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ENTREMED, INC.
9610 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 200
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD JUNE 30, 1997
To the Stockholders:
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
EntreMed, Inc. (the "Company") will be held on June 30, 1997, at 10:00 a.m.
local time at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washington
Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878. The Annual Meeting is called for the
following purposes:
1. To elect a board of eight directors;
2. To approve and ratify an amendment and restatement to the Company's
1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated, increasing from 516,667 to
1,266,667 the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance;
3. To consider and act upon proposed amendments to the Certificate of
Incorporation to provide for the classification of the Company's Board of
Directors into three classes;
4. To approve and ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the
independent auditors of the Company; and
5. To consider and take action upon such other matters as may properly
come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
The close of business on May 20, 1997 has been fixed as the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the
Annual Meeting. The stock transfer books of the Company will not be closed.
All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting.
Whether or not you expect to attend, you are respectfully requested by the Board
of Directors to sign, date and return the enclosed proxy promptly. Stockholders
who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them at any time prior to the
voting thereof. A return envelope which requires no postage if mailed in the
United States is enclosed for your convenience.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
John W. Holaday, Ph.D.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: April 30, 1997
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ENTREMED, INC.
9610 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 200
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
(301) 217-9858
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PROXY STATEMENT
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ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation
of proxies by the Board of Directors of EntreMed, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at the
Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washington Boulevard,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 on June 30, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. and for any
adjournment or adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Any stockholder giving
such a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is voted. Written
notice of such revocation should be forwarded directly to the Secretary of the
Company at the above stated address. Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not
have the effect of revoking the proxy unless such written notice is given or the
stockholder votes by ballot at the Annual Meeting.
If the enclosed proxy is properly executed and returned, the shares
represented thereby will be voted in accordance with the directions thereon and
otherwise in accordance with the judgment of the persons designated as proxies.
Any proxy on which no direction is specified will be voted in favor of the
actions described in this Proxy Statement, including the election of the
nominees set forth under the caption "Election of Directors", the approval and
ratification of an amendment and restatement to the 1996 Stock Option Plan, as
amended and restated (the "1996 Plan"), the adoption of certain amendments to
the Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the classification of the
Company's Board of Directors into three classes and the approval and
ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors
of the Company.
The approximate date on which this Proxy Statement and the accompanying
form of proxy will first be mailed or given to the Company's stockholders is May
23, 1997.
Your vote is important. Accordingly, you are urged to sign and return
the accompanying proxy card whether or not you plan to attend the Annual
Meeting. If you do attend, you may vote by ballot at the Annual Meeting, thereby
cancelling any proxy previously given.
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VOTING SECURITIES
Holders of record of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Shares"), as of the close of business on May 20, 1997, are entitled to
notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting on all matters. On the record date
there were issued and outstanding 12,138,869 Shares. Each outstanding Share is
entitled to one vote upon all matters to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. A
majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote on any matter and
represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy shall constitute a
quorum.
Abstentions and broker non-votes are counted for purposes of
determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business.
If a stockholder, present in person or by proxy, abstains on any matter, the
stockholder's Shares will not be voted on such matter. Thus, an abstention from
voting on any matter has the same legal effect as a vote "against" the matter,
even though the stockholder may interpret such action differently. Except for
determining the presence or absence of a quorum for the transaction of business,
broker non-votes are not counted for any purpose in determining whether a matter
has been approved and, therefore, will have no effect on the vote.
Assuming a quorum is present, (i) the affirmative vote of a plurality
of the Shares so represented and entitled to vote is required to approve
Proposal 1, (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the Shares so represented
and entitled to vote, excluding broker non-votes, is necessary to approve
Proposals 2 and 4 and (iii) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a
majority of the outstanding Shares is required to approve Proposal 3. If
approved, Proposal 3 will become effective upon the filing with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company, which filing is expected to occur shortly after
the approval, if any, of Proposal 3.
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 1997, certain
information concerning stock ownership of all persons known by the Company to
own beneficially 5% or more of the Shares, each director, each executive officer
named under "Executive Compensation and Other Matters" and all directors and
executive officers of the Company as a group.
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Among and
Nature of Percentage of
NAME OF Beneficial Outstanding
STOCKHOLDER (1) OWNERSHIP(1) CLASS
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John W. Holaday, Ph.D.............. 983,567(2) 7.92%
Carl R. Alving, M.D................ 775,235(3) 6.38
Donald S. Brooks................... 45,001(4) *
Bart Chernow, M.D.................. 703,917(3) 5.79
Samuel R. Dunlap, Jr............... 432,567(5) 3.46
Leo Einck, Ph.D.................... 42,667(6) *
Edward R. Gubish, Ph.D............. 83,083(7) *
Lee F. Meier 33,334(8) *
Mark C.M. Randall.................. 45,001(9) *
Leon E. Rosenberg, M.D............. -(10) -
Wendell M. Starke.................. 282,336(11) 2.31
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 986,110(12) 7.84
P.O. Box 4000
Princeton, New Jersey 08543........
D.H. Blair Investment Banking Corp. 1,000,000(13) 8.24
44 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005...........
Steve Gorlin 695,575(14) 5.73
5115 New Peachtree Road
Suite 200
Chamblee, Georgia 30341...........
