruments, and (c) if it were made public, would be likely to have a significant effect on the price of those financial instruments or related derivative financial instruments (that is, it is information that a reasonable investor would be likely to use as part of the basis of their investment decisions). • See the section entitled “Disclosure of Interest in Shares” with regards to the disclosure of interests in shares and the PSC regime; • Changes to the Amryt Board—Under the AIM Rules, Amryt must disclose without delay via an RIS after it has made any decision about the appointment of a new director or the resignation or removal of a director; • Repurchase or disposal of shares — under the DTRs, any acquisition or disposal by Amryt of its own ordinary shares must be disclosed no later than four trading days following the acquisition or disposal where that percentage reaches, exceeds or falls below the thresholds of 5 percent or 10 percent of the voting rights. The DTRs also require Amryt to disclose to the public, generally at the end of each calendar month during which an increase or decrease to the number of its own ordinary shares has occurred, (a) the total number of voting rights and capital in respect of each class of share which it issues; and (b) the total number of voting rights attaching to its shares which are held by it in treasury. In addition, AIM Rule 17 provides that Amryt must disclose the occurrence and number of shares taken into and out of treasury without delay via an RIS; • Directors’ dealings—Under UK MAR, Amryt must notify an RIS within three business days of any information notified to it by directors, other persons discharging management responsibilities, and persons closely associated with them, of the occurrence of all transactions conducted on their own account in the shares of the company, or derivatives or any other financial instruments linked to them; | | | • Current Reports on Form 8-K within four business days of the occurrence of specified or other important corporate events. The corporate events required to be disclosed on Form 8-K include, among other things: • entry into a material agreement; • unregistered sales of equity securities; • changes in control; • changes in the composition of the board of directors or executive officers; and • amendments to articles of incorporation or bylaws. Further, Chiasma’s officers, directors and 10 percent shareholders are subject to the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules thereunder with respect to their purchases and sales of Chiasma common stock. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
• Significant transactions—Under the AIM Rules, Amryt must notify an RIS without delay as soon as the terms of any ‘substantial transaction’ are agreed (meaning a transaction which exceeds 10 percent in any of the class tests and includes any transaction by a subsidiary of Amryt, but excludes any transactions of a revenue nature in the ordinary course of business and transactions to raise finance which do not involve a change in the fixed assets of Amryt or its subsidiaries); • See the section entitled “Related Party Transactions” with regards to the disclosures required in connection with transactions with related parties; and • Corporate governance—Under the AIM Rules, Amryt is required to provide details of a recognised corporate governance code that the directors have decided to apply, how Amryt complies with that code, and where it departs from its chosen corporate governance code an explanation of the reasons for doing so. This information is required to be reviewed annually and the website must include the date on which this information was last reviewed. Amryt is also subject to certain periodic reporting requirements under U.S. securities laws. | | | |
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Proxy Statements and Reports | |||
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The directors may at Amryt’s expense send, by post or otherwise, instruments of proxy (with or without provision for their return prepaid) to the shareholders for use at any general meeting or at any meeting of any class of Amryt’s shareholders either in blank or nominating in the alternative any one or more of the directors or the chairman of the meeting or any other person(s). If, for the purpose of any meeting invitations to appoint as proxy a person, or one of a number of persons, specified in the invitations are issued at Amryt’s expense, they shall be issued to all (and not to some only) of the shareholders entitled to be sent a notice of the meeting and to vote at such meeting by proxy. The depositary will make available for an ADS holder’s inspection at its office all communications that it receives from Amryt as a holder of deposited securities that are generally made available to holders of deposited securities. Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, the depositary will send ADS holders copies of those communications or otherwise make those | | | Under the U.S. Exchange Act proxy rules, Chiasma must comply with notice and disclosure requirements relating to the solicitation of proxies for stockholder meetings. |
