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1 MERGER & ACQUISITION LAW UPDATE January 30, 2015 Delaware Court Voids Uncapped Indefinite Indemnity Obligations in a Merger Agreement Typical Scenario: Many deals are structured as mergers rather than stock purchases if, for example, the Target has too many Target stockholders for effective negotiations. In those cases, the Buyer will sign the merger agreement with the principal stockholders and the other non signing stockholders will be bound by the merger agreement pursuant to the merger statute. The Buyer will also negotiate indemnification protections to backup the representations and warranties of the Target stockholders. In many cases, the Fundamental Representations 1 of the Target stockholders will be uncapped (i.e., not subject to a cap or amount limitation) and indefinite (i.e., not subject to a time limitation). According to recent M&A surveys, 27% of 2013 private M&A transactions 2 included an indefinite survival period for Fundamental Representations, and about 10% of 2012 private M&A transactions 3 were silent on caps or limited indemnity obligations to the purchase price. Court Holding: The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that uncapped indefinite indemnity obligations were unenforceable against the non signing stockholders. 4 The uncapped indefinite indemnity obligations continued to be enforceable against the signing stockholders. In that merger agreement, each stockholder (both signing and non signing) was to have been liable up to its pro rata portion of the merger consideration (so called several liability). 1 In the case in question, the Fundamental Representations related to: corporate organization and good standing, capitalization, authorization to effect the Merger and transactions contemplated thereby, taxes, environmental matters, certain intellectual property items, and brokerage fees SRS Acquiom M&A Deal Terms Study ABA Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study. 4 Cigna Health and Life Ins. Co. v. Audax Health Sol ns, Inc., C.A. No VCP (Del. Ch. Nov. 26, 2014). 1

2 Rationale: The court determined that uncapped indefinite indemnity obligations violated a specific Delaware statute, Section 251(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which requires that the merger consideration must be ascertainable either from the merger agreement itself or from some document or fact outside the merger agreement. Because the indemnity obligations in question were not subject to limitations as to amount or time, they were not ascertainable and therefore violated Section 251(b). For that reason, the indemnity obligations were unenforceable against the non signing stockholders. Practical Advice: 1. The court was careful to say that its holding was limited to those specific facts and circumstances at issue and was not intended to affect typical escrow arrangements or other post closing price adjustments. 2. The court s rationale shifts potential liability from the non signing Target stockholders to the Buyer. In future deals, Buyers will expect to be compensated for this enhanced risk by: a. Demanding a higher escrow or holdback amount; b. Keeping the escrows and holdback amounts for longer periods; or c. Demanding joint and several stockholder liability rather than several liability, as was the case here. 3. In future deals, Buyers may re evaluate the efficacy of structuring the deal as a stock or asset purchase, rather than as a merger. 4. Buyers also may consider re allocating the merger consideration between signing and non signing Target stockholders. For example, if the merger consideration was $100 per Target share, the Buyer may pay $110 per share to the signing stockholders and only $90 to the non signing stockholders. This would compensate the signing stockholders for the additional indemnity risk. 5. Rather than having indefinite indemnity obligations, Buyers may fix the indemnity obligations to a time certain. Recall that Delaware recently changed its statute to allow for a 20 year statute of limitations. 5 It is unknown whether a 20 year liability period would be enforceable. * * * Del. C. 8106(c) 2

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