All executive officers and
directors of the Company as a
group (11 persons).............. 3,541,791(15) 26.72
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*Less than 1%
(1) Beneficial ownership is defined in accordance with the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and generally means the
power to vote and/or to dispose of the securities regardless of any
economic interest therein.
(2) Includes 273,335 shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants
which are currently exercisable and 126,666 shares held by a limited
partnership of which Dr. Holaday is the general partner. Does not
include 208,334 shares issuable upon exercise of options not
exercisable within 60 days.
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(3) Includes 15,002 shares issuable upon exercise of options which are
currently exercisable.
(4) Includes 45,001 shares issuable upon exercise of options which are
currently exercisable.
(5) Includes 364,999 shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants
which are currently exercisable. Does not include 100,000 shares
issuable upon exercise of options not exercisable within 60 days.
(6) Includes 41,667 shares issuable upon exercise of options which are
currently exercisable. Does not include 61,667 shares issuable upon
exercise of options not exercisable within 60 days.
(7) Includes 82,083 shares issuable upon exercise of options which are
currently exercisable. Does not include 102,917 shares issuable upon
exercise of options not exercisable within 60 days.
(8) Includes shares issuable upon exercise of currently exercisable
warrants held by an entity the general partner of which is an entity in
which Mr. Meier serves as Managing Director.
(9) Includes 45,001 shares issuable upon exercise of options which are
currently exercisable. Does not include 20,000 shares issuable upon
exercise of options not exercisable within 60 days.
(10) Does not include shares owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, of which
Dr. Rosenberg is the Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs. Dr.
Rosenberg disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares held by
Bristol-Myers Squibb.
(11) Includes 88,984 shares issuable upon exercise of options and warrants
which are currently exercisable. Does not include 40,761 shares owned
by various family members of Mr. Starke, as to which Mr. Starke
disclaims beneficial ownership.
(12) Includes 444,444 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants which are
currently exercisable.
(13) Excludes (i) 375,666 shares owned by the adult children and
grandchildren of J. Morton Davis, the sole stockholder of D.H. Blair
Investment Banking Corp. ("Blair") and (ii) 18,000 shares owned by the
Vice Chairman of Blair and his children, as to all of which shares
Blair disclaims beneficial ownership. Also excludes an aggregate of
1,061,563 shares owned by Steve Gorlin and June Gorlin, Mr. Gorlin's
former wife, a portion of which are subject to the Gorlin Pledge (as
defined below).
(14) A portion of the shares owned by Mr. Gorlin are pledged to Blair and J.
Morton Davis to secure obligations owed by Mr. Gorlin to Blair (the
"Gorlin Pledge"). Such shares may be
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voted by Mr. Gorlin until such time as a default occurs under the
Gorlin Pledge or the underlying obligation. Does not include 381,192
shares owned by June Gorlin, as to which Mr. Gorlin disclaims
beneficial ownership.
(15) Includes 1,117,659 shares issuable upon exercise of options and
warrants which are currently exercisable. Does not include 569,334
shares issuable upon exercise of options not exercisable within 60
days.
PROPOSAL 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the Annual Meeting, eight directors will be elected by the
stockholders to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until
their successors are elected and shall qualify. With the exception of Lee F.
Meier, each of the nominees is currently a director of the Company. Management
recommends that the persons named below be elected as directors of the Company
and it is intended that the accompanying proxy will be voted for the election as
directors of the ten persons named below, unless the proxy contains contrary
instructions. The Company has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will
not be a candidate or will be unable to serve. However, in the event that any of
the nominees should become unable or unwilling to serve as a director, the
persons named in the proxy have advised that they will vote for the election of
such person or persons as shall be designated by management.
If the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to provide for a
Classified Board of Directors (see "Proposal 3") is adopted, the Board of
Directors will be divided into three classes. This Meeting will be the first
election of directors after the amendment which created the Classified Board.
Accordingly, at the Meeting, three directors will be elected for a term expiring
at the Company's fiscal 1997 Annual Meeting , three directors for terms expiring
at the fiscal 1998 Annual Meeting, and two directors for a term expiring at the
fiscal 1999 Annual Meeting and, in each case, until their successors are duly
elected and qualified. At each Annual Meeting after 1997, directors will be
elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire, and each person so
elected will serve for a three-year term.
If the Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation is not approved,
directors elected at the Meeting will serve one-year terms until the fiscal 1997
Annual Meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
The following sets forth the names and ages as of May 20, 1996 of the
eight nominees for election to the Board of Directors, their respective
principal occupations or employment during the past five years and the period
during which each has served as a director of the Company.
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DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND
NOMINEE AGE SINCE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING IN 2000
John W. Holaday,
Ph.D. 51 1992 Co-founder of the Company and President
and Chief Executive Officer and a director
since August 1992 and its Chairman of the
Board since November 1995. From May 1989
to August 1992, he was a co-founder of
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. where he
served as Scientific Director, Senior Vice
President for Research and Development and
director. From 1968 to 1989, he served at
the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research, where he founded the
Neuropharmacology Branch in 1980. Dr.
Holaday serves as an officer and fellow in
several biomedical societies and has
authored and edited numerous scientific
articles in journals and books. His
current academic positions include
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and
Critical Care Medicine and Senior Lecturer
in Medicine at The Johns Hopkins
University of Medicine, Baltimore,
Maryland; Adjunct Professor of
Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the
Uniformed Services University School of
Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland; and Clinical
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the
University of Connecticut Health Center,
Farmington, Connecticut.