Amryt Pharma plc | | | Chiasma, Inc. |
communications available to such holder upon a request from Amryt. Under English law, there is no separate regulatory regime for the solicitation of proxies. Amryt is also subject to certain period reporting requirements under U.S. securities laws. Specifically, Amryt is required to publicly file with the SEC an annual report on Form 20-F within six months of the end of the financial year covered by the report. As a foreign private issuer, Amryt is also required to publicly furnish to the SEC current reports on Form 6-K promptly after the occurrence of specified significant events, including material information that it makes or is required to make public pursuant to English law, files or is required to file with any stock exchange on which Amryt ordinary shares trade and which was made public by that exchange, or is otherwise distributed or required to be distributed to shareholders of Amryt. | | | |
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Board Remuneration | |||
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The remuneration of Amryt’s executive directors shall from time to time be determined by the directors who may delegate their authority. Any director who serves on any committee or who devotes special attention to the business or who otherwise performs services which in the opinion of the directors are outside the scope of the ordinary course of duties of a director, may be paid such remuneration by way of salary, lump sum, percentage of profits or otherwise as the directors may determine. The directors are entitled to be paid all expenses properly incurred by them in attending and returning from meetings of the Amryt Board or of any committee of the board or general meetings or separate meetings of the holders of any class of shares or debentures or otherwise in connection with Amryt’s business or the discharge of their duties. | | | Chiasma directors shall receive such compensation for their services as shall be determined by a majority of the board of directors, or a designated committee thereof, provided that directors who are serving Chiasma as employees and who receive compensation for their services as such shall not receive any salary or other compensation for their services as directors of Chiasma. |
• | recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against it or its directors or officers predicated upon the civil liabilities provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States; or |
• | entertain original actions brought in England and Wales against Amryt or Amryt’s directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States. |
• | the appropriate procedural requirements in England and Wales for recognition and enforcement of such a judgment were followed; |
• | the relevant U.S. court had jurisdiction over the original proceedings according to English conflicts of laws principles at the time when proceedings were initiated; |
• | the courts of England and Wales had jurisdiction over the matter on enforcement, and the defendant either submitted to such jurisdiction or was resident or carrying on business within such jurisdiction and was duly served with process; |
• | the U.S. judgment was final and conclusive on the merits in the sense of being final and unalterable in the court that pronounced it and being for a definite sum of money; |
• | the judgment given by the courts was not in respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations (or otherwise based on a U.S. law that an English court considers to relate to a penal, revenue or other public law); if, on the contrary, this were the case, an English court may sever the relevant part from an otherwise unenforceable judgment; |
• | the judgment was not procured by fraud; |
• | recognition or enforcement of the judgment in England and Wales would not be contrary to public policy or the Human Rights Act 1998; |
• | the proceedings pursuant to which judgment was obtained were not contrary to natural justice or incompatible with the principles of notice in England and Wales; |
• | the U.S. judgment was not obtained in breach of an anti-suit injunction or an applicable alternative dispute resolutions provision; |
• | the U.S. judgment was not arrived at by doubling, trebling or otherwise multiplying a sum assessed as compensation for the loss or damages sustained and not being otherwise in breach of Section 5 of the UK Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980, or is a judgment based on measures designated by the Secretary of State under Section 1 of that Act; if, on the contrary, this were the case, an English court may sever the relevant part from an otherwise unenforceable judgment; |
• | there is not a prior decision of an English court or the court of another jurisdiction on the issues in question between the same parties; and |
• | the English enforcement proceedings were commenced within the limitation period. |
