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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 7, 2023

 

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38485   93-4225266
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

400 Crossing Blvd

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (908) 947-3120

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   AMRX   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

On October 17, 2023, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old Amneal”), announced plans to pursue a reorganization of certain corporate entities (the “Reorganization”) in order to simplify Old Amneal’s and its subsidiaries’ corporate structure and governance by eliminating Old Amneal’s umbrella partnership-C-corporation (“UP-C”) structure. On November 7, 2023, Old Amneal implemented the Reorganization. Following the implementation of the Reorganization, Old Amneal became a wholly-owned subsidiary of a new holding company, Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New Amneal” or the “Company”), which replaced Old Amneal as the public company trading on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under Old Amneal’s ticker symbol “AMRX.” In addition, New Amneal changed its name to “Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” and Old Amneal changed its name to “Amneal Intermediate Inc.” This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of establishing New Amneal as the successor issuer pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to disclose certain other matters. Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, shares of New Amneal Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“New Amneal Class A Common Stock”), are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as the Class A common stock of the successor issuer.

 

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Merger Agreements and Consummation of Reorganization

On November 7, 2023, as part of the Reorganization, Old Amneal implemented a holding company reorganization (the “Holding Company Reorganization”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “PubCo Merger Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2023, among Old Amneal, New Amneal and Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amneal (“Merger Sub 1”), pursuant to which Merger Sub 1 merged with and into Old Amneal, which resulted in New Amneal becoming the direct parent company of Old Amneal and replacing Old Amneal as the public company trading on the NYSE. Immediately thereafter, as part of the Reorganization, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “OpCo Merger Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2023, among New Amneal, Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Amneal OpCo”), and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Amneal (“Merger Sub 2”), Merger Sub 2 merged (the “OpCo Merger”) with and into Amneal OpCo, which resulted in New Amneal directly and indirectly wholly owning Amneal OpCo. The Reorganization is intended to be a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes for stockholders of New Amneal.

In accordance with the terms of the PubCo Merger Agreement, (i) each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Old Amneal Class A Common Stock”) of Old Amneal issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Holding Company Reorganization (“Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time”) was converted automatically into the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of New Amneal Class A Common Stock, having the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the shares of Old Amneal Class A Amneal Stock being so converted, and (ii) each share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Old Amneal Class B Common Stock”) of Old Amneal issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time was converted automatically into the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“New Amneal Class B Common Stock”) of New Amneal Class B Common Stock, having the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the shares of Old Amneal Class B Common Stock being so converted.

The Holding Company Reorganization was conducted pursuant to Section 251(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), which provides for the formation of a holding company without a vote of the shareholders of the constituent corporation. The conversion of stock occurred automatically without an exchange of stock certificates. Accordingly, upon consummation of the Holding Company Reorganization, Old Amneal stockholders automatically became stockholders of New Amneal, on a one-for-one basis, with the same number and ownership percentage of shares of the same class as they held in Old Amneal immediately prior to the Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time.


In accordance with the terms of the OpCo Merger Agreement: (i) each outstanding Common Unit (as defined in the limited liability company agreement of Amneal OpCo) of Amneal OpCo was automatically converted into the number of shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Old Amneal Class A Common Stock such unit was exchangeable for under the limited liability company agreement of Amneal OpCo and (ii) all outstanding shares of New Amneal Class B Common Stock were surrendered to New Amneal and cancelled.

Following the consummation of the Reorganization, shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock continue to trade on NYSE on an uninterrupted basis under the ticker symbol “AMRX” with the same CUSIP number (#03168L105). Immediately after the consummation of the Reorganization, New Amneal has, on a consolidated basis, the same directors, executive officers, management, assets, business and operations as Old Amneal had immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization.

As a result of the Holding Company Reorganization, New Amneal became the successor issuer to Old Amneal pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) of the Exchange Act, and as a result, shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock are deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as the Class A common stock of the successor issuer.

Assumption of Old Amneal Equity Plan and Agreements

Pursuant to the PubCo Merger Agreement, effective as of the Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time, New Amneal assumed, among other agreements, the Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2018 Incentive Award Plan (as previously amended and restated) and all outstanding stock options and equity awards granted thereunder, and the indemnification agreements between Old Amneal and the directors and executive officers of Old Amneal (collectively, the “Assumed Agreements”). On November 7, 2023, as of the Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time, each of the Assumed Agreements was automatically deemed to be amended as necessary to reflect the assumption by New Amneal described above, to provide that references to Old Amneal in such Assumed Agreement will be read to refer to New Amneal and to add New Amneal as party to the Assumed Agreements with respect to qualifying participants, to the extent deemed necessary or appropriate.

Letter Agreement Amendments to Executive Employment Agreements

In connection with the Reorganization, each of (i) that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, by and among Amneal OpCo, Amneal Holdings, LLC and Andrew Boyer, as modified (the “Employment Agreement of Andrew Boyer” and the amendment to such agreement, “Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Andrew Boyer”), (ii) that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2020, by and among Amneal OpCo, Old Amneal and Anastasios (Tasos) G. Konidaris, as modified (the “Employment Agreement of Anastasios (Tasos) G. Konidaris” and the amendment to such agreement, “Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Anastasios (Tasos) G. Konidaris”), and (iii) that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2020, by and between Old Amneal and Nikita Shah, as modified (the “Employment Agreement of Nikita Shah” and the amendment to such agreement, “Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Nikita Shah”), was amended in order to clarify that (A) (x) Mr. Boyer will remain directly employed by Amneal OpCo and (y) each of Mr. Konidaris and Ms. Shah will remain be employed by Amneal OpCo rather than Old Amneal, and (B) and that all references (other than references in the employment agreements of Mr. Konidaris and Ms. Shah relating to Old Amneal as employer which shall be deemed to instead refer to Amneal OpCo as employer as of the Holding Company Reorganization Effective Time) in such employment agreements to Old Amneal shall be deemed to instead refer to New Amneal.


Amendment to Tax Receivable Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization, Old Amneal amended that certain Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, the “TRA”), among Old Amneal and certain former direct and indirect holders of Common Units of Amneal OpCo (the “Amneal Group”) from time to time party thereto (such amendment, the “TRA Amendment”), in order to (i) provide that the percentage of the applicable tax savings the Amneal Group will be entitled to thereunder is decreased from 85% to 75% and (ii) facilitate the Reorganization.

Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization, Old Amneal amended and restated that certain Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2017 (as amended, the “Stockholders Agreement”), among Old Amneal and certain direct and indirect holders of Common Units of Amneal OpCo from time to time party thereto (as amended and restated, the “Third A&R Stockholders Agreement”), in order to facilitate the Reorganization.

Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization, Amneal OpCo amended and restated that certain Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Amneal OpCo (as amended, the “Third A&R Amneal OpCo Agreement”), dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended and restated, the “Fourth A&R Amneal OpCo Agreement”), in order to (i) remove the requirement for Amneal OpCo to make tax distributions under Section 4.01(b) of the Third A&R Amneal OpCo Agreement, (ii) reflect the addition of New Amneal as a member and the removal as members of the former holders of Old Amneal Class B Common Stock after conversion of the Common Units paired with Old Amneal Class B Common Stock to New Amneal Class A common Stock and (iii) to facilitate the Reorganization.

Stock Surrender Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization, the Company entered into a Stock Surrender Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023 (“Stock Surrender Agreement”) with each member of the Amneal Group pursuant to which each member of the Amneal Group agreed to irrevocably surrender to the Company at the effective time of the OpCo Merger the shares of New Amneal Class B Common Stock Amneal it held immediately prior to the OpCo Merger in order to facilitate the Reorganization.

The foregoing descriptions of the Reorganization, including the Holding Company Reorganization and OpCo Merger, the PubCo Merger Agreement, the OpCo Merger Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Andrew Boyer, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Anastasios Konidaris, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Nikita Shah, the TRA Amendment, the Third A&R Stockholders Agreement, the Fourth A&R Amneal OpCo Agreement and the Stock Surrender Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the PubCo Merger Agreement, the OpCo Merger Agreement, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Andrew Boyer, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Anastasios Konidaris, Amendment No. 1 to the Employment Agreement of Nikita Shah, the TRA Amendment, the Third A&R Stockholders Agreement, the Fourth A&R Amneal OpCo Agreement and the form of Stock Surrender Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

Following the consummation of the Holding Company Reorganization, New Amneal Class A Common Stock continues to trade on NYSE on an uninterrupted basis under the ticker symbol “AMRX”.


The information set forth in Item 1.01, Item 5.03 and Item 8.01 under the heading “Successor Issuer” of this Current Report on Form 8-K describing the succession of New Amneal to Exchange Act Section 12(b) and reporting obligations of Old Amneal, of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 3.01.

In connection with the Holding Company Reorganization, on November 8, 2023, Old Amneal requested that NYSE file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an application on Form 25 to delist the Old Amneal Class A Common Stock from NYSE and deregister the Old Amneal Class A Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. Old Amneal intends to file a certificate on Form 15 requesting that the Old Amneal Class A Common Stock be deregistered under the Exchange Act and that Old Amneal’s reporting obligations under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act be suspended (except to the extent of the succession of New Amneal to the Exchange Act Section 12(b) registration and reporting obligations of Old Amneal as described under the heading, “Successor Issuer,” under Item 8.01 below).

 

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

In connection with the OpCo Merger, on November 7, 2023, New Amneal issued 152,116,890 shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock to holders of Common Units at the effective time of the OpCo Merger as described under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. No underwriters were involved in such issuance of shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock.

 

Item 3.03.

Material Modification of Rights of Security Holders.

Upon consummation of the Holding Company Reorganization, each share of Old Amneal Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the PubCo Merger automatically converted into an equivalent corresponding share of New Amneal Class A Common Stock, having the same designations, rights, powers and preferences and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions as the corresponding share of Old Amneal Class A Common Stock that was converted.

The information set forth in Item 1.01, Item 5.03 and Item 8.01 under the heading “Successor Issuer” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.

 

Item 5.01.

Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 and Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The directors of New Amneal and their committee memberships and titles, which are listed below, are the same as the directors of Old Amneal immediately prior to the Reorganization.

Directors and Committee Memberships

 

Name

  Age  

Title

  Independent   Amneal
Group
Director
  Non-Amneal
Group
Director
  Audit
Committee
  Compensation
Committee
  Nominating
and Corporate
Governance
Committee
  Conflicts
Committee
Emily Peterson Alva   49   Director   X   X          
Deb Autor   56   Director   X     X   X       X
J. Kevin Buchi   68   Director   X     X   X     X   Chair
Jeff George   50   Director   X     X   X   X     X
John Kiely   65   Director   X     X   Chair     X   X
Paul Meister   71   Chairman of the Board of Directors   X   X       X   Chair  
Ted Nark   65   Director   X   X       Chair   X  
Chintu Patel   52   Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director     X          
Chirag Patel   56   Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, Director     X          
Gautam Patel   51   Director     X          
Shlomo Yanai   71   Director   X     X     X     X


Mr. Meister will serve as New Amneal’s Chairman. Biographical information about New Amneal’s directors is included in Old Amneal’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on March 24, 2023 (the “2023 Proxy Statement”) under the caption “Director Nominees” and is incorporated by reference herein.

The executive officers of New Amneal and their positions and titles, which are listed below, are identical to the executive officers of Old Amneal immediately prior to the Reorganization.

Executive Officers

 

Name

  

Age

  

Position with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Chintu Patel    52    Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director
Chirag Patel    56    Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, Director
Andrew Boyer    57    Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer - Generics
Anastasios Konidaris    57    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jason B. Daly    50    Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Nikita Shah    46    Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Biographical information about New Amneal’s executive officers is included in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the captions “Director Nominees” and “Executive Officers and Directors” and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 under the caption “Assumption of Old Amneal Equity Plan and Agreements” and “Letter Agreement Amendments to Executive Employment Agreements” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.02.

Information regarding the compensation arrangements of New Amneal’s named executive officers, including those Assumed Agreements and Letter Agreement Amendments to which the named executive officers are a party, is included in the 2023 Proxy Statement under the captions “Executive Compensation” is incorporated by reference herein.

The information required to be disclosed pursuant to Items 401(b), (d) and (e) of Regulation S-K relating to each of such executive officers is included in the 2023 Proxy Statement and is incorporated by herein. Certain transactions between New Amneal and such officers required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K are included in the 2023 Proxy Statement and are incorporated by reference herein.


Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Upon consummation of the Holding Company Reorganization, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New Amneal (the “New Amneal A&R Certificate of Incorporation”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of New Amneal (the “New Amneal A&R Bylaws”) were the same as the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Old Amneal immediately prior to consummation of the Holding Company Reorganization, respectively, other than certain technical changes permitted by Section 251(g) of the DGCL. The New Amneal A&R Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 7, 2023.

The foregoing descriptions of the New Amneal A&R Certificate of Incorporation and the New Amneal A&R Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the New Amneal A&R Certificate of Incorporation and the New Amneal A&R Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and each of which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Items.

Successor Issuer

In connection with the Holding Company Reorganization and by operation of Rule 12g-3(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, New Amneal is the successor issuer to Old Amneal and has succeeded to the attributes of Old Amneal as the registrant. Shares of New Amneal Class A Common Stock are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and New Amneal is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. New Amneal hereby reports this succession in accordance with Rule 12g-3(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Description of Company Capital Stock

The description of New Amneal’s capital stock provided in Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated by reference herein, modifies and supersedes any prior description of Old Amneal’s capital stock in any registration statement or report filed with the Commission and will be available for incorporation by reference into certain of New Amneal’s filings with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, and the rules and forms promulgated thereunder.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)

Exhibits.

The following documents are herewith furnished as exhibits to this report:

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.), Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc.
  2.2    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.)
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.)
10.1    Amendment to No. 1, dated as of November 7, 2023, to the Employment Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2018, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Amneal Holdings, LLC and Andrew Boyer, as modified
10.2    Amendment to No. 1, dated as of November 7, 2023, to the Employment Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2020, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Anastasios (Tasos) G. Konidaris
10.3    Amendment to No. 1, dated as of November 7, 2023, to the Employment Agreement, dated as of July 29, 2020, by and between Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Nikita Shah
10.4    Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 7, 2023, to the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and among Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and the certain former Members of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC from time to time party thereto among Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and Padmesh Patel, solely in his capacity as the Member Representative
10.5    Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among AP Class D Member, LLC, AP Class E Member, LLC, AH PPU Management, LLC, Amneal Intermediate (formerly Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Atlas Holdings, Inc.) and Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.)
10.6    Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and its Members
10.7    Form of Stock Surrender Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and between Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Amneal NewCo Inc.) and former Members of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
99.1    Description of Capital Stock
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, including without limitation statements regarding the expected benefits of the Reorganization. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “aim,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,”


“estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “trend,” “will,” “would” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties, assumptions, or changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict or quantify. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in such filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: November 8, 2023    
    By:  

/s/ Anastasios Konidaris

    Name:   Anastasios Konidaris
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Exhibit 2.1

Execution Version

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

AMNEAL NEWCO INC.

AND

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 1 INC.

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 7, 2023

 

 


Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I THE MERGER

     3  

    1.1

  The Merger      3  

    1.2

  Effective Time      3  

    1.3

  Certificate of Incorporation      3  

    1.4

  Bylaws      3  

    1.5

  Directors      4  

    1.6

  Officers      4  
ARTICLE II EFFECT OF MERGER ON EQUITY INTERESTS OF OLD PUBCO AND MERGER SUB 1; MERGER CONSIDERATION      4  

    2.1

  Conversion of Securities      4  

    2.2

  New PubCo Shares      4  

    2.3

  No Appraisal Rights      4  

ARTICLE III ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF EQUITY PLANS AND AWARDS

     5  

    3.1

  Equity Plans and Awards      5  

    3.2

  OpCo LLCA      5  

    3.3

  Additional Actions      5  

ARTICLE IV TAX MATTERS

     6  

    4.1

  Tax Treatment      6  

ARTICLE V TERMINATION.

     6  

    5.1

  Termination      6  

ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

     6  

    6.1

  Amendments      6  

    6.2

  Successors and Assigns      6  

    6.3

  Governing Law      6  

    6.4

  Counterparts      7  

    6.5

  Entire Agreement      7  

    6.6

  Severability      7  

Exhibits

Exhibit A

  

Form of Certificate of Merger of Old PubCo

Exhibit B

  

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old PubCo

Exhibit C    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Old PubCo

 

i


AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old PubCo”), Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Old PubCo (“New PubCo”), and Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”) (each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, as of November 6, 2023, Old PubCo has the authority to issue 1,202,000,000 shares, consisting of (i) 900,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Old PubCo Class A Common Stock”), of which 154,427,309 shares are issued and outstanding; (ii) 300,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Old PubCo Class B Common Stock”), of which 152,116,890 shares are issued and outstanding; and (iii) 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Old PubCo Preferred Stock”), of which no shares are issued and outstanding;

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time (as defined below), New PubCo will have the authority to issue 1,202,000,000 shares, consisting of: (i) 900,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “New PubCo Class A Common Stock”), (ii) 300,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “New PubCo Class B Common Stock”) and (iii) 2,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “New PubCo Preferred Stock”);

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Merger Sub 1 has the authority to issue 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Merger Sub 1 Common Stock”), of which 100 shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof and owned by New PubCo;

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time, the designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the New PubCo Class A Common Stock, New PubCo Class B Common Stock and New PubCo Preferred Stock will be the same as those of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock, Old PubCo Class B Common Stock and Old PubCo Preferred Stock, respectively;

WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of New PubCo (the “New Pubco Charter”) and the Bylaws of New PubCo (the “New PubCo Bylaws”), which will be in effect immediately following the Effective Time, shall contain provisions identical to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old PubCo (the “Old PubCo Charter”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Old PubCo (the “Old PubCo Bylaws”), in effect as of the date hereof and that will be in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, respectively (other than as permitted by Section 251(g) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”));

WHEREAS, the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Old PubCo (the “Conflicts Committee of Old PubCo”) has determined that it is in the best interests of Old PubCo and its stockholders for New PubCo, a newly formed entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to directly and indirectly conduct the business operations of Old PubCo and its subsidiaries through a wholly owned corporate group;

WHEREAS, Old PubCo desires to reorganize into a holding company structure in accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL, whereby (i) New PubCo will become a holding company by the merger of Merger Sub 1 with and into Old PubCo, (ii) each share of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger will be converted into one share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock with the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions


thereof, as a share of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock immediately prior to such merger, and (iii) each share of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger will be converted into one share of New PubCo Class B Common Stock with the same designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as a share of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the merger;

WHEREAS, New PubCo and Merger Sub 1 are newly formed corporations organized for the sole purpose of participating in the transactions herein contemplated and actions related thereto, own no assets (other than New PubCo’s ownership of Merger Sub 1 and nominal capital) and have taken no actions other than those necessary or advisable to organize the corporations and to effect the transactions herein contemplated and actions related thereto;

WHEREAS, the Merger (as defined below) will constitute a “Reclassification Event” pursuant to Section 11.01 of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “OpCo LLCA”) of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (“OpCo”), dated as of May 4, 2018;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of New PubCo and the Conflicts Committee of Old PubCo have approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub 1 has (i) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger, (ii) resolved to submit the approval of the adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger, to New PubCo in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1, and (iii) resolved to recommend to New PubCo in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 that it approve the adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Merger;

WHEREAS, prior to the execution of this Agreement, New PubCo in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 duly executed and delivered a stockholder consent, such consent to be effective immediately following the execution of this Agreement, adopting this Agreement pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of New PubCo has approved the retirement of each share of capital stock of New PubCo that is held by Old PubCo immediately prior to the Effective Time and that shall be surrendered to New PubCo at the Effective Time; and

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Old PubCo shall change its name to “Amneal Intermediate Inc.” in order to enable New PubCo to change its name to “Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Old PubCo, New PubCo and Merger Sub 1 hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

1.1    The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, in accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL, Merger Sub 1 shall merge with and into Old PubCo (such merger, the “Merger”), whereupon the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub 1 shall cease, and Old PubCo shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo. At the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects specified herein and in Section 259 of the DGCL. From and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action by any other person, the Surviving Corporation shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises, and be subject to all of the obligations, liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties of Old PubCo and Merger Sub 1, in each case, to the fullest extent provided under the DGCL.

1.2    Effective Time. As soon as practicable on or after the execution of this Agreement, Old PubCo shall file a certificate of merger, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) and Old PubCo, New PubCo and Merger Sub 1 shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL to effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective as of 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023 or at such other date and time as the Parties shall agree and specify in the certificate of merger (the date and time the Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

1.3    Certificate of Incorporation. At the Effective Time, the Old PubCo Charter shall be amended and restated in the Merger, in accordance with Section 251(g) of the DGCL, to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto and as so amended and restated, shall constitute the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the “Surviving Corporation Charter”), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by law.

1.4    Bylaws. The Parties shall take all necessary action such that, at the Effective Time, the Old PubCo Bylaws shall be amended and restated to read in their entirety as set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto and as so amended and restated, shall constitute the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (the “Surviving Corporation Bylaws”), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by law.

 

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1.5    Directors. The Parties shall take all necessary action such that the directors of Merger Sub 1 in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, effective as of the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and will continue to hold office from the Effective Time until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal or until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Surviving Corporation Charter and Surviving Corporation Bylaws, or as otherwise provided by law. The Parties shall take all required action, if any, so that the directors of Old PubCo immediately prior to the Merger shall be the directors of New PubCo upon the Effective Time.

1.6    Officers. The Parties shall take all necessary action such that the officers of Merger Sub 1 in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, effective as of the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation and will continue to hold office from the Effective Time until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal or until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Surviving Corporation Charter and Surviving Corporation Bylaws, or as otherwise provided by law.

ARTICLE II

EFFECT OF MERGER ON EQUITY INTERESTS OF OLD PUBCO AND MERGER SUB 1; MERGER CONSIDERATION

2.1    Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of New PubCo, Merger Sub 1, Old PubCo or any holder of any securities thereof:

(a)    Conversion of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock. Each share of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock. Upon the Effective Time, any certificates representing shares of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall thereafter represent the shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock were converted by virtue of the Merger.

(b)    Conversion of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock. Each share of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class B Common Stock. Upon the Effective Time, any certificates representing shares of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall thereafter represent the shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock into which such shares of Old PubCo Class B Common Stock were converted by virtue of the Merger.

(c)    Conversion of Merger Sub 1 Common Stock. Each share of Merger Sub 1 Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.

2.2    New PubCo Shares. Prior to the Effective Time, Old PubCo and New PubCo shall take any and all actions as are necessary to ensure that each share of capital stock of New PubCo that is held by Old PubCo immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be surrendered to New PubCo and cease to be outstanding at the Effective Time, and no payment shall be made therefor, and Old PubCo, by execution of this Agreement, agrees to forfeit such shares and relinquish any rights to such shares at the Effective Time.

2.3    No Appraisal Rights. In accordance with the DGCL, no appraisal rights shall be available to any record or beneficial owner of shares of Old PubCo Class A Common Stock or Old PubCo Class B Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

 

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ARTICLE III

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF EQUITY PLANS AND AWARDS

3.1    Equity Plans and Awards. At the Effective Time, pursuant to this Agreement, Old PubCo will assign to New PubCo, and New PubCo will assume, sponsorship of Old PubCo’s 2018 Incentive Award Plan (the “Equity Plan”), along with all of Old PubCo’s rights and obligations under the Equity Plan. At the Effective Time, pursuant to this Agreement, Old PubCo will transfer to New PubCo, and New PubCo will assume, its rights and obligations under each stock option to purchase a share of Old PubCo capital stock (each, a “Stock Option”) and each right to acquire, receive or vest in a share of Old PubCo capital stock (each, a “Stock Award” and together with the Stock Options, the “Awards”) issued under the Equity Plan or granted by Old PubCo outside of the Equity Plan pursuant to NYSE Listing Rule 303A.08 that is outstanding and unexercised, unvested and not yet paid or payable immediately prior to the Effective Time, which Awards shall be converted into a stock option to purchase or a right to receive or vest in, respectively, a share of New PubCo capital stock of the same class and with the same rights and privileges relative to New PubCo that such share underlying such Stock Option or Stock Award had relative to Old PubCo immediately prior to the Effective Time on otherwise the same terms and conditions as were applicable immediately prior to the Effective Time, including, for Stock Options, at an exercise price per share equal to the exercise price per share for the applicable share of Old PubCo capital stock.

3.2    OpCo LLCA . Effective as of the Effective Time, Old PubCo hereby assigns to New PubCo, and New PubCo hereby assumes and agrees to perform, all rights and obligations of Old PubCo under the OpCo LLCA (excluding rights and obligations arising by virtue of Old PubCo being a Member (as defined in the OpCo LLCA), including obligations to issue a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units (as defined in the OpCo LLCA) in a Share Settlement (as defined in the OpCo LLCA) pursuant to the exercise of the redemption right in Section 11.01 of the OpCo LLCA.

3.3    Additional Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either Merger Sub 1 or Old PubCo acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of each of Merger Sub 1 and Old PubCo, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of Merger Sub 1 and Old PubCo or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE IV

TAX MATTERS.

4.1    Tax Treatment. The Merger, together with the Agreement and Plan of Merger effective on the date hereof by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Amneal NewCo Inc.), a Delaware corporation, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of New PubCo and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo, is intended to constitute an integrated transaction governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

ARTICLE V

TERMINATION.

5.1    Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the Merger and the other transactions provided for herein may be abandoned, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1, at any time prior to the Effective Time, by Old PubCo; provided, that the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among New PubCo, OpCo and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, dated as of November 7, 2023 (the “OpCo Merger Agreement”) shall have been terminated prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement. In the event of termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and neither Old PubCo, New PubCo, Merger Sub 1 nor their respective stockholders, directors or officers shall have any liability with respect to such termination or abandonment.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1    Amendments. At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be supplemented, amended or modified, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by Merger Sub 1, by the mutual consent of the Parties by action by their respective boards of directors, except that, with respect to Old PubCo, such action shall be by the Conflicts Committee of Old PubCo; provided, however, that, no amendment shall be effected subsequent to the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 that by law requires further approval or authorization by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 or the stockholders of Old PubCo without such further approval or authorization. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the Parties.

6.2    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and all such successors and permitted assigns shall be deemed to be a party hereto for all purposes hereof. No Party may assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer either this Agreement or any of their rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the other Parties.

6.3    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws, provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

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6.4    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, each of which for all purposes shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute collectively, one instrument. This Agreement may be validly executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the Parties consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

6.5    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits, the other certificates, documents, instruments and writings referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each of the Parties acknowledges that no other Party, nor any agent or attorney of any other Party, has made any promise, representation or warranty whatsoever not contained herein, and that such Party has not executed or authorized the execution of this Agreement in reliance upon any such promise, representation or warranty not contained herein.

6.6    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any applicable law or public policy, this Agreement shall be considered divisible and such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent it is deemed unenforceable so long as the legal substance of the transactions contemplated herein is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party, and in all other respects this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if any such provision may be made enforceable by limitation thereof, then such provision shall be deemed to be so limited and shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023.

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

AMNEAL NEWCO INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 1 INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]


Exhibit A

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

MERGING

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 1 INC.

WITH AND INTO

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

November 7, 2023.

Pursuant to Section 251 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), Amneal Intermediate Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as of the date hereof to the following information relating to the merger (the “Merger”) of Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), with and into the Corporation:

FIRST:    The name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations to the Merger (each, a “Constituent Corporation”) are as follows:

 

Name    State of Incorporation
Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc.    Delaware
Amneal Intermediate Inc.    Delaware

SECOND:    An Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023 (as amended or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms, the “Agreement”), by and among the Corporation, Merger Sub and the other party named therein, has been approved, adopted, executed and acknowledged by each Constituent Corporation in accordance with the requirements of Section 251 of the DGCL (and adopted by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL) and sets forth the agreement of merger of the Constituent Corporations, and each of the conditions specified in Section 251(g) of the DGCL has been satisfied with respect to the Merger.

THIRD:    The Corporation will be the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”) and the name of the Surviving Corporation will be: Amneal Intermediate Inc.

FOURTH:    The certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger shall be amended and restated as set forth in Annex I attached hereto and, as so amended and restated, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.

FIFTH:    The executed Agreement is on file at an office of the Surviving Corporation, the address of which is: c/o Amneal Intermediate Inc., 400 Crossing Boulevard, Bridgewater, NJ 08807.

SIXTH:    A copy of the Agreement will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of either Constituent Corporation.

SEVENTH:     This Certificate of Merger and the Merger will become effective as of 4:01 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023, pursuant to Section 103 of the DGCL.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Merger to be signed by an authorized officer as of the date first written above.

 

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


ANNEX I

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

FIRST. The name of the corporation is Amneal Intermediate Inc.

SECOND. The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000. All such shares are to be Common Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, and are to be of one class.

FIFTH. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot.

SIXTH. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter and repeal the bylaws of the corporation.

SEVENTH. Any act or transaction by or involving the corporation, other than the election or removal of directors of the corporation, that, if taken by the corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger of Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc. with and into the corporation (the “Merger Effective Time”), would have required, for its adoption under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation immediately prior to Merger Effective Time, the approval of the stockholders of the corporation, shall, pursuant to Section 251(g)(7)(A) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, require, in addition to approval of the stockholders of the corporation, the approval of the stockholders of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Amneal NewCo Inc. (or any successor by merger), by the same vote as would have been required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and/or by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time.

EIGHTH. To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE EIGHT shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.


NINTH. The corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of any nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this article.


Exhibit B

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

FIRST. The name of the corporation is Amneal Intermediate Inc.

SECOND. The address of the corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000. All such shares are to be Common Stock, par value of $0.01 per share, and are to be of one class.

FIFTH. Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot.

SIXTH. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter and repeal the bylaws of the corporation.

SEVENTH. Any act or transaction by or involving the corporation, other than the election or removal of directors of the corporation, that, if taken by the corporation immediately prior to the effective time of the merger of Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc. with and into the corporation (the “Merger Effective Time”), would have required, for its adoption under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation immediately prior to Merger Effective Time, the approval of the stockholders of the corporation, shall, pursuant to Section 251(g)(7)(A) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, require, in addition to approval of the stockholders of the corporation, the approval of the stockholders of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Amneal NewCo Inc. (or any successor by merger), by the same vote as would have been required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and/or by the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time.

EIGHTH. To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this ARTICLE EIGHT shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.


NINTH. The corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of any nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this article.


Exhibit C

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

 

 

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Stockholders

Section 1.1. Annual Meetings. If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. The corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

Section 1.4. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder


of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

Section 1.5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. Where a separate vote by class or series is required, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum with respect to that matter. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.4 of these bylaws until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 1.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in his or her absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7. Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless a different or minimum vote is required by the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or any law or regulation applicable to the corporation or its securities, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.


Section 1.8. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a)    In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(b)    In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c)    Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, in order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 1.9. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of


stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.9 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 1.10. Action By Written Consent of Stockholders. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be 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 and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. An electronic transmission consenting to action to be taken transmitted by a stockholder, a proxyholder or by a person authorized to act by such stockholder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this Section if the electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder, the proxyholder or by a person authorized to act for the stockholder and the date on which such electronic transmission was transmitted. Any such consent given by electronic transmission shall be deemed delivered as provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”). Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the corporation.

Section 1.11. Inspectors of Election. The corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.


Section 1.12. Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

Section 2.1. Number; Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2.2. Election; Resignation; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall initially consist of the persons named as directors in the certificate of incorporation or elected by the incorporator of the corporation, and each director so elected shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. At the first annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, the stockholders shall elect directors each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the corporation. Unless otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation, any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.


Section 2.3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 2.4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or by any member of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting.

Section 2.5. Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.6. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

Section 2.7. Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in their absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.8. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.

ARTICLE III

Committees

Section 3.1. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.


Section 3.2. Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these bylaws.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 4.1. Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairperson of the Board and a Vice Chairperson of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable. Each such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon notice to the corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 4.2. Powers and Duties of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

Section 4.3. Appointing Attorneys and Agents; Voting Securities of Other Entities. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, the President or any Vice President may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the corporation, in the name and on behalf of the corporation, to cast the votes which the corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consents, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such proxies or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper. Any of the rights set forth in this Section 4.3 which may be delegated to an attorney or agent may also be exercised directly by the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Vice President.

ARTICLE V

Stock

Section 5.1. Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation


by any two authorized officers of the corporation (it being understood that each of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall be an authorized officer for such purpose), certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 5.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

ARTICLE VI

Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the corporation.

Section 6.2. Advancement of Expenses. The corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification under this Article VI (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty days after the corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.


Section 6.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.5. Other Sources. The corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

Section 6.6. Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6.7. Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on December 31, or such other day as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 7.2. Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.3. Manner of Notice.

(a)    Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws may be given in writing directed to the stockholder’s mailing address (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable) as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice shall be given (i) if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, (ii) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at the stockholder’s address, or (iii) if given by electronic mail, when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address (unless the stockholder has notified the corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such notice is prohibited by the General Corporation Law to be given by electronic transmission). A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the corporation. A notice by electronic mail will include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files or information. Any notice to


stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws provided by means of electronic transmission (other than any such notice given by electronic mail) may only be given in a form consented to by such stockholder, and any such notice by such means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to be given as provided by the General Corporation Law. The terms “electronic mail,” “electronic mail address,” “electronic signature” and “electronic transmission” as used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the General Corporation Law.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to any director may be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to such director at such director’s address appearing on the books of the corporation, or may be given by telephone or by any means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, electronic mail) directed to an address for receipt by such director of electronic transmissions appearing on the books of the corporation.

(c)    Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of applicable law, the certificate of incorporation, or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 7.3(c), shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

Section 7.4. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.

Section 7.5. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

Section 7.6. Electronic Signatures, etc. Any document, including, without limitation, any consent, agreement, certificate or instrument, required by the General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws to be executed by any officer, director, stockholder, employee or agent of the corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. All other contracts, agreements, certificates or instruments to be executed on behalf of the corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section 7.7. Amendment of Bylaws. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the Board of Directors, but the stockholders may make additional bylaws and may alter and repeal any bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise.

Exhibit 2.2

Execution Version

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

AND

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC

DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 7, 2023

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I THE MERGER

     2  

    1.1

  The Merger      2  

    1.2

  Effective Time      2  

    1.3

  LLC Agreement      2  

    1.4

  Managing Member      2  

    1.5

  Officers      3  

ARTICLE II EFFECT OF MERGER ON EQUITY INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY; MERGER CONSIDERATION

     3  

    2.1

  Exchange and Surrender of Securities      3  

    2.2

  Surrender of Shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock      3  

    2.3

  Additional Actions      3  

ARTICLE III TAX MATTERS

     4  

    3.1

  Tax Treatment      4  

ARTICLE IV TERMINATION

     4  

    4.1

  Termination      4  

ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS

     4  

    5.1

  Amendments      4  

    5.2

  Successors and Assigns      4  

    5.3

  Governing Law      4  

    5.4

  Counterparts      4  

    5.5

  Entire Agreement      5  

    5.6

  Severability      5  

 

Exhibits  
Exhibit A   Form of Certificate of Merger of OpCo
Exhibit B   Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo

 

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Amneal NewCo Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“New PubCo”), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect subsidiary of New PubCo (“OpCo”) and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”) (each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, Section 18-209 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as amended (the “DLLCA”), authorizes the merger of one or more Delaware limited liability companies with and into a Delaware limited liability company;

WHEREAS, Merger Sub 2 desires to merge with and into OpCo (the “Merger”), following which OpCo shall be the surviving entity;

WHEREAS, New PubCo, as the sole and managing member of Merger Sub 2, is executing this Agreement to approve the consummation of the Merger;

WHEREAS, Amneal Intermediate, Inc. (f/k/a/ Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Old PubCo”), as managing member of OpCo, is executing this Agreement to approve the consummation of the Merger and the Agreement has also been approved by the Conflicts Committee (as defined in the OpCo LLCA (as defined below)) and by the members of OpCo by written consent as provided in and pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo (the “OpCo LLCA”);

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time (as defined below), OpCo will have the authority to issue limited liability company interests, represented by common units (the “OpCo Common Units”), of which 152,116,890 units are issued and outstanding (excluding any OpCo Common Units owned by Old PubCo);

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Merger Sub 2 has the authority to issue limited liability company interests in Merger Sub 2 represented by common units, of which 100 units are issued and outstanding on the date hereof and owned by New PubCo;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Old PubCo, New PubCo and Amneal Merger Sub1 Inc., dated as of November 7, 2023 (the “Old PubCo Merger Agreement”), Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo, merged with and into Old PubCo, with Old PubCo surviving the Merger (the “Old PubCo Merger”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Old PubCo Merger, (i) each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo (“Old PubCo Class A Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (“New PubCo Class A Common Stock”) and (ii) each share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (“New PubCo Class B Common Stock”);


WHEREAS, pursuant to the Old PubCo Merger Agreement, New PubCo assumed and agreed to perform all rights and obligations of Old PubCo under the OpCo LLCA;

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time, each OpCo Common Unit (excluding any OpCo Common Units owned by Old PubCo) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall immediately be exchanged into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock; and

WHEREAS, as a condition to receiving each share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock issuable under the terms of this Agreement in respect of the outstanding OpCo Common Units held by any Member (other than Old PubCo (or New PubCo by virtue of the Old PubCo Merger)) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, such Member shall surrender one share of New PubCo Class B Common Stock to New PubCo for each such share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock that such Member is entitled to receive.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, New PubCo, OpCo and Merger Sub 2 hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

1.1    The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, in accordance with the DLLCA, Merger Sub 2 shall merge with and into OpCo (such merger, the “Merger”), whereupon the separate limited liability company existence of Merger Sub 2 shall cease, and OpCo shall continue as the surviving company of the Merger (the “Surviving Company”). At the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects specified herein and in Section 18-209 of the DLLCA. From and after the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action by any other person, the Surviving Company shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises, and be subject to all of the obligations, liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties of OpCo and Merger Sub 2, in each case, to the fullest extent provided under the DLLCA.

