TESARO,Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO) Files An 8-K Financial Statements and ExhibitsItem 9.01(d)of the Original Report. This Amendment does not make any other changes to the Original Report or modify or update any of the information contained therein in any way other than as described in this Explanatory Note.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Agreement and Plan of Merger
On December3, 2018, TESARO,Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TESARO” or the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with GlaxoSmithKline plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), and Parent’s indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Adriatic Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”).
to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Purchaser will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company at a price of $75.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest, but subject to any applicable withholding of taxes (the “Offer Price”). If certain conditions are satisfied and the Offer closes, Parent would acquire any remaining shares by a merger of Purchaser with and into the Company (the “Merger”).
The Merger Agreement contemplates that the Merger will be effected to Section251(h)of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), which permits completion of the Merger without a shareholder vote promptly following consummation of the Offer. The obligation of Parent and Purchaser to consummate the Offer is subject to the condition that there be validly tendered and not properly withdrawn that number of Shares that, together with the number of Shares, if any, then owned beneficially by Parent and Purchaser (together with their wholly-owned subsidiaries), constitutes at least one Share more than 50% of the Shares outstanding as of the scheduled expiration of the Offer (including shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of options of the Company that were exercised, and restricted stock or unrestricted stock units which have vested, in each case, prior to the expiration of the Offer) (the “Minimum Tender Condition”). The Minimum Tender Condition may not be waived by Purchaser without the prior written consent of the Company. The obligation of Purchaser to consummate the Offer is also subject to the expiration of the waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, certain foreign antitrust laws and other customary conditions. Consummation of the Offer is not subject to a financing condition.
Following the consummation of the Offer and subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will merge with and into the Company to the provisions of Section251(h)of the DGCL as provided in the Merger Agreement, with the Company being the surviving corporation. At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share (other than (i)Shares held in the treasury of the Company, (ii)Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries and (iii)Shares held by stockholders who have properly demanded appraisal of such Shares in accordance with the DGCL) will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price.
The Merger Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, Parent and Purchaser. The Company has agreed to operate its business in the ordinary course until the Effective Time. The Company has also agreed not to solicit or initiate discussions with third parties regarding other proposals for a strategic transaction involving the Company. Parent and Purchaser have agreed to use reasonable best efforts to take actions that may be required in order to obtain antitrust approval of the proposed transaction, subject to certain limitations.
The Merger Agreement also includes customary termination provisions for both the Company and Parent, subject, in certain circumstances, to the payment by the Company of a termination fee of $162.5 million. The Company must pay Parent the $162.5 million termination fee in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated by Parent following a change of recommendation by the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) or if the Company terminates the Merger Agreement to enter into an agreement with respect to a proposal from a third party that is a superior alternative to Parent’s, in each case, as is more particularly described in the Merger Agreement. The Company must also pay Parent the termination fee if the Merger Agreement is terminated, a third party has made another acquisition proposal to the Company prior to the termination of the Merger Agreement, within twelve (12) months following such termination, the Company enters into an agreement for a business combination transaction and certain other conditions are satisfied. The parties to the Merger Agreement are also entitled to an