Wendell M.
Starke 55 1994 Director of the Company since April 1994.
Mr. Starke is a Chartered Financial
Analyst and a Chartered Investment
Counselor. Mr. Starke was President of
INVESCO Capital Management, Inc. from 1979
to 1991 and has been its Chairman since
1991. In 1992, he became Chairman of
INVESCO, Inc., the parent company of
INVESCO Capital Management and other
INVESCO money management subsidiaries with
1995 year-end assets of over $75 billion
under management in the United States. Mr.
Starke also serves as a member of the
Board, Global Chief Investment Officer and
Chairman of the Global Asset Allocation
Committee of INVESCO, PLC, the
London-based parent company of the
worldwide INVESCO organization.
NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING IN 1999
Bart Chernow,
M.D. 49 1992 Co-founder of the Company and a director
since the Company's inception. Dr. Chernow
has served as Physician-in-Chief at Sinai
Hospital of Baltimore since 1990 and as a
Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology and
Critical Care at The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine part-time
since 1990. Dr. Chernow is the
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Critical
Care Medicine. From 1987 to 1990. Dr.
Chernow was the Director of the Henry K.
Beecher Memorial Research Laboratories and
Attending Physician of Critical Care
(anesthesia) at the Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, where he
also served as an Associate Professor.
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DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND
NOMINEE AGE SINCE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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Samuel R.
Dunlap, Jr. 47 1992 Executive Advisor and a director to the
Company since August 1992. Mr. Dunlap also
has (i) served as Chairman of Dunlap &
Partners, Ltd., a financial consulting
firm in Atlanta, Georgia, since October
1988, (ii) served as a director of Credit
Depot Corporation, of which he was a
founder, since December 1986, (iii) served
as Vice President of MEDigital, Inc. since
August 1996, (iv) from 1992 through 1996,
served as a director to First Pacific
Networks, Inc., a publicly-held
telecommunications company, (v) served as
a director and a consultant of Golf
Training Systems, Inc., a public company,
from August 1994 until December 1995 and
(vi) served as a director from July 1991
until February 1994 and an Executive
Advisor from July 1991 until November 1994
of Tapistron International, Inc. From
April 1986 until December 1988, Mr. Dunlap
served as Executive Vice President and
director of CytRx Corporation, a
publicly-held pharmaceutical company
("CytRx") of which he was a founder. Mr.
Dunlap also served as Executive Vice
President of Elan Pharmaceutical Research
Corp., a publicly-held company, from
August 1982 to December 1983 and President
and a director of such entity from January
1984 to January 1985.
Mark C.M.
Randall 34 1996 Director of the Company since April 1996.
Since 1985, Mr. Randall has been
associated with Sarasin International
Securities Limited, London, England, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank Sarasin &
Cie, a private bank based in Switzerland,
where he has been Director since 1994.
NOMINEES FOR TERMS EXPIRING IN 1998
Donald S.
Brooks 61 1996 Director of the Company since April 1996.
Since July 1993, Mr. Brooks has been a
practicing attorney with the law firm
Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi
Stewart & Olstein, Roseland, New Jersey,
which represents the Company on certain
matters. Prior thereto, Mr. Brooks was
employed by Merck & Co., Inc. for 27
years, most recently, from 1986 to 1993,
as Senior Counsel. From 1980 to 1985, Mr.
Brooks served as a U.S. employer delegate
to the Chemical Industries Committee
International Labor Organization in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Leon E.
Rosenberg,
M.D. 64 1996 Director of the Company since January
1996. Dr. Rosenberg was named Senior Vice
President, Scientific Affairs of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in January
1997. For the previous five and one-half
years, he served that company as the
President of Bristol-Myers Squibb
Pharmaceutical Research Institute. From
1984 to September 1991, Dr. Rosenberg
served as the dean of the Yale University
School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenberg is a
member of the
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DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION AND
NOMINEE AGE SINCE BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS
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National Academy of Sciences and serves on
the Board of Directors of
Research!America, SEQ Ltd., Somatic
Therapy Corporation, Cadus Pharmaceutical
Corporation and the Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research. He is on the
Board of Participants of the Intercompany
Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development
and Chairman of its Scientific Panel.
Lee F. Meier 50 Nominee Nominee for Director. Since 1984, Mr.
Meier has served as the founder and
Managing Director of Meier Mitchell &
Company, an investment banking firm
specializing in debt and lease financing
to emerging growth companies.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE
NOMINATED DIRECTORS, AND SIGNED PROXIES WHICH ARE RETURNED WILL BE SO VOTED
UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED ON THE PROXY CARD.
BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The Board of Directors of the Company held four meetings during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 ("fiscal 1996"). Each of the directors,
attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and the
committees thereof on which such director served, held during fiscal 1996.
The Board of Directors has three standing committees. These are the
Executive Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.
The Executive Committee acts as a liaison between management and the
Board of Directors and is responsible for all matters that arise between regular
meetings of the Board of Directors, to the extent permitted by Delaware law. The
Executive Committee which currently consists of three directors, Messrs.
Holaday, Dunlap and Starke, held seven meetings during fiscal 1996.
