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IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
11011 TORREYANA ROAD
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121
April , 1997
Dear Shareholder:
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the
"Annual Meeting") of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the "Company") which will
be held on May 22, 1997, at 10:00 a.m., at the corporate headquarters of the
Company, 11011 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California.
Details of the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are given in
the attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement.
After careful consideration, the Company's Board of Directors has
unanimously approved each of the proposals set forth in the enclosed Proxy
Statement and recommends that you vote IN FAVOR OF each of such proposals.
After reading the Proxy Statement, please mark, date, sign and return, by
no later than May 16, 1997, the enclosed proxy in the prepaid envelope addressed
to ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, our agent, to ensure that your shares will
be represented. If you decide to attend the Annual Meeting, please notify the
Secretary of the Company that you wish to vote in person and your proxy will not
be voted. YOUR SHARES CANNOT BE VOTED UNLESS YOU SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE
ENCLOSED PROXY, OR ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON.
A copy of the Company's 1996 Annual Report and Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996 is also enclosed.
We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.
Sincerely,
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD MAY 22, 1997
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of IDEC
Pharmaceuticals Corporation (the "Company") will be held at the corporate
headquarters of the Company at 11011 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California, on
Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 10:00 a.m. local time, for the following purposes, as
more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice:
1. To elect eight (8) members to the Board of Directors of the
Company. If the proposed amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation providing for a classified Board of Directors
(Proposal No. 2 below) is adopted, the eight directors will be elected to a
classified Board of Directors, with two directors being elected for a
one-year term, three directors being elected for a two year term and three
directors being elected for a three year term. If this proposed amendment
is not adopted, all eight directors will be elected for a one year term.
2. To approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation providing for the classification of the Board of
Directors into three classes, with members of each class serving for
staggered terms.
3. To approve a change in the state of incorporation of the Company
from the State of California to the State of Delaware by means of a merger
of the Company with and into a wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary of the
Company.
4. To approve a series of amendments to the Company's 1988 Stock
Option Plan (the "Option Plan"), including (i) an increase in the total
number of common shares authorized for issuance thereunder from 4,680,000
shares to 5,480,000 shares and (ii) the extension of the term of the Option
Plan from July 19, 1998 to December 31, 2002.
5. To approve an amendment to the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the "1995 Purchase Plan") of the Company to increase the total number of
common shares authorized for issuance thereunder from 345,000 shares to
495,000 shares.
6. To ratify the selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as the Company's
independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31,
1997.
7. To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Annual Meeting and any adjournment of the Annual Meeting.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 28, 1997,
as the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice
of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment thereof. A complete
list of shareholders entitled to vote will be available from the Secretary of
the Company at the Company's executive offices at 11011 Torreyana Road, San
Diego, California 92121, for ten days before the meeting.
IF YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND IN PERSON, PLEASE PROMPTLY MARK, DATE, SIGN
AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Kenneth J. Woolcott
Secretary
April , 1997
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IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
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PROXY STATEMENT
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This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by
the Board of Directors of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a California
corporation (the "Company" or "IDEC California"), with corporate headquarters at
11011 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California 92121, of proxies in the
accompanying form to be used at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual
Meeting") to be held at the Company's corporate headquarters on May 22, 1997 at
10:00 a.m., and any adjournment thereof. The shares represented by the proxies
received in response to this solicitation and not revoked will be voted at the
Annual Meeting. A proxy may be revoked at any time before it is exercised by
filing with the Secretary of the Company a written revocation or a duly executed
proxy bearing a later date or by voting in person at the Annual Meeting. On the
matters coming before the Annual Meeting for which a choice has been specified
by a shareholder by means of the ballot on the proxy, the shares will be voted
accordingly. If no choice is specified, the shares will be voted IN FAVOR OF the
approval of the proposals described in the Notice of Annual Meeting of
Shareholders and in this Proxy Statement.
Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 28, 1997 (the
"Record Date") are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual
Meeting. As of the Record Date, the Company had 18,193,710 shares of common
stock outstanding and 431 shareholders of record. Each holder of common stock is
entitled to one vote for each share held as of the Record Date. Under California
law, an abstention as to any particular matter does not constitute a vote "for"
or "against" and will be disregarded in calculating the votes cast as to such
matter. "Broker non-votes" (i.e., where the broker or nominee submits a proxy
specifically indicating the lack of discretionary authority to vote on a matter)
will be treated in the same manner as abstentions. In the election of directors,
cumulative voting is authorized for all shareholders if any shareholder gives
notice at the Annual Meeting, prior to voting for the election of directors, of
his or her intention to cumulate votes. Cumulative voting enables a shareholder
to cast as many votes as are equal to the number of shares held by the
shareholder multiplied by eight, the number of directors to be elected. All such
votes may be cast for a single nominee or may be distributed among any or all of
the nominees. The eight candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be
elected. The Board of Directors is soliciting discretionary authority to vote
proxies cumulatively.
The expense of printing and mailing proxy materials will be borne by the
Company. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, solicitation may be
made by certain directors, officers and other employees of the Company by
personal interview, telephone or other means. No additional compensation will be
paid to such persons for such solicitation. The Company has engaged Beacon Hill
Partners, Inc. ("Beacon Hill Partners") to solicit proxies and distribute
materials to brokers, banks, custodians, fiduciaries and other nominee holders.
The Company will pay Beacon Hill Partners approximately $35,000 for these
services. The Company will also reimburse brokers, nominees, fiduciaries and
other custodians for their reasonable expenses in forwarding solicitation
material to beneficial owners of the Company's common stock.
This Proxy Statement and the accompanying form of proxy are being mailed to
shareholders on or about April , 1997.
IMPORTANT
PLEASE MARK, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY, AND RETURN IT AT YOUR
EARLIEST CONVENIENCE IN THE ENCLOSED, POSTAGE-PREPAID, RETURN ENVELOPE SO THAT
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING, YOUR SHARES MAY BE VOTED.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote to elect as directors of
the Company the eight nominees listed below, unless authority to vote for the
election of any or all of the nominees is withheld by marking the proxy to that
effect. All of the nominees listed below are currently directors of the Company.
All of the nominees have indicated their willingness to serve, if elected, but
if any should be unable or unwilling to serve, proxies may be voted for a
substitute nominee designated by the Board of Directors. The eight candidates
receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares represented and
voting at the Annual Meeting will be elected directors of the Company.
If the proposed amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation (the "IDEC California Articles of Incorporation") described below
in Proposal No. 2 providing for the classification of the Board of Directors
into three classes is approved at the Annual Meeting by the Company's
shareholders, the eight nominees listed below will be divided into three classes
as follows: two Class I Directors (Messrs. Johnson and Hashimoto) will be
elected for a one-year term expiring at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders,
three Class II Directors (Mr. Groom, Dr. Edwards and Ms. Schenk) will be elected
for a two-year term expiring at the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
three Class III Directors (Drs. Glassberg and Rastetter and Mr. McLaughlin) will
be elected for a three-year term expiring at the 2000 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, in all cases subject to the election and qualification of their
successors and to their earlier death, resignation or removal. If this proposed
amendment to the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation is not adopted, all
eight directors will be elected for a one-year term expiring at the 1998 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, subject to the election and qualification of their
successors and to their earlier death, resignation or removal. See "Proposal No.
2 -- Approval of Amendment of the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation
Providing for Classified Board of Directors."
As more fully described below in "Proposal No. 3 -- Reincorporation of the
Company in Delaware," in the event that the proposed reincorporation of the
Company in Delaware is approved by the Company's shareholders, the Board of
Directors of the Company, as reincorporated in Delaware, will be classified into
three classes in the same manner as proposed in Proposal No. 2, regardless of
the approval or disapproval of Proposal No. 2 by shareholders of the Company.
See "Proposal No. 3 -- Reincorporation of the Company in Delaware -- The Charter
and Bylaws of IDEC California and IDEC Delaware -- Classified Board."
NOMINEES
Set forth below are the names and ages of the nominees and directors, the
principal occupations of each nominee and director at present and for the past
five years, certain directorships held by each, and the year in which each
became a director of the Company.
NOMINEES POSITION(S) WITH THE COMPANY AGE
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William H. Rastetter, Ph.D............... Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer 48
Charles C. Edwards, M.D.................. Director 73
Alan B. Glassberg, M.D................... Director 60
John Groom............................... Director 58
Kazuhiro Hashimoto....................... Director 56
Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.................. Director 68
John P. McLaughlin....................... Director 45
The Honorable Lynn Schenk................ Director 52
Dr. Rastetter was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Company on May 22, 1996. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company since December 1986 and Chief Financial Officer from 1988 to
1993. Dr. Rastetter has served as a Director of the Company since 1986. From
1984 to 1986, he was Director of Corporate Ventures at Genentech, Inc. From 1982
to 1984, Dr. Rastetter served in a scientific capacity at Genentech, Inc.,
directing the Biocatalysis and Chemical Sciences groups. From 1975 to 1982, he
held various faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Dr. Rastetter serves on the Board of Directors for Argonaut Technologies, Inc.,
a privately held life science company and serves on the boards of the California
Health Care Institute and BIOCOM San Diego. Dr. Rastetter also sits on the
California Governor's Council on Biotechnology. Dr. Rastetter received his Ph.D.
in chemistry from Harvard University in 1975.
Dr. Edwards is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Scripps
Institution of Medicine and Science, having joined the Institution in 1991. Dr.
Edwards served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Scripps Clinic
and Research Foundation from 1977 to 1991. Previously, Dr. Edwards held a number
of positions with private, public and governmental entities including
Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and several positions with
the American Medical Association. Dr. Edwards is director of three other
publicly traded companies, Bergen Brunswig Corporation, Molecular Biosystems,
Inc. and Northern Trust of California and serves on the board of three privately
held institutions. He received his B.S., M.D. and Honorary Degree, Doctor of
Science from the University of Colorado and received his M.S. of Surgery from
the University of Minnesota. Dr. Edwards has served as a Director of the Company
since May 1995.
Dr. Glassberg has been associated with the University of California since
1970 and is currently a clinical professor of medicine. Dr. Glassberg is
associate director of clinical care and director of general oncology at the
University of California San Francisco Cancer Center, and also serves as
director of hematology and medical oncology at Mount Zion Medical Center in San
Francisco. He received his B.S. from the College of Charleston and his M.D. from
the University of South Carolina in Charleston. Dr. Glassberg has served as a
Director of the Company since February 1997.
Mr. Groom has been President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of
Elan Corporation plc since 1996. Mr. Groom served as the President and Chief
Executive Officer of Athena Neurosciences, Inc. from 1987 to 1996. Mr. Groom
also serves as a Director of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Athena
Neurosciences, Inc. From 1960 to 1985, Mr. Groom was employed by Smith Kline &
French Laboratories ("SK&F"), the pharmaceutical division of the former
SmithKline Beckman Corporation. He held a number of positions at SK&F,
including: President of SK&F International from 1980 to 1985; Vice President,
Europe; Managing Director, United Kingdom; Regional Director of Africa, Asia and
the Middle East; Managing Director, India; and Managing Director, Pakistan. Mr.
Groom has also served as Chairman of the International Section of the
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. Mr. Groom is a Fellow of the
Association of Certified Accountants (UK) and has served as a Director of the
Company since September 1992.
Mr. Hashimoto has been, since 1981, Director of Research and Development of
Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. ("Zenyaku"), a private pharmaceutical company in Tokyo,
Japan, and an investor in the Company. Mr. Hashimoto served as President of
Zenyaku since July 1994 and has served on Zenyaku's Board of Directors since
1977. He is a Director of two privately held companies and sits on the Board of
Trustees of Tamagawa Gakuen University. Mr. Hashimoto has served as a Director
of the Company since July 1991.
Mr. Johnson has been a General Partner at AMC Partners 84 since 1984. AMC
Partners 84 is the General Partner of Asset Management Associates 1984, an
investor in the Company. Mr. Johnson is also a Director of Amgen, Inc., Boole &
Babbage, Inc., and Tandem Computers Incorporated, as well as a Director of four
privately held companies. He has served as a Director of the Company since 1986.
Mr. McLaughlin joined Genentech, Inc. ("Genentech"), an investor in and
corporate partner of the Company, in 1987 as Vice President of Government
Affairs. In February 1989, Mr. McLaughlin was named Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, and in June 1993 he was named Senior Vice President and
Secretary. In December 1995, Mr. McLaughlin was appointed Executive Vice
President and Secretary of Genentech. Before joining Genentech, Mr. McLaughlin
was a partner in Royer, Shacknai & Mehle, where he represented major
pharmaceutical companies and other manufacturers. Previously, Mr. McLaughlin was
counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment and prior to that appointment, he served as counsel to the
congressional Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance. He obtained his
B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the Catholic University
of America. Mr. McLaughlin has served as a Director of the Company since May
1995.
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Ms. Schenk is currently an attorney and previously served as the United
States Congresswoman for the 49th District of the State of California from 1993
to 1995. She was an attorney in private practice from 1983 to 1993 and served as
the California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing from 1980 to
1983. Ms. Schenk is also a Director of California Federal, FSB, a privately held
company. She received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of
California at Los Angeles, earned her J.D. from the University of San Diego and
attended the London School of Economics. Ms. Schenk has served as a Director of
the Company since May 1995.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ABOVE.
BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES
The Company's bylaws authorize the Board of Directors to fix the number of
directors at not less than eight nor more than eleven. The number of directors
as of the date of the Annual Meeting is fixed at eight.
The Board of Directors held five regularly scheduled meetings and one
special telephonic meeting during 1996. All Directors (who have served on the
Board of Directors throughout the year) have attended at least 75% of the
aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Committees,
respectively, on which such Directors serve, with the exception of Mr. Groom who
attended 60% of the regularly scheduled meetings and 100% of the special
telephonic meeting (67% overall), Mr. Hashimoto who attended 80% of the
regularly scheduled meetings and was not present at the special telephonic
meeting (67% overall), Mr. Johnson who attended 80% of the regularly scheduled
meetings and was not present at the special telephonic meeting (67% overall) and
Mr. McLaughlin who was not present at the Audit Committee meeting.
The Board of Directors has appointed a Compensation Committee, Audit and
Finance Committee, Regulatory Oversight Committee and Nominating Committee.
The members of the Compensation Committee are Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
(Chair), Charles C. Edwards, M.D. and John Groom. The Compensation Committee
held four meetings during the 1996 fiscal year. The Compensation Committee's
functions are to determine and review the compensation to be paid to officers
and directors of the Company, to administer the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan
and the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
In 1996, the members of the Audit and Finance Committee were John Groom
(Chair), Peter Barton Hutt, John P. McLaughlin and Lynn Schenk. The Audit and
Finance Committee held one meeting during the 1996 fiscal year. The Audit and
Finance Committee's functions are to monitor the effectiveness of the internal
and external audit controls, to oversee the Company's financial and accounting
organization and financial reporting, to oversee the Company's equity and debt
financings, to oversee the Company's capital expenditure activities and to
select a firm of independent public accountants whose duty it is to audit the
books and accounts of the Company for the fiscal year for which they are
appointed. In 1997, the Audit and Finance Committee will consist of three
directors: John Groom (Chair), John P. McLaughlin and Lynn Schenk.
In January 1996, the Board of Directors formed a Regulatory Oversight
Committee. In 1996, the members of the Regulatory Oversight Committee were Peter
Barton Hutt (Chair) and Charles C. Edwards, M.D. The Regulatory Oversight
Committee held one meeting during the 1996 fiscal year. The Regulatory Oversight
Committee is responsible for advising the Company on matters pertaining to the
filing of Investigational New Drug applications, Biological License
Applications, Product License Applications and other regulatory matters. In
1997, the Regulatory Oversight Committee will consist of two directors: Charles
C. Edwards, M.D. (Chair) and Alan B. Glassberg, M.D.
In May 1996, the Board of Directors formed a Nominating Committee. The
members of the Nominating Committee are Lynn Schenk (Chair), Charles C. Edwards,
M.D., John Groom and Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. The Nominating Committee held
Number meeting(s) during the 1996 fiscal year. The Nominating Committee is
responsible for proposing a slate of directors which the Board proposes for
election by shareholders at each annual meeting and to select and nominate
candidates to fill any vacancies on the Board.
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REMUNERATION
All Board members except (i) employee directors, (ii) directors who are
associated with a firm or entity which has a venture capital interest in the
Company or (iii) directors who are affiliated with the Company's corporate
development partners, will receive $2,000 for each Board meeting day attended.
Beginning in April 1996, each Board Committee member except (i) employee
directors or (ii) directors who are affiliated with the Company's corporate
development partners, will receive $500 for each Board Committee meeting
attended. Additionally, all Board members will be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred in attending Board meetings. During 1996, Dr. Edwards earned $14,000,
Mr. Groom earned $7,500, Mr. Johnson earned $1,500 and Ms. Schenk earned $12,500
for their services as Directors.
The 1993 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Directors Plan")
was originally adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on September 14,
1993 and approved by the shareholders on May 19, 1994. The Plan is designed to
serve as an equity incentive program to attract and retain the services of
highly qualified individuals with substantial relevant experience to the life
sciences industry. In accordance with the Directors Plan, individuals who are
first elected or appointed as non-employee Board members, whether through
appointment by the Board of Directors or election by the Company's shareholders,
will automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or
appointment, a nonstatutory stock option to purchase 17,500 shares of common
stock. Accordingly, on February 24, 1997, Dr. Glassberg received, in connection
with his appointment to the Board, an option to purchase 17,500 shares of common
stock at an exercise price of $24.38 per share, the fair market value per share
on the grant date. The option is immediately exercisable for all the option
shares, but any shares purchased under the option will be subject to repurchase
by the Company, at the option exercise price paid per share, in the event Dr.
Glassberg should cease Board service prior to vesting in the shares. The option
shares will vest in a series of four successive equal annual installments upon
Dr. Glassberg's completion of each year of Board service over the four-year
period measured from the grant date. The Director Plan also provides for a
series of annual option grants to each individual who continues to serve as
nonemployee Board member. Accordingly, on January 2, 1996, each individual
serving as a non-employee Board member at that time received an option grant to
purchase 5,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $19.13 per share,
the fair market value per share on the grant date. On January 2, 1997, each
individual serving as a non-employee Board member at that time received an
option grant for an additional 5,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price
of $22.50 per share, the fair market value per share on the grant date. Each
such annual grant is immediately exercisable for all the option shares, but any
shares purchased under the option will be subject to repurchase by the Company,
at the option price paid per share, should the optionee cease to remain a Board
member for any reason (other than death or disability) within one year after the
grant date. Each option grant under the Directors Plan, whether an initial grant
or an annual grant, has a maximum term of ten years measured from the grant
date, subject to earlier termination following the optionee's cessation of Board
service. The shares subject to each option grant held by a non-employee Board
member under the Directors Plan will immediately vest in full upon (i) certain
changes in the ownership or control of the Company or (ii) the death or
disability of such individual while serving as a Board member. In addition, upon
the successful completion of a hostile tender offer for 50% or more of the
Company's outstanding voting securities, each outstanding option under the
Directors Plan may be surrendered to the Company for a cash distribution per
surrendered option share in an amount equal to the excess of (a) the tender
offer price paid per share of common stock over (b) the exercise price payable
for such option share.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2
APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT OF THE IDEC CALIFORNIA ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
PROVIDING FOR A CLASSIFIED BOARD OF DIRECTORS
On February 24, 1997, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a
proposal to amend the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation to provide for
the institution of a classified Board of Directors. The full text of the
proposed amendment to the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation is set forth
in Exhibit A to this Proxy Statement and the following description is qualified
in its entirety by reference thereto. If the proposed amendment is approved, the
eight directors elected to the Board will be divided into three classes as
provided under "Election of Directors" and certain conforming amendments, in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B to this Proxy Statement, will be
made to the Bylaws of the Company.
California law authorizes provisions in articles of incorporation that
provide for a classified board of directors. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BELIEVES
THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT INSTITUTING A CLASSIFIED BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS AND THEREFORE RECOMMENDS A
VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
The proposed amendment to the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation and
conforming amendments to the Bylaws provide that directors will be classified
into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible. One class would hold
office initially for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting to be held in 1998;
another class would hold office initially for a term expiring at the Annual
Meeting to be held in 1999; and another class would hold office initially for a
term expiring at the Annual Meeting to be held in 2000. At each Annual Meeting
following this initial classification and election, the successors to the class
of directors whose terms expire at that meeting would be elected for a term of
office to expire at the third succeeding Annual Meeting after their election and
until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. See "Election of
Directors" as to the initial composition of each class of directors, and each
director's initial term, if this Proposal No. 2 is adopted.
As more fully described below in "Proposal No. 3 -- Reincorporation of the
Company in Delaware," in the event that the proposed reincorporation of the
Company in Delaware is approved by the Company's shareholders, the Board of
Directors of the Company, as reincorporated in Delaware, will be classified into
three classes in the same manner as proposed in this Proposal No. 2, regardless
of the approval or disapproval of this Proposal No. 2 by shareholders of the
Company. See "Proposal No. 3 -- Reincorporation of the Company in
Delaware -- The Charter and Bylaws of IDEC California and IDEC
Delaware -- Classified Board."
The Board believes that classification of the Board of the Company will
help lend continuity and stability to the management of the Company, both as a
California corporation and as a Delaware corporation if Proposal No. 3 below is
approved by shareholders and the Company is reincorporated in Delaware.
Following adoption of the classified board structure, at any given time at least
approximately two-thirds of the members of the Board will generally have had
experience as directors of the Company. The Board believes that this will
facilitate long-range business planning, strategic planning and policy making
and will have a positive impact on customer and employee loyalty. In particular,
the Company believes that a classified Board of Directors will permit the
Company to more effectively represent the interests of all of its shareholders
in a variety of situations, including responding to circumstances which might be
created by demands or actions of a single shareholder or shareholder group, than
might be the case if the Board of Directors were not classified and a measure of
continuity from year to year were not thereby assured. The proposed amendment is
not a response to any specific effort of which the Company is aware to
accumulate the Company's stock or to obtain control of the Company.
The proposed classified Board amendment could discourage efforts to obtain
control of the Company. The classification of directors will have the effect of
making it more difficult for shareholders to change the composition of the Board
in a relatively short period of time since at least two Annual Meetings will be
required to be held in order to effect a change in a majority of the members of
the Board. The delay afforded
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by the proposed amendment will help ensure that the Board, if confronted with a
hostile tender offer, a proxy contest or other similar proposal, will have
sufficient time to review and consider the proposal and appropriate alternatives
to the proposal and to act in what it believes to be the best interests of the
shareholders.
VOTE REQUIRED FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE IDEC CALIFORNIA ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
AND BYLAWS
Approval of the amendment of the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws providing for a classified Board of Directors will require the
affirmative vote of the majority of outstanding shares of the Company's common
stock on the Record Date entitled to vote on the proposal. In addition, the
affirmative votes must constitute at least a majority of the required quorum,
which quorum is a majority of the shares outstanding on the Record Date. Votes
that are cast against the proposal will be counted for purposes of determining
(x) the presence or absence of a quorum and (y) the total number of negative
votes cast with respect to the proposal. While there is no definitive statutory
or case law authority in California as to the proper treatment of abstentions in
the counting of votes with respect to a proposal such as the proposed classified
Board, the Company believes that abstentions should be counted for purposes of
determining both (A) the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of
business and (B) the total number of votes cast with respect to the proposal. In
the absence of controlling precedent to the contrary, the Company intends to
treat abstentions in this manner. Accordingly, abstentions will have the same
effect as a vote against the proposal. The Company further believes that broker
non-votes should be counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence
of a quorum for the transaction of business, but should not be counted for
purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to the proposal.
In the absence of controlling precedent to the contrary, the Company intends to
treat broker non-votes in this manner.
THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE IDEC
CALIFORNIA ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS PROVIDING FOR A CLASSIFIED BOARD
OF DIRECTORS. THE EFFECT OF AN ABSTENTION IS THE SAME AS THAT OF A VOTE AGAINST
THIS PROPOSAL.
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PROPOSAL NO. 3
REINCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY IN DELAWARE
INTRODUCTION
On February 24, 1997, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a
proposal to change the Company's state of incorporation from the state of
California to the state of Delaware (the "Reincorporation Proposal" or the
"Proposed Reincorporation"). For the reasons set forth below, the Board of
Directors believes that the best interests of the Company and its shareholders
will be served by changing the state of incorporation of the Company from
California to Delaware. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING
SECTIONS OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT, INCLUDING THE RELATED EXHIBITS REFERENCED
BELOW AND ATTACHED HERETO, BEFORE VOTING ON THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL.
Throughout the Proxy Statement, the terms "the Company" and "IDEC California"
refer to the existing California corporation and the term "IDEC Delaware" refers
to IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware corporation which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEC California and the proposed successor to IDEC
California.
As discussed below, the principal reasons for the Proposed Reincorporation
are the greater flexibility of Delaware corporate law, the substantial body of
case law interpreting that law, and the increased ability of the Company to
attract and retain qualified directors. The Company believes that its
shareholders will benefit from the well established principles of corporate
governance that Delaware law affords. Although Delaware law provides the
opportunity for the Board of Directors to adopt various mechanisms which may
enhance the Board's ability to negotiate favorable terms for the shareholders in
the event of an unsolicited takeover attempt, the proposed IDEC Delaware
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are substantially similar to those
currently in effect in California, with the exception that the Board of
Directors of IDEC Delaware will be divided into three classes with staggered
terms of office (as will the Board of Directors of IDEC California in the event
that Proposal No. 2 above is approved by shareholders). The Reincorporation
Proposal is not being proposed in order to prevent a nonsolicited takeover
attempt, nor is it in response to any present attempt known to the Board of
Directors to acquire control of the Company, obtain representation of the Board
of Directors or take significant action that affects the Company.
The Proposed Reincorporation would be accomplished by merging the Company
into IDEC Delaware pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement"), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C to this Proxy Statement.
The reincorporation will not result in any change in the Company's business,
assets or liabilities, will not cause its corporate headquarters to be moved and
will not result in any relocation of management or other employees. Upon
completion of the merger, IDEC California will cease to exist and IDEC Delaware
will continue to operate the business of the Company under the name "IDEC
Pharmaceuticals Corporation."
On the effective date of the Proposed Reincorporation, each outstanding
share of common stock of the Company and each outstanding share of each series
and subseries of preferred stock of the Company will automatically convert into
one share of common stock of IDEC Delaware and one share of the same series or
subseries, as the case may be, of preferred stock of IDEC Delaware,
respectively, and shareholders of the Company will automatically become
shareholders of IDEC Delaware. In addition, each outstanding option, warrant or
right to acquire shares of common stock of the Company will be converted into an
option, warrant or right to acquire an equal number of shares of common stock of
IDEC Delaware, under the same terms and conditions as the original options,
warrants or rights. All of the Company's employee benefit plans, including the
1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 1993
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and the 401(k) Employee Savings Plan,
will be adopted and continued by IDEC Delaware following the Proposed
Reincorporation. Shareholders should recognize that approval of the Proposed
Reincorporation will constitute approval of the adoption and assumption of those
plans by IDEC Delaware.
The common stock of IDEC California is listed for trading on the Nasdaq
National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market, and after the merger IDEC
Delaware's common stock will continue to be traded on the
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Nasdaq National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market without interruption,
under the same symbol ("IDPH") as the shares of IDEC California common stock are
traded under such system prior to the merger.
No action need be taken by shareholders to exchange their stock
certificates now; this will be accomplished at the time of the next transfer by
the shareholder. Certificates for shares in the Company will automatically
represent an equal number of shares in IDEC Delaware upon completion of the
merger.
Under California law, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding
shares of common stock of IDEC California is required for approval of the Merger
Agreement and the other terms of the Proposed Reincorporation. See "Vote
Required for the Reincorporation Proposal." The Proposed Reincorporation does
not require the approval of the holders of shares of the Company's outstanding
preferred stock and such approval is not being sought. The Proposed
Reincorporation has been unanimously approved by IDEC California's Board of
Directors. If approved by the shareholders, it is anticipated that the merger
will become effective as soon as practicable (the "Effective Date") following
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. However, pursuant to the Merger Agreement,
the merger may be abandoned or the Merger Agreement may be amended by the Board
of Directors (except that the principal terms may not be amended without
shareholder approval) either before or after shareholder approval has been
obtained and prior to the Effective Date of the Proposed Reincorporation if, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors of either company, circumstances arise
which make it inadvisable to proceed under the original terms of the Merger
Agreement. Shareholders of IDEC California will have no dissenters' rights of
appraisal with respect to the merger.
The discussion set forth below is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Merger Agreement, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
IDEC Delaware (the "IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation") and the Bylaws
of IDEC Delaware (the "IDEC Delaware Bylaws"), copies of which are attached
hereto as Exhibits C, D and E, respectively.
APPROVAL BY SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PROPOSED REINCORPORATION WILL CONSTITUTE
APPROVAL OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT, THE IDEC DELAWARE CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION, THE IDEC DELAWARE BYLAWS, THE ASSUMPTION OF IDEC CALIFORNIA'S
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, STOCK OPTION AND EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLANS AND
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN BY IDEC DELAWARE AND THE FORM OF NEW
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT OF IDEC DELAWARE.
VOTE REQUIRED FOR THE REINCORPORATION PROPOSAL
Approval of the Reincorporation Proposal, which will also constitute
approval of (i) the Merger Agreement, (ii) the IDEC Delaware Certificate of
Incorporation, (iii) the IDEC Delaware Bylaws, (iv) the assumption of IDEC
California's employee benefit plans, stock option and employee stock purchase
plans and non-employee director stock option plan by IDEC Delaware and (v) the
form of new indemnification agreement of IDEC Delaware, will require the
affirmative vote of the majority of outstanding shares of common stock of the
Company on the Record Date entitled to vote on the proposal. In addition, the
affirmative votes must constitute at least a majority of the required quorum,
which quorum is a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding on the
Record Date. Votes that are cast against the proposal will be counted for
purposes of determining (x) the presence or absence of a quorum and (y) the
total number of negative votes cast with respect to the proposal. While there is
no definitive statutory or case law authority in California as to the proper
treatment of abstentions in the counting of votes with respect to a proposal
such as the Proposed Reincorporation in Delaware, the Company believes that
abstentions should be counted for purposes of determining both (A) the presence
or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business and (B) the total number
of votes cast with respect to the proposal. In the absence of controlling
precedent to the contrary, the Company intends to treat abstentions in this
manner. Accordingly, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the
proposal. The Company further believes that broker non-votes should be counted
for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the
transaction of business, but should not be counted for purposes of determining
the number of votes cast with respect to the proposal. In the
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absence of controlling precedent to the contrary, the Company intends to treat
broker non-votes in this manner.
PRINCIPAL REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED REINCORPORATION
As the Company plans for the future, the Board of Directors and management
believe that it is essential to be able to draw upon well established principles
of corporate governance in making legal and business decisions. The prominence
and predictability of Delaware corporate law provide a reliable foundation on
which the Company's governance decisions can be based and the Company believes
that shareholders will benefit from the responsiveness of Delaware corporate law
to their needs and to those of the corporation they own.
Prominence, Predictability and Flexibility of Delaware Law. For many
years Delaware has followed a policy of encouraging incorporation in that state
and, in furtherance of that policy, has been a leader in adopting, construing
and implementing comprehensive, flexible corporate laws responsive to the legal
and business needs of corporations organized under its laws. Many corporations
have chosen Delaware initially as a state of incorporation or have subsequently
changed corporate domicile to Delaware in a manner similar to that proposed by
the Company. Because of Delaware's prominence as the state of incorporation for
many major corporations, both the legislature and courts in Delaware have
demonstrated an ability and a willingness to act quickly and effectively to meet
changing business needs. The Delaware courts have developed considerable
expertise in dealing with corporate issues and a substantial body of case law
has developed construing Delaware law and establishing public policies with
respect to corporate legal affairs.
