In November and December 2021, Mr. Owen Hughes, the Chairman of the Company Board, met with two
potential strategic bidders that the Company believed might have an interest in acquiring TYMLOS or the Company and sufficient financial resources to complete an acquisition. In mid-January, the Company
requested that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (J.P. Morgan) serve as financial advisor to the Company and the Company Board in connection with the process. The Company selected J.P. Morgan due to J.P. Morgans expertise in the
market and experience with mergers and acquisitions. In late January 2022, at the Companys direction, J.P. Morgan began contacting 10 additional potential strategic and financial bidders that the Company had identified as potentially having an
interest in acquiring TYMLOS. The potentially interested parties were identified based on prior discussions held between the Company and potentially interested parties, supplemented by J.P. Morgans industry knowledge and view of potential
bidders that would be familiar with the Company and its industry, willing to engage in a transaction of this size and able to pursue this opportunity. Given that TYMLOS represented a substantial majority of the value of the Company, the Company
directed J.P. Morgan to indicate to those potential bidders that, in addition to proposals to acquire TYMLOS, the Company would also consider proposals to acquire the Company as a whole.
On January 26, 2022, the Company and Gurnet Point entered into a confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), which did not include a
standstill provision. See Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and AgreementsArrangements with Purchaser and ParentThe Confidentiality Agreement. Additionally, on February 1, 2022, the Company and Party B (as
defined below) entered into a confidential disclosure agreement, which did not include a standstill provision. The Company entered into CDAs with eight additional potential bidders in connection with the Company Sale Process, which CDAs did not
include any standstill provisions.
Between late January 2022 and late February 2022, 10 of the 15 potentially interested parties contacted by the Company
or J.P. Morgan declined to participate in the Companys sale process.
On February 10, 2022, the Company received a letter of intent from one of
the potential purchasers (Party A) with whom the Company had met in late 2021 regarding a potential acquisition of TYMLOS. On February 15, 2022, the Company entered into a CDA with Party A, which did not have a
dont ask, dont waive provision. After several discussions, the Company determined that Party As proposed valuation of TYMLOS was too low and declined to proceed with further conversations with such party.
On February 23, 2022, at the Companys direction, J.P. Morgan distributed process letters concerning a potential acquisition of TMYLOS to five
parties who had previously expressed interest in the Company and its assets, including Gurnet Point, with an initial bid date of March 28, 2022.
On
March 7, 2022, Velan Capital Investment Management LP (together with its affiliates and related parties, Velan) and Repertoire Partners LP (together with its affiliates and related parties, Repertoire)
filed a joint Schedule 13D, disclosing their entry into a Group Agreement on February 15, 2022, under which they agreed to coordinate their activities with respect to the Company, as well as a Joint Filing Agreement on March 7, 2022. The
Schedule 13D reported that each of Velan and Repertoire owned 1,371,400 shares of the Companys Common Stock, collectively constituting 5.8% of the Companys outstanding stock and economic exposure to approximately 8.2% of the
Companys outstanding common stock. Shortly after this filing, Velan and Repertoire sent an e-mail to certain employees of the Company, including G. Kelly Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Peter Schwartzman, Vice President, Corporate Finance and Ethan Holdaway, Head of Investor Relations, indicating their intent to deliver a formal nomination notice and requesting an extension of the director nomination deadline.
On March 11, 2022, Velan and Repertoire delivered notice of their intention to nominate four director candidates to the Board at the Annual Meeting,
including Dr. Eric J. Ende, R. John Fletcher, Cynthia L. Flowers, and Ann MacDougall.
Also on March 11, 2022, Gurnet Point submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire the Company for upfront cash consideration of $10.50 per share, which represented a 24% premium to the Companys then-current stock price, plus a contingent value right that
would pay $1.75 per share in the event TYMLOS achieved certain net revenue milestones (the Initial Gurnet Point Offer). The directors continued to communicate with each other,
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