• | within a reasonable time before Chiasma begins to print and send proxy materials, if the proposal is submitted for inclusion in Chiasma’s proxy materials for that meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the U.S. Exchange Act; or |
• | if the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders is held on August 10, 2021, then the later of either (a) on or after the close of business on April 12, 2021, or on or before the close of business on May 12, 2021, or (b) or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the Chiasma annual meeting of stockholders is first made, (or if the date is further delayed, then notice must be received by Chiasma’s Corporate Secretary at the address set forth above, no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to, and no later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to, the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the Chiasma annual meeting of stockholders is first made), in which case the notice of the proposal must meet certain requirements set forth in Chiasma’s bylaws and Chiasma will not be required to include the proposal in Chiasma’s proxy materials. All stockholder proposals must comply with Chiasma’s bylaws and SEC regulations, including Rule 14a-8. |
Amryt Filings with the SEC (File No. 001-39365) | | | Period and/or Filing Date |
Annual Report on Form 20-F | | | Year ended December 31, 2020 |
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Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K | | | Filed May 5, 2021 (with respect to Amryt’s financial results as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021), May 5, 2021 (with respect to the merger), June 2, 2021, June 3, 2021 and June 7, 2021. |
Chiasma Filings with the SEC (File No. 001-37500) | | | Period and/or Filing Date |
Annual Report on Form 10-K | | | Year ended December 31, 2020 |
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q | | | Quarter ended March 31, 2021 |
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Definitive proxy statement on Form DEF 14A | | | Filed April 26, 2021 |
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Current Report on Form 8-K | | |
Chiasma, Inc. 140 Kendrick Street, Building C East Needham, MA 02494 Attention: Investor Relations Telephone: (617) 928-5300 | | | Amryt Pharma plc 45 Mespil Road Dublin 4 Ireland Attention: Investor Relations Telephone: +353 (0)1 518 0200 |
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Term | | | Section |
ADS Depositary | | | 1.01(a) |
Affected Employees | | | 7.06(a) |
Agreement | | | Preamble |
Assumed RSU Award | | | 2.06(b)(ii) |
Assumed Stock Option | | | 2.06(a) |
Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions | | | 4.02(a) |
Benefits Continuation Period | | | 7.06(a) |
Cancellation | | | 2.03(a) |
Term | | | Section |
Certificate | | | 2.03(d) |
Certificate of Merger | | | 2.02(a) |
Closing | | | 2.01 |
Closing Date | | | 2.01 |
Company | | | Preamble |
Company Additional Amounts | | | 9.03(f) |
Company Adverse Recommendation Change | | | 6.03(b) |
Company Approval Time | | | 6.03(c) |
Company Board Recommendation | | | 4.02(b) |
Company Material Contract | | | 4.15(a) |
Company No Vote Payment | | | 9.03(c) |
Company Organizational Documents | | | 4.01 |
Company Patents | | | 4.19(e) |
Company Payment | | | 9.03(c) |
Company Permits | | | 4.12 |
Company Preferred Stock | | | 4.05(a) |
Company Registered IP | | | 4.19(a) |
Company RSU Award | | | 2.06(b) |
Company SEC Documents | | | 4.07(a) |
Company Stock Option | | | 2.06(a) |
Company Stockholder Approval | | | 4.02(a) |
Company Stockholder Meeting | | | 7.03(a) |
Company Tax Certificate | | | 7.05(b) |
Company Termination Payment | | | 9.03(a) |
Company Voting Agreement | | | Recitals |
Company Warrant | | | 2.06(e) |
Confidentiality Agreement | | | 6.05(a) |
Contribution | | | Recitals |
Copyrights | | | 1.01(a) |
DEA | | | 4.14(b) |
DGCL | | | 2.02(a) |
Duff & Phelps | | | 4.26 |
Effective Time | | | 2.02(a) |
EMA | | | 4.14(b) |
End Date | | | 9.01(b)(i) |
Exchange Agent | | | 2.04(a) |
Exchange Agent Agreement | | | 2.04(a) |
Exchange Fund | | | 2.04(a) |
Exchange Ratio | | | 2.03(a) |
Excluded Shares | | | 2.03(a) |
FDA | | | 4.14(b) |
Form F-4 | | | 7.02(a) |
Form F-6 | | | 7.02(a) |
Health Care Permits | | | 4.14(b) |
Holdings | | | Recitals |
Indemnitee | | | 7.13(a) |
Intended Tax Treatment | | | Recitals |
internal controls | | | 4.07(i) |
Marks | | | 1.01(a) |
Maximum Premium | | | 7.13(c) |
Term | | | Section |
Merger Consideration | | | 2.03(a) |
Merger Sub | | | Preamble |
Merger | | | 2.02(b) |
Nasdaq | | | 4.03 |
New Company Plans | | | 7.06(b) |
Non-U.S. Plan | | | 4.17(h) |
Outside Counsel Only Material | | | 6.05(c) |
Parent | | | Preamble |
Parent Additional Amounts | | | 9.03(f) |
Parent ADS Issuance | | | 6.02(b)(iv) |
Parent Adverse Recommendation Change | | | 6.04(b) |
Parent Approval Time | | | 6.04(c) |
Parent Board Recommendation | | | 5.02(b) |
Parent Board Size Approval | | | Recitals |
Parent Circular | | | 7.02(a) |
Parent No Vote Payment | | | 9.03(d) |
Parent Non-SEC Documents | | | 5.07(a) |
Parent Organizational Documents | | | 5.01 |
Parent Patents | | | 5.19(e) |