Increased Ability to Attract and Retain Qualified Directors. Both
California and Delaware law permit a corporation to include a provision in its
charter document which reduces or limits the monetary liability of directors for
breaches of fiduciary duty in certain circumstances. The increasing frequency of
claims and litigation directed against directors and officers has greatly
expanded the risks facing directors and officers of corporations in exercising
their respective duties. The amount of time and money required to respond to
such claims and to defend such litigation can be substantial. It is the
Company's desire to reduce these risks to its directors and officers and to
limit situations in which monetary damages can be recovered against directors so
that the Company may continue to attract and retain qualified directors who
otherwise might be unwilling to serve because of the risks involved. The Company
believes that, in general, Delaware law provides greater protection to directors
than California law and that Delaware case law regarding a corporation's ability
to limit director liability is more developed and provides more guidance than
California law.
Well Established Principles of Corporate Governance. There is substantial
judicial precedent in the Delaware courts as to the legal principles applicable
to measures that may be taken by a corporation and as to the conduct of the
Board of Directors under the business judgment rule. The Company believes that
its shareholders will benefit from the well established principles of corporate
governance that Delaware law affords.
NO CHANGE IN THE NAME, BOARD MEMBERS, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE PLANS OR
LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL FACILITIES OF THE COMPANY
The Proposed Reincorporation will effect a change only in the legal
domicile of the Company and certain other changes of a legal nature, certain of
which are described in this Proxy Statement. The Proposed Reincorporation will
NOT result in any change in the name, business, management, fiscal year, assets
or liabilities (except to the extent of legal and other costs of effecting the
reincorporation) or location of the corporate headquarters of the Company. The
eight (8) directors who are elected at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will
become the directors of IDEC Delaware and will be divided into three classes as
detailed in Proposal Nos. 1 and 2. All employee benefit, stock option, employee
stock purchase and non-employee director stock option plans of IDEC California
will be assumed and continued by IDEC Delaware, and each option or right issued
pursuant to such plans will automatically be converted into an option or right
to purchase the same number of shares of common stock of IDEC Delaware, at the
same price per share, upon the same terms, and subject to the same conditions.
Shareholders should note that approval of the Reincorporation
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Proposal will also constitute approval of the assumption of these plans by IDEC
Delaware. Other employee benefit arrangements of IDEC California will also be
continued by IDEC Delaware upon the terms and subject to the conditions
currently in effect. As noted above, after the merger the shares of common stock
of IDEC Delaware will continue to be traded, without interruption, in the same
principal market and under the same symbol ("IDPH") as the shares of common
stock of IDEC California are traded under prior to the merger.
Prior to the Effective Date of the merger, the Company will obtain any
requisite consents to such merger from parties with whom it may have contractual
arrangements. As a result, IDEC California's rights and obligations under such
contractual arrangements will continue and be assumed by IDEC Delaware.
ANTITAKEOVER IMPLICATIONS
Delaware, like many other states, permits a corporation to adopt a number
of measures through amendment of the corporate charter or bylaws or otherwise,
which measures are designed to reduce a corporation's vulnerability to
unsolicited takeover attempts. The Reincorporation Proposal is not being
proposed in order to prevent such a change in control, nor is it in response to
any present attempt known to the Board of Directors to acquire control of the
Company or to obtain representation on the Board of Directors.
In the discharge of its fiduciary obligations to its shareholders, the
Board of Directors has evaluated the Company's vulnerability to potential
unsolicited bidders. In the course of such evaluation, the Board of Directors of
the Company has considered or may consider in the future certain defensive
strategies designed to enhance the Board's ability to negotiate with an
unsolicited bidder. These strategies include, but are not limited to, the
adoption of a shareholder rights plan and severance agreements for its
management and key employees which become effective upon the occurrence of a
change in control of the Company. None of these measures has been implemented by
IDEC California under California law and none has been provided for by IDEC
Delaware under Delaware law, although the Board of Directors of the Company has
considered and may adopt a shareholder rights plan in the future.
Certain effects of the Reincorporation Proposal may be considered to have
antitakeover implications. Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
from which IDEC Delaware does NOT intend to opt out, restricts certain "business
combinations" with "interested stockholders" for three (3) years following the
date that a person becomes an interested stockholder, unless the Board of
Directors approves the business combination. See "Significant Differences
Between the Corporation Laws of California and Delaware -- Shareholder Approval
of Certain Business Combinations". Furthermore, the establishment of a
classified Board of Directors similarly could be viewed as having an
antitakeover effect in that it permits only one-third of the Board to be elected
in any given year. Likewise, the elimination of the right of shareholders
controlling at least ten percent (10%) of the voting shares to call a special
meeting of the shareholders could be seen as promoting an antitakeover effect by
allowing shareholder action only at a meeting properly called by the Board of
Directors or an annual meeting. For a detailed discussion of all of the changes
which will be implemented as part of the Proposed Reincorporation, see "The
Charters and Bylaws of IDEC California and IDEC Delaware." For a discussion of
these and other differences between the laws of California and Delaware, see
"Significant Differences Between the Corporation Laws of California and
Delaware."
The Board of Directors believes that unsolicited takeover attempts may be
unfair or disadvantageous to the Company and its shareholders because: (i) a
non-negotiated takeover bid may be timed to take advantage of temporarily
depressed stock prices; (ii) a non-negotiated takeover bid may be designed to
foreclose or minimize the possibility of more favorable competing bids or
alternative transactions; (iii) a non-negotiated takeover bid may involve the
acquisition of only a controlling interest in the corporation's stock, without
affording all shareholders the opportunity to receive the same economic
benefits; and (iv) certain of the Company's contractual arrangements provide
that they may not be assigned pursuant to a transaction which results in a
"change of control" of the Company without the prior written consent of the
licensor or other contracting party.
By contrast, in a transaction in which an acquiror must negotiate with an
independent board of directors, the board can and should take account of the
underlying and long-term values of the Company's business,
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technology and other assets, the possibilities for alternative transactions on
more favorable terms, possible advantages from a tax-free reorganization,
anticipated favorable developments in the Company's business not yet reflected
in the stock price and equality of treatment of all shareholders.
Despite the belief of the Board of Directors as to the benefits to
shareholders of the Reincorporation Proposal, it may be disadvantageous to the
extent that it has the effect of discouraging a future takeover attempt which is
not approved by the Board of Directors, but which a majority of the shareholders
may deem to be in their best interests or in which shareholders may receive a
substantial premium for their shares over the then current market value or over
their cost basis in such shares. As a result of such effects of the
Reincorporation Proposal, shareholders who might wish to participate in a tender
offer may not have an opportunity to do so. In addition, to the extent that such
provisions enable the Board of Directors to resist a takeover or a change in
control of the Company, they could make it more difficult to change the existing
Board of Directors and management.
In addition to the various anti-takeover measures that would be available
to IDEC Delaware after the Proposed Reincorporation due to the application of
Delaware law, IDEC Delaware would retain the rights currently available to the
Company under California law to issue shares of its authorized but unissued
capital stock.
Following the effectiveness of the Proposed Reincorporation, shares of
authorized and unissued common stock and preferred stock of IDEC Delaware could
(within the limits imposed by applicable law) be issued in one or more
transactions, or preferred stock could be issued with terms, provisions and
rights which would make more difficult and, therefore, less likely, a takeover
of IDEC Delaware. Any such issuance of additional stock could have the effect of
diluting the earnings per share and book value per share of existing shares of
common stock and preferred stock, and such additional shares could be used to
dilute the stock ownership of persons seeking to obtain control of IDEC
Delaware.
It should be noted that the voting rights to be accorded to any unissued
series of preferred stock of IDEC Delaware ("Delaware Preferred Stock") remain
to be fixed by the Delaware Company Board of Directors. Accordingly, if the IDEC
Delaware Board of Directors so authorizes, the holders of Delaware preferred
stock may be entitled to vote separately as a class in connection with approval
of certain extraordinary corporate transactions in circumstances where Delaware
law does not ordinarily require such a class vote, or might be given a
disproportionately large number of votes. Such Delaware Preferred Stock could
also be convertible into a large number of shares of common stock of IDEC
Delaware under certain circumstances or have other terms which might make
acquisition of a controlling interest in IDEC Delaware more difficult or more
costly, including the right to elect additional directors to the IDEC Delaware
Board of Directors. Potentially, the Delaware Preferred Stock could be used to
create voting impediments or to frustrate persons seeking to effect a merger or
otherwise to gain control of IDEC Delaware. Also, the Delaware Preferred Stock
could be privately placed with purchasers who might side with the management of
IDEC Delaware in opposing a hostile tender offer or other attempt to obtain
control.
If the Proposed Reincorporation is approved it is not the present intention
of the Board of Directors to seek shareholder approval prior to any issuance of
the preferred stock or common stock of IDEC Delaware, except as required by law
or regulation. Frequently, opportunities arise that require prompt action, and
it is the belief of the Board of Directors that the delay necessary for
shareholder approval of a specific issuance would be a detriment to IDEC
Delaware and its shareholders. The Board of Directors does not intend to issue
any preferred stock except on terms which the Board of Directors deems to be in
the best interests of IDEC Delaware and its then existing shareholders.
THE CHARTERS AND BYLAWS OF IDEC CALIFORNIA AND IDEC DELAWARE
The provisions of the IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and the
IDEC Delaware Bylaws are similar to those of the IDEC California Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws in many respects. However, the Reincorporation Proposal
includes the implementation of certain provisions in the IDEC Delaware
Certificate of Incorporation and IDEC Delaware Bylaws which alter the rights of
shareholders and the powers of management. These provisions have antitakeover
implications as described in this Proxy Statement. Approval
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by shareholders of the Proposed Reincorporation will constitute an approval of
the inclusion in the IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
each of the provisions described below. In addition, IDEC Delaware could
implement certain other changes by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws. For a discussion of such changes, see "Significant Differences
Between the Corporation Laws of California and Delaware." This discussion of the
IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws is qualified in its
entirety by reference to Exhibits D and E hereto, respectively.
Capitalization. Currently, the Company's capital stock consists of
50,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, no par value, and 8,000,000
authorized shares of preferred stock, no par value.
The capitalization of IDEC Delaware is identical to the capitalization of
the Company, with authorized capital stock of 50,000,000 shares of common stock,
$.001 par value, and 8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.001 par value,
consistent with maintaining adequate capitalization for the current needs of the
Company. IDEC Delaware's authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock will
be available for future issuance.
Upon the effectiveness of the Proposed Reincorporation, IDEC Delaware will
have the same number of outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock
that the Company had outstanding immediately prior to the Proposed
Reincorporation.
Under the IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation, as under the IDEC
California Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors has the authority
to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions to be
granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of preferred stock and to
fix the number of shares constituting any such series and to determine the
designation thereof.
The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock for
the purpose of adopting shareholder rights plans or in connection with various
corporate transactions, including corporate partnering arrangements. If the
reincorporation is approved, it is not the present intention of the Board of
Directors to seek shareholder approval prior to any issuance of preferred stock,
except as required by law or regulation. See "Anti-Takeover Implications."
Monetary Liability of Directors and Officers. The Articles of
Incorporation of IDEC California and the IDEC Delaware Certificate of
Incorporation both provide for the elimination of personal monetary liability of
directors and officers to the fullest extent permissible under law. The
provision eliminating monetary liability of directors and officers set forth in
the IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation is potentially more expansive
than the corresponding provision in the IDEC California Articles of
Incorporation, in that the former incorporates future amendments to Delaware law
with respect to the elimination of such liability. IDEC Delaware proposes to
enter into new indemnification arrangements with all directors and certain
executive officers after the Proposed Reincorporation. The new indemnification
agreements will be similar to the Company's indemnification agreements but will
be modified to the extent necessary to conform the agreements to Delaware law.
In particular, the new agreements will be modified to include within their
purview future changes in Delaware law that expand the permissible scope of
indemnification of officers and directors of Delaware corporations. If the
Proposed Reincorporation is approved, the new indemnification agreements will be
approved by the Company's shareholders.
Size of the Board of Directors. The Bylaws of IDEC Delaware provide for a
Board of Directors consisting of eight (8) members, until changed by a duly
adopted amendment to the Bylaws. The Company's bylaws authorize the Board of
Directors to fix the number of directors at not less than eight nor more than
eleven. The number of directors as of the date of the Annual Meeting is fixed at
eight. Under California law, although changes in the number of directors, in
general, must be approved by a majority of the outstanding shares, the Board of
Directors may fix the exact number of directors within a stated range set forth
in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, if the stated ranges have been
approved by the shareholders. Delaware law permits the board of directors acting
alone, to change the authorized number of directors by amendment to the bylaws,
unless the directors are not authorized to amend the bylaws or the number of
directors is fixed in the certificate of incorporation (in which case a change
in the number of directors may be made only by amendment to the certificate of
incorporation following approval of such change by the stockholders). The IDEC
Delaware Certificate of Incorporation provides that the number of directors will
be as specified in the
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Bylaws and authorizes the Board of Directors to adopt, alter, amend or repeal
the Bylaws. Following the Proposed Reincorporation, the Board of Directors of
IDEC Delaware could amend the Bylaws to change the size of the Board of
Directors from eight directors without further stockholder approval. If the
Reincorporation Proposal is approved, the eight directors of IDEC California who
are elected at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will become the eight
directors of IDEC Delaware, will be divided into three classes as detailed in
Proposal Nos. 1 and 2 above, and will serve until their successors have been
duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
See "Proposal No. 1 -- Election of Directors" and "Proposal No. 2 -- Approval of
Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
Providing for a Classified Board of Directors."
Classified Board. The IDEC California Articles of Incorporation does not
currently provide for a classified Board of Directors. As described in Proposal
No. 2 above, however, shareholders of the Company are being asked to approve a
proposed amendment to the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation and
conforming amendments to the IDEC California Bylaws providing that directors of
the Company will be classified into three classes. See "Proposal No.
2 -- Approval of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the Company Providing for a Classified Board of Directors."
If the Proposed Reincorporation is approved by shareholders, the Merger
Agreement and the IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation will provide for
the classification of the Board of Directors of IDEC Delaware into three
classes, regardless of the approval or disapproval of Proposal No. 2, with the
structure and initial composition of such classes to be identical to the
structure and initial composition of the proposed classified board of directors
of the Company as set forth in Proposal Nos. 1 and 2 above. Class I would
consist of two directors (initially, Messrs. Johnson and Hashimoto) who would
hold office initially for a one year term expiring at the Annual Meeting to be
held in 1998, Class II would consist of three directors (initially, Mr. Groom,
Dr. Edwards and Ms. Schenk) who would hold office initially for a two year term
expiring at the Annual Meeting to be held in 1999, and Class III would consist
of three directors (initially, Drs. Glassberg and Rastetter and Mr. McLaughlin)
who would hold office initially for a three year term expiring at the Annual
Meeting to be held in 2000, in all cases subject to the election and
qualification of their successors and to their earlier death, resignation or
removal. At each Annual Meeting following this initial classification and
election, the successors to the class of directors whose terms expire at that
meeting would be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding
Annual Meeting after their election and until their successors have been duly
elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
The Board believes that classification of the Board of IDEC Delaware will
help lend continuity and stability to the management of IDEC Delaware following
the Proposed Reincorporation. See "Proposal No. 2 -- Approval of Amendment of
the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company Providing for
a Classified Board of Directors" for a discussion of the advantages and
disadvantages of a classified Board of Directors.
Cumulative Voting for Directors. Under California law, if any shareholder
has given notice of an intention to cumulate votes for the election of
directors, any other shareholder of the corporation is also entitled to cumulate
his or her votes at such election. Cumulative voting provides that each share of
stock normally having one vote is entitled to a number of votes equal to the
number of directors to be elected. A shareholder may then cast all such votes
for a single candidate or may allocate them among as many candidates as the
shareholder may choose. In the absence of cumulative voting, the holders of the
majority of the shares present or represented at a meeting in which directors
are to be elected would have the power to elect all the directors to be elected
at such meeting, and no person could be elected without the support of holders
of the majority of shares present or represented at such meeting. Elimination of
cumulative voting could make it more difficult for a minority shareholder
adverse to a majority of the shareholders to obtain representation on the
Company's Board of Directors. California corporations whose stock is listed on a
national stock exchange can also eliminate cumulative voting with shareholder
approval. The Company qualifies as such a listed company but has not sought
shareholder approval to eliminate cumulative voting. Under Delaware law,
cumulative voting in the election of directors is not mandatory, but is a
permitted option. The IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation does not
provide for cumulative voting rights. Therefore, after the Proposed
Reincorporation, stockholders will no longer have cumulative voting rights.
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Power to Call Special Shareholders' Meetings. Under California law, a
special meeting of shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Board, the President, the holders of shares entitled to cast not
less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at such meeting and such additional
persons as are authorized by the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws. IDEC
California's Bylaws permit a special meeting of shareholders to be called by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice-President,
the Secretary, or a shareholder holding not less than ten percent (10%) of the
voting power of the Company. Under Delaware law, a special meeting of
stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors or any other person
authorized to do so in the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws. The IDEC
Delaware Bylaws will authorize the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board
and the President to call a special meeting of stockholders. Therefore, after
the Proposed Reincorporation, no stockholder (regardless of percentage holding)
will be entitled to call special meetings.
Filling Vacancies on the Board of Directors. Under California law, any
vacancy on the board of directors other than one created by removal of a
director may be filled by the Board. If the number of directors is less than a
quorum, a vacancy may be filled by the unanimous written consent of the
directors then in office, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors
at a meeting held pursuant to notice or waivers of notice or by a sole remaining
director. A vacancy created by removal of a director may be filled by the board
only if so authorized by a corporation's articles of incorporation or by a bylaw
approved by the corporation's shareholders. IDEC California's Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws do not permit directors to fill vacancies created by
removal of a director, although vacancies for any other reason may be filled by
the directors. Under Delaware law, vacancies and newly created directorships may
be filled by a majority of the directors then in office (even though less than a
quorum) or by a sole remaining director, unless otherwise provided in the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or unless the certificate of
incorporation directs that a particular class of stock is to elect such
director(s), in which case a majority of the directors elected by such class, or
a sole remaining director so elected, shall fill such vacancy or newly created
directorship). The Bylaws of IDEC Delaware, like those of IDEC California,
provide that any vacancy created by the removal of a director by the
stockholders of IDEC Delaware may be filled only by the approval of the
shareholders. A vacancy created by any reason other than removal, however, may
be filled by the directors, and the person so elected to fill the vacancy shall
hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders at which
the class to which the directorship belongs is to be elected.
Nominations of Director Candidates and Introduction of Business at
Shareholder Meetings. The IDEC Delaware Bylaws establish an advance notice
procedure with regard to the nomination, other than by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, of candidates for election as directors (the "Nomination
Procedure") and with regard to certain matters to be brought before an annual
meeting or special meeting of stockholders (the "Business Procedure"). The
Nomination Procedure provides that only persons nominated by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors or by a stockholder who has given timely written
notice to the Secretary of the Company prior to the meeting, will be eligible
for election as directors. The Business Procedure provides that at an annual or
special meeting, and subject to any other applicable requirements, only such
business may be conducted as has been brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or by a stockholder who has given timely
written notice to the Secretary of the Company of such stockholder's intention
to bring such business before the meeting. In all cases, to be timely, notice
must be received by the Company not less than ninety (90) days prior to the
meeting (or if fewer than one hundred (100) days notice or prior public
disclosure of the meeting date is given or made to stockholders, not later than
the tenth day following the day on which such notice was mailed or such public
disclosure was made).
Under the Nomination Procedure, a stockholder's notice to the Company must
contain certain information about the nominee, including name, address, the
consent of the nominee to be nominated and such other information as would be
required to be included in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election
of the proposed nominee, and certain information about the stockholder proposing
to nominate that person, including name, address, a representation that the
stockholder is a holder of record of stock entitled to vote at the meeting and a
description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and
each nominee. Under the Business Procedure, notice relating to the conduct of
business at a meeting other than the nomination of directors must contain
certain information about the business and about the stockholder who
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proposes to bring the business before the meeting. If the chairman or other
officer presiding at the meeting determines that a person was not nominated in
accordance with the Nomination Procedure, such person will not be eligible for
election as a director, or if he or she determines that other business was not
properly brought before such meeting in accordance with the Business Procedure,
such business will not be conducted at such meeting. Nothing in the Nomination
Procedure or the Business Procedure will preclude discussion by any stockholder
of any nomination or business properly made or brought before an annual or
special meeting in accordance with the above-described procedures.
By requiring advance notice of nominations by stockholders, the Nomination
Procedure affords the Board of Directors an opportunity to consider the
qualifications of the proposed nominees and, to the extent deemed necessary or
desirable by the Board, to inform the stockholders about such qualifications. By
requiring advance notice of proposed business, the Business Procedure provides
the Board with an opportunity to inform stockholders of any business proposed to
be conducted at a meeting and the Board's position on any such proposal,
enabling stockholders to better determine whether they desire to attend the
meeting or grant a proxy to the Board of Directors as to the disposition of such
business. Although the IDEC Delaware Bylaws do not give the Board any power to
approve or disapprove stockholder nominations for the election of directors or
any other business desired by stockholders to be conducted at a meeting, the
IDEC Delaware Bylaws may have the effect of precluding a nomination for the
election of directors or of precluding any other business at a particular
meeting if the proper procedures are not followed. In addition, the procedures
may discourage or deter a third party from conducting a solicitation of proxies
to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of
the Company, even if the conduct of such business or such attempt might be
beneficial to the Company and its stockholders.
Action by Written Consent of the Shareholders. Under California and
Delaware law, shareholders may execute an action by written consent in lieu of a
shareholder meeting. Both California and Delaware law permits a corporation to
eliminate such actions by written consent in its charter. The IDEC California
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws permits shareholders to act by written
consent. The IDEC Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws does not
eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent.
Removal of Directors. The Bylaws of IDEC Delaware permit a director to be
removed solely for cause by a majority of the outstanding shares then entitled
to vote in an election of directors; provided, however, that, so long as
stockholders are entitled to cumulative voting, no individual director may be
removed (unless the entire board is removed) if the number of votes cast against
such removal would be sufficient to elect the director if then cumulatively
voted at an election of the class of directors of which the director is a part.
California law permits the removal of directors, with or without cause, by a
majority of the outstanding shares then entitled to vote; provided, however,
that no individual director may be removed (unless the entire board is removed)
if the number of votes cast against such removal would be sufficient to elect
the director under cumulative voting. Under Delaware law, a director of a
corporation with a classified board of directors may be removed only for cause,
unless the Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides. Thus, because IDEC
Delaware will have a classified board and because its Certificate of
Incorporation does not alter the applicability of Delaware law, stockholders
after the Proposed Reincorporation will no longer be able to remove directors
without cause, although removal will still be subject to approval by more votes
than sufficient to elect a director under cumulative voting.
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CORPORATION LAWS OF CALIFORNIA AND DELAWARE
The corporation laws of California and Delaware differ in many respects.
Although all the differences are not set forth in this Proxy Statement, certain
provisions, which could materially affect the rights of shareholders, are
discussed below.
Shareholder Approval of Certain Business Combinations. In recent years, a
number of states have adopted special laws designed to make certain kinds of
"unfriendly" corporate takeovers, or other transactions involving a corporation
and one or more of its significant shareholders, more difficult. Under Section
203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, certain "business combinations"
with "interested stockholders" of Delaware corporations are subject to a
three-year moratorium unless specified conditions are met.
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Section 203 prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business
combination" with an "interested stockholder" for three (3) years following the
date that such person or entity becomes an interested stockholder. With certain
exceptions, an interested stockholder is a person or entity who or which owns,
individually or with or through certain other persons or entities, fifteen
percent (15%) or more of the corporation's outstanding voting stock (including
any rights to acquire stock pursuant to an option, warrant, agreement,
arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion or exchange
rights, and stock with respect to which the person has voting rights only), or
is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner, individually
or with or through certain other persons or entities, of fifteen percent (15%)
or more of such voting stock at any time within the previous three (3) years, or
is an affiliate or associate of any of the foregoing.
For purposes of Section 203, the term "business combination" is defined
broadly to include mergers with or caused by the interested stockholder; sales
or other dispositions to the interested stockholder (except proportionately with
the corporation's other stockholders) of assets of the corporation or a direct
or indirect majority-owned subsidiary equal in aggregate market value to ten
percent (10%) or more of the aggregate market value of either the corporation's
consolidated assets or all of its outstanding stock; the issuance or transfer by
the corporation or a direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of stock of
the corporation or such subsidiary to the interested stockholder (except for
certain transfers in a conversion or exchange or a pro rata distribution or
certain other transactions, none of which increase the interested stockholder's
proportionate ownership of any class or series of the corporation's or such
subsidiary's stock or of the corporation's voting stock); or receipt by the
interested stockholder (except proportionately as a stockholder), directly or
indirectly, of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial
benefits provided by or through the corporation or a subsidiary.
The three-year moratorium imposed on business combinations of Section 203
does not apply if: (i) prior to the date on which such stockholder becomes an
interested stockholder the board of directors approves either the business
combination or the transaction that resulted in the person or entity becoming an
interested stockholder; (ii) upon consummation of the transaction that made him
or her an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owns at least
eighty-five percent (85%) of the corporation's voting stock outstanding at the
time the transaction commenced (excluding from the eighty-five percent (85%)
calculation shares owned by directors who are also officers of the target
corporation and shares held by employee stock plans that do not give employee
participants the right to decide confidentially whether to accept a tender or
exchange offer); or (iii) on or after the date such person or entity becomes an
interested stockholder, the board approves the business combination and it is
also approved at a stockholder meeting by sixty-six and two-thirds percent
(66 2/3%) of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested
stockholder.
Section 203 only applies to certain publicly held corporations that have a
class of voting stock that is (i) listed on a national securities exchange, (ii)
quoted on an interdealer quotation system of a registered national securities
association or (iii) held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders. Although a
Delaware corporation to which Section 203 applies may elect not to be governed
by Section 203, IDEC Delaware does not intend to so elect and thus will be
governed by Section 203.
Section 203 will encourage any potential acquiror to negotiate with the
Company's Board of Directors. Section 203 also might have the effect of limiting
the ability of a potential acquiror to make a two-tiered bid for IDEC Delaware
in which all stockholders would not be treated equally. Shareholders should
note, however, that the application of Section 203 to IDEC Delaware will confer
upon the Board the power to reject a proposed business combination in certain
circumstances, even though a potential acquiror may be offering a substantial
premium for IDEC Delaware's shares over the then current market price. Section
203 would also discourage certain potential acquirors unwilling to comply with
its provisions. See "Shareholder Voting" herein.
Removal of Directors. Under California law, any director or the entire
board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, with the approval of a
majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; however, no individual
director may be removed (unless the entire board is removed) if the number of
votes cast against such removal would be sufficient to elect the director under
cumulative voting. Under Delaware
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law, a director of a corporation with a classified board of directors may be
removed only for cause, unless the certificate of incorporation otherwise
provides. The Bylaws of IDEC Delaware allow any director or the entire board of
directors to be removed, with cause, by the majority of shares then entitled to
vote in an election of directors; however, if stockholders are entitled to
cumulative voting, no individual director may be removed (unless the entire
board is removed) if the number of votes cast against such removal would be
sufficient to elect the director if then cumulatively voted at an election of
the class of directors of which the director is a part. The Certificate of
Incorporation of IDEC Delaware provides for a classified board and does not
provide for cumulative voting rights.
Classified Board of Directors. A classified board is one on which a
certain number, but not all, of the directors are elected on a rotating basis
each year. This method of electing directors makes changes in the composition of
the board of directors more difficult, and thus a potential change in control of
a corporation a lengthier and more difficult process. Under California law, a
Company whose shares are listed on a national exchange may also provide for a
classified board of directors by adopting amendments to its articles of
incorporation or bylaws, which amendments must be approved by the shareholders.
Although IDEC California qualifies to adopt a classified board of directors, its
Board of Directors has not previously done so. As set forth above in Proposal
No. 2 -- Approval of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Company Providing for a Classified Board of Directors,"
however, the shareholders of the Company are at this time being asked to approve
an amendment to the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation providing for a
classified Board of Directors.
Delaware law permits, but does not require, a classified board of
directors, pursuant to which the directors can be divided into as many as three
classes with staggered terms of office, with only one class of directors
standing for election each year. If the Proposed Reincorporation is approved,
the Board of Directors of IDEC Delaware will be classified into three classes,
regardless of the approval or disapproval of Proposal No. 2 above. See "Proposal
No. 2 -- Approval of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Company Providing for a Classified Board of Directors" for
a full discussion of the proposed classified Board Directors.
Indemnification and Limitation of Liability. California and Delaware have
similar laws respecting indemnification by a corporation of its officers,
directors, employees and other agents. The laws of both states also permit
corporations to adopt a provision in their articles of incorporation eliminating
the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty of care. There are
nonetheless certain differences between the laws of the two states respecting
indemnification and limitation of liability. In general, Delaware law is
somewhat broader in allowing corporations to indemnify and limit the liability
of corporate agents, which, among other things, support Delaware corporations in
attracting and retaining outside directors.
California law does not permit the elimination of monetary liability where
such liability is based on: (a) intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable
violation of law; (b) acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary
to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders, or that involve
the absence of good faith on the part of the director; (c) receipt of an
improper personal benefit; (d) acts or omissions that show reckless disregard
for the director's duty to the corporation or its shareholders, where the
director in the ordinary course of performing a director's duties should be
aware of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders; (e)
acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that
amounts to an abdication of the director's duty to the corporation and its
shareholders; (f) interested transactions between the corporation and a director
in which a director has a material financial interest; or (g) liability for
improper distributions, loans or guarantees.
Delaware law does not permit the elimination of monetary liability for (a)
breaches of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders; (b) acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct or knowing violations of law; (c) the payment of unlawful dividends
or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or (d) transactions in which the
director received an improper personal benefit.
California law permits indemnification of expenses incurred in derivative
or third-party actions, except that with respect to derivative actions (a) no
indemnification may be made without court approval when a
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person is adjudged liable to the corporation in the performance of that person's
duty to the corporation and its shareholders, unless a court determines such
person is entitled to indemnity for expenses, and then such indemnification may
be made only to the extent that such court shall determine, and (b) no
indemnification may be made without court approval in respect of amounts paid or
expenses incurred in settling or otherwise disposing of a threatened or pending
action or amounts incurred in defending a pending action which is settled or
otherwise disposed of without court approval.
Indemnification is permitted by California law only for acts taken in good
faith and believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and its
shareholders, as determined by a majority vote of a disinterested quorum of the
directors, independent legal counsel (if a quorum of independent directors is
not obtainable), a majority vote of a quorum of the shareholders (excluding
shares owned by the indemnified party), or the court handling the action.
California law requires indemnification when the individual has successfully
defended the action on the merits as opposed to Delaware law which requires
indemnification where there has been a successful defense, whether on the merits
or otherwise.
Delaware law generally permits indemnification of expenses incurred in the
defense or settlement of a derivative or third-party action, provided there is a
determination by a disinterested quorum of the directors, by independent legal
counsel or by a majority vote of a quorum of the stockholders that the person
seeking indemnification acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
to be in, or (in contrast to California law) not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation. Without court approval, however, no indemnification may be
made in respect of any derivative action in which such person is adjudged liable
for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation.
Each of California and Delaware law allow for the entering of
indemnification agreements which may provide for indemnification arrangements
beyond those specifically authorized by applicable statute as long as they are
not contrary to the policies underlying such statute. In this connection, the
Company entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors
providing for indemnification in line with California law, including certain
procedures for such indemnification as well as for the advancement of expenses
(other than actual amounts paid in settlement) in connection with the
investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any proceeding subject to such
indemnification agreement. Such advances are repayable by the officer or
director to the extent the subject conduct is later determined not to be
indemnifiable. Similar indemnification agreements are allowed under Delaware law
and the broader indemnification allowed in Delaware could also result in the
greater allowance of expenses advancement.