1.2    Effective Time. As soon as practicable on or after the execution of this Agreement, OpCo shall file a certificate of merger, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DLLCA, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) and New PubCo, OpCo and Merger Sub 2 shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DLLCA to effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective as of 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on November 7, 2023 or at such other date and time as the Parties may agree and specify in the certificate of merger (the date and time the Merger becomes effective being referred to herein as the “Effective Time”).

1.3    LLC Agreement. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and pursuant to Section 18-209 of the DLLCA and Section 16.03 of the OpCo LLCA, the OpCo LLCA shall be amended and restated in the Merger to read in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and as so amended and restated, shall constitute the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Surviving Company (the “Surviving Company LLCA”), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by law.

1.4    Managing Member. Old PubCo shall continue as the managing member of the Surviving Company upon the Effective Time and shall thereupon hold such position in accordance with the Surviving Company LLCA until its successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified or until its earlier resignation or removal.

 

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1.5    Officers. The officers of OpCo in office immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, effective as of the Effective Time, continue as the officers of the Surviving Company and will continue to hold office from the Effective Time until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Surviving Company LLCA, or as otherwise provided by law.

ARTICLE II

EFFECT OF MERGER ON EQUITY INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY; MERGER CONSIDERATION

2.1    Exchange and Surrender of Securities. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of OpCo, Merger Sub 2, New PubCo or any holder of any securities thereof:

(a)    Exchange and Surrender of OpCo Common Units.

(i)    Each OpCo Common Unit (excluding any OpCo Common Units held by Old PubCo immediately prior to the Effective Time), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be exchanged into the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock on the terms and subject to the conditions provided herein (including, without limitation, Section 2.2 of this Agreement).

(ii)    Each OpCo Common Unit issued and outstanding and held by Old PubCo immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding as one common unit of the Surviving Company and Old PubCo shall continue as a member of OpCo.

(iii)    Upon exchange of each OpCo Common Unit with New PubCo pursuant to clause (i) above and subject to the conditions provided herein (including, without limitation, Section 2.2 of this Agreement), New PubCo shall issue to the holder thereof one share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock and New PubCo shall be admitted as a member of the Surviving Company.

(iv)    Each limited liability company interest in Merger Sub 2 issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by New PubCo shall automatically be exchanged into one common unit of the Surviving Company.

2.2    Surrender of Shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the right of each holder of outstanding OpCo Common Units as of immediately prior to the Effective Time to receive the shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock issuable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) shall be conditioned on such holder’s unconditional surrender to New PubCo of all shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock held by such holder as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and no former holder of OpCo Common Units shall be entitled to receive or have any right to receive any shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) unless and until such holder unconditionally surrenders to New PubCo all shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock held by such holder as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. Upon the surrender of any such shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock, such shares of New PubCo Class B Common Stock shall promptly be retired by New PubCo.

2.3    Additional Actions. If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Surviving Company its

 

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right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either Merger Sub 2 or OpCo acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Company as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers and the managing member of the Surviving Company shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of each of Merger Sub 2 and OpCo, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in the name and on behalf of each of Merger Sub 2 and OpCo or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Company or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

TAX MATTERS.

3.1    Tax Treatment. The Merger, together with the Agreement and Plan of Merger effective on the date hereof by and among Old PubCo, New PubCo and Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of NewCo, is intended to constitute an integrated transaction governed by Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION.

4.1    Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by OpCo, and the Merger and the other transactions provided for herein may be abandoned, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by OpCo and Merger Sub 2, at any time prior to the Effective Time; provided, that the Old PubCo Merger shall have been terminated prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement. In the event of termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and neither OpCo, Merger Sub 2 nor their respective unitholders, managing members or officers shall have any liability with respect to such termination or abandonment.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1    Amendments. At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be supplemented, amended or modified, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by OpCo and Merger Sub 2, by the mutual consent of the Parties by action by their respective managing members. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the Parties.

5.2    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and all such successors and permitted assigns shall be deemed to be a party hereto for all purposes hereof. No Party may assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer either this Agreement or any of their rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the other Parties; provided, that OpCo may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations (in whole or in part) under this Agreement to any affiliate thereof, but in no event shall any such assignment release Old PubCo from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

5.3    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws, provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

5.4    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, each of which for all purposes shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute collectively,

 

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one instrument. This Agreement may be validly executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the Parties consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

5.5    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits, the other certificates, documents, instruments and writings referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. Each of the Parties acknowledges that no other Party, nor any agent or attorney of any other Party, has made any promise, representation or warranty whatsoever not contained herein, and that such Party has not executed or authorized the execution of this Agreement in reliance upon any such promise, representation or warranty not contained herein.

5.6    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any applicable law or public policy, this Agreement shall be considered divisible and such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent it is deemed unenforceable so long as the legal substance of the transactions contemplated herein is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party, and in all other respects this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if any such provision may be made enforceable by limitation thereof, then such provision shall be deemed to be so limited and shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of 4:02 p.m., Eastern Time on November 7, 2023.

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
  Officer and Corporate Secretary

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]


Exhibit A

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

AMNEAL MERGER SUB 2 LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

WITH AND INTO

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

Pursuant to Title 6, Section 18-209 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended, the undersigned limited liability company has executed the following Certificate of Merger and hereby certifies as follows:

FIRST: The name, jurisdiction of formation and type of entity of each of the constituent entities which is to merge are as follows:

 

Name    Jurisdiction of Formation    Type of Entity
Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC    Delaware    Limited Liability Company

SECOND: The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 7, 2023, entered into by and among Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC and the other parties named therein (the “Merger Agreement”) has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent limited liability companies.

THIRD: The name of the surviving limited liability company is Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC.

FOURTH: This Certificate of Merger, and the merger of Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC with and into Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (the “Merger”), shall be effective as of 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time on November 7, 2023.

FIFTH: The Merger Agreement is on file at the place of business of the surviving limited liability company at: c/o Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 400 Crossing Boulevard, Bridgewater, NJ 08807.

SIXTH: A copy of the Merger Agreement will be furnished by the surviving limited liability company on request, without cost, to any member of any of the constituent limited liability companies.

SEVENTH: The certificate of formation of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, shall be the Certificate of Formation of the surviving limited liability company.

*    *    *    *    *


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the surviving limited liability company has caused this Certificate of Merger to be signed by an authorized person, this 7th of November, 2023.

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:  

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal

Officer and Corporate Secretary


Exhibit B

Execution Version

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 7, 2023

THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2  

ARTICLE II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     12  

        Section 2.01

 

Formation of Company

     12  

        Section 2.02

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement

     12  

        Section 2.03

 

Name

     12  

        Section 2.04

 

Purpose

     12  

        Section 2.05

 

Principal Office; Registered Office

     12  

        Section 2.06

 

Term

     13  

        Section 2.07

 

No State-Law Partnership

     13  

ARTICLE III MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION

     13  

        Section 3.01

 

Members

     13  

        Section 3.02

 

Units

     14  

        Section 3.03

 

[Reserved.]

     14  

        Section 3.04

 

[Reserved.]

     14  

        Section 3.05

 

[Reserved.]

     14  

        Section 3.06

 

Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units

     14  

        Section 3.07

 

Negative Capital Accounts

     15  

        Section 3.08

 

No Withdrawal

     15  

        Section 3.09

 

Loans From Members

     15  

        Section 3.10

 

Tax Treatment of Corporate Equity Plans

     15  

        Section 3.11

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan

     17  

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS

     17  

        Section 4.01

 

Distributions

     17  

        Section 4.02

 

Restricted Distributions

     18  

ARTICLE V CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

     18  

        Section 5.01

 

Capital Accounts

     18  

        Section 5.02

 

Allocations

     19  

        Section 5.03

 

Regulatory and Special Allocations

     19  

        Section 5.04

 

Tax Allocations

     21  

        Section 5.05

 

Withholding; Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member

     22  

ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT

     22  

        Section 6.01

 

Authority of Manager

     22  

        Section 6.02

 

Actions of the Manager

     23  

        Section 6.03

 

Resignation; No Removal

     23  

 

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        Section 6.04

 

Vacancies

     24  

        Section 6.05

 

Transactions Between Company and Manager

     24  

        Section 6.06

 

Reimbursement for Expenses

     24  

        Section 6.07

 

Delegation of Authority

     24  

        Section 6.08

 

Limitation of Liability of Manager

     25  

        Section 6.09

 

Investment Company Act

     25  

        Section 6.10

 

Outside Activities of the Manager

     25  

        Section 6.11

 

Standard of Care

     26  

ARTICLE VII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

     26  

        Section 7.01

 

Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members; Investment Opportunities

     26  

        Section 7.02

 

Lack of Authority

     27  

        Section 7.03

 

No Right of Partition

     28  

        Section 7.04

 

Indemnification

     28  

        Section 7.05

 

Members Right to Act

     29  

        Section 7.06

 

Inspection Rights

     30  

ARTICLE VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     30  

        Section 8.01

 

Records and Accounting

     30  

        Section 8.02

 

Fiscal Year

     30  

ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS

     30  

        Section 9.01

 

Preparation of Tax Returns

     30  

        Section 9.02

 

Tax Elections

     31  

        Section 9.03

 

Tax Controversies

     31  

        Section 9.04

 

Liabilities

     32  

ARTICLE X RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS

     32  

        Section 10.01

 

Transfers by Members

     32  

        Section 10.02

 

Permitted Transfers

     33  

        Section 10.03

 

Restricted Units Legend

     33  

        Section 10.04

 

Transfer

     34  

        Section 10.05

 

Assignee’s Rights

     34  

        Section 10.06

 

Assignor’s Rights and Obligations

     34  

        Section 10.07

 

Overriding Provisions

     35  

ARTICLE XI [Reserved]

     36  

ARTICLE XII ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

     36  

        Section 12.01

 

Substituted Members

     36  

        Section 12.02

 

Additional Members

     36  

ARTICLE XIII WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS

     37  

        Section 13.01

 

Withdrawal and Resignation of Members

     37  

ARTICLE XIV DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

     37  

 

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        Section 14.01

 

Dissolution

     37  

        Section 14.02

 

Liquidation and Termination

     37  

        Section 14.03

 

Deferment; Distribution in Kind

     38  

        Section 14.04

 

Cancellation of Certificate

     38  

        Section 14.05

 

Reasonable Time for Winding Up

     38  

        Section 14.06

 

Return of Capital

     38  

ARTICLE XV VALUATION

     39  

        Section 15.01

 

Determination

     39  

        Section 15.02

 

Dispute Resolution

     39  

ARTICLE XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS

     39  

        Section 16.01

 

Power of Attorney

     39  

        Section 16.02

 

Confidentiality

     40  

        Section 16.03

 

Amendments

     41  

        Section 16.04

 

Title to Company Assets

     41  

        Section 16.05

 

Addresses and Notices

     42  

        Section 16.06

 

Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries

     42  

        Section 16.07

 

Creditors

     42  

        Section 16.08

 

Waiver

     42  

        Section 16.09

 

Counterparts

     43  

        Section 16.10

 

Applicable Law

     43  

        Section 16.11

 

Severability

     43  

        Section 16.12

 

Further Action

     43  

        Section 16.13

 

Conflict

     43  

        Section 16.14

 

Delivery by Electronic Transmission

     43  

        Section 16.15

 

Right of Offset

     43  

        Section 16.16

 

Effectiveness

     44  

        Section 16.17

 

Entire Agreement

     44  

        Section 16.18

 

Remedies

     44  

        Section 16.19

 

Descriptive Headings; Interpretation

     44  

 

Schedules     
Schedule 1      Schedule of Members
Exhibits     
Exhibit A      Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2023, is entered into by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and its Members (as defined herein).

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Act (as defined herein) by the filing of the Certificate (as defined herein) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-201 of the Delaware Act on June 15, 2004;

WHEREAS, the Company previously entered into a Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to but excluding the date hereof, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto, the “Third A&R LLC Agreement”), with the members of the Company party thereto;

WHEREAS, the Conflicts Committee of the board of directors of Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly known as Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) (“Old PubCo”) determined that, in order to combine all of the operations of Old PubCo and its subsidiaries beneath a newly formed publicly traded entity (the “New PubCo) that will conduct its operations directly and indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, pursuing a series of transactions as a result of which (i) holders of Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo (“Old PubCo Class B Common Stock”) would cease to hold such units and would surrender such shares, and would receive a number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (the “New PubCo Class A Common Stock”) equal to the number of Company Common Units such holder previously held (such transactions, together with the related matters thereto previously provided and any other agreements or arrangements necessary or advisable to effect the transactions contemplated herein, the “Reorganization Transactions”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Reorganization Transactions, Old PubCo is party to that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated November 7, 2023, by and among Old PubCo, the Company and the Amneal Group (as defined therein);

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, New PubCo was incorporated as Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Old PubCo;

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo, merged with and into Old PubCo, with Old PubCo surviving the Merger (the “Old PubCo Merger”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Old PubCo Merger, (i) each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo (“Old PubCo Class A Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock and (ii) each share of


Old PubCo Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (“New PubCo Class B Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Old PubCo Merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of New PubCo was amended and restated to, among other things, change the name of New PubCo to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, New PubCo, the Company, and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Company Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, at the effectiveness of the Company Merger Agreement “the “Company Merger Closing”):

(i) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into the Company (the “Company Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving company; and

(ii) each Common Unit (excluding any Common Units owned by Old PubCo) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Closing was automatically exchanged into the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock;

(iii) each Common Unit of Old PubCo issued and outstanding prior to Company Merger Closing was automatically converted into one Common Unit of the Company; and

(iv) each Common Unit issued and outstanding and held by New PubCo following the exchange contemplated by clause (ii) above was automatically converted into one Common Unit of the Company.

WHEREAS, the parties are entering into this Agreement to amend and restate the Third A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the Effective Time to reflect (a) the Reorganization Transactions and (b) the rights and obligations of the Members that are enumerated and agreed upon in the terms of this Agreement effective as of the Effective Time, at which time the Third A&R LLC Agreement shall be superseded entirely by this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Members, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.

Additional Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:

(a)    reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and

(b)    increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i) (relating to minimum gain).

Admission Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06.

Affiliate” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Affiliated”) means, with respect to a specified Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise).

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Appraisers” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.02.

Assignee” means a Person to whom a Company Interest has been transferred but who has not become a Member pursuant to Article XII.

Base Rate” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.

Black-Out Period” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeemed Member is subject, which period restricts the ability of such Redeemed Member to immediately resell shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeemed Member in connection with a Share Settlement.

Book Value” means, the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes, except as follows: (a) the initial Book Value of any Company asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such Company asset as of the date of such contribution; (b) immediately prior to the Distribution by the Company of any Company asset to a Member, the Book Value of such asset shall be adjusted to its gross Fair Market Value as of the date of such Distribution; (c) the Book Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Manager, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional Company Interest in the Company by a new or existing Member in consideration of a Capital Contribution of more than a de minimis amount; (ii) the Distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of

 

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property (other than cash) as consideration for all or a part of such Member’s Company Interest; and (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above need not be made if the Manager reasonably determines in good faith that such adjustment is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members and that the absence of such adjustment does not adversely and disproportionately affect any Member; (d) the Book Value of each Company asset shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted tax basis of such Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Account balances pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, that Book Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph (d) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) above is made in conjunction with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph; and if the Book Value of a Company asset has been determined pursuant to paragraph (a) or adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (c) or (d) above, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted to reflect the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such Company asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01.

Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.

Certificate” means the Company’s Certificate of Formation as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

Change of Control Transaction” means (a) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis, (b) a sale of a majority of the Company’s outstanding Units (other than (i) to the Corporation or (ii) in a Permitted Transfer) or (c) a sale of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of any Material Subsidiary of the Company; in any such case, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise; provided, however, that neither (w) a transaction solely between the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the other hand, nor (x) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of domicile of the Company, nor (y) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the form of entity of the Company, nor (z) a sale of a majority of the outstanding shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise, shall in each case of clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z) constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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Common Stock” means all classes and series of common stock of New PubCo, including the New PubCo Class A Common Stock.

Common Unit” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of the Members (or a permitted Assignee) and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Company Interest” means the interest of a Member (or a permitted Assignee) in Profits, Losses and Distributions.

Company Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Conflicts Committee” means the Conflicts Committee of the Corporate Board established pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

Contribution Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Corporate Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Corporation” means New PubCo, together with its permitted successors and assigns.

Corporation Restricted Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).

Credit Agreements” means (a) that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2022, by and among the Company, as the borrower, Truist Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the Lenders and other parties party thereto (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancings or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, the “ABL Credit Agreement”) and (b) that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and among the Company, as the borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancings or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”).

Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

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Depreciation” means, for each Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to property for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the “remedial method” pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property, the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted tax basis of any property at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period is zero dollars ($0.00), Depreciation with respect to such property shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value using any reasonable method selected by the Manager.

Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

Distributable Cash” shall mean, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a), the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with the Credit Agreements (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of or resulting in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under the Credit Agreements).

Distribution” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Distribute”) means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided, however, that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any recapitalization that does not result in the distribution of cash or property to Members or any exchange of securities of the Company, and any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units, (b) any other payment made by the Company to a Member in redemption or repurchase of all or a portion of such Member’s Units or (c) any amounts payable pursuant to Section 6.06.

Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.16.

Equity Plan” means any stock, stock option or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or the Corporation.

Equity Securities” means (i) with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the

 

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Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (c) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) with respect to the Corporation, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including all common stock and preferred stock, or warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, including any debt instrument convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing.

Event of Withdrawal” means the expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company. “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, termination of a partnership pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 338 of the Code, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset, its fair market value determined according to Article XV.

Fiscal Period” means any interim accounting period within a Taxable Year established by the Company and which is permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code.

Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02.

Governmental Entity” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

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Law” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the United States, any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

LLC Employee” means an employee of, or other service provider to, the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case acting in such capacity.

Losses” means items of Company loss or deduction determined according to Section 5.01(b).

Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

Market Price” means, with respect to a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of a specified date, the last sale price per share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the New PubCo Class A Common Stock selected by the Corporate Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for the shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board.

Material Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that, as of any date of determination, represents more than (a) 50% of the consolidated net tangible assets of the Company or (b) 50% of the consolidated net income of the Company before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (calculated in a manner substantially consistent with the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and “Consolidated EBITDA” or similar definition(s) appearing in the Credit Agreements, including such additional adjustments that are permitted to be made to such measure as described in “EBITDA” or a similar definition appearing in the Credit Agreements).

Member” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each of the members named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII, but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as the owner of one or more Units.

 

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Member Minimum Gain” means “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Merger Sub 2” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

New PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

New PubCo Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Officer” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).

Old PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Optionee” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Equity Plan.

Other Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing such Member’s Units by the total Units of all Members at such time. The Percentage Interest of each member shall be calculated to the 4th decimal place.

Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

Person” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.

Pro rata,” “proportional,” “in proportion to,” and other similar terms, means, with respect to the holder of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units held by such holder as compared to the total number of Units outstanding.

Profits” means items of Company income and gain determined according to Section 5.01(b).

Reclassification Event” means any of the following: (i) any reclassification or recapitalization of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any

 

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transaction subject to Section 3.04), (ii) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving Common Stock, or (iii) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Corporation to any other Person, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Common Stock.

Related Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).

Requisite Members” means the Members (which may include the Manager) holding at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Common Units then outstanding.

Reorganization Transactions has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Revised Partnership Audit Provisions” shall mean Section 1101 of Title XI (Revenue Provisions Related to Tax Compliance) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, H.R. 1314, Public Law Number 114-74.

Schedule of Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.

Share Settlement” means a number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units.

Stock Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange, or such other stock exchange or securities market on which shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock are at any time listed or quoted.

Stockholders Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Corporation and the other parties named therein (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Substituted Member” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01.

Tax Distribution Date” means any date that is two Business Days prior to the date on which estimated federal income tax payments are required to be made by corporate taxpayers and the due date for federal income tax returns of corporate taxpayers (without regard to extensions).

Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.

Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Company, the Corporation and the other Members from time to time party thereto, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of November 7, 2023 (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time).

Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02.

Third A&R LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Trading Day” means a day on which the Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).

Transfer” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Transferring”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities of the Company or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member if a majority of the assets of such Member consist of Units; provided, however, that a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage to a bank or other institutional lender to secure a loan for borrowed money by any Member shall not constitute a “Transfer” until the foreclosure thereof.

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations.

Unit” means a Company Interest of a Member or a permitted Assignee in the Company representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of all Members and Assignees as may be established by the Manager from time to time in accordance with Section 3.02; provided, however, that any class or group of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement, and the Company Interest represented by such class or group of Units shall be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers and duties.

Value” means (a) for any stock option, the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under the applicable Equity Plan and (b) for interest granted pursuant to an Equity Plan other than a stock option, the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the Vesting Date.

 

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Vesting Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(c).

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.01    Formation of Company. The Company was formed on June 15, 2004 pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act.

Section 2.02    Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of continuing the affairs of the Company without dissolution and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. This Agreement amends and restates the Third A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety and shall constitute the “limited liability company agreement” (as that term is used in the Delaware Act) of the Company effective as of the date set forth above. The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06, the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. On any matter upon which this Agreement is silent, the Delaware Act shall control. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that where the Delaware Act provides that a provision of the Delaware Act shall apply “unless otherwise provided in a limited liability company agreement” or words of similar effect, the provisions of this Agreement shall in each instance control; provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 18-210 of the Delaware Act shall not apply or be incorporated into this Agreement.

Section 2.03    Name. The name of the Company shall be “Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC”. The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Delaware Act. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members and, to the extent practicable, to all of the holders of any Equity Securities then outstanding. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.

Section 2.04    Purpose. The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such activities as are permitted under the Delaware Act and determined from time to time by the Manager in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 2.05    Principal Office; Registered Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at 400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, or such other place as the Manager may from time to time designate. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be the Corporation Service Company. The Manager may from time to time change the Company’s registered agent and registered office in the State of Delaware in accordance with the Delaware Act.

 

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Section 2.06    Term. The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV. The existence of the Company shall continue as a separate legal entity until cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the Delaware Act.

Section 2.07    No State-Law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, and that each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION

Section 3.01    Members.

(a)    Old PubCo previously was admitted as a Member and shall remain a Member of the Company upon the Effective Time. At the Company Merger Closing, all holders of Common Units (other than Old PubCo) immediately prior to the Company Merger Closing ceased to be Members upon the exchange of the Common Units held by such Members for New PubCo Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company Merger Agreement. At the Effective Time, New PubCo shall be admitted to the Company as a Member.

(b)    The Company shall maintain a schedule setting forth: (i) the name of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of outstanding Units and the number and class of Units held by each Member; (iii) the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that has been made by the Members with respect to their Units; and (iv) the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed by the Members with respect to their Units (including, if applicable, a description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which contributed property is subject) (such schedule, the “Schedule of Members”). The applicable Schedule of Members in effect as of the Effective Time (after giving effect to the Company Merger) is set forth as Schedule 1 to this Agreement. The Schedule of Members shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit of the Company and all relevant information with respect to each Member. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on the Schedule of Members as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act.

 

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(c)    No Member (other than the Corporation and Old PubCo as expressly provided for in this Agreement) shall be required to make any additional Capital Contributions without such Member’s consent. No Member shall be required or, except as approved by the Manager pursuant to Section 6.01 and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, permitted to loan any money or property to the Company or borrow any money or property from the Company.

Section 3.02    Units. Interests in the Company shall be represented by Units, or such other securities of the Company, in each case as the Manager may establish in its discretion in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions hereof. Immediately after the Effective Time, the Units will be comprised of a single class of Common Units.

Section 3.03    [Reserved.].

Section 3.04    [Reserved.].

Section 3.05    [Reserved.].

Section 3.06    Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units.

(a)    Units shall not be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Manager. If the Manager determines that one or more Units shall be certificated, each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer and any other officer designated by the Manager, representing the number of Units held by such holder. Such certificate shall be in such form (and shall contain such legends) as the Manager may determine. Any or all of such signatures on any certificate representing one or more Units may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The Manager agrees that it shall not elect to treat any Unit as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code unless thereafter all Units then outstanding are represented by one or more certificates.

(b)    If Units are certificated, the Manager may direct that a new certificate representing one or more Units be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Manager of an affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such allegation. The Manager may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

(c)    Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company, if any, of a certificate for one or more Units, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, in compliance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall issue a new certificate representing one or more Units to the Person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, Transfer and registration of Units.

 

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Section 3.07    Negative Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).

Section 3.08    No Withdrawal. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

Section 3.09    Loans From Members. Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(c), the amount of any such advances shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.

Section 3.10    Tax Treatment of Corporate Equity Plans.

(a)    Options Granted to Persons Other than LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a stock option granted over shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to a Person other than an LLC Employee is duly exercised, solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, the Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company as a Capital Contribution (without duplication of any the Value of any New PubCo Class A Common Stock actually contributed) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, an amount equal to the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock then being issued by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of such stock option. The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

(b)    Options Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a stock option granted over shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to an LLC Employee is duly exercised, solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, the following transactions shall be deemed to have occurred.

(i)    The Corporation shall sell to the Optionee, and the Optionee shall purchase from the Corporation, for a cash price per share equal to the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock at the time of the exercise, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the exercise price payable by the Optionee in connection with the exercise of such stock option divided by (y) the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock at the time of such exercise.

(ii)    The Corporation shall sell to the Company (or if the Optionee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Corporation shall sell to such Subsidiary), and the Company (or such Subsidiary, as applicable) shall purchase from the Corporation, a number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the excess of (x) the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as to which such stock option is being exercised over (y) the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) hereof. The purchase price per share of New

 

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PubCo Class A Common Stock for such sale of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of the date of exercise of such stock option.

(iii)    The Company shall transfer to the Optionee (or if the Optionee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Subsidiary shall transfer to the Optionee) at no additional cost to such LLC Employee and as additional compensation to such LLC Employee, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock described in Section 3.10(b)(ii).

(iv)    The Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company in accordance with their Percentage Interests any amounts received by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) and any amount deemed to be received by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(ii). The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

The transactions described in this Section 3.10(b) are intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1032-3 and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(c)    Other Stock Awards Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, any shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock are issued to an LLC Employee in settlement of any equity-based award granted under an Equity Plan (including, without limitation, any Corporation Restricted Shares) in consideration for services performed for the Company or any Subsidiary, on the date (such date, the “Vesting Date”) that the Value of such shares is includible in taxable income of such LLC Employee, the following events will be deemed to have occurred solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes: (a) the Corporation shall be deemed to have sold such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company (or if such LLC Employee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, to such Subsidiary) for a purchase price equal to the Value of such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, (b) the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be deemed to have delivered such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to such LLC Employee, (c) the Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed the purchase price for such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company in accordance with their Percentage Interests as a Capital Contribution, and (d) in the case where such LLC Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have contributed such amount to the capital of the Subsidiary. The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

(d)    Future Stock Incentive Plans. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Corporation from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the Corporation, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates. The Members acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the Corporation, amendments to this Section 3.10 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or

 

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consent to any such amendments requested by the Corporation shall be deemed granted by the Manager without the requirement of any further consent or acknowledgement of any other Member.

(e)    Anti-dilution Adjustments. For all purposes of this Section 3.10, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock and the corresponding number of Common Units shall be determined after giving effect to all anti-dilution or similar adjustments that are applicable, as of the date of exercise or vesting, to the option, warrant, restricted stock or other equity interest that is being exercised or becomes vested under the applicable Equity Plan and applicable award or grant documentation.

Section 3.11    Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article III, all amounts received or deemed received by the Corporation in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the Corporation to effect open market purchases of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, or (b) if the Corporation elects instead to issue new shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the Corporation to the Company in exchange for additional Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Company will issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of new shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock so issued.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01    Distributions.

(a)    Distributable Cash; Other Distributions. To the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, Distributions to Members may be declared by the Manager out of Distributable Cash or other funds or property legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such Distributions) as the Manager shall determine using such record date as the Manager may designate; such Distributions shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest as of the close of business on such record date; provided, however, that the Manager shall have the obligation to make Distributions as set forth in Sections 4.01(b) and 14.02; and provided further that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Distributions shall be made to any Member to the extent such Distribution would violate Section 18-607 or Section 18-804 of the Delaware Act. Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a Distribution pursuant to this Section 4.01(a), the Manager shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the Distribution and the payment date thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, it is intended that the Manager shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, have the right in its reasonable discretion to make Distributions to the Members pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) in such amounts as shall enable the Corporation to pay dividends or to meet its obligations (to the extent such obligations are not otherwise able to be satisfied as a result of Tax Distributions required to be made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or reimbursements required to be made pursuant to Section 6.06).

 

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(b)    Tax Distributions. With respect to any tax period (or the portion thereof) ending after the date hereof, the Company may, on each Tax Distribution Date, make Distributions to all Members so that each Member has received an amount equal to their U.S. federal, state and local tax liabilities, and Old PubCo has received an amount sufficient to enable it to timely (x) satisfy all of its U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax liabilities, and (y) meet its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement.    Tax Distributions to a Member shall be treated as an advance to such Member of amounts to which such Member is otherwise entitled to under this Agreement.

(c)    Tax Refunds of Old PubCo. All refunds for taxes received by Old PubCo after the Effective Time that are attributable to taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Effective Time shall be promptly transferred to the Company for no consideration and no additional Units shall be issued to Old PubCo in respect of any such transfer. Such transfers shall not constitute Capital Contributions and shall have no effect on the Capital Accounts of any Member.

Section 4.02    Restricted Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any Distribution to any Member on account of any Company Interest if such Distribution would violate any applicable Law or the terms of the Credit Agreements or result in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) thereunder.

ARTICLE V

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

Section 5.01    Capital Accounts.

(a)    The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may (in the reasonable discretion of the Manager), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such Treasury Regulations and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of Company property. The Capital Account balance of each of the Members as of the date hereof, as adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), is its respective “Contribution Closing Capital Account Balance” set forth on the Schedule of Members.

(b)    For purposes of computing the amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated pursuant to this Article V and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose); provided, however, that:

(i)    The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall include those items described in Code Section 705(a)(l)(B) or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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(ii)    If the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property.

(iii)    Items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of such property.

(iv)    In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period.

(v)    To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).

(vi)    Items specifically allocated under Section 5.03 shall be excluded from the computation of Profits and Losses.

Section 5.02    Allocations. After giving effect to the allocations under Section 5.03, and subject to Section 5.04, Profits, Losses and, to the extent necessary, individual items of income, gain, loss, credit and deduction, for any Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest.

Section 5.03    Regulatory and Special Allocations.

(a)    Partner nonrecourse deductions (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2)) attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). If there is a net decrease during a Taxable Year in Member Minimum Gain, items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4).

(b)    Nonrecourse deductions (as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Taxable Year shall be allocated pro rata among the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03(a), if there is a net decrease in the Company Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.03(b) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

 

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(c)    If any Member that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or Distribution described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, computed after the application of Sections 5.03(a) and 5.03(b) but before the application of any other provision of this Article V, then items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This Section 5.03(c) is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

(d)    If the allocation of Losses to a Member as provided in Section 5.02 would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, there shall be allocated to such Member only that amount of Losses as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. The Losses that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Member shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to this Section 5.03(d).

(e)    Profits and Losses described in Section 5.01(b)(v) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j) and (m).

(f)    The allocations set forth in Section 5.03(a) through and including Section 5.03(d) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations. The Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Members intend to allocate Profit and Loss of the Company or make Distributions. Accordingly, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, but subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction and loss shall be reallocated among the Members so as to eliminate the effect of the Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the Members to be in the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would have been if Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations. In general, the Members anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) among the Members so that the net amount of the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is zero. In addition, if in any Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period there is a decrease in Company Minimum Gain, or in Member Minimum Gain, and application of the minimum gain chargeback requirements set forth in Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(b) would cause a distortion in the economic arrangement among the Members, the Members may, if they do not expect that the Company will have sufficient other income to correct such distortion, request the Internal Revenue Service to waive either or both of such minimum gain chargeback requirements. If such request is granted, this Agreement shall be applied in such instance as if it did not contain such minimum gain chargeback requirement.

 

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Section 5.04    Tax Allocations.

(a)    The income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts; provided that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable Law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and credits will be allocated among the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.

(b)    Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Code Section 704(c) so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in a manner consistent with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations using any method approved under Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder at the election of the Manager.

(c)    If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.01(b), subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in a manner consistent with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations using any method approved under Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder at the election of the Manager.

(d)    In the event of a Transfer of Units, Profits and Losses and other items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company attributable to such transferred Units for the Fiscal Period in which such Transfer occurs shall be determined using either the interim closing of the books method or the proration method at the election of the Corporation.

(e)    If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

(f)    Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members pro rata as determined by the Manager taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).

(g)    Each Member’s share of the Company’s “excess nonrecourse liabilities” shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) using a method at the election of Manager.

(h)    Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.04 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other Company items pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.05    Withholding; Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member. The Company and its Subsidiaries may withhold from distributions, allocations or portions thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable Law, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company and its Subsidiaries to withhold or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member any amount of U.S. federal, state, or local or non-U.S. taxes that the Manager determines, in good faith, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, if the Company is obligated to pay any other amount to a Governmental Entity (or otherwise makes a payment to a Governmental Entity) that is specifically attributable to a Member (including U.S. federal income taxes as a result of Company obligations pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions with respect to items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit allocable or attributable to such Member, state personal property taxes and state unincorporated business taxes, but excluding payments such as professional association fees and the like made voluntarily by the Company on behalf of any Member based upon such Member’s status as an employee of the Company), then such tax shall be treated as an amount of taxes withheld or paid with respect to such Member pursuant to this Section 5.05. For all purposes under this Agreement, any amounts withheld or paid with respect to a Member pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall be treated as having been distributed to such Member at the time such withholding or payment is made. Further, to the extent that the cumulative amount of such withholding or payment for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled for such period, such Member shall reimburse the Company in full for the amount of such excess. The Manager may offset Distributions to which a Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Person’s obligation to reimburse the Company under this Section 5.05. A Member’s obligation to reimburse the Company under this Section 5.05 shall survive the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, and for purposes of this Section 5.05, the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.05, including instituting a lawsuit to collect amounts owed under such reimbursement obligation with interest accruing from the date such withholding or payment is made by the Company at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by Law). Any income from such reimbursement (and interest) shall not be allocated to or distributed to the Member reimbursing such amount (and interest). Each Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Company such information and forms as required or reasonably requested in order to comply with any laws and regulations governing withholding of tax or in order to claim any reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding to which the Member is legally entitled.