Parent Payment | | | 9.03(c) |
Parent Permits | | | 5.12 |
Parent Public Documents | | | 5.07(a) |
Parent Registered IP | | | 5.19(a) |
Parent RSU Award | | | 5.05(a) |
Parent SEC Documents | | | 5.07(a) |
Parent Share Issuance Approval | | | Recitals |
Parent Shareholder Approval | | | Recitals |
Parent Shareholder Meeting | | | 7.03(b) |
Parent Material Contract | | | 5.15(a) |
Parent Stock Options | | | 5.05(a) |
Parent Tax Certificate | | | 7.05(b) |
Parent Termination Payment | | | 9.03(b) |
Parent US IPO Date | | | 5.07(a) |
Parent Voting Agreement | | | Recitals |
Parent Warrants | | | 5.05(a) |
Party | | | Preamble |
Patents | | | 1.01(a) |
principal executive officer | | | 4.07(h) |
principal financial officer | | | 4.07(h) |
Proxy Statement/Prospectus | | | 7.02(a) |
Regulation S-K | | | 4.10 |
Second Request | | | 7.01(c) |
Surviving Corporation | | | 2.02(b) |
Trade Secrets | | | 1.01(a) |
Transaction Litigation | | | 7.11(a) |
Transition Committee | | | 7.15(a) |
Uncertificated Share | | | 2.03(d) |
| | If to Parent or Merger Sub or, following the Closing, the Surviving Corporation, to: | ||||
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| | Amryt Pharma plc 45 Mespil Road Dublin 2, Ireland | ||||
| | Attention: | | | John McEvoy | |
| | Email: | | | john.mcevoy@amrytpharma.com | |
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| | with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): | ||||
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| | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 U.S.A. | ||||
| | Attention: | | | William B. Sorabella, Esq. | |
| | Email: | | | wsorabella@gibsondunn.com | |
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| | If to the Company, to: | ||||
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| | Chiasma, Inc. 140 Kendrick Street, Building C East Needham, MA 02494 | ||||
| | Attention: | | | Raj Kannan | |
| | Email: | | | raj.kannan@chiasmapharma.com | |
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| | with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): | ||||
| | Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 | ||||
| | Attention: | | | Michael H. Bison, Esq. James A. Matarese, Esq. Lillian Kim, Esq. | |
| | Email: | | | mbison@goodwinlaw.com jmatarese@goodwinlaw.com lkim@goodwinlaw.com |
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| | By: | | | /s/ Dr. Joe Wiley | ||||
| | | | Name: | | | Dr. Joe Wiley | ||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Raj Kannan | ||||
| | | | Name: | | | Raj Kannan | ||
| | | | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer |
MPM ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTORS BV4 LLC | | | MPM BIOVENTURES IV GMBH & CO. BETEILIGUNG KG | ||||||
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By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV LLC, its Manager | | | By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV GP LLC, In its capacity as the Managing Limited Partner |
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By: | | | /s/ Nicholas McGrath | | | | | ||
| | Name: Nicholas McGrath Title: Authorized Signatory | | | By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV LLC, its Managing Member | |
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| | | | | | Name: Nicholas McGrath Title: Authorized Signatory | |||
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MPM BIOVENTURES IV-QP, L.P. | | | MPM BIO IV NVS STRATEGIC FUND, L.P. | ||||||
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By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV GP LLC, its General Partner | | | By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV GP LLC, its General Partner |
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By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV LLC, its Managing Member | | | By: | | | MPM BioVentures IV LLC, its Managing Member |
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By: | | | /s/ Nicholas McGrath | | | By: | | | /s/ Nicholas McGrath |
| | Name: Nicholas McGrath Title: Authorized Signatory | | | | | Name: Nicholas McGrath Title: Authorized Signatory |
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| | AMRYT PHARMA PLC | ||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Dr. Joe Wiley | |
| | Name: Dr. Joe Wiley | ||||
| | Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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| | ACORN MERGER SUB, INC. | ||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Rory Nealon | |
| | Name: Rory Nealon | ||||
| | Title: President |
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| | | Shares of Company Common Stock | | | Company Stock Options | | | Company Warrants | | |
| MPM Asset Management Investors BV4, LLC 450 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | | | 114,299 | | | 0 | | | 34,033 (common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants) | |
| MPM BioVentures IV GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG 450 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | | | 154,861 | | | 0 | | | 46,112 (common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants) | |