IDEC Delaware plans to enter into similar agreements with its officers and
directors upon completion of the Proposed Reincorporation. The new
indemnification agreements will be similar to the Company's indemnification
agreements but will be modified to the extent necessary to conform the
agreements to Delaware law. In particular, the new agreements will be modified
to include within their purview future changes in Delaware law that expand the
permissible scope of indemnification of officers and directors of Delaware
corporations. If the Proposed Reincorporation is approved, the new
indemnification agreements will be approved by the Company's shareholders. Thus,
a vote in favor of the Proposed Reincorporation will also approve the new
indemnification agreements in substantially the form attached as Exhibit F to
this Proxy Statement. Although the law in this regard is not certain,
shareholders who vote in favor of the Proposed Reincorporation, and thereby
approve the new indemnification agreements, may be prevented from challenging
the validity of the indemnity agreements in a subsequent court proceeding.
Inspection of Shareholder List. Both California and Delaware law allow any
shareholder to inspect the shareholder list for a purpose reasonably related to
such person's interest as a shareholder. California law provides, in addition,
for an absolute right to inspect and copy the corporation's shareholder list by
persons holding an aggregate of five percent (5%) or more of the corporation's
voting shares, or shareholders holding an aggregate of one percent (1%) or more
of such shares who have filed a Schedule 14B with the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with a contested election of directors. The latter
provision has not been amended in response to the elimination of Schedule 14B
under the revised proxy rules. Under California law, such absolute inspection
rights also apply to a corporation formed under the laws of any other state if
its principal executive offices are in California or if it customarily holds
meetings of its board in California.
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Delaware law also provides for inspection rights as to a list of stockholders
entitled to vote at a meeting within a ten-day period preceding a stockholders'
meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting. However, Delaware law contains
no provisions comparable to the absolute right of inspection provided by
California law to certain shareholders.
Dividends and Repurchases of Shares. California law dispenses with the
concepts of par value of shares as well as statutory definitions of capital,
surplus and the like. The concepts of par value, capital and surplus exist under
Delaware law.
Under California law, a corporation may not make any distribution
(including dividends, whether in cash or other property, and repurchases of its
shares, other than repurchases of its shares issued under employee stock plans
contemplated by Section 408 of the California Corporations Code) unless either
(i) the corporation's retained earnings immediately prior to the proposed
distribution equal or exceed the amount of the proposed distribution or (ii)
immediately after giving effect to such distribution, the corporation's assets
(exclusive of goodwill, capitalized research and development expenses and
deferred charges) would be at least equal to 1 1/4 times its liabilities (not
including deferred taxes, deferred income and other deferred credits), and the
corporation's current assets would be at least equal to its current liabilities
(or 1 1/4 times its current liabilities if the average pre-tax and pre-interest
expense earnings for the preceding two (2) fiscal years were less than the
average interest expense for such years). Such tests are applied to California
corporations on a consolidated basis.
Delaware law permits a corporation to declare and pay dividends out of
surplus or, if there is no surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in
which the dividend is declared and/or for the preceding fiscal year as long as
the amount of capital of the corporation following the declaration and payment
of the dividend is not less than the aggregate amount of the capital represented
by the issued and outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the
distribution of assets. In addition, Delaware law generally provides that a
corporation may redeem or repurchase its shares only if the capital of the
corporation is not impaired and such redemption or repurchase would not impair
the capital of the corporation.
To date, the Company has not paid any cash dividends on its outstanding
shares and does not anticipate doing so for the foreseeable future.
Shareholder Voting. Both California and Delaware law generally require
that a majority of the shareholders of both acquiring and target corporations
approve statutory mergers. Delaware law does not require a stockholder vote of
the surviving corporation in a merger (unless the corporation provides otherwise
in its certificate of incorporation) if (a) the merger agreement does not amend
the existing certificate of incorporation, (b) each share of the stock of the
surviving corporation outstanding immediately before the effective date of the
merger is an identical outstanding or treasury share after the merger and (c)
either no shares of common stock of the surviving corporation and no shares,
securities or obligations convertible into such stock are to be issued or
delivered under the plan of merger, or the authorized unissued shares or the
treasury shares of common stock of the surviving corporation to be issued or
delivered under the plan of merger plus those initially issuable upon conversion
of any other shares, securities or obligations to be issued or delivered under
such plan do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the shares of common stock of
such constituent corporation outstanding immediately prior to the effective date
of the merger. California law contains a similar exception to its voting
requirements for reorganizations where shareholders or the corporation itself,
or both, immediately prior to the reorganization will own immediately after the
reorganization equity securities constituting more than five-sixths of the
voting power of the surviving or acquiring corporation or its parent entity.
Both California law and Delaware law also require that a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of a corporation be approved by a majority of
the outstanding voting shares of the corporation transferring such assets. With
certain exceptions, California law also requires that mergers, reorganizations,
certain sales of assets and similar transactions be approved by a majority vote
of each class of shares outstanding. In contrast, Delaware law generally does
not require class voting, except in certain transactions involving an amendment
to the certificate of incorporation that adversely affects a specific class of
shares. As a result, shareholder
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approval of such transactions may be easier to obtain under Delaware law for
companies which have more than one class of shares outstanding.
California law also requires that holders of nonredeemable common stock
receive nonredeemable common stock in a merger of the corporation with the
holder of more than fifty percent (50%) but less than ninety percent (90%) of
such common stock or its affiliate unless all of the holders of such common
stock consent to the transaction. This provision of California law may have the
effect of making a "cash-out" merger by a majority shareholder more difficult to
accomplish. Although Delaware law does not parallel California law in this
respect, under some circumstances Section 203 does provide similar protection
against coercive two-tiered bids for a corporation in which the stockholders are
not treated equally. See "Significant Differences Between the Corporation Laws
of California and Delaware -- Shareholder Approval of Certain Business
Combinations."
California law provides that, except in certain circumstances, when a
tender offer or a proposal for a reorganization or for a sale of assets is made
by an interested party (generally a controlling or managing person of the target
corporation), an affirmative opinion in writing as to the fairness of the
consideration to be paid to the shareholders must be delivered to shareholders.
This fairness opinion requirement does not apply to a corporation that does not
have shares held of record by at least 100 persons, or to a transaction that has
been qualified under California state securities laws. Furthermore, if a tender
of shares or vote is sought pursuant to an interested party's proposal and a
later proposal is made by another party at least ten (10) days prior to the date
of acceptance of the interested party proposal, the shareholders must be
informed of the later offer and be afforded a reasonable opportunity to withdraw
any vote, consent or proxy, or to withdraw any tendered shares. Delaware law has
no comparable provision.
Interested Director Transactions. Under both California and Delaware law,
certain contracts or transactions in which one or more of a corporation's
directors has an interest are not void or voidable because of such interest
provided that certain conditions, such as obtaining the required approval and
fulfilling the requirements of good faith and full disclosure, are met. With
certain exceptions, the conditions are similar under California and Delaware
law. Under California and Delaware law, (a) either the shareholders or the board
of directors must approve any such contract or transaction after full disclosure
of the material facts, and, in the case of board approval, the contract or
transaction must also be "just and reasonable" (in California) or "fair" (in
Delaware) to the corporation or (b) the contract or transaction must have been
just and reasonable or fair as to the corporation at the time it was approved.
In the latter case, California law explicitly places the burden of proof on the
interested director. Under California law, if shareholder approval is sought,
the interested director is not entitled to vote his shares at a shareholder
meeting with respect to any action regarding such contract or transaction. If
board approval is sought, the contract or transaction must be approved by a
majority vote of a quorum of the directors, without counting the vote of any
interested directors (except that interested directors may be counted for
purposes of establishing a quorum). Under Delaware law, if board approval is
sought, the contract or transaction must be approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors (even if the disinterested directors are less than a
quorum). Therefore, certain transactions that the Board of Directors of IDEC
California might not be able to approve because of the number of interested
directors, could be approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of
IDEC Delaware, although less than a majority of a quorum.
Shareholder Derivative Suits. California law provides that a shareholder
bringing a derivative action on behalf of a corporation need not have been a
shareholder at the time of the transaction in question, provided that certain
tests are met. Under Delaware law, a stockholder may bring a derivative action
on behalf of the corporation only if the stockholder was a stockholder of the
corporation at the time of the transaction in question or if his or her stock
thereafter devolved upon him or her by operation of law. California law also
provides that the corporation or the defendant in a derivative suit may make a
motion to the court for an order requiring the plaintiff shareholder to furnish
a security bond. Delaware does not have a similar bonding requirement.
Appraisal Rights. Under both California and Delaware law, a shareholder of
a corporation participating in certain major corporate transactions may, under
varying circumstances, be entitled to appraisal rights
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pursuant to which such shareholder may receive cash in the amount of the fair
market value of his or her shares in lieu of the consideration he or she would
otherwise receive in the transaction. Under Delaware law, such fair market value
is determined exclusive of any element of value arising from the accomplishment
or expectation of the merger or consolidation, and such appraisal rights are not
available (a) with respect to the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the assets of a corporation, (b) with respect to a merger
or consolidation by a corporation the shares of which are either listed on a
national securities exchange or are held of record by more than 2,000 holders if
such stockholders receive only shares of the surviving corporation or shares of
any other corporation that are either listed on a national securities exchange
or held of record by more than 2,000 holders, plus cash in lieu of fractional
shares of such corporations or (c) to stockholders of a corporation surviving a
merger if no vote of the stockholders of the surviving corporation is required
to approve the merger under certain provisions of Delaware law.
The limitations on the availability of appraisal rights under California
law are different from those under Delaware law. Shareholders of a California
corporation whose shares are listed on a national securities exchange or on a
list of over-the-counter margin stocks issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System generally do not have such appraisal rights unless the
holders of at least five percent (5%) of the class of outstanding shares claim
the right or the corporation or any law restricts the transfer of such shares.
Appraisal rights are also unavailable if the shareholders of a corporation or
the corporation itself, or both, immediately prior to the reorganization will
own immediately after the reorganization equity securities constituting more
than five-sixths of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring corporation
or its parent entity (as will be the case in the Reincorporation Proposal).
Appraisal or dissenters' rights are, therefore, not available to shareholders of
IDEC California with respect to the Reincorporation Proposal. California law
generally affords appraisal rights in sale of asset reorganizations.
Dissolution. Under California law, shareholders holding fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total voting power may authorize a corporation's
dissolution, with or without the approval of the corporation's board of
directors, and this right may not be modified by the Articles of Incorporation.
Under Delaware law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to
dissolve, the dissolution must be approved by all the stockholders entitled to
vote thereon. Only if the dissolution is initially approved by the board of
directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the outstanding shares of
the corporation's stock entitled to vote. In the event of such a board-initiated
dissolution, Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its
certificate of incorporation a supermajority (greater than a simple majority)
voting requirement in connection with dissolutions. IDEC Delaware's Certificate
of Incorporation contains no such supermajority voting requirement, however, and
a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, voting at a meeting at
which a quorum is present, would be sufficient to approve a dissolution of IDEC
Delaware that had previously been approved by its Board of Directors.
APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF CALIFORNIA TO DELAWARE
CORPORATIONS
Under Section 2115 of the California General Corporation Law, certain
foreign corporations (i.e., corporations not organized under California law) are
placed in a special category if they have characteristics of ownership and
operation which indicate that they have significant contacts with California. So
long as a Delaware or other foreign corporation is in this special category, and
it does not qualify for one of the statutory exemptions, it is subject to a
number of key provisions of the California General Corporation Law applicable to
corporations incorporated in California. Among the more important provisions are
those relating to the election and removal of directors, cumulative voting,
classified boards of directors, standards of liability and indemnification of
directors, distributions, dividends and repurchases of shares, shareholder
meetings, approval of certain corporate transactions, dissenters and appraisal
rights and inspection of corporate records. See "Significant Differences Between
the Corporation Laws of California and Delaware" above.
Exemptions from Section 2115 are provided for corporations whose shares are
listed on a major national securities exchange or are traded in the Nasdaq
National Market tier of the Nasdaq Stock Market and which have 800 or more
shareholders as of the record date of its most recent annual meeting of
shareholders. The Common Stock of IDEC Delaware will continue to be traded on
the Nasdaq National Market tier of the
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Nasdaq Stock Market and are owned by more than 800 holders, and accordingly,
IDEC Delaware will be exempt from Section 2115.
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The Proposed Reincorporation provided for in the Merger Agreement is
intended to be a tax free reorganization under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. Assuming the Proposed Reincorporation qualifies as a
reorganization, no gain or loss will be recognized to the holders of capital
stock of the Company as a result of consummation of the Proposed
Reincorporation, and no gain or loss will be recognized by the Company or IDEC
Delaware. Each former holder of capital stock of the Company will have the same
basis in the capital stock of IDEC Delaware received by such holder pursuant to
the Proposed Reincorporation as such holder has in the capital stock of the
Company held by such holder at the time of consummation of the Proposed
Reincorporation. Each shareholder's holding period with respect to IDEC
Delaware's capital stock will include the period during which such holder held
the corresponding Company capital stock, provided the latter was held by such
holder as a capital asset at the time of consummation of the Proposed
Reincorporation. The Company has not obtained a ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service or an opinion of legal or tax counsel with respect to the consequences
of the Proposed Reincorporation.
The foregoing is only a summary of certain federal income tax consequences.
SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS REGARDING THE SPECIFIC TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF THE MERGER AND THE PROPOSED REINCORPORATION, INCLUDING
THE APPLICABILITY OF THE LAW OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSED
REINCORPORATION IN DELAWARE. THE EFFECT OF AN ABSTENTION IS THE SAME AS THAT OF
A VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED REINCORPORATION.
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PROPOSAL NO. 4
AMENDMENT TO THE 1988 STOCK OPTION PLAN
OF IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
The 1988 Stock Option Plan (the "Option Plan") was originally adopted by
the Board of Directors on July 19, 1988 and approved by the shareholders on
March 29, 1989 and has subsequently been amended. In order to: (i) continue to
provide equity incentives to employees (including officers) and independent
consultants who provide valuable services to the Company, especially to retain
key employees who have become substantially vested in previous stock option
grants; (ii) create an additional stock option pool for use in recruiting
personnel in connection with the expansion of the Company's operations; (iii)
ensure that the Company's stock option grants to employees and non-employee
members of the Board are competitive with practices in comparable companies in
the biopharmaceutical industry; and (iv) facilitate plan administration by
eliminating a number of limitations and restrictions previously incorporated
into the Option Plan to comply with the applicable requirements of Securities
and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 16b-3 prior to its recent amendment, the
Board of Directors amended the Option Plan on February 24, 1997, subject to
shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting.
Should shareholders approve the amendments to the Option Plan, the
following changes to the Option Plan will be effected: (i) increase the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance over the term of the
Option Plan by an additional 800,000 shares from 4,680,000 shares to 5,480,000
shares, (ii) render the non-employee Board members who are serving as Plan
Administrator eligible to receive option grants under the Option Plan, (iii)
allow unvested shares issued under the Option Plan and subsequently repurchased
by the Company at the option exercise price paid per share to be reissued under
the Option Plan, (iv) remove certain restrictions on the eligibility of
non-employee Board members to serve as Plan Administrator, (v) extend the term
of the Option Plan from July 19, 1998 to December 31, 2002 and (vi) effect a
series of additional changes to the provisions of the Option Plan (including the
shareholder approval requirements, the transferability of non-qualified stock
options and the elimination of the six (6)-month holding period requirement as a
condition to the exercise of stock appreciation rights) in order to take
advantage of the recent amendments to SEC Rule 16b-3 which exempts certain
officer and director transactions under the Option Plan from the short-swing
liability provisions of the federal securities laws.
The Option Plan provides for the grant of options which qualify for
favorable tax treatment as incentive stock options ("Incentive Options") under
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code and non-qualified stock options which
are not entitled to such treatment. The total number of shares of common stock
issuable over the term of the Option Plan may not exceed 5,480,000 shares,
inclusive of the 800,000 share increase for which shareholder approval is sought
as a part of this Proposal No. 4.
The following is a summary of the principal features of the Option Plan, as
amended. The summary, however, does not purport to be a complete description of
all the provisions of the Option Plan. Any shareholder who wishes to obtain a
copy of the actual Option Plan document may do so by written request to the
Corporate Secretary at the Company's executive offices in San Diego, California.
ADMINISTRATION
The Option Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board
of Directors. The members of the Compensation Committee are appointed by the
Board of Directors and may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time. The
Compensation Committee, which will be referred to in this summary as the Plan
Administrator, has full authority, subject to the provisions of the Option Plan,
to determine the eligible individuals who are to receive option grants and/or
stock appreciation rights under the Option Plan, the type of option (incentive
stock option or non-qualified stock option) or stock appreciation right (tandem
or limited) to be granted, the number of shares to be covered by each granted
option or right, the date or dates on which the option or right is to become
exercisable, and the maximum term for which the option or right is to remain
outstanding.
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ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
The Option Plan authorizes the grant of stock options and stock
appreciation rights to key employees (including officers and directors),
non-employee Board members and independent consultants of the Company or any
subsidiary corporation.
As of February 28, 1997, approximately 15 independent consultants, 8
non-employee Board members and 270 employees, including 9 executive officers,
were eligible to participate in the Option Plan. The non-employee Board members
are also eligible to receive periodic option grants under the Company's 1993
Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan.
ISSUABLE SHARES
The maximum number of shares of common stock issuable over the term of the
Option Plan may not exceed 5,480,000 shares, subject to adjustment from time to
time in the event of certain changes to the Company's capital structure. The
issuable shares may be made available either from the authorized but unissued
shares of common stock or from shares of common stock repurchased by the
Company, including shares purchased on the open market.
In no event may any one individual participating in the Option Plan be
granted stock options or separately-exercisable stock appreciation rights for
more than 1,250,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate over the term of the
Option Plan, subject to adjustment from time to time in the event of certain
changes to the Company's capital structure. For purposes of such limitation, any
options or stock appreciation rights granted prior to January 1, 1994 will not
be taken into account.
Should an option expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise in
full (including options cancelled in accordance with the cancellation-regrant
provisions described in the "Cancellation and Regrant of Options" section
below), the shares subject to the portion of the option not so exercised will be
available for subsequent option grants under the Option Plan. Unvested shares
issued under the Option Plan and subsequently repurchased by the Company at the
option exercise price paid per share will be added back to the share reserve and
will accordingly be available for subsequent issuance under the Option Plan.
Shares subject to any option surrendered or cancelled in accordance with the
stock appreciation right provisions of the Option Plan will not be available for
subsequent grants.
As of February 28, 1997, approximately 686,722 shares of common stock have
been issued under the Option Plan, 3,749,201 shares of common stock were subject
to outstanding options, and 1,044,076 shares(1) of common stock were available
for future option grants, inclusive of the 800,000 share increase for which
shareholder approval is sought as part of this Proposal.
PRICE AND EXERCISABILITY
The exercise price of options granted under the Option Plan may not be less
than 85% of the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date. If the
granted option is an Incentive Option, the exercise price must not be less than
100% of the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. The
maximum period during which any option may remain outstanding under the Option
Plan may not exceed ten (10) years.
Options granted under the Option Plan may be immediately exercisable for
the full number of shares purchasable thereunder or may become exercisable in
cumulative increments over a period of months or years as determined by the Plan
Administrator.
The exercise price is payable in cash or with shares of the Company's
common stock. The exercise price may also be paid through a same-day sale
program, pursuant to which a designated brokerage firm is to effect
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1 The number of shares available for future option grants will be increased by
the number of shares subject to currently outstanding options which terminate
or expire prior to exercise, or repurchased by the Company at the option
exercise price paid per share, and will be adjusted in the event of certain
changes to the Company's capital structure.
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the immediate sale of the shares purchased under the option and pay over to the
Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient
funds to cover the exercise price for the purchased shares plus all applicable
withholding taxes.
The Plan Administrator may also assist one or more optionees (including an
officer or director) in the exercise of their outstanding options by (i)
authorizing a loan from the Company or (ii) permitting the optionee to pay the
exercise price in installments over a period of years. The terms and conditions
of any such loan or installment payment will be established by the Plan
Administrator in its sole discretion, but in no event may the maximum credit
extended to the optionee exceed the aggregate exercise price payable for the
purchased shares plus any Federal or state income or employment taxes incurred
in connection with the purchase.
VALUATION
For purposes of establishing the option exercise price and for all other
valuation purposes under the Option Plan, the fair market value per share of
common stock on any relevant date will be deemed equal to the closing selling
price per share on such date, as quoted on The Nasdaq National Market. If there
is no reported selling price for such date, then the closing selling price for
the last previous date for which such quotation exists will be determinative of
fair market value. The closing selling price of the Company's common stock on
February 28, 1997 was $24.88 per share.
TERMINATION OF SERVICE
Should the optionee cease to remain in the Company's service while holding
one or more options under the Option Plan, then such optionee will not have more
than a thirty-six (36) month period (or such shorter period as the Plan
Administrator may specify at the time of grant) following such cessation of
service in which to exercise such options, unless the Plan Administrator
determines that such exercise period should subsequently be extended for one or
more additional months or years. Under no circumstances, however, may any option
be exercised after the specified expiration date of the option term. Each such
option will, during such limited period, normally be exercisable only for the
number of shares for which the option is exercisable on the date of the
optionee's cessation of service. However, the Plan Administrator will have
complete discretion to accelerate in whole or in part the vesting of any
outstanding options held by the optionee at the time of his or her cessation of
service and may exercise such discretion at any time while the option remains
outstanding.
Should the optionee die while holding one or more outstanding options, then
the personal representative of the optionee's estate or the person or persons to
whom each such option is transferred pursuant to the optionee's will or in
accordance with the laws of inheritance will have the right to exercise such
option for any or all of the shares for which the option is exercisable on the
date of the optionee's cessation of service, less any option shares subsequently
purchased by the optionee prior to death. Such right will lapse, and the option
will terminate, upon the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the date of the
optionee's death or (ii) the specified expiration date of the option term.
For purposes of the Option Plan, the optionee will be deemed to be in the
service of the Company for so long as such individual renders periodic services
to the Company or any subsidiary, whether as an employee, non-employee board
member or independent consultant.
REPURCHASE RIGHTS
Any unvested shares of common stock issued under the Option Plan will be
subject to repurchase by the Company, at the original exercise price paid per
share, upon the optionee's cessation of service prior to vesting in such shares.
The Plan Administrator will have complete discretion in establishing the vesting
schedule for any such unvested shares and will have full authority to cancel the
Company's outstanding repurchase rights with respect to one or more unvested
shares held by the optionee at the time of his or her cessation of service and
may exercise this discretion at any time, whether before or after the optionee's
service actually ceases.
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ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS
Corporate Transaction. In the event of any one of the following
transactions (a "Corporate Transaction"):
(a) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
surviving entity,
(b) the sale, transfer or other disposition of substantially all of
the Company's assets in liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or
(c) any reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity
but in which 50% or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities are
transferred to persons other than those who held such securities
immediately prior to the merger,
each outstanding option will automatically become exercisable, immediately prior
to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction, for all of the shares of
common stock at the time subject to such option and may be exercised for any or
all of such shares as fully-vested shares. However, the exercisability of an
outstanding option will not so accelerate if and to the extent: (i) such option
is either to be assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or is
otherwise to be replaced by a comparable option to purchase shares of the
capital stock of the successor corporation (or parent thereof) or (ii) the
acceleration of such option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Plan
Administrator at the time of grant.
The Company's outstanding repurchase rights under the Option Plan will also
terminate, and the shares subject to such repurchase rights will become fully
vested, upon the Corporate Transaction, except to the extent (i) one or more of
such repurchase rights are to be assigned to the successor corporation (or its
parent company) or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other
limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the repurchase rights
are issued.
Immediately following the consummation of the Corporate Transaction, all
outstanding options will, to the extent not previously exercised by the
optionees or assumed by the successor corporation (or its parent company),
terminate and cease to be exercisable.
Change in Control. The Plan Administrator has full power and authority,
exercisable either at the time the option is granted or at any time which the
option remains outstanding, to provide for the acceleration of one or more
outstanding options under the Option Plan so that each such option will,
immediately prior to a Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the
shares of the common stock at the time subject to such option and may be
exercised for any or all of such shares as fully-vested shares. The Plan
Administrator will have complete discretion in establishing the specific terms
and conditions upon which one or more outstanding options are to accelerate in
connection with the Change in Control or upon which any of the Company's
outstanding repurchase rights under the Option Plan are to terminate.
Alternatively, the Plan Administrator may condition such accelerated option
vesting and termination of the repurchase rights upon the optionee's cessation
of service under certain prescribed circumstances following the Change in
Control.
A Change in Control will be deemed to occur:
(a) should a person or related group of persons (other than the
Company or its affiliates) acquire ownership of twenty-five percent (25%)
or more of the Company's outstanding voting stock pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made directly to the Company's shareholders which the Board
does not recommend the shareholders to accept; or
(b) on the first date within any period of 24 consecutive months or
less on which there is effected a change in the composition of the Board of
Directors such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of
one or more contested elections for Board membership, to be comprised of
individuals who either (i) have been members of the Board continuously
since the beginning of such period or (ii) have been elected or nominated
for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of
the Board members described in clause (i) who were still in office at the
time such election or nomination was approved by the Board.
Upon a Change in Control, each outstanding option will remain exercisable
until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term specified in the
instrument evidencing such grant.
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Special Acceleration Agreements. The Company has entered into agreements
with certain of its officers to provide for the automatic acceleration of their
outstanding options in the event their services are terminated in connection
with a Corporate Transaction or Change in Control. The purpose of these
agreements is to assure such individuals that either their services will
continue to be required after the Corporate Transaction or Change in Control or
that they will in fact receive the appreciated value of their outstanding
options despite such Corporate Transaction or Change in Control. As of February
28, 1997, the number of option shares subject to these acceleration agreements
was as follows for the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Company's four
most highly compensated executive officers for the 1996 fiscal year: William H.
Rastetter, Ph.D., 559,887 shares; Nabil Hanna, Ph.D., 382,762 shares; William H.
Rohn, 266,000 shares; Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D., 320,999 shares; and
Christopher J. Burman, 254,303 shares.
The acceleration of options in the event of a Corporate Transaction or
Change in Control may be seen as an antitakeover provision and may have the
effect of discouraging a merger proposal, a takeover attempt or other efforts to
gain control of the Company.
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
At the discretion of the Plan Administrator, options may be granted with
stock appreciation rights. Two types of stock appreciation rights are authorized
for issuance under the Option Plan: (i) tandem rights which require the
optionholder to elect between the exercise of the underlying option for shares
of common stock and the surrender of such option for an appreciation
distribution and (ii) limited rights which are automatically exercised upon the
occurrence of a Hostile Take-Over (hereinafter defined).
The appreciation distribution payable by the Company upon the exercise of a
tandem stock appreciation right will be equal in amount to the excess of (i) the
fair market value (on the exercise date) of the shares of common stock in which
the optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option over (ii) the
aggregate exercise price payable for such shares. Such appreciation distribution
may, at the discretion of the Plan Administrator, be made in shares of common
stock valued at fair market value on the exercise date, in cash or in a
combination of cash and common stock.
One or more officers of the Company subject to the short-swing profit
restrictions of the Federal securities laws may, in the discretion of the Plan
Administrator, be granted limited stock appreciation rights as part of any stock
option grants made to such officers. Any option with such a limited stock
appreciation right will automatically be cancelled upon the occurrence of a
Hostile Take-Over, to the extent the option is at such time exercisable for
vested shares (including any shares which vest in connection with such Hostile
Take-Over). In return, the optionee will be entitled to a cash distribution from
the Company in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price
(hereinafter defined) of the vested shares of common stock at the time subject
to the cancelled option (or cancelled portion) over (ii) the aggregate exercise
price payable for such shares. The balance of the option (if any) will continue
to remain outstanding and exercisable in accordance with the agreement
evidencing such grant.
For purposes of such limited stock appreciation right, the following
definitions are in effect under the Option Plan:
Hostile Take-Over: the acquisition by any person or related group of
persons (other than the Company or its affiliates) of securities possessing
more than 25% of the combined voting power of the Company's outstanding
securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the
Company's shareholders which the Board of Directors does not recommend such
shareholders to accept.
Take-Over Price: the greater of (i) the fair market value of the
vested shares subject to the cancelled option, measured on the option
cancellation date in accordance with the valuation provisions of the Option
Plan described above, or (ii) the highest reported price per share paid by
the tender offeror in effecting the Hostile Take-Over.
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SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND OPTION ASSIGNABILITY
No optionee is to have any shareholder rights with respect to the option
shares until such optionee has exercised the option and paid the option price
for the purchased shares. Options are generally not assignable or transferable
other than by will or the laws of inheritance and, during the optionee's
lifetime, the option may be exercised only by such optionee. However, the Plan
Administrator may allow non-qualified options to be transferred or assigned
during the optionee's lifetime to one or more members of the optionee's
immediate family or to a trust established exclusively for one or more such
family members, to the extent such transfer or assignment is in furtherance of
the optionee's estate plan.
CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION
In the event any change is made to the common stock issuable under the
Option Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding common stock as a
class without the Company's receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments
will be made to (i) the class and/or maximum number of securities issuable under
the Option Plan, (ii) the maximum number and/or class of securities for which
any one individual may be granted stock options and separately exercisable stock
appreciation rights under the Option Plan after December 31, 1993 and (iii) the
class and/or number of securities and exercise price per share in effect under
each outstanding option in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of benefits
thereunder.
Each outstanding option which is assumed or is otherwise to continue in
effect after a Corporate Transaction will be appropriately adjusted to apply and
pertain to the number and class of securities which would have been issued, in
connection with such Corporate Transaction, to the holder of such option had the
option been exercised immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments will also be made to the exercise price payable per
share and to the number and class of securities subsequently available for
issuance under the Option Plan on both an aggregate and per participant basis.
The grant of stock options or stock appreciation rights under the Option
Plan will not affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize
or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate,
dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or
assets.
CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS
The Plan Administrator has the authority to effect the cancellation of any
or all options outstanding under the Option Plan and to grant in substitution
therefor new options covering the same or different numbers of shares of common
stock but with an exercise price per share not less than 85% of the fair market
value of the common stock on the new grant date (or 100% of such fair market
value if the new option is to be an Incentive Option).
EXCESS GRANTS
The Option Plan permits the grant of options to purchase shares of common
stock in excess of the number of shares then available for issuance under the
Option Plan. Any options so granted cannot be exercised prior to shareholder
approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of shares available
for issuance under the Option Plan.
AMENDMENT/TERMINATION OF OPTION PLAN
The Board of Directors may amend or modify the Option Plan in any or all
respects whatsoever. No such amendment may adversely affect the rights of
existing optionees without their consent. In addition, certain amendments may
require shareholder approval pursuant to applicable laws or regulations.
The Board may terminate the Option Plan at any time, and the Option Plan
will in all events terminate on December 31, 2002. Each stock option or stock
appreciation right outstanding at the time of such termination will remain in
force in accordance with the provisions of the instruments evidencing such
grant.
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STOCK AWARDS
The table below shows, as to each of the Company's executive officers named
in the Summary Compensation Table and the various indicated individuals and
groups, the following information with respect to stock option transactions
effected during the period from January 1, 1996 to February 28, 1997 under the
Option Plan: (i) the number of shares of common stock subject to options granted
during the period and (ii) the weighted average option price payable per share.
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
EXERCISE PRICE
OPTIONS GRANTED OF
NAME (NUMBER OF SHARES) OPTIONS GRANTED
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William H. Rastetter, Ph.D................................. 170,000 $20.35
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D.......................................... 102,000 20.36
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D............................... 142,000 20.29
William H. Rohn............................................ 102,000 20.36
Christopher J. Burman...................................... 102,000 20.36
All current executive officers as a group (9 persons)...... 1,011,750 20.62
All non-executive director nominees as a group (8
persons)................................................. -- --
All individuals, including current officers who are not
executive officers as a group (approximately 251
persons)................................................. 705,402 21.08
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
Option grants with exercise prices less than the fair market value of the
option shares on the grant date or options granted to non-employees to acquire
goods or services will result in a direct compensation expense to the Company's
operations equal to the fair market value of the shares on the grant date. Such
expense will be accrued by the Company over the period the option shares are to
vest. Option grants with exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the
shares on the grant date will not result in any direct charge to the Company's
operations. However, the Company will be required to disclose in notes to the
Company's financial statements the fair value of the options granted under the
Option Plan and the pro forma impact those options would have on the Company's
operating results were the value of those options at the time of grant treated
as compensation expense. Whether or not granted at a discount, the number of
outstanding options may be a factor in determining the Company's earnings per
share.