The Audit Committee reviews, with the Company's independent
accountants, the scope and timing of their audit services and any other services
they are asked to perform, their report on the Company's financial statements
following completion of their audit and the Company's policies and procedures
with respect to internal accounting and financial controls. In addition, the
Audit Committee makes annual recommendations to the Board of Directors for the
appointment of independent public accountants for the ensuing year. The Audit
Committee, which currently consists of two directors, Messrs. Brooks and
Randall, held one meeting during fiscal 1996.
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The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to the Board of
Directors the compensation and benefits of all officers of the Company, reviews
general policy matters relating to compensation and benefits of employees of the
Company and administers the Company's stock option plans. The Compensation
Committee, which currently consists of three directors, Messrs.
Brooks, Dunlap and Starke, held two meetings during fiscal 1996.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors of the Company receive a fee of $2,000 per in-person meeting
attended and are reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in connection with
attending such meetings. Directors are also awarded initial grants of
non-qualified stock options to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock upon
joining the Board of Directors and annual grants of non-qualified stock options
to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock. In addition, each member of the Audit
Committee and the Compensation Committee will receive annual grants of
non-qualified stock options to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock and each
member of the Executive Committee will receive annual grants of non-qualified
stock options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock. All such automatic
grants will be awarded on July 1, 1997. In addition, each director (except for
Dr. Rosenberg, who has declined all option grants) received certain option
grants in fiscal 1996, as described in "Participation in the Plans" set forth
under Proposal 2.
The Company entered into a three year consulting agreement with Samuel
R. Dunlap commencing January 1, 1996 that provides for annual payments of
$90,000.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND OTHER MATTERS
The following summary compensation table sets forth the aggregate
compensation paid or accrued by the Company to the Chief Executive Officer and
to executive officers whose annual compensation exceeded $100,000 for fiscal
1996 (collectively, the "named executive officers") for services during the
fiscal years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995:
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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
ANNUAL COMPENSATION
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LONG TERM ALL OTHER
COMPENSATION COMPEN-
SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION AWARD SATION
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR ($) ($) OPTION (NO.) ($)
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John W. Holaday, Ph.D. 1996 250,000 80,000 105,000 18,221(1)
Chairman, President and Chief 1995 200,000 100,000 270,001 18,369(1)
Executive Officer
Edward R. Gubish, Ph.D. 1996 140,000 42,000 75,000 5,670(2)
Vice President, Regulatory 1995 126,600 10,750 70,000 5,818(2)
and Clinical Development
Leo Einck, Ph.D. 1996 100,100 21,500 20,000 --
Vice President, 1995 91,000 10,750 10,000 5,818(2)
Extramural Programs
Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D. 1996 166,083 -- -- 190,000(3)
Former Executive Vice President 1995 175,000 60,750 166,667 --
John C. Thomas, Jr. 1996 96,880 21,500 38,000 --
1995 48,220 3,170 6,667 5,818(2)
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(1) $12,551 of such amount represents the premiums paid by the Company with
respect to a split-dollar life insurance policy on the life of Dr.
Holaday. Premiums paid by the Company on such policy are treated as
non-interest bearing advances to the insured for the policy. The
initial proceeds of any death benefit are required to be used to repay
the indebtedness, and the balance of the insurance proceeds are payable
as designated by the insured. See "Employment Contracts and Termination
of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements" below. The remaining
amount represents group health insurance premiums paid on behalf of
such officer.
(2) Includes group health insurance premiums paid on behalf of such
officer.
(3) Represents the amount accrued during fiscal 1996 pursuant to a
consulting arrangement entered into with Dr. Nacy upon her resignation
from the Company, which resignation became effective October 30, 1996.
The first installment of such amount ($47,500) was paid in fiscal 1996
and the remainder is payable in three equal quarterly installments on
February 1, May 1, and August 1, 1997. See "Employment Contracts and
Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements" below.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
individual grants of stock options and warrants made during the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996 to each of the named executive officers.
OPTION AND WARRANT GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
Individual Grants
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% of Total POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
Options/SARs AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
Options/ Granted to Exercise OF STOCK PRICE
SARs Employees or Base Expiration APPRECIATION FOR OPTION
NAME GRANTED (#) IN FISCAL YEAR PRICE ($/SH) DATE TERM
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5% ($) 10% ($)
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John W. Holaday, 100,000 16.1% 14.00 12/23/06 880,452 2,231,239
Ph.D. ...................... 5,000 .80% 16.25 12/31/06 51,098 129,492
Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D. .......... -- -- -- -- -- --
Edward R. Gubish, Ph.D. ....... 75,000 12.1% 14.00 12/23/06 660,339 1,673,430
Leo Einck, Ph.D................ 20,000 3.2% 14.00 12/23/06 176,090 446,248
John C. Thomas, Jr............. 38,000 6.1% 14.00 12/23/06 334,572 847,871
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The following table sets forth information concerning all option
holdings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 for each of the named
executive officers:
AGGREGATED OPTION AND WARRANT/EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FY-END OPTION/VALUE
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Value of Unexercised
Shares Number of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at
Acquired Value Options at FY-End (#) FY-End ($)
NAME ON EXERCISE (#) REALIZED ($) EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE
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John W. Holaday, Ph.D. ....... -- -- 273,335/208,334 2,929,180/1,485,423
Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D........... 15,686 $154,899 170,000/58,203 2,417,500/574,755
Edward R. Gubish, Ph.D. ...... -- -- 82,083/102,917 682,601/587,399
Leo Einck, Ph.D. ............. -- -- 41,667/61,667 378,337/494,587
John C. Thomas, Jr............ -- -- 127,835/28,500 1,579,938/64,125
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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND
CHANGE-IN-CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
In April 1996, effective as of January 1, 1996, the Company entered
into a three-year employment agreement with John W. Holaday, Ph.D., Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The agreement provides for an annual
base salary of $250,000 per year. The Company may terminate the agreement
without cause and, upon such termination, Dr. Holaday will be entitled to
receive his base salary through the end of the initial term of the agreement
(subject to an offset for salary received from subsequent employment). The
agreement contains confidentiality and non-competition provisions.