| MPM BioVentures IV-QP, L.P. 450 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | | | 4,019,574 | | | 0 | | | 1,196,908 (common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants) | |
| MPM Bio IV NVS Strategic Fund, L.P. 450 Kendall Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 | | | 1,447,562 | | | 0 | | | 105,398 (common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants) | |
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| | HIGHBRIDGE TACTICAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, L.P. | |
| | By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, as Trading Manager | |
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| | By: /s/ Jonathan Segal | |
| | Name: Jonathan Segal | |
| | Title: Managing Director, Co-CIO | |
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| | HIGHBRIDGE CONVERTIBLE DISLOCATION FUND, L.P. | |
| | By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, as Trading Manager | |
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| | By: /s/ Jonathan Segal | |
| | Name: Jonathan Segal | |
| | Title: Managing Director, Co-CIO | |
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| | HIGHBRIDGE SCF SPECIAL SITUATIONS SPV, L.P. | |
| | By: Highbridge Capital Management, LLC, as Trading Manager | |
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| | By: /s/ Jonathan Segal | |
| | Name: Jonathan Segal | |
| | Title: Managing Director, Co-CIO |
| | CHIASMA, INC. | |
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| | By: /s/ Raj Kannan | |
| | Name: Raj Kannan | |
| | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Name, Address and Electronic Mail Address of Securityholder | | | Number and Class of Subject Securities |
Highbridge Tactical Credit Master Fund, L.P. 277 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10172 mo-us@highbridge.com | | | 9,714,347 London-listed Shares 339,023 ADR Shares 5,498,692 Warrants $20,867,490 principal amount of Convertible Bonds |
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Highbridge SCF Special Situations SPV, L.P. 277 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10172 mo-us@highbridge.com | | | 1 London-listed Share 673,401 ADR Shares 3,467,828 Warrants $4,123,390 principal amount of Convertible Bonds |
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Highbridge Convertible Dislocation Fund, L.P. 277 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10172 mo-us@highbridge.com | | | $22,861,728 principal amount of Convertible Bonds |
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| | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES II ACQUISITION 2 L.P. | ||||
| | By: | | | Athyrium Opportunities Associates II LP, its general partner | |
| | By: | | | Athyrium GP Holdings LLC, its general partner | |
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| | By: | | | /s/ Andrew C. Hyman | |
| | Name: | | | Andrew C. Hyman | |
| | Title: | | | Authorized Signatory | |
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| | ATHYRIUM OPPORTUNITIES III ACQUISITION 2 L.P. | ||||
| | By: Athyrium Opportunities Associates III LP, its general partner | ||||
| | By: Athyrium Opportunities Associates III GP LLC, its general partner | ||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Andrew C. Hyman | |
| | Name: | | | Andrew C. Hyman | |
| | Title: | | | Authorized Signatory |
| | CHIASMA, INC. | ||||
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| | By: | | | /s/ Raj Kannan | |
| | Name: | | | Raj Kannan | |
| | Title: | | | Chief Executive Officer |
Name, Address and Electronic Mail Address of Securityholder | | | Number and Class of Subject Securities |
Athyrium Opportunities II Acquisition 2 LP c/o Athyrium Capital Management, LP, 505 Fifth Avenue, Floor 18, New York, New York 10017 AOF2@athyrium.com | | | 2,720,000 American Depositary Shares 12,595,823 Ordinary Shares |
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Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition 2 LP c/o Athyrium Capital Management, LP, 505 Fifth Avenue, Floor 18, New York, New York 10017 AOF3@athyrium.com | | | 1,800,000 American Depositary Shares 9,090,523 Ordinary Shares |
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Athyrium Opportunities II Acquisition LP c/o Athyrium Capital Management, LP, 505 Fifth Avenue, Floor 18, New York, New York 10017 AOF2@athyrium.com | | | $45,024,330 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 |
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Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP c/o Athyrium Capital Management, LP, 505 Fifth Avenue, Floor 18, New York, New York 10017 AOF3@athyrium.com | | | $10,592,739 5.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 |
Confidential | | | May 4, 2021 |
1. | Reviewed documents, including but not limited to the following, regarding Chiasma: |
a. | The Company’s annual reports and audited financial statements on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020; |