Should one or more optionees be granted stock appreciation rights which
have no conditions upon exercisability other than a service or employment
requirement, then such rights will result in a compensation expense to be
charged against the Company's operations. Accordingly, at the end of each fiscal
quarter, the amount (if any) by which the fair market value of the shares of
common stock subject to such outstanding stock appreciation rights has increased
from prior quarter-end will be accrued as compensation expense, to the extent
such fair market value is in excess of the aggregate exercise price in effect
for such rights.
FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES
Options granted under the Option Plan may be either Incentive Options which
satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code or
non-qualified stock options which are not intended to meet such requirements.
The Federal income tax treatment for the two types of options differs as
follows:
Incentive Options. No taxable income is recognized by the optionee at
the time of the option grant and no taxable income is generally recognized
at the time the option is exercised. The optionee will, however, recognize
taxable income in the year in which the purchased shares are sold or
otherwise made the subject of disposition.
For Federal income tax purposes, dispositions are divided into two
categories: (i) qualifying and (ii) disqualifying. The optionee will make a
qualifying disposition of the purchased shares if the sale or other
disposition of such shares is made after the optionee has held the shares
for more than two (2) years after the grant date of the option and more
than one (1) year after the exercise date. If the optionee
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fails to satisfy either of these two holding periods prior to the sale or
other disposition of the purchased shares, then a disqualifying disposition
will result.
Upon a qualifying disposition of the shares, the optionee will
recognize a long-term capital gain in an amount equal to the excess of (i)
the amount realized upon the sale or other disposition of the purchased
shares over (ii) the exercise price paid for such shares. If there is a
disqualifying disposition of the shares, then the excess of (i) the fair
market value of those shares on the date the option was exercised over (ii)
the exercise price paid for the shares will be taxable as ordinary income.
Any additional gain recognized upon the disposition will be a capital gain.
If the optionee makes a disqualifying disposition of the purchased
shares, then the Company will be entitled to an income tax deduction, for
the taxable year in which such disposition occurs, equal to the excess of
(i) the fair market value of such shares on the date the option was
exercised over (ii) the exercise price paid for the shares. In no other
instance will the Company be allowed a business expense deduction with
respect to the optionee's disposition of the purchased shares. The Company
anticipates that any compensation deemed paid by the Company upon one or
more disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock option shares will not
have to be taken into account for purposes of the $1 million limitation per
covered individual on the deductibility of the compensation paid to certain
executive officers of the Company.
Non-Qualified Options. No taxable income is recognized by an optionee
upon the grant of a non-qualified option.
The optionee will in general recognize ordinary income in the year in
which the option is exercised, equal to the excess of the fair market value
of the purchased shares on the exercise date over the exercise price paid
for the shares, and the optionee will be required to satisfy the tax
withholding requirements applicable to such income.
Special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code apply to the
acquisition of common stock under a non-qualified option, if the purchased
shares are subject to repurchase by the Company. These special provisions
may be summarized as follows:
(a) If the shares acquired upon exercise of the non-qualified
option are subject to repurchase by the Company at the original exercise
price in the event of the optionee's termination of service prior to
vesting in such shares, the optionee will not recognize any taxable
income at the time of exercise but will have to report as ordinary
income, as and when the Company's repurchase right lapses, an amount
equal to the excess of (i) the fair market value of the shares on the
date the Company's repurchase right lapses with respect to those shares
over (ii) the exercise price paid for the shares.
(b) The optionee may, however, elect under Section 83(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code to include as ordinary income in the year of
exercise of the non-qualified option an amount equal to the excess of
(i) the fair market value of the purchased shares on the exercise date
(determined as if the shares were not subject to the Company's
repurchase right) over (ii) the exercise price paid for such shares. If
the Section 83(b) election is made, the optionee will not recognize any
additional income as and when the Company's repurchase right lapses.
The Company will be entitled to a business expense deduction equal to
the amount of ordinary income recognized by the optionee with respect to
the exercised non-qualified option. The deduction will in general be
allowed for the taxable year of the Company in which such ordinary income
is recognized by the optionee. The Company anticipates that the
compensation deemed paid by the Company upon the exercise of non-qualified
options granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of
the option shares will not have to be taken into account for purposes of
the $1 million limitation per covered individual on the deductibility of
the compensation paid to certain executive officers of the Company.
Stock Appreciation Rights. An optionee who is granted a stock
appreciation right will recognize ordinary income in the year of exercise
equal to the amount of the appreciation distribution. The
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Company will be entitled to a business expense deduction equal to the
appreciation distribution for the taxable year of the Company in which the
ordinary income is recognized by the optionee.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
As of February 28, 1997, no stock options or stock appreciation rights have
been granted on the basis of the 800,000-share increase for which shareholder
approval is sought as part of this Proposal No. 5.
SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Company's
outstanding voting stock present or represented by proxy and voting at the
Annual Meeting is required for approval of the amendments to the Option Plan.
Should such shareholder approval not be obtained, then any options granted on
the basis of the 800,000 share increase which forms part of this Proposal will
terminate without becoming exercisable for any of the shares of Common Stock
subject to those options, and no further options will be granted on the basis of
such share increase. In addition, the non-employee Board members who serve as
Plan Administrator will not become eligible to participate in the Option Plan,
and any unvested shares repurchased by the Company at the option exercise paid
per share will not be added back to the share reserve for reissuance. Finally,
the extension of the term of the Option Plan from July 19, 1998 to December 31,
2002 will not be implemented. However, the Option Plan will continue to remain
in effect, and option grants may continue to be made pursuant to the provisions
of the Option Plan in effect prior to the amendments summarized in this Proposal
No. 5, until the available reserve of Common Stock as last approved by the
shareholders has been issued pursuant to option grants made under the Option
Plan.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF
THE AMENDMENTS TO THE 1988 STOCK OPTION PLAN OF THE COMPANY.
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PROPOSAL NO. 5
AMENDMENT TO THE 1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
OF IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
The 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "1995 Purchase Plan") was
originally adopted by the Board of Directors on January 25, 1995 and became
effective on July 3, 1995. The 1995 Purchase Plan is intended to provide
eligible employees of the Company and its participating affiliates with the
opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through
participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan designed
to operate in compliance with Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Board of Directors amended the 1995 Purchase Plan on February 24, 1997,
to increase the number of shares of the Company's common stock authorized for
issuance under the 1995 Purchase Plan by an additional 150,000 shares, subject
to shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting. The Board believes that it is in
the best interests of the Company to continue a program of stock ownership for
the Company's employees in order to provide them with a meaningful opportunity
to acquire a substantial proprietary interest in the Company and thereby
encourage such individuals to remain in the Company's service and more closely
align their interests with those of the shareholders.
The following is a summary of the principal features of the 1995 Purchase
Plan. The summary, however, does not purport to be a complete description of all
the provisions of the 1995 Purchase Plan. Any shareholder of the Company who
wishes to obtain a copy of the actual plan document may do so upon written
request to the Corporate Secretary at the Company's principal executive offices
in San Diego, California.
SHARE RESERVE
495,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the
1995 Purchase Plan, inclusive of the 150,000 share increase for which
shareholder approval is sought under this Proposal. In the event any change is
made to the outstanding shares of common stock by reason of any
recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, exchange
of shares or other change in corporate structure effected without the Company's
receipt of consideration, appropriate adjustments will be made to (i) the class
and maximum number of securities issuable under the 1995 Purchase Plan,
including the class and maximum number of securities issuable per participant on
any one purchase date, and (ii) the class and number of securities subject to
each outstanding purchase right and the purchase price payable per share
thereunder.
ADMINISTRATION
The 1995 Purchase Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors. Such committee, as Plan Administrator, will have full
authority to adopt such rules and procedures as it may deem necessary for proper
plan administration and to interpret the provisions of the 1995 Purchase Plan.
All costs and expenses incurred in plan administration will be paid by the
Company without charge to participants.
OFFERING PERIODS AND PURCHASE PERIODS
The 1995 Purchase Plan will be implemented in a series of successive
offering periods, each with a maximum duration (not to exceed twenty-four (24)
months) designated by the Plan Administrator prior to the start date. The
initial offering period began on the July 3, 1995 effective date and will end on
June 30, 1997. The next offering period will run from July 1, 1997 to June 30,
1999. Subsequent offering periods will commence as designated by the Plan
Administrator. However, should the fair market value per share of common stock
on any purchase date within an offering period be less than the fair market
value per share of common stock on the start date of that offering period, then
the offering period will immediately terminate with the purchase of common stock
on such purchase date, and a new offering period will commence on the next
business day. The duration of that new offering period will be established by
the Plan Administrator within five (5) business days thereafter.
Shares will be purchased during the offering period at successive quarterly
intervals. Each such interval will constitute a purchase period. Purchase
periods under the 1995 Purchase Plan will begin on the first
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business day in January, April, July and October each year and end on the last
business day in the immediately succeeding March, June, September and December,
respectively, each year.
ELIGIBILITY
Any individual who customarily works for more than twenty (20) hours per
week for more than five (5) months per calendar year in the employ of the
Company or any participating affiliate will become eligible to participate in an
offering period on the start date of any purchase period (within that offering
period) which begins on or after such individual's completion of thirty (30)
days of continuous service with the Company or any affiliate. The date such
individual enters the offering period will be designated his or her entry date
for purposes of that offering period.
Participating affiliates include any parent or subsidiary corporations of
the Company, whether now existing or hereafter organized, which elect, with the
approval of the Board of Directors, to extend the benefits of the 1995 Purchase
Plan to their eligible employees.
As of February 28, 1997, approximately 270 employees, including nine
executive officers, were eligible to participate in the 1995 Purchase Plan.
PURCHASE PROVISIONS
Each participant will be granted a separate purchase right for each
offering period in which he or she participates. The purchase right will be
granted on his or her entry date into that offering period and will be
automatically exercised on the last business day of each purchase period within
that offering period on which he or she remains an eligible employee.
Each participant may authorize payroll deductions in any multiple of one
percent (1%) of his or her total cash earnings per pay period, up to a maximum
of ten percent (10%).
On the last business day of each purchase period, the accumulated payroll
deductions of each participant will automatically be applied to the purchase of
whole shares of common stock at the purchase price in effect for the participant
for that purchase period. However, no participant may, on any one purchase date
within the offering period, purchase more than two thousand five hundred (2,500)
shares of common stock.
PURCHASE PRICE
The purchase price per share at which common stock will be purchased on the
participant's behalf on each purchase date within the offering period will be
equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the fair market value per
share of common stock on the participant's entry date into that offering period
or (ii) the fair market value per share of common stock on that purchase date.
However, for each participant whose entry date is other than the start date of
the offering period, the clause (i) amount will not be less than the fair market
value per share of common stock on the start date of that offering period.
VALUATION
The fair market value per share of common stock on any relevant date will
be deemed equal to the closing selling price per share on such date on the
Nasdaq National Market. On February 28, 1997, the fair market value per share of
common stock determined on such basis was $24.88 per share.
SPECIAL LIMITATIONS
The Purchase Plan imposes certain limitations upon a participant's rights
to acquire common stock, including the following limitations:
(i) No purchase right may be granted to any individual who owns stock
(including stock purchasable under any outstanding purchase rights)
possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the Company of any of its affiliates.
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(ii) No purchase right granted to a participant may permit such
individual to purchase common stock at a rate which, when aggregated with
all other outstanding purchase rights held by such individual, exceeds
$25,000 worth of such common stock (valued at the time such purchase right
is granted) for each calendar year the purchase rights remain outstanding
at any time.
TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS
The purchase right will immediately terminate upon the participant's loss
of eligible employee status or upon his or her affirmative withdrawal from the
offering period. The payroll deductions collected for the purchase period in
which the purchase right terminates may, at the participant's election, be
immediately refunded or applied to the purchase of common stock at the end of
that purchase period.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS
No participant will have any shareholder rights with respect to the shares
of common stock covered by his or her purchase right until the shares are
actually purchased on the participant's behalf. No adjustment will be made for
dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date of such purchase.
ASSIGNABILITY
No purchase right will be assignable or transferable other than in
connection with the participant's death and will be exercisable only by the
participant during his or her lifetime.
ACQUISITION
Should the Company be acquired by merger or asset sale during an offering
period, all outstanding purchase rights will automatically be exercised
immediately prior to the effective date of such acquisition. The purchase price
will be 85% of the lower of (i) the fair market value per share of common stock
on the participant's entry date into that offering period or (ii) the fair
market value per share of common stock immediately prior to such acquisition.
However, the clause (i) amount will not, for any participant whose entry date
for the offering period is other than the start date of that offering period, be
less than the fair market value per share of common stock on such start date.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
The 1995 Purchase Plan will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i)
June 30, 2005, (ii) the date on which all available shares are issued or (iii)
the date on which all outstanding purchase rights are exercised in connection
with an acquisition of the Company.
The Board of Directors may at any time alter, suspend or discontinue the
1995 Purchase Plan. However, the Board of Directors may not, without shareholder
approval, (i) materially increase the number of shares issuable under the 1995
Purchase Plan or the maximum number purchasable per participant on any one
purchase date, except in connection with certain changes in the Company's
capital structure, (ii) alter the purchase price formula so as to reduce the
purchase price or (iii) modify the requirements for eligibility to participate
in the 1995 Purchase Plan.
PLAN BENEFITS
The table below shows, as to each of the executive officers named in the
Summary Compensation Table below and the various indicated groups, the following
information with respect to transactions under the 1995 Purchase Plan effected
during the period from January 1, 1996 to February 28, 1997: (i) the number of
shares of common stock purchased under the 1995 Purchase Plan during that period
and (ii) the weighted average purchase price paid per share of common stock in
connection with such purchases.
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NUMBER OF WEIGHTED AVERAGE
NAME SHARES PURCHASED PURCHASE PRICE
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William H. Rastetter, Ph.D........................... 6,390 $ 4.78
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D.................................... 5,856 4.78
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D......................... 5,825 4.78
William H. Rohn...................................... 5,762 4.78
Christopher J. Burman................................ 3,824 4.78
All current executive officers as a group (9
persons)........................................... 38,275 4.81
All employees, including current officers who are not
executive officers, as a group (208 persons)....... 121,456 5.44
FEDERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES
The 1995 Purchase Plan is intended to be an "employee stock purchase plan"
within the meaning of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. Under a plan
which so qualifies, no taxable income will be recognized by a participant, and
no deductions will be allowable to the Company, in connection with the grant or
the exercise of an outstanding purchase right. Taxable income will not be
recognized until there is a sale or other disposition of the shares acquired
under the 1995 Purchase Plan or in the event the participant should die while
still owning the purchased shares.
If the participant sells or otherwise disposes of the purchased shares
within two (2) years after his or her entry date into the offering period in
which such shares were acquired or within one (1) year after the actual purchase
date of those shares, then the participant will recognize ordinary income in the
year of sale or disposition equal to the amount by which the fair market value
of the shares on the purchase date exceeded the purchase price paid for those
shares, and the Company will be entitled to an income tax deduction, for the
taxable year in which such sale or disposition occurs, equal in amount to such
excess.
If the participant sells or disposes of the purchased shares more than two
(2) years after his or her entry date into the offering period in which such
shares were acquired and more than one (1) one year after the actual purchase
date of those shares, then the participant will recognize ordinary income in the
year of sale or disposition equal to the lesser of (i) the amount by which the
fair market value of the shares on the sale or disposition date exceeded the
purchase price paid for those shares or (ii) 15% of the fair market value of the
shares on his or her entry date into the offering period, and any additional
gain upon the disposition will be taxed as a long-term capital gain. The Company
will not be entitled to any income tax deduction with respect to such sale or
disposition.
If the participant still owns the purchased shares at the time of death,
the lesser of (i) the amount by which the fair market value of the shares on the
date of death exceeds the purchase price or (ii) 15% of the fair market value of
the shares on his or her Entry Date into the offering period in which those
shares were acquired will constitute ordinary income in the year of death.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
Under current accounting rules, the issuance of shares of common stock
under the 1995 Purchase Plan will not result in a direct compensation expense
chargeable against the Company's operations. However, the Company must disclose,
in the notes to the Company's consolidated financial statements, the pro forma
impact that the purchase rights granted under the 1995 Purchase Plan would have
upon the Company's reported earnings had the value of those purchase rights been
treated as compensation expense.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
As of February 28, 1997, no purchase rights had been granted, and no shares
had been issued, on the basis of the 150,000-share increase to the Purchase Plan
for which shareholder approval is sought under this Proposal No. 6.
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SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
The affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the
Company present or represented by proxy and voting at the Annual Meeting is
required for approval of the amendment to increase the number of shares issuable
under the 1995 Purchase Plan by an additional 150,000 shares. If such
shareholder approval is not obtained, then no purchase rights will be granted on
the basis of the 150,000 share increase. The 1995 Purchase Plan will, however,
continue to remain in effect, and purchase rights may be granted and stock
purchases may continue to be made pursuant to the provisions of that plan until
the available reserve of common stock under that plan as last approved by the
shareholders has been issued.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF
THE AMENDMENTS OF THE 1995 PURCHASE PLAN.
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PROPOSAL NO. 6
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Upon the recommendation of the Audit and Finance Committee, the Board of
Directors has appointed the firm of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as the Company's
independent public accountants for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997,
subject to ratification of the shareholders. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP has been
employed regularly by the Company to audit its consolidated financial statements
and for other purposes since inception of the Company. Representatives of KPMG
Peat Marwick LLP are expected to be present at the Company's Annual Meeting.
They will have an opportunity to make a statement, if they desire to do so, and
will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "IN
FAVOR OF" THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP AS THE
COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
1997.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information known to the Company
with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Company's common stock as of
January 31, 1997, by (i) all persons who are beneficial owners of five percent
or more of the Company's common stock, (ii) each director and each nominee for
election as a director at the Annual Meeting, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer
and each of the next four most highly compensated executive officers named in
the Summary Compensation Table below, and (iv) all current directors and
executive officers as a group.
PERCENT OF SHARES
NAME AND ADDRESS, IF REQUIRED, SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIALLY OWNED (1)
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SmithKline Beecham p.1.c.(2)............................. 2,040,860 11.3%
New Horizons Court
Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9EP, England
Genentech, Inc.(3)....................................... 1,605,140 8.2%
460 Point San Bruno Boulevard
South San Francisco, California 94080
ML/MS Associates, L.P.................................... 1,372,048 7.4%
3000 Sand Hill Road
Building 3, Suite 245
Menlo Park, California 94025
INVESCO PLC(4)........................................... 964,400 5.3%
11 Devonshire Square
London EC2m 4YR, England
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.(5)..................... 920,000 5.1%
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
Christopher J. Burman(6)................................. 109,674 *
Charles C. Edwards, M.D.(7).............................. 28,500 *
Alan Glassberg, M.D...................................... -- *
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D.(8)......................... 148,195 *
John Groom(9)............................................ 37,500 *
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D.(10)................................... 246,557 1.3%
Kazuhiro Hashimoto(11)................................... 686,667 3.8%
Peter Barton Hutt(12).................................... 37,500 *
Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. (13)............................ 76,737 *
John P. McLaughlin(3).................................... 1,605,140 8.2%
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D. (14)......................... 427,227 2.3%
William R. Rohn(15)...................................... 138,745 *
The Honorable Lynn Schenk(16)............................ 29,500 *
All directors and executive officers as a group (17
persons) (3 through 16)(17)............................ 3,872,880 18.4%
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* Less than one percent of the Company's outstanding common stock.
(1) Percentage of beneficial ownership is calculated assuming 18,085,087 shares
of common stock were outstanding on January 31, 1997. Beneficial ownership
is determined in accordance with the rules of the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and generally includes voting or investment
power with respect to securities. Shares of common stock subject to options
and warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after
January 31, 1997, are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of
the person holding such options but are not deemed outstanding for
computing the percentage of any other person. Except as indicated by
footnote, and subject to
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community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table
have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common
stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
(2) Includes 1,440,860 shares owned by SmithKline Beecham Corporation.
SmithKline Beecham Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SmithKline
Beecham p.1.c.
(3) Includes Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock convertible into
approximately 1,605,140 common shares held by Genentech. Mr. McLaughlin
disclaims beneficial ownership of the Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock
held by Genentech.)
(4) Pursuant to a Schedule 13G dated and filed with the SEC on February 14,
1997, INVESCO PLC, INVESCO North American Group, Ltd., INVESCO Inc.,
INVESCO North American Holdings, Inc. and INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. each
reports shared voting and dispositive power to vote of 964,400 shares.
(5) Pursuant to a Schedule 13G dated and filed with the SEC on February 12,
1997, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. and Capital Research and Management
Company each reports sole dispositive power for 920,000 shares and SMALLCAP
World Fund, Inc. reports sole voting power for 920,000 shares.
(6) Includes options to purchase 103,175 shares held by Mr. Burman.
(7) Includes options to purchase 27,500 shares held by Dr. Edwards.
(8) Includes options to purchase 140,379 shares held by Dr. Grillo-Lopez.
(9) Includes options to purchase 37,500 shares held by Mr. Groom.
(10) Includes options to purchase 226,331 shares held by Dr. Hanna.
(11) Includes 666,667 shares held by Zenyaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. Mr. Hashimoto
disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. Includes options to purchase
20,000 shares held by Mr. Hashimoto.
(12) Includes options to purchase 37,500 shares held by Mr. Hutt.
(13) Includes 34,303 shares beneficially owned by Asset Management Associates
1984. Mr. Johnson is a General Partner of AMC Partners 84, which is the
General Partner of Asset Management Associates 1984. Includes options to
purchase 20,000 shares held by Mr. Johnson.
(14) Includes options to purchase 329,806 shares held by Dr. Rastetter.
(15) Includes options to purchase 126,158 shares held by Mr. Rohn.
(16) Includes options to purchase 27,500 shares held by Ms. Schenk.
(17) Includes options to purchase and Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock
convertible into 2,968,336 shares.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND RELATED INFORMATION
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
As members of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of
Directors, it is our duty to set the base salary of certain executive officers
each fiscal year and to approve the individual bonus programs to be in effect
for those individuals. In addition, we have the exclusive authority to award
stock options under the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan to the Company's
executive officers and other key employees. The following is a summary of the
policies which governed our decisions concerning the compensation paid to the
Company's executive officers, including the compensation reflected in the tables
which appear elsewhere in this Proxy Statement.
GENERAL COMPENSATION POLICY
Introduction. We have developed a compensation policy which is designed to
attract and retain qualified key executive officers critical to the Company's
success. In developing this policy, we have concluded that it is not appropriate
to base a significant percentage of the compensation payable to the executive
officers upon traditional financial targets, such as profit levels and return on
equity. This is primarily because the Company's products are still in either
development or clinical testing phases, and the Company has not yet realized any
significant revenues or product sales. Instead, we base our decisions upon the
following standards: (i) base salary levels which are commensurate with those of
comparable positions at other biopharmaceutical companies, given the level of
seniority and skills possessed by the executive officer, and which reflect the
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individual's performance with the Company over time, (ii) annual bonuses tied to
the achievement of corporate and individual performance objectives and the
market price performance of Company's common stock, and (iii) long-term,
stock-based incentive awards intended to strengthen the mutuality of interests
between the executive officers and the Company's shareholders.
Factors. The primary factors which we considered in establishing the
components of each executive officer's compensation package for the 1996 fiscal
year are summarized below. We may, however, apply entirely different factors,
particularly different measures of performance, in setting executive
compensation for future fiscal years.
- Base Salary. The base salary of each executive officer is initially
established through negotiation at the time the officer is hired. Base
salary is subsequently adjusted at periodic intervals, usually on an
annual basis. When establishing or reviewing base salary levels for each
executive officer, we consider the following factors: the qualifications
of the executive officer and the relevant individual experience he or she
brings to the Company, strategic goals for which the executive officer
has responsibility, compensation levels at biopharmaceutical companies at
a development stage comparable to the Company and at other companies
which compete with the Company for executive talent. For the 1996 fiscal
year, the base salary of the Company's executive officers ranged from the
50th to the 85th percentile of salary levels in effect for comparable
development-stage companies in the biopharmaceutical industry, as
determined on the basis of an independent compensation survey compiled by
Radford Associates. A number of adjustments were made to the market data
to reflect differences in management experience, organizational structure
and corporate culture, geographic location, product development stage and
market capitalization between the Company and the surveyed entities.
Because of the adjustments we have made in order to identify a limited
group of companies comparable in development stage to the Company, there
is not a meaningful correlation between the companies we have taken into
account for comparative compensation purposes and the companies included
in the Industry Group Index which appears later in this Proxy Statement
for purposes of evaluating the price performance of the Company's common
stock.
- Annual Incentive Compensation. Annual bonuses, payable in cash and/or in
the form of stock option grants, are awarded based on achievement of
corporate and individual performance objectives. FOR THE 1996 FISCAL
YEAR, THE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES WERE TIED TO THE FOLLOWING
MEASURES OF FINANCIAL SUCCESS: (I) THE INFLUX OF ADDITIONAL CAPITAL IN
THE FORM OF DEBT OR EQUITY, (II) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CORPORATE
PARTNERING ARRANGEMENTS, (III) CERTAIN MILESTONES IN THE CLINICAL TESTING
OF THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS AND (IV) THE ATTAINMENT OF REVENUE TARGETS.
EACH OBJECTIVE WAS ASSIGNED A RELATIVE WEIGHT IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT
OF THE BONUS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CORPORATE PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, A
SPECIFIC LEVEL OF STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION TO TRIGGER INCREASED BONUS
AMOUNTS WAS ALSO TARGETED FOR THE 1996 FISCAL YEAR.
EACH EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S CASH BONUS EARNED IN 1996 WAS PAYABLE 30% BASED
UPON THE COMPANY'S ACHIEVEMENT OF OPERATING TARGETS AND 70% BASED UPON EACH
EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S ACHIEVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES. CORPORATE
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES FOR THE 1996 FISCAL YEAR WERE ACHIEVED AT AN OVERALL RATE
OF 90%. Accordingly, the bonuses payable to the executive officers in 1996 on
the basis of corporate performance for the 1996 fiscal year were made in the
form of cash and stock option grants. The number of common shares subject to
each stock option bonus grant was determined pursuant to a formula under which a
specific number of option shares was targeted for each executive officer at the
start of the fiscal year, and the number of option shares actually awarded was
based upon the percentage to which the corporate performance objectives for the
fiscal year were attained. Each option will become exercisable in periodic
installments over a four-year period, contingent upon the executive officer's
continued employment with the Company.
The size of the stock option grant to each executive officer is set at a
level which we feel is appropriate to create a meaningful opportunity for stock
ownership based upon the executive officer's current position with the Company,
internal comparability with stock option grants made to other Company
executives, the executive officer's current level of performance and his or her
potential for future responsibility and promotion over the option term. We also
take into account comparable equity incentives provided to individuals in
similar
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positions in the biopharmaceutical industry, as reflected in external surveys,
and the number of unvested options held by the executive officer at the time of
the new grant. We have established certain general guidelines by which we seek
to target a fixed number of unvested option shares for each executive officer
based upon his or her current position with the Company and his or her potential
for growth within the Company, i.e. future responsibilities and possible
promotions over the option term. However, we do not strictly adhere to these
guidelines in making stock option grants, and the relative weight which we give
to the various factors varies from individual to individual, as the
circumstances warrant.
CEO COMPENSATION
In establishing Dr. Rastetter's base salary, it was the intent of the
Compensation Committee to provide him with a level of stability and certainty
each year and not to have this particular component of compensation affected to
any significant degree by Company performance factors. Accordingly, we primarily
took Dr. Rastetter's personal performance into consideration in setting such
base salary. The remaining components of Dr. Rastetter's compensation package
provide no dollar guarantees and are contingent upon the attainment of
performance objectives.
Dr. Rastetter was paid a cash bonus of $106,906 and was awarded a stock
bonus in the form of a stock option grant on January 15, 1997 for 45,000 shares
of common stock at an exercise price of $21.00 per share, for the 1996 fiscal
year based primarily upon the Company's progress in meeting the performance
objectives identified above for the year. The stock option grant reflected our
continuing policy to maintain his option holdings at a level consistent with
that for other chief executive officers of comparable development-stage
companies in the biopharmaceutical industry and to subject a portion of his
overall compensation each year to the market performance of the Company's common
stock. Accordingly, the stock option grants will be of no value to Dr. Rastetter
unless there is appreciation in the value of the Company's common stock over the
option term.
COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 162(M)
As a result of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company
will not be allowed a federal income tax deduction for compensation paid to
certain executive officers, to the extent that compensation exceeds $1 million
per officer in any one year. This limitation will apply to all compensation paid
to the covered executive officers which is not considered to be performance
based. Compensation which does qualify as performance-based compensation will
not have to be taken into account for purposes of this limitation. At the 1994
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Company obtained shareholder approval for
certain amendments to the 1988 Stock Option Plan which were intended to assure
that any compensation deemed paid in connection with the exercise of stock
options granted under that plan with an exercise price equal to the market price
of the option shares on the grant date will qualify as performance-based
compensation.
Because it is very unlikely that the cash compensation payable to any of
the Company's executive officers will approach the $1 million limit in the
foreseeable future, we have decided at this time not to take any other action to
limit or restructure the elements of cash compensation payable to the Company's
executive officers. We will reconsider this decision should the individual cash
compensation of any executive officer ever approach the $1 million level.
The foregoing report has been submitted by the undersigned in our capacity
as members of the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.
Charles C. Edwards, M.D.
John Groom
Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
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COMPARATIVE STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The graph depicted below shows the Company's cumulative total shareholder
return as an index assuming $100 invested in the Company's common stock, along
with the performance of the Center for Research in Security Prices ("CRSP")
Nasdaq Stock Market Index and an Industry Group Index for the last five years
ended December 31, 1996. The returns were calculated assuming the investment in
the Company's common stock, the Nasdaq Stock Market (U.S. Companies) and the
Industry Group on December 31, 1991 and that dividends were reinvested. Total
return calculations were provided to the Company by the CRSP at The University
of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Industry Group Index consist of
the following public companies whose prices are reported by the Nasdaq National
Market: Centocor, Inc.; Cytogen Corporation; Immunogen, Inc.; Immunomedics,
Inc.; NeoRx Corporation; and Xoma Corporation. The Company selected the
companies in the Industry Group Index as a peer group index because it provides
a representative sample of biopharmaceutical companies based primarily on
antibody technology.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS GRAPH REPRESENTS HISTORICAL STOCK PRICE
PERFORMANCE AND IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF ANY FUTURE STOCK PRICE
PERFORMANCE.
Date Company Index Market Index Peer Index
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12/31/91 100.000 100.000 100.000
06/30/92 50.962 96.086 44.946
12/31/92 67.308 116.378 52.012
06/30/93 42.308 120.837 30.049
12/31/93 44.231 133.595 29.155
06/30/94 18.750 121.993 21.634
12/30/94 16.346 130.586 27.342
06/30/95 43.269 162.836 25.066
12/29/95 150.000 184.675 47.692
06/28/96 177.885 209.081 53.894
12/31/96 182.692 227.158 53.785
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Company's
previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that might incorporate future filings made by the Company under those
statutes, including the filing of this Proxy Statement, the Compensation
Committee Report on Executive Compensation and the Stock Performance Graph
contained in this Proxy Statement are not to be incorporated by reference into
those previous filings, nor is such report or graph to be incorporated into any
future filings made by the Company under those statutes.