The Company is the beneficiary of a $1,000,000 key person life
insurance policy on the life of Dr. Holaday. In addition, the Company maintains
a $2,000,000 split-dollar life insurance policy on the life of Dr. Holaday at an
annual cost of approximately $12,550. Premiums paid by the Company on such
policy are treated as non-interest bearing advances to the insured for the
policy. The initial proceeds of any death benefit are required to be used to
repay the indebtedness, and the balance of the insurance proceeds are payable as
designated by the insured.
Each of the Company's employees has entered into a Proprietary
Information and Invention Assignment Agreement providing, among other things,
that such employee will not disclose any confidential information or trade
secrets in any unauthorized manner and that all inventions of such officer
relating to the Company's current or anticipated business during the term of
employment become the Company's property.
Effective October 30, 1996, Carol A. Nacy, Ph.D. resigned her position
as Executive Vice President of the Company. In connection therewith, the Company
entered into a one-year consulting arrangement providing for annual compensation
of $190,000, which amount is payable in four equal quarterly installments
beginning November 1, 1996.
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In the event of certain transactions, including those which may result
a change in control, as defined under the Company's 1996 Plan, unvested
installments of options to purchase Shares of the Company may become immediately
exercisable.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act requires the Company's executive
officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a
registered class of the Company's equity securities to file with the S.E.C.
initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock
and other equity securities of the Company. Such executive officers, directors,
and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by S.E.C. regulation to
furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such
reporting persons.
Based solely on the Company's review of such forms furnished to the
Company and written representations from certain reporting persons, the Company
believes that all filing requirements applicable to the Company's executive
officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were complied with.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
During fiscal 1996, the members of the Compensation Committee were:
Samuel R. , Jr., Wendell M. Starke and Donald S. Brooks.
The Company has in the past maintained a consulting arrangement with
Mr. Dunlap and in January 1996 entered into a new three year consulting
agreement with Mr. Dunlap that provides for annual payments of $90,000.
Donald S. Brooks is of counsel to the law firm Carella Byrne Bain
Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart & Olstein, which provides certain legal services to the
Company.
BOARD COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (1)
The goal of the Company's executive compensation policy is to ensure
that an appropriate relationship exists between executive compensation and the
creation of stockholder value, while at the same time attracting, motivating and
retaining senior management. The Compensation Committee's informal executive
compensation philosophy (which applies generally to all Company management,
including the President and Chief Executive Officer, John W. Holaday, Ph.D.)
considers a number of factors, which may include:
o providing levels of compensation competitive with companies at a
comparable stage of development and in the Company's geographic area;
o integrating management's compensation with the achievement of performance
goals;
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o rewarding above average corporate performance; and
o recognizing and providing incentive for individual initiative and
achievement.
During fiscal 1996, the compensation of senior management was weighted
in part toward short-term incentives, including compensation contingent upon the
Company achieving certain business and financial objectives. The Compensation
Committee also endorses the position that equity ownership by senior management
is beneficial in aligning senior management's and stockholders' interest in the
enhancement of stockholder value by providing senior management with longer-term
incentives. Accordingly, compensation structures for senior management generally
include a combination of salary, bonuses and stock options. Specific executive
officer base salary and bonus awards are determined with respect to performance
during the previous fiscal year, based on a range of measures and internal
targets set before the start of each fiscal year and in part by comparison to
the compensation of executive officers of comparable biotechnology and
pharmaceutical companies. The Compensation Committee considers the Company's
performance under these measures and uses its subjective judgment and discretion
in approving individual compensation.
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(1) The material in this report is not soliciting material, is not deemed
filed with the S.E.C. and is not incorporated by reference in any
filing of the Company under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, whether made
before or after the date of this proxy statement and irrespective of
any general incorporation language in such filing.
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STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION
The following chart compares the cumulative total stockholder return on
the Company's Shares with the cumulative total stockholder return of (i) the
Nasdaq Market-U.S. Index and (ii) the Hambrecht & Quist Biotechnology Index:
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN
AMONG ENTREMED, INC.
NASDAQ MARKET-U.S. INDEX AND
HAMBRECHT & QUIST BIOTECHNOLOGY INDEX (1)
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(1) Assumes $100 invested on June 12, 1996 and assumes dividends
reinvested. Measurement points begin with the date of the
Company's initial public offering ("IPO") and include the last
day of each month beginning with the month in which the IPO
occurred, through and including December 31, 1996. The
material in this chart is not soliciting material, is not
deemed filed with the S.E.C. and is not incorporated by
reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities
Act of 1993, as amended, (the "1933 Act") or the 1934 Act,
whether made before or after the date of this proxy statement
and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such
filing. A list of the companies included in the Hambrecht &
Quist Biotechnology Index will be furnished by the Company to
any stockholder upon written request to the Secretary of the
Company.