b. | Financial projections for the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2030, prepared by Chiasma management (the “Chiasma Projections”); |
c. | Revenue Interest Financing Agreement between Healthcare Royalty Partners IV, L.P. and the Company, dated April 7, 2020; |
2. | Reviewed the documents including, but not limited to the following, regarding Amryt: |
a. | Amryt’s annual report for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”); |
b. | Amryt’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 as filed with the LSE; |
c. | Amryt’s prospectus filings with the SEC, including the Amendment No.1 to Form F-1 filed on January 11, 2021, 424(b)(4) Prospectus filed on January 14, 2021, and 424(b)(3) Prospectus Supplement No.1 filed on March 4, 2021; |
d. | Financial projections for the years ending December 31, 2021 through 2030, prepared by Amryt management and then adjusted by Chiasma management (the “Amryt Projections”); |
e. | Project Charm Pro Forma Analysis, dated April 9, 2021 prepared by Moelis & Company (“Moelis”) in its capacity as investment banker for Amryt; |
f. | Project Charm: Acorn and Synergy Forecast, dated April 19, 2021; |
3. | Documents related to the Proposed Transaction, including: |
a. | The letter of intent from Amryt to the Company dated April 21, 2021; |
b. | The draft Merger Agreement dated May 4, 2021 (the “Draft Merger Agreement”); |
4. | Discussed the information referred to above and the background and other elements of the Proposed Transaction with Chiasma management and their representatives, including Torreya Partners LLC (“Torreya”) in their capacity as investment banker for Chiasma; |
5. | Discussed the Chiasma Projections and their underlying assumptions with Chiasma management and representatives from Torreya; |
6. | Discussed the Amryt Projections and their underlying assumptions and the analysis of Merger synergies with Amryt management and representatives from Moelis, as well as with Chiasma management; |
7. | Reviewed various analyst reports for each of Chiasma, Amryt, and the selected public companies; |
8. | Reviewed the historical trading price and trading volume of the Company Common Stock and Parent ADSs and the publicly traded securities of certain other companies that Duff & Phelps deemed relevant; |
9. | Performed certain valuation and comparative analyses using generally accepted valuation and analytical techniques consisting of discounted cash flow, selected public companies and precedent M&A transactions analyses; and |
10. | Conducted such other analyses and considered such other factors as Duff & Phelps deemed appropriate. |
1. | Relied upon the accuracy, completeness, and fair presentation of all information, data, advice, opinions and representations obtained from public sources or provided to it from private sources, including Company management and did not independently verify such information; |
2. | Relied upon the fact that the Board of Directors and the Company have been advised by counsel as to all legal matters with respect to the Proposed Transaction, including whether all procedures required by law to be taken in connection with the Proposed Transaction have been duly, validly and timely taken; |
3. | Assumed that any estimates, evaluations, forecasts and projections furnished to Duff & Phelps were reasonably prepared and based upon the best currently available information and good faith judgment of the person furnishing the same, and Duff & Phelps expresses no opinion with respect to such projections or the underlying assumptions; |
4. | Assumed that the Merger will qualify for federal income tax purposes as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; |
5. | Assumed that information supplied and representations made by Company management are substantially accurate regarding the Company and the Proposed Transaction; |
6. | Assumed that the representations and warranties made in the Merger Agreement are substantially accurate; |
7. | Assumed that the final executed Merger Agreement will not differ in any material respect from the Draft Merger Agreement reviewed by Duff & Phelps; |
8. | Assumed that there has been no material change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, or prospects of the Company or the Parent since the date of the most recent financial statements and other information made available to or discussed with Duff & Phelps, and that there is no information or facts that would make the information reviewed by or discussed with Duff & Phelps incomplete or misleading; |
9. | Assumed that all of the conditions required to implement the Proposed Transaction will be satisfied and that the Proposed Transaction will be completed in accordance with the Merger Agreement without any amendments thereto or any waivers of any terms or conditions thereof; and |
10. | Assumed that all governmental, regulatory or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation of the Proposed Transaction will be obtained without any adverse effect on the Company or the contemplated benefits expected to be derived in the Proposed Transaction. |
/s/ Kroll, LLC | | | |
Kroll, LLC | | |