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SUMMARY OF CASH AND CERTAIN OTHER COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth the compensation earned by the Company's
Chief Executive Officer and the Company's four next highest-paid executive
officers for the 1996 fiscal year for services rendered in all capacities to the
Company for the 1996, 1995 and 1994 fiscal years. No executive officer who would
have otherwise been includible in such table on the basis of salary and bonus
earned for the 1996 fiscal year resigned or terminated employment during that
fiscal year.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
LONG TERM
COMPENSATION
AWARDS
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION NUMBER OF
----------------------------------------- SECURITIES
NAME AND OTHER ANNUAL UNDERLYING
PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS(1) COMPENSATION OPTIONS
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William H. Rastetter, Ph.D................ 1996 $275,000 $106,906 $ -- 125,000
President, Chief Executive 1995 213,580 90,000 -- 20,000
Officer and Director 1994 219,312 -- -- 264,774(5)
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D......................... 1996 214,000 69,058 -- 75,000
Sr. Vice President, Research 1995 190,044 70,000 -- 12,000
and Preclinical Development 1994 195,290 -- -- 231,524(5)
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez, M.D.............. 1996 212,000 70,490 56,000(2) 115,000
Sr. Vice President, Medical 1995 192,266 70,000 63,500 12,000
and Regulatory Affairs.................. 1994 197,499 -- 63,500 193,998(5)
William H. Rohn........................... 1996 208,000 63,518 42,223(3) 75,000
Sr. Vice President, Commercial 1995 188,152 69,125 42,224 12,000
Operations 1994 188,200 -- 52,048 153,000(5)
Christopher J. Burman..................... 1996 175,904 46,816 18,000(4) 75,000
Vice President, Manufacturing 1995 160,696 58,100 18,000 12,000
Sciences 1994 154,163 -- 36,437 183,574(5)
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(1) The amounts shown under the Bonus column include cash bonuses earned for the
indicated fiscal years, but paid in the following year.
(2) Includes (i) $27,500 of indebtedness forgiven by the Company and (ii)
housing assistance of $28,500. For further information concerning the
forgiven indebtedness and the circumstances under which such indebtedness
was forgiven, please see "Management Contracts and Change in Control
Arrangements" below.
(3) Includes (i) $24,437 of indebtedness forgiven by the Company and (ii)
housing assistance of $17,786. For further information concerning the
forgiven indebtedness and the circumstances under which such indebtedness
was forgiven, please see "Executive Officer Loans" below.
(4) Represents indebtedness forgiven by the Company. For further information
concerning the forgiven indebtedness and the circumstances under which such
indebtedness was forgiven, please see "Executive Officer Loans" below.
(5) Includes 179,887, 176,762, 126,999, 125,000 and 121,787 in stock options
regranted to Dr. Rastetter, Dr. Hanna, Dr. Grillo-Lopez, Mr. Rohn and Mr.
Burman, respectively, in connection with a September 13, 1994 stock option
cancellation and regrant program.
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STOCK OPTIONS
The following table provides information with respect to the stock option
grants made during the 1996 fiscal year under the Company's 1988 Stock Option
Plan to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Company's four next
highest-paid executive officers for such fiscal year. Except for the limited
stock appreciation right described in Footnote (1) below which formed part of
the option grant made to each named executive officer, no stock appreciation
rights were granted to such executive officers during the 1996 fiscal year.
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
INDIVIDUAL GRANT POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
--------------------------------------------------- VALUE AT ASSUMED
NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF ANNUAL RATES OF STOCK
SECURITIES TOTAL OPTIONS PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE OPTION TERM(3)
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES IN PRICE PER EXPIRATION ------------------------
NAME GRANTED(1) FISCAL YEAR SHARE(2) DATE 5% 10%
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William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.... 125,000(2) 8.66% $ 20.125 1/23/06 $1,581,515 $ 4,007,555
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D............. 75,000(2) 5.20 20.125 1/23/06 948,909 2,404,533
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez,
M.D......................... 115,000(2) 7.97 20.125 1/23/06 1,454,994 3,686,950
William H. Rohn............... 75,000(2) 5.20 20.125 1/23/06 948,909 2,404,533
Christopher J. Burman......... 75,000(2) 5.20 20.125 1/23/06 948,909 2,404,533
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(1) The shares subject to each option will immediately vest in the event the
Company is acquired by a merger or asset sale, unless the option is assumed
or replaced by the acquiring entity. The Plan Administrator also has the
discretionary authority to provide for accelerated vesting of the option
shares upon the termination of the optionee's employment following a hostile
change in control of the Company, whether by tender offer for 25% or more of
the Company's outstanding voting stock or a change in the majority of the
Board as a result of one or more proxy contests for the election of Board
members. For further information concerning these vesting acceleration
provisions, see "Management Contracts and Change in Control Agreements."
Each option has a maximum term of ten years, subject to earlier termination
in the event of the optionee's cessation of service with the Company.
Each option includes a limited stock appreciation right which will result in
the cancellation of that option, to the extent exercisable for vested
shares, upon the successful completion of a hostile tender for securities
possessing more than 25% of the combined voting power of the Company's
outstanding voting securities. In return for the cancelled option, the
optionee will receive a cash distribution per cancelled option share equal
to the excess of (i) the highest price paid per share of the Company's
common stock in such hostile tender offer over (ii) the exercise price
payable per share under the cancelled option.
(2) Each of these options will become exercisable for 25% of the option shares
upon the optionee's completion of one year of service measured from the
vesting commencement date, January 1, 1996, and will become exercisable for
the balance of the option shares in 36 successive equal monthly installments
upon the optionee's completion of each additional month of service
thereafter. The grant date for these options was January 24, 1996.
(3) There is no assurance provided to any executive officer or any other holder
of the Company's securities that the actual stock price appreciation over
the ten-year option term will be at the assumed 5% and 10% levels or at any
other defined level. Unless the market price of the common stock appreciates
over the option term, no value will be realized from the option grants made
to the executive officers.
(4) The exercise price may be paid in cash, in shares of the Company's common
stock valued at fair market value on the exercise date or through a cashless
exercise procedure involving a same-day sale of the purchased shares. The
Company may also finance the option exercise by loaning the optionee
sufficient funds to pay the exercise price for the purchased shares and the
Federal and State income tax liability incurred by the optionee in
connection with such exercise. The optionee may be permitted, subject to the
approval of the Plan Administrator, to apply a portion of the shares
purchased under the option (or to deliver existing shares of common stock)
in satisfaction of such tax liability. The Plan Administrator also has the
discretionary authority to reprice outstanding options through the
cancellation of those options
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and the grant of replacement options. The exercise price for each of the
granted options was equal to the fair market value of the Company's common
stock on the grant date.
OPTION EXERCISES AND HOLDINGS
The table below sets forth information concerning the exercise of options
during the 1996 fiscal year and unexercised options held as of the end of such
year by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and the Company's four next
highest-paid executive officers for such fiscal year. No stock appreciation
rights were exercised during such fiscal year, and except for the limited stock
appreciation right described in Footnote (1) to the Option Grants Table which
forms part of each outstanding stock option, no stock appreciation rights were
outstanding at the end of that fiscal year.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION VALUES
NUMBER OF
SECURITIES UNDERLYING VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
NUMBER UNEXERCISED OPTIONS AT IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS AT
OF SHARES AGGREGATE DECEMBER 31, 1996 DECEMBER 31, 1996(2)
ACQUIRED VALUE --------------------------- ---------------------------
NAME ON EXERCISE REALIZED(1) EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- ---------------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
William H. Rastetter,
Ph.D...................... -- $ -- 279,499 235,388 $ 5,953,807 $ 2,716,973
Nabil Hanna, Ph.D........... 10,000 199,500 197,409 158,352 4,159,754 1,986,682
Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez,
M.D....................... -- -- 97,469 196,529 2,025,014 2,006,340
William H. Rohn............. -- -- 95,026 143,974 1,974,310 1,688,315
Christopher J. Burman....... 7,500 133,437 86,205 155,081 1,791,285 1,911,295
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(1) Based on the closing price of the purchased shares on the option exercise
date less the exercise price paid for such shares.
(2) Based on fair market value of the common stock at fiscal year end ($23.75
per share) less the option exercise price payable per share.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENTS
The Company has an employment agreement with Dr. Antonio J. Grillo-Lopez
under which he serves as Senior Vice President, Medical and Regulatory Affairs.
Under the employment agreement, Dr. Grillo-Lopez received an initial annual
salary of $180,000, subject to annual review or reconsideration by the
Compensation Committee and an initial stock option grant of 100,000 shares, and
is entitled to participate in all other benefit programs generally available to
executive officers of the Company. In addition, Dr. Grillo-Lopez was paid a
one-time bonus of $40,000 at the time he began his full-time employment with the
Company on November 6, 1992 and will be eligible for an annual bonus paid
against the accomplishment of objectives set by the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors. To assist Dr. Grillo-Lopez with his relocation to San
Diego, California, the Company initially provided him with a $110,000 loan
forgivable over four years and $90,000 in housing assistance to be paid over
four years. On January 25, 1995, the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors granted Dr. Grillo-Lopez a 12-month extension to his current mortgage
subsidy. This new arrangement represents up to $36,000 in additional housing
assistance payments increasing his total housing assistance to $126,000 over 42
months. In the event of termination of Dr. Grillo-Lopez's employment by the
Company, with or without cause, the Company or its successors or assigns,
whether as a result of bankruptcy, takeover or merger, will honor and continue
to be obligated to provide the aforementioned loan and housing assistance on the
same terms and conditions agreed to initially by Dr. Grillo-Lopez and the
Company. Additionally, in the event of such termination by the Company, as
aforementioned, the Company or its successors or assigns, whether as a result of
bankruptcy, takeover or merger, will pay him a severance benefit equal to his
most recent annual cash compensation (including salary plus bonus but not
housing assistance).
The Company has entered into agreements with each of Dr. Rastetter, Dr.
Hanna, Dr. Grillo-Lopez, Mr. Rohn, Mr. Burman, Dr. Geigert, Ms. Matsui, Mr.
Schneider and Mr. Woolcott that provide for
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accelerated vesting of the shares of common stock subject to the outstanding
options held by each individual under the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan in
the event his or her employment is involuntarily terminated following a
Corporate Transaction or Change in Control which does not otherwise trigger the
accelerated vesting of those option shares.
For purposes of these agreements, the following definitional provisions
will be in effect:
- Corporate Transaction: an acquisition of the Company by merger or
consolidation or by sale of all or substantially all of the Company's
assets.
- Change in Control: (i) an acquisition by any person or related group of
persons (other than the Company or its affiliates) of twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the outstanding voting stock pursuant to a tender or
exchange offer made directly to the Company's shareholders which the Board
does not recommend such shareholders to accept or (ii) a change in the
individuals comprising the majority of the Board effected within a period
specified in such agreement through one or more proxy-contested elections
for Board membership.
An involuntary termination of employment will be deemed to occur under
these Change in Control agreements should the officer's employment with the
Company terminate by reason of: (i) such individual's dismissal or discharge for
reasons other than willful misconduct, fraud or other conduct likely to result
in material, economic loss to the Company, or (ii) such individual's resignation
following (A) a change in such individual's position with the Company which
materially reduces his level of responsibility, (B) a reduction in his level of
compensation or (C) a significant relocation of such individual's primary place
of employment.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER LOANS
In November 1993, the Company made a relocation loan in the amount of
$97,750 to Mr. William Rohn, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations. The
loan has an interest rate of 4.9% per annum and is secured by real estate.
Provided Mr. Rohn does not voluntarily leave the Company's employ, the principal
amount of the loan is to be forgiven in $24,437 annual increments on November 1,
1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. The highest amount outstanding under this loan during
the 1996 fiscal year was $48,875.
In December 1992, the Company made a relocation loan in the amount of
$72,000 to Mr. Christopher J. Burman, Vice President, Manufacturing Sciences.
The loan has an interest rate of 5.68% per annum and is secured by real estate.
Provided Mr. Burman has not voluntarily ceased to be an employee of the Company,
the principal amount of the loan is to be forgiven in $18,000 annual increments
on December 4, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. The highest amount outstanding under
this loan during the 1996 fiscal year was $18,000.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, Charles C. Edwards, M.D.,
John Groom and Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. served as members of the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors. No member of the Compensation Committee was
at any time during the 1996 fiscal year an officer or employee of the Company or
its subsidiary. No member of the Compensation Committee has previously been an
officer or employee of the Company.
No executive officer of the Company serves as a member of the board of
directors or compensation committee of any entity which has one or more
executive officers serving as a member of the Company's Board of Directors or
Compensation Committee.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to the California General Corporation Law, the Company has adopted
provisions in the IDEC California Articles of Incorporation which eliminate the
personal liability of its directors and officers to the Company and its
shareholders for monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary duties
in certain circumstances and authorize the Company to indemnify its directors,
officers and other agents, by bylaw, agreement or otherwise, to the fullest
extent permitted by law. The Company's Bylaws require the Company
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to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including those circumstances in which indemnification
would otherwise be discretionary; provided, however, that (i) the Company is
under no obligation to provide indemnification for expenses incurred unless the
litigation is supported and approved by the Company's Board of Directors and
(ii) an agent shall not be entitled to an advance of expenses where he or she is
accused of bad faith, wrongdoing or misappropriation of confidential
information.
The IDEC California Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws expressly
authorize the use of indemnification agreements and, with the approval of its
shareholders, the Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with its directors. The Company's Board of Directors has authorized similar
indemnification agreements for the Company's officers and the Company has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of its officers
and key employees. These agreements may require the Company, among other things,
to indemnify directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors and officers and to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified. Management believes that these provisions in the IDEC
California Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and contractual indemnification
are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company where indemnification will
be required or permitted. The Company is not aware of any threatened litigation
or proceeding which may result in a claim for such indemnification.
In March 1995, the Company and Genentech entered into a collaboration for
the clinical development and commercialization of the Company's anti-CD20
monoclonal antibody, IDEC-C2B8, for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's B-cell
lymphomas. In February 1996, the parties extended this collaboration to include
two radioconjugates, IDEC-Y2B8 and IDEC-In2B8, for the treatment of B-cell
lymphomas. Concurrent with the collaborative agreement, the Company and
Genentech entered into an expression technology license agreement for a
propriety gene expression technology developed by the Company and a preferred
stock purchase agreement providing for certain equity investments in the Company
by Genentech. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company may receive
payments totaling $57.0 million, subject to the attainment of certain milestone
events. In addition, the Company and Genentech will co-promote IDEC-C2B8 and
IDEC-Y2B8 in the United States and the Company and Genentech's sublicensee will
co-promote IDEC-C2B8 in Canada, with the Company receiving a share of profits.
Under the terms of separate agreements with Genentech, commercialization of
IDEC-C2B8 outside the United States will be the responsibility of F. Hoffmann-La
Roche Ltd. except in Japan, where Zenyaku will be responsible for development,
marketing and sales. The Company will receive royalties on sales outside the
United States and Canada. During 1996, the Company received $12.5 million from
the issuance of convertible preferred stock, $4.0 million in license fees and
$1.5 million in contract research revenue pursuant to its collaboration with
Genentech. With this agreement, Genentech becomes a principal shareholder of the
Company and Mr. John P. McLaughlin, Executive Vice President and Secretary of
Genentech, is standing for reelection as a director of the Company.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's
directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than 10% of a
registered class of the Company's equity securities, to file with the SEC
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock
and other equity securities of the Company. Officers, directors and greater than
10% shareholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with
copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
Based solely upon review of the copies of such reports furnished to the
Company and written representations that no other reports were required, the
Company believes that during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, its
officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of the Company's common stock
complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements.
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OTHER BUSINESS
The Board of Directors is not aware of any other matter which may be
presented for action at the Annual Meeting other than the matters set forth in
this Proxy Statement. Should any other matter requiring a vote of the
shareholders arise, it is intended that the persons named as proxy holders on
the enclosed proxy card will vote the shares represented thereby in accordance
with their best judgment in the interest of the Company. Discretionary authority
with respect to such other matters is granted by the execution of the enclosed
proxy.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Under the present rules of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, the deadline for shareholders to submit proposals to be considered
for inclusion in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1998 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders is expected to be December 15, 1997. Such proposals may be included
in next year's Proxy Statement if they comply with certain rules and regulations
promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
FORM 10-K
THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE, WITHOUT CHARGE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, A COPY OF
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K, INCLUDING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SCHEDULES AND A LIST OF EXHIBITS. REQUESTS SHOULD BE SENT
TO THE ATTENTION OF INVESTOR RELATIONS AT THE COMPANY.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dated: April , 1997
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF AMENDMENT TO IDEC CALIFORNIA ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
PROVIDING FOR A CLASSIFIED BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ARTICLE V
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of
the corporation shall so provide. The directors shall be classified into three
classes, as nearly equal in number as possible as determined by the board of
directors, with (i) the term of office of the first class to expire at the 1998
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, (ii) the term of office of the second class to
expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and (iii) the term of office
of the third class to expire at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At each
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, directors elected to succeed those directors
whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third
succeeding Annual Meeting of Shareholders after their election. Additional
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall be
apportioned among the classes as equally as possible as determined by the board
of directors.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF AMENDMENT TO IDEC CALIFORNIA BYLAWS
PROVIDING FOR A CLASSIFIED BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The authorized number of
directors of this corporation shall be not less than eight (8) nor more than
eleven (11), the exact number of directors to be fixed from time to time within
such limit by a duly adopted resolution of the board of directors or
shareholders.
The directors shall be classified into three classes, as nearly equal in
number as possible as determined by the board of directors, with the term of
office of the first class to expire at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
the term of office of the second class to expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and the term of office of the third class to expire at the 2000
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At each Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected
for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding Annual Meeting of
Stockholders after their election. Additional directorships resulting from an
increase in the number of directors shall be apportioned among the classes as
equally as possible as determined by the board of directors. The number of
directors which shall constitute the whole board of directors shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors, with the number initially fixed at eight
(8).
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EXHIBIT C
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
OF
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
AND
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
(A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION)
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of May , 1997 (this
"Agreement"), is between IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("IDEC Delaware"), and IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a
California corporation ("IDEC California"). IDEC Delaware and IDEC California
are sometimes referred to herein as the "Constituent Corporations."
RECITALS
A. IDEC California is a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California and has an authorized capital stock of Fifty
Eight Million (58,000,000) shares. The number of shares of Preferred Stock
authorized to be issued is Eight Million (8,000,000), no par value. One Million
Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (1,750,000) shares of Preferred Stock have been
designated as Series A Preferred Stock, which series consists of seven subseries
designated as (i) Series A-1 Preferred Stock, consisting of One Hundred Thousand
(100,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC California Series A-1 Preferred Stock"),
all of which shares are issued and outstanding, (ii) Series A-2 Preferred Stock,
consisting of One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC
California Series A-2 Preferred Stock"), of which 37,521 shares are issued and
outstanding, (iii) Series A-3 Preferred Stock, consisting of Seven Hundred
Thousand (700,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC California Series A-3 Preferred
Stock"), of which 22,993 shares are issued and outstanding, (iv) Series A-4
Preferred Stock, consisting of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (250,000) authorized
shares (the "IDEC California Series A-4 Preferred Stock"), none of which shares
are issued and outstanding, (v) Series A-5 Preferred Stock, consisting of Three
Hundred Thousand (350,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC California Series A-5
Preferred Stock"), none of which shares are issued and outstanding, (vi) Series
A-6 Preferred Stock, consisting of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized
shares (the "IDEC California Series A-6 Preferred Stock"), all of which shares
are issued and outstanding, and (vii) Series A-7 Preferred Stock, consisting of
One Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC California Series
A-7 Preferred Stock"), none of which shares are issued and outstanding. The
number of shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is Fifty Million
(50,000,000), no par value (the "IDEC California Common Stock").
B. IDEC Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has a total authorized capital stock of Fifty
Eight Million (58,000,000) shares. The number of shares of Preferred Stock
authorized to be issued is Eight Million (8,000,000), par value $.001 per share.
One Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (1,750,000) shares of Preferred Stock
have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock, which series consists of seven
subseries designated as (i) Series A-1 Preferred Stock, consisting of One
Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-1
Preferred Stock"), (ii) Series A-2 Preferred Stock, consisting of One Hundred
Fifty Thousand (150,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-2
Preferred Stock"), (iii) Series A-3 Preferred Stock, consisting of Seven Hundred
Thousand (700,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-3 Preferred
Stock"), (iv) Series A-4 Preferred Stock, consisting of Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand (250,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-4 Preferred
Stock"), (v) Series A-5 Preferred Stock, consisting of Three Hundred Thousand
(350,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-5 Preferred Stock"),
(vi) Series A-6 Preferred Stock, consisting of One Hundred Thousand (100,000)
authorized shares (the "IDEC Delaware Series A-6 Preferred Stock"), and (vii)
Series A-7 Preferred Stock,
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consisting of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized shares (the "IDEC
Delaware Series A-7 Preferred Stock"). No shares of any series or subseries of
Preferred Stock of IDEC Delaware were outstanding as of the date hereof and
prior to giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The number of
shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued is Fifty Million (50,000,000),
par value $.001 (the "IDEC Delaware Common Stock"). As of the date hereof, and
before giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, One Thousand
(1,000) shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock were issued and outstanding, all of
which were held by IDEC California.
C. The Board of Directors of IDEC California has determined that, for the
purpose of effecting the reincorporation of IDEC California in the State of
Delaware, it is advisable and in the best interests of IDEC California that IDEC
California merge with and into IDEC Delaware upon the terms and conditions
herein provided.
D. The respective Boards of Directors of IDEC Delaware and IDEC California
have approved this Agreement and have directed that this Agreement be submitted
to a vote of their respective stockholders and executed by the undersigned
officers.
E. IDEC Delaware is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDEC California.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set
forth herein, IDEC Delaware and IDEC California hereby agree, subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, as follows:
I. MERGER
1.1 Merger. In accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the
Delaware General Corporation Law and the General Corporation Law of the State of
California, IDEC California shall be merged with and into IDEC Delaware (the
"Merger"), the separate existence of IDEC California shall cease and IDEC
Delaware shall be, and is herein sometimes referred to as, the "Surviving
Corporation," and the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be IDEC
Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
1.2 Filing and Effectiveness. The Merger shall not become effective until
the following actions shall be completed:
(a) This Agreement and the Merger shall have been adopted and approved
by the shareholders of IDEC California and the sole stockholder of IDEC
Delaware in accordance with the requirements of the Delaware General
Corporation Law and the General Corporation Law of the State of California;
(b) All of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the Merger
specified in this Agreement shall have been satisfied or duly waived by the
party entitled to satisfaction thereof;
(c) An executed Certificate of Merger or an executed counterpart of
this Agreement meeting the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation
Law shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware; and
(d) An executed counterpart of this Agreement, a Certificate of
Ownership or any other document filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware pursuant to section (c) above, shall have been filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of California.
The date and time when the Merger shall become effective as aforesaid, is
herein called the "Effective Date of the Merger."
1.3 Effect of the Merger. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, the
separate existence of IDEC California shall cease and IDEC Delaware, as the
Surviving Corporation, (i) shall continue to possess all of its assets, rights,
powers and property as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date of
the Merger, (ii) shall be subject to all actions previously taken by its and
IDEC California's Board of Directors, (iii) shall succeed, without other
transfer, to all of the assets, rights, powers and property of IDEC California
in the manner more fully set forth in Section 259 of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware,
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(iv) shall continue to be subject to all of the debts, liabilities and
obligations of IDEC Delaware as constituted immediately prior to the Effective
Date of the Merger, and (v) shall succeed, without other transfer, to all of the
debts, liabilities and obligations of IDEC California in the same manner as if
IDEC Delaware had itself incurred them, all as more fully provided under the
applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
and the General Corporation Law of the State of California.
II. CHARTER DOCUMENTS, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
2.1 Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation of IDEC
Delaware as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date of the Merger
shall continue in full force and effect as the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in accordance with the provisions
thereof and applicable law.
2.2 Bylaws. The Bylaws of IDEC Delaware as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Date of the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until duly amended in accordance with the
provisions thereof and applicable law.
2.3 Directors and Officers. (a) Pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, the directors of the
Surviving Corporation are classified into three classes, as nearly equal in
number as possible as determined by the board of directors, with (i) the term of
office of the first class to expire at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
(ii) the term of office of the second class to expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting
of Stockholders and (iii) the term of office of the third class to expire at the
2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. On and after the Effective Time, the Board
of Directors of the Surviving Corporation shall consist of eight (8) members
divided into three classes, as follows:
Initial Class I Directors
Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
Kazuhiro Hashimoto
Initial Class II Directors
Lynn Schenk
John Groom
Charles G. Edward, M.D.
Initial Class III Directors
Alan Burnett Glassberg, M.D.
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.
John P. McLaughlin
Such individuals shall serve as directors of the Surviving Corporation on
and after the Effective Date until their successors shall have been duly elected
and qualified or until as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation or the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) The officers of IDEC Delaware immediately prior to the Effective Date
of the Merger shall become the officers of the Surviving Corporation on and
after the Effective Date until their successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified or until as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation or the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
III. MANNER OF CONVERSION OF STOCK
3.1 IDEC California Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger,
each share of IDEC California Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior thereto shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the
Constituent Corporations, the holder of such share or any other person, be
converted into and exchanged for one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of
IDEC Delaware Common Stock.
3.2 IDEC California Series A Preferred Stock. (a) Upon the Effective Date
of the Merger, each share of IDEC California Series A-1 Preferred Stock issued
and outstanding immediately prior thereto shall by
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virtue of the Merger and without any action by the Constituent Corporations, the
holder of such share or any other person, be converted into and exchanged for
one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of IDEC Delaware Series A-1 Preferred
Stock.
(b) Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each share of IDEC California
Series A-2 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto
shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the Constituent
Corporations, the holder of such share or any other person, be converted into
and exchanged for one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of IDEC Delaware
Series A-2 Preferred Stock.
(c) Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each share of IDEC California
Series A-3 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto
shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the Constituent
Corporations, the holder of such share or any other person, be converted into
and exchanged for one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of IDEC Delaware
Series A-3 Preferred Stock.
(d) Upon the Effective Date of the Merger, each share of IDEC California
Series A-6 Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior thereto
shall by virtue of the Merger and without any action by the Constituent
Corporations, the holder of such share or any other person, be converted into
and exchanged for one (1) fully paid and nonassessable share of IDEC Delaware
Series A-6 Preferred Stock.
3.3 IDEC Delaware Common Stock. Upon the Effective Date of the Merger,
each share of IDEC Delaware Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior thereto shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action by IDEC
Delaware, the holder of such shares or any other person, be cancelled and
returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares.
3.4 IDEC California Options, Warrants and Stock Purchase Rights. (a) Upon
the Effective Date of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation shall assume and
continue all of IDEC California's stock option and purchase plans in existence
at the Effective Date, including but not limited to the 1988 Stock Option Plan,
the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 1993 Non-Employee Director Stock
Option Plan.
(b) Each outstanding and unexercised option, warrant or other right to
purchase shares of IDEC California Common Stock shall become an option, warrant
or right to purchase the Surviving Corporation's Common Stock on the basis of
one (1) share of IDEC Delaware Common Stock for each share of IDEC California
Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such option, warrant or stock purchase
right on the same terms and conditions and at an exercise price per share equal
to the exercise price per share applicable to any such IDEC California option,
warrant or stock purchase right at the Effective Date of the Merger. A number of
shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock shall be reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of options, warrants and stock purchase rights equal to the number of
shares of IDEC California Common Stock so reserved immediately prior to the
Effective Date of the Merger.
3.5 Employee Benefit Plans. On the Effective Date, the Surviving
Corporation shall assume all obligations of IDEC California under any and all
employee benefit plans in effect as of the Effective Date with respect to which
employee rights or accrued benefits are outstanding as of such time, including,
but not limited to, the 1988 Stock Option Plan, the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, the 1993 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and the 401(k) Employee
Savings Plan. On the Effective Date, the Surviving Corporation shall adopt and
continue in effect all such employee benefit plans upon the same terms and
conditions as were in effect immediately prior to the Merger.
3.6 Exchange of Certificates. After the Effective Date of the Merger, each
holder of an outstanding certificate representing shares of IDEC California
Common Stock may be asked to surrender the same for cancellation to an exchange
agent, whose name will be delivered to such holders prior to any requested
exchange (the "Exchange Agent"), and each such holder shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates representing the
number of shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock into which the surrendered shares
were converted as herein provided. Until so surrendered, each outstanding
certificate theretofore representing shares of IDEC California Common Stock
shall be deemed for all purposes to represent the number of shares of IDEC
Delaware Common Stock into which such shares of IDEC California Common Stock
were converted in the Merger.
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The registered owner on the books and records of the Surviving Corporation
or the Exchange Agent of any such outstanding certificate shall, until such
certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or conversion or otherwise
accounted for to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, have and be
entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive
dividends and other distributions upon the shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock
represented by such outstanding certificate as provided above.
Each certificate representing IDEC Delaware Common Stock so issued in the
Merger shall bear the same legends, if any, with respect to the restrictions on
transferability as the certificates representing shares of IDEC California
Common Stock so converted and given in exchange therefore, unless otherwise
determined by the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation in compliance
with applicable laws, or other such additional legends as agreed upon by the
holder and the Surviving Corporation.
If any certificate for shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock is to be issued
in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange
therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of issuance thereof that the
certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper
form for transfer, that such transfer otherwise be proper and comply with
applicable securities laws and that the person requesting such transfer pay to
the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of issuance of
such new certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the
certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of IDEC Delaware that
such tax has been paid or is not payable.
No action need be taken by holders of IDEC California Common Stock to
exchange their certificates for shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock; this will
be accomplished at the time of the next transfer by the shareholder.
Certificates for shares of IDEC California Common Stock will automatically
represent an equal number of shares of IDEC Delaware Common Stock upon the
Effective Date of the Merger.
IV. GENERAL
4.1 Covenants of IDEC Delaware. IDEC Delaware covenants and agrees
that it will, on or before the Effective Date of the Merger:
4.1.1 Qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the State of
California.
4.1.2 File any and all documents with the California Franchise Tax
Board necessary for the assumption by IDEC Delaware of all of the franchise
tax liabilities of IDEC California.
4.1.3 Take such other actions as may be required by the General
Corporation Law of the State of California.
4.2 Further Assurances. From time to time, as and when required by
IDEC Delaware or by its successors or assigns, there shall be executed and
delivered on behalf of IDEC California such deeds and other instruments,
and there shall be taken or caused to be taken by it such further and other
actions as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest or perfect in
or conform of record or otherwise by IDEC Delaware the title to and
possession of all the property, interests, assets, rights, privileges,
immunities, powers, franchises and authority of IDEC California and
otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and
directors of IDEC Delaware are fully authorized in the name and on behalf
of IDEC California or otherwise to take any and all such action and to
execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.
4.3 Abandonment. At any time before the Effective Date of the Merger,
this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned for any
reason whatsoever by the Board of Directors of either IDEC California or of
IDEC Delaware, or of both, notwithstanding the approval of this Agreement
by the shareholders of IDEC California.
4.4 Amendment. The Boards of Directors of the Constituent
Corporations may amend this Agreement at any time prior to the filing of
this Agreement (or certificate in lieu thereof) with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware, provided that an amendment made subsequent to the
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adoption of this Agreement by the stockholder or shareholders of either
Constituent Corporation shall not: (1) alter or change the amount or kind
of shares, securities, cash, property and/or rights to be received in
exchange for or on conversion of all or any of the shares of any class or
series thereof of such Constituent Corporation, (2) alter or change any
term of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation to be
effected by the Merger or (3) alter or change any of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement if such alteration or change would adversely
affect the holders of any class or series of capital stock of any
Constituent Corporation.
4.5 Registered Office. The registered office of the Surviving
Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle and the registered agent of the Surviving
Corporation at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
4.6 Agreement. Executed copies of this Agreement will be on file at
the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation at 11011
Torreyana Road, San Diego, CA 92121, and copies thereof will be furnished
to any stockholder or shareholder of either Constituent Corporation, upon
request and without cost.
4.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed,
interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware and, so far as applicable, the merger provisions of the
General Corporation Law of the State of California.