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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
The Company entered into a three year consulting agreement with Samuel
R. Dunlap, Jr. commencing January 1, 1996 that provides for annual payments of
$90,000. In May 1996 effective August 1995, the Company entered into a
termination agreement with Steve Gorlin, a co-founder and former director of the
Company, superceding a previous consulting agreement with Mr. Gorlin, that
provides for annual payments of $90,000 per year for a three year period.
Donald S. Brooks is of counsel to the law firm Carella Byrne Bain
Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart & Olstein, which provides certain legal services to the
Company.
In April 1995, the Company entered into a sale/leaseback transaction
with respect to certain of its equipment with MMC/GATX Partnership No. 1
("MMC/GATX"). The general partner of MMC/GATX is Meier Mitchell & Company, an
entity in which Lee F. Meier, a director nominee, is the founder and Managing
Director. During fiscal 1996, the Company paid lease payments to MMC/GATX in the
amount of approximately $450,000.
Option grants for fiscal 1996 to named executive officers are set forth
in the table to this Proxy Statement entitled "Option and Warrant Grants in Last
Fiscal Year." Certain additional option grants are set forth under the caption
"Participation in the Plans" included in this Proxy Statement in the discussion
of Proposal 2.
PROPOSAL 2
APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THE
AMENDMENT TO THE 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
In April 1997, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted an
amendment and restatement to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended
and restated (the "1996 Plan"), which increases the authorized number of Shares
available for option grants pursuant to the 1996 Plan from 516,667 to 1,266,667
(the "1996 Plan Amendment"). The Board of Directors is requesting and recommends
to the stockholders ratification and approval of the 1996 Plan Amendment to
ensure that an adequate supply of authorized unissued Shares is reserved for
issuance for option grants to attract and retain executive personnel, key
employees, directors, consultants and advisors and to provide additional
incentive by permitting certain individuals to participate in the ownership of
the Company.
Certain other amendments to the 1996 Plan adopted by the Board of
Directors in April 1997 were undertaken primarily to make certain non-material
revisions as well as to take advantage of recent modifications to Rule 16b-3
("Rule 16b-3") promulgated under the 1934 Act (the "Board Amendments"). The
Board Amendments include provisions (i) permitting certain transfers of
non-qualified options, (ii) eliminating certain restrictions regarding the
vesting of options to certain officers and directors and (iii) eliminating the
vesting requirement for directors' options. Stockholder approval is not
required, however, with respect to the Board Amendments.
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The following summary of the 1996 Plan, including the 1996 Plan
Amendment and the Board Amendments, is qualified in its entirety by the specific
language of the 1996 Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors and
ratified by the stockholders of the Company in March 1996, amended and restated
by the Board of Directors in April 1996, and further amended and restated by the
Board of Directors in April 1997. A copy of the 1996 Plan, as amended and
restated, is attached as Exhibit A to this Proxy Statement.
The 1996 Plan, as amended, provides for the grant by the Company of
options to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,266,667 shares of the Company's
authorized but unissued Common Stock (in each case subject to adjustment in
certain cases including stock splits, recapitalizations and reorganizations) to
officers, directors, employees, consultants and independent contractors of the
Company. The purposes of the Plan are to ensure the retention of existing
executive personnel, key employees, directors and consultants of the Company, to
attract and retain competent new executive personnel, key employees, directors
and consultants and to provide additional incentive to all such persons by
permitting them to participate in the ownership of the Company. The 1996 Plan
terminates in April 2006.
The Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors or a committee
of the Board of Directors. Options granted under the Plan may be either
incentive options or non-qualified options. Incentive options granted under the
Plan are exercisable for a period of up to 10 years from the date of grant at an
exercise price which is not less than the fair market value of the Common Stock
on the date of the grant, except that the term of an incentive option granted
under the Plan to a stockholder owning more than 10% of the outstanding voting
power may not exceed five years and its exercise price may not be less than 110%
of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant. To the
extent that the aggregate fair market value, as of the date of grant, of the
shares for which incentive options become exercisable for the first time by an
optionee during the calendar year exceeds $100,000, the portion of such option
which is in excess of the $100,000 limitation will be treated as a non-qualified
option. Additionally, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be
subject to options granted to any person in a calendar year shall not exceed 25%
of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued from time to
time under the Plan. Options granted under the Plan to officers, directors or
employees of the Company generally may be exercised only while the optionee is
employed or retained by the Company or within 90 days of the date of termination
of the employment relationship or directorship. However, options which are
exercisable at the time of termination by reason of death or permanent
disability of the optionee may be exercised within 12 months of the date of
termination of the employment relationship or directorship. Upon the exercise of
an option, payment may be made by cash or by any other means that the Board of
Directors or the committee determines.
Options may be granted only to such employees, officers and directors
of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company as the Board of Directors or the committee shall select from time to
time in its sole discretion, provided that only employees of the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company shall be eligible to receive incentive options. As of
March 31, 1997, the number of employees, officers and directors of the Company
eligible to receive grants under the Plan was approximately 42 persons. The
number of consultants and
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advisors to the Company eligible to receive grants under the Plan is not
determinable. An optionee may be granted more than one option under the Plan.
The Board of Directors or the committee will, in its discretion, determine
(subject to the terms of the Plan) who will be granted options, the time or
times at which options shall be granted, the number of shares subject to each
option and whether the options are incentive options or non-qualified options.
