Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
On June 5, 2009, Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (the "Company") entered
into a Framework Agreement with Concateno plc, a company registered under the
laws of England and Wales ("Concateno"), pursuant to which the Company has
agreed to a proposal to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital
of Concateno (the "Concateno Shares") pursuant to a scheme of arrangement under
Part 26 of the United Kingdom Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme"). The Scheme is
subject to a number of conditions, including approval by the shareholders of
Concateno and sanction of the High Court of Justice in England and Wales.
Under the terms of the Scheme, each holder of Concateno Shares will receive,
for each Concateno Share, 79 pence in cash and 0.02 shares of the Company's
common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Company Stock"), based on
Inverness' closing price per common share on the New York Stock Exchange (the
"NYSE") on June 4, 2009 of $34.00 and applying an exchange rate of £1.00:$1.61
for a total implied value per Concateno share of 121.24 pence. Based on
information provided by Concateno, there are 103.2 million Concateno Shares
issued and outstanding after consideration of certain shares which will be
repurchased by Concateno for nominal consideration and cancelled as a result of
the transaction. There are also up to approximately 2 million outstanding
warrants and options over Concateno shares which are expected to be exercised
prior to the acquisition becoming effective. The Company therefore expects to
issue approximately 2.1 million shares of Company Stock to acquire Concateno. In
addition, the Company expects to issue options to purchase approximately 300,000
shares of Company Stock in exchange for outstanding options to purchase
Concateno Shares and, as part of compensation packages intended to induce
certain key executives of Concateno to remain with the company, to pay up to
£1.1 million in cash and to grant awards of 56,000 shares of restricted Company
Stock and options to purchase up to 75,000 shares of Company Stock.
In the event that the value of the total consideration payable per Concateno
Share (based on the volume weighted average of the closing market prices of the
Company Stock on the NYSE over the twenty trading days ending on (and including)
the trading day immediately preceding the date of the shareholder vote to
approve the Scheme) is less than 120 pence per Concateno Share, then the Company
will be obliged to provide further consideration to Concateno Shareholders such
that the overall value of the consideration per Concateno Share at the time of
the shareholder vote is 120 pence. Any such additional consideration will
consist of up to £1 million cash plus up to 500,000 additional shares of Company
Stock or, at the Company's option, the cash equivalent thereof. In the event
that the cash consideration of up to £1 million is not needed to increase the
overall consideration to 120 pence, the unused portion will be paid to certain
key managers of Concateno.
In connection with the issuance of shares of Company Stock pursuant to the
Scheme, the Company intends to rely on the exemption from registration afforded
by Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), for exchanges of securities after a hearing by a court upon the fairness
of the terms and conditions of the exchange. In connection with the issuance of
options and restricted stock described above, the Company intends to rely on the
exemptions from registration afforded by Regulation S under the Securities Act
and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
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