4.8 Counterparts. In order to facilitate the filing and recording of this
Agreement, the same may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement having first been approved by the
resolutions of the Boards of Directors of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a California
corporation, is hereby executed on behalf of each of such two corporations and
attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
DEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
By:
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IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION,
a California corporation
By:
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ATTEST:
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EXHIBIT D
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation is IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
ARTICLE II
The address of the registered office of the corporation in the State of
Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust
Company.
ARTICLE III
The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to
engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized
under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE IV
(A) Classes of Stock. This corporation is authorized to issue two classes
of stock to be designated, respectively, "Common Stock" and "Preferred Stock."
The total number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is
Fifty-Eight Million (58,000,000) shares. Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares shall
be Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and Eight Million (8,000,000)
shares shall be Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share.
(B) Rights, Preferences and Restrictions of Preferred Stock. The Preferred
Stock authorized by this Certificate of Incorporation may be issued from time to
time in series. The rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to
and imposed on the Series A Preferred Stock, which series shall consist of One
Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand (1,750,000) shares, which may be issued in
seven subseries designated as (i) "Series A-1 Preferred Stock," consisting of
One Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized shares; (ii) "Series A-2 Preferred
Stock," consisting of One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) authorized shares;
(iii) "Series A-3 Preferred Stock," consisting of Seven Hundred Thousand
(700,000) authorized shares; (iv) "Series A-4 Preferred Stock," consisting of
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand (250,000) authorized shares; (v) "Series A-5
Preferred Stock," consisting of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (350,000)
authorized shares; (vi) "Series A-6 Preferred Stock," consisting of One Hundred
Thousand (100,000) authorized shares; and (vii) "Series A-7 Preferred Stock,"
consisting of One Hundred Thousand (100,000) authorized shares, are as set forth
below in this Article IV(B). The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix
or alter the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or
imposed upon additional series of Preferred Stock, and the number of shares
constituting any such additional series and the designation thereof, or of any
of them. Subject to compliance with applicable protective voting rights which
have been or may be granted to the Preferred Stock or series thereof in the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated from time to
time, and requirements and restrictions of applicable law ("Protective
Provisions"), the rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions of any such
additional series may be subordinated to, pari passu with (including, without
limitation, inclusion in provisions with respect to liquidation and acquisition
preferences, redemption and/or approval of matters by vote or written consent),
or senior to any of those of any present or future class or series of Preferred
or Common Stock. Subject to compliance with applicable Protective Provisions,
the Board of Directors is also authorized to increase the number of shares of
any series (other than the Series A Preferred Stock), or decrease the number of
shares of any series prior or subsequent to the issue of that series, but not
below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. In case the number
of shares
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of any series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall
resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution
originally fixing the number of shares of such series. The Series A Preferred
Stock and the subseries thereof shall have the relative rights, preferences and
restrictions set forth in Annex A hereto, which is incorporated by reference
herein and made a part hereof.
(C) Common Stock. 1. Dividend Rights. Subject to the prior rights of
holders of all classes of stock at the time outstanding having prior rights as
to dividends, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, when
and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of any assets of the Corporation
legally available therefor, such dividends as may be declared from time to time
by the Board of Directors.
2. Liquidation Rights. Upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation shall be distributed to the
holders of the Common Stock as provided in Annex A hereto.
3. Redemption. The Common Stock is not redeemable.
4. Voting Rights. The holder of each share of Common Stock shall have the
right to one vote, and shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders' meeting
in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, and shall be entitled to vote
upon such matters and in such manner as may be provided by law.
ARTICLE V
The Board of Directors may from time to time make, amend, supplement or
repeal the bylaws of the corporation by the requisite affirmative vote of
directors as set forth in the bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that
the stockholders may change or repeal any bylaw adopted by the Board of
Directors by the requisite affirmative vote of stockholders as set forth in the
bylaws of the corporation; and, provided further, that no amendment or
supplement to the bylaws of the corporation adopted by the Board of Directors
shall vary or conflict with any amendment or supplement thus adopted by the
stockholders.
ARTICLE VI
The number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed from time to time
by, or in the manner provided in, the bylaws or amendment thereof duly adopted
by the board of directors or by the stockholders of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of
the corporation shall so provide. The directors shall be classified into three
classes, as nearly equal in number as possible as determined by the board of
directors, with (i) the term of office of the first class to expire at the 1998
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (ii) the term of office of the second class to
expire at the 1999 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and (iii) the term of office
of the third class to expire at the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At each
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors
whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third
succeeding Annual Meeting of Stockholders after their election. Additional
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall be
apportioned among the classes as equally as possible as determined by the board
of directors.
ARTICLE VIII
The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE IX
Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of
Delaware, as the bylaws of the corporation may provide. The books of the
corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the
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statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be
designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the bylaws of the
corporation.
ARTICLE X
A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after
approval of this Article to authorize corporate action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director
shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the
foregoing provisions of this Article X shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the Corporation with respect to any acts or
omissions of such director occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE XI
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation is also
authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) such
agents (and any other persons to which Delaware law permits the Corporation to
provide indemnification) though bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or
other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in
excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by
applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to actions
for breach of duty to the Corporation, its stockholders, and others. Any repeal
or modification of any of the foregoing provisions of this Article XI shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, agent or other
person existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of the
Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer or
agent occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
ARTICLE XII
The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders
herein are granted subject to this reservation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the sole incorporator of the
Corporation, has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
this 4th day of April, 1997.
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Kenneth A. Rosenblum
Sole Incorporator
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ANNEX A
RIGHTS, PREFERENCES AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE
SERIES A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6 AND A-7 PREFERRED STOCK
The rights, preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to the
Series A Preferred Stock are as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. "Affiliate" means an entity that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by IDEC or
Genentech. As used herein, the term "control" will mean the direct or indirect
ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock having the right to vote
for directors thereof or the ability to otherwise control the management of the
corporation or other business entity.
"Approval Process Event" means a determination by the Joint Development
Committee that the formulation of C2B8 and the process for C2B8 recovery are
commercially viable as more fully described in Appendix I to the Development
Plan.
"C2B8" means that certain monoclonal antibody to B cells more particularly
described on Exhibit B to the Collaboration Agreement.
"Co-Promotion Territory" means the United States and Canada.
"Collaboration Agreement" shall mean the Collaboration Agreement dated the
Effective Date between the Corporation and Genentech.
"Controlled," unless specified otherwise herein, means possession of the
ability to grant a license or sublicense as provided for herein without
violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any entity other
than the Corporation or Genentech.
"Development Plan" means the comprehensive plan for the development of
C2B8, designed to generate the preclinical, process development/manufacturing
scale-up, clinical and regulatory information required to obtain Regulatory
Approval in the Co-Promotion Territory, and may be modified from time to time by
the JDC. Development shall refer to all activities related to preclinical
testing, toxicology, formulation, process development, manufacturing scale-up,
quality assurance/quality control, clinical studies and regulatory affairs for a
Licensed Product in connection with obtaining Regulatory Approvals of such
Products.
"Effective Date" means March 16, 1995.
"First Anniversary Date" means the date which is twelve (12) calendar
months following March 16, 1995.
"FDA Approval Date" means the date on which the United States Food and Drug
Administration grants Regulatory Approval of C2B8 for manufacture and sale in
the United States.
"FDA Approval Event" means the FDA Approval Date occurs on or before the
Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date.
"Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date" means that date which is fifty-four
(54) calendar months following March 16, 1995.
"Genentech" means Genentech, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
Affiliates.
"IDEC" means IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
its Affiliates.
"Joint Development Committee" or "JDC" means that committee established
pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Collaboration Agreement.
"Licensed Product(s)" means any compound or composition of matter whose
mechanism of action is initiated by interaction with the CD20 or CD19 B-cell
determinant (including C2B8, but excluding Y2B8 (as defined in Section 2.2. of
the Collaboration Agreement) and In2B8 (as defined in Section 2.2. of the
Collaboration Agreement) unless the option set forth in Section 2.3 of the
Collaboration Agreement is
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exercised) (a) developed by IDEC or (b) the intellectual property rights to
which are owned or Controlled, in whole or in part, by IDEC, in either (a) or
(b) as of the Effective Date or during the term of the Collaboration Agreement.
"Major European Country" means the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France
or Spain.
"ML/MS Agreement" means the Preferred and Common Stock Purchase Agreement
dated March 16, 1995 by and between ML/MS Associates, L.P. and IDEC, whereby
IDEC reacquired the rights to certain technologies for the treatment of B-cell
lymphomas funded and developed by ML/MS Partners pursuant to a Development
Agreement and related agreements, dated as of February 17, 1988 and October 27,
1988.
"ML/MS Partners" shall mean ML Technology Ventures, L.P. and Morgan Stanley
Ventures, L.P., and any assignee or successor to ML/MS Partners.
"National Exchange" shall mean the Nasdaq National Market or any other
national exchange on which the Common Stock of the Corporation is listed.
"Option Agreement" means the Option Agreement to be dated as of the
Effective Date between Genentech and the Corporation.
"Patent Milestone Event" means the notice of grant in the European Patent
Office or issuance in a Major European Country of the first valid and
enforceable letters patent covering C2B8.
"Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement" means the Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement dated the Effective Date between the Corporation and Genentech.
"Regulatory Approval" means any approvals (including pricing and
reimbursement approvals), licenses, registrations or authorizations of any
federal, state or local regulatory agency, department, bureau or other
governmental entity, necessary for the manufacture and sale of a Licensed
Product in a regulatory jurisdiction.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the 1995 Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of the Effective Date between Genentech, ML/MS Associates,
L.P. and the Corporation.
"Third Anniversary Date" means that date which is thirty-six months
following March 16, 1995.
2. Dividend Provisions. a. Series A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5 and A-6
Preferred Stock Dividend Provisions. No dividend or other distribution shall be
paid, or declared and set apart for payment (other than dividends of Common
Stock on the Common Stock of the Corporation and dividends payable on the Series
A-7 Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 2(b) below), on the shares of any class
or series of capital stock of the Corporation unless and until a dividend of
equal or greater amount (calculated as if the shares of Series A-1, A-2, A-3,
A-4, A-5 and A-6 Preferred Stock had been converted Common Stock on the date the
dividend is declared) is first declared and paid with respect to any series of
Series A Preferred Stock.
b. Series A-7 Preferred Stock Dividend Provisions. Cumulative dividends
shall accrue from the date of issuance of the Series A-7 Preferred Stock at a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the sum of two percent (2%) plus the "Prime
Rate" as announced by the Bank of America, San Francisco Branch, from time to
time. Accrued dividends shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day
of each quarter, commencing with the first day of the first quarter following
the earlier of the FDA Approval Date or the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date.
On the earlier of the FDA Approval Date or the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary
Date, all dividends accrued through such date shall be paid. Any accumulation of
dividends on the Series A-7 Preferred Stock shall not bear interest. No dividend
or other distribution shall be paid, or declared and set apart for payment
(other than dividends of Common Stock on the Common Stock of the Corporation),
on the shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation unless
and until such dividends have been paid. The Corporation shall take any and all
corporate action necessary to declare and pay such dividends described in this
Section 2(b).
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3. Liquidation Preference. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock share a
liquidation preference as follows:
a. Series A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6 and A-7 Preferred Stock
Liquidation Preference. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of this Corporation, either voluntary or involuntary, subject to
the rights of series of Series A Preferred Stock that may from time to time
come into existence, the holders of Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3,
Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series A-7 Preferred Stock, shall be
entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any distribution of any of
the assets of this Corporation to the holders of Common Stock and any other
series of Series A Preferred Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an
amount per share equal to the Original Issue Price (defined below) for such
subseries plus an amount equal to (i) the declared but unpaid dividends and
distributions on such share in the case of the Series A-1, Series A-2,
Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5 and Series A-6 Preferred Stock and (ii)
the accrued but unpaid dividends and distributions on such share in the
case of the Series A-7 Preferred Stock. If upon the occurrence of such
event, the assets and funds thus distributed among the holders of the
Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and
Series A-7 Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to permit the payment to
such holders of the full aforesaid preferential amounts, then, subject to
the rights of series of Series A Preferred Stock that may from time to time
come into existence, the entire assets and funds of the Corporation legally
available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the holders
of the Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series
A-6 and Series A-7 Preferred Stock on an as-converted to Common Stock basis
in proportion to the amount of such stock owned by each such holder. The
"Original Issue Price" for each subseries shall mean the price at which the
initial share of such subseries is issued.
b. Upon the completion of the distribution required by subparagraph
(a) of this Section 3 and any other distribution that may be required with
respect to series of Series A Preferred Stock that may from time to time
come into existence, if assets remain in this Corporation, the holders of
the Common Stock of this Corporation, shall receive all of the remaining
assets of this Corporation.
c. If (i) a single shareholder or group of affiliated shareholders,
other than a holder of the Series A Preferred Stock, or a Controlled
Affiliate thereof, who would be required to file a Schedule 13D under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, acquires or obtains the right
to acquire voting stock of the Corporation so that its total holdings of
such stock equal or exceed fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding
voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) any third party (i.e., a party
other than a holder or a Controlled Affiliate) acquires or obtains the
right to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation,
then such event shall be considered a liquidation under this Section 3. For
purposes hereunder, "Controlled Affiliate" shall mean a party that,
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, is controlled
by such holder.
4. Series A Preferred Stock Conversion. The holders of the Series A-1,
Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series A-7
Preferred Stock shall have conversion rights as follows (the "Conversion
Rights"):
a. Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4 and Series A-5,
Preferred Stock Conversion. Each share of Series A-1, Series A-2, Series
A-3, Series A-4 and Series A-5 Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the
option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance of
such share at the office of this Corporation or any transfer agent for such
stock, into ten (10) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(the "Conversion Rate" for the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, Series A-2
Preferred Stock, Series A-3 Preferred Stock, Series A-4 Preferred Stock and
the Series A-5 Preferred Stock).
b. [Intentionally omitted.]
c. Series A-6 Preferred Stock Conversion. (1) "Series A-6 Conversion
Number" means the number calculated according to the following formulas:
(i) If the FDA Approval Date occurs prior to the Fifty-Four Month
Anniversary Date, then the Series A-6 Conversion Number shall equal the
average
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closing price for the Common Stock during the period beginning on the FDA
Approval Date and ending on the date which is twenty (20) trading days
following the FDA Approval Date, as reported on the National Exchange; or
(ii) if the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date occurs prior to the FDA
Approval Date, then the Series A-6 Conversion Number shall equal the
average closing price for the Common Stock during the period beginning on
the date which is twenty (20) trading days prior to the Fifty-Four Month
Anniversary Date and ending on the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date, as
reported on the National Exchange.
(2) The Series A-6 Preferred Stock shall not be convertible until the
earlier of (i) twenty (20) trading days following the FDA Approval Date or
(ii) the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date. Thereafter, each share of
Series A-6 Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at the option of the
holder thereof, into the number of shares of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock as equals seventy-five (75) divided by the Series
A-6 Conversion Number (the "Conversion Rate" for the Series A-6 Preferred
Stock).
d. Series A-7 Preferred Stock Conversion. (1) "Series A-7 Conversion
Number" means the average closing price for the Common Stock during the
period beginning on the twentieth (20th) trading day preceding the date on
which the holder gives notice of such holder's intention to convert (the
"Notice Date") and ending on the Notice Date, as reported on the National
Exchange.
(2) Each share of Series A-7 Preferred Stock shall be convertible, at
the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the Fifty-Four Month
Anniversary Date at the office of this Corporation or any transfer agent
for such stock, into such number of shares of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock as equals (A) one hundred (100) divided by (B) the
Series A-7 Conversion Number (the "Conversion Rate" for the Series A-7
Preferred Stock).
e. Automatic Conversion. (i) Each share of Series A-1, Series A-2,
Series A-3, Series A-4 and Series A-5 Preferred Stock; (ii) each share of
Series A-6 Preferred Stock that has become convertible at the option of the
holder pursuant to Section 4(c); and (iii) each share of Series A-7
Preferred Stock that has become convertible at the option of the holder
pursuant to Section 4(d), shall, in each case, automatically be converted
into shares of Common Stock at its then effective Conversion Rate
immediately upon the transfer of ownership by the initial holder to a third
party which is not an Affiliate of such holder. For purposes hereunder,
"Affiliate" shall mean a party that, directly or indirectly, through one or
more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by such holder.
f. Mechanics of Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock. Before any
holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to convert the same
into shares of Common Stock, such holder shall surrender the certificate or
certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of this Corporation or
of any transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, and shall give
written notice to this Corporation at its principal corporate office, of
the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names
in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock are to
be issued; provided, however, that in the event of an automatic conversion
pursuant to Section 4(e), the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be converted automatically without any further action by the
holder of such shares and whether or not the certificates representing such
shares are surrendered to the Corporation or its transfer agent, and
provided further that the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue
certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
automatic conversion unless the certificates evidencing such shares of
Series A Preferred Stock are delivered to the Corporation or its transfer
agent as provided herein. This Corporation shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder of Preferred
Stock, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, a certificate or
certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock to which such holder
shall be entitled as aforesaid and shall promptly pay in cash or, to the
extent sufficient funds are not then legally available therefor, in Common
Stock (at the Common Stock's fair market value determined by the Board of
Directors as of the date of such conversion), any declared and unpaid
dividends on the shares of Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4,
Series A-5 and Series A-6 Preferred Stock being converted and any accrued
but unpaid dividends on the shares of Series A-7 Preferred Stock being
converted. Such conversion shall be deemed
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to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date of
such surrender of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted,
or in the case of automatic conversion pursuant to Section 4(e), on the
date of transfer to the new non-Affiliate holder; and the person or persons
entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or
holders of such shares of Common Stock as of such date.
g. Conversion Rate Adjustments of Series A Preferred Stock for Splits
and Combinations. The Conversion Rate of the Series A-1, Series A-2,
Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series A-7 Preferred
Stock shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(1) In the event the Corporation should at any time or from time to
time after the date upon which any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
were first issued (the "Purchase Date"), fix a record date for the
effectuation of a split or subdivision of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock or the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of
Common Stock or other securities or rights convertible into, or
entitling the holder thereof to receive directly or indirectly,
additional shares of Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as "Common
Stock Equivalents") without payment of any consideration by such holder
for the additional shares of Common Stock or the Common Stock
Equivalents (including the additional shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion or exercise thereof), then, as of such record date (or
the date of such dividend distribution, split or subdivision if no
record date is fixed), the Conversion Rate of the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be appropriately increased so that the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such series shall
be increased in proportion to such increase of the aggregate of shares
of Common Stock outstanding and those issuable with respect to such
Common Stock Equivalents.
(2) If the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time
after the Purchase Date is decreased by a combination of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, then, following the record date of such
combination, the Conversion Rate for the applicable series of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be appropriately decreased so that the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of each share of such
series shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding
shares. Any adjustment under Section 4(g)(1) or (2) shall become
effective at the close of business on the date the split, subdivision,
stock dividend, other distribution or combination becomes effective.
h. Distributions. In the event this Corporation shall declare a
distribution payable in securities of other persons, evidences of
indebtedness issued by this Corporation or other persons, assets (excluding
cash dividends), then, in each such case for the purpose of this subsection
4(h), the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a
proportionate share of any such distribution as though they were the
holders of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation into
which their shares of Series A Preferred Stock are convertible as of the
record date fixed for the determination of the holders of Common Stock of
the Corporation entitled to receive such distribution.
i. Recapitalizations. If at any time or from time to time there shall
be a recapitalization of the Common Stock (other than a subdivision or
combination provided for elsewhere in this Section 4 or a change in control
provided for in Section 3(c)) provision shall be made so that the holders
of the Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series
A-6 and Series A-7 Preferred Stock shall thereafter be entitled to receive
upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock the number of shares of
stock or other securities or property of the Corporation or otherwise, to
which a holder of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion would have been
entitled on such recapitalization, all subject to further adjustment as
provided herein or with respect to such other securities or property by the
terms thereof. In any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in
the application of the provisions of this Section 4 with respect to the
rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock after the
recapitalization to the end that the provisions of this Section 4
(including adjustment of the applicable Conversion Rate then in effect and
the number of shares purchasable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred
Stock) shall be applicable after that event as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable.
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j. No Impairment. This Corporation will not, by amendment of its
Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, recapitalization,
transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by this
Corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of
all the provisions of this Section 4 and in the taking of all such action as may
be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the Conversion Rights of the
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock against impairment.
k. No Fractional Shares and Certificate as to Adjustments. (1) No
fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of any share or
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, and the number of shares of Series
A Preferred Stock or Common Stock to be issued shall be rounded to the
nearest whole share. Whether or not fractional shares are issuable upon
such conversion shall be determined on the basis of the total number of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock the holder is at the time converting
into Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock and the number of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock issuable upon such aggregate
conversion.
(2) Upon the occurrence of each adjustment or readjustment of the
Conversion Rate of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4,
this Corporation, at its expense, shall promptly compute such adjustment or
readjustment in accordance with the terms hereof and prepare and furnish to
each holder of Series A Preferred Stock a certificate setting forth such
adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment or readjustment is based. This Corporation shall, upon the
written request at any time of any holder of Series A Preferred Stock,
furnish or cause to be furnished to such holder a like certificate setting
forth (a) such adjustment and readjustment, (b) the Conversion Rate for
such Series A Preferred Stock at the time in effect, and (c) the number of
shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other property which at
the time would be received upon the conversion of a share of Series A
Preferred Stock.
l. Notices of Record Date. In the event of any taking by this
Corporation of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the
purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any
dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any right to
subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any
class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right,
this Corporation shall mail to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock, at
least 20 days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the
date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such
dividend, distribution or right.
m. Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. This Corporation
shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of the shares of the Series A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series
A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series A-7 Preferred Stock, respectively,
such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of the Series
A-1, Series A-2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series
A-7 Preferred Stock, respectively, and if at any time the number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be sufficient to
effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of the Series A-1,
Series A2, Series A-3, Series A-4, Series A-5, Series A-6 and Series A-7
Preferred Stock, respectively, in addition to such other remedies as shall
be available to the holder of such Preferred Stock, this Corporation will
take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be
necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to
such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including,
without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite
shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to its Certificate of
Incorporation.
n. Notices. Any notice required to be given to the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed given if deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to each holder of record at his address
appearing on the books of this Corporation.
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5. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall
not have any voting rights, except as required under the General Corporation Law
of Delaware.
6. Status of Unissued, Converted or Redeemed Stock. In the event any
shares shall be converted pursuant to Section 4 hereof, the shares so converted
shall be cancelled and shall not be issuable by the Corporation. The Certificate
of Incorporation of this Corporation shall be appropriately amended to effect
the corresponding reduction in the Corporation's authorized capital stock. In
the event the Corporation issues less than the number of authorized shares of
any subseries of Series A Preferred Stock, the Certificate of Incorporation of
this Corporation shall be appropriately amended to effect a corresponding
reduction in such subseries of Preferred Stock.
7. Cancellation of Series A-3 Preferred Stock. If the Approval Process
Event has not occurred on or before the First Anniversary Date and if the Patent
Milestone Event occurs prior to the Third Anniversary Date, then this
Corporation may, at its option, cancel that number of shares of Series A-3
Preferred Stock (or if an insufficient number of shares of Series A-3 Preferred
Stock are outstanding, then an equivalent number of outstanding shares of other
subseries of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock) equal to $2,500,000
divided by the Series A-3 Cancellation Price, where the "Series A-3 Cancellation
Price" equals the higher of the (i) price paid per share for the Series A-3
Preferred Stock on the date of issuance, or (ii) fair market value of the Series
A-3 Preferred Stock calculated as (A) the average closing price for the
Corporation's Common Stock during the period beginning twenty-three (23) trading
days prior to the date of cancellation and ending three (3) trading days prior
to the date of cancellation, as reported on the National Exchange, multiplied by
(B) the Conversion Rate for the Series A-3 Preferred Stock.
8. Cancellation of Series A-7 Preferred Stock. If the FDA Approval Date
occurs on or before the Fifty-Four Month Anniversary Date, the Corporation shall
cancel all of the then outstanding shares of Series A-7 Preferred Stock by
crediting therefor an amount equal to the liquidation preference of such shares
(including accrued but unpaid dividends) against the milestone payments due the
Corporation pursuant to the Collaboration Agreement, such amount to be credited
first to the milestone payment payable upon Regulatory Approval in the United
States (as described in Section 7.4 of the Collaboration Agreement) and second,
to the extent the aforesaid liquidation preference remains unpaid, to the
milestone payment then payable on the date of regulatory approval in the first
Major European Country (as described in Section 7.4 of the Collaboration
Agreement) (collectively, the "Milestone Payments"). If at any time there is a
Default Event (defined below), the Corporation shall immediately cancel all of
the outstanding shares of Series A-7 Preferred Stock by paying the holders in
cash an amount equal to the liquidation preference of such shares (including
accrued but unpaid dividends) (an "Acceleration Event"). If the Corporation is
unable to cancel such shares of Series A-7 Preferred Stock within seven (7)
calendar days from the occurrence of the Default Event, then notwithstanding any
provision herein to the contrary, the holder of such shares may, at its sole
election, convert such shares into shares of Common Stock of the Corporation
equal to the liquidation preference of such shares (including accrued but unpaid
dividends) divided by the Original Issue Price for such subseries multiplied by
the Conversion Rate for the Series A-7 Preferred Stock. If there is an
Acceleration Event and the holder receives cash or converts to Common Stock in
exchange for cancellation of the outstanding shares of Series A-7 Preferred
Stock as described in the preceding sentence, the holder shall be obligated to
pay, in cash, to the Corporation, any and all Milestone Payments as such
payments become due under the Collaboration Agreement.
A "Default Event" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) Distributions. Failure to make a required payment or distribution
hereunder;
(ii) Material Adverse Event. At the end of any fiscal quarter, the
total cash, cash equivalents and marketable debt investments of the
Corporation shall be valued at less than the sum of the principal of and
unpaid accrued interest on (i) all indebtedness of the Corporation to
banks, insurance companies or financial institutions regularly engaged in
the business of lending money, which is for money borrowed by the
Corporation; (ii) all purchase money security interests in an amount not to
exceed $5,000,000 (as defined in the California Uniform Commercial Code);
and (iii) the liquidation preference of the
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outstanding Series A-7 Preferred Stock. In such event, the Corporation
shall provide holder with written notice thereof within twenty-four (24)
hours of determining that such event has occurred.
(iii) Bankruptcy Commenced by the Corporation. If the Corporation:
(a) shall commence any proceeding in bankruptcy or seek
reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of its debts, dissolution,
liquidation, winding-up, composition or any other relief under the
United States Bankruptcy Act, as amended, or under any other insolvency,
liquidation, dissolution, arrangement, composition, readjustment of debt
or any other similar act or law, of any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign, now or hereafter existing;
(b) shall admit its inability to pay its debts as they mature in
any petition or pleading in connection with any such proceeding;
(c) shall apply for, or, in writing, consent to or acquiesce in, an
appointment of a receiver, conservator, trustee or similar officer for
it or for all or substantially all of its assets;
(d) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
or
(e) shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they
mature;
(iv) Bankruptcy Commenced Against the Corporation. If any proceedings
are commenced or any other action is taken against the Corporation in
bankruptcy or seeking reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of its
debts, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, composition or any other
relief under the United States Bankruptcy Act, as amended, or under any
other insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement,
composition, readjustment of debt or any other similar act or law, of any
jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, now or hereafter existing; or a
receiver, conservator, trustee or similar officer for the Corporation or
for all or substantially all of its assets is appointed; and in each such
case, such event continues for ninety (90) days undismissed, unbounded and
undischarged; and
(v) Material Breach. (A) Any breach of any material representation,
warranty, covenant or obligation of the Corporation under (i) the
Collaboration Agreement, which breach is not cured within sixty (60) days
of written notice thereof from Genentech (or if such breach is not
susceptible of cure within such period, the Corporation is not making
diligent good faith efforts to cure such breach); (ii) the Preferred Stock
Purchase Agreement, the Option Agreement or the Registration Rights
Agreement, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt
of written notice of such breach from Genentech to the Corporation; or
(iii) the ML/MS Agreement, to the extent such breach materially adversely
affects the Corporation's ability to perform its obligations under the
Collaboration Agreement; or (B) if, at any time, any of the Collaboration
Agreement, the Series A Preferred Stock Agreement, the Option Agreement or
the Registration Rights Agreement ceases to be in full force and effect.
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EXHIBIT E
BYLAWS
OF
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both
within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors
shall be held in the City of San Diego, State of California, at such place as
may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, or at such other place
either within or without the State of California as shall be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and
place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the
notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year 1998,
shall be held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by
the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they
shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other
business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and
hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of
the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, 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, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may only be called by the president or the Chariman of Board and
shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a
majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and
hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called,
shall be given not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
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Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall
be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 8. The holders of fifty percent (50%) of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.
Section 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders
of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented
by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the
question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation
each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one
vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting
power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years
from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation,
any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders
of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if a consent 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. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting
by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board
shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the
stockholders at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in
Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his
successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.
The directors shall be classified into three classes, as nearly equal in
number as possible as determined by the board of directors, with the term of
office of the first class to expire at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
the term of office of the second class to expire at the 1999 Annual meeting of
Stockholders and the term of office of the third class to expire at the 2000
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At each Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected
for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding Annual Meeting of
Stockholders after their election. Additional directorships resulting from an
increase in the number of directors shall be apportioned among the classes as
equally as possible as determined by the board of directors. The number of
directors which shall constitute the whole board of directors shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors, with the number initially fixed at eight
(8).
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Section 2. Vacancies and new created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual
election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless
sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of
directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of
filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in
office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted
immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon
application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of
the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote
for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by
the directors then in office.
Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the
corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by
the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the stockholders.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
Section 4. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold meetings,
both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall
be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders
at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the
newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a
quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix
the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors,
or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the
Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all
of the directors.
Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined
by the board.
Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president on
two (2) days' notice to each director by mail or forty-eight (48) hours notice
to each director either personally or by telegram; special meetings shall be
called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the
written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director,
in which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.
Section 8. At all meetings of the board a majority of the directors shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of
the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act
of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present
at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation
of 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 or committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the board or committee.
Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated
by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of
Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.
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Committees of Directors
Section 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority
of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist
of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board 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 of disqualification of a member of a committee, the member
or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting,
whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another
member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such
absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, 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; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an
agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale,
lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and
assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such
name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and
report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
Compensation of Directors
Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the
compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum
for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as
director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
Removal of Directors
Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation
or bylaw, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with
cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.
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Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions
of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, a
waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of
Directors and shall be a president, a chief financial officer and a secretary.
The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of the Board
and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or
more vice-presidents, assistant chief financial officers and assistant
secretaries. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual
meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, a chief financial officer and
a secretary and may choose vice presidents.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and
agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms
and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined
from time to time by the board.
Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall
be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their
successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board
of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation
shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of the Board
Section 6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings
of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he shall be present.
He shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to time, assigned
to him by the Board and as may be provided by law.
Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman
of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors
and of the stockholders at which he shall be present. He shall have and may
exercise such powers as are, from time to time, assigned to him by the Board and
as may be provided by law.
The President and Vice-Presidents
Section 8. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
corporation; and in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board
he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors;
he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation
and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are
carried into effect.
Section 9. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring
a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by
law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and
execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some
other officer or agent of the corporation.
Section 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, the vice-president, if any, (or in the event there
be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by
the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the
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restrictions upon the president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe.
The Secretary and Assistant Secretary
Section 11. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of
the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of
the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the
corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have
authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed,
it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant
secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other
officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his
signature.
Section 12. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from
time to time prescribe.
The Chief Financial Officer
Section 13. The chief financial officer may also be designated by the
alternate title of "treasurer". The chief financial officer shall have the
custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate
accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and
shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the
credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board
of Directors.
Section 14. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at
its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of
all his transactions as chief financial officer or treasurer and of the
financial condition of the corporation.