In making such determination, consideration may be given to the value of the
services rendered by the respective individuals, their present and potential
contributions to the success of the Company and its subsidiaries and such other
factors deemed relevant in accomplishing the purposes of the Plan.
Under the Plan, the optionee has none of the rights of a stockholder
with respect to the shares issuable upon the exercise of the option until such
shares shall be issued upon such exercise. No adjustment shall be made for
dividends or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date of exercise, except as provided in the Plan. No option may be sold,
pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other
than by will or by the laws of decent and distribution or to (i) the spouse,
children or grandchildren of the optionee ("Immediate Family Members"), (ii) a
trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of such Immediate Family Members,
(iii) a partnership in which such Immediate Family Members are the only partners
or (iv) any non-profit charitable organization; provided that (w) the options
must be held by the optionee for a period of at least one month prior to
transfer, (x) there may be no consideration for any such transfer, (y) the stock
option agreement pursuant to which such options are granted must be approved by
the Board or the committee and (z) subsequent transfers of transferred options
shall be prohibited except under limited circumstances.
The 1996 Plan provides for the acceleration of exercisability of
outstanding options under certain circumstances including certain transactions
which may result in changes in control of the Company.
The Board of Directors may amend or terminate the Plan except that
stockholder approval is required if required by Rule 16b-3 or Section 422 of the
Code. No action taken by the Board may materially and adversely affect any
outstanding option grant without the consent of the optionee.
Directors' Options. The provisions of the 1996 Plan provide for the
automatic grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase shares of Common
Stock ("Director Options") to directors of the Company ("Eligible Directors").
Eligible Directors of the Company are granted a Director Option to purchase
15,000 shares of Common Stock on the date such person is first elected or
appointed a director (an "Initial Director Option"). Further, on the day
immediately following the date of each annual meeting of stockholders, (i) each
Eligible Director, other than directors who received an Initial Director Option
since the last annual meeting, will receive an automatic grant of a Director
Option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) each member of any
committee of the Board of Directors, other than the Executive Committee, will
receive an automatic grant of a Director Option to purchase 1,000 shares of
Common Stock and (iii) each member of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors will receive an automatic grant of a Director Option to purchase 5,000
shares of Common Stock, as long as such director is
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a member of the Board of Directors. The exercise price for each share subject to
a Director Option shall be at least equal to the fair market value of the Common
Stock on the date of grant.
The Company also maintains the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1992
Plan" and, together with the 1996 Plan, the "Plans"), adopted in December 1992,
which provides for the grant by the Company of options to purchase up to an
aggregate of 1,233,333 Shares. Through March 31, 1997, options to purchase all
of such Shares had been granted and options to purchase 69,956 shares had been
exercised.
As of March 31, 1997, there were outstanding under the 1996 Plan
options to purchase 357,967 shares of Common Stock at exercise prices ranging
from $14.00 to $16.25 per share. The exercise price of all options was at least
equal to the fair market value on the date of grant.
PARTICIPATION IN THE PLANS
Option grants for fiscal 1996 to named executive officers are set forth
in the table to this Proxy Statement entitled "Option Grants in Last Fiscal
Year." During fiscal 1996, the Company granted under the Plans options to
purchase an aggregate of (i) 313,000 Shares to the Company's current executive
officers, including 100,000 and 5,000 Shares exercisable at $14.00 and $16.25,
respectively, to John W. Holaday, Ph.D., 75,000 Shares exercisable at $14.00 to
Edward R. Gubish, Ph.D., 75,000 Shares exercisable at $14.00 to R. Nelson
Campbell, 20,000 Shares exercisable at $14.00 to Leo Einck, Ph.D., and 38,000
Shares exercisable at $14.00 to John C. Thomas, Jr.; (ii) 116,668 Shares to the
Company's directors who are not executive officers, including 5,000 Shares
exercisable at $16.25 to each of Carl Alving, M.D., Donald S. Brooks, Bart
Chernow, M.D., Samuel R. Dunlap, Jr. Mark C.M. Randall and Wendell M. Starke,
and 33,334 Shares exercisable at $15.00 per Share to each of Donald S. Brooks
and Mark C.M. Randall and 20,000 Shares exercisable at $14.00 to Mark C.M.
Randall; and (iii) 191,381 Shares to the Company's employees, including all
current officers who are not executive officers. Such options were granted at
per Share prices ranging from $9.00 to $16.25. Future grants under the 1996
Plan, other than as disclosed elsewhere herein, have not yet been determined.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT TO THE 1996 PLAN, AND SIGNED PROXIES WHICH ARE RETURNED WILL BE SO
VOTED UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED ON THE PROXY CARD.
PROPOSAL 3
CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The purposes and effects of this proposal are set forth below, followed
by a more detailed description of each proposal and how it would operate.
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The Board of Directors has approved a resolution amending the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation to provide for a classified Board (the "Classified
Board") and to establish procedures for filling vacancies on the Board. The text
of the proposed amendment is attached to this Proxy Statement as Exhibit B. The
statements made in this Proxy Statement with respect to these amendments should
be read in conjunction with and are qualified in their entirety by reference to
Exhibit B.
