Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of Orchard Therapeutics plc from RA Capital Management, L.P., Deep Track Capital, LP, Zentree Investment Management Pte. Ltd. and others.
The respective obligations of the Company and Purchaser to consummate the Transaction are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of customary conditions, including: (1) approval by the Company shareholders of the Scheme of Arrangement and the passing of the Company Shareholder Resolutions; (2) all required consents and expirations or terminations of waiting periods be obtained or have occurred; (3) compliance by the other party in all material respects with such other party?s obligations under the Transaction Agreement; (4) accuracy of the other party?s representations and warranties, subject to certain materiality standards set forth in the Transaction Agreement; (5) sanction of the Scheme of Arrangement by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the ?Court?); (6) the absence of any law or order prohibiting consummation of the Transaction; and (7) the execution of the CVR Agreement. The Company?s Board of Directors (the ?Board?), acting upon the recommendation of a transaction committee of the Board, has unanimously resolved (i) that the entry into the Transaction Agreement, and the implementation of the Transaction and Scheme of Arrangement is fair to the Company and the Company shareholders and likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of the Company shareholders as a whole, (ii) to approve the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Transaction and the Scheme of Arrangement, (iii) to unanimously recommend to the Company shareholders to vote to approve the Scheme of Arrangement at the meetings and pass the special resolution to amend the Company?s organizational documents and approve such other matters as may be necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Transaction and/or the Scheme of Arrangement (the ?Company Shareholder Resolutions?) at the general meeting of the Company shareholders and (iv) to submit the Scheme of Arrangement for approval by the Company shareholders. As of December 8, 2023, The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement are subject to the receipt of approvals or clearances under certain foreign direct investment laws. All such approvals or clearances thereof under the applicable foreign direct investment laws have now been obtained. The closing of the Transaction remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions to the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreement. As of December 19, 2023, Orchard Shareholders approved the transaction. As of January 22, 2024, High Court of Justice of England and Wales sanctioned the scheme of arrangement.
Kyowa Kirin is represented by Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. as financial advisor and Gary Mitchel Smith, Masato Hayakawa, Rika Saeki, Simon Arlington and Joseph Sulzbach of Morrison & Foerster LLP as legal advisor. Orchard Therapeutics is represented by Guggenheim Securities, LLC as financial advisor, Michael Bison, James Matarese, Andrew Goodman and Tevia Pollard of Goodwin Procter LLP as U.S. legal advisor, and Paul Mudie, Andrew Jolly, Phil Linnard and Mike Lane of Slaughter & May Ltd. as UK legal advisor. Guggenheim Securities, LLC also provided fairness opinion to Orchard. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is advising Guggenheim Securities as financial advisor to Orchard Therapeutics. MacKenzie Partners acted as information agent to Orchard and received a fee of $15,000. Orchard has agreed to pay Guggenheim Securities a cash transaction fee (based on a percentage of the aggregate value associated with the Transaction as determined by the agreed upon fee schedule) upon consummation of the Transaction, which cash transaction fee is currently estimated to be approximately $10.5 million. Orchard has previously paid Guggenheim Securities a cash opinion fee of $1 million that became payable upon the rendering of Guggenheim Securities? opinion with respect to the Transaction.
Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE:4151) completed the acquisition of Orchard Therapeutics plc (NasdaqCM:ORTX) from RA Capital Management, L.P., Deep Track Capital, LP, Zentree Investment Management Pte. Ltd. and others on January 24, 2024.