Section 15. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the
corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for
the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to
the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever
kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.
Section 16. The assistant chief financial officer or assistant treasurer,
or if there shall be more than one, the assistant chief financial officers or
assistant treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the chief financial officer or treasurer or in the event of his
inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
chief financial officer or treasurer and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
Section 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to
have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the
chairman or vice- chairman of the Board of Directors, or the president or a
vice-president and the chief financial officer or treasurer or an assistant
chief financial officer or treasurer, or
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the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the
number of shares owned by him in the corporation.
Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon the
face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly paid
shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the
amount paid thereon shall be specified.
If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of
stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the corporation shall
issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in
lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back
of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or
series of stock, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to
each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Section 2. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be
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 he were
such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Lost Certificates
Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or
certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates
theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such
issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Transfer of Stock
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the
corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper
evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the
duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Fixing Record Date
Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholder or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or 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, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of
such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. 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 the adjourned
meeting.
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Registered Stockholders
Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive
right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Dividends
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared by
the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of
any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other
purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
Checks
Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation
shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as
the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Fiscal Year
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution
of the Board of Directors.
Seal
Section 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having
inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and
the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Indemnification
Section 6. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent authorized under
the laws of the State of Delaware, as those laws may be amended and supplemented
from time to time, indemnify any director made, or threatened to be made, a
party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or
investigative, by reason of being a director of the corporation or a predecessor
corporation or, at the corporation's request, a director or officer of another
corporation, provided, however, that the corporation shall indemnify any such
agent in connection with a proceeding initiated by such agent only if such
proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. The
indemnification provided for in this Section 6 shall: (i) not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any bylaw, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, (ii) continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, and (iii) inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person. The corporation's obligation to provide
indemnification under this Section 6 shall be offset to the
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extent of any other source of indemnification or any otherwise applicable
insurance coverage under a policy maintained by the corporation or any other
person.
Expenses incurred by a director of the corporation in defending a civil or
criminal action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director of the corporation (or was serving at the corporation's request as a
director or officer of another corporation) shall be paid by the corporation in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation as authorized by relevant sections of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the corporation shall not be required
to advance such expenses to an agent who is a party to an action, suit or
proceeding brought by the corporation and approved by a majority of the Board of
Directors of the corporation which alleges willful misappropriation of corporate
assets by such agent, disclosure of confidential information in violation of
such agent's fiduciary or contractual obligations to the corporation or any
other willful and deliberate breach in bad faith of such agent's duty to the
corporation or its stockholders.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed to be a contract
between the corporation and each director who serves in such capacity at any
time while this bylaw is in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall
not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of
facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or proceeding theretofore
or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
The Board of Directors in its discretion shall have power on behalf of the
corporation to indemnify any person, other than a director, made a party to any
action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was an officer or employee of the corporation.
To assure indemnification under this Section 6 of all directors, officers
and employees who are determined by the corporation or otherwise to be or to
have been "fiduciaries" of any employee benefit plan of the corporation which
may exist from time to time, Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware shall, for the purposes of this Section 6, be interpreted as follows:
an "other enterprise" shall be deemed to include such an employee benefit plan,
including without limitation, any plan of the corporation which is governed by
the Act of Congress entitled "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,"
as amended from time to time; the corporation shall be deemed to have requested
a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by such person
of his duties to the corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves
services by, such person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the
plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan
pursuant to such Act of Congress shall be deemed "fines."
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws
may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power
is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation at
any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any
special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of
such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the
notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws is
conferred upon the Board of Directors by the certificate or incorporation it
shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or
repeal bylaws.
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EXHIBIT F
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this day of ,
1997 between IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Corporation"), and ("Director").
RECITALS:
A. Director, a member of the Board of Directors of Corporation, performs a
valuable service in such capacity for Corporation; and
B. The stockholders of Corporation have adopted By-laws (the "By-laws")
providing for the indemnification of the officers, directors, agents and
employees of Corporation to the maximum extent authorized by Section 145 of the
Delaware Corporations Code, as amended ("Code"); and
C. The By-laws and the Code, by their non-exclusive nature, permit
contracts between Corporation and the members of its Board of Directors with
respect to indemnification of such directors; and
D. In accordance with the authorization as provided by the Code,
Corporation has purchased and presently maintains a policy or policies of
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance ("D & O Insurance"), covering certain
liabilities which may be incurred by its directors and officers in the
performance as directors of Corporation; and
E. As a result of developments affecting the terms, scope and availability
of D & 0 Insurance there exists general uncertainty as to the extent of
protection afforded members of the Board of Directors by such D & O Insurance
and by statutory and by-law indemnification provisions; and
F. In order to induce Director to continue to serve as a member of the
Board of Directors of Corporation, Corporation has determined and agreed to
enter into this contract with Director;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Director's continued service as a
director after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Indemnity of Director. Corporation hereby agrees to hold harmless and
indemnify Director to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
provisions of the Code, as may be amended from time to time.
2. Additional Indemnity. Subject only to the exclusions set forth in
Section 3 hereof, Corporation hereby further agrees to hold harmless and
indemnify Director:
(a) against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees), witness
fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by Director in connection with any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (including an action by or in the right of
Corporation) to which Director is, was or at any time becomes a party, or
is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Director is,
was or at any time becomes a director, officer, employee or agent of
Corporation, or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise; and
(b) otherwise to the fullest extent as may be provided to Director by
Corporation under the non-exclusivity provisions of Section of the
By-laws of Corporation and the Code.
3. Limitations on Additional Indemnity. No indemnity pursuant to Section 2
hereof shall be paid by Corporation:
(a) except to the extent the aggregate of losses to be indemnified
thereunder exceeds the sum of such losses for which the Director is
indemnified pursuant to Section 1 hereof or pursuant to any D & 0 Insurance
purchased and maintained by Corporation;
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(b) in respect to remuneration paid to Director if it shall be
determined by a final judgment or other final adjudication that such
remuneration was in violation of law;
(c) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against
Director for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by
Director of securities of Corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section
16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or
similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law;
(d) on account of Director's conduct which is finally adjudged to have
been knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, or to constitute
willful misconduct;
(e) on account of Director's conduct which is the subject of an
action, suit or proceeding described in Section 7(c)(ii) hereof;
(f) on account of any action, claim or proceeding (other than a
proceeding referred to in Section 8(b) hereof) initiated by the Director
unless such action, claim or proceeding was authorized in the specific case
by action of the Board of Directors;
(g) if a final decision by a Court having jurisdiction in the matter
shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful (and, in this
respect, both Corporation and Director have been advised that the
Securities and Exchange Commission believes that indemnification for
liabilities arising under the federal securities laws is against public
policy and is, therefore, unenforceable and that claims for indemnification
should be submitted to appropriate courts for adjudication).
4. Contribution. If the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2
hereof is unavailable by reason of a Court decision described in Section 3(g)
hereof based on grounds other than any of those set forth in paragraphs (b)
through (f) of Section 3 hereof, then in respect of any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding in which Corporation is jointly liable with
Director (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), Corporation
shall contribute to the amount of expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
and paid or payable by Director in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
(i) the relative benefits received by Corporation on the one hand and Director
on the other hand from the transaction from which such action, suit or
proceeding arose, and (ii) the relative fault of Corporation on the one hand and
of Director on the other in connection with the events which resulted in such
expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of Corporation on the one hand and
of Director on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances resulting in such expenses,
judgments, fines or settlement amounts. Corporation agrees that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4 were determined by
pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the foregoing equitable considerations.
5. Continuation of Obligations. All agreements and obligations of
Corporation contained herein shall continue during the period Director is a
director, officer, employee or agent of Corporation (or is or was serving at the
request of Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as Director shall be subject
to any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal or investigative, by reason of the fact that
Director was a director of Corporation or serving in any other capacity referred
to herein.
6. Notification and Defense of Claim. Not later than thirty (30) days
after receipt by Director of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or
proceeding, Director will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
Corporation under this Agreement, notify Corporation of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify Corporation will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to Director otherwise
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than under this Agreement. With respect to any such action, suit or proceeding
as to which Director notifies Corporation of the commencement thereof:
(a) Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own
expense;
(b) except as otherwise provided below, to the extent that it may
wish, Corporation jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to Director. After notice from Corporation to
Director of its election so as to assume the defense thereof, Corporation
will not be liable to Director under this Agreement for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by Director in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise
provided below. Director shall have the right to employ its counsel in such
action, suit or proceeding but the fees and expenses of such counsel
incurred after notice from Corporation of its assumption of the defense
thereof shall be at the expense of Director unless (i) the employment of
counsel by Director has been authorized by Corporation, (ii) Director shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between
Corporation and Director in the conduct of the defense of such action or
(iii) Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the
defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of
Director's separate counsel shall be at the expense of Corporation.
Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any action, suit
or proceeding brought by or on behalf of Corporation or as to which
Director shall have made the conclusion provided for in (ii) above; and
(c) Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify Director under this
Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim
effected without its written consent. Corporation shall be permitted to
settle any action except that it shall not settle any action or claim in
any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Director without
Director's written consent. Neither Corporation nor Director will
unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement.
7. Advancement and Repayment of Expenses. (a) In the event that Director
employs his own counsel pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) through (iii) above,
Corporation shall advance to Director, prior to any final disposition of any
threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, any and all reasonable expenses (including
legal fees and expenses) incurred in investigating or defending any such action,
suit or proceeding within ten (10) days after receiving copies of invoices
presented to Director for such expenses.
(b) Director agrees that Director will reimburse Corporation for all
reasonable expenses paid by Corporation in defending any civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding against Director in the event and only to the extent
it shall be ultimately determined by a final judicial decision (from which there
is no right of appeal) that Director is not entitled, under the provisions of
the Code, the By-laws, this Agreement or otherwise, to be indemnified by
Corporation for such expenses.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Corporation shall not be required to
advance such expenses to Director if Director (i) commences any action, suit or
proceeding as a plaintiff unless such advance is specifically approved by a
majority of the Board of Directors or (ii) is a party to an action, suit or
proceeding brought by Corporation and approved by a majority of the Board which
alleges willful misappropriation of corporate assets by Director, disclosure of
confidential information in violation of Director's fiduciary or contractual
obligations to Corporation, or any other willful and deliberate breach in bad
faith of Director's duty to Corporation or its shareholders.
8. Enforcement. (a) Corporation expressly confirms and agrees that it has
entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on Corporation
hereby in order to induce Director to continue as a director of Corporation, and
acknowledges that Director is relying upon this Agreement in continuing in such
capacity.
(b) In the event Director is required to bring any action to enforce rights
or to collect moneys due under this Agreement and is successful in such action,
the Corporation shall reimburse Director for all Director's reasonable fees and
expenses in bringing and pursuing such action.
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9. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this agreement, Corporation
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of
recovery of Director, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all
acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable Corporation
effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
10. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on Director by this
Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other right which Director may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of Corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors, or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding office.
11. Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on Director by this Agreement
shall continue after Director has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
other agent of Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of Director's heirs,
executors and administrators.
12. Separability. Each of the provisions of this Agreement is a separate
and distinct agreement and independent of the others, so that if any or all of
the provisions hereof shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any
reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions hereof or the obligation of the
Corporation to indemnify the Director to the full extent provided by the By-laws
or the Code.
13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
14. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon Director and upon
Corporation, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of
Director, his heirs, personal representatives and assigns and to the benefit of
Corporation, its successors and assigns.
15. Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by
both parties hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and
as of the day and year first above written.
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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William H. Rastetter
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
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Director
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APPENDIX A
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersign appoints WILLIAM H. RASTETTER and KENNETH J. WOOLCOTT, and each
of them, proxies with full power of substitution, to vote all shares of common
stock of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("IDEC Pharmaceuticals") held of
record by the undersigned as of March 28, 1997 at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of IDEC Pharmaceuticals to be held at IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation, 11011 Torreyana Road, San Diego, California on May 22, 1997, at
10:00 a.m., local time, and at all adjournments thereof, upon the following
matters:
(1) Election of Directors o FOR all nominees listed below o WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote
(except as marked to the contrary below) for all nominees listed below
William H. Rastetter, Ph.D., Charles C. Edwards, M.D., John Groom, Alan B. Glassberg, M.D., Kazuhiro
Hashimoto, Franklin P. Johnson, Jr., John P. McLaughlin, The Honorable Lynn Schenk
(INSTRUCTION: TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE, WRITE THAT NOMINEE'S NAME ON THE
SPACE PROVIDED BELOW.)
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(2) Proposal to amend the Second Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation to provide for a
classified Board of Directors.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
(3) Proposal to reincorporate IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation from
California to Delaware and related changes to the rights of
shareholders.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
(4) Proposal to amend the 1988 Stock Option Plan of IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation to increase the number of shares issuable thereunder from
4,680,000 shares to a total of 5,480,000 shares.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
(5) Proposal to amend the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of IDEC
Pharmaceuticals Corporation to increase the number of shares issuable
thereunder from 345,000 shares to a total of 495,000 shares.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
(6) Ratification of the selection of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP as independent
public accountants for the 1997 fiscal year.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
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(7) In accordance with the discretion of the proxy holders, to act upon
all matters incident to the conduct of the meeting and upon other
matters as may properly come before the meeting.
o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF ANY NOMINEE NAMED ABOVE DECLINES OR IS
UNABLE TO SERVE AS A DIRECTOR, THE PERSONS NAMED AS PROXIES SHALL HAVE FULL
DISCRETION TO VOTE FOR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO MAY BE NOMINATED.
Dated: __________________________, 1997
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Signature or Signatures of Shareholder
(This signature should conform to your
name as printed hereon. Co-owners
should both sign.)
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APPENDIX B
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
1988 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH FEBRUARY 24, 1997
I. PURPOSES OF THE PLAN
(a) This Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is intended to
promote the interests of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a California
corporation (the "Company"), by providing a method whereby (i) key employees
(including officers and directors) of the Company (or its parent or subsidiary
corporations) responsible for the management, growth and financial success of
the Company (or its parent or subsidiary corporations), (ii) the non-employee
members of the Company's Board of Directors (or any parent or subsidiary
corporations) and (iii) independent consultants and advisors who provide
valuable services to the Company (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) may
be offered incentives and rewards which will encourage them to acquire a
proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the
Company and continue to render services to the Company (or its parent or
subsidiary corporations).
(b) The following provisions shall be applicable in
determining the parent and subsidiary corporations of the Company:
(i) Any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company shall be
considered to be a PARENT corporation of the Company, provided each
such corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Company) owns,
at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%)
or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in
one of the other corporations in such chain.
(ii ) Each corporation (other than the Company) in
an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company shall be
considered to be a SUBSIDIARY of the Company, provided each such
corporation (other than the last corporation) in the unbroken chain
owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of
stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
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II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
(a) The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") shall
appoint a committee ("Committee") of two (2) or more non-employee Board members
to assume full responsibility for the administration of the Plan. Members of
the Committee shall serve for such period of time as the Board may determine
and shall be subject to removal by the Board at any time.
(b) The Committee as Plan Administrator shall have full
power and authority (subject to the express provisions of the Plan) to
establish such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for the proper
administration of the Plan and to make such determinations under, and issue
such interpretations of, the Plan and any outstanding option grants or stock
issuances as it may deem necessary or advisable. Decisions of the Plan
Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in
the Plan or any outstanding option or stock issuance thereunder.
III . ELIGIBILITY FOR OPTION GRANTS
(a) The persons eligible to receive option grants under
the Plan are as follows:
(i) key employees (including officers and
directors) of the Company (or its parent or subsidiary corporations)
who render services which contribute to the success and growth of the
Company (or its parent or subsidiary corporations) or which may
reasonably be anticipated to contribute to the future success and
growth of the Company (or its parent or subsidiary corporations);
(ii) the non-employee members of the Board
or the non-employee members of the board of directors of any parent or
subsidiary corporations; and
(iii) those independent consultants or
other advisors who provide valuable services to the Company (or its
parent or subsidiary corporations).
(b) The Plan Administrator shall have full authority to
determine which eligible individuals are to receive option grants under the
Plan, the number of shares to be covered by each such grant, whether the
granted option is to be an incentive stock option ("Incentive Option") which
satisfies the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code or a
non-statutory option not intended to meet such requirements, the time or times
at which each such option is to become exercisable, and the maximum term for
which the option is to be outstanding.
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IV. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
(a) The stock issuable under the Plan shall be shares of
the Company's authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. The maximum
number of shares which may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 5,480,000
shares.*/ The total number of shares issuable under the Plan shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time in accordance with Section IV(d) of the Plan.
(b) In no event may the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock for which any one individual participating in the Plan may be
granted stock options and separately exercisable stock appreciation rights
exceed 1,250,000 shares in the aggregate over the remaining term of the Plan,
subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with Section IV(d) of the
Plan. For purposes of such limitation, no stock options or stock appreciation
rights granted prior to January 1, 1994 shall be taken into account.
(c) Should an option expire or terminate for any reason
prior to exercise in full (including options cancelled in accordance with the
cancellation-regrant provisions of Section VIII of the Plan), the shares
subject to the portion of the option not so exercised shall be available for
subsequent option grants under the Plan. Unvested shares issued under the Plan
and subsequently repurchased by the Company, at the option exercise price paid
per share, pursuant to the Company's repurchase rights under the Plan, shall be
added back to the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Plan and shall accordingly be available for reissuance through one or more
subsequent option grants under the Plan. Shares subject to any option
cancelled in accordance with Section IX of the Plan shall reduce on a
share-for-share basis the number of shares of Common Stock available for
subsequent option grants under this Plan. In addition, should the exercise
price of an outstanding option under the Plan be paid with shares of Common
Stock, then the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under
the Plan shall be reduced by the gross number of shares for which the option is
exercised, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock actually issued
to the option holder.
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*/ Adjusted to reflect (i) the 1 for 2.5 reverse Common Stock split effected by
the Company on August 18, 1991, (ii) the 700,000 share increase authorized by
the Board in March 1993 and approved by the shareholders at the 1993 Annual
Meeting, (iii) the 650,000 share increase authorized by the Board on February
28, 1994 and approved by the shareholders at the 1994 Annual Meeting, (iv) the
500,000 share increase authorized by the Board on January 25, 1995, and
approved by the shareholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting, (v) the 1,200,000
share increase authorized by the Board on January 24, 1996, and approved by the
shareholders at the 1996 Annual Meeting, and (vi) the 800,000 share increase
authorized by the Board on February 24, 1997, subject to shareholder approval
at the 1997 Annual Meeting. In no event, however, shall more than 4,793,277
shares of Common Stock be issued under the Plan after February 28, 1997,
subject to adjustment under Section IV(d) in the event of changes in the
Company's capital structure.
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(d) In the event any change is made to the Common Stock
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the
outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Company's receipt of
consideration, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to (I) the maximum
number and/or class of securities issuable under the Plan, (II) the maximum
number and/or class of securities for which stock options and separately
exercisable stock appreciation rights may be granted to any one participant in
the aggregate after December 31, 1993 and (III) the number and/or class of
securities and exercise price per share in effect under each outstanding option
in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of benefits thereunder. The
adjustments determined by the Plan Administrator shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
V. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be authorized by
action of the Plan Administrator and may, at the Plan Administrator's
discretion, be either Incentive Options or non-statutory options. Individuals
who are not Employees (as defined in Section V.3.D below) may only be granted
non-statutory options. Each granted option shall be evidenced by one or more
instruments in the form approved by the Plan Administrator; provided, however,
that each such instrument shall comply with the terms and conditions specified
below. Each instrument evidencing an Incentive Option shall, in addition, be
subject to the applicable provisions of Section VI.
1. Option Price.
A. The option price per share shall be fixed by
the Plan Administrator, but in no event shall the option price per share be less
than eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of the option grant.
B. The option price shall become immediately due
upon exercise of the option and shall, subject to the provisions of Section X
and the instrument evidencing the grant, be payable in one of the alternative
forms specified below:
(i) full payment in cash or check payable
to the Company; or
(ii) full payment in shares of Common
Stock held by the optionee for the requisite period necessary to avoid
a charge to the Company's reported earnings and valued at fair market
value on the Exercise Date (as such term is defined below); or
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(iii) full payment through a combination
of shares of Common Stock held by the optionee for the requisite
period necessary to avoid a charge to the Company's reported earnings
and valued at fair market value on the Exercise Date and cash or check
payable to the Company; or
(iv) full payment effected through a
broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which the
optionee shall provide irrevocable written instructions (I) to a
Company-designated brokerage firm to (A) effect the immediate sale of
a sufficient number of the purchased shares to enable such firm to
remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the
settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate option price
payable for the purchased shares plus all applicable Federal and State
income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Company in
connection with such purchase and (B) remit those funds to the Company
on the settlement date, and (II) to the Company to deliver the
certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm.
For purposes of this subparagraph B, the Exercise
Date shall be the date on which written notice of the option exercise is
received by the Company. Except to the extent the sale and remittance
procedure is utilized in connection with the exercise of the option, payment of
the option price for the purchased shares must accompany such notice.
C. The fair market value per share of Common
Stock on any relevant date under subparagraph A or B (and for all other
valuation purposes under the Plan) shall be determined in accordance with the
following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is not at the
time listed or admitted to trading on any national stock exchange but
is traded on the Nasdaq National Market, the fair market value shall
be the closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in
question, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor system. If
there is no reported closing selling price for the Common Stock on the
date in question, then the closing selling price on the last preceding
date for which such quotation exists shall be determinative of fair
market value.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time
listed or admitted to trading on any national stock exchange, then the
fair market value shall be the closing selling price per share of
Common Stock on the date in question on the stock exchange determined
by the Plan Administrator to be the primary market for the Common
Stock, as such price is officially quoted
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in the composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is
no reported sale of Common Stock on such exchange on the date in
question, then the fair market value shall be the closing selling
price on the exchange on the last preceding date for which such
quotation exists.
2. Term and Exercise of Options. Each option granted
under the Plan shall be exercisable at such time or times, during such period,
and for such number of shares as shall be determined by the Plan Administrator
and set forth in the instrument evidencing such option; provided, however, that
no such option shall have a term in excess of ten (10) years from the grant
date.
3. Limited Transferability of Options. During the
lifetime of the optionee, Incentive Options shall be exercisable only by the
optionee and shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or by
the laws of descent and distribution following the optionee's death. However,
non-statutory options may, in connection with the optionee's estate plan, be
assigned in whole or in part during the optionee's lifetime to one or more
members of the optionee's immediate family or to a trust established
exclusively for one or more such family members. The assigned portion may only
be exercised by the person or persons who acquire a proprietary interest in the
option pursuant to the assignment. The terms applicable to the assigned
portion shall be the same as those in effect for the option immediately prior
to such assignment and shall be set forth in such documents issued to the
assignee as the Plan Administrator may deem appropriate.
4. Effect of Termination of Service.
A. Should an optionee cease to remain in Service
(as defined in subparagraph D below) for any reason (including death or
permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code) while the holder of one or more outstanding options granted to such
optionee under the Plan, then such option or options shall not (except to the
extent otherwise provided pursuant to Section XI below) remain exercisable for
more than a thirty-six (36)-month period (or such shorter period determined by
the Plan Administrator and specified in the instrument evidencing the grant)
following the date of such cessation of Service. Under no circumstances,
however, shall any such option be exercisable after the specified expiration
date of the option term. Each such option shall, during such thirty-six
(36)-month or shorter period, be exercisable only to the extent of the number
of shares (if any) for which the option is exercisable on the date of the
optionee's cessation of Service. Upon the expiration of such thirty-six
(36)-month or shorter period or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the option
term, the option shall terminate and cease to be exercisable. However, the
option shall, immediately upon the optionee's cessation of Service for any
reason, terminate and cease to be outstanding for any option shares for which
the option is not otherwise at that time exercisable.
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B. Any outstanding option held by the optionee
and exercisable in whole or in part on the date of his or her death may be
subsequently exercised, but only to the extent of the number of shares (if any)
for which the option is exercisable on the date of the optionee's cessation of
Service (less any option shares subsequently purchased by the optionee prior to
death), by the personal representative of the optionee's estate or by the
person or persons to whom the option is transferred pursuant to the optionee's
will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. The right to
exercise the option for those shares shall terminate upon the earlier of (i)
the third anniversary of the date of the optionee's cessation of Service or
(ii) the specified expiration date of the option term.
C. Notwithstanding subparagraphs A and B above,
the Plan Administrator shall have complete discretion, exercisable either at
the time the option is granted or at any time while the option remains
outstanding, to permit one or more options held by the optionee under the Plan
to be exercised, during the limited period of exercisability provided under
Section V.4.A above, not only with respect to the number of shares for which
each such option is exercisable at the time of the optionee's cessation of
Service but also with respect to one or more subsequent installments for which
the option would otherwise have become exercisable had such cessation of
Service not occurred.
D. For purposes of the foregoing provisions of
this Section V.4 (and all other provisions of the Plan), the optionee shall be
deemed to remain in the SERVICE of the Company for so long as such individual
renders services on a periodic basis to the Company or any parent or subsidiary
corporation in the capacity of an Employee, a non-employee member of the board
of directors or an independent consultant or advisor, unless the option
agreement evidencing the option grant and/or the purchase agreement evidencing
the purchased option shares specifically provides otherwise. The optionee
shall be considered to be an EMPLOYEE for so long as such individual remains in
the employ of the Company or one or more of its parent or subsidiary
corporations, subject to the control and direction of the employer entity as to
the work to be performed and as to the manner and method of performance.
5. Shareholder Rights. An optionee shall have none of
the rights of a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the option
until such individual shall have exercised the option and paid the option price
for the purchased shares.
6. Repurchase Rights. Unvested shares of Common Stock
may be issued under the Plan which are subject to repurchase by the Company in
accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Upon the optionee's cessation of Service
while holding unvested shares under the Plan, the Company shall have
the right to repurchase any or all of those unvested shares at the
option price paid per share. The terms and conditions upon which such
repurchase right shall be
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exercisable (including the period and procedure for exercise and the
appropriate vesting schedule for the purchased shares) shall be
established by the Plan Administrator and set forth in the instrument
evidencing such repurchase right.
(b) All of the Company's outstanding repurchase
rights shall automatically terminate, and all shares subject to such
terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, upon the occurrence
of any Corporate Transaction under Section VII of this Plan, except to
the extent: (i) any such repurchase right is to be assigned to the
successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with the
Corporate Transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by
other limitations imposed by the Plan Administrator at the time the
repurchase right is issued.
(c) The Plan Administrator shall have the
discretionary authority, exercisable either before or after the
optionee's cessation of Service, to cancel the Company's outstanding
repurchase rights with respect to any or all unvested shares purchased
or purchasable by the optionee under the Plan and thereby accelerate
the vesting of those shares in whole or in part at any time.
VI. INCENTIVE OPTIONS.
The terms and conditions specified below shall be applicable
to all Incentive Options granted under the Plan. Incentive Options may only be
granted to individuals who are Employees. Options which are specifically
designated as "non-statutory" options when issued under the Plan shall not be
subject to such terms and conditions.
(a) Option Price. The option price per share of the
Common Stock subject to an Incentive Option shall in no event be less than one
hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on
the date of grant.
(b) Dollar Limitation. The aggregate fair market value
(determined as of the respective date or dates of grant) of the Common Stock
for which one or more options granted to any Employee after December 31, 1986
under this Plan (or any other option plan of the Company or its parent or
subsidiary corporations) may for the first time become exercisable as incentive
stock options under the Federal tax laws during any one calendar year shall not
exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). To the extent the
Employee holds two or more such options which become exercisable for the first
time in the same calendar year, the foregoing limitation on the exercisability
of such options as incentive stock options under the Federal tax laws shall be
applied on the basis of the order
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in which such options are granted. Should the number of shares of Common Stock
for which an Incentive Option first becomes exercisable in any calendar year
exceed the applicable One Hundred Thousand Dollar ($100,000) limitation, the
option may nevertheless be exercised for those excess shares in such calendar
year as a non-statutory option.
(c) 10% Shareholder. If any individual to whom the
Incentive Option is granted is the owner of stock (as determined under Section
424(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) possessing ten percent (10%) or more of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
one of its parent or subsidiary corporations, then the option price per share
shall not be less than one hundred and ten percent (110%) of the fair market
value per share of Common Stock on the grant date, and the option term shall
not exceed five (5) years, measured from such grant date.
Except as modified by the preceding provisions of this Section
VI, all the provisions of the Plan shall be applicable to the Incentive Options
granted hereunder.
VII . CORPORATE TRANSACTION/CHANGE IN CONTROL
(a) In the event of any of the following transactions (a
"Corporate Transaction"):
(i) a merger or consolidation in which
the Company is not the surviving entity, except for a transaction the
principal purpose of which is to change the State of the Company's
incorporation,
(ii) the sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
in liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or
(iii) any reverse merger in which the
Company is the surviving entity but in which fifty percent (50%) or
more of the Company's outstanding voting stock is transferred to
persons different from those who held the stock immediately prior to
such merger,
each outstanding option under the Plan shall
automatically accelerate so that each such option shall, immediately
prior to the specified effective date for the Corporate Transaction,
become exercisable for the total number of shares of Common Stock at
the time subject to such option and may be exercised for all or any
portion of those shares as fully-vested shares of Common Stock.
However, an outstanding option under the Plan shall not so accelerate
if and to the extent: (i) such option is, in connection with the
Corporate Transaction, either to be assumed by the successor
corporation or parent thereof or be replaced with a comparable option
to purchase shares of the capital stock of the
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successor corporation or parent thereof or (ii) the acceleration of
such option is subject to other applicable limitations imposed by the
Plan Administrator at the time of grant. The determination of
comparability under clause (i) above shall be made by the Plan
Administrator and its determination shall be final, binding and
conclusive.
(b) Each outstanding option under the Plan which is
assumed in connection with the Corporate Transaction or is otherwise to
continue in effect shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such
Corporate Transaction, to apply and pertain to the number and class of
securities which would have been issued, in consummation of such Corporate
Transaction, to an actual holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock
as are subject to such option immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction.
Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to the option price payable per
share, provided the aggregate option price payable for such securities shall
remain the same. In addition, the class and number of securities available for
issuance under the Plan on both an aggregate and per participant basis shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the effect of the Corporate Transaction upon
the Company's capital structure.
(c) In connection with any Change in Control (as defined
below), the Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority, exercisable
either at the time the option is granted or at any time while the option
remains outstanding, to provide for the automatic acceleration of each
outstanding option under the Plan so that each such option shall, immediately
prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, become exercisable for
the total number of shares at the time subject to such option and may be
exercised for all or any portion of those shares as fully-vested shares of
Common Stock. The Plan Administrator shall also have full power and authority
to condition such option acceleration, and the termination of any of the
Company's repurchase rights with respect to any unvested shares purchased or
purchasable under the Plan, upon the subsequent termination of the optionee's
Service within a designated period following the Change in Control.
A CHANGE IN CONTROL shall be deemed to occur in the event:
(i) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of
the Company's outstanding voting stock is acquired pursuant to a
tender or exchange offer (A) which is made directly to the Company's
shareholders by any person or related group of persons (other than the
Company or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with, the Company) and (B)
which the Board does not recommend the shareholders to accept; or
(ii) there is a change in the composition
of the Board over a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months or
less such that a majority of the Board members ceases, by reason of
one or more proxy contests for the election of Board members, to be
comprised of individuals who either (A) have been Board members
continuously since the beginning
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of such period or (B) have been elected or nominated for election as
Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board
members described in clause (A) who were still in office at the time
such election or nomination was approved by the Board.
(d) Immediately following the consummation of a Corporate
Transaction, all outstanding options under the Plan shall terminate and cease
to be outstanding, except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation or
its parent company. Upon a Change in Control, each outstanding option
accelerated pursuant to subsection VII(c) above shall remain fully exercisable
until the expiration or sooner termination of the option term specified in the
agreement evidencing such grant.