ARTICLE VI

MANAGEMENT

Section 6.01    Authority of Manager.

(a)    Except for situations in which the approval of any Member(s) is specifically required by this Agreement, or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in Old PubCo, as the sole managing member of the Company (Old PubCo, in such capacity, or any other Person appointed in accordance with Section 6.04, the “Manager”) and (ii) the Manager shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company. The Manager shall be the

 

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“manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Delaware Act. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of all such powers and rights conferred on the Members by the Delaware Act with respect to the management and control of the Company. Any vacancies in the position of Manager shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.04.

(b)    The day-to-day business and operations of the Company shall be overseen and implemented by officers of the Company (each, an “Officer” and collectively, the “Officers”), subject to the limitations imposed by the Manager. An Officer may, but need not, be a Member. Each Officer shall be appointed by the Manager and shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any one Person may hold more than one office. Subject to the other provisions in this Agreement (including in Section 6.07 below), the salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager. The authority and responsibility of the Officers shall include, but not be limited to, such duties as the Manager may, from time to time, delegate to them and the carrying out of the Company’s business and affairs on a day-to-day basis. An Officer may also perform one or more roles as an officer of the Manager. The Manager may remove any Officer from office at any time, with or without cause. If any vacancy shall occur in any office, for any reason whatsoever, then the Manager shall have the right to appoint a new Officer to fill the vacancy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the chief executive officer of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to serve as the chief executive officer of the Company at the Effective Time until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed by the Manager in the manner provided herein.

(c)    Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Manager shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity.

Section 6.02    Actions of the Manager. The Manager may act through any Officer or through any other Person or Persons to whom authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to Section 6.07.

Section 6.03    Resignation; No Removal. Old PubCo shall not, by any means, resign as, cease to be or be replaced as the Manager except in compliance with this Section 6.03. No termination or replacement of Old PubCo as the Manager shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of Old PubCo (or its successor, if applicable) and any new Manager and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect. No appointment of a Person other than Old PubCo (or its successor, as applicable) as the Manager shall be effective unless the Corporation (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable) provide all of the other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against Old PubCo (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable), to cause (a) Old PubCo to comply with all of Old PubCo’s obligations under this Agreement other than those that must necessarily

 

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be taken in its capacity as the Manager and (b) the new Manager to comply with all of the Manager’s obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members have no right under this Agreement to remove or replace the Manager.

Section 6.04    Vacancies. Vacancies in the position of Manager occurring for any reason shall be filled by the Corporation (or, if the Corporation has ceased to exist without any successor or assign, then by the holders of a majority in interest of the voting capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such cessation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Members (other than the Corporation) have no right under this Agreement to fill any vacancy in the position of Manager.

Section 6.05    Transactions Between Company and Manager. The Manager may cause the Company to contract and deal with the Manager, or any Affiliate of the Manager; provided that such contracts and dealings are on terms comparable to and competitive with those available to the Company from others dealing at arm’s length or are approved by the Members (other than the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) holding a majority of the Units (excluding Units held by the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) then outstanding and, in any case, would not violate any provisions of or result in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under the Credit Agreements; and provided, further, that any such contracts and dealings that are deemed Related Party Transactions (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) shall be subject to Conflicts Committee approval.

Section 6.06    Reimbursement for Expenses. The Manager shall not be compensated for its services as Manager of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Members acknowledge and agree that New PubCo Class A Common Stock is and will continue to be publicly traded and therefore New PubCo will have access to the public capital markets and that such status and the services performed by New PubCo will inure to the benefit of the Company and all Members; therefore, New PubCo shall be reimbursed by the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, including all fees, expenses and costs of being a public company (including public reporting obligations, proxy statements, stockholder meetings, stock exchange fees, transfer agent fees, SEC and FINRA filing fees and offering expenses) and maintaining its existence as a separate legal entity, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any payment obligations of Old PubCo under the Tax Receivable Agreement. To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by New PubCo on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the Manager or any of its Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.06 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Accounts.

Section 6.07    Delegation of Authority. The Manager (a) may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons such authority and duties as the Manager may deem advisable, and (b) may assign titles (including chief executive officer, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officers, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer) and delegate certain authority and duties to such Persons as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of such agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager, subject to the other provisions in this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.08    Limitation of Liability of Manager.

(a)    Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager’s Affiliates shall be liable to the Company or to any Member that is not the Manager for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Manager in its capacity as the sole managing member of the Company pursuant to authority granted to the Manager by this Agreement; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to the Manager’s or its Affiliates’ or their respective agents’ bad faith, willful misconduct or violation of Law in which the Manager or such Affiliate or their respective agents acted with knowledge that its conduct was unlawful, or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties, covenants or obligations by the Manager or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. The Manager may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Manager shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, and any act of or failure to act by the Manager in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Manager to liability to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager.

(b)    Subject to Section 6.11, whenever in this Agreement the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, so long as the Manager acts in good faith, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Manager shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or impose liability upon the Manager or any of the Manager’s Affiliates.

Section 6.09    Investment Company Act. The Manager shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.

Section 6.10    Outside Activities of the Manager. The Manager shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business or operations, other than in connection with (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Common Units, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) the operation of the Manager as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and listed on a securities exchange, (d) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (e) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their assets or activities, and (f) such activities as are

 

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incidental to the foregoing; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, the net proceeds of any sale of Equity Securities of the Corporation pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company as Capital Contributions and the proceeds of any other financing raised by the Manager pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company as loans or otherwise as appropriate and, provided further, that the Manager may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as the Manager takes all necessary measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such assets are otherwise vested in the Company or its Subsidiaries, through assignment, mortgage loan or otherwise. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Manager from executing any guarantee of indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Section 6.11    Standard of Care. Subject to the second sentence of this Section 6.11, the Manager shall, in connection with the performance of its duties in its capacity as the Manager, have the same fiduciary duties to the Company and the Members as would be owed to a Delaware corporation and its stockholders by its directors, and shall be entitled to the benefit of the same presumptions in carrying out such duties as would be afforded to a director of a Delaware corporation (as such duties and presumptions are defined, described and explained under the Laws of the State of Delaware as in effect from time to time). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Manager shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty that would be owed to a Delaware corporation and its stockholders by its directors; provided, however, that this, limitation of liability shall not eliminate or limit the liabilities of the Manager for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its Members or for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities of the Manager otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, such other duties and liabilities of the Manager.

ARTICLE VII

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

Section 7.01    Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members; Investment Opportunities.

(a)    Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, no Member (including the Manager) shall be obligated personally for any debt, obligation or liability solely by reason of being a Member or acting as the Manager of the Company; provided that, in the case of the Manager, and subject to the second sentence of Section 6.11, this sentence shall not in any manner limit the liability of the Manager to the Company or any Member (other than the Manager) attributable to a breach by the Manager of any obligations of the Manager under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members for liabilities of the Company.

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to such Member. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, it is the intent of the Members that no Distribution to any Member pursuant to Article IV shall be deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the Delaware Act. The payment of any such money or Distribution of any such property to a Member shall be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning of Section 18-502(b) of the Delaware Act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any Member receiving any such money or property shall not be required to return any such money or property to the Company or any other Person. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.

(c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (subject to Section 6.08 and except as set forth in Section 6.11, in each case, with respect to the Manager), to the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member (or such Member’s Affiliate or any manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of such Member or of any Affiliate of such Member (each Person described in this parenthetical, a “Related Person”)) has duties (including fiduciary duties (other than any fiduciary duty owed by such Member or Related Person to the Corporation)) to the Company, to the Manager, to another Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties are hereby eliminated, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and replaced with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any. The elimination of duties to the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement and replacement thereof with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any, are approved by the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement.

(d)    Notwithstanding any duty (including any fiduciary duty) otherwise applicable at law or in equity, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, will not apply to any Member (including the Corporation; in its capacity as a Member, and Old PubCo, in its capacity as a Member or as Manager) or to any Related Person of such Member, and no Member (or any Related Person of such Member) that acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Company or the Members will have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company or the Members, or to develop any particular investment, and such Person will not be liable to the Company or the Members for breach of any fiduciary or other duty (other than any fiduciary duty owed by such Person to the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such Person pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to, another Person or does not communicate such investment opportunity to the Members. Notwithstanding any duty (including any fiduciary duty (other than any fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation)) otherwise applicable at law or in equity, neither the Company nor any Member has any rights or obligations by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits or losses derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such ventures outside the Company, even if competitive with the activities of the Company or the Members, will not be deemed wrongful or improper.

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the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of the powers conferred on the Manager by Law and this Agreement.

Section 7.03    No Right of Partition. No Member shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of Law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.

Section 7.04    Indemnification.

(a)    Subject to Section 5.05, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Person (each an “Indemnified Person”) to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities, damages and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, excise taxes, interest or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was serving as the Manager or Officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, officer, director, principal or member of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise; provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Indemnified Person’s or its Affiliates’ bad faith, willful misconduct or violation of Law in which such Indemnified Person or such Affiliate acted with knowledge that its conduct was unlawful, or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties, covenants or obligations by such Indemnified Person or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

(b)    The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 7.04 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, bylaw, action by the Manager or otherwise.

(c)    The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or substantially equivalent insurance, at its expense, to protect any Indemnified Person (and the investment funds, if any, they represent) against any expense, liability or loss described in Section 7.04(a) whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Person against such expense, liability or loss under the provisions of this Section 7.04. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain property, casualty and liability insurance in types and at levels customary for companies of similar size engaged in similar lines of business, as determined in good faith by the Manager, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including employment practices coverage) with a carrier and in an amount that is necessary or desirable as determined in good faith by the Manager.

 

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(d)    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the indemnification and advancement of expenses to be provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only and no Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company.

(e)    If this Section 7.04 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 7.04 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 7.04 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

Section 7.05    Members Right to Act. For matters that require the approval of the Members, the Members shall act through meetings and written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:

(a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, acts by the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Units, voting together as a single class, shall be the acts of the Members. Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members may authorize another person or persons to act for it by proxy. An electronic mail, telegram, telex, cablegram or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 7.05(a). No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and that the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or, if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.

(b)    The actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by the Manager or by the Members holding a majority of the Units entitled to vote on such matter on at least forty eight (48) hours’ prior written notice to the other Members entitled to vote, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called. The actions taken by the Members entitled to vote or consent at any meeting (as opposed to by written consent), however called and noticed, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if (but not until), either before, at or after the meeting, the Members entitled to vote or consent as to whom it was improperly held signs a written waiver of notice or a consent

 

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to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The actions by the Members entitled to vote or consent may be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote or consent at a meeting or by written consent, so long as such consent is signed by Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the action so taken, which shall state the purpose or purposes for which such consent is required and may be delivered via email, without a meeting shall be given to those Members entitled to vote or consent who have not consented in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the validity of the action taken by such written consent. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.

Section 7.06    Inspection Rights. The Company shall permit each Member and each of its designated representatives to (i) visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, (ii) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom, (iii) consult with the managers, officers, employees and independent accountants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The presentation of an executed copy of this Agreement by any Member to the Company’s independent accountants shall constitute the Company’s permission to its independent accountants to participate in discussions with such Persons and their respective designated representatives.

ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Section 8.01    Records and Accounting. The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 9.01 or pursuant to applicable Laws. All matters concerning (a) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and Distributions among the Members pursuant to Articles III and IV and (b) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Manager, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error.

Section 8.02    Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each year or such other date as may be established by the Manager; provided that the Company shall have the same Fiscal Year for accounting purposes as its Taxable Year for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE IX

TAX MATTERS

Section 9.01    Preparation of Tax Returns. The Manager shall arrange, at the Company’s expense, for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company. On or before March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each Taxable Year, the

 

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Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during the prior quarter, an estimate of such Member’s state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for the prior quarter, which estimate shall have been reviewed by the Company’s outside tax accountants. The Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Taxable Year, a statement showing such Member’s (A) final state tax apportionment information, (B) allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such Taxable Year, (C) a completed IRS Schedule K-1 and (D) all other information reasonably requested and necessary for the preparation of such Person’s U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax returns. The Company shall make commercially reasonable efforts to send the information set forth in the preceding sentence no later than the later of (i) April 15 following the end of the prior Taxable Year, and (ii) thirty (30) Business Days after the issuance of the final financial statement report for a Fiscal Year by the Company’s auditors; provided, however, that in no event shall such information be delivered later than one-hundred fifty (150) days following the end of the prior Taxable Year. Each Member shall notify the Company, and the Company shall take reasonable efforts to notify each of the other Members, upon receipt of any notice of tax examination of the Company by U.S. federal, state or local authorities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in its capacity as Tax Matters Partner or Partnership Representative (as applicable), the Corporation shall have the authority to prepare the tax returns of the Company using the elections set forth in Section 9.02 and such other permissible methods and elections as it determines in its reasonable discretion.

Section 9.02    Tax Elections. The Company and any eligible Subsidiary shall make an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code, shall not thereafter revoke such election and shall make a new election pursuant to Section 754 to the extent necessary following any “termination” of the Company or the Subsidiary under Section 708 of the Code. In addition, the Company (and any eligible Subsidiary) shall make the following elections on the appropriate forms or tax returns:

(a)    to adopt the calendar year as the Company’s Taxable Year, if permitted under the Code;

(b)    to adopt the accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

(c)    to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company as permitted by Code Section 709(b).

Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such elections.

Section 9.03    Tax Controversies.

(a)    With respect to Tax Years beginning on or before December 31, 2017, the Corporation is hereby designated the Tax Matters Partner of the Company, within the meaning given to such term in Section 6231 of the Code (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “Tax Matters Partner”) and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional

 

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services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Tax Matters Partners shall keep all Members fully advised on a current basis of any contacts by or discussions with the tax authorities, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any tax proceedings. Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under Subchapter C, Chapter 63, Subtitle F of the Code (Code Sections 6221 et seq.).

(b)    With respect to Tax Years beginning after December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, the Corporation shall be designated and may, on behalf of the Company, at any time, and without further notice to or consent from any Member, act as the “partnership representative” of the Company, within the meaning given to such term in Section 6223 of the Code (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “Partnership Representative”) for purposes of the Code. The Partnership Representative shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Partnership Representative, and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Partnership Representative shall keep all Members fully advised on a current basis of any contacts by or discussions with the tax authorities, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any tax proceedings. Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions.

Section 9.04    Liabilities. The Manager shall make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all indebtedness that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is treated as indebtedness of the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes are nonrecourse liabilities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

ARTICLE X

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS

Section 10.01    Transfers by Members. No holder of Units may Transfer any interest in any Units, except Transfers (a) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.02 or (b) approved in writing by the Manager (other than any Transfer by the Manager). Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Transfer” shall not include an event that terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, termination of a partnership pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 338 of the Code, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

 

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Section 10.02    Permitted Transfers. The restrictions contained in Section 10.01 shall not apply to any Transfer (each, a “Permitted Transfer”) by a Member to an Affiliate of such Member; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units. In the case of any Permitted Transfer in accordance with the definition of “Permitted Transfer”, (A) the transferor shall deliver a written notice to the Company and the Members, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed transferee, and (B) any such transferees of Units Transferred in such Permitted Transfer shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 10.07(b) hereof (other than Section 10.07(b)(iii)) and Section 4.1 of the Stockholders Agreement.

Section 10.03    Restricted Units Legend. The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available. To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units (if such securities remain Units as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON _____, 20__, AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, AS MAY BE AMENDED AND MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.”

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Section 10.04    Transfer. Prior to Transferring any Units (other than pursuant to a Change of Control Transaction), the Transferring holder of Units shall cause the prospective transferee to be bound by this Agreement and any other agreements executed by the holders of Units and relating to such Units in the aggregate (collectively, the “Other Agreements”), and shall cause the prospective transferee to execute and deliver to the Company and the other holders of Units a Joinder (or other counterpart to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Manager) and counterparts of any applicable Other Agreements. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of any provision of this Agreement (including any prohibited indirect Transfers) (a) shall be void, and (b) the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Units as the owner of such securities for any purpose.

Section 10.05    Assignees Rights.

(a)    The Transfer of a Company Interest in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of its assignment (assuming compliance with all of the conditions to such Transfer set forth herein), and such Transfer shall be shown on the Schedule of Members. Profits, Losses and other Company items shall be allocated between the transferor and the Assignee according to Code Section 706, using any permissible method as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Manager. Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.

(b)    Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article XII, the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that, without relieving the transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 10.06, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein that a Member would be bound on account of the Assignee’s Company Interest (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Company Interest).

Section 10.06    Assignors Rights and Obligations. Any Member who shall Transfer any Company Interest in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in this Section 10.06, duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Section 6.08, Section 7.01 and Section 7.04 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article XII (the “Admission Date”), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest, and (ii) the Manager may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or other interest for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or other interest in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Company Interest that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any liability to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in

 

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its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company.

Section 10.07    Overriding Provisions.

(a)    Any Transfer in violation of this Article X shall be null and void ab initio, and the provisions of Sections 10.05 and 10.06 shall not apply to any such Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom a Transfer is made or attempted in violation of this Article X shall not become a Member, shall not be entitled to vote on any matters coming before the Members and shall not have any other rights in or with respect to any rights of a Member of the Company. The approval of any Transfer in any one or more instances shall not limit or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance. The Manager shall promptly amend the Schedule of Members to reflect any Permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article X.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 10.01 and Article XII), in no event shall any Member Transfer any Units to the extent such Transfer would:

(i)    result in the violation of the Securities Act, or any other applicable U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. Laws;

(ii)    subject the Company to registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;

(iii)    in the reasonable determination of the Manager, be a violation of or a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in an acceleration of any indebtedness under, any promissory note, mortgage, loan agreement, indenture or similar instrument or agreement to which the Company or the Manager is a party; provided that the payee or creditor to whom the Company or the Manager owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Manager; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(iii) shall not apply to any Permitted Transfer;

(iv)    fail to meet one or more of the “secondary market safe harbors” described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(e) (regarding transfers not involving trading, such as, for example certain gift transfers certain carryover basis transfers and certain transfers involving blocks of interests representing more than two percent (2%) of the total interests in the Company’s capital or profits), 1.7704-1(f) (regarding transfers pursuant to certain redemption and repurchase agreements), 1.7704-1(g) (regarding transfers through qualified matching services), or 1.7704-1(j) (regarding transfers where there is a lack of actual trading (that is, trading in the aggregate representing two percent (2%) or less of the total interests in the Company’s capital or profits in a taxable year)), and, accordingly, in no event shall the Company recognize any Transfer of any Units in a taxable year, other than those Transfers that are described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(e)(1)(i)-(vii), 1.7704-1(e)(1)(ix), 1.7704-1(f), or 1.7704-1(g), to the extent such Transfers in the aggregate for such taxable year would exceed two percent (2%) of the total

 

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interests in the Company’s capital or profits as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(j) and 1.7704-1(k); provided that the prohibitions contained in this Section 10.07(b)(iv) shall not apply to any Transfer occurring in any taxable year in which the Company did not have more than one hundred (100) partners within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1) (determined by treating each Person that owns an interest in a Member that is a partnership, S corporation, or grantor trust for federal income tax purposes as a partner pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)) at any time during such taxable year; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(iv) shall apply to any transaction that would be a transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes even if such transfer is not a Transfer as defined herein;

(v)    cause the Company to lose its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” or to be taxed as a corporation pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code and any applicable Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, or any successor provision of the Code; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(v) shall apply to any transaction that would be a transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes, even if such transfer is not a Transfer as defined herein, or

(vi)    be a Transfer to a Person who is not legally competent or who has not achieved his or her majority under applicable Law (excluding trusts for the benefit of minors).

ARTICLE XI

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XII

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

Section 12.01    Substituted Members. Subject to the provisions of Article X, in connection with the Permitted Transfer of a Company Interest hereunder or a Transfer consented to by the Manager, the transferee shall become a substituted Member (“Substituted Member”) on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the Schedule of Members.

Section 12.02    Additional Members. Subject to the provisions of Article III and Article X, any Person may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member (any such Person, an “Additional Member”) only upon furnishing to the Manager (a) a Joinder (or other counterpart to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Manager) and counterparts of any applicable Other Agreements and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as the Manager may deem appropriate in its reasonable discretion). Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Manager determines in its reasonable discretion that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS

Section 13.01    Withdrawal and Resignation of Members. No Member shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company prior to the termination of the Company pursuant to Article XIV. Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 10.06, such Member shall cease to be a Member.

ARTICLE XIV

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

Section 14.01    Dissolution. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted withdrawal or resignation of a Member. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

(a)    the decision of the Manager (pursuant to a unanimous decision of the Corporate Board) together with the Requisite Members to dissolve the Company;

(b)    a dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801(a)(4) of the Delaware Act; or

(c)    the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.

The bankruptcy (within the meaning of Section 18-304 of the Delaware Act) of a Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company. An Event of Withdrawal shall not, in and of itself, cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall continue without dissolution subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 14.02    Liquidation and Termination. On dissolution of the Company, the Manager shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidator. The liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the liquidators shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Manager. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidators are as follows:

(a)    as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidators shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;

(b)    the liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds, or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a cash fund for contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidators may reasonably determine) all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company (including all expenses incurred in liquidation); and

 

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(c)    all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Article IV by the end of the Taxable Year during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (or, if later, by ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation). The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.02 and Section 14.03 below constitutes a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions, a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all the Company’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.

Section 14.03    Deferment; Distribution in Kind. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.02, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the liquidators determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves. Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 14.02, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (a) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), (b) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (c) a combination of the foregoing. Any such Distributions in kind shall be subject to (x) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and (y) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V. The liquidators shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XV.

Section 14.04    Cancellation of Certificate. On completion of the winding up of Company assets as provided herein and the Delaware Act, the Company is terminated (and the Company shall not be terminated prior to such time), and the Manager (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company. The Company shall be deemed to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 14.04.

Section 14.05    Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 14.02 and 14.03 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.

Section 14.06    Return of Capital. The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

 

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ARTICLE XV

VALUATION

Section 15.01    Determination. “Fair Market Value” of a specific Company asset will mean the amount which the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02, the liquidators) in its good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it deems to be pertinent.

Section 15.02    Dispute Resolution. If any Member or Members dispute the accuracy of any determination of Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 15.01, and the Manager and such Member(s) are unable to agree on the determination of the Fair Market Value of any asset of the Company, the Manager and such Member(s) shall each select a nationally recognized investment banking firm experienced in valuing securities of closely-held companies such as the Company in the Company’s industry (the “Appraisers”), who shall each determine the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01. The Appraisers shall be instructed to give written notice of their determination of the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of their appointment as Appraisers. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is higher than the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser by 10% or more, and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the original Appraisers shall designate a third Appraiser meeting the same criteria used to select the original two, and the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the Fair Market Values determined by all three Appraisers, unless the Manager and such Member(s) otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is within 10% of the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser (but not identical), and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the Manager shall select the Fair Market Value of one of the Appraisers. The fees and expenses of the Appraisers shall be borne by the Company.

ARTICLE XVI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 16.01    Power of Attorney.

(a)    Each Member hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager (or the liquidator, if applicable) with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his, her or its name, place and stead, to:

(i)    execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) this Agreement, all certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereof which the Manager reasonably deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property; (B) all instruments which the Manager reasonably deems

 

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appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Manager reasonably deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a certificate of cancellation; and (D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal or substitution of any Member pursuant to Article XII or XIII; and

(ii)    sign, execute, swear to and acknowledge all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to evidence, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.

(b)    The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any Member who is an individual and the transfer of all or any portion of his, her or its Company Interest and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.

Section 16.02    Confidentiality. Except as required by applicable Law, the Manager and each of the Members agree to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and shall not (i) disclose any Confidential Information except as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager or (ii) use any Confidential Information except in furtherance of the business of the Company or as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager. “Confidential Information” as used herein means any and all information obtained by a Member from the Company or any of its Affiliates directly or indirectly, including from their representatives, which such information includes, but is not limited to, ideas, financial information, products, data, services, business strategies, research, inventions (whether or not patentable), innovations and materials, equipment, all aspects of the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products and other product plans, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code, designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, customers, markets, the methods and means by which the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, knowhow, formulas, processes and intellectual property. With respect to the Manager and such Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (a) is rightfully in the possession of the Manager or such Member at the time of disclosure by the Company; (b) before or after it has been disclosed to the Manager or each Member by the Company, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of this Agreement; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or of the Corporation; (d) is disclosed to the Manager or such Member or their representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company with respect to such information; or (e) is or becomes independently developed by the Manager or such Member or their respective representatives without use or reference to the Confidential Information.

 

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Section 16.03    Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in writing by the Manager, subject to the prior written consent of the Requisite Members. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification (whether by amendment, merger, recapitalization or otherwise) (a) to this Section 16.03 may be made without the prior written consent of each of the Members, (b) that modifies the limited liability of any Member, or increases the liabilities or obligations of any Member, in each case, may be made without the consent of each such affected Member, (c) that materially alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of any Company Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other Company Interests, may be made without the approval of a majority in interest of the Members holding the Company Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner, (d) that materially alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of a holder of any class of Company Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other holder of the same class of Company Interests, may be made without the approval of the holder of Company Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner, (e) that adversely alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of Members other than the Corporation (and its Affiliates), may be made without the approval of a majority in interest of the Members (excluding, for this purpose, the Corporation and its Affiliates) holding Common Units, and (f) to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which terms and conditions expressly require the approval or action of certain Persons may be made without obtaining the consent of the requisite number or specified percentage of such Persons who are entitled to approve or take action on such matter; provided, that the Manager, acting alone, may amend this Agreement to reflect the issuance of additional Units or Equity Securities in accordance with Section 3.04 so long as the rights, preferences or privileges of such Units or Equity Securities with respect to voting, liquidation, redemption, conversion or distributions are not senior to or on parity with the Common Units.

Section 16.04    Title to Company Assets. Company assets shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Company assets or any portion thereof. The Company shall hold title to all of its property in the name of the Company and not in the name of any Member. All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Company assets is held. The Company’s credit and assets shall be used solely for the benefit of the Company, and no asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for, or in payment of, any individual obligation of any Member.

 

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Section 16.05    Addresses and Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be either personally delivered, or sent by (i) certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) reputable overnight courier service providing confirmation of delivery (charges prepaid), (iii) telecopier transmission with confirmation of receipt, or (iv) e-mail of a .pdf attachment for which a confirmation e-mail is obtained, to the Company or the Manager, as applicable, at the addresses set forth below and to any other recipient and to any Member at such address as indicated by the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when delivered personally or on the date of delivery as established by the return receipt, courier service confirmation (or the date on which the return receipt or courier service confirms that acceptance of delivery was refused by the addressee), or telecopier confirmation received by the sender. The respective addresses of the Company and the Manager are:

to the Company:

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Attn: Jason Daly

E-mail: jason.daly@amneal.com

with copies (which copies shall not constitute notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Richard Fenyes

E-mail: rfenyes@stblaw.com

to the Manager:

Amneal Intermediate Inc.

400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Attn: Jason Daly

E-mail: jason.daly@amneal.com

with copies (which copies shall not constitute notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Richard Fenyes

E-mail: rfenyes@stblaw.com

Section 16.06    Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 16.07    Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a secured creditor.

Section 16.08    Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition, regardless of how long such failure continues.

 

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Section 16.09    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.

Section 16.10    Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of the State of Delaware, and the parties agree to jurisdiction and venue therein.

Section 16.11    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

Section 16.12    Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 16.13    Conflict. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and (i) any provision of the Certificate or (ii) any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the Delaware Act, such provision of the Certificate or the Delaware Act shall control. If any provision of the Delaware Act provides that it may be varied or superseded in the agreement of a limited liability company (or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter.

Section 16.14    Delivery by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

Section 16.15    Right of Offset. Whenever the Company is to pay any sum (other than pursuant to Article IV) to any Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company which are not the subject of a good faith dispute may be deducted from that sum before payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution of Units to the Corporation and Old PubCo shall not be subject to this Section 16.15.

 

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Section 16.16    Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective immediately upon the Company Merger Closing (the “Effective Time”). The Third A&R LLC Agreement shall govern the rights and obligations of the Company and the other parties to this Agreement in their capacity as Members prior to the Effective Time.

Section 16.17    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein (including the Stockholders Agreement and the Company Merger Agreement) embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. For the avoidance of doubt, the Third A&R LLC Agreement is superseded in its entirety by this Agreement as of the Effective Time and shall be of no further force and effect thereafter.

Section 16.18    Remedies. Each Member shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any Law. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by Law.

Section 16.19    Descriptive Headings; Interpretation(i) . The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any agreement, document or instrument that requires the consent of any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment or modification. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such conflict.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

 

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


MEMBERS:
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


SCHEDULE 1*

SCHEDULE OF MEMBERS

 

Member

   Percentage
Interest
     Percentage
Interest
     Contribution
Closing

Capital
Account
Balance
     Additional
Cash

Capital
Contributions
     Additional
Non-Cash
Capital
Contributions
     Capital
Accounts
 

Amneal Intermediate Inc.

                 

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

                 

 

* 

This Schedule of Members shall be updated from time to time to reflect any adjustment with respect to any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Common Units, or to reflect any additional issuances of Common Units pursuant to this Agreement.


Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of                 , 20[    ] (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”) by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Amneal Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the managing member of the Company (the “Manager”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.

 

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Joinder to the LLC Agreement. Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Manager, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the LLC Agreement and a party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the LLC Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

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Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

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Address. All notices under the LLC Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Attn:

Facsimile:

E-mail:


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW MEMBER]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


Acknowledged and agreed

as of the date first set forth above:

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:   AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.,
  its Managing Member
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

AMNEAL NEWCO INC.

It is hereby certified that:

1.    The present name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is Amneal NewCo Inc. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed under the name Amneal NewCo Inc. with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 23, 2023.

2.    This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which integrates and restates and also further amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 (and by the sole stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3.    The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

FIRST: NAME

The name of the corporation is Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”).

SECOND: REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The registered office of the Corporation is to be located at 1209. Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

THIRD: PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity, without limitation, for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

FOURTH: CAPITAL STOCK

Section 1. Authorization.

(a)    The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have the authority to issue is One Billion Two Hundred and Two Million (1,202,000,000) shares, consisting of (i) One Billion Two Hundred Million (1,200,000,000) shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of which Nine Hundred Million (900,000,000) are designated as Class A Common Stock (“Class A Common Stock”) and Three Hundred Million (300,000,000) are designated as Class B Common Stock (“Class B Common Stock”) and (ii) Two Million (2,000,000) shares designated preferred stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).


(b)    The Preferred Stock may be issued in any number of series by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) pursuant to this ARTICLE FOURTH and ARTICLE SIXTH.

FIFTH: COMMON STOCK

Section 1. Common Stock; Identical Rights. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this ARTICLE FIFTH or as required by law, all shares of Common Stock shall be identical and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges.

Section 2. Ranking. The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by such rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as may be designated by the Board upon any issuance of any series of Preferred Stock.

Section 3. Dividends. Subject to applicable law and any preferential or other rights of the holders of any outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, the Board at any time and from time to time may declare and pay dividends on the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, on a pari passu basis, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends. When, as and if such dividends are declared by the Corporation’s Board , whether payable in cash, property, or securities of the Corporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally therein, on a pari passu basis, in accordance with the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by each such holder. Dividends shall not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

Section 4. Liquidation Rights. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment to all creditors of the Corporation of the full amounts to which they shall be entitled and subject to any preferential or other rights of the holders of any outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, the holders of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally therein, on a pari passu basis, in accordance with the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by each such holder, in all remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution among the stockholders of the Corporation, whether such assets are capital, surplus or earnings. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Corporation in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the affairs of the Corporation.

For the purposes of this Section 4, neither the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations, nor the sale, lease, exchange or transfer by the Corporation of all or any part of its assets, nor the reduction of the capital stock of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of the Corporation.

Section 5. Voting.

Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Each holder of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder. Except as required by law or as

 

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otherwise expressly provided for in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters upon which such holders are entitled to vote.

Section 6. Restrictions on Transfer and Issuances.

(a)    No shares of Class B Common Stock may be issued except to a holder of Common Units or its Affiliates (other than the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation that is a holder of Common Units), such that after such issuance of Class B Common Stock such holder (together with its Affiliates) holds an identical number of Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock unless otherwise provided in the LLC Agreement (as defined below).

(b)    No shares of Class B Common Stock may be transferred by the holder thereof except (i) for no consideration to the Corporation, upon which transfer of such shares shall, to the full extent permitted by law, automatically be retired or (ii) in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (as defined herein) and the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, dated as of May 4, 2018, as the same may be further amended and/or restated from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), copies of which will be provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon written request therefor. Any stock certificates representing shares of Class B Common Stock shall include a legend referencing the transfer restrictions set forth herein. As used in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, “Common Units” has the meaning assigned to such term in the LLC Agreement.

Section 7. [Reserved]

SIXTH: ADDITIONAL SERIES OF PREFERRED STOCK

Section 1. Designation of Additional Series of Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions thereof, to provide for, designate and issue, out of the 2,000,000 authorized but undesignated and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, one or more series of Preferred Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein. Before any shares of any such series are issued, the Board shall fix, and hereby is expressly empowered to fix, by resolution or resolutions and by filing a certificate of designation pursuant to the DGCL with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware setting forth such resolution or resolutions, the designations and the powers, preferences, privileges and rights and qualifications, limitation and restrictions of such series, including but not limited to, the following:

 

  a)

the designation of such series, the number of shares to constitute such series and the stated value thereof, if any, if different from the par value thereof;

 

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whether the shares of such series shall have voting rights or powers, in addition to any voting rights required by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights or powers, which may be full or limited;

 

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the dividends, if any, payable on such series, whether any such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, and the preference or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any shares of stock or any other class or any other series of this class;

 

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  d)

whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation and, if so, the times, prices and other conditions of such redemption;

 

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the amount or amounts payable upon shares of such series upon, and the rights of the holders of such series in, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or upon any distribution of the assets, of the Corporation;

 

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whether the shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

 

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whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock of any other class or any other series of this class or any other securities and, if so, the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and condition or exchange;

 

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the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such series are outstanding upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation of, the Common Stock or shares of capital stock of any other class or any other series of this class;

 

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the conditions or restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such series are outstanding upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation upon the issue of any additional stock, including additional shares of such series or of any other series of this class or of any other class; and

 

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any other powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof.

The powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

The Board is hereby expressly authorized from time to time to increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) the number of shares of capital stock of any series of Preferred Stock designated as any one or more Series of Preferred Stock pursuant to this ARTICLE SIXTH.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock)

 

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that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Certificate of Designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

SEVENTH: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. [Reserved]

Section 2. Directors. Subject to any rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any Certificate of Designations, the holders of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be entitled to vote to elect, remove or replace all other directors to the Board.

Section 3. Written Ballots. The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

EIGHTH: AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power. Subject to applicable law and to the Stockholders Agreement, and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, or to adopt any new provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

NINTH: AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board is authorized and empowered from time to time in its discretion to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Board, except as such power may be restricted or limited by the DGCL.

TENTH: FORUM

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as may be amended, altered, changed or repealed) or the Bylaws or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. To the fullest

 

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extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE TENTH.

ELEVENTH: CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

Section 1. General. In recognition and anticipation (a) that the Corporation will not be a wholly owned subsidiary of Amneal and that Amneal will be a significant stockholder of the Corporation, (b) that directors, officers and/or employees of Amneal may serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation, (c) that, subject to any contractual arrangements that may otherwise from time to time be agreed to between Amneal and the Corporation (including the Stockholders Agreement), Amneal engages or may engage in the same, similar or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, (d) that Amneal may have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunity as the Corporation and Affiliated Companies thereof, and (e) that, as a consequence of the foregoing, it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the respective rights and duties of the Corporation and of Amneal, and the duties of any directors and/or officers of the Corporation who are also directors, officers and/or employees of Amneal, be determined and delineated in respect of any transactions between, or opportunities that may be suitable for both, the Corporation and Affiliated Companies thereof, on the one hand, and Amneal, on the other hand. The sections of this ARTICLE ELEVENTH shall to the fullest extent permitted by law regulate and define the conduct of certain of the business and affairs of the Corporation in relation to Amneal and the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation as they may involve Amneal and its directors, officers and/or employees, and the power, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any interest therein, shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this ARTICLE ELEVENTH.

