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This excerpt taken from the EYE 8-K filed Feb 17, 2009.

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of February 17, 2009 by and among Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation (“Parent”), Rainforest Acquisition Inc. a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”), and Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Purchaser, and the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2009 (the “Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Merger Agreement, the Merger Agreement may be amended by a written instrument signed by the parties to the Merger Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Purchaser, and the Company desire to amend the Merger Agreement and address certain matters as provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Parent, Purchaser and the Company, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.

 

2.                                      Amendments to Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

2.1.                              Section 5.4(b).  Section 5.4(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “(and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours)” in clause (x) of the proviso with “(and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours)”.

 

2.2.                              Section 5.4(c).  Section 5.4(c) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “twenty-four (24)” in the first sentence with “forty-eight (48)”.

 

2.3.                              Section 5.4(d).  Section 5.4(d) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “five (5) Business Days” in clause (I) with “four (4) Business Days”.  Section 5.4(d) of the Merger Agreement is further amended by replacing “three (3) Business Days” in clause (I) with “two (2) Business Days”.

 



 

2.4.                              Section 8.3.  The definition of “Superior Proposal” is hereby amended by deleting “, from a financial point of view,” in clause (b).

 

3.                                      Full Force and Effect.  Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, all of the terms, covenants, agreements, conditions and other provisions of the Merger Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. As used in the Merger Agreement, the terms “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereunder”, “hereto” and words of similar import shall mean and refer to, from and after the date hereof, unless the context otherwise requires, the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

4.                                      Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, and signature pages may be delivered by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

5.                                      Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to laws that may be applicable under conflicts of laws principles (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, and shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

These excerpts taken from the EYE 8-K filed Jan 13, 2009.

Agreement and Plan of Merger

On January 11, 2009, Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Abbott Laboratories, an Illinois corporation (“Parent”), and Rainforest Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Purchaser”).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof:

 

   

Purchaser will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company, including the associated preferred stock purchase rights (collectively, the “Shares”), at a purchase price of $22.00 per share, net to the holder in cash (the “Offer Price”), without interest; and

 

   

as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. In the Merger, the Shares remaining outstanding following the consummation of the Offer, other than Shares held by Parent, Purchaser or any of Parent’s wholly owned subsidiaries, or by stockholders who have validly exercised their appraisal rights under Delaware law, will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price.

The obligation of Purchaser to accept for payment and pay for the Shares tendered in the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the expiration or termination of applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and the antitrust laws of certain other applicable foreign jurisdictions. An additional condition to Purchaser’s obligation to accept for payment and pay for the Shares tendered in the Offer is that the number of the outstanding Shares that have been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, together with any Shares owned by Parent or its subsidiaries, equals at least a majority of the Shares on a fully-diluted basis.

The closing of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions. The parties have agreed that if, following completion of the Offer, Parent and Purchaser own at least 90% of the outstanding Shares, the Merger will be completed without a meeting of the Company’s stockholders, pursuant to Delaware’s “short-form” merger statute.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to applicable law, the Company has granted to Purchaser an option (the “Top-Up Option”) to purchase the number of Shares (the “Top-Up Shares”) that, when added to the number of Shares owned by Purchaser immediately prior to such exercise, shall constitute at least 90% of the number of Shares outstanding after such exercise. The per share exercise price of the Top-Up Option is equal to the Offer Price. The Top-Up Option will not be exercisable for a number of Shares in excess of the Company’s authorized but unissued Shares (giving effect to Shares reserved for issuance under the Company’s equity plans as if such Shares were outstanding).

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company, on the one hand, and of Parent and Purchaser, on the other. The assertions embodied in those


representations and warranties were made solely for purposes of the contract among the Company, Parent and the Purchaser and may be subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the Company, Parent and the Purchaser in connection with the negotiated terms. Moreover, some of those representations and warranties may not be accurate or complete as of any specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to stockholders or may have been used for purposes allocating risk among the Company, Parent and the Purchaser rather than establishing matters as facts.

The Merger Agreement also includes customary covenants of the Company, Parent and the Purchaser. The Company has agreed to operate its business in the ordinary course until the Merger is consummated. The Company has agreed not to solicit or initiate discussions with third parties regarding other proposals to acquire the Company and to certain restrictions on its ability to respond to any such proposal. The Merger Agreement also includes customary termination provisions for both the Company and Parent and provides that, in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee and under specified circumstances, their expenses.

A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement.

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 11, 2009 (this “Agreement”), by and among ABBOTT LABORATORIES, an Illinois corporation (“Parent”), RAINFOREST ACQUISITION INC., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (the “Purchaser”), and ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 8.3 or as otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent, the Purchaser and the Company have approved the acquisition of the Company by Parent upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

WHEREAS, in furtherance of such acquisition, the Purchaser proposes to commence a tender offer to purchase all of the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) that are outstanding and the associated preferred stock purchase rights (the “Company Rights”) issued in connection with and subject to the Rights Agreement, dated June 24, 2002, by and between the Company and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (the “Rights Agreement”) (which Company Rights, together with the shares of the Company Common Stock, are hereinafter referred to as the “Shares”), at a price per Share of $22.00 (such amount or any different amount per Share that may be paid pursuant to the Offer, the “Offer Price”) (such offer, as amended from time to time as permitted by this Agreement, the “Offer”);

WHEREAS, following the acceptance for payment of Shares pursuant to the Offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Purchaser shall be merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the Surviving Corporation (the “Merger”), in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), whereby each issued and outstanding Share (other than (i) Shares to be cancelled or converted in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and (ii) Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser and certain stockholders of the Company (the “Principal Stockholders”) are entering into support agreements, each of even date herewith (the “Support Agreements”), pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed, among other things, to tender their Shares in the Offer;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, unanimously (i) determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the Support Agreements and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Offer and the Merger, and (iii) recommended that the Company’s stockholders accept the Offer, tender their Shares to the Purchaser in the Offer and, to the extent applicable, adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger (the “Company Board Recommendation”);


WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Purchaser has, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, unanimously approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation the Offer and the Merger, and the Parent or a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (in each case, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Purchaser) has adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and

WHEREAS, Parent, the Purchaser and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Offer and the Merger and also to prescribe various conditions to the Offer and the Merger.

This excerpt taken from the EYE 8-K filed Jan 10, 2007.

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 5, 2007 (this “Agreement”), by and among Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Ironman Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and IntraLase Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have (i) approved and declared advisable and in the best interests of their respective stockholders the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and (ii) approved this Agreement;

WHEREAS, as a result of the Merger, and in accordance  with the DGCL, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) (other than shares of Company Common Stock owned by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any wholly-owned Subsidiary (as defined in Section 2.1(b)) of the Company or Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.2) and Dissenting Shares (as defined in Section 2.1(d)), will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (as defined in Section 2.1(a)); and

WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent to enter into this Agreement and incur the obligations set forth herein, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent is entering into Voting Agreements with certain stockholders of the Company named therein, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached to this Agreement (the “Voting Agreements”), pursuant to which, among other things, such stockholders have agreed to vote the shares of Company Common Stock held by such stockholders in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger provided for herein, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Voting Agreements.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:

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