(e) The exercisability as incentive stock options under
the Federal tax laws of any options accelerated in connection with a Corporate
Transaction or Change in Control shall remain subject to the dollar limitation
of Section VI(b) of the Plan. To the extent such dollar limitation is
exceeded, the accelerated option shall be exercisable as a non-statutory option
under the Federal tax laws.
(f) The grant of options under this Plan shall in no way
affect the right of the Company to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise
change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve,
liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.
VIII. CANCELLATION AND REGRANT OF OPTIONS
The Plan Administrator shall have the authority to effect, at
any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionees, the
cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and to grant in
substitution therefor new options under the Plan covering the same or different
numbers of shares of Common Stock but having an option price per share not less
than (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value per share of the
Common Stock on the new grant date or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of such
fair market value in the case of an Incentive Option or (iii) one hundred and
ten percent (110%) of such fair market value in the case of an Incentive Option
granted to a 10% Shareholder.
IX. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
(a) Provided and only if the Plan Administrator
determines in its discretion to implement the stock appreciation right
provisions of this Section IX, one or more optionees may be granted the right,
exercisable upon such terms and conditions as the Plan Administrator may
establish, to surrender all or part of an unexercised option under the Plan in
exchange for a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to the excess
of
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(i) the fair market value (on the option surrender date) of the number of
shares in which the optionee is at the time vested under the surrendered option
(or surrendered portion thereof) over (ii) the aggregate option price payable
for such vested shares.
(b) No surrender of an option shall be effective
hereunder unless it is approved by the Plan Administrator. If the surrender is
so approved, then the distribution to which the optionee shall accordingly
become entitled under this Section IX may be made in shares of Common Stock
valued at fair market value on the option surrender date, in cash, or partly in
shares and partly in cash, as the Plan Administrator shall in its sole
discretion deem appropriate.
(c) If the surrender of an option is rejected by the Plan
Administrator, then the optionee shall retain whatever rights the optionee had
under the surrendered option (or surrendered portion thereof) on the option
surrender date and may exercise such rights at any time prior to the later of
(i) five (5) business days after the receipt of the rejection notice or (ii)
the last day on which the option is otherwise exercisable in accordance with
the terms of the instrument evidencing such option, but in no event may such
rights be exercised more than ten (10) years after the date of the option
grant.
(d) One or more officers of the Company subject to the
short-swing profit restrictions of the Federal securities laws may, in the Plan
Administrator's sole discretion, be granted limited stock appreciation rights
in tandem with their outstanding options under the Plan. Upon the occurrence
of a Hostile Take-Over, each outstanding option with such a limited stock
appreciation right shall automatically be cancelled, to the extent such option
is at the time exercisable for fully-vested shares of Common Stock (including
any shares which may vest in connection with such Hostile Take-Over). The
optionee shall in return be entitled to a cash distribution from the Company in
an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Take-Over Price of the vested shares
of Common Stock at the time subject to the cancelled option (or cancelled
portion of such option) over (ii) the aggregate exercise price payable for such
shares. The cash distribution payable upon such cancellation shall be made
within five (5) days following the consummation of the Hostile Take-Over. The
Plan Administrator shall pre-approve, at the time the limited stock
appreciation right is granted, the subsequent exercise of that right in
accordance with the terms of the grant and the provisions of this Section
IX(d). No additional approval of the Plan Administrator or the Board shall be
required at the time of the actual option cancellation and cash distribution.
The balance of the option (if any) shall continue to remain outstanding and
exercisable in accordance with the terms and conditions of the instrument
evidencing such grant.
(e) For purposes of Section IX(d), the following
definitions shall be in effect:
A HOSTILE TAKE-OVER shall be deemed to occur in the
event any person or related group of persons (other than the Company
or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control
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with, the Company) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) of securities possessing more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of the total combined voting power of the Company's outstanding
securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the
Company's shareholders which the Board does not recommend such
shareholders to accept.
The TAKE-OVER PRICE per share shall be deemed to be
equal to the greater of (a) the fair market value per share on the
date of cancellation, as determined pursuant to the valuation
provisions of Section V.1.C, or (b) the highest reported price per
share paid by the acquiring entity in effecting such Hostile
Take-Over. However, to the extent the cancelled option is an
Incentive Option, the Take-Over Price shall not exceed the clause (a)
price per share.
(f) The shares of Common Stock subject to any option
surrendered or cancelled for an appreciation distribution pursuant to this
Section IX shall NOT be available for subsequent option grant under the Plan.
X . LOANS OR INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, assist any
optionee (including any officer or director of the Company) in the exercise of
one or more options granted to such individual under the Plan, including the
satisfaction of any Federal and State income and employment tax obligations
arising therefrom, by (i) authorizing the extension of a loan from the Company
to such optionee or (ii) permitting the optionee to pay the option price for
the purchased Common Stock in installments over a period of years. The terms
of any such loan or installment method of payment (including the interest rate
and terms of repayment) will be upon such terms as the Plan Administrator
specifies in the applicable option agreement or otherwise deems appropriate
under the circumstances. Loans or installment payments may be granted with or
without security or collateral (other than to individuals who are independent
consultants or advisors, in which event the loan must be adequately secured by
collateral other than the purchased shares). However, the maximum credit
available to the optionee may not exceed the option price of the acquired
shares plus any Federal and State income and employment tax liability incurred
by the optionee in connection with the exercise of the option.
XI. EXTENSION OF EXERCISE PERIOD
The Plan Administrator shall have full power and authority, to
extend the period of time for which the option is to remain exercisable
following the optionee's
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cessation of Service from the thirty-six (36) month or shorter period set forth
in the option agreement to such greater period of time as the Plan
Administrator shall deem appropriate. In no event, however, shall such option
be exercisable after the specified expiration date of the option term.
XII . AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board shall have complete and exclusive power and
authority to amend or modify the Plan in any or all respects whatsoever;
provided, however, that no such amendment or modification shall, without the
consent of the holders, adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to
options at the time outstanding under the Plan. In addition, certain
amendments may require shareholder approval pursuant to applicable laws or
regulations.
XIII. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN
(a) The Plan was initially adopted by the Board on July
19, 1988 and approved by the Company's shareholders on March 29, 1989. The
Plan was subsequently amended by the Board on July 18, 1990, and such amendment
was approved by the Company's shareholders in October, 1990. In January 1991,
the Plan was again amended to increase by 480,000 shares the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and such share increase was approved
by the Company's shareholders on March 20, 1991. The Board further amended the
Plan on May 22, 1991, with such amendments to become effective as of the date
the Company's Common Stock first became traded on the Nasdaq National Market,
in order to revise certain provisions previously required when the Plan was
subject to the permit requirements of the California Corporations Department.
In January 1992, the Plan was amended and restated in its entirety, including
an increase of 670,000 shares to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
thereunder. The 1992 restatement, including the 670,000-share increase, was
approved by the shareholders at the 1992 Annual Meeting. On March 17, 1993,
the Board amended the Plan to increase by an additional 700,000 shares the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and such share
increase was approved by the shareholders at the 1993 Annual Meeting. On
February 28, 1994, the Board amended the Plan to increase by an additional
650,000 shares the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan,
and such increase was approved by the shareholders at the 1994 Annual Meeting.
On January 25, 1995, the Board amended the Plan to increase by an additional
500,000 shares the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan,
and such increase was approved by the shareholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting.
On January 24, 1996, the Board adopted an amendment which
increased the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan by an
additional 1,200,000 shares, and such increase was approved by the shareholders
at the 1996 Annual Meeting.
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On February 24, 1997, the Board adopted a series of amendments
to the Plan (the "1997 Amendments") which (i) increased the number of shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance over the term of the Plan by an additional
800,000 shares, (ii) rendered non-employee Board members serving as Plan
Administrator eligible to receive option grants under the Plan, (iii) allowed
unvested shares issued under the Plan and subsequently repurchased by the
Company at the option exercise price paid per share to be reissued under the
Plan, (iv) removed certain restrictions on the eligibility of non-employee
Board members to serve as Plan Administrator, (v) extended the term of the
Option Plan from July 19, 1998 to December 31, 2002 and (vi) effected a series
of additional changes to the provisions of the Plan (including the shareholder
approval requirements, the transferability of non-statutory stock options and
the elimination of the six (6)-month holding period requirement as a condition
to the exercise of stock appreciation rights) in order to take advantage of the
recent amendments to Rule 16b-3 of the 1934 Act which exempts certain officer
and director transactions under the Plan from the short-swing liability
provisions of the federal securities laws. The 1997 Amendments are subject to
shareholder approval at the 1997 Annual Meeting. Should shareholder approval
of the 1997 Amendments not be obtained, then any options granted on the basis
of the 800,000-share increase shall terminate and cease to remain outstanding
without ever becoming exercisable for those shares, and no further option
grants shall be made on the basis of such increase. In addition, the
non-employee Board members who serve as Plan Administrator will not become
eligible to participate in the Plan, and any unvested shares repurchased by the
Company at the option exercise paid per share will not be added back to the
share reserve for reissuance. Finally, the extension of the term of the Plan
from July 19, 1998 to December 31, 2002 will not be implemented. However, the
Plan will continue to remain in effect, and option grants may continue to be
made pursuant to the provisions of the Plan in effect immediately prior to the
1997 Amendments, until the available reserve of Common Stock as last approved
by the shareholders has been issued pursuant to option grants made under the
Plan.
(b) The provisions of the 1992 restatement and of each
subsequent amendment to the Plan shall apply only to stock options and stock
appreciation rights granted under the Plan from and after the applicable
effective date of such restatement or amendment. All stock options and stock
appreciation rights issued and outstanding under the Plan immediately prior to
each such effective date shall continue to be governed by the terms and
conditions of the Plan (and the respective agreements evidencing each such
option or stock appreciation right) as in effect on the date each such option
or stock appreciation right was previously granted, and nothing in the 1992
restatement or in any subsequent amendment shall be deemed to affect or
otherwise modify the rights or obligations of the holders of such prior options
or stock appreciation rights with respect to their acquisition of shares of
Common Stock under such options or their exercise of such stock appreciation
rights. However, the Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, modify stock
option or stock appreciation right issued and outstanding immediately prior to
the effective date of the 1992 restatement or any subsequent amendment to
include one or more provisions to the Plan added by such restatement or
amendment.
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(c) Unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section
VII, the Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) December 31, 2002 or (ii)
the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have
been issued or cancelled pursuant to the exercise, surrender of cash-out of the
stock options and stock appreciation rights granted hereunder. If the date of
termination is determined under clause (i) above, then each stock option or
stock appreciation right outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to
have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments
evidencing such grant.
(d) Options may be granted under this Plan to purchase
shares of Common Stock in excess of the number of shares then available for
issuance under the Plan, provided any excess shares actually issued under the
Plan are held in escrow until shareholder approval is obtained for a sufficient
increase in the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan. If
such shareholder approval is not obtained within twelve (12) months after the
date the first such excess option grants are made, then (I) any unexercised
excess options shall terminate and cease to be exercisable and (II) the Company
shall promptly refund the purchase price paid for any excess shares actually
issued under the Plan and held in escrow, together with interest (at the
applicable Short Term Federal Rate) for the period the shares were held in
escrow.
XIV . USE OF PROCEEDS
Any cash proceeds received by the Company from the sale of
shares pursuant to options granted under the Plan shall be used for general
corporate purposes.
XV. REGULATORY APPROVALS
The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any stock
option or stock appreciation right hereunder, and the issuance of stock upon
the exercise of any such option or stock appreciation right shall be subject to
the procurement by the Company of all approvals and permits required by
regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over the Plan, the options and stock
appreciation rights granted under it and the stock issued pursuant to it.
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APPENDIX C
IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
1995 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED THROUGH FEBRUARY 24, 1997
I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN
This Employee Stock Purchase Plan is intended to promote the
interests of IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation by providing eligible employees
with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Corporation
through participation in a payroll-deduction based employee stock purchase plan
designed to qualify under Section 423 of the Code.
Capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
attached Appendix.
II. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
The Compensation Committee of the Board in its capacity as
Plan Administrator shall have full authority to interpret and construe any
provision of the Plan and to adopt such rules and regulations for proper
administration of the Plan as it may deem necessary or appropriate. Decisions
of the Plan Administrator shall be final and binding on all parties having an
interest in the Plan.
III. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN
A. The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares
of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares of
Common Stock purchased on the open market. The maximum number of shares of
Common Stock which may be issued over the term of the Plan shall not exceed
495,000 shares. Such authorized share reserve is comprised of (i) the
estimated number of shares (45,000 shares) which will remain available for
issuance under the Predecessor Plan following the June 30, 1995 purchase date
thereunder plus (ii) an additional increase of 300,000 shares plus (iii) an
additional increase of 150,000 shares authorized by the Board on February 24,
1997, subject to stockholder approval at the 1997 Annual Meeting.
B. Should any change be made to the Common Stock by
reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, combination of
shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common
Stock as a class without the Corporation's receipt of consideration,
appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i) the maximum number and class of
securities issuable under the Plan, (ii) the maximum number and class of
securities purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date and (iii) the
number and class of securities and the price per share in effect under each
outstanding purchase right in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of
benefits thereunder.
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IV. OFFERING PERIODS
A. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered for purchase
under the Plan through a series of successive offering periods until such time
as (i) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan shall have been purchased or (ii) the Plan shall have been
sooner terminated.
B. Each offering period shall be of such duration (not
to exceed twenty-four (24) months) as determined by the Plan Administrator
prior to the start date. Subject to the provisions of Section IV.D, the
initial offering period shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end on
the last business day in June 1997; the next offering period shall commence on
the first business day in July 1997; and subsequent offering periods shall
commence as designated by the Plan Administrator.
C. Each offering period shall be comprised of a series
of successive quarterly Purchase Periods. Purchase Periods shall commence on
the first business day in July, October, January and April each year and shall
end on the last business day in the following September, December, March and
June, respectively, each year. Accordingly, there shall be a maximum of eight
(8) quarterly Purchase Periods within each offering period.
D. Should the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock on any Purchase Date within an offering period be less than the Fair
Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of that offering
period, then that offering period shall automatically terminate immediately
after the purchase of shares of Common Stock on such Purchase Date, and a new
offering period shall commence on the next business day following such Purchase
Date. The duration of that new offering period shall be established by the
Plan Administrator within five (5) business days following the start date.
E. Under no circumstances shall any offering period
commence under the Plan, nor shall any shares of Common Stock be issued
hereunder, until such time as (i) the Plan shall have been approved by the
Corporation's stockholders and (ii) the Corporation shall have complied with
all applicable requirements of the Securities Act, all applicable listing
requirements of any securities exchange (or the Nasdaq National Market if
applicable) on which shares of the Common Stock are listed for trading and all
other applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
V. ELIGIBILITY
A. Each Eligible Employee shall be eligible to enter an
offering period under the Plan on the start date of any Purchase Period (within
that offering period) which begins on or after his or her completion of thirty
(30) days of continuous service with the
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Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, provided he or she remains an Eligible
Employee on such start date. The date such individual enters the offering
period shall be designated his or her Entry Date for purposes of that offering
period.
B. To participate in the Plan for a particular offering
period, the Eligible Employee must complete the enrollment forms prescribed by
the Plan Administrator (including a stock purchase agreement and a payroll
deduction authorization form) and file such forms with the Plan Administrator
(or its designate) prior to his or her scheduled Entry Date. However, each
individual who is a Participant in an offering period on the date such offering
period terminates pursuant to Section IV.D shall automatically be enrolled in
the new offering period which commences immediately after such termination
date, provided the Participant is an Eligible Employee on the start date of
that new offering period. Such start date shall be the Participant's Entry
Date for the new offering period.
VI. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
A. The payroll deduction authorized by the Participant
for purposes of acquiring shares of Common Stock in an offering period may be
any multiple of one percent (1%) of the Eligible Earnings paid to the
Participant during each Purchase Period within that offering period, up to a
maximum of ten percent (10%). The deduction rate so authorized shall continue
in effect for the remainder of the offering period, except to the extent such
rate is changed in accordance with the following guidelines:
(i) The Participant may, at any time
during an offering period, reduce his or her rate of payroll deduction
to any lower multiple of one percent of Eligible Earnings to become
effective as soon as possible after filing the appropriate form with
the Plan Administrator. The Participant may not, however, effect more
than one (1) such reduction per Purchase Period.
(ii) The Participant may, prior to the
commencement of any new Purchase Period within the offering period,
increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deduction by
filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator prior to the
start date of that Purchase Period. The new rate (which may not
exceed the ten percent (10%) maximum) shall become effective as of the
start date of the first Purchase Period following the filing of such
form.
B. Payroll deductions shall begin on the first pay day
following the Participant's Entry Date into the offering period and shall
(unless sooner terminated by the Participant) continue through the pay day
ending with or immediately prior to the last day of that offering period. The
amounts so collected shall be credited to the Participant's book account under
the Plan, but no interest shall be paid on the balance from time to time
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outstanding in such account. The amounts collected from the Participant shall
not be held in any segregated account or trust fund and may be commingled with
the general assets of the Corporation and used for general corporate purposes.
C. Payroll deductions shall automatically cease upon the
termination of the Participant's purchase right in accordance with the
provisions of the Plan.
D. The Participant's acquisition of Common Stock under
the Plan on any Purchase Date shall neither limit nor require the Participant's
acquisition of Common Stock on any subsequent Purchase Date, whether within the
same or a different offering period.
VII. PURCHASE RIGHTS
A. GRANT OF PURCHASE RIGHT. A Participant shall be
granted a separate purchase right for each offering period in which he or she
participates. The purchase right shall be granted on the Participant's Entry
Date into the offering period and shall provide the Participant with the right
to purchase shares of Common Stock, in a series of successive installments over
the remainder of such offering period, upon the terms set forth below. The
Participant shall execute a stock purchase agreement embodying such terms and
such other provisions (not inconsistent with the Plan) as the Plan
Administrator may deem advisable.
Under no circumstances shall purchase rights be granted under
the Plan to any Eligible Employee if such individual would, immediately after
the grant, own (within the meaning of Code Section 424(d)) or hold outstanding
options or other rights to purchase, stock possessing five percent (5%) or more
of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the
Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate.
B. EXERCISE OF THE PURCHASE RIGHT. Each purchase right
shall be automatically exercised in installments on each Purchase Date within
the offering period, and shares of Common Stock shall accordingly be purchased
on behalf of each Participant (other than any Participant whose payroll
deductions have previously been refunded in accordance with the Termination of
Purchase Right provisions below) on each such Purchase Date. The purchase
shall be effected by applying the Participant's payroll deductions for the
Purchase Period ending on such Purchase Date (together with any carryover
deductions from the preceding Purchase Period) to the purchase of whole shares
of Common Stock (subject to the limitation on the maximum number of shares
purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date) at the purchase price in
effect for the Participant for that Purchase Date.
C. PURCHASE PRICE. The purchase price per share at
which Common Stock will be purchased on the Participant's behalf on each
Purchase Date within the offering period shall be equal to eighty-five percent
(85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on
the Participant's Entry Date into that offering period or (ii)
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the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on that Purchase Date.
However, for each Participant whose Entry Date is other than the start date of
the offering period, the clause (i) amount shall in no event be less than the
Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the start date of that offering
period.
D. NUMBER OF PURCHASABLE SHARES. The number of shares
of Common Stock purchasable by a Participant on each Purchase Date during the
offering period shall be the number of whole shares obtained by dividing the
amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during the
Purchase Period ending with that Purchase Date (together with any carryover
deductions from the preceding Purchase Period) by the purchase price in effect
for the Participant for that Purchase Date. However, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable per Participant on any one Purchase Date
shall not exceed 2,500 shares, subject to periodic adjustments in the event of
certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization.
E. EXCESS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS. Any payroll deductions
not applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock on any Purchase Date
because they are not sufficient to purchase a whole share of Common Stock shall
be held for the purchase of Common Stock on the next Purchase Date. However,
any payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of Common Stock by reason of
the limitation on the maximum number of shares purchasable by the Participant
on the Purchase Date shall be promptly refunded.
F. TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT. The following
provisions shall govern the termination of outstanding purchase rights:
(i) A Participant may, at any time at
least five (5) business days prior to the next Purchase Date in the
offering period, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right by
filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator (or its
designate), and no further payroll deductions shall be collected from
the Participant with respect to the terminated purchase right. Any
payroll deductions collected during the Purchase Period in which such
termination occurs shall, at the Participant's election, be
immediately refunded or held for the purchase of shares on the next
Purchase Date. If no such election is made at the time such purchase
right is terminated, then the payroll deductions collected with
respect to the terminated right shall be refunded as soon as possible.
(ii) The termination of such purchase
right shall be irrevocable, and the Participant may not subsequently
rejoin the offering period for which the terminated purchase right was
granted. In order to resume participation in any subsequent offering
period, such individual must re-enroll in the Plan (by making a timely
filing of the prescribed enrollment forms) prior to his or her
scheduled Entry Date into that offering period.
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(iii) Should the Participant cease to
remain an Eligible Employee for any reason (including death,
disability or change in status) while his or her purchase right
remains outstanding, then such individual (or the personal
representative of the estate of a deceased Participant) shall have the
following election, exercisable up until the end of the Purchase
Period in which such cessation of Eligible Employee status occurs:
- to withdraw all of the Participant's
payroll deductions to date during that Purchase Period or
- to have such funds held for the
purchase of shares on the next Purchase Date.
In the absence of such a timely election, the
Participant's payroll deductions shall be refunded as soon as possible
after the close of the Purchase Period. In no event, however, may any
payroll deductions be made on the Participant's behalf following
his/her cessation of Eligible Employee status.
(iv) Should the Participant cease to
remain in active service by reason of an approved unpaid leave of
absence, then the Participant shall have the election, exercisable up
until the last business day of the Purchase Period in which such leave
commences, to (a) withdraw all the funds in the Participant's payroll
account at the time of the commencement of such leave or (b) have such
funds held for the purchase of shares at the end of such Purchase
Period. In no event, however, shall any further payroll deductions be
added to the Participant's account during such unpaid leave. Upon the
Participant's return to active service, his or her payroll deductions
under the Plan shall automatically resume at the rate in effect at the
time the leave began, provided the Participant returns to service
prior to the expiration date of the offering period in which such
leave began.
G. CORPORATE TRANSACTION. Each outstanding purchase
right shall automatically be exercised, immediately prior to the effective date
of any Corporate Transaction, by applying the payroll deductions of each
Participant for the Purchase Period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs
to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock at a purchase price per share
equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lower of (i) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock on the Participant's Entry Date into the offering
period in which such Corporate Transaction occurs or (ii) the Fair Market Value
per share of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such
Corporate Transaction. However, the applicable limitation on the number of
shares purchasable per
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Participant shall continue to apply to any such purchase, and the clause (i)
amount above shall not, for any Participant whose Entry Date for the offering
period is other than the start date of that offering period, be less than the
Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on such start date.
The Corporation shall use its best efforts to provide at least
ten (10)-days prior written notice of the occurrence of any Corporate
Transaction, and Participants shall, following the receipt of such notice, have
the right to terminate their outstanding purchase rights prior to the effective
date of the Corporate Transaction.
H. PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS. Should the total
number of shares of Common Stock which are to be purchased pursuant to
outstanding purchase rights on any particular date exceed the number of shares
then available for issuance under the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall make a
pro-rata allocation of the available shares on a uniform and nondiscriminatory
basis, and the payroll deductions of each Participant, to the extent in excess
of the aggregate purchase price payable for the Common Stock pro-rated to such
individual, shall be refunded.
I. ASSIGNABILITY. No purchase right granted under the
Plan shall be assignable or transferable by the Participant other than by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution following the Participant's death,
and during the Participant's lifetime the purchase right shall be exercisable
only by the Participant.
J. STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. A Participant shall have no
stockholder rights with respect to the shares subject to his or her outstanding
purchase right until the shares are purchased on the Participant's behalf in
accordance with the provisions of the Plan and the Participant has become a
holder of record of the purchased shares.
A Participant shall be issued, as soon as practicable after
the date of each purchase, a stock certificate for the number of shares
purchased on the Participant's behalf. Such certificate may, upon the
Participant's request, be issued in the names of the Participant and his/her
spouse as community property or as joint tenants with right of survivorship.
Alternatively, the stock certificate may be delivered to a designated stock
brokerage account maintained for the Participant and held in "street name" in
order to facilitate the subsequent sale of the purchased shares.
VIII. ACCRUAL LIMITATIONS
A. No Participant shall be entitled to accrue rights to
acquire Common Stock pursuant to any purchase right outstanding under this Plan
if and to the extent such accrual, when aggregated with (i) rights to purchase
Common Stock accrued under any other purchase right granted under this Plan and
(ii) similar rights accrued under other employee stock purchase plans (within
the meaning of Code Section 423) of the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate,
would otherwise permit such Participant to purchase more than Twenty-
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Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of stock of the Corporation or any
Corporate Affiliate (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such
stock on the date or dates such rights are granted) for each calendar year such
rights are at any time outstanding.
B. For purposes of applying such accrual limitations,
the following provisions shall be in effect:
(i) The right to acquire Common Stock
under each outstanding purchase right shall accrue in a series of
installments on each Purchase Date during the offering period on which
such right remains outstanding.
(ii) No right to acquire Common Stock
under any outstanding purchase right shall accrue to the extent the
Participant has already accrued in the same calendar year the right to
acquire Common Stock under one (1) or more other purchase rights at a
rate equal to Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of Common
Stock (determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of such stock
on the date or dates of grant) for each calendar year such rights were
at any time outstanding.
C. If by reason of such accrual limitations, any
purchase right of a Participant does not accrue for a particular Purchase
Period, then the payroll deductions which the Participant made during that
Purchase Period with respect to such purchase right shall be promptly refunded.
D. In the event there is any conflict between the
provisions of this Article and one or more provisions of the Plan or any
instrument issued thereunder, the provisions of this Article shall be
controlling.
IX. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN
A. The Plan was adopted by the Board on January 25, 1995
and shall become effective on the Effective Date, provided the Plan is approved
by the Corporation's stockholders at the 1995 Annual Meeting. The Plan is
intended to be the successor to the Predecessor Plan, and should such
stockholder approval be obtained, the Predecessor Plan shall terminate on the
June 30, 1995 purchase date thereunder, and no more purchase rights shall be
granted and no shares of Common Stock shall be issued under the Predecessor
Plan after the June 30, 1995 purchase date thereunder. In the event such
stockholder approval is not obtained, then this Plan shall not be implemented,
and the Predecessor Plan shall continue in full force and effect with its
existing terms and provisions.
B. On February 24, 1997, the Board amended the Plan to
increase the total share reserve available for issuance under the Plan by an
additional 150,000 shares, subject to stockholder approval at the 1997 Annual
Meeting. Should such stockholder
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approval not be obtained, then no purchase rights shall be granted, and no
shares shall be issued, on the basis of such 150,000 share increase. However,
the Plan will continue in effect until the maximum number of shares available
for issuance under the Plan as last approved by the stockholders is issued.
C. Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall
terminate upon the earliest of (i) the last business day in June 2005, (ii) the
date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been
sold pursuant to purchase rights exercised under the Plan or (iii) the date on
which all purchase rights are exercised in connection with a Corporate
Transaction. No further purchase rights shall be granted or exercised, and no
further payroll deductions shall be collected, under the Plan following its
termination.
X. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board may alter, amend, suspend or discontinue the Plan at
any time to become effective immediately following the close of any Purchase
Period. However, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation's
stockholders, (i) materially increase the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable under the Plan or the maximum number of shares purchasable per
Participant on any one Purchase Date, except for permissible adjustments in the
event of certain changes in the Corporation's capitalization, (ii) alter the
purchase price formula so as to reduce the purchase price payable for the
shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Plan, or (iii) materially increase
the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or materially modify the
requirements for eligibility to participate in the Plan.
XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration
of the Plan shall be paid by the Corporation.
B. Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant
any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or any Corporate
Affiliate for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise
restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation (or any Corporate Affiliate
employing such person) or of the Participant, which rights are hereby expressly
reserved by each, to terminate such person's employment at any time for any
reason, with or without cause.
C. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the
laws of the State of California without resort to that State's conflict-of-laws
rules.
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SCHEDULE A
CORPORATIONS PARTICIPATING IN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation
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The following definitions shall be in effect under the Plan:
A. BOARD shall mean the Corporation's Board of
Directors.
B. CODE shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
C. COMMON STOCK shall mean the Corporation's common
stock.
D. CORPORATE AFFILIATE shall mean any parent or
subsidiary corporation of the Corporation (as determined in accordance with
Code Section 424), whether now existing or subsequently established.
E. CORPORATE TRANSACTION shall mean either of the
following stockholder-approved transactions to which the Corporation is a
party:
(i) a merger or consolidation in which securities
possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting
power of the Corporation's outstanding securities are transferred to a
person or persons different from the persons holding those securities
immediately prior to such transaction, or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
F. CORPORATION shall mean IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation, a California corporation, and any corporate successor to all or
substantially all of the assets or voting stock of IDEC Pharmaceuticals
Corporation which shall by appropriate action adopt the Plan.
G. EFFECTIVE DATE shall mean July 3, 1995, the first
business day in July 1995. Any Corporate Affiliate which becomes a
Participating Corporation after such Effective Date shall designate a
subsequent Effective Date with respect to its employee-Participants.
H. ELIGIBLE EARNINGS shall mean the (i) regular base
salary paid to a Participant by one or more Participating Companies during such
individual's period of participation in the Plan, plus (ii) any pre-tax
contributions made by the Participant to any Code Section 401(k) salary
deferral plan or any Code Section 125 cafeteria benefit program now or
hereafter established by the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate, plus (iii)
all of the following amounts to the extent paid in cash: overtime payments,
bonuses, commissions,
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profit-sharing distributions and other incentive-type payments. However,
Eligible Earnings shall NOT include any contributions (other than Code Section
401(k) or Code Section 125 contributions) made on the Participant's behalf by
the Corporation or any Corporate Affiliate to any deferred compensation plan or
welfare benefit program now or hereafter established.
I. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE shall mean any person who is
engaged, on a regularly-scheduled basis of more than twenty (20) hours per week
for more than five (5) months per calendar year, in the rendition of personal
services to any Participating Corporation as an employee for earnings
considered wages under Code Section 3401(a).
J. ENTRY DATE shall mean the date an Eligible Employee
first commences participation in the offering period in effect under the Plan.
The earliest Entry Date under the Plan shall be the Effective Date.
K. FAIR MARKET VALUE per share of Common Stock on any
relevant date shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) If the Common Stock is at the time traded on
the Nasdaq National Market, then the Fair Market Value shall be the
closing selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in
question, as such price is reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers on the Nasdaq National Market or any successor
system. If there is no closing selling price for the Common Stock on
the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation
exists.
(ii) If the Common Stock is at the time listed on
any Stock Exchange, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing
selling price per share of Common Stock on the date in question on the
Stock Exchange determined by the Plan Administrator to be the primary
market for the Common Stock, as such price is officially quoted in the
composite tape of transactions on such exchange. If there is no
closing selling price for the Common Stock on the date in question,
then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
L. PARTICIPANT shall mean any Eligible Employee of a
Participating Corporation who is actively participating in the Plan.
M. PARTICIPATING CORPORATION shall mean the Corporation
and such Corporate Affiliate or Affiliates as may be authorized from time to
time by the Board to extend the benefits of the Plan to their Eligible
Employees. The Participating Corporations in the Plan as of the Effective Date
are listed in attached Schedule A.
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N. PLAN shall mean the Corporation's 1995 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, as set forth in this document.
O. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR shall mean the Compensation
Committee of the Board in its capacity as administrator of the Plan.
P. PREDECESSOR PLAN shall mean the Corporation's
existing Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Q. PURCHASE PERIOD shall mean each successive period
within the offering period at the end of which there shall be purchased shares
of Common Stock on behalf of each Participant.
R. PURCHASE DATE shall mean the last business day of
each Purchase Period. The initial Purchase Date shall be September 30, 1995.
S. SECURITIES ACT shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
T. STOCK EXCHANGE shall mean either the American Stock
Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange.
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