Section 2. Certain Agreements and Transactions Permitted. The Corporation has entered into the Stockholders Agreement with Amneal, and, subject to the Stockholders Agreement, may from time to time enter into and perform, and cause or permit any Affiliated Company of the Corporation to enter into and perform, one or more agreements (or modifications or supplements to pre-existing agreements) with Amneal pursuant to which the Corporation or an Affiliated Company thereof, on the one hand, and Amneal, on the other hand, agree to engage in transactions of any kind or nature with each other and/or agree to compete, or to refrain from competing or to limit or restrict their competition, with each other, including to allocate and to cause their respective directors, officers and/or employees (including any who are directors, officers and/or employees of both) to allocate opportunities between or to refer opportunities to each other.

Section 3. Corporate Opportunities. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Corporation and Amneal, including in the Stockholders Agreement, Amneal shall to the fullest extent permitted by law have no duty to refrain from (a) engaging in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the Corporation or (b) doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Corporation. Except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Corporation and Amneal, the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law renounces any interest or expectancy of the

 

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Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any corporate opportunity presented to Amneal or any Dual Role Person pursuant to Section 122(17) of the DGCL and waives any claim that such business opportunity constituted a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to the Corporation or any Affiliated Company thereof, if, in the case of a corporate opportunity presented to Amneal, Amneal acts in a manner consistent with the following policy: if Amneal is presented with or acquires knowledge of a corporate opportunity, such corporate opportunity shall belong to Amneal unless such opportunity was expressly offered to Amneal in its capacity as a stockholder of the Corporation. In the case of any corporate opportunity in which the Corporation has renounced its interest and expectancy in the previous sentence, Amneal shall to the fullest extent permitted by law not be liable to the Corporation by reason of the fact that Amneal acquires or seeks such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or otherwise does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.

Section 4. Dual Role Persons. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Dual Role Person who is presented with or acquires knowledge of a corporate opportunity in any capacity (i) shall have any duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any corporate opportunity, (ii) shall be prohibited from communicating or offering any corporate opportunity to Amneal or any other person or participating in such corporate opportunity and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall have any liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, related to such corporate opportunity.

Section 5. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this ARTICLE ELEVENTH, (a) “Affiliated Company” in respect of the Corporation shall mean any entity controlled by the Corporation, (b) “corporate opportunities” shall include, but not be limited to, business opportunities that the Corporation is financially able to undertake, which are, from their nature, in the line of the Corporation’s business, are of practical advantage to it and are opportunities in which the Corporation, but for Section 3 of this ARTICLE ELEVENTH would have an interest or a reasonable expectancy, and in which, by embracing the opportunities, the self-interest of Amneal or its directors, officers and/or employees will be brought into conflict with that of the Corporation, (c) “Amneal” shall mean Amneal Holdings LLC and its Affiliates (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), and (d) “Dual Role Person” shall mean any individual who is a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and is also a director, officer or employee of Amneal.

TWELFTH: STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

For so long as that certain Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2017, by and among Amneal Intermediate Inc. and each of the Amneal Group Members (as defined therein), as amended from time to time, a copy of which will be provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon written request therefor (the “Stockholders Agreement”), is in effect, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall be incorporated by reference into the relevant provisions hereof, and such provisions shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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THIRTEENTH: INDEMNIFICATION, ADVANCEMENT OF

EXPENSES AND EXCULPATION

Section 1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such person; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person or any proceeding by such person against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees or other agents unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by applicable law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Corporation, in its sole discretion, or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under Section 3 of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under the DGCL or any other applicable law.

Section 2. Advancement of Expenses.

 

  a)

The Corporation shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in defending any such proceeding, provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 2 of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH or otherwise.

 

  b)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2 of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH, no advance shall be made by the Corporation to an executive officer of the Corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the Corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,

 

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  administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

Section 3. Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the Corporation and the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within sixty (60) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim.

In connection with any claim for indemnification, the Corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other applicable law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an executive officer of the Corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the Corporation) for advances, the Corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Board, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Board, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 4. Good Faith.

 

  a)

For purposes of any determination under this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH, a director or executive officer shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner he

 

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  reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful, if his action is based on information, opinions, reports and statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by:

 

  i.

one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the director or executive officer believed to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

 

  ii.

counsel, independent accountants or other persons as to matters which the director or executive officer believed to be within such person’s professional competence; and

 

  iii.

with respect to a Director, a committee of the Board upon which such director does not serve, as to matters within such Committee’s designated authority, which committee the director believes to merit confidence; so long as, in each case, the director or executive officer acts without knowledge that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted.

 

  b)

The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

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The provisions of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth by the DGCL.

Section 5. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, or by any other applicable law.

Section 6. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

Section 7. Insurance. The Board may authorize the Corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the

 

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Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH or of the DGCL; and the Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements) to the full extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL and other applicable law to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect the indemnification as provided in this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH or elsewhere.

Section 8. Definitions. For the purposes of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH, the following definition shall apply:

 

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The term “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, member, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;

 

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The term “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans;

 

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The term “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan;

 

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References to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and

 

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A person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH.

Section 9. Liability of Directors. No director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however, that this, limitation of liability shall not eliminate or limit the liabilities of the directors for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, under Section 174 of the DGCL, or for any transaction from which the

 

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director derived an improper personal benefit; provided, further, that this limitation of liability shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the filing of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 10. Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 11. Savings Clause. If this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall indemnify each director and officer to the full extent under any other applicable law.

Section 12. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this ARTICLE THIRTEENTH shall only be prospective and shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

FOURTEENTH: CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the following definitions shall apply to the following terms as used in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation:

 

  a)

Affiliate” shall mean (1) in respect of Amneal, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by Amneal, controls Amneal or is under common control with Amneal and shall include any principal, member, director, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation); (2) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation and (3) in respect of TPG, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by TPG or by any Person that controls TPG.

 

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Amneal” shall mean Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

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“Person” shall mean an individual, a firm, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or similar company, or any other entity.

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This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective on November 7, 2023 at 4:01 p.m.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its undersigned authorized officer this 7th day of November, 2023.

 

AMNEAL NEWCO INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

 

 

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Stockholders

Section 1.1. Annual Meetings. If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting. The corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. The corporation may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

Section 1.3. Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

Section 1.4. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder


of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

Section 1.5. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. Where a separate vote by class or series is required, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum with respect to that matter. In the absence of a quorum, the stockholders so present may, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.4 of these bylaws until a quorum shall attend. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 1.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in his or her absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairperson designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7. Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. All other elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless a different or minimum vote is required by the certificate of

 

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incorporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or any law or regulation applicable to the corporation or its securities, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the corporation which are present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.

Section 1.8. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

(a)    In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

(b)    In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c)    Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, in order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation in

 

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accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

Section 1.9. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 1.9 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 1.10. Action By Written Consent of Stockholders. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be 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 and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. An electronic transmission consenting to action to be taken transmitted by a stockholder, a proxyholder or by a person authorized to act by such stockholder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this Section if the electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder, the proxyholder or by a person authorized to act for the stockholder and the date on which such electronic transmission was transmitted. Any such consent given by electronic transmission shall be deemed delivered as provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”). Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the corporation.

 

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Section 1.11. Inspectors of Election. The corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.

Section 1.12. Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

Section 2.1. Number; Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 2.2. Election; Resignation; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall initially consist of the persons named as directors in the certificate of incorporation or elected by the incorporator of the corporation, and each director so elected shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. At the first annual meeting of stockholders and at each annual meeting thereafter, the stockholders shall elect directors each of whom shall hold office for a term of one year or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon notice to the corporation. Unless otherwise provided by law or the certificate of incorporation, any newly created directorship or any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors for any cause may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although such majority is less than a quorum, or by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders, and each director so elected shall hold office until the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

Section 2.3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 2.4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or by any member of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting at least twenty-four hours before the special meeting.

Section 2.5. Telephonic Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 2.6. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except in cases in which the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or applicable law otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 2.7. Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the Vice Chairperson of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence by the President, or in their absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.8. Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.

ARTICLE III

Committees

Section 3.1. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

Section 3.2. Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these bylaws.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

Section 4.1. Officers; Election; Qualifications; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, choose a Chairperson of the Board and a Vice Chairperson of the Board from among its members. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable. Each such officer shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders next succeeding his or her election, and until his or her successor is elected and

 

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qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon notice to the corporation. The Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause at any time, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Section 4.2. Powers and Duties of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall have such powers and duties in the management of the corporation as may be prescribed in a resolution by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

Section 4.3. Appointing Attorneys and Agents; Voting Securities of Other Entities. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board, the President or any Vice President may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or agent or agents of the corporation, in the name and on behalf of the corporation, to cast the votes which the corporation may be entitled to cast as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, any of whose stock or other securities may be held by the corporation, at meetings of the holders of the stock or other securities of such other corporation or other entity, or to consent in writing, in the name of the corporation as such holder, to any action by such other corporation or other entity, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consents, and may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the corporation and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such proxies or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper. Any of the rights set forth in this Section 4.3 which may be delegated to an attorney or agent may also be exercised directly by the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Vice President.

ARTICLE V

Stock

Section 5.1. Certificates. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by any two authorized officers of the corporation (it being understood that each of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall be an authorized officer for such purpose), certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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Section 5.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

ARTICLE VI

Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses

Section 6.1. Right to Indemnification. The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the corporation.

Section 6.2. Advancement of Expenses. The corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

Section 6.3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification under this Article VI (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty days after the corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim. If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action, the corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

 

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Section 6.4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

Section 6.5. Other Sources. The corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

Section 6.6. Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

Section 6.7. Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

ARTICLE VII

Miscellaneous

Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on December 31, or such other day as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 7.2. Seal. The corporate seal shall have the name of the corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Section 7.3. Manner of Notice.

(a)    Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws may be given in writing directed to the stockholder’s mailing address (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable) as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice shall be given (i) if mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, (ii) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at the stockholder’s address, or (iii) if given by electronic mail, when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address (unless the stockholder has notified the corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail or such

 

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notice is prohibited by the General Corporation Law to be given by electronic transmission). A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the corporation. A notice by electronic mail will include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files or information. Any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of the General Corporation Law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws provided by means of electronic transmission (other than any such notice given by electronic mail) may only be given in a form consented to by such stockholder, and any such notice by such means of electronic transmission shall be deemed to be given as provided by the General Corporation Law. The terms “electronic mail,” “electronic mail address,” “electronic signature” and “electronic transmission” as used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the General Corporation Law.

(b)    Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to any director may be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to such director at such director’s address appearing on the books of the corporation, or may be given by telephone or by any means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, electronic mail) directed to an address for receipt by such director of electronic transmissions appearing on the books of the corporation.

(c)    Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, and except as prohibited by applicable law, any notice to stockholders given by the corporation under any provision of applicable law, the certificate of incorporation, or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the corporation, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice permitted under this Section 7.3(c), shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

Section 7.4. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.

Section 7.5. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time.

Section 7.6. Electronic Signatures, etc. Any document, including, without limitation, any consent, agreement, certificate or instrument, required by the General Corporation Law, the

 

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certificate of incorporation or these bylaws to be executed by any officer, director, stockholder, employee or agent of the corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. All other contracts, agreements, certificates or instruments to be executed on behalf of the corporation may be executed using a facsimile or other form of electronic signature to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Section 7.7. Amendment of Bylaws. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the Board of Directors, but the stockholders may make additional bylaws and may alter and repeal any bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

LOGO

November 7, 2023

Andrew Boyer

 

  Re:

Elimination of UP-C Structure / Employment Agreement Amendment

Dear Andrew:

This letter agreement is intended to memorialize our agreement and understanding regarding certain technical amendments to your employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Old Pubco”) and/or Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (“OpCo”) in connection with the consummation of the corporate merger transactions, effective as of the date hereof, pursuant to which we are eliminating our umbrella partnership – corporation (“UP-C”) structure.

Effective from and after the date hereof, you shall remain directly employed by OpCo, but your Employment Agreement shall be deemed amended to provide that all references therein to Old PubCo shall be deemed to instead refer to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Amneal NewCo Inc.) (“New PubCo”).

Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and conditions of your Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Jason Daly
Jason Daly
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer and Corporate Secretary

Agreed and Accepted:

 

By:  

/s/ Andrew Boyer

  Andrew Boyer

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, 400 Crossing Blvd, Third Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

P. 908.947.3120          F. 908.947.3146

www.amneal.com

Exhibit 10.2

 

 

LOGO

November 7, 2023

Anastasios Konidaris

 

  Re:

Elimination of UP-C Structure / Employment Agreement Amendment

Dear Tasos:

This letter agreement is intended to memorialize our agreement and understanding regarding certain technical amendments to your employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Old Pubco”) and/or Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (“OpCo”) in connection with the consummation of the corporate merger transactions, effective as of the date hereof, pursuant to which we are eliminating our umbrella partnership – corporation (“UP-C”) structure.

Effective from and after the date hereof, you shall remain directly employed by OpCo, but your Employment Agreement shall be deemed amended to provide that all references therein to Old PubCo shall be deemed to instead refer to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Amneal NewCo Inc.) (“New PubCo”).

Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and conditions of your Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Jason Daly
Jason Daly
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer and Corporate Secretary

Agreed and Accepted:

 

By:  

/s/ Anastasios Konidaris

  Anastasios Konidaris

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, 400 Crossing Blvd, Third Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

P. 908.947.3120          F. 908.947.3146

www.amneal.com

Exhibit 10.3

 

 

LOGO

November 7, 2023

Nikita Shah

 

  Re:

Elimination of UP-C Structure / Employment Agreement Amendment

Dear Nikita:

This letter agreement is intended to memorialize our agreement and understanding regarding certain technical amendments to your employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Old Pubco”) and/or Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC (“OpCo”) in connection with the consummation of the corporate merger transactions, effective as of the date hereof, pursuant to which we are eliminating our umbrella partnership – corporation (“UP-C”) structure.

Effective from and after the date hereof, you shall remain directly employed by OpCo, but your Employment Agreement shall be deemed amended to provide that all references therein to Old PubCo shall be deemed to instead refer to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (f/k/a Amneal NewCo Inc.) (“New PubCo”).

Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and conditions of your Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Jason Daly
Jason Daly
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer and Corporate Secretary

Agreed and Accepted:

 

By:  

/s/ Nikita Shah

  Nikita Shah

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, 400 Crossing Blvd, Third Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

P. 908.947.3120          F. 908.947.3146

www.amneal.com

Exhibit 10.4

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT

November 7, 2023

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Tax Receivable Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “TRA”), dated as of May 4, 2018, is adopted, executed and entered into by Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly known as Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly known as Amneal NewCo Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“New PubCo”), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Amneal LLC”) and Padmesh Patel, solely in his capacity as the Member Representative (the “Member Representative”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the TRA.

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2018, the parties hereto entered into the TRA;

WHEREAS, Section 7.6(b) of the TRA provides that the Corporation, with the consent of the Member Representative, may amend the TRA; provided that, the amendment of the definition of the Change of Control will also require the written approval of a majority of the Independent Directors;

WHEREAS, Padmesh Patel is the current, duly authorized Member Representative;

WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Member Representative desire to amend the TRA on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Conflicts Committee of the Board (which represents a majority of the Independent Directors) has unanimously approved amending the TRA on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and in other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree, effective on the date hereof for all periods hereafter, as follows:

 

1.

Amendments to the TRA

(a)    The following definitions are hereby added:

New PubCo” means Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(b)    The definition of “Board” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Board” means the Board of Directors of New PubCo.


(c)    The definition of “Change of Control” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any “person” or “group” who, on the date hereof, is the Beneficial Owner of securities of New PubCo representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of New PubCo’s then outstanding voting securities)) becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities of New PubCo representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of New PubCo’s then outstanding voting securities;

(2) the shareholders of New PubCo approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of New PubCo or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly, or indirectly, by New PubCo of all or substantially all of New PubCo’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition by New PubCo of all or substantially all of New PubCo’s assets to an entity at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of New PubCo in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of New PubCo immediately prior to such sale;

(3) there is consummated a Combination, and, immediately after the consummation of such Combination, either (x) the Board immediately prior to the Combination does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the Combination or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (y) all of the Persons who were the respective Beneficial Owners of the voting securities of New PubCo immediately prior to such Combination do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such Combination; or

(4) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of New PubCo then serving: individuals who were directors of New PubCo on the date hereof and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of New PubCo) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by New PubCo’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors of New PubCo on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause 4.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change of Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the capital stock of New PubCo immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in and voting control over, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of New PubCo immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

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(d)    The definition of “Combination” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Combination” means a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other business combination of New PubCo or any direct or indirect subsidiary of New PubCo (including Amneal LLC) with any other corporation or other entity.

(e)    The definition of “Corporation” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Corporation” means Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly known as Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.).

(f)    The definition of “Member Representative” is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Member Representative” means Padmesh Patel or such other designee selected by Members holding a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the Members.

(g)    The definition of “Assumed Tax Liability” is deleted in its entirety.

(h)    Section 3.1 (b)(ii) of the TRA is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(ii) Net Tax Benefit. The “Net Tax Benefit” Attributable to a Member for a Taxable Year equals the amount of the excess, if any, of (x) 75% of the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit Attributable to such Member as of the end of such Taxable Year over (y) the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member under this Section 3.1. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit that is Attributable to a Member as of the end of any Taxable Year is less than the aggregate amount of all Tax Benefit Payments previously made to such Member, such Member shall not be required to return any portion of any Tax Benefit Payment previously made by the Corporation to such Member.”

(i)    Section 6.4(a) of the TRA is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“[Reserved]”

2.    Miscellaneous.

(a)    Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 

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(b)    No Other Amendments. Except as modified by this Amendment, the TRA shall remain in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be held to alter, vary or otherwise affect the terms, conditions and provisions of the TRA, other than as expressly contemplated herein.

(c)    Controlling Law; Forum. This Acknowledgment and Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of Delaware, and the parties agree to exclusive jurisdiction and venue therein and waive any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein.

(d)    Severability. If any provision of this Amendment shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the other provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby, and there shall be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal and enforceable provision as similar as possible to the provision at issue.

(e)    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, each of which for all purposes shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute collectively, one instrument. This Amendment may be validly executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment or any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Anastasios Konidaris

Name:   Anastasios Konidaris
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Anastasios Konidaris

Name:   Anastasios Konidaris
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

/s/ Anastasios Konidaris

Name:   Anastasios Konidaris
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE
By:  

/s/ Padmesh Patel

Name:   Padmesh Patel

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Tax Receivable Agreement]

Exhibit 10.5

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

BY AND AMONG

AMNEAL GROUP (AS DEFINED HEREIN),

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.

AND

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2  

1.1

  Certain Definitions      2  

1.2

  Other Terms      6  

ARTICLE II TERM

     7  

2.1

  Term and Termination      7  

ARTICLE III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

     7  

3.1

  Board Composition      7  

3.2

  Director Nomination Rights      8  

3.3

  Committees of the Company Board      10  

3.4

  Co-Chief Executive Officers      11  

3.5

  Amneal Group Agreement to Vote      11  

3.6

  Amneal Consent Rights      12  

3.7

  Taxable Transactions      12  

ARTICLE IV TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, STANDSTILL, RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, PARTICIPATION RIGHTS

     12  

4.1

  Restrictions on Transferability and Acquisitions      12  

4.2

  Related Party Transactions      14  

4.3

  Participation Rights      15  

ARTICLE V REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     16  

5.1

  Shelf Registration Statement      16  

5.2

  Blackout Periods      17  

5.3

  Demand Underwritten Offerings      18  

5.4

  Piggyback Registration      20  

5.5

  Registration Procedures      20  

5.6

  Obligations of Amneal Group      24  

5.7

  Expenses      26  

5.8

  Indemnification; Contribution      26  

5.9

  Indemnification Procedures      28  

5.10

  Rule 144      29  

5.11

  Preservation of Rights      29  

5.12

  Transfer of Registration Rights      29  

ARTICLE VI FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

     30  

6.1

  Exchange of Information      30  

6.2

  Ownership of Information      30  

6.3

  Compensation for Providing Information      30  

6.4

  Record Retention      30  

6.5

  Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation      31  

6.6

  Privilege      31  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

     31  

7.1

  Corporate Power      31  

7.2

  [Reserved]      32  

7.3

  Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction      32  

7.4

  Waiver of Jury Trial      32  

7.5

  Notices      32  

7.6

  Severability      33  

7.7

  Entire Agreement      34  

7.8

  Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries      34  

7.9

  Amendment; Waiver      34  

7.10

  Interpretations      34  

7.11

  Counterparts; Electronic Transmission of Signatures      35  

7.12

  Enforceable by the Conflicts Committee      35  

 

EXHIBIT A    Form of Conflicts Committee Charter

 

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (as may be further amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”), is entered into as of November 7, 2023, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Amneal NewCo Inc.) (the “Company”), Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly known as Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Atlas Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Old PubCo”), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Opco”) and each other Person set forth on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the “Amneal Group” and individually each, an “Amneal Group Member”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Old PubCo, Opco, Impax Laboratories, Inc. and K2 Merger Sub Corporation entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated October 17, 2017 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties and their Affiliates entered into a series of transactions resulting in (i) the Amneal Group holding common units in Opco (which units were exchangeable into shares of Class A common stock of Old PubCo or shares of Class B-1 common stock of Old PubCo) and shares of Class B common stock of Old PubCo and (ii) Old PubCo holding common units in Opco;

WHEREAS, in connection with their ownership interests in Opco and Old PubCo, Opco, Old PubCo and the members of the Amneal Group entered into a Stockholders Agreement, dated October 17, 2017, as amended and restated pursuant to the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated November 21, 2017 and the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated December 16, 2017, as amended as of August 2, 2019 (the “Prior Agreement”), which set forth certain terms and conditions regarding their ownership interests in Old PubCo and Opco;

WHEREAS, the Company was incorporated as Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation on October 23, 2023;

WHEREAS, the Company, Old PubCo, Opco and the Amneal Group entered into a Reorganization Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023 (the “Reorganization Agreement”), pursuant to which the Parties entered into a series of transactions resulting in (i) the Amneal Group holding shares of Class A common stock of the Company (“Company Common Stock”), (ii) the Company holding all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Old PubCo and (iii) the Company and Old PubCo holding all of the outstanding common units in Opco (collectively, the “Reorganization Transactions”);

WHEREAS, the Company and Old PubCo each filed an amendment to its respective certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 7, 2023, which amendments among other things, changed the name of the Company from “Amneal NewCo Inc.” to “Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” and changed the name of Old PubCo from “Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” to “Amneal Intermediate Inc.”; and


WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Amneal Group, Opco, Old PubCo and the Company desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement and enter into this Agreement in order to, inter alia, (i) set forth certain of their rights, duties and obligations as a result of the Reorganization Transactions; (ii) provide for the management, operation and governance of the Company; and (iii) set forth restrictions on certain activities in respect of the Company Common Stock, corporate governance and other related corporate matters.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree that the Prior Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1:

Action” means any demand, action, claim, dispute, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any federal, state, local, foreign or international Governmental Entity or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that no Amneal Group Member or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Amneal Group Member or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) for purposes of this Agreement. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise). For the avoidance of doubt, the Affiliates of the Amneal Group shall include each of Chirag Patel, Chintu Patel, Gautam Patel, Tushar Patel and Dipan Patel.

Amneal Group Representative” means Padmesh Patel, or such other designee selected by Amneal Group Members holding a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Amneal Group; provided, however, that the Amneal Group Representative shall not be an employee of the Company Group or a Person controlled, directly or indirectly, by employees of the Company Group.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Opco, dated as of November 7, 2023, including all appendices, exhibits, schedules and annexes thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated, from time to time, in accordance with the terms thereof.

beneficially own” means, with respect to Company Common Stock, having the power to vote or direct the vote of shares of Company Common Stock. The terms “beneficial owner” and “beneficial ownership” shall have correlative meanings.

 

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Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the County of New York, New York are authorized or required by applicable Law to close.

Charter” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time.

Closing” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Reorganization Agreement.

Company Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

Company Group” means the Company, each Subsidiary of the Company from and after the Closing (in each case so long as such Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the Company) and each other Person that is controlled either directly or indirectly by the Company following the Closing (in each case for so long as such Person continues to be controlled either directly or indirectly by the Company).

Company Independent Director” means each director of the Company who (i) is an Independent Director; (ii) is not an Amneal Designee; (iii) is not a current or former (x) member of the board of directors of any Amneal Group Member or any of its Affiliates or (y) officer or employee of any member of any Amneal Group Member or any of its Affiliates; (iv) does not have and has not had any other material relationship with any member of Amneal Group that a reasonable person would conclude could interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out director responsibilities; and (v) is designated by the Conflicts Committee as a Company Independent Director.

Company Sale” means (a) a merger, share exchange, consolidation, recapitalization or similar transaction resulting, directly or indirectly, in more than 50% of the total number of shares of outstanding Company Common Stock being beneficially owned after such transaction by any Person or group of Persons other than the Amneal Group or (b) a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

Company Securities” means (i) the Company Common Stock, (ii) any preferred stock of the Company, (iii) any other common stock issued by the Company and (iv) any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants or other rights to acquire, Company Common Stock or any other common or preferred stock issued by the Company.

Compensation Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Company Board.

Conflicts Committee” means the Conflicts Committee of the Company Board.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Governmental Entity” means any United States federal, state or local, or foreign, international or supranational, government, court or tribunal, or administrative, executive, governmental or regulatory or self-regulatory body, agency or authority thereof.

 

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Group” means Amneal Group or the Company Group, as the context requires.

Independent Director” means a director who is independent under NYSE listing rules.

Information” means information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other Software, marketing plans, customer names, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memoranda and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.

Law” means any federal, state or local law (statutory, common or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Entity.

Nominating Committee” means the Nominating Committee of the Company Board.

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, or such other stock exchange or securities market on which shares of Company Common Stock are at any time listed or quoted.

Other Stockholder” means a holder of Company Common Stock that is not an Amneal Group Member.

Parties” means each Amneal Group Member, Old PubCo, Opco and the Company, and each a “Party”.

Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or governmental or other entity.

Pro Rata Portion” means, with respect to Amneal Group, on any issuance date for Company Securities, the number of Company Securities equal to the product of (i) the total number of Company Securities to be issued by the Company on such date and (ii) the fraction determined by dividing (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Amneal Group immediately prior to such issuance by (y) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance.

Registrable Shares” means, at any time, the shares of Company Common Stock that are beneficially owned by an Amneal Group Member, excluding any such shares of Company Common Stock that have, after the date hereof, been Transferred pursuant to a registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act.

Related Party Transaction” means any transaction between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and any Amneal Group Member, or any director, officer, employee or “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any Amneal Group Member, on the other hand.

 

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SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Software” means the object and source code versions of computer programs and associated documentation, training materials and configurations to use and modify such programs, including programmer, administrator, end user and other documentation.

Stock Surrender Agreement” means, with respect to each Amneal Group Member, that certain Stock Surrender Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Company and such Amneal Group Member.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, another Person, an amount of the voting securities or other voting ownership interests of which is sufficient, together with any contractual rights, to elect at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, 50% or more of the equity interests of which) is owned directly or indirectly by such first Person; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of any Amneal Group Member or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, immediately following the Closing, Opco and Old PubCo shall be Subsidiaries of the Company.

Tax” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Transaction Agreement.

Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, and amended as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Company, Opco, Old PubCo and the Amneal Group, including all appendices, exhibits, schedules and annexes thereto, as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, from time to time, in accordance with the terms thereof.

Taxable Transaction” means any transaction (whether a merger, sale of assets, sale of securities, distribution, dividend, liquidation, dissolution, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or other transaction) following the Closing which involves the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC) and would reasonably be expected to result in the recognition of $40,000,000 or more of taxable income or gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes by the Amneal Group (other than any such transaction in which the consideration to be received by each Amneal Group Member in respect of its Company Common Stock consists solely of cash.

TPG” means TPG Improv Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

TRA Acceleration Event” means an early termination or acceleration pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Transaction Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement; (ii) the Reorganization Agreement; (iii) the Tax Receivable Agreement and (iv) the Stock Surrender Agreement.

 

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Transfer” means, directly or indirectly (whether by merger, operation of law or otherwise), to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of or encumber (other than as security in connection with any bona fide loan or financing transaction) any direct or indirect economic, voting or other rights in or to any Company Common Stock, including by means of (i) the Transfer of an interest in a Person that directly or indirectly holds such Company Common Stock or (ii) a hedge, swap or other derivative.

Trigger Date” means the first date on which Amneal Group ceases to beneficially own at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock.

underwritten offering” means an offering in which Securities of the Company are sold to one or more underwriters (as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act) for resale to the public.

1.2 Other Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth in the sections indicated.

 

Term

  

Section

Agreement    Preamble
Amneal Designee    3.2(a)
Amneal Directors    3.1(a)(i)
Amneal Group    Preamble
Amneal Group Member    Preamble
Blackout Period    5.2
Board Expansion Right    3.1(c)
Business Combination Agreement    Recitals
Claim Notice    5.9(a)
Claims    5.8(a)
Closing    Recitals
Company    Preamble
Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction    5.3(e)
Company Common Stock    Recitals
Conflicts Committee Charter    3.3(c)
Counsel    5.5(a)(i)
Demand Underwritten Offering    5.3(a)(i)
Effective Period    5.5(a)(iii)
Excluded Securities    4.3(a)
Exiting Amneal Director    3.1(d)
Indemnifying Party    5.10(a)
Issuance Notice    4.3(b)
Non-Amneal Directors    3.1(a)(ii)
Observer    3.1(c)
Old PubCo    Preamble
Opco    Preamble
Ownership Threshold    3.1(c)
Participating Amneal Member    5.3(a)
Piggyback Registration    5.4(a)

 

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Term

  

Section

Piggyback Registration Notice    5.4(a)
Piggyback Registration Statement    5.4(a)
PIPE Transaction    4.1(b)(i)(C)
Prior Agreement    Recitals
Privilege    6.6
Qualifying Investor    3.1(c)
Reorganization Agreement    Recitals
Reorganization Transactions    Recitals
Required Amneal Group Member Information    5.6(a)
Rule 415 Limitation    6.1(a)
Shelf Registration Statement    5.1

ARTICLE II

TERM

2.1 Term and Termination. This Agreement is effective as of the Closing and shall terminate automatically on the Trigger Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the provisions of Article VI (other than Section 6.1) and Article VII (other than Section 7.13) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and (b) the provisions of Article V shall survive the termination of this Agreement until the first (1st) anniversary of the Trigger Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Amneal Group Member assigns its rights and obligations under Article V to the purchaser of any Registrable Shares in connection with a PIPE Transaction, such purchaser’s rights under Article V shall survive for one (1) year following the date of such Transfer (provided, that such securities may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 at such time).

ARTICLE III

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

3.1 Board Composition.

(a) Subject to Section 3.1(c), until the Trigger Date, the Company Board shall consist of no more than thirteen (13) directors. Immediately following the Closing, the Company Board shall be comprised of (i) Emily Peterson Alva, Paul M. Meister, Ted Nark, Chintu Patel, Chirag Patel and Gautam Patel (collectively, with any of their successors designated in accordance with Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.2(b) hereof and any additional director designated by the Amneal Group Representative pursuant to Section 3.1(c), the “Amneal Directors”) and (ii) Deb Autor, J. Kevin Buchi, Jeffrey P. George, John J. Kiely, Jr. and Shlomo Yanai (collectively with their successors and any additional directors appointed or designated in accordance with Section 3.2(c) and Section 3.2(e), being referred to herein as the “Non-Amneal Directors”).

(b) Immediately following the Closing, and for so long as Amneal Group has beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, (i) the Non-Amneal Directors shall have the right to designate the lead Independent Director of the Company Board, and (ii) the Amneal Directors shall have the right to designate the Chairman or Co-Chairmen of the Company Board. Immediately following the Closing, the Chairman of the Board shall be Paul Meister.

 

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(c) In the event that Amneal Group Transfers more than four percent (4%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock to a Person or a group of Persons pursuant to a PIPE Transaction (such a Person or group of Persons, a “Qualifying Investor”) and, following such Transfer, Amneal Group continues to beneficially own more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, Amneal Group shall have a one-time right exercisable within one year following such transaction (the “Board Expansion Right”) to cause the Company to increase the size of the Company Board by two (2) directors and to fill the resulting vacancies with one new director designated by the Amneal Group Representative and one new director designated by such Qualifying Investor. To the extent requested by such Qualifying Investor, this Agreement shall be amended to provide such Qualifying Investor with the right to appoint a director to the Company Board for so long as such Qualifying Investor continues to beneficially own more than four percent (4%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Ownership Threshold”). In addition to the foregoing, any Qualifying Investor may, for so long as it satisfies the Ownership Threshold and has not appointed a director to the Company Board, designate one (1) individual (an “Observer”) to attend all meetings of the Company Board and (subject to applicable listing requirements) any committee thereof in a non-voting, observer capacity subject to customary terms and conditions for a board observer; provided, however, that the Observer shall be reasonably acceptable to the Nominating Committee of the Company Board.

(d) In the event that Amneal Group Transfers more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock to a Qualifying Investor, and, immediately prior to or following such Transfer, Amneal Group beneficially owns less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock (whether or not the Board Expansion Right pursuant to Section 3.1(c) has been exercised prior to such time), the Amneal Group Representative shall have a one-time right in connection with such transaction to cause the Company to replace any Exiting Amneal Director with a director designated by such Qualifying Investor. For purposes of this Section 3.1(d), an “Exiting Amneal Director” shall mean an Amneal Director that the Amneal Group Representative is no longer entitled to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(a) as a result of such Transfer. To the extent requested by such Qualifying Investor, this Agreement shall be amended to provide such Qualifying Investor with the right to appoint a director to the Company Board for so long as such Qualifying Investor continues to beneficially own more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock.

3.2 Director Nomination Rights.

(a) Until the Trigger Date and subject to Section 3.2(a)(ii), in connection with any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company at which directors shall be elected, or any solicitation or submission of written consents having the same effect, the Nominating Committee shall nominate for election to the Company Board person(s) designated for nomination by the Amneal Group Representative (each person so designated, an “Amneal Designee”) in accordance with the following:

 

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(i) if Amneal Group has beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, the Amneal Group Representative shall have the right to designate the lowest number of Amneal Designees that constitutes a majority of the total number of directors comprising the Company Board; and

(ii) if Amneal Group has beneficial ownership of ten percent (10%) or more, but not more than fifty percent (50%), of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock, the Amneal Group Representative shall have the right to designate a number of directors equal to the product of (x) the percentage of the shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Amneal Group and (y) the total number of directors comprising the Company Board, rounded up to the nearest whole number (e.g., one and one quarter (1 1/4) directors shall be rounded up to two (2) directors); provided, that such rounding shall not result in the Amneal Group Representative having the right to designate a majority of the total number of directors comprising the Company Board when Amneal Group beneficially owns 50% or less of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock.

(b) Until the Trigger Date, the Amneal Group Representative shall have full authority and ability to designate any Amneal Designees, and the Company Board shall approve the nomination of any Amneal Designee. Subject to the requirements of applicable Law, the Amneal Group Representative shall have the exclusive right to remove any Amneal Directors from the Company Board. In the event any Amneal Designee is intended to qualify as an Independent Director on the Company Board, the Amneal Group Representative shall consult in good faith with the Company Board and solicit its input prior to making such designation. The Amneal Group Representative shall not designate any person to be an Amneal Designee (nor shall any Qualifying Investor be entitled to designate any person to be a director) who is unqualified under any applicable Law to serve as a director on the Company Board. For the avoidance of doubt, current or former employment of any Amneal Designee with an Amneal Group Member or any of its Subsidiaries or service by any such Amneal Designee on the board of directors of an Amneal Group Member or any of its Subsidiaries shall not, by itself, disqualify such individual from serving on the Company Board as an Amneal Designee.