Proposal 3 would, if adopted, operate to divide the Board into three
separate classes of directors, as nearly equal in number as possible, to serve a
three year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified with
each class being elected at different annual stockholder meetings. Following the
effectiveness of Proposal 1, Class I directors will consist of two directors who
will serve for an initial term of three years, Class II directors will consist
of three directors who will serve for an initial term of two years, and Class
III directors will consist of three directors who will serve for an initial term
of one year. For an identification of these nominees see "Proposal 1 -- Election
of Directors." At each annual meeting after 1997, directors will be elected to
succeed those whose terms then expire and each newly elected director will serve
for a three-year term. Proposal 3 would replace the present system of electing
all of the directors annually for one-year terms.
The effect of a Classified Board of Directors may otherwise be
circumvented by increasing or decreasing the size of the Board. At present,
vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an
increase in the number of directors, are required to be filled by a majority
vote of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a quorum, and
each person so elected serves as a director until a successor is elected by the
stockholders. Additionally, the size of the Board may be increased or decreased
at any time by the affirmative vote of holders representing a majority of the
Company's outstanding voting stock, except that the term of an incumbent
director can not be shortened. Proposal 3 provides that the size of the Board
may be fixed solely by action of the Board itself, and that any vacancies in the
Board of Directors can only be filled by a majority vote of the remaining
directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, and each person so
elected would serve for the remainder of the full term of the class in which the
new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred. If the number of directors
constituting the Board is increased or decreased, the resulting number of
directors will be apportioned among the three classes so as to make all classes
as nearly equal in number as possible, except that the term of any incumbent
director may not be shortened. In addition, under the applicable provisions of
the Delaware General Corporation Law ("GCL"), as a result of the establishment
of a Classified Board, directors may only be removed for cause.
Adoption of Proposal 3 may have the effect of making it more difficult
for stockholders to remove the existing management of the Company and may,
therefore, discourage potentially unfriendly bids for shares of the Company. The
amendment may also impede assumption of the management of the Company by any
other person or entity which, through a takeover bid or otherwise, might obtain
a substantial number of shares of Common Stock. Proposal 3 is not being
recommended in response to any past problems regarding Board of Director
continuity or any specific effort of which the Board of Directors is aware to
accumulate the Company's stock or to acquire control of the Company, but rather
in recognition that such activities might occur in the
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future. In considering Proposal 1, stockholders should consider and review the
"REASONS FOR PROPOSAL 3" and "POSSIBLE ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSAL 3".
REASONS FOR PROPOSAL 3
The Board of Directors believes that Proposal 3 will enhance the
ability of the Company to carry out long-range plans and goals for the Company's
benefit and the benefit of its stockholders. Proposal 3 will promote these long
range plans and goals since, if adopted, it would establish a Classified Board,
creating directorships for longer terms which expire at different intervals.
Although the Company has not experienced difficulties in the past in maintaining
continuity of operations and management, the Board of Directors believes that a
Classified Board will assist the Company in maintaining this continuity into the
future. These provisions should increase the likelihood of continuity and
stability in the composition of the Board of Directors and, at the same time,
reduce the possibility that a third party could effect or threaten to effect a
sudden or surprise change in majority control of the Board of Directors without
the support of the incumbent Board. The Board of Directors does not believe that
the Company has had any problems in the past with respect to continuity in
leadership and policy.
A Classified Board would also extend the time it would take for a
hostile stockholder to obtain control of the Company's Board of Directors,
thereby limiting such abusive takeover tactics as two tiered tender offers.
Assuming each class of directors is equal in size, even a majority stockholder
could not obtain control of the Board until the second annual stockholders
meeting after it acquired a majority of the voting stock. During this time, the
Board of Directors would have a better opportunity to negotiate with any such
majority stockholder to obtain more favorable price and terms in any merger or
tender offer. In addition, Proposal 3 will eliminate the ability of the
stockholders to dismiss the entire Board of Directors and to increase or
decrease the size of the Board, and will, therefore, further promote continuity
of operations and management.
POSSIBLE ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSAL
Proposal 3 is intended to encourage persons seeking to acquire control
of the Company to initiate such an acquisition through arm's length negotiations
with the Company's Board of Directors. The Board of Directors believe that the
adoption of Proposal 3 will enable the Board of Directors to evaluate the
proposal and study alternative proposals in the absence of the coercive
atmosphere that might otherwise prevail and without the imminent threat of
removal. This ability to evaluate and negotiate will help ensure that the best
price is obtained in any acquisition transaction that may ultimately be
consummated.
Proposal 3 cannot, and is not intended to, prevent a purchase of all or
a majority of the equity securities of the Company nor are they intended to
deter bids or other efforts to acquire such securities. Rather, the Board of
Directors believes that Proposal 3 will encourage third parties which may seek
to acquire control of the Company to initiate such an acquisition through
negotiations directly with the Board of Directors. Therefore, the Board believes
that it will be in a better position to protect the interests of all of the
stockholders if Proposal 3 is approved. In
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addition, the stockholders of the Company will have a more meaningful
opportunity to evaluate such action.
Adoption of Proposal 3 may deter certain mergers, tender offers, proxy
contests or other future takeover attempts which holders of some or even a
majority of the outstanding stock believe to be in their best interests, and may
make removal of management more difficult even if such removal would be
beneficial in the judgment of many of the stockholders. Not all takeovers or
changes in control of the Board of Directors that are proposed and effected
without prior consultation and negotiation with the incumbent Board are
necessarily detrimental to the Company and its stockholders. However, the Board
believes that the benefits of seeking to protect