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Exhibit 10.24.5
Date: | November 15, 2016 |
To: | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
777 Old Saw Mill River Road | |
Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707 | |
Attention: | Dominick Agron |
Vice President & Treasurer | |
777 Old Saw Mill River Road | |
Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707 | |
Facsimile: | (914) 847-5892 |
From: | Credit Suisse Capital LLC |
Eleven Madison Avenue | |
New York, NY 10010 | |
With Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as agent | |
Eleven Madison Avenue | |
New York, NY 10010 | |
Re: | Termination of the Warrant Transaction between Credit Suisse Capital LLC and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Dear Sir/Madam:
Credit Suisse Capital LLC (“CS”) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Issuer”) are parties to a warrant transaction pursuant to a November 13, 2013 assignment by Credit Suisse International, an affiliate of Dealer, to CS of such warrant transaction. The warrant transaction is evidenced by the Master Terms and Conditions for Base Warrants Issued by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. dated as of October 18, 2011, supplemented by the written confirmation dated as of October 18, 2011 and amended by the Amendment dated as of May 14, 2014, the Second Amendment dated as of November 18, 2014, the Third Amendment Dated as of November 24, 2014 and the Fourth Amendment dated as of November 15, 2015 (as so amended, the “Confirmation”). Terms used herein but are not otherwise defined shall have meanings assigned to them in the Confirmation.
1. Termination. Effective upon payment of the Termination Payment on the Payment Date (each as defined below), the Number of Warrants for each Component of the Transaction shall be reduced to zero, and the Confirmation shall be of no further force and effect.
2. Termination Payment. In consideration of the termination of the Transaction as provided herein, Issuer agrees to pay to CS on the Payment Date the amount in USD set forth below (the “Termination Payment”).
Termination Payment Amount: | USD 12,873,684.18 |
Payment Date: | November 18, 2016 |
3. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Each party represents to the other party that:
(i) It is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing.
(ii) It has the power to execute this agreement and any other documentation relating to this agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this agreement and any other documentation relating to this agreement that it is required by this agreement to deliver and to perform its obligations under this agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance.
(iii) Such execution, delivery and performance do not violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its constitutional documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of government applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or any of its assets.
(iv) All governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by it with respect to this agreement have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of any such consents have been complied with.
(v) Its obligations under this agreement constitute its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)).
(b) Issuer represents and warrants to and for the benefit of CS as follows:
(i) (A) On the date hereof, Issuer is not aware of any material non-public information regarding Issuer or the Shares and (B) its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, taken together with all reports and other documents subsequently filed by Issuer with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), does 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 the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) On the date hereof and on the Payment Date, (A) the assets of Issuer at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of Issuer, including contingent liabilities, (B) the capital of Issuer is adequate to conduct the business of Issuer and (C) Issuer has the ability to pay its debts and obligations as such debts mature and does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.
(iii) Issuer acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable federal securities laws, including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act, in relation to the Transaction and this agreement.
4. Counterparts. This agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
6. Governing Law. The provisions of this agreement shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).
Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this agreement and returning it in the manner indicated in the attached cover letter.
CREDIT SUISSE CAPITAL LLC | |
By: | /s/Carole Villoresi |
Name: Carole Villoresi | |
Title: Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/Shui Wong |
Name: Shui Wong | |
Title: Authorized Signatory | |
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, as agent for Credit Suisse Capital LLC | |
By: | /s/Carole Villoresi |
Name: Carole Villoresi | |
Title: Vice President | |
Agreed and Accepted By: | |
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |
By: | /s/Dominick Agron |
Name: Dominick Agron | |
Title: Vice President & Treasurer | |