(c) Subject to Section 3.1(d), If at any time the number of Amneal Directors then serving on the Company Board is in excess of the number of Amneal Designees the Amneal Group Representative has the right to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.2(a), upon receipt of the written request of the Conflicts Committee, the Amneal Group Representative shall, and the Amneal Group shall take all actions reasonably necessary to cause a number of Amneal Directors equal to the excess to promptly tender his, her or their resignations from the Company Board (and from any committees or subcommittees thereof to which any such Amneal Director is then appointed or on which he or she is then serving) within sixty (60) days of such request; provided, however, that, if within such sixty (60) day period Amneal Group has regained its right to designate any such Amneal Director pursuant to Section 3.1(c), then such Amneal Director shall continue serving on the Company Board. Subject to Section 3.1(d), in the event that an Amneal Director shall cease to serve as a director pursuant to this Section 3.2(c), the Nominating Committee shall have the sole right to fill such vacancy or designate a person for nomination for election to the Company Board to fill such vacancy with a person who shall satisfy all the qualifications of a Company Independent Director, in each case. If at any time the number of Amneal Directors then serving on the Company Board is less than the number of Amneal

 

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Designees Amneal Group has the right to designate pursuant to Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.2(a), the Company Board and the Nominating Committee shall, at the request of the Amneal Group Representative, take all actions reasonably necessary to cause a number of Amneal Designees equal to such deficit to be appointed to the Company Board within sixty (60) days of such request.

(d) Until the Trigger Date, in the event that any Amneal Director shall cease to serve as a director for any reason other than pursuant to Section 3.2(c), the vacancy resulting therefrom shall be filled by the Company Board as promptly as reasonably practicable with a substitute Amneal Director selected by Amneal Group in accordance with the requirements for the designation of Amneal Designees pursuant to Section 3.2(b).

(e) From and after the Closing, in the event of a vacancy on the Company Board upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause of any Non-Amneal Director (other than a director serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company), the Nominating Committee shall have the sole right to fill such vacancy or designate a person for nomination for election to the Company Board to fill such vacancy, subject to the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee, and such person shall satisfy all the qualifications of a Company Independent Director. The Nominating Committee shall take all actions necessary to cause the vacancy upon the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause of a director serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company to be filled by the successor Chief Executive Officer of the Company or to designate such person for nomination for election to the Company Board to fill such vacancy.

(f) The Nominating Committee shall nominate such number of Amneal Designees and such number of nominees to serve as Non-Amneal Directors as required to comply with the requirements of Section 3.1 hereof and this Section 3.2. The Company shall cause each person nominated by the Nominating Committee to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Company Board to holders of Company Common Stock for election (including at any special meeting of stockholders held for the election of directors).

3.3 Committees of the Company Board.

(a) Nominating Committee. For so long as Amneal Group has beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (i) the Nominating Committee shall consist of four (4) directors; (ii) the Amneal Group Representative shall have the right to designate two (2) of the directors to serve on the Nominating Committee; and (iii) the remaining directors on the Nominating Committee shall be designated by a majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board.

(b) Compensation Committee. For so long as Amneal Group has beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (i) the Compensation Committee shall consist of four (4) directors; (ii) the Amneal Group Representative shall have the right to designate two (2) of the directors to serve on the Compensation Committee; and (iii) the remaining directors on the Compensation Committee shall be designated by a majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board.

 

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(c) Conflicts Committee. Until the Trigger Date, the Company Board shall have a Conflicts Committee comprised solely of Company Independent Directors. The Conflicts Committee shall be fully empowered to requisition reasonable assistance from employees of the Company, including legal and financial staff, to retain independent legal, financial and other advisors as the Conflicts Committee deems necessary and to approve or not approve any transaction or other matter submitted to the Conflicts Committee (and such non-approval shall be binding on the Company Board), and shall have the authority and responsibilities set forth in this Agreement, the charter of the Conflicts Committee (the form of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto) (the “Conflicts Committee Charter”) and as may otherwise be delegated to the Conflicts Committee by the Company Board from time to time. Any amendments to the Conflicts Committee Charter shall be approved by (i) seventy-five percent (75%) of the directors comprising the Company Board, (ii) a majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board and (iii) a majority of the Conflicts Committee.

(d) Amneal Committee Representation. Until the Trigger Date, each committee of the Company Board shall include at least one (1) Amneal Director, subject to compliance with applicable requirements of the NYSE. If at any time any committee of the Company Board (other than the Conflicts Committee) does not have at least one (1) Amneal Director serving on such committee, the Amneal Group Representative shall be entitled to designate one Amneal Director to have observer rights with respect to such committee.

(e) Committee Charters. Any amendment to the charter of any committee of the Company Board shall require the approval of 75% of the directors comprising the Company Board.

(f) Other Committee Composition. The formation and composition of any other committees of the Company Board not specified in this Section 3.3 shall require the approval of 75% of the directors comprising the Company Board.

3.4 Co-Chief Executive Officers. Immediately following the Closing, the Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company shall be Chirag Patel and Chintu Patel.

3.5 Amneal Group Agreement to Vote. From and after the Closing and until the Trigger Date, Amneal Group shall,

(a) cause its shares of Company Common Stock to be present for quorum purposes at any Company stockholder meeting;

(b) with respect to the election of directors, vote its shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the recommendation of the Company Board (provided, that the slate of nominees recommended by the Company Board complies with the terms of this Agreement); and

(c) not vote its shares of Company Common Stock in favor of the removal of any Non-Amneal Director unless such removal is recommended by the Nominating Committee.

 

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3.6 Amneal Consent Rights. For so long as Amneal Group beneficially owns more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, the Company shall not, without first obtaining the approval (by vote or written consent as provided by Law) of the Amneal Group Representative, take any of the following actions (whether by amendment, merger, recapitalization or otherwise):

(a) amend, modify or repeal any provision of the Charter or the Company’s bylaws in a manner that adversely impacts any Amneal Group Member;

(b) except pursuant to Section 3.1(c), effect any change in the authorized number of directors of the Company;

(c) create or reclassify any new or existing class or series of capital stock having rights, preferences or privileges with respect to voting, liquidation, redemption, conversion or dividends that are senior to or on parity with the Company Common Stock; or

(d) consummate any Company Sale in which any Amneal Group Member receives a different amount or form of consideration per Company Security held by such Amneal Group Member as other holders of such Company Security.

3.7 Taxable Transactions. For so long as Amneal Group beneficially owns either (a) shares of Class B Common Stock representing at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or (b) at least forty-five million (45,000,000) shares of Company Common Stock (such 45,000,000 shares, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or similar change in the capital structure of the Company), the Company shall not, without first obtaining the approval (by vote or written consent) of the Amneal Group Representative, consummate any Taxable Transaction.

ARTICLE IV

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS, STANDSTILL,

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS, PARTICIPATION RIGHTS

4.1 Restrictions on Transferability and Acquisitions.

(a) Each Amneal Group Member covenants and agrees that the shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned or owned of record by such Amneal Group Member may be Transferred only pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act (including a registration statement contemplated hereunder), or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable U.S. state and federal securities laws, and any applicable securities laws of other jurisdictions. Each Amneal Group Member further covenants and agrees that the right of Amneal Group to Transfer any Company Common Stock is subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.1, and no Transfer of Company Common Stock by Amneal Group may be effected except in compliance with this Section 4.1. Any attempted Transfer in violation of this Agreement shall be of no effect and null and void ab initio, regardless of whether the purported transferee has any actual or constructive knowledge of the Transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement, and shall not be recorded on the stock transfer books of the Company.

 

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(b) Permitted Transfers.

(i) No Amneal Group Member shall Transfer or agree to Transfer any shares of Company Common Stock to a Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), except for Transfers:

(A) in a registered offering pursuant to the procedures described in Article V (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the resale of shares of Company Common Stock by Amneal Group registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, once declared effective under the Securities Act);

(B) in open market sales pursuant to, if available, Rule 144 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that Amneal Group may not, in the aggregate, Transfer more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.1(b)(i)(B) in any twelve (12)-month period without the approval of the Conflicts Committee;

(C) in one or more privately negotiated sales exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (a “PIPE Transaction”); provided, however, that Amneal Group may not, in the aggregate, Transfer more than fifteen percent (15%) of the outstanding Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Section 4.1(b)(i)(C) in any twelve (12)-month period without the approval of the Conflicts Committee; or

(D) in accordance with the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee.

(ii) No Amneal Group Member shall, without the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee, Transfer or agree to Transfer any shares of Company Common Stock to a Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) (i) if such Person or group would beneficially own in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock following such Transfer or (ii) to any such Person or group who, prior to such Transfer, beneficially owned fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Company Common Stock; provided, that such restrictions shall not apply to Transfers to such a Person or group if each of the following conditions are satisfied: such transferee (A) has filed a Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act with respect to the Company and has not subsequently filed a Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act that remains in effect with respect to the Company or (B) is an institutional investor, pension fund, foundation, sovereign wealth fund, real estate fund, mutual fund, index fund or other similar passive investor that invests in securities similar to the Class A Common Stock and has not filed a Schedule 13D with regard to the Company; and provided, further, that the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.1(b)(ii) shall not apply to a Transfer (x) consisting of a block trade executed at prevailing market prices obtainable at the time of such transfer through brokers in transactions on the NYSE, provided that the Amneal Group Member does not know or have good reason to believe that such Transfer would result in a Transfer of Class A Common Stock representing a number of shares equal to fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding shares of Class

 

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A Common Stock to any such Person or group that has filed a Schedule 13D with regard to the Company that remains in effect, (y) to or by one or more underwriters in connection with an underwritten offering, including a block trade or a widely distributed public offering, so long as the Amneal Group Member does not know or have good reason to believe that such offering would result in a Transfer of Class A Common Stock representing a number of shares equal to fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock to any Person or group that has filed a Schedule 13D with regard to the Company, or (z) effected through a widely distributed public offering.

(c) Transfers to Affiliates. The foregoing Section 4.1(b) shall not apply to any Transfer by an Amneal Group Member, at any time, of all or any portion of its Company Common Stock to an Amneal Group Member or any Affiliate thereof; provided, that prior to any such Transfer, such Affiliate agrees in a writing reasonably acceptable to the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a party hereto in the position of an Amneal Group Member. Any such Transfer to an Amneal Group Member or any Affiliate thereof shall not be subject to the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee.

(d) Legend. Any stock certificates representing the Company Common Stock held by Amneal Group Members shall include a legend referencing the transfer restrictions set forth herein and in the Company’s Charter.

(e) Buyout Transaction. Any proposal by any Amneal Group Member to acquire in a transaction or series of related transactions reasonably expected to result in the acquisition of all of the Company Common Stock held by Other Stockholders must be subject to (i) the review, evaluation and prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee and (ii) for so long as Amneal Group beneficially owns more than thirty seven and one half percent (37.5%) of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, a non-waivable condition that a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock held by Other Stockholders approve the transaction (or equivalent tender offer condition).

4.2 Related Party Transactions.

(a) All proposed Related Party Transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents between the Company and any Amneal Group Member have been approved by the Company Board in connection with its approval of this Agreement. Any material amendments to or material modifications or terminations of or material waivers, consents or elections under any Related Party Transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee if such Related Party Transactions (absent the application of the immediately preceding sentence) would require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee under the Conflicts Committee Charter. The prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee shall be required with respect to (i) any material amendments or modifications or terminations of any of the Transaction Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the schedules thereto) and (ii) any material waivers, consents (other than any consents of the managing member of Opco contemplated by the Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Agreement where no Amneal Group Member is a counterparty to or beneficiary of the matter in question and such matter would not otherwise require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee under this Section 4.2(a)) or elections of the Company’s or Opco’s rights under any of the Transaction Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the schedules thereto).

 

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(b) All Related Party Transactions that are not contemplated by the Transaction Documents shall require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee if such Related Party Transactions would require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee under the Conflicts Committee Charter.

4.3 Participation Rights.

(a) To the extent permitted under NYSE rules, the Company hereby grants to Amneal Group the right to purchase the Pro Rata Portion of any Company Securities (other than any Excluded Securities) that the Company may from time to time propose to issue or sell to any Person, which right shall be exercisable by the Amneal Group Representative on behalf of Amneal Group. For purposes of this Section 4.3, “Excluded Securities” means Company Securities issued in connection with: (i) a grant to any existing or prospective consultants, employees, officers or directors pursuant to any stock option, restricted stock award, restricted stock unit, performance share, employee stock purchase or similar equity-based plans or other compensation agreement or arrangement; (ii) any acquisition by the Company of the stock, assets, properties or business of any Person; (iii) a stock split, stock dividend or any similar recapitalization affecting the number of outstanding shares of stock or securities; or (iv) any issuance of warrants or other similar rights to purchase Company Common Stock to lenders or other institutional investors in any arm’s length transaction providing debt financing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent stockholder approval is required under the NYSE rules for the issuance or sale of Company Securities as provided in this Section 4.3, (x) the Company may issue or sell Company Securities to such other Persons prior to obtaining such stockholder approval in accordance with Section 4.3(d) (to the extent no stockholder approval is required for the issuance or sale of Company Securities to such other Persons), and (y) the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approval, and after receipt of such approval the Company shall issue or sell the Company Securities (if any) that any Amneal Group Member has irrevocably elected to purchase to such Amneal Group Member, on the terms set forth in the relevant Issuance Notice.

(b) The Company shall give written notice (an “Issuance Notice”) of any proposed issuance or sale described in Section 4.3(a) to Amneal Group within five (5) Business Days following any meeting of the Company Board at which any such issuance or sale is approved or, if the approval of the Company Board is not required in connection with such issuance or sale, no less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the proposed issuance or sale. The Issuance Notice shall, if applicable, be accompanied by a written offer from any prospective purchaser seeking to purchase Company Securities and shall set forth the material terms and conditions of the proposed issuance, including:

(i) the number and class of the Company Securities to be issued and the percentage of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company such issuance would represent;

(ii) the proposed issuance date, which shall be at least ten (10) Business Days from the date of the Issuance Notice; and

 

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(iii) the proposed purchase price per Company Security.

(c) Amneal Group shall for a period of ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of an Issuance Notice have the right to elect irrevocably to purchase the Pro Rata Portion of the Company Securities at the purchase price set forth in the Issuance Notice by delivering a written notice to the Company, which right shall be exercisable on behalf of Amneal Group by the Amneal Group Representative. If, at the termination of such ten (10) Business Day period, the Amneal Group Representative shall have failed to deliver such notice to the Company, Amneal Group shall be deemed to have waived all of its rights under this Section 4.3 with respect to the purchase of such Company Securities. The closing of any purchase by the Amneal Group Representative shall be consummated concurrently with the consummation of the issuance or sale described in the Issuance Notice; provided, however, that the closing of any purchase by the Amneal Group Representative may be extended beyond the closing of the transaction in the Issuance Notice to the extent necessary to obtain any required approval or consent of a Governmental Entity or any other third party (and the Company and Amneal Group shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals).

(d) Upon the expiration of the ten (10) Business Day period described in Section 4.3(c), the Company shall be free to sell such Company Securities that the Amneal Group Representative has not elected irrevocably to purchase on terms and conditions no more favorable to the purchasers thereof than those offered to Amneal Group in the Issuance Notice delivered in accordance with Section 4.3(b).

ARTICLE V

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

5.1 Shelf Registration Statement. No later than five (5) Business Days following the Closing, the Company shall file with the SEC a post-effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-263225) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) to reflect the Reorganization Transactions and to expressly adopt the Shelf Registration Statement as its own registration statement pursuant to Rule 414(d) of the Securities Act. The Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or such comparable or successor form) then in effect until such time as there are no Registrable Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1, if the SEC prevents the Company from including on a registration statement any or all of the Registrable Shares to be registered pursuant to this Section 5.1 due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of Registrable Shares by Amneal Group (a “Rule 415 Limitation”), such registration statement shall register the resale of a number of Registrable Shares which is equal to the maximum number of shares as is permitted by the SEC, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to register all such remaining Registrable Shares for resale as promptly as reasonably practicable in accordance with the applicable rules, regulations and guidance of the SEC. In such event, the number of Registrable Shares to be registered for each Amneal Group Member in such registration statement shall be reduced pro rata (i) first, among all Amneal Group Members and (ii) second, among purchasers of Company Common Stock in any Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction, in each case based on the proportion that the number of Registrable Shares held by such Amneal Group Member or shares held by such purchasers pursuant to such registration statement bears to the total number of Registrable Shares or shares held by such purchasers, as applicable, to be registered pursuant to such registration statement.

 

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5.2 Blackout Periods. Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.1 to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to postpone and delay the filing or effectiveness (but not the preparation) of any registration statement or the offer or sale of any Registrable Shares thereunder (i) for reasonable periods of time in advance of the release of the Company’s quarterly and annual financial results and (ii) for reasonable periods of time, not in excess of an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in any twelve (12)-month period and in no event more than two times in any twelve (12)-month period (any such postponement and delay permitted by this Section 5.2 being, a “Blackout Period”), if (A) the Conflicts Committee determines in its good faith judgment that any such filing or effectiveness of a registration statement or the offering or sale of any Registrable Shares thereunder would (1) materially impede, materially delay or otherwise materially interfere with any pending or proposed material acquisition, disposition, corporate reorganization or other similar material transaction involving the Company as to which the Company has taken substantial steps and is proceeding with reasonable diligence to effect, (2) materially adversely affect any registered underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities for the Company’s account as to which the Company has taken substantial steps (including, but not limited to, selecting a managing underwriter for such offering) and is proceeding with reasonable diligence to effect such offering, or (3) require disclosure of material non-public information which, in the reasonable discretion of the Company Board, acting in good faith, would have a material adverse effect on the business, operations or management of the Company or any of its Affiliates if disclosed at such time or (B) the Conflicts Committee determines in its good faith judgment that it is necessary to amend or supplement the affected registration statement or the related prospectus so that such registration statement or prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall give written notice to each Amneal Group Member that holds Registrable Shares of its determination to postpone or delay the filing of such registration statement or other imposition of a Blackout Period and a general statement of the reason for such deferral and an approximation of the anticipated delay; provided, further, that in the event that the Company proposes to register shares of Class A Common Stock (other than in connection with a registered underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities for the Company’s account) during a Blackout Period, the Company shall not pursuant to this Section 5.2 be entitled to postpone or delay the filing or effectiveness of any registration statement or the offer or sale of any Registrable Shares during such Blackout Period. Upon notice by the Company to Amneal Group of any such determination, each Amneal Group Member shall, except as required by applicable Law, keep the fact of any such notice strictly confidential, and during any Blackout Period, promptly halt any offer, sale, trading or transfer by it of any shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the registration statement for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and promptly halt any use, publication, dissemination or distribution of any prospectus or prospectus supplement covering such Registrable Shares for the duration of the Blackout Period set forth in such notice (or until such Blackout Period shall be earlier terminated in writing by the Company) and, if so directed by the Company, shall deliver to the Company any copies then in its possession of any such prospectus or prospectus supplement. A deferral of the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement or other imposition of a Blackout Period pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be lifted as soon as practicable (and in no event later than the 46th calendar day in any 12-month period), and the Company shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify each Amneal Group Member, upon the circumstances giving rise to such Blackout Period no longer being present.

 

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5.3 Demand Underwritten Offerings.

(a) If any Amneal Group Member (the “Participating Amneal Members”) delivers notice to the Company (such notice to be delivered no less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date the underwriting agreement for any underwriting pursuant to this Section 5.3 is expected to be executed) stating that it intends to effect an underwritten public offering of all or part of its Registrable Shares included on the Shelf Registration Statement (a “Demand Underwritten Offering”), the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement or related prospectus as may be necessary in order to enable such Registrable Shares to be distributed pursuant to the underwritten offering. Amneal Group shall only be entitled to offer and sell its Registrable Shares pursuant to a Demand Underwritten Offering if the aggregate amount of Registrable Shares to be offered and sold in such offering by the Participating Amneal Members are reasonably expected to result in aggregate gross proceeds (based on the current market price of the number of Registrable Shares to be sold) of not less than $75 million.

(b) Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, following the Closing, (i) the Company may delay the commencement of any Demand Underwritten Offering for the same reasons as the Company may institute a Blackout Period prior to the commencement of any marketing efforts or “road shows” by the Company or the underwriters in connection with such Demand Underwritten Offering and (ii) Amneal Group, collectively, shall have the right to request no more than an aggregate of two (2) Demand Underwritten Offerings or Company-Assisted PIPE Transactions in any twelve (12)-month period (other than the first Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction in any such twelve (12)-month period). Any request for a Demand Underwritten Offering under this Section 5.3 may be revoked or withdrawn upon written notice by the Participating Amneal Members to the Company; provided, that any such Demand Underwritten Offering withdrawn or not consummated for any reason shall be counted toward the total of two (2) Demand Underwritten Offerings or Company-Assisted PIPE Transactions permitted to be requested in any twelve (12)-month period; provided, however, that no revoked or withdrawn Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction shall be counted for determining the number of Demand Underwritten Offerings or Company-Assisted PIPE Transactions requested in any twelve (12)-month period if (1) Amneal Group reimburses the Company for all of its out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such revoked or withdrawn Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction incurred through the date of such revocation or withdrawal and (2) such revocation or withdrawal shall have been made prior to the commencement of any marketing efforts or “road shows” by the Company or the underwriters in connection with such Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction; provided, further, that the Participating Amneal Members shall be entitled, at any time after receiving notice of the imposition of any Blackout Period by the Company, to withdraw a request for a Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction and, if such request is withdrawn, such Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction shall not count toward the total of two (2) Demand Underwritten Offerings or Company-Assisted PIPE Transactions permitted to be requested in any twelve (12)-month period.

 

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(c) In connection with any Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction, the managing underwriter or placement agent (if any) for such offering shall be selected by the Participating Amneal Members, subject to the prior approval of the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(d) The Company may include Company Common Stock other than Registrable Shares in a Demand Underwritten Offering for any accounts on the terms provided below. If the managing underwriter of any proposed Demand Underwritten Offering informs the Company and the Participating Amneal Members that, in its or their opinion, the number of Registrable Shares which such Participating Amneal Members and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the Registrable Shares offered, then the Registrable Shares to be included in such underwritten offering shall be (i) first, if requested by the Company on behalf of TPG, the number of shares of Company Common Stock TPG proposes to sell equal to at least the lesser of (A) 50% of the dollar value of the shares of Company Common Stock to be sold in the Demand Underwritten Offering or (B) $150,000,000 of shares of Company Common Stock, (ii) second, and only if all the shares referred to in clause (i) have been included, the number of shares of Registrable Shares that the Participating Amneal Members propose to sell, with such number to be allocated pro rata (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to a Participating Amneal Member that exceed such a Participating Amneal Member’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting a Participating Amneal Members in like manner) and (iii) third, and only if all the shares referred to in clause (ii) have been included, the number of shares of Company Common Stock proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including Company Common Stock to be sold for the account of the Company) allocated among such Persons in such manner as the Company may determine.

(e) Amneal Group may request in writing that the Company provide assistance in connection with any PIPE Transaction proposed by Amneal Group (a “Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction”). Subject to the limitations on the number of Company-Assisted PIPE Transactions in Section 5.3(b), the Company shall cause its management to support the marketing of the Company Securities included in the Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction and make themselves reasonably available for assistance in the selling effort for such Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction, including, but not limited to, the participation of such members of the Company’s management in road show presentations and the execution of customary stock purchase agreements, engagement letters or ancillary documentation in connection therewith and making customary representations and warranties and covenants and delivering or causing the delivery thereunder of customary deliveries for the subject company in such transaction.

(f) Nothing in this Article V shall affect, supersede or otherwise modify any of the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Article IV or any other provision of this Agreement.

 

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5.4 Piggyback Registration.

(a) Whenever the Company proposes to publicly sell or register for sale any of its securities in an underwritten offering pursuant to a registration statement (a “Piggyback Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act (other than a registration statement on Form S-8 or on Form S-4 or any similar successor forms thereto) (a “Piggyback Registration”), the Company shall give prompt written notice to Amneal Group of its intention to effect such sale or registration (the “Piggyback Registration Notice”) and, subject to Section 5.4(b), shall include in such transaction all Registrable Shares with respect to which the Company has received a written request from any Amneal Group Member for inclusion therein within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of the Company’s notice. The Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion, without prejudice to any Amneal Group Member’s right to immediately request a Demand Underwritten Offering hereunder.

(b) If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any proposed underwritten offering of Registrable Shares included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company and the Amneal Group Members that have requested to participate in such offering that, in its or their opinion, the number of Registrable Shares which such Amneal Group Members and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the Registrable Shares offered, then the Registrable Shares to be included in such underwritten offering shall be (i) first, if requested by the Company on behalf of TPG, the number of shares of Company Common Stock TPG proposes to sell equal to at least the lesser of (A) 50% of the dollar value of the shares of Company Common Stock to be sold in the Demand Underwritten Offering or $150,000,000 of shares of Company Common Stock, (ii) second, and only if all the shares referred to in clause (i) have been included, the shares of Class A Common Stock that the Company proposes to sell, (iii) third, and only if all the shares referred to in clause (ii) have been included, the number of Registrable Shares that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated pro rata (A) first, among purchasers of Company Common Stock in any Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction and (B) second, among the Amneal Group Members, in each of (A) and (B), that have requested to participate in such offering based on the relative number of Registrable Shares then held by each such holder (provided, that any securities thereby allocated to an Amneal Group Member that exceed such Amneal Group Member’s request shall be reallocated among the remaining requesting Amneal Group Members in like manner) and (iv) fourth, and only if all of the Registrable Shares referred to in clause (iii) have been included, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such offering.

(c) No registration of Registrable Shares effected pursuant to a request under this Section 5.4 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Section 5.3 or shall relieve the Company of its obligations under Sections 5.1 through 5.3.

5.5 Registration Procedures.

(a) In connection with each registration statement prepared pursuant to this Article V pursuant to which Registrable Shares will be offered and sold, and in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of the Registrable Shares as described in such registration statement, the Company shall as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

 

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(i) prepare and file with the SEC such registration statement on an appropriate registration form of the SEC and use reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, which registration statement shall comply as to form in all materials respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by such form to be filed therewith; provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to one counsel selected by Amneal Group (which such counsel shall be confirmed to the Company in writing (the “Counsel”)) draft copies of all such documents proposed to be filed (other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment) as far in advance as reasonably practicable prior to filing (and in any event at least five (5) Business Days prior to such filing or such shorter time period as may be agreed by the Amneal Group and the Company), which documents will be subject to the reasonable review and (except for exhibits) comment of the Amneal Group and the Counsel and the underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering, and the Company shall not file any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement to which the Amneal Group or any such underwriters shall reasonably object;

(ii) furnish without charge to each Amneal Group Member and the underwriters, if any, at least one conformed copy of the registration statement and each post-effective amendment or supplement thereto (including all schedules and exhibits but excluding all documents incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference, unless requested in writing by any Amneal Group Member or an underwriter, except to the extent such exhibits and schedules are currently available via EDGAR and other than any portion of any thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential treatment) and such number of copies of the registration statement and each amendment or supplement thereto (excluding exhibits and schedules) and the summary, preliminary, final, amended or supplemented prospectuses included in such registration statement as each Amneal Group Member or such underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Shares being sold by such Amneal Group Member (the Company hereby consents to the use in accordance with the U.S. securities laws of such registration statement (or post-effective amendment thereto) and each such prospectus (or preliminary prospectus or supplement thereto) by such Amneal Group Member and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement or prospectus);

(iii) keep such registration statement effective and updated (including the filing of a new registration statement upon the expiration of a prior one) with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Shares subject thereto until the date on which there are no Registrable Shares (the “Effective Period”), and prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements to the registration statement and the prospectus as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness of the registration for the Effective Period) and cause the prospectus (and any amendments or supplements thereto) to be filed with the SEC;

 

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(iv) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as are reasonably necessary, keep such registrations or qualifications in effect for so long as the registration statement remains in effect, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary to enable an Amneal Group Member or any underwriter to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Shares in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to (A) qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it would not, but for the requirements of this clause (iv), be required to be so qualified, (B) execute or file any general consent to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction, (C) take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits other than those arising out of the offer and sale of the securities covered by the registration statement, or (D) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be obligated to do so, but for this clause (iv);

(v) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement to be listed (after notice of issuance) on the NYSE or on the principal securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted;

(vi) promptly notify Amneal Group and the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering after becoming aware thereof, (A) when the registration statement or any related prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, and, with respect to the registration statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the SEC or any U.S. state securities authority for amendments or supplements to the registration statement or the related prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, or (E) within the Effective Period of the happening of any event or the existence of any fact which makes any statement in the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in the registration statement or post-effective amendment thereto or any prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto so that they will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(vii) during the Effective Period, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order enjoining or suspending the use or effectiveness of the registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction;

 

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(viii) deliver to Amneal Group and the managing underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering copies of all correspondence between the SEC and the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the SEC or its staff with respect to the registration statement (except to the extent such correspondence is currently available via EDGAR or relates to information subject to a confidential treatment request); provided that any such investigation shall not interfere unreasonably with the Company’s business;

(ix) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement not later than the effective date of such registration statement;

(x) cooperate with Amneal Group and the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Registrable Shares to be sold under the registration statement in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Corporation not bearing any restrictive legends (other than as required by the Depository Trust Corporation) and not subject to any stop transfer order with any transfer agent, and cause such Registrable Shares to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering may request in writing or, if not an underwritten offering, in accordance with the instructions of the relevant Amneal Group Members, in each case at least two (2) Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Shares;

(xi) in the case of a firm commitment underwritten offering, enter into, concurrently with the relevant Amneal Group Members, an underwriting agreement customary in form and substance (taking into account the Company’s prior underwriting agreements) for a firm commitment underwritten secondary offerings of the nature contemplated by the applicable registration statement;

(xii) obtain an opinion from the Company’s counsel and a “cold comfort” letter from the Company’s independent public accountants (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any Subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data is, or is required to be, included in the registration statement) in customary form and covering such matters as are customarily covered by such opinions and “cold comfort” letters in connection with an offering of the nature contemplated by the applicable registration statement;

(xiii) provide to the Counsel and to the managing underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering and no later than the time of filing of any document which is to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus (after the initial filing of such registration statement), copies of any such document;

(xiv) cause its management to use commercially reasonable efforts to support the marketing of the Registrable Shares covered by a Demand Underwritten Offering or Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction and make themselves reasonably available for assistance in the selling effort covered by such transactions, including, but not limited to, the participation of such members of the Company’s management in road show presentations; and

 

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(xv) otherwise comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and any applicable national securities exchange.

(b) In the event that the Company would be required, pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(vi)(E) to notify Amneal Group or the managing underwriter or underwriters in connection with any underwritten offering of the occurrence of any event specified therein, the Company shall, subject to Section 5.5(c), as promptly as practicable, prepare and furnish to Amneal Group and to each such underwriter a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Shares that have been registered pursuant to this Agreement, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each Amneal Group Member agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company pursuant to Section 5.5(a)(vi)(C), Section 5.5(a)(vi)(D) or Section 5.5(a)(vi)(E) hereof, it shall, and shall use all reasonable best efforts to cause any sales or placement agent or agents for the Registrable Shares and the underwriters, if any, to, forthwith discontinue disposition of the Registrable Shares until such Person shall have received notice from the Company that such offers and sales of the Registrable Shares may be resumed and, if applicable, such Person shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus and, if so directed by the Company, to destroy all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in its possession of the prospectus (prior to such amendment or supplement) covering such Registrable Shares as soon as practicable after the Amneal Groups Members’ receipt of such notice.

(c) In the case of any Demand Underwritten Offering or Piggyback Registration, all Registrable Shares to be included in such offering or registration, as the case may be, shall be subject to the applicable underwriting agreement and no Amneal Group Member may participate in such offering or registration unless such Amneal Group Member agrees to sell such Amneal Group Member’s securities on the basis provided therein and completes and executes all questionnaires, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents which must be executed in connection therewith, and provides such other information to the Company or the underwriter as may be reasonably requested to offer or register such Person’s Registrable Shares.

5.6 Obligations of Amneal Group.

(a) Amneal Group Information. Each Amneal Group Member shall furnish to the Company in writing such information (“Required Amneal Group Member Information”) regarding the Amneal Group Member, the Registrable Shares held by it and its intended method of distribution of the Registrable Shares as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as may reasonably be required to effect the registration, in order for the Company to comply with its obligations under all applicable securities and other laws and to ensure that the prospectus relating to such Registrable Shares, or any amendment or supplement to a registration statement or

 

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prospectus, conforms to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. If an Amneal Group Member fails to provide the requested information or execute such documents in connection with such registration as may reasonably be required to effect the registration within five (5) Business Days of the receipt by the Amneal Group Member of such request, the Company shall be entitled to refuse to register such Amneal Group Member’s Registrable Shares in the applicable registration statement. Each Amneal Group Member shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in any Required Amneal Group Member Information previously furnished by such Amneal Group Member to the Company or of the occurrence of any event, in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to the Registrable Shares contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in connection with any registration, and promptly furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update such previously furnished Amneal Group Member Information or required so that such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(b) Filing Cooperation. Each Amneal Group Member agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any registration statement in which any Registrable Shares held by such Amneal Group Member are being included.

(c) Holdback.

(i) The Company shall not effect any public sale or distribution of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the ten days prior to and during the 90-day period beginning on the pricing date in connection with any Demand Underwritten Offering or a Piggyback Registration, except pursuant to any registrations on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form or unless the underwriters managing any such public offering otherwise agree.

(ii) If requested by the managing underwriter(s) for an underwritten offering (primary or secondary) of any equity securities (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for equity securities) of the Company, each Amneal Group Member hereby agrees not to effect any Transfer of any Class A Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Class A Common Stock), including any sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and not to effect any Transfer of any other equity security of the Company (in each case, other than as part of such underwritten public offering) during the ten (10) days prior to, and during the 90-day period (or such shorter period as the managing underwriter(s) may permit in writing) beginning on, the effective date of the related registration statement (or date of the prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a “shelf” registration) pursuant to which such underwritten offering shall be made, provided that all of the Company’s executive officers and directors and any other holders of Class A Common Stock who are selling shares of Class A Common Stock in such underwritten offering enter into similar agreements for the same time period and on no less restrictive terms.

 

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5.7 Expenses. Amneal Group shall bear all agent fees and commissions, underwriting discounts and commissions, and fees and disbursements of its counsel (including the Counsel) and its accountants in connection with any registration of any Registrable Shares pursuant to this Article V and any Company-Assisted PIPE Transaction. The Company shall bear all other fees and expenses in connection with any registration statement prepared, filed or caused to become effective pursuant to this Article V, including all registration and filing fees, all printing costs and all fees and expenses of counsel and accountants for the Company and its Subsidiaries.

5.8 Indemnification; Contribution.

(a) In the event any Registrable Shares are included in a registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall, and it hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold harmless, or cause to be indemnified and held harmless, each Amneal Group Member and its respective officers, directors, employees and controlling Persons, if any, in any offering or sale of the Registrable Shares, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities in respect thereof and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel) (collectively, “Claims”), to which each such indemnified party may become subject, insofar as such Claims (including any amounts paid in settlement effected with the consent of the Company as provided herein), or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, or any preliminary or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and the Company shall, and it hereby agrees to, reimburse, upon request, each such Amneal Group Member for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred and documented by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claims; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any Amneal Group Member (or its officers, directors, employee and controlling Persons, if any) in any such case to the extent that any such Claims arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary or final prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with the Required Amneal Group Member Information furnished to the Company in writing by such Amneal Group Member or on behalf of such Amneal Group Member by any Representative of the Amneal Group Member, expressly for use therein, that is the subject of the untrue statement or omission.

(b) In the event any Registrable Shares are included in a registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, each Amneal Group Member shall, and hereby agrees to, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees and controlling Persons, if any, in any offering or sale of its Registrable Shares against any Claims to which each such indemnified party may become subject, insofar as such Claims (including any amounts paid in settlement as provided herein), or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, or any preliminary or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment

 

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or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and each Amneal Group Member shall, and it hereby agrees to, reimburse the Company for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred and documented by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such Claims, in each case only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Required Amneal Group Member Information furnished to the Company in writing by the Amneal Group Member or its Representative expressly for use therein that is the subject of the untrue statement or omission; provided, however, that the liability of each Amneal Group Member hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Amneal Group Member from the sale of Registrable Shares sold by such Amneal Group Member pursuant to such registration statement or prospectus.

(c) Amneal Group and the Company agree that if, for any reason, the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 5.8(a) or Section 5.8(b) are unavailable to or are insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Claims referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Claims in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, with respect to the applicable offering of securities. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. If, however, the allocation in the first sentence of this Section 5.8(c) is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative faults, but also the relative benefits of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 5.8(c) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the preceding sentences of this Section 5.8(c). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Claims referred to above shall be deemed to include (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.9) any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action, proceeding or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Amneal Group Member shall be liable to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount equal to the sum of (i) the net proceeds received by such Amneal Group Member from the sale of Registrable Shares sold by such Amneal Group Member pursuant to such registration statement or prospectus, minus (ii) any amounts paid or payable by such Amneal Group Member pursuant to Section 5.8(b) (except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct).

 

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5.9 Indemnification Procedures.

(a) If an indemnified party shall desire to assert any claim for indemnification provided for under Section 5.8 in respect of, arising out of or involving a Claim against the indemnified party, such indemnified party shall notify the Company or the Amneal Group Member, as the case may be (the “Indemnifying Party”), in writing of such Claim, the amount or the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then ascertainable (which estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount of such Claim), any other remedy sought thereunder, any relevant time constraints relating thereto and, to the extent practicable, any other material details pertaining thereto (a “Claim Notice”) promptly after receipt by such indemnified party of written notice of the Claim; provided, however, that failure to provide a Claim Notice shall not affect the indemnification obligations provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. The indemnified party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after the indemnified party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the indemnified party relating to the Claim; provided, however, that failure to provide any such copies shall not affect the indemnification obligations provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been materially prejudiced as a result of such failure.

(b) The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of any Claim for which indemnification is being sought, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof. Should the Indemnifying Party so elect to assume the defense of a Claim, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the indemnified party for legal expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Claim and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; or (3) such indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that an actual or potential conflict of interest exists if the same counsel were to represent such indemnified party and the Indemnifying Party or any other indemnified party (in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to not more than one local counsel that may be required in the opinion of such firm) at any time for all indemnified parties hereunder. If the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, the indemnified party shall have the right to participate in defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense (except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence), separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend any Claim, the indemnified party shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution thereof. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party’s request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records and information that are reasonably relevant to such Claim, and the indemnified party shall use reasonable best efforts to make employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall have assumed the defense of a Claim, the indemnified party shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Claim without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Indemnifying Party may pay, settle or compromise a Claim without the written consent of the indemnified party, so long as such settlement includes (i) an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability in respect of such Claim, (ii) does not subject the indemnified party to any injunctive relief or other equitable remedy, and (iii) does not include a statement or admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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5.10 Rule 144. The Company will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, will, upon the request of Amneal Group, make publicly available other information) and will take such further action as any Amneal Group Member may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable each Amneal Group Member to sell Class A Common Stock without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the reasonable request of any Amneal Group Member, the Company will deliver to such parties a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and will, at its expense, forthwith upon the request of any such Amneal Group Member, deliver to such Amneal Group Member a certificate, signed by the Company’s principal financial officer, stating (a) the Company’s name, address and telephone number (including area code), (b) the Company’s Internal Revenue Service identification number, (c) the Company’s SEC file number, (d) the number of shares of each class of capital stock outstanding as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the Company, and (e) whether the Company has filed the reports required to be filed under the Exchange Act for a period of at least ninety (90) days prior to the date of such certificate and in addition has filed the most recent annual report required to be filed thereunder.

5.11 Preservation of Rights. The Company will not (i) grant any registration rights to third parties which are more favorable than or inconsistent with the rights granted hereunder or (ii) enter into any agreement, take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to its securities that violates or subordinates the rights expressly granted to Amneal Group in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is hereby expressly permitted to grant the registration rights contemplated by Section 2 of that certain letter agreement, dated as of December 16, 2017, between Old PubCo and TPG.

5.12 Transfer of Registration Rights. The rights of each Amneal Group Member under this Agreement may be assigned to any direct or indirect transferee of an Amneal Group Member permitted under this Agreement who agrees in writing to be subject to and bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing and in lieu of an assignment of rights pursuant to the foregoing sentence, if requested by any Amneal Group Member in connection with any such Transfer by an Amneal Group Member, the Company will enter into one or standalone registration rights agreements for the benefit of such direct or indirect transferee providing for registration rights that are substantially consistent with the rights of such Amneal Group Member under this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VI

FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

Unless otherwise expressly provided, each of the covenants and agreements in this Article VI shall terminate at the end of the fiscal year of the Company in which the Trigger Date occurs:

6.1 Exchange of Information. Until the end of the fiscal year of the Company in which the Trigger Date occurs, each of the members of Amneal Group and the Company Group, on behalf of itself and the other members of its respective Group, agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause to be provided, to the other, at any time after the date hereof, as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information in the possession or under the control of such respective Group which the requesting party reasonably needs to comply with reporting, disclosure or filing requirements imposed on the requesting party or a member of its Group (including under applicable securities or Tax Laws) by a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the requesting party or such member of its Group; provided, however, that in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege, the Parties shall take reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence. In connection therewith, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond to reasonable requests from the other Party for information regarding the Information delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 and, if requested, shall make appropriate personnel available to discuss such Information.

6.2 Ownership of Information. Any Information owned by one Group that is provided to a requesting Party pursuant to Section 6.1 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing Group. Unless specifically set forth herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.

6.3 Compensation for Providing Information. In connection with Information exchanged pursuant to Section 6.1, the Party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the other Party for the reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information or otherwise performing, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the requesting Party. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, or in any other agreement between the Parties, such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Party’s standard methodology and procedures.

6.4 Record Retention. To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article VI and other provisions of this Agreement, Amneal Group and the Company agree to use their reasonable best efforts to retain all Information in their respective possession or control in accordance with the policies of Amneal Group as in effect on the date of the Closing, to the extent such policies are communicated in writing to the Company reasonably in advance, or such other policies as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate Party after the date hereof. Neither Party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information which the other Party may have the right to obtain pursuant to this Agreement prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of the Closing without first using its reasonable best efforts to notify the other Party of the proposed destruction and giving the other Party the opportunity to take possession of such Information prior to such destruction; provided, however, no Party will destroy, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to destroy, any Information required to be retained by applicable Law.

 

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6.5 Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation.

(a) Except in the case of an adversarial Action by one Party against another Party, each member of Amneal Group and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to make available to each other Party, upon written request, the former, current and future directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents of the members of its respective Group as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control or which it otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving consideration to business demands of such directors, officers, employees, other personnel and agents) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any Action in which the requesting Party may from time to time be involved. The requesting Party shall bear all costs and expenses in connection therewith.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, Amneal Group and the Company shall cooperate and consult to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any Actions.

(c) In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 6.5, Amneal Group and the Company intend to and will maintain any applicable attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, and other applicable privileges, doctrines, or immunities of any member of any Group.

6.6 Privilege. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the provision of any information pursuant to this Article VI shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege, including privileges arising under or related to the attorney-client privilege or any other applicable privilege (a “Privilege”). Neither the Company or any member of the Company Group nor any member of Amneal Group will be required to provide any information pursuant to this Article VI if the provision of such information would serve as a waiver of any Privilege afforded such information.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1 Corporate Power. Each member of Amneal Group represents on behalf of itself and the Company represents on behalf of itself, as follows:

(a) each such Person has the requisite corporate or other power and authority and has taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and

(b) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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7.2 [Reserved].

7.3 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any applicable principles of conflict of laws that would cause the Laws of another State to otherwise govern this Agreement. The Parties agree that any Action seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether brought by any Party or any of its Affiliates or against any Party or any of its Affiliates) shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery; provided, that if the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction over such Action, such Action shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware (Complex Commercial Division); provided, further, that if subject matter jurisdiction over the matter that is the subject of the Action is vested exclusively in the federal courts of the United States of America, such Action shall be heard in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Consistent with the preceding sentence, each of the Parties hereby (i) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party; (ii) agrees that service of process will be validly effected by sending notice in accordance with Section 7.5; (iii) irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, defense or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement may not be enforced in or by any of the above named courts; and (iv) agrees not to move to transfer any such Action to a court other than any of the above-named courts.

7.4 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY (A) CERTIFIED THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.4.

7.5 Notices . Except for notices that are specifically required by the terms of this Agreement to be delivered orally, all notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given, delivered and/or provided (a) when delivered personally, by facsimile (which is confirmed by a printed confirmation produced by the sending machine) or by e-mail of a .pdf attachment (for which a confirmation email is obtained), or (b) on the next Business Day when dispatched for overnight delivery by Federal Express or a similar courier, in either case, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

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If to Amneal Group, to:

Amneal Group Representative

c/o Abtar Enterprise, LLC

400 Crossing Boulevard

Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Attention: Chirag Patel

Email: chiragp@abtarinvestments.com

and

Tarsadia Enterprise, LLC

520 Newport Center Drive

Newport Beach, CA 92660

Attention: Edward G. Coss

Email: edc@tarsadia.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

66 Hudson Boulevard

New York, NY 10001

Attention: Andrew L. Bab

Email: albab@debevoise.com

If to the Company, to:

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

400 Crossing Boulevard, Third Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Attn: General Counsel

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: Richard Fenyes

Email: rfenyes@stblaw.com

7.6 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any applicable Law, then such contravention or invalidity shall not invalidate the entire Agreement. Such provision shall be deemed to be modified to the extent necessary to render it legal, valid and enforceable, and if no such modification shall render it legal, valid and enforceable, then this Agreement shall be construed as if not containing the provision held to be invalid, and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be construed and enforced accordingly.

 

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7.7 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the annexes, exhibits and letters hereto) and the Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings (both written and oral), among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

7.8 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, each Amneal Group Member shall be entitled to assign such Amneal Group Member’s rights and obligations (i) under this Agreement, collectively, in connection with any Transfer of shares of Company Common Stock permitted under Section 4.1(c) (in which case such transferee shall, prior to any such Transfer, agree in a writing reasonably acceptable to the Company to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as a party hereto in the position of an Amneal Group Member) or (ii) under Article V (Registration Rights), in connection with any Transfer of Registrable Shares. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties to this Agreement and the members of their respective Group and their permitted successors and assigns, including any transferee in a Permitted Transfer (as defined in the Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC Agreement), and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity (other than the Conflicts Committee, which is an intended third party beneficiary of the covenants set forth in this Agreement) any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

7.9 Amendment; Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified except by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Amneal Group Representative; provided, that any material amendment or modification of this Agreement shall require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee. Either Party may, in its sole discretion, waive any and all rights granted to it in this Agreement; provided, that no waiver by any Party of any provision hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving; provided, further, that any waiver of any or all of the Company’s rights granted under this Agreement shall require the prior written consent of the Conflicts Committee. The waiver by any Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other subsequent breach.

7.10 Interpretations. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article, Section or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Any references in this Agreement to “the date hereof” refers to the date of execution of this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. References to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement and include any schedules, annexes, exhibits or other attachments to this Agreement. The word “or” shall be deemed to mean “and/or.” All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein

 

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means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement with the assistance of counsel and other advisors and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement or interim drafts of this Agreement.

7.11 Counterparts; Electronic Transmission of Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different Parties in separate counterparts, and delivered by means of electronic mail transmission or otherwise, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

7.12 Enforceable by the Conflicts Committee. All of the Company’s and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC’s rights under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents may be enforced by the Conflicts Committee; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall require the Conflicts Committee to act on behalf of, or enforce any rights of, the Company or Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC. Any recovery in connection with an Action brought by the Conflicts Committee hereunder or thereunder shall be for the proportionate benefit of all Other Stockholders.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed on the date first written above by their respective duly authorized officers.

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

THE AMNEAL GROUP:

TUSHAR PATEL, as Trustee of THE TUSHAR PATEL FAMILY TRUST

By:  

/s/ Tushar Patel

Name:   Tushar Patel
BELA PATEL, as Trustee of THE ANISH CHETAN PATEL GIFT TRUST
By:  

/s/ Bela Patel

Name:   Bela Patel
BELA PATEL, as Trustee of THE MANSI CHETAN PATEL GIFT TRUST
By:  

/s/ Bela Patel

Name:   Bela Patel

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


BHAVNA PARIKH, as Trustee of BHAVNA PARIKH REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Bhavna Parikh

Name:   Bhavna Parikh
CHETAN PATEL, as Trustee of THE AMAN DIPAN PATEL GIFT TRUST
By:  

/s/ Chetan Patel

Name:   Chetan Patel
CHETAN PATEL, as Trustee of THE BHAVIN NARENDRA PATEL GIFT TRUST
By:  

/s/ Chetan Patel

Name:   Chetan Patel
CHINTU PATEL, as Trustee of THE CHINTU PATEL REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Chintu Patel

Name:   Chintu Patel
CHIRAG PATEL, as Trustee of THE CHIRAG PATEL REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Chirag Patel

Name:   Chirag Patel
EDWARD COSS, as Trustee of EDWARD G COSS FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Edward Coss

Name:   Edward Coss

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


FALGUNI PATEL, as Trustee of THE FALGUNI PATEL REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Falguni Patel

Name:   Falguni Patel
GARY ALLAN GREENE, as Trustee of THE GREENE FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gary Allen Greene

Name:   Gary Allan Greene
GREG CASSERLY, as Trustee of GREG & NOLA CASSERLY FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Greg Casserly

Name:   Greg Casserly
JAMES LUCE, as Trustee of THE LUCE FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ James Luce

Name:   James Luce
JITEN PARIKH, as Trustee of THE JITEN PARIKH REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Jiten Parikh

Name:   Jiten Parikh
MAYA PATEL, as Trustee of THE SUNIL PATEL FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Maya Patel

Name:   Maya Patel

 

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NILESH MADHAV, as Trustee of NILESH MADHAV FAMILY TRUST DATED 1/20/2011
By:  

/s/ Nilesh Madhav

Name:   Nilesh Madhav
PADMESH PATEL, as Trustee of PADMESH M PATEL FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Padmesh Patel

Name:   Padmesh Patel
PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-1 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President
PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-2 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President
PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-3 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-5 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President
PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-7 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President
PATEL PTC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company. as Trustee of AP-9 TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
Title:   President
DIPAN PATEL, as Trustee of DIPAN PATEL LIVING TRUST
By:  

/s/ Dipan Patel

Name:   Dipan Patel
PRITI PATEL, as Trustee of THE PRITI PATEL REVOCABLE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Priti Patel

Name:   Priti Patel

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


RONALD ADELHELM, as Trustee of ADELHELM FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Ronald Adelhelm

Name:   Ronald Adelhelm
SANJAY PATEL, as Trustee of PATEL FAMILY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Sanjay Patel

Name:   Sanjay Patel
TATTVA FIDUCIARY COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, as Trustee of THE FALCON TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gautam Patel

Name:   Gautam Patel
Title:   President
TATTVA FIDUCIARY COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, as Trustee of THE MAYUR PATEL LEGACY TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gautam Patel

Name:   Gautam Patel
Title:   President
TATTVA FIDUCIARY COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, as Trustee of THE PUJA PATEL TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gautam Patel

Name:   Gautam Patel
Title:   President

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


TATTVA FIDUCIARY COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, as Trustee of THE ISHANI PATEL TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gautam Patel

Name:   Gautam Patel
Title:   President
TATTVA FIDUCIARY COMPANY, a Nevada corporation, as Trustee of THE NIAM PATEL TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gautam Patel

Name:   Gautam Patel
Title:   President

 

[Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement]


Exhibit A

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

CONFLICTS COMMITTEE CHARTER

This Conflicts Committee Charter (the “Charter”) has been adopted by the Company Board of Directors (the “Company Board”) of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

I. Purpose

The Conflicts Committee (the “Committee”) of the Company Board is responsible for providing leadership and guidance to the Company Board and the Company regarding transactions or situations involving potential conflicts of interest between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and any member of Amneal Group, or any director, officer, employee or associate of any Amneal Group Member, on the other hand.

This Charter is intended to implement the provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Company, Amneal Intermediate Inc. and Amneal Group, as defined therein (as amended from time to time, the “Stockholders Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Charter but not otherwise defined have the meanings given to such terms in the Stockholders Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Charter and the Stockholders Agreement, the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement shall prevail.

II. Term and Composition

The Committee shall exist until the first date on which Amneal Group ceases to beneficially own at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Common Stock.

The number of directors which constitute the Committee shall be determined by the Company Board from time to time. The Committee shall be comprised solely of Company Independent Directors appointed to serve on the Committee by a majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board. The Company Board shall elect or appoint a chairperson of the Committee (or, if it does not do so, the Committee members shall elect a chairperson by vote of a majority of the full Committee). The members of the Committee shall serve for a term of one year or until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. No member of the Committee shall be removed except by majority vote of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board. A majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board shall have the authority to fill vacancies or add additional members to the Committee.

III. Meetings and Procedure

The Committee shall meet as many times as it deems necessary or advisable to carry out its duties and responsibilities. The chairperson of the Committee or a majority of the members of the Committee may call a special meeting of the Committee. One or more meetings may be conducted in whole or in part by telephone conference call or similar means if it is impracticable to obtain the personal presence of each Committee member. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.


Information and materials that are important to the Committee’s understanding of the agenda items and other topics to be considered at a Committee meeting should, to the extent practicable, be distributed sufficiently in advance of the meeting to permit prior review by the directors. In the event of a pressing need for the Committee to meet on short notice or if such materials contain highly confidential or sensitive information, it is recognized that written materials may not be available in advance of the meeting.

The Company shall make available to the Committee, at its meetings and otherwise, such individuals and entities as may be designated from time to time by the Committee. Following each of its meetings, the Committee shall deliver a report on the meeting to the Company Board, including a description of all actions taken by the Committee at the meeting. The Committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings, which minutes shall be maintained with the books and records of the Company.

IV. Responsibilities and Duties of the Conflicts Committee

The Committee shall have the authority and responsibilities set forth in the Stockholders Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and as may otherwise be delegated to the Committee by the Nominating Committee or the Company Board from time to time. Such authority and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

 

A.

Review and report to the Company Board regarding potential conflicts of interest of directors and director nominees, and review the qualifications of directors and director nominees as Independent Directors and/or Company Independent Directors.

 

B.

Review and approval of certain Transfers of shares of Company Common Stock by an Amneal Group Member to third parties as required pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

C.

Review and approval of acquisitions of Company Common Stock by Amneal Group and certain other actions of Amneal Group.

 

D.

Determination of whether any transaction between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and any member of Amneal Group, or any director, officer, employee or associate of any Amneal Group Member, on the other hand, is a Related Party Transaction that must be reviewed and approved by the Committee in accordance with the criteria set forth in the immediately following sentence. Specifically, the Committee shall be responsible for the review and approval of the following:

 

  a.

Any Related Party Transaction that (i) involves aggregate amounts above $2,500,000, measured by payments (together with all substantially related payments) to or from the Company Group, or (ii) is otherwise material (with materiality defined in a manner consistent with the Company’s SEC disclosure requirements) to the Company Group, taken as a whole, in any non-monetary respect;

 

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  b.

Any material amendments or modifications to, or terminations of, any of the Transaction Documents; and

 

  c.

Any material waivers, consents or elections of the Company’s or Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC’s rights under any of the Transaction Documents (except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2(a) of the Stockholders Agreement).

 

E.

Review and approval of any proposal by any Amneal Group Member of a transaction, or series of related transactions, reasonably expected to result in the acquisition of all of the Company Common Stock held by Other Stockholders, pursuant to Section 4.1(e) of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

F.

Determination of whether to impose a Blackout Period in accordance with Section 5.2 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

G.

Review and approval of any material amendment or modification of the Stockholders Agreement, or any material waiver of any or all of the Company’s rights granted under the Stockholders Agreement.

 

H.

Enforcement of the Company’s rights under the Stockholders Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, at the Committee’s sole discretion, pursuant to Section 7.13 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

I.

Approval of the Charter and any amendments, modifications or supplements hereto from time to time; provided that, any amendments, modifications or supplements of the Charter shall be approved by (x) seventy-five percent (75%) of the directors comprising the Company Board, (y) a majority of the Company Independent Directors then serving on the Company Board and (z) a majority of the Committee.

V. Advisors

The Committee shall be fully empowered to requisition reasonable assistance from employees of the Company, including legal and financial staff, to retain independent legal, financial and other advisors, at the Company’s expense, as the Committee deems necessary and to approve or not approve any transaction or other matter submitted to the Committee (and such non-approval shall be binding on the Company Board). The Committee shall have sole authority to approve related fees and retention terms.

VI. Delegation

Any duties and responsibilities of the Committee may be delegated to a subcommittee of the Committee.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 7, 2023

THE COMPANY INTERESTS REPRESENTED BY THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH COMPANY INTERESTS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     2  

ARTICLE II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     12  

Section 2.01

  Formation of Company      12  

Section 2.02

  Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement      12  

Section 2.03

  Name      12  

Section 2.04

  Purpose      12  

Section 2.05

  Principal Office; Registered Office      12  

Section 2.06

  Term      13  

Section 2.07

  No State-Law Partnership      13  

ARTICLE III MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION

     13  

Section 3.01

  Members      13  

Section 3.02

  Units      14  

Section 3.03

  [Reserved.]      14  

Section 3.04

  [Reserved.]      14  

Section 3.05

  [Reserved.]      14  

Section 3.06

  Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units      14  

Section 3.07

  Negative Capital Accounts      15  

Section 3.08

  No Withdrawal      15  

Section 3.09

  Loans From Members      15  

Section 3.10

  Tax Treatment of Corporate Equity Plans      15  

Section 3.11

  Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan      17  

ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS

     17  

Section 4.01

  Distributions      17  

Section 4.02

  Restricted Distributions      18  

ARTICLE V CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

     18  

Section 5.01

  Capital Accounts      18  

Section 5.02

  Allocations      19  

Section 5.03

  Regulatory and Special Allocations      19  

Section 5.04

  Tax Allocations      21  

Section 5.05

  Withholding; Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member      22  

ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT

     22  

Section 6.01

  Authority of Manager      22  

Section 6.02

  Actions of the Manager      23  

Section 6.03

  Resignation; No Removal      23  

 

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Section 6.04

  Vacancies      24  

Section 6.05

  Transactions Between Company and Manager      24  

Section 6.06

  Reimbursement for Expenses      24  

Section 6.07

  Delegation of Authority      24  

Section 6.08

  Limitation of Liability of Manager      25  

Section 6.09

  Investment Company Act      25  

Section 6.10

  Outside Activities of the Manager      25  

Section 6.11

  Standard of Care      26  

ARTICLE VII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

     26  

Section 7.01

  Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members; Investment Opportunities      26  

Section 7.02

  Lack of Authority      27  

Section 7.03

  No Right of Partition      28  

Section 7.04

  Indemnification      28  

Section 7.05

  Members Right to Act      29  

Section 7.06

  Inspection Rights      30  

ARTICLE VIII BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     30  

Section 8.01

  Records and Accounting      30  

Section 8.02

  Fiscal Year      30  

ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS

     30  

Section 9.01

  Preparation of Tax Returns      30  

Section 9.02

  Tax Elections      31  

Section 9.03

  Tax Controversies      31  

Section 9.04

  Liabilities      32  

ARTICLE X RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS

     32  

Section 10.01

  Transfers by Members      32  

Section 10.02

  Permitted Transfers      33  

Section 10.03

  Restricted Units Legend      33  

Section 10.04

  Transfer      34  

Section 10.05

  Assignee’s Rights      34  

Section 10.06

  Assignor’s Rights and Obligations      34  

Section 10.07

  Overriding Provisions      35  

ARTICLE XI [Reserved]

     36  

ARTICLE XII ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

     36  

Section 12.01

  Substituted Members      36  

Section 12.02

  Additional Members      36  

ARTICLE XIII WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS

     37  

Section 13.01

  Withdrawal and Resignation of Members      37  

 

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ARTICLE XIV DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

     37  

Section 14.01

  Dissolution      37  

Section 14.02

  Liquidation and Termination      37  

Section 14.03

  Deferment; Distribution in Kind      38  

Section 14.04

  Cancellation of Certificate      38  

Section 14.05

  Reasonable Time for Winding Up      38  

Section 14.06

  Return of Capital      38  

ARTICLE XV VALUATION

     39  

Section 15.01

  Determination      39  

Section 15.02

  Dispute Resolution      39  

ARTICLE XVI GENERAL PROVISIONS

     39  

Section 16.01

  Power of Attorney      39  

Section 16.02

  Confidentiality      40  

Section 16.03

  Amendments      41  

Section 16.04

  Title to Company Assets      41  

Section 16.05

  Addresses and Notices      41  

Section 16.06

  Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries      42  

Section 16.07

  Creditors      42  

Section 16.08

  Waiver      42  

Section 16.09

  Counterparts      43  

Section 16.10

  Applicable Law      43  

Section 16.11

  Severability      43  

Section 16.12

  Further Action      43  

Section 16.13

  Conflict      43  

Section 16.14

  Delivery by Electronic Transmission      43  

Section 16.15

  Right of Offset      43  

Section 16.16

  Effectiveness      44  

Section 16.17

  Entire Agreement      44  

Section 16.18

  Remedies      44  

Section 16.19

  Descriptive Headings; Interpretation      44  

 

Schedules

    
Schedule 1      Schedule of Members

Exhibits

    
Exhibit A      Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2023, is entered into by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and its Members (as defined herein).

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Act (as defined herein) by the filing of the Certificate (as defined herein) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-201 of the Delaware Act on June 15, 2004;

WHEREAS, the Company previously entered into a Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to but excluding the date hereof, together with all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto, the “Third A&R LLC Agreement”), with the members of the Company party thereto;

WHEREAS, the Conflicts Committee of the board of directors of Amneal Intermediate Inc. (formerly known as Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) (“Old PubCo”) determined that, in order to combine all of the operations of Old PubCo and its subsidiaries beneath a newly formed publicly traded entity (the “New PubCo) that will conduct its operations directly and indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, pursuing a series of transactions as a result of which (i) holders of Common Units and shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo (“Old PubCo Class B Common Stock”) would cease to hold such units and would surrender such shares, and would receive a number of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (the “New PubCo Class A Common Stock”) equal to the number of Company Common Units such holder previously held (such transactions, together with the related matters thereto previously provided and any other agreements or arrangements necessary or advisable to effect the transactions contemplated herein, the “Reorganization Transactions”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Reorganization Transactions, Old PubCo is party to that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated November 7, 2023, by and among Old PubCo, the Company and the Amneal Group (as defined therein);

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, New PubCo was incorporated as Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Old PubCo;

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo, merged with and into Old PubCo, with Old PubCo surviving the Merger (the “Old PubCo Merger”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Old PubCo Merger, (i) each share of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Old PubCo (“Old PubCo Class A Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock and (ii) each share of


Old PubCo Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Old PubCo Merger was converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of New PubCo (“New PubCo Class B Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Old PubCo Merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of New PubCo was amended and restated to, among other things, change the name of New PubCo to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023, New PubCo, the Company, and Amneal Merger Sub 2 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Company Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, at the effectiveness of the Company Merger Agreement “the “Company Merger Closing”):

(i) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into the Company (the “Company Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving company; and

(ii) each Common Unit (excluding any Common Units owned by Old PubCo) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Closing was automatically exchanged into the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock;

(iii) each Common Unit of Old PubCo issued and outstanding prior to Company Merger Closing was automatically converted into one Common Unit of the Company; and

(iv) each Common Unit issued and outstanding and held by New PubCo following the exchange contemplated by clause (ii) above was automatically converted into one Common Unit of the Company.

WHEREAS, the parties are entering into this Agreement to amend and restate the Third A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the Effective Time to reflect (a) the Reorganization Transactions and (b) the rights and obligations of the Members that are enumerated and agreed upon in the terms of this Agreement effective as of the Effective Time, at which time the Third A&R LLC Agreement shall be superseded entirely by this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Members, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following definitions shall be applied to the terms used in this Agreement for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary.

Additional Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.02.

 

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Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means with respect to the Capital Account of any Member as of the end of any Taxable Year, the amount by which the balance in such Capital Account is less than zero. For this purpose, such Member’s Capital Account balance shall be:

(a)    reduced for any items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6); and

(b)    increased for any amount such Member is obligated to contribute or is treated as being obligated to contribute to the Company pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (relating to partner liabilities to a partnership) or 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i) (relating to minimum gain).

Admission Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06.

Affiliate” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Affiliated”) means, with respect to a specified Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise).

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Appraisers” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.02.

Assignee” means a Person to whom a Company Interest has been transferred but who has not become a Member pursuant to Article XII.

Base Rate” means, on any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks.

Black-Out Period” means any “black-out” or similar period under the Corporation’s policies covering trading in the Corporation’s securities to which the applicable Redeemed Member is subject, which period restricts the ability of such Redeemed Member to immediately resell shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to be delivered to such Redeemed Member in connection with a Share Settlement.

Book Value” means, the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes, except as follows: (a) the initial Book Value of any Company asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such Company asset as of the date of such contribution; (b) immediately prior to the Distribution by the Company of any Company asset to a Member, the Book Value of such asset shall be adjusted to its gross Fair Market Value as of the date of such Distribution; (c) the Book Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross Fair Market Values, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Manager, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional Company Interest in the Company by a new or existing Member in consideration of a Capital Contribution of more than a de minimis amount; (ii) the Distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of

 

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property (other than cash) as consideration for all or a part of such Member’s Company Interest; and (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above need not be made if the Manager reasonably determines in good faith that such adjustment is not necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Members and that the absence of such adjustment does not adversely and disproportionately affect any Member; (d) the Book Value of each Company asset shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted tax basis of such Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Account balances pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, that Book Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph (d) to the extent that an adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) above is made in conjunction with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this paragraph; and if the Book Value of a Company asset has been determined pursuant to paragraph (a) or adjusted pursuant to paragraphs (c) or (d) above, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted to reflect the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such Company asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banks located in New York City, New York generally are authorized or required by Law to close.

Capital Account” means the capital account maintained for a Member in accordance with Section 5.01.

Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of any cash, cash equivalents, promissory obligations or the Fair Market Value of other property that such Member contributes (or is deemed to contribute) to the Company pursuant to Article III hereof.

Certificate” means the Company’s Certificate of Formation as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

Change of Control Transaction” means (a) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis, (b) a sale of a majority of the Company’s outstanding Units (other than (i) to the Corporation or (ii) in a Permitted Transfer) or (c) a sale of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of any Material Subsidiary of the Company; in any such case, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise; provided, however, that neither (w) a transaction solely between the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, on the other hand, nor (x) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of domicile of the Company, nor (y) a transaction solely for the purpose of changing the form of entity of the Company, nor (z) a sale of a majority of the outstanding shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, whether by merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or otherwise, shall in each case of clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z) constitute a Change of Control Transaction.

Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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Common Stock” means all classes and series of common stock of New PubCo, including the New PubCo Class A Common Stock.

Common Unit” means a Unit representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of the Members (or a permitted Assignee) and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to the Common Units in this Agreement.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Company Interest” means the interest of a Member (or a permitted Assignee) in Profits, Losses and Distributions.

Company Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Company Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Conflicts Committee” means the Conflicts Committee of the Corporate Board established pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

Contribution Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Corporate Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

Corporation” means New PubCo, together with its permitted successors and assigns.

Corporation Restricted Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04(a).

Credit Agreements” means (a) that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2022, by and among the Company, as the borrower, Truist Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the Lenders and other parties party thereto (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancings or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, the “ABL Credit Agreement”) and (b) that certain Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and among the Company, as the borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and including any one or more refinancings or replacements thereof, in whole or in part, with any other debt facility or debt obligation, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”).

Delaware Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del.C. § 18-101, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

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Depreciation” means, for each Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to property for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, except that (a) with respect to any such property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which difference is being eliminated by use of the “remedial method” pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d), Depreciation for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period shall be the amount of book basis recovered for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period under the rules prescribed by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-3(d)(2), and (b) with respect to any other such property, the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the U.S. federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted tax basis of any property at the beginning of such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period is zero dollars ($0.00), Depreciation with respect to such property shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value using any reasonable method selected by the Manager.

Discount” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

Distributable Cash” shall mean, as of any relevant date on which a determination is being made by the Manager regarding a potential distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a), the amount of cash that could be distributed by the Company for such purposes in accordance with the Credit Agreements (and without otherwise violating any applicable provisions of or resulting in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under the Credit Agreements).

Distribution” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Distribute”) means each distribution made by the Company to a Member with respect to such Member’s Units, whether in cash, property or securities of the Company and whether by liquidating distribution or otherwise; provided, however, that none of the following shall be a Distribution: (a) any recapitalization that does not result in the distribution of cash or property to Members or any exchange of securities of the Company, and any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Units, (b) any other payment made by the Company to a Member in redemption or repurchase of all or a portion of such Member’s Units or (c) any amounts payable pursuant to Section 6.06.

Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.16.

Equity Plan” means any stock, stock option or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Company or the Corporation.

Equity Securities” means (i) with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (including other classes or groups thereof having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including rights, powers and/or duties senior to existing classes and groups of Units and other equity interests in the

 

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Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), (b) obligations, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or interests convertible or exchangeable into Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and (c) warrants, options or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Units or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) with respect to the Corporation, any and all shares, interests, participation or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including all common stock and preferred stock, or warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing, including any debt instrument convertible or exchangeable into any of the foregoing.

Event of Withdrawal” means the expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company. “Event of Withdrawal” shall not include an event that (a) terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, termination of a partnership pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 338 of the Code, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that (b) does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset, its fair market value determined according to Article XV.

Fiscal Period” means any interim accounting period within a Taxable Year established by the Company and which is permitted or required by Section 706 of the Code.

Fiscal Year” means the Company’s annual accounting period established pursuant to Section 8.02.

Governmental Entity” means (a) the United States of America, (b) any other sovereign nation, (c) any state, province, district, territory or other political subdivision of (a) or (b) of this definition, including any county, municipal or other local subdivision of the foregoing, or (d) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government on behalf of (a), (b) or (c) of this definition.

Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(a).

Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

Joinder” means a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance substantially similar to Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

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Law” means all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations of the United States, any foreign country and each state, commonwealth, city, county, municipality, regulatory body, agency or other political subdivision thereof.

LLC Employee” means an employee of, or other service provider to, the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case acting in such capacity.

Losses” means items of Company loss or deduction determined according to Section 5.01(b).

Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

Market Price” means, with respect to a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of a specified date, the last sale price per share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, regular way, or if no such sale took place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the Stock Exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the New PubCo Class A Common Stock selected by the Corporate Board or, in the event that no trading price is available for the shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, the fair market value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, as determined in good faith by the Corporate Board.

Material Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that, as of any date of determination, represents more than (a) 50% of the consolidated net tangible assets of the Company or (b) 50% of the consolidated net income of the Company before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (calculated in a manner substantially consistent with the definition of “Consolidated Net Income” and “Consolidated EBITDA” or similar definition(s) appearing in the Credit Agreements, including such additional adjustments that are permitted to be made to such measure as described in “EBITDA” or a similar definition appearing in the Credit Agreements).

Member” means, as of any date of determination, (a) each of the members named on the Schedule of Members and (b) any Person admitted to the Company as a Substituted Member or Additional Member in accordance with Article XII, but in each case only so long as such Person is shown on the Company’s books and records as the owner of one or more Units.

 

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Member Minimum Gain” means “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Merger Sub 2” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

New PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

New PubCo Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Officer” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(b).

Old PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Old PubCo Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Optionee” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Equity Plan.

Other Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.

Partnership Representative” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).

Percentage Interest” means, with respect to a Member at a particular time, such Member’s percentage interest in the Company determined by dividing such Member’s Units by the total Units of all Members at such time. The Percentage Interest of each member shall be calculated to the 4th decimal place.

Permitted Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.

Person” means an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, joint venture or any other organization or entity, whether or not a legal entity.

Pro rata,” “proportional,” “in proportion to,” and other similar terms, means, with respect to the holder of Units, pro rata based upon the number of such Units held by such holder as compared to the total number of Units outstanding.

Profits” means items of Company income and gain determined according to Section 5.01(b).

Reclassification Event” means any of the following: (i) any reclassification or recapitalization of Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination or any

 

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transaction subject to Section 3.04), (ii) any merger, consolidation or other combination involving Common Stock, or (iii) any sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Corporation to any other Person, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property for their shares of Common Stock.

Related Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c).

Requisite Members” means the Members (which may include the Manager) holding at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the Common Units then outstanding.

Reorganization Transactions has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Revised Partnership Audit Provisions” shall mean Section 1101 of Title XI (Revenue Provisions Related to Tax Compliance) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, H.R. 1314, Public Law Number 114-74.

Schedule of Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions thereof.

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and any successor to such statute, rules or regulations. Any reference herein to a specific section, rule or regulation of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any corresponding provisions of future Law.

Share Settlement” means a number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Redeemed Units.

Stock Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange, or such other stock exchange or securities market on which shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock are at any time listed or quoted.

Stockholders Agreement” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Corporation and the other parties named therein (together with any joinder thereto from time to time by any successor or assign to any party to such agreement).

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or business entity of which (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (b) if a limited liability company, partnership, association or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of the voting interests thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of the Company shall be given effect only at such times that the Company has one or more Subsidiaries, and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Substituted Member” means a Person that is admitted as a Member to the Company pursuant to Section 12.01.

Tax Distribution Date” means any date that is two Business Days prior to the date on which estimated federal income tax payments are required to be made by corporate taxpayers and the due date for federal income tax returns of corporate taxpayers (without regard to extensions).

Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03.

Tax Receivable Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023, by and among the Company, the Corporation and the other Members from time to time party thereto, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of November 7, 2023 (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time).

Taxable Year” means the Company’s accounting period for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined pursuant to Section 9.02.

Third A&R LLC Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

Trading Day” means a day on which the Stock Exchange or such other principal United States securities exchange on which the New PubCo Class A Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business (unless such trading shall have been suspended for the entire day).

Transfer” (and, with a correlative meaning, “Transferring”) means any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of (whether directly or indirectly, whether with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of Law) (a) any interest (legal or beneficial) in any Equity Securities of the Company or (b) any equity or other interest (legal or beneficial) in any Member if a majority of the assets of such Member consist of Units; provided, however, that a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage to a bank or other institutional lender to secure a loan for borrowed money by any Member shall not constitute a “Transfer” until the foreclosure thereof.

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code and any corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations.

Unit” means a Company Interest of a Member or a permitted Assignee in the Company representing a fractional part of the Company Interests of all Members and Assignees as may be established by the Manager from time to time in accordance with Section 3.02; provided, however, that any class or group of Units issued shall have the relative rights, powers and duties set forth in this Agreement, and the Company Interest represented by such class or group of Units shall be determined in accordance with such relative rights, powers and duties.

Value” means (a) for any stock option, the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under the applicable Equity Plan and (b) for interest granted pursuant to an Equity Plan other than a stock option, the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the Vesting Date.

 

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Vesting Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(c).

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.01    Formation of Company. The Company was formed on June 15, 2004 pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act.

Section 2.02    Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement. The Members hereby execute this Agreement for the purpose of continuing the affairs of the Company without dissolution and the conduct of its business in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act. This Agreement amends and restates the Third A&R LLC Agreement in its entirety and shall constitute the “limited liability company agreement” (as that term is used in the Delaware Act) of the Company effective as of the date set forth above. The Members hereby agree that during the term of the Company set forth in Section 2.06, the rights and obligations of the Members with respect to the Company will be determined in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Delaware Act. On any matter upon which this Agreement is silent, the Delaware Act shall control. No provision of this Agreement shall be in violation of the Delaware Act and to the extent any provision of this Agreement is in violation of the Delaware Act, such provision shall be void and of no effect to the extent of such violation without affecting the validity of the other provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that where the Delaware Act provides that a provision of the Delaware Act shall apply “unless otherwise provided in a limited liability company agreement” or words of similar effect, the provisions of this Agreement shall in each instance control; provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 18-210 of the Delaware Act shall not apply or be incorporated into this Agreement.

Section 2.03    Name. The name of the Company shall be “Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC”. The Manager in its sole discretion may change the name of the Company at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Delaware Act. Notification of any such change shall be given to all of the Members and, to the extent practicable, to all of the holders of any Equity Securities then outstanding. The Company’s business may be conducted under its name and/or any other name or names deemed advisable by the Manager.

Section 2.04    Purpose. The primary business and purpose of the Company shall be to engage in such activities as are permitted under the Delaware Act and determined from time to time by the Manager in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 2.05    Principal Office; Registered Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at 400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, or such other place as the Manager may from time to time designate. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware at such registered office shall be the Corporation Service Company. The Manager may from time to time change the Company’s registered agent and registered office in the State of Delaware in accordance with the Delaware Act.

 

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Section 2.06    Term. The term of the Company commenced upon the filing of the Certificate in accordance with the Delaware Act and shall continue until dissolution of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV. The existence of the Company shall continue as a separate legal entity until cancellation of the Certificate as provided in the Delaware Act.

Section 2.07    No State-Law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.07, and neither this Agreement nor any other document entered into by the Company or any Member relating to the subject matter hereof shall be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, and that each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERS; UNITS; CAPITALIZATION

Section 3.01    Members.

(a)    Old PubCo previously was admitted as a Member and shall remain a Member of the Company upon the Effective Time. At the Company Merger Closing, all holders of Common Units (other than Old PubCo) immediately prior to the Company Merger Closing ceased to be Members upon the exchange of the Common Units held by such Members for New PubCo Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company Merger Agreement. At the Effective Time, New PubCo shall be admitted to the Company as a Member.

(b)    The Company shall maintain a schedule setting forth: (i) the name of each Member; (ii) the aggregate number of outstanding Units and the number and class of Units held by each Member; (iii) the aggregate amount of cash Capital Contributions that has been made by the Members with respect to their Units; and (iv) the Fair Market Value of any property other than cash contributed by the Members with respect to their Units (including, if applicable, a description and the amount of any liability assumed by the Company or to which contributed property is subject) (such schedule, the “Schedule of Members”). The applicable Schedule of Members in effect as of the Effective Time (after giving effect to the Company Merger) is set forth as Schedule 1 to this Agreement. The Schedule of Members shall be the definitive record of ownership of each Unit of the Company and all relevant information with respect to each Member. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on the Schedule of Members as the owner of Units for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in Units on the part of any other Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Delaware Act.

 

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(c)    No Member (other than the Corporation and Old PubCo as expressly provided for in this Agreement) shall be required to make any additional Capital Contributions without such Member’s consent. No Member shall be required or, except as approved by the Manager pursuant to Section 6.01 and in accordance with the other provisions of this Agreement, permitted to loan any money or property to the Company or borrow any money or property from the Company.

Section 3.02    Units. Interests in the Company shall be represented by Units, or such other securities of the Company, in each case as the Manager may establish in its discretion in accordance with the terms and subject to the restrictions hereof. Immediately after the Effective Time, the Units will be comprised of a single class of Common Units.

Section 3.03    [Reserved.].

Section 3.04    [Reserved.].

Section 3.05    [Reserved.].

Section 3.06    Certificates Representing Units; Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Registration and Transfer of Units.

(a)    Units shall not be certificated unless otherwise determined by the Manager. If the Manager determines that one or more Units shall be certificated, each such certificate shall be signed by or in the name of the Company, by the Chief Executive Officer and any other officer designated by the Manager, representing the number of Units held by such holder. Such certificate shall be in such form (and shall contain such legends) as the Manager may determine. Any or all of such signatures on any certificate representing one or more Units may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The Manager agrees that it shall not elect to treat any Unit as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code unless thereafter all Units then outstanding are represented by one or more certificates.

(b)    If Units are certificated, the Manager may direct that a new certificate representing one or more Units be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon delivery to the Manager of an affidavit of the owner or owners of such certificate, setting forth such allegation. The Manager may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

(c)    Upon surrender to the Company or the transfer agent of the Company, if any, of a certificate for one or more Units, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, in compliance with the provisions hereof, the Company shall issue a new certificate representing one or more Units to the Person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, Transfer and registration of Units.

 

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Section 3.07    Negative Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to any other Member or the Company any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account (including upon and after dissolution of the Company).

Section 3.08    No Withdrawal. No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contribution or Capital Account or to receive any Distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

Section 3.09    Loans From Members. Loans by Members to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(c), the amount of any such advances shall be a debt of the Company to such Member and shall be payable or collectible in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such advances are made.

Section 3.10    Tax Treatment of Corporate Equity Plans.

(a)    Options Granted to Persons Other than LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a stock option granted over shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to a Person other than an LLC Employee is duly exercised, solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, the Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company as a Capital Contribution (without duplication of any the Value of any New PubCo Class A Common Stock actually contributed) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, an amount equal to the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock then being issued by the Corporation in connection with the exercise of such stock option. The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

(b)    Options Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, a stock option granted over shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to an LLC Employee is duly exercised, solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, the following transactions shall be deemed to have occurred.

(i)    The Corporation shall sell to the Optionee, and the Optionee shall purchase from the Corporation, for a cash price per share equal to the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock at the time of the exercise, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the quotient of (x) the exercise price payable by the Optionee in connection with the exercise of such stock option divided by (y) the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock at the time of such exercise.

(ii)    The Corporation shall sell to the Company (or if the Optionee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Corporation shall sell to such Subsidiary), and the Company (or such Subsidiary, as applicable) shall purchase from the Corporation, a number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock equal to the excess of (x) the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as to which such stock option is being exercised over (y) the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) hereof. The purchase price per share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock for such sale of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be the Value of a share of New PubCo Class A Common Stock as of the date of exercise of such stock option.

 

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(iii)    The Company shall transfer to the Optionee (or if the Optionee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, the Subsidiary shall transfer to the Optionee) at no additional cost to such LLC Employee and as additional compensation to such LLC Employee, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock described in Section 3.10(b)(ii).

(iv)    The Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed to the Company in accordance with their Percentage Interests any amounts received by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(i) and any amount deemed to be received by the Corporation pursuant to Section 3.10(b)(ii). The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

The transactions described in this Section 3.10(b) are intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1032-3 and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(c)    Other Stock Awards Granted to LLC Employees. If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan, any shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock are issued to an LLC Employee in settlement of any equity-based award granted under an Equity Plan (including, without limitation, any Corporation Restricted Shares) in consideration for services performed for the Company or any Subsidiary, on the date (such date, the “Vesting Date”) that the Value of such shares is includible in taxable income of such LLC Employee, the following events will be deemed to have occurred solely for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes: (a) the Corporation shall be deemed to have sold such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company (or if such LLC Employee is an employee of, or other service provider to, a Subsidiary, to such Subsidiary) for a purchase price equal to the Value of such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, (b) the Company (or such Subsidiary) shall be deemed to have delivered such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to such LLC Employee, (c) the Corporation and Old PubCo shall be deemed to have contributed the purchase price for such shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock to the Company in accordance with their Percentage Interests as a Capital Contribution, and (d) in the case where such LLC Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have contributed such amount to the capital of the Subsidiary. The Corporation shall be deemed to have contributed to Old PubCo an amount equal to the amount deemed contributed by Old PubCo to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence.

(d)    Future Stock Incentive Plans. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Corporation from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the Corporation, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates. The Members acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the Corporation, amendments to this Section 3.10 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent to any such amendments requested by the Corporation shall be deemed granted by the Manager without the requirement of any further consent or acknowledgement of any other Member.

 

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(e)    Anti-dilution Adjustments. For all purposes of this Section 3.10, the number of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock and the corresponding number of Common Units shall be determined after giving effect to all anti-dilution or similar adjustments that are applicable, as of the date of exercise or vesting, to the option, warrant, restricted stock or other equity interest that is being exercised or becomes vested under the applicable Equity Plan and applicable award or grant documentation.

Section 3.11    Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan, Stock Incentive Plan or Other Plan. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Article III, all amounts received or deemed received by the Corporation in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, stock incentive or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (a) shall be utilized by the Corporation to effect open market purchases of shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock, or (b) if the Corporation elects instead to issue new shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the Corporation to the Company in exchange for additional Common Units. Upon such contribution, the Company will issue to the Corporation a number of Common Units equal to the number of new shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock so issued.

ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01    Distributions.

(a)    Distributable Cash; Other Distributions. To the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, Distributions to Members may be declared by the Manager out of Distributable Cash or other funds or property legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such Distributions) as the Manager shall determine using such record date as the Manager may designate; such Distributions shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest as of the close of business on such record date; provided, however, that the Manager shall have the obligation to make Distributions as set forth in Sections 4.01(b) and 14.02; and provided further that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Distributions shall be made to any Member to the extent such Distribution would violate Section 18-607 or Section 18-804 of the Delaware Act. Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a Distribution pursuant to this Section 4.01(a), the Manager shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the Distribution and the payment date thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, it is intended that the Manager shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and hereunder, have the right in its reasonable discretion to make Distributions to the Members pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) in such amounts as shall enable the Corporation to pay dividends or to meet its obligations (to the extent such obligations are not otherwise able to be satisfied as a result of Tax Distributions required to be made pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or reimbursements required to be made pursuant to Section 6.06).

 

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(b)    Tax Distributions. With respect to any tax period (or the portion thereof) ending after the date hereof, the Company may, on each Tax Distribution Date, make Distributions to all Members so that each Member has received an amount equal to their U.S. federal, state and local tax liabilities, and Old PubCo has received an amount sufficient to enable it to timely (x) satisfy all of its U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax liabilities, and (y) meet its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivable Agreement.    Tax Distributions to a Member shall be treated as an advance to such Member of amounts to which such Member is otherwise entitled to under this Agreement.

(c)    Tax Refunds of Old PubCo. All refunds for taxes received by Old PubCo after the Effective Time that are attributable to taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Effective Time shall be promptly transferred to the Company for no consideration and no additional Units shall be issued to Old PubCo in respect of any such transfer. Such transfers shall not constitute Capital Contributions and shall have no effect on the Capital Accounts of any Member.

Section 4.02    Restricted Distributions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not make any Distribution to any Member on account of any Company Interest if such Distribution would violate any applicable Law or the terms of the Credit Agreements or result in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) thereunder.

ARTICLE V

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS

Section 5.01    Capital Accounts.

(a)    The Company shall maintain a separate Capital Account for each Member according to the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may (in the reasonable discretion of the Manager), upon the occurrence of the events specified in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such Treasury Regulations and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of Company property. The Capital Account balance of each of the Members as of the date hereof, as adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), is its respective “Contribution Closing Capital Account Balance” set forth on the Schedule of Members.

(b)    For purposes of computing the amount of any item of Company income, gain, loss or deduction to be allocated pursuant to this Article V and to be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members, the determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes (including any method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for this purpose); provided, however, that:

(i)    The computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall include those items described in Code Section 705(a)(l)(B) or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), without regard to the fact that such items are not includable in gross income or are not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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(ii)    If the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) or (f), the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property.

(iii)    Items of income, gain, loss or deduction attributable to the disposition of Company property having a Book Value that differs from its adjusted basis for tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of such property.

(iv)    In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period.

(v)    To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Sections 732(d), 734(b) or 743(b) is required, pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis).

(vi)    Items specifically allocated under Section 5.03 shall be excluded from the computation of Profits and Losses.

Section 5.02    Allocations. After giving effect to the allocations under Section 5.03, and subject to Section 5.04, Profits, Losses and, to the extent necessary, individual items of income, gain, loss, credit and deduction, for any Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest.

Section 5.03    Regulatory and Special Allocations.

(a)    Partner nonrecourse deductions (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2)) attributable to partner nonrecourse debt (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4)) shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). If there is a net decrease during a Taxable Year in Member Minimum Gain, items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) shall be allocated to the Members in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4).

(b)    Nonrecourse deductions (as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1)) for any Taxable Year shall be allocated pro rata among the Members in accordance with their Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.03(a), if there is a net decrease in the Company Minimum Gain during any Taxable Year, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Taxable Years) in the amounts and of such character as determined according to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f). This Section 5.03(b) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback provision that complies with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

 

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(c)    If any Member that unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or Distribution described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as of the end of any Taxable Year, computed after the application of Sections 5.03(a) and 5.03(b) but before the application of any other provision of this Article V, then items of Company income and gain for such Taxable Year shall be allocated to such Member in proportion to, and to the extent of, such Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. This Section 5.03(c) is intended to be a qualified income offset provision as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.

(d)    If the allocation of Losses to a Member as provided in Section 5.02 would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, there shall be allocated to such Member only that amount of Losses as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit. The Losses that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Member shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to this Section 5.03(d).

(e)    Profits and Losses described in Section 5.01(b)(v) shall be allocated in a manner consistent with the manner that the adjustments to the Capital Accounts are required to be made pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(j) and (m).

(f)    The allocations set forth in Section 5.03(a) through and including Section 5.03(d) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 of the Treasury Regulations. The Regulatory Allocations may not be consistent with the manner in which the Members intend to allocate Profit and Loss of the Company or make Distributions. Accordingly, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, but subject to the Regulatory Allocations, income, gain, deduction and loss shall be reallocated among the Members so as to eliminate the effect of the Regulatory Allocations and thereby cause the respective Capital Accounts of the Members to be in the amounts (or as close thereto as possible) they would have been if Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) had been allocated without reference to the Regulatory Allocations. In general, the Members anticipate that this will be accomplished by specially allocating other Profit and Loss (and such other items of income, gain, deduction and loss) among the Members so that the net amount of the Regulatory Allocations and such special allocations to each such Member is zero. In addition, if in any Taxable Year or other Fiscal Period there is a decrease in Company Minimum Gain, or in Member Minimum Gain, and application of the minimum gain chargeback requirements set forth in Section 5.03(a) or Section 5.03(b) would cause a distortion in the economic arrangement among the Members, the Members may, if they do not expect that the Company will have sufficient other income to correct such distortion, request the Internal Revenue Service to waive either or both of such minimum gain chargeback requirements. If such request is granted, this Agreement shall be applied in such instance as if it did not contain such minimum gain chargeback requirement.

 

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Section 5.04    Tax Allocations.

(a)    The income, gains, losses, deductions and credits of the Company will be allocated, for U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and credits among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts; provided that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable Law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and credits will be allocated among the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocation set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.

(b)    Items of Company taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Code Section 704(c) so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in a manner consistent with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations using any method approved under Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder at the election of the Manager.

(c)    If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.01(b), subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in a manner consistent with Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations using any method approved under Section 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder at the election of the Manager.

(d)    In the event of a Transfer of Units, Profits and Losses and other items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company attributable to such transferred Units for the Fiscal Period in which such Transfer occurs shall be determined using either the interim closing of the books method or the proration method at the election of the Corporation.

(e)    If, as a result of an exercise of a noncompensatory option to acquire an interest in the Company, a Capital Account reallocation is required under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), the Company shall make corrective allocations pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

(f)    Allocations of tax credits, tax credit recapture, and any items related thereto shall be allocated to the Members pro rata as determined by the Manager taking into account the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii).

(g)    Each Member’s share of the Company’s “excess nonrecourse liabilities” shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) using a method at the election of Manager.

(h)    Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.04 are solely for purposes of U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, Distributions or other Company items pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.05    Withholding; Reimbursement for Payments on Behalf of a Member. The Company and its Subsidiaries may withhold from distributions, allocations or portions thereof if it is required to do so by any applicable Law, and each Member hereby authorizes the Company and its Subsidiaries to withhold or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member any amount of U.S. federal, state, or local or non-U.S. taxes that the Manager determines, in good faith, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, if the Company is obligated to pay any other amount to a Governmental Entity (or otherwise makes a payment to a Governmental Entity) that is specifically attributable to a Member (including U.S. federal income taxes as a result of Company obligations pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions with respect to items of income, gain, loss deduction or credit allocable or attributable to such Member, state personal property taxes and state unincorporated business taxes, but excluding payments such as professional association fees and the like made voluntarily by the Company on behalf of any Member based upon such Member’s status as an employee of the Company), then such tax shall be treated as an amount of taxes withheld or paid with respect to such Member pursuant to this Section 5.05. For all purposes under this Agreement, any amounts withheld or paid with respect to a Member pursuant to this Section 5.05 shall be treated as having been distributed to such Member at the time such withholding or payment is made. Further, to the extent that the cumulative amount of such withholding or payment for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled for such period, such Member shall reimburse the Company in full for the amount of such excess. The Manager may offset Distributions to which a Person is otherwise entitled under this Agreement against such Person’s obligation to reimburse the Company under this Section 5.05. A Member’s obligation to reimburse the Company under this Section 5.05 shall survive the termination, dissolution, liquidation and winding up of the Company, and for purposes of this Section 5.05, the Company shall be treated as continuing in existence. The Company may pursue and enforce all rights and remedies it may have against each Member under this Section 5.05, including instituting a lawsuit to collect amounts owed under such reimbursement obligation with interest accruing from the date such withholding or payment is made by the Company at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate (but not in excess of the highest rate per annum permitted by Law). Any income from such reimbursement (and interest) shall not be allocated to or distributed to the Member reimbursing such amount (and interest). Each Member hereby agrees to furnish to the Company such information and forms as required or reasonably requested in order to comply with any laws and regulations governing withholding of tax or in order to claim any reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding to which the Member is legally entitled.

ARTICLE VI

MANAGEMENT

Section 6.01    Authority of Manager.

(a)    Except for situations in which the approval of any Member(s) is specifically required by this Agreement, or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (i) all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in Old PubCo, as the sole managing member of the Company (Old PubCo, in such capacity, or any other Person appointed in accordance with Section 6.04, the “Manager”) and (ii) the Manager shall conduct, direct and exercise full control over all activities of the Company. The Manager shall be the

 

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“manager” of the Company for the purposes of the Delaware Act. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of all such powers and rights conferred on the Members by the Delaware Act with respect to the management and control of the Company. Any vacancies in the position of Manager shall be filled in accordance with Section 6.04.

(b)    The day-to-day business and operations of the Company shall be overseen and implemented by officers of the Company (each, an “Officer” and collectively, the “Officers”), subject to the limitations imposed by the Manager. An Officer may, but need not, be a Member. Each Officer shall be appointed by the Manager and shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly designated and shall qualify or until his or her death or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any one Person may hold more than one office. Subject to the other provisions in this Agreement (including in Section 6.07 below), the salaries or other compensation, if any, of the Officers of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager. The authority and responsibility of the Officers shall include, but not be limited to, such duties as the Manager may, from time to time, delegate to them and the carrying out of the Company’s business and affairs on a day-to-day basis. An Officer may also perform one or more roles as an officer of the Manager. The Manager may remove any Officer from office at any time, with or without cause. If any vacancy shall occur in any office, for any reason whatsoever, then the Manager shall have the right to appoint a new Officer to fill the vacancy. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the chief executive officer of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall continue to serve as the chief executive officer of the Company at the Effective Time until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed by the Manager in the manner provided herein.

(c)    Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Manager shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity.

Section 6.02    Actions of the Manager. The Manager may act through any Officer or through any other Person or Persons to whom authority and duties have been delegated pursuant to Section 6.07.

Section 6.03    Resignation; No Removal. Old PubCo shall not, by any means, resign as, cease to be or be replaced as the Manager except in compliance with this Section 6.03. No termination or replacement of Old PubCo as the Manager shall be effective unless proper provision is made, in compliance with this Agreement, so that the obligations of Old PubCo (or its successor, if applicable) and any new Manager and the rights of all Members under this Agreement and applicable Law remain in full force and effect. No appointment of a Person other than Old PubCo (or its successor, as applicable) as the Manager shall be effective unless the Corporation (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable) provide all of the other Members with contractual rights, directly enforceable by such other Members against Old PubCo (or its successor, as applicable) and the new Manager (as applicable), to cause (a) Old PubCo to comply with all of Old PubCo’s obligations under this Agreement other than those that must necessarily

 

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be taken in its capacity as the Manager and (b) the new Manager to comply with all of the Manager’s obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Members have no right under this Agreement to remove or replace the Manager.

Section 6.04    Vacancies. Vacancies in the position of Manager occurring for any reason shall be filled by the Corporation (or, if the Corporation has ceased to exist without any successor or assign, then by the holders of a majority in interest of the voting capital stock of the Corporation immediately prior to such cessation). For the avoidance of doubt, the Members (other than the Corporation) have no right under this Agreement to fill any vacancy in the position of Manager.

Section 6.05    Transactions Between Company and Manager. The Manager may cause the Company to contract and deal with the Manager, or any Affiliate of the Manager; provided that such contracts and dealings are on terms comparable to and competitive with those available to the Company from others dealing at arm’s length or are approved by the Members (other than the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) holding a majority of the Units (excluding Units held by the Manager and its controlled Affiliates) then outstanding and, in any case, would not violate any provisions of or result in a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under the Credit Agreements; and provided, further, that any such contracts and dealings that are deemed Related Party Transactions (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) shall be subject to Conflicts Committee approval.

Section 6.06    Reimbursement for Expenses. The Manager shall not be compensated for its services as Manager of the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Members acknowledge and agree that New PubCo Class A Common Stock is and will continue to be publicly traded and therefore New PubCo will have access to the public capital markets and that such status and the services performed by New PubCo will inure to the benefit of the Company and all Members; therefore, New PubCo shall be reimbursed by the Company for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, including all fees, expenses and costs of being a public company (including public reporting obligations, proxy statements, stockholder meetings, stock exchange fees, transfer agent fees, SEC and FINRA filing fees and offering expenses) and maintaining its existence as a separate legal entity, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any payment obligations of Old PubCo under the Tax Receivable Agreement. To the extent practicable, expenses incurred by New PubCo on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company shall be billed directly to and paid by the Company and, if and to the extent any reimbursements to the Manager or any of its Affiliates by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.06 constitute gross income to such Person (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by such Person on behalf of the Company), such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” within the meaning of Code Section 707(c) and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Members’ Capital Accounts.

Section 6.07    Delegation of Authority. The Manager (a) may, from time to time, delegate to one or more Persons such authority and duties as the Manager may deem advisable, and (b) may assign titles (including chief executive officer, president, chief executive officer, chief financial officers, chief operating officer, vice president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer or assistant treasurer) and delegate certain authority and duties to such Persons as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of such agents of the Company shall be fixed from time to time by the Manager, subject to the other provisions in this Agreement.

 

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Section 6.08    Limitation of Liability of Manager.

(a)    Except as otherwise provided herein or in an agreement entered into by such Person and the Company, neither the Manager nor any of the Manager’s Affiliates shall be liable to the Company or to any Member that is not the Manager for any act or omission performed or omitted by the Manager in its capacity as the sole managing member of the Company pursuant to authority granted to the Manager by this Agreement; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, such limitation of liability shall not apply to the extent the act or omission was attributable to the Manager’s or its Affiliates’ or their respective agents’ bad faith, willful misconduct or violation of Law in which the Manager or such Affiliate or their respective agents acted with knowledge that its conduct was unlawful, or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties, covenants or obligations by the Manager or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. The Manager may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent (so long as such agent was selected in good faith and with reasonable care). The Manager shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts, including financial advisors, and any act of or failure to act by the Manager in good faith reliance on such advice shall in no event subject the Manager to liability to the Company or any Member that is not the Manager.

(b)    Subject to Section 6.11, whenever in this Agreement the Manager is permitted or required to take any action or to make a decision in its “good faith” or under another express standard, the Manager shall act under such express standard and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein, and, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, so long as the Manager acts in good faith, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Manager shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or impose liability upon the Manager or any of the Manager’s Affiliates.

Section 6.09    Investment Company Act. The Manager shall use its best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.

Section 6.10    Outside Activities of the Manager. The Manager shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business or operations, other than in connection with (a) the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Common Units, (b) the management of the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) the operation of the Manager as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and listed on a securities exchange, (d) the offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (e) financing or refinancing of any type related to the Company, its Subsidiaries or their assets or activities, and (f) such activities as are

 

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incidental to the foregoing; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided herein, the net proceeds of any sale of Equity Securities of the Corporation pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company as Capital Contributions and the proceeds of any other financing raised by the Manager pursuant to the preceding clauses (d) and (e) shall be made available to the Company as loans or otherwise as appropriate and, provided further, that the Manager may, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire assets in its own name or otherwise other than through the Company and its Subsidiaries so long as the Manager takes all necessary measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such assets are otherwise vested in the Company or its Subsidiaries, through assignment, mortgage loan or otherwise. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Manager from executing any guarantee of indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Section 6.11    Standard of Care. Subject to the second sentence of this Section 6.11, the Manager shall, in connection with the performance of its duties in its capacity as the Manager, have the same fiduciary duties to the Company and the Members as would be owed to a Delaware corporation and its stockholders by its directors, and shall be entitled to the benefit of the same presumptions in carrying out such duties as would be afforded to a director of a Delaware corporation (as such duties and presumptions are defined, described and explained under the Laws of the State of Delaware as in effect from time to time). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Manager shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty that would be owed to a Delaware corporation and its stockholders by its directors; provided, however, that this, limitation of liability shall not eliminate or limit the liabilities of the Manager for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company or its Members or for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities of the Manager otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, such other duties and liabilities of the Manager.

ARTICLE VII

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS

Section 7.01    Limitation of Liability and Duties of Members; Investment Opportunities.

(a)    Except as provided in this Agreement or in the Delaware Act, no Member (including the Manager) shall be obligated personally for any debt, obligation or liability solely by reason of being a Member or acting as the Manager of the Company; provided that, in the case of the Manager, and subject to the second sentence of Section 6.11, this sentence shall not in any manner limit the liability of the Manager to the Company or any Member (other than the Manager) attributable to a breach by the Manager of any obligations of the Manager under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business and affairs under this Agreement or the Delaware Act shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on the Members for liabilities of the Company.

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to such Member. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, it is the intent of the Members that no Distribution to any Member pursuant to Article IV shall be deemed a return of money or other property paid or distributed in violation of the Delaware Act. The payment of any such money or Distribution of any such property to a Member shall be deemed to be a compromise within the meaning of Section 18-502(b) of the Delaware Act, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any Member receiving any such money or property shall not be required to return any such money or property to the Company or any other Person. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Member is obligated to make any such payment, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Member and not of any other Member.

(c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (subject to Section 6.08 and except as set forth in Section 6.11, in each case, with respect to the Manager), to the extent that, at law or in equity, any Member (or such Member’s Affiliate or any manager, managing member, general partner, director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of such Member or of any Affiliate of such Member (each Person described in this parenthetical, a “Related Person”)) has duties (including fiduciary duties (other than any fiduciary duty owed by such Member or Related Person to the Corporation)) to the Company, to the Manager, to another Member, to any Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest or to any other Person bound by this Agreement, all such duties are hereby eliminated, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and replaced with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any. The elimination of duties to the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement and replacement thereof with the duties or standards expressly set forth herein, if any, are approved by the Company, the Manager, each of the Members, each other Person who acquires an interest in a Company Interest and each other Person bound by this Agreement.

(d)    Notwithstanding any duty (including any fiduciary duty) otherwise applicable at law or in equity, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, will not apply to any Member (including the Corporation; in its capacity as a Member, and Old PubCo, in its capacity as a Member or as Manager) or to any Related Person of such Member, and no Member (or any Related Person of such Member) that acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Company or the Members will have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company or the Members, or to develop any particular investment, and such Person will not be liable to the Company or the Members for breach of any fiduciary or other duty (other than any fiduciary duty owed by such Person to the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such Person pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to, another Person or does not communicate such investment opportunity to the Members. Notwithstanding any duty (including any fiduciary duty (other than any fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation)) otherwise applicable at law or in equity, neither the Company nor any Member has any rights or obligations by virtue of this Agreement or the relationships created hereby in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits or losses derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such ventures outside the Company, even if competitive with the activities of the Company or the Members, will not be deemed wrongful or improper.

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the Company, to do any act that would be binding on the Company or to make any expenditure on behalf of the Company. The Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Manager of the powers conferred on the Manager by Law and this Agreement.

Section 7.03    No Right of Partition. No Member shall have the right to seek or obtain partition by court decree or operation of Law of any Company property, or the right to own or use particular or individual assets of the Company.

Section 7.04    Indemnification.

(a)    Subject to Section 5.05, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Person (each an “Indemnified Person”) to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware Act, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, substituted or replaced (but, in the case of any such amendment, substitution or replacement only to the extent that such amendment, substitution or replacement permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the Company is providing immediately prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities, damages and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, fines, excise taxes, interest or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Person (or one or more of such Person’s Affiliates) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was serving as the Manager or Officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a manager, officer, director, principal or member of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise; provided, however, that no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, liabilities and losses suffered that are attributable to such Indemnified Person’s or its Affiliates’ bad faith, willful misconduct or violation of Law in which such Indemnified Person or such Affiliate acted with knowledge that its conduct was unlawful, or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties, covenants or obligations by such Indemnified Person or its Affiliates contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company. Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by any such Indemnified Person in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, including any appeal therefrom, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

(b)    The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 7.04 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, agreement, bylaw, action by the Manager or otherwise.

(c)    The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, or substantially equivalent insurance, at its expense, to protect any Indemnified Person (and the investment funds, if any, they represent) against any expense, liability or loss described in Section 7.04(a) whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Person against such expense, liability or loss under the provisions of this Section 7.04. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain property, casualty and liability insurance in types and at levels customary for companies of similar size engaged in similar lines of business, as determined in good faith by the Manager, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (including employment practices coverage) with a carrier and in an amount that is necessary or desirable as determined in good faith by the Manager.

 

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(d)    Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the indemnification and advancement of expenses to be provided by the Company pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only and no Member (unless such Member otherwise agrees in writing or is found in a final decision by a court of competent jurisdiction to have personal liability on account thereof) shall have personal liability on account thereof or shall be required to make additional Capital Contributions to help satisfy such indemnity of the Company.

(e)    If this Section 7.04 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 7.04 to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Section 7.04 that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.

Section 7.05    Members Right to Act. For matters that require the approval of the Members, the Members shall act through meetings and written consents as described in paragraphs (a) and (b) below:

(a)    Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, acts by the Members holding a majority of the outstanding Units, voting together as a single class, shall be the acts of the Members. Any Member entitled to vote at a meeting of Members may authorize another person or persons to act for it by proxy. An electronic mail, telegram, telex, cablegram or similar transmission by the Member, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of a writing executed by the Member shall (if stated thereon) be treated as a proxy executed in writing for purposes of this Section 7.05(a). No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and that the proxy is coupled with an interest. Should a proxy designate two or more Persons to act as proxies, unless that instrument shall provide to the contrary, a majority of such Persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or, if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, the Company shall not be required to recognize such proxy with respect to such issue if such proxy does not specify how the votes that are the subject of such proxy are to be voted with respect to such issue.

(b)    The actions by the Members permitted hereunder may be taken at a meeting called by the Manager or by the Members holding a majority of the Units entitled to vote on such matter on at least forty eight (48) hours’ prior written notice to the other Members entitled to vote, which notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is being called. The actions taken by the Members entitled to vote or consent at any meeting (as opposed to by written consent), however called and noticed, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if (but not until), either before, at or after the meeting, the Members entitled to vote or consent as to whom it was improperly held signs a written waiver of notice or a consent

 

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to the holding of such meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The actions by the Members entitled to vote or consent may be taken by vote of the Members entitled to vote or consent at a meeting or by written consent, so long as such consent is signed by Members having not less than the minimum number of Units that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Members entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the action so taken, which shall state the purpose or purposes for which such consent is required and may be delivered via email, without a meeting shall be given to those Members entitled to vote or consent who have not consented in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice shall not affect the validity of the action taken by such written consent. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent of the Members shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the Members at a meeting thereof.

Section 7.06    Inspection Rights. The Company shall permit each Member and each of its designated representatives to (i) visit and inspect any of the properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, (ii) examine the corporate and financial records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom, (iii) consult with the managers, officers, employees and independent accountants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries concerning the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The presentation of an executed copy of this Agreement by any Member to the Company’s independent accountants shall constitute the Company’s permission to its independent accountants to participate in discussions with such Persons and their respective designated representatives.

ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS, AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Section 8.01    Records and Accounting. The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, appropriate books and records with respect to the Company’s business, including all books and records necessary to provide any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 9.01 or pursuant to applicable Laws. All matters concerning (a) the determination of the relative amount of allocations and Distributions among the Members pursuant to Articles III and IV and (b) accounting procedures and determinations, and other determinations not specifically and expressly provided for by the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the Manager, whose determination shall be final and conclusive as to all of the Members absent manifest clerical error.

Section 8.02    Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each year or such other date as may be established by the Manager; provided that the Company shall have the same Fiscal Year for accounting purposes as its Taxable Year for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE IX

TAX MATTERS

Section 9.01    Preparation of Tax Returns. The Manager shall arrange, at the Company’s expense, for the preparation and timely filing of all tax returns required to be filed by the Company. On or before March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each Taxable Year, the

 

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Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during the prior quarter, an estimate of such Member’s state tax apportionment information and allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for the prior quarter, which estimate shall have been reviewed by the Company’s outside tax accountants. The Company shall send to each Person who was a Member at any time during such Taxable Year, a statement showing such Member’s (A) final state tax apportionment information, (B) allocations to the Members of taxable income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for such Taxable Year, (C) a completed IRS Schedule K-1 and (D) all other information reasonably requested and necessary for the preparation of such Person’s U.S. federal (and applicable state and local) income tax returns. The Company shall make commercially reasonable efforts to send the information set forth in the preceding sentence no later than the later of (i) April 15 following the end of the prior Taxable Year, and (ii) thirty (30) Business Days after the issuance of the final financial statement report for a Fiscal Year by the Company’s auditors; provided, however, that in no event shall such information be delivered later than one-hundred fifty (150) days following the end of the prior Taxable Year. Each Member shall notify the Company, and the Company shall take reasonable efforts to notify each of the other Members, upon receipt of any notice of tax examination of the Company by U.S. federal, state or local authorities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in its capacity as Tax Matters Partner or Partnership Representative (as applicable), the Corporation shall have the authority to prepare the tax returns of the Company using the elections set forth in Section 9.02 and such other permissible methods and elections as it determines in its reasonable discretion.

Section 9.02    Tax Elections. The Company and any eligible Subsidiary shall make an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code, shall not thereafter revoke such election and shall make a new election pursuant to Section 754 to the extent necessary following any “termination” of the Company or the Subsidiary under Section 708 of the Code. In addition, the Company (and any eligible Subsidiary) shall make the following elections on the appropriate forms or tax returns:

(a)    to adopt the calendar year as the Company’s Taxable Year, if permitted under the Code;

(b)    to adopt the accrual method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

(c)    to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company as permitted by Code Section 709(b).

Each Member will upon request supply any information reasonably necessary to give proper effect to any such elections.

Section 9.03    Tax Controversies.

(a)    With respect to Tax Years beginning on or before December 31, 2017, the Corporation is hereby designated the Tax Matters Partner of the Company, within the meaning given to such term in Section 6231 of the Code (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “Tax Matters Partner”) and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional

 

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services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Tax Matters Partners shall keep all Members fully advised on a current basis of any contacts by or discussions with the tax authorities, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any tax proceedings. Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under Subchapter C, Chapter 63, Subtitle F of the Code (Code Sections 6221 et seq.).

(b)    With respect to Tax Years beginning after December 31, 2017, pursuant to the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions, the Corporation shall be designated and may, on behalf of the Company, at any time, and without further notice to or consent from any Member, act as the “partnership representative” of the Company, within the meaning given to such term in Section 6223 of the Code (the Corporation, in such capacity, the “Partnership Representative”) for purposes of the Code. The Partnership Representative shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Partnership Representative, and is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Each Member agrees to cooperate with the Company and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably requested by the Company with respect to the conduct of such proceedings. The Partnership Representative shall keep all Members fully advised on a current basis of any contacts by or discussions with the tax authorities, and the Members shall have the right to observe and participate through representatives of their own choosing (at their sole expense) in any tax proceedings. Nothing herein shall diminish, limit or restrict the rights of any Member under the Revised Partnership Audit Provisions.

Section 9.04    Liabilities. The Manager shall make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all indebtedness that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is treated as indebtedness of the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes are nonrecourse liabilities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

ARTICLE X

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF UNITS

Section 10.01    Transfers by Members. No holder of Units may Transfer any interest in any Units, except Transfers (a) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.02 or (b) approved in writing by the Manager (other than any Transfer by the Manager). Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Transfer” shall not include an event that terminates the existence of a Member for income tax purposes (including, without limitation, a change in entity classification of a Member under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3, termination of a partnership pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, a sale of assets by, or liquidation of, a Member pursuant to an election under Section 338 of the Code, or merger, severance, or allocation within a trust or among sub-trusts of a trust that is a Member), but that does not terminate the existence of such Member under applicable state law (or, in the case of a trust that is a Member, does not terminate the trusteeship of the fiduciaries under such trust with respect to all the Company Interests of such trust that is a Member).

 

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Section 10.02    Permitted Transfers. The restrictions contained in Section 10.01 shall not apply to any Transfer (each, a “Permitted Transfer”) by a Member to an Affiliate of such Member; provided, however, that the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall continue to apply to Units after any Permitted Transfer of such Units. In the case of any Permitted Transfer in accordance with the definition of “Permitted Transfer”, (A) the transferor shall deliver a written notice to the Company and the Members, which notice will disclose in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed transferee, and (B) any such transferees of Units Transferred in such Permitted Transfer shall agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. All Permitted Transfers are subject to the additional limitations set forth in Section 10.07(b) hereof (other than Section 10.07(b)(iii)) and Section 4.1 of the Stockholders Agreement.

Section 10.03    Restricted Units Legend. The Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, in addition to the other restrictions on Transfer contained in this Agreement, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is then available. To the extent such Units have been certificated, each certificate evidencing Units and each certificate issued in exchange for or upon the Transfer of any Units (if such securities remain Units as defined herein after such Transfer) shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON _____, 20__, AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SPECIFIED IN THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC, AS MAY BE AMENDED AND MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE THE TRANSFER OF SUCH SECURITIES UNTIL SUCH CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSFER. A COPY OF SUCH CONDITIONS SHALL BE FURNISHED BY AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.”

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Section 10.04    Transfer. Prior to Transferring any Units (other than pursuant to a Change of Control Transaction), the Transferring holder of Units shall cause the prospective transferee to be bound by this Agreement and any other agreements executed by the holders of Units and relating to such Units in the aggregate (collectively, the “Other Agreements”), and shall cause the prospective transferee to execute and deliver to the Company and the other holders of Units a Joinder (or other counterpart to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Manager) and counterparts of any applicable Other Agreements. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Units in violation of any provision of this Agreement (including any prohibited indirect Transfers) (a) shall be void, and (b) the Company shall not record such Transfer on its books or treat any purported transferee of such Units as the owner of such securities for any purpose.

Section 10.05    Assignees Rights.

(a)    The Transfer of a Company Interest in accordance with this Agreement shall be effective as of the date of its assignment (assuming compliance with all of the conditions to such Transfer set forth herein), and such Transfer shall be shown on the Schedule of Members. Profits, Losses and other Company items shall be allocated between the transferor and the Assignee according to Code Section 706, using any permissible method as determined in the reasonable discretion of the Manager. Distributions made before the effective date of such Transfer shall be paid to the transferor, and Distributions made after such date shall be paid to the Assignee.

(b)    Unless and until an Assignee becomes a Member pursuant to Article XII, the Assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder or under applicable Law, other than the rights granted specifically to Assignees pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that, without relieving the transferring Member from any such limitations or obligations as more fully described in Section 10.06, such Assignee shall be bound by any limitations and obligations of a Member contained herein that a Member would be bound on account of the Assignee’s Company Interest (including the obligation to make Capital Contributions on account of such Company Interest).

Section 10.06    Assignors Rights and Obligations. Any Member who shall Transfer any Company Interest in a manner in accordance with this Agreement shall cease to be a Member with respect to such Units or other interest and shall no longer have any rights or privileges, or, except as set forth in this Section 10.06, duties, liabilities or obligations, of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest (it being understood, however, that the applicable provisions of Section 6.08, Section 7.01 and Section 7.04 shall continue to inure to such Person’s benefit), except that unless and until the Assignee (if not already a Member) is admitted as a Substituted Member in accordance with the provisions of Article XII (the “Admission Date”), (i) such assigning Member shall retain all of the duties, liabilities and obligations of a Member with respect to such Units or other interest, and (ii) the Manager may, in its sole discretion, reinstate all or any portion of the rights and privileges of such Member with respect to such Units or other interest for any period of time prior to the Admission Date. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any Member who Transfers any Units or other interest in the Company from any liability of such Member to the Company with respect to such Company Interest that may exist on the Admission Date or that is otherwise specified in the Delaware Act and incorporated into this Agreement or for any liability to the Company or any other Person for any materially false statement made by such Member (in

 

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its capacity as such) or for any present or future breaches of any representations, warranties or covenants by such Member (in its capacity as such) contained herein or in the other agreements with the Company.

Section 10.07    Overriding Provisions.

(a)    Any Transfer in violation of this Article X shall be null and void ab initio, and the provisions of Sections 10.05 and 10.06 shall not apply to any such Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person to whom a Transfer is made or attempted in violation of this Article X shall not become a Member, shall not be entitled to vote on any matters coming before the Members and shall not have any other rights in or with respect to any rights of a Member of the Company. The approval of any Transfer in any one or more instances shall not limit or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance. The Manager shall promptly amend the Schedule of Members to reflect any Permitted Transfer pursuant to this Article X.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 10.01 and Article XII), in no event shall any Member Transfer any Units to the extent such Transfer would:

(i)    result in the violation of the Securities Act, or any other applicable U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. Laws;

(ii)    subject the Company to registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;

(iii)    in the reasonable determination of the Manager, be a violation of or a default (or an event that, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in an acceleration of any indebtedness under, any promissory note, mortgage, loan agreement, indenture or similar instrument or agreement to which the Company or the Manager is a party; provided that the payee or creditor to whom the Company or the Manager owes such obligation is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Manager; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(iii) shall not apply to any Permitted Transfer;

(iv)    fail to meet one or more of the “secondary market safe harbors” described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(e) (regarding transfers not involving trading, such as, for example certain gift transfers certain carryover basis transfers and certain transfers involving blocks of interests representing more than two percent (2%) of the total interests in the Company’s capital or profits), 1.7704-1(f) (regarding transfers pursuant to certain redemption and repurchase agreements), 1.7704-1(g) (regarding transfers through qualified matching services), or 1.7704-1(j) (regarding transfers where there is a lack of actual trading (that is, trading in the aggregate representing two percent (2%) or less of the total interests in the Company’s capital or profits in a taxable year)), and, accordingly, in no event shall the Company recognize any Transfer of any Units in a taxable year, other than those Transfers that are described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(e)(1)(i)-(vii), 1.7704-1(e)(1)(ix), 1.7704-1(f), or 1.7704-1(g), to the extent such Transfers in the aggregate for such taxable year would exceed two percent (2%) of the total

 

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interests in the Company’s capital or profits as determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.7704-1(j) and 1.7704-1(k); provided that the prohibitions contained in this Section 10.07(b)(iv) shall not apply to any Transfer occurring in any taxable year in which the Company did not have more than one hundred (100) partners within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)(1) (determined by treating each Person that owns an interest in a Member that is a partnership, S corporation, or grantor trust for federal income tax purposes as a partner pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.7704-1(h)) at any time during such taxable year; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(iv) shall apply to any transaction that would be a transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes even if such transfer is not a Transfer as defined herein;

(v)    cause the Company to lose its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes or, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” or to be taxed as a corporation pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code and any applicable Treasury Regulations issued thereunder, or any successor provision of the Code; provided, further, this Section 10.07(b)(v) shall apply to any transaction that would be a transfer for U.S. federal income tax purposes, even if such transfer is not a Transfer as defined herein, or

(vi)    be a Transfer to a Person who is not legally competent or who has not achieved his or her majority under applicable Law (excluding trusts for the benefit of minors).

ARTICLE XI

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XII

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS

Section 12.01    Substituted Members. Subject to the provisions of Article X, in connection with the Permitted Transfer of a Company Interest hereunder or a Transfer consented to by the Manager, the transferee shall become a substituted Member (“Substituted Member”) on the effective date of such Transfer, which effective date shall not be earlier than the date of compliance with the conditions to such Transfer, and such admission shall be shown on the Schedule of Members.

Section 12.02    Additional Members. Subject to the provisions of Article III and Article X, any Person may be admitted to the Company as an additional Member (any such Person, an “Additional Member”) only upon furnishing to the Manager (a) a Joinder (or other counterpart to this Agreement reasonably acceptable to the Manager) and counterparts of any applicable Other Agreements and (b) such other documents or instruments as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect such Person’s admission as a Member (including entering into such documents as the Manager may deem appropriate in its reasonable discretion). Such admission shall become effective on the date on which the Manager determines in its reasonable discretion that such conditions have been satisfied and when any such admission is shown on the books and records of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

WITHDRAWAL AND RESIGNATION; TERMINATION OF RIGHTS

Section 13.01    Withdrawal and Resignation of Members. No Member shall have the power or right to withdraw or otherwise resign as a Member from the Company prior to the termination of the Company pursuant to Article XIV. Upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Units in a Transfer permitted by this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 10.06, such Member shall cease to be a Member.

ARTICLE XIV

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

Section 14.01    Dissolution. The Company shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Members or Substituted Members or the attempted withdrawal or resignation of a Member. The Company shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon:

(a)    the decision of the Manager (pursuant to a unanimous decision of the Corporate Board) together with the Requisite Members to dissolve the Company;

(b)    a dissolution of the Company under Section 18-801(a)(4) of the Delaware Act; or

(c)    the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Delaware Act.

The bankruptcy (within the meaning of Section 18-304 of the Delaware Act) of a Member shall not cause the Member to cease to be a member of the Company. An Event of Withdrawal shall not, in and of itself, cause a dissolution of the Company and the Company shall continue without dissolution subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 14.02    Liquidation and Termination. On dissolution of the Company, the Manager shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more Persons as liquidator. The liquidators shall proceed diligently to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided herein and in the Delaware Act. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the liquidators shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Manager. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidators are as follows:

(a)    as promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidators shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;

(b)    the liquidators shall pay, satisfy or discharge from Company funds, or otherwise make adequate provision for payment and discharge thereof (including the establishment of a cash fund for contingent, conditional or unmatured liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidators may reasonably determine) all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company (including all expenses incurred in liquidation); and

 

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(c)    all remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Article IV by the end of the Taxable Year during which the liquidation of the Company occurs (or, if later, by ninety (90) days after the date of the liquidation). The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.02 and Section 14.03 below constitutes a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions, a complete distribution to the Members of their interest in the Company and all the Company’s property and constitutes a compromise to which all Members have consented within the meaning of the Delaware Act. To the extent that a Member returns funds to the Company, it has no claim against any other Member for those funds.

Section 14.03    Deferment; Distribution in Kind. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.02, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if upon dissolution of the Company the liquidators determine that an immediate sale of part or all of the Company’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss (or would otherwise not be beneficial) to the Members, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Company liabilities (other than loans to the Company by Members) and reserves. Subject to the order of priorities set forth in Section 14.02, the liquidators may, in their sole discretion, distribute to the Members, in lieu of cash, either (a) all or any portion of such remaining Company assets in-kind in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), (b) as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02(c), undivided interests in all or any portion of such Company assets or (c) a combination of the foregoing. Any such Distributions in kind shall be subject to (x) such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such assets as the liquidators deem reasonable and equitable and (y) the terms and conditions of any agreements governing such assets (or the operation thereof or the holders thereof) at such time. Any Company assets distributed in kind will first be written up or down to their Fair Market Value, thus creating Profit or Loss (if any), which shall be allocated in accordance with Article V. The liquidators shall determine the Fair Market Value of any property distributed in accordance with the valuation procedures set forth in Article XV.

Section 14.04    Cancellation of Certificate. On completion of the winding up of Company assets as provided herein and the Delaware Act, the Company is terminated (and the Company shall not be terminated prior to such time), and the Manager (or such other Person or Persons as the Delaware Act may require or permit) shall file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware, cancel any other filings made pursuant to this Agreement that are or should be canceled and take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Company. The Company shall be deemed to continue in existence for all purposes of this Agreement until it is terminated pursuant to this Section 14.04.

Section 14.05    Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Sections 14.02 and 14.03 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up.

Section 14.06    Return of Capital. The liquidators shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

 

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ARTICLE XV

VALUATION

Section 15.01    Determination. “Fair Market Value” of a specific Company asset will mean the amount which the Company would receive in an all-cash sale of such asset in an arms-length transaction with a willing unaffiliated third party, with neither party having any compulsion to buy or sell, consummated on the day immediately preceding the date on which the event occurred which necessitated the determination of the Fair Market Value (and after giving effect to any transfer taxes payable in connection with such sale), as such amount is determined by the Manager (or, if pursuant to Section 14.02, the liquidators) in its good faith judgment using all factors, information and data it deems to be pertinent.

Section 15.02    Dispute Resolution. If any Member or Members dispute the accuracy of any determination of Fair Market Value in accordance with Section 15.01, and the Manager and such Member(s) are unable to agree on the determination of the Fair Market Value of any asset of the Company, the Manager and such Member(s) shall each select a nationally recognized investment banking firm experienced in valuing securities of closely-held companies such as the Company in the Company’s industry (the “Appraisers”), who shall each determine the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.01. The Appraisers shall be instructed to give written notice of their determination of the Fair Market Value of the asset or the Company (as applicable) within thirty (30) days of their appointment as Appraisers. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is higher than the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser by 10% or more, and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the original Appraisers shall designate a third Appraiser meeting the same criteria used to select the original two, and the Fair Market Value shall be the average of the Fair Market Values determined by all three Appraisers, unless the Manager and such Member(s) otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value. If Fair Market Value as determined by an Appraiser is within 10% of the Fair Market Value as determined by the other Appraiser (but not identical), and the Manager and such Member(s) do not otherwise agree on a Fair Market Value, the Manager shall select the Fair Market Value of one of the Appraisers. The fees and expenses of the Appraisers shall be borne by the Company.

ARTICLE XVI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 16.01    Power of Attorney.

(a)    Each Member hereby constitutes and appoints the Manager (or the liquidator, if applicable) with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his, her or its name, place and stead, to:

(i)    execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (A) this Agreement, all certificates and other instruments and all amendments thereof which the Manager reasonably deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify, or continue the qualification of, the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property; (B) all instruments which the Manager reasonably deems

 

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appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (C) all conveyances and other instruments or documents which the Manager reasonably deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a certificate of cancellation; and (D) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal or substitution of any Member pursuant to Article XII or XIII; and

(ii)    sign, execute, swear to and acknowledge all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to evidence, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in the reasonable judgment of the Manager, to effectuate the terms of this Agreement.

(b)    The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall survive the death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination of any Member who is an individual and the transfer of all or any portion of his, her or its Company Interest and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.

Section 16.02    Confidentiality. Except as required by applicable Law, the Manager and each of the Members agree to hold the Company’s Confidential Information in confidence and shall not (i) disclose any Confidential Information except as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager or (ii) use any Confidential Information except in furtherance of the business of the Company or as otherwise authorized separately in writing by the Manager. “Confidential Information” as used herein means any and all information obtained by a Member from the Company or any of its Affiliates directly or indirectly, including from their representatives, which such information includes, but is not limited to, ideas, financial information, products, data, services, business strategies, research, inventions (whether or not patentable), innovations and materials, equipment, all aspects of the Company’s business plan, proposed operation and products and other product plans, corporate structure, financial and organizational information, analyses, proposed partners, software code, designs, employees and their identities, equity ownership, customers, markets, the methods and means by which the Company plans to conduct its business, all trade secrets, trademarks, knowhow, formulas, processes and intellectual property. With respect to the Manager and such Member, Confidential Information does not include information or material that: (a) is rightfully in the possession of the Manager or such Member at the time of disclosure by the Company; (b) before or after it has been disclosed to the Manager or each Member by the Company, becomes part of public knowledge, not as a result of any action or inaction of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of this Agreement; (c) is approved for release by written authorization of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or of the Corporation; (d) is disclosed to the Manager or such Member or their representatives by a third party not, to the knowledge of the Manager or such Member, respectively, in violation of any obligation of confidentiality owed to the Company with respect to such information; or (e) is or becomes independently developed by the Manager or such Member or their respective representatives without use or reference to the Confidential Information.

 

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Section 16.03    Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in writing by the Manager, subject to the prior written consent of the Requisite Members. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment or modification (whether by amendment, merger, recapitalization or otherwise) (a) to this Section 16.03 may be made without the prior written consent of each of the Members, (b) that modifies the limited liability of any Member, or increases the liabilities or obligations of any Member, in each case, may be made without the consent of each such affected Member, (c) that materially alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of any Company Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other Company Interests, may be made without the approval of a majority in interest of the Members holding the Company Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner, (d) that materially alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of a holder of any class of Company Interests in a manner that is different or prejudicial relative to any other holder of the same class of Company Interests, may be made without the approval of the holder of Company Interests affected in such a different or prejudicial manner, (e) that adversely alters or changes any rights, preferences or privileges of Members other than the Corporation (and its Affiliates), may be made without the approval of a majority in interest of the Members (excluding, for this purpose, the Corporation and its Affiliates) holding Common Units, and (f) to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement which terms and conditions expressly require the approval or action of certain Persons may be made without obtaining the consent of the requisite number or specified percentage of such Persons who are entitled to approve or take action on such matter; provided, that the Manager, acting alone, may amend this Agreement to reflect the issuance of additional Units or Equity Securities in accordance with Section 3.04 so long as the rights, preferences or privileges of such Units or Equity Securities with respect to voting, liquidation, redemption, conversion or distributions are not senior to or on parity with the Common Units.

Section 16.04    Title to Company Assets. Company assets shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Company assets or any portion thereof. The Company shall hold title to all of its property in the name of the Company and not in the name of any Member. All Company assets shall be recorded as the property of the Company on its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Company assets is held. The Company’s credit and assets shall be used solely for the benefit of the Company, and no asset of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for, or in payment of, any individual obligation of any Member.

Section 16.05    Addresses and Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement will be in writing and will be either personally delivered, or sent by (i) certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) reputable overnight courier service providing confirmation of delivery (charges prepaid), (iii) telecopier transmission with confirmation of receipt, or (iv) e-mail of a .pdf attachment for which a confirmation e-mail is obtained, to the Company or the Manager, as applicable, at the addresses set forth below and to any other recipient and to any Member at such address as indicated by the Company’s records, or at such address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when delivered personally or on the date of delivery as established by the return receipt, courier service confirmation (or the date on which the return receipt or courier service confirms that acceptance of delivery was refused by the addressee), or telecopier confirmation received by the sender. The respective addresses of the Company and the Manager are:

 

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to the Company:

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC

400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Attn: Jason Daly

E-mail: jason.daly@amneal.com

with copies (which copies shall not constitute notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Richard Fenyes

E-mail: rfenyes@stblaw.com

to the Manager:

Amneal Intermediate Inc.

400 Crossing Boulevard, 3rd Floor

Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807

Attn: Jason Daly

E-mail: jason.daly@amneal.com

with copies (which copies shall not constitute notice) to:

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Richard Fenyes

E-mail: rfenyes@stblaw.com

Section 16.06    Binding Effect; Intended Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

Section 16.07    Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company or any of its Affiliates, and no creditor who makes a loan to the Company or any of its Affiliates may have or acquire (except pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement executed by the Company in favor of such creditor) at any time as a result of making the loan any direct or indirect interest in Company Profits, Losses, Distributions, capital or property other than as a secured creditor.

Section 16.08    Waiver. No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition, regardless of how long such failure continues.

 

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Section 16.09    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement binding on all the parties hereto.

Section 16.10    Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Any dispute relating hereto shall be heard in the state or federal courts of the State of Delaware, and the parties agree to jurisdiction and venue therein.

Section 16.11    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable Law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and this Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

Section 16.12    Further Action. The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking such actions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 16.13    Conflict. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and (i) any provision of the Certificate or (ii) any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the Delaware Act, such provision of the Certificate or the Delaware Act shall control. If any provision of the Delaware Act provides that it may be varied or superseded in the agreement of a limited liability company (or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter.

Section 16.14    Delivery by Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any signed agreement or instrument entered into in connection with this Agreement or contemplated hereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent signed and delivered by means of an electronic transmission, including by a facsimile machine or via email, shall be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and shall be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original signed version thereof delivered in person. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of electronic transmission by a facsimile machine or via email to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through such electronic transmission as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.

Section 16.15    Right of Offset. Whenever the Company is to pay any sum (other than pursuant to Article IV) to any Member, any amounts that such Member owes to the Company which are not the subject of a good faith dispute may be deducted from that sum before payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution of Units to the Corporation and Old PubCo shall not be subject to this Section 16.15.

 

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Section 16.16    Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective immediately upon the Company Merger Closing (the “Effective Time”). The Third A&R LLC Agreement shall govern the rights and obligations of the Company and the other parties to this Agreement in their capacity as Members prior to the Effective Time.

Section 16.17    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and those documents expressly referred to herein (including the Stockholders Agreement and the Company Merger Agreement) embody the entire agreement and understanding among the parties and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way. For the avoidance of doubt, the Third A&R LLC Agreement is superseded in its entirety by this Agreement as of the Effective Time and shall be of no further force and effect thereafter.

Section 16.18    Remedies. Each Member shall have all rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement and all rights and remedies which such Person has been granted at any time under any other agreement or contract and all of the rights which such Person has under any Law. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any Person having any rights under any provision of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby shall be entitled to enforce such rights specifically (without posting a bond or other security), to recover damages by reason of any breach of any provision of this Agreement and to exercise all other rights granted by Law.

Section 16.19    Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive part of this Agreement. Whenever required by the context, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. The use of the word “including” in this Agreement shall be by way of example rather than by limitation. Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, and if applicable hereof. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, no amendment or other modification to any agreement, document or instrument that requires the consent of any Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement will be given effect hereunder unless such Person has consented in writing to such amendment or modification. Wherever required by the context, references to a Fiscal Year shall refer to a portion thereof. The use of the words “or,” “either” and “any” shall not be exclusive. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Wherever a conflict exists between this Agreement and any other agreement, this Agreement shall control but solely to the extent of such conflict.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed or caused to be executed on their behalf this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


MEMBERS:
AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Daly

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary


SCHEDULE 1*

SCHEDULE OF MEMBERS

 

Member

   Percentage
Interest
     Percentage
Interest
     Contribution
Closing
Capital
Account
Balance
     Additional
Cash Capital
Contributions
     Additional
Non-Cash
Capital
Contributions
     Capital
Accounts
 

Amneal Intermediate Inc.

                 

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

                 

 

* 

This Schedule of Members shall be updated from time to time to reflect any adjustment with respect to any subdivision (by Unit split or otherwise) or any combination (by reverse Unit split or otherwise) of any outstanding Common Units, or to reflect any additional issuances of Common Units pursuant to this Agreement.


Exhibit A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of                 , 20[__] (this “Joinder”), is delivered pursuant to that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “LLC Agreement”) by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), Amneal Intermediate, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the managing member of the Company (the “Manager”), and each of the Members from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.

 

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Joinder to the LLC Agreement. Upon the execution of this Joinder by the undersigned and delivery hereof to the Manager, the undersigned hereby is and hereafter will be a Member under the LLC Agreement and a party thereto, with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of a Member thereunder. The undersigned hereby agrees that it shall comply with and be fully bound by the terms of the LLC Agreement as if it had been a signatory thereto as of the date thereof.

 

  2.

Incorporation by Reference. All terms and conditions of the LLC Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Joinder as if set forth herein in full.

 

  3.

Address. All notices under the LLC Agreement to the undersigned shall be direct to:

[Name]

[Address]

[City, State, Zip Code]

Attn:

Facsimile:

E-mail:


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF NEW MEMBER]
By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  


Acknowledged and agreed

as of the date first set forth above:

 

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC
By:  

AMNEAL INTERMEDIATE INC.,

its Managing Member

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Exhibit 10.7

STOCK SURRENDER AGREEMENT

This Stock Surrender Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 7, 2023, is made between [●] (“Member”) and Amneal NewCo Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New PubCo”).

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated October 17, 2017, by and among Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old PubCo”), Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Opco”), Impax Laboratories, Inc. and K2 Merger Sub Corporation, the Member received a number of common units of Opco (“Opco Common Units”) and a corresponding number of shares of Old PubCo Class B common stock;

WHEREAS, Old PubCo and Opco have decided to undergo a reorganization resulting in the elimination of the current umbrella partnership-corporation structure of Old PubCo and Opco, pursuant to that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2023 (the “Reorganization Agreement”), by and among New PubCo, Old PubCo, Opco and the Amneal Group (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement);

WHEREAS, following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Agreement, (i) Amneal Merger Sub 1 Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 1”), will be merged with and into Old PubCo, with Old PubCo as the surviving corporation (the “First Merger”), (ii) by virtue of the First Merger, each share of Old PubCo Class B common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger will be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class B common stock, (iii) Amneal Merger Sub 2 Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of New PubCo (“Merger Sub 2”), will be merged with and into Opco, with Opco as the surviving entity (the “Second Merger”), (iv) by virtue of the Second Merger, each Opco Common Unit, other than those held by Old PubCo, will be exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of New PubCo Class A common stock (in a transaction qualifying under Internal Revenue Code Section 351) and (v) at the effective time of the Second Merger (the “Second Merger Effective Time”), the undersigned and the other holders of shares of New PubCo Class B common stock shall voluntarily surrender such shares, which will be subsequently cancelled by Opco (collectively, the “Reorganization”);

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Second Merger, the Member will hold (i) a number of Opco Common Units, and (ii) a corresponding number of shares of New PubCo Class B common stock (the “Corresponding Surrendered Shares”) equal to the number of shares of Old PubCo Class B common stock the Member held immediately prior to the First Merger; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Reorganization Agreement, the Member hereby desires to voluntarily surrender such Corresponding Surrendered Shares effective as of Second Merger Effective Time.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

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The Member hereby consents and agrees to the Second Merger and to irrevocably surrender the Corresponding Surrendered Shares to New PubCo, effective as of the Second Merger Effective Time.


  2.

By executing and delivering this Agreement, the Member represents and warrants as follows:

(a)    The Member has good and valid title to and is the record owner of the Corresponding Surrendered Shares free and clear of any liens. The Member has the exclusive right, power and authority to transfer or surrender the Corresponding Surrendered Shares.

(b)    The Member has the right, power, authority and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Member and constitutes the Member’s valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

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The construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

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This Agreement may be executed in counterparts including facsimile and electronically transmitted copies, which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

[signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

AMNEAL NEWCO INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Jason Daly
Title:  

Senior Vice President, Chief

Legal Officer and Corporate

Secretary

MEMBER:

     

[Name]

[Signature Page to Stock Surrender Agreement]

Exhibit 99.1

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

The following is a summary of some of the general terms and provisions of our common stock and our ability to issue preferred stock, including certain provisions of our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”), our amended and restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws, copies of which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. References in this section to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and not to any of our subsidiaries.

Authorized Capital Stock

The Charter authorizes us to issue 1,202,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of (i) 1,200,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of which 900,000,000 are designated as Class A common stock and 300,000,000 are designated as Class B common stock, and (ii) 2,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.

Common Stock

Voting Rights

Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote together as a single class on each matter submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are not entitled to vote on any Charter amendment that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote on such terms pursuant to the Charter or the DGCL. Holders of our Class A common stock do not have cumulative voting rights.

The Bylaws provide that the directors will be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to such director’s election (meaning the number of shares voted “for” a nominee must exceed the number of shares voted “against” such nominee) at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present; provided that each director will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast (instead of by votes cast for or against a nominee) at any meeting at which a quorum is present for which the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) determines that the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected at such election and such determination has not been rescinded on or prior to the tenth day preceding the date the Company first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders. The Board of Directors is not classified.

The Bylaws provide that, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority in voting power of shares of stock will be the act of the stockholders unless a different or minimum vote is required by the Charter, the Bylaws or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Company or its securities, in which case such different or minimum vote will be the applicable vote on the matter.

Dividend Rights

The holders of Class A common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, payable in cash, property, or securities of the Company, as may be declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, subject to any preferential or other rights of the holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock. The holders of Class B common stock are not entitled to receive any dividends.


Liquidation Rights

On the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Class A common stock are entitled to share equally, on a pari passu basis, in accordance with the number of shares of Class A common stock held by each such holder, in all assets of the Company available for distribution among the stockholders after payment to all creditors and subject to any preferential or other rights of the holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

Participation Rights

Under the Charter, the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock have no participation rights. However, the Third Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated November 7, 2023 (the “Stockholders Agreement”) provides that if the Company proposes to issue any securities, other than in certain issuances, the Amneal Group will have the right to purchase its pro rata share of such securities, based on the number of shares of Class A common stock owned thereby before such issuance.

Charter and Bylaw Amendments

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote is required to amend the Charter. The Bylaws provide that, without the approval of the Board of Directors, stockholders may only amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws by an affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, any amendment to or repeal of the Bylaws sections regarding annual meetings, special meetings, voting, notice of stockholder proposals, number of directors, term of directors, qualifications of directors, notice of nominations for directors, removal of directors, vacancies and newly created directorships, dividends, and legal relationship between the Bylaws and the Charter requires an affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at a duly called and convened annual or special meeting of stockholders. Further, the Bylaws and the Charter also provide that, subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Board or by unanimous written consent, except as such power may be restricted or limited by the DGCL.


Blank Check Preferred Stock

Under the Charter, the Board of Directors has the authority to issue preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix for each series the voting powers and the distinctive designations, preferences and relative, participation, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions, as may be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series as may be permitted by the DGCL, including dividend rates, conversion rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting each such series, without any further vote or action by the Company’s stockholders. If we offer any series of preferred stock pursuant to this prospectus, such terms and any other material terms of the series will be described in a prospectus supplement.

The issuance of preferred stock may adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders by, among other things:

 

 

restricting dividends on the common stock;

 

 

diluting the voting power of the common stock;

 

 

impairing the liquidation rights of the common stock; or

 

 

delaying or preventing a change in control without further action by the stockholders.

As a result of these or other factors, the issuance of preferred stock could have an adverse impact on the market price of our Class A common stock.

Exclusive Forum

The Charter requires, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on the Company’s behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of the Company’s directors or officers to the Company or its stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Charter, or the Bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine will have to be brought only in the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware.

Other Anti-Takeover Effects of Provisions of the Charter, the Bylaws, and the DGCL

The Charter, the Bylaws and the DGCL contain provisions that, in addition to being applicable in other contexts, could delay or discourage some transactions involving an actual or potential change in control of the Company or its management. For example, under Section 203 of the DGCL a stockholder holding 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock could not acquire us without consent of our Board of Directors for at least three years after the date the stockholder first held 15% or more of the voting stock. Our governing corporate documents also, among other things, do not allow stockholders to call special meetings and require stockholders who wish to bring business before an annual meeting or nominate directors to comply certain advanced notice and duration of ownership requirements. The Bylaws also require a supermajority vote to amend certain provisions thereof. In addition, our Board of Directors could, without stockholder approval, implement other anti-takeover defenses, such as a stockholder rights plan.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Computershare is the transfer agent and registrar for the Class A common stock.

Listing of Class A common stock

Our Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “AMRX.”

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Document and Entity Information
Nov. 07, 2023
Cover [Abstract]  
Document Type 8-K12B
Document Period End Date Nov. 07, 2023
Entity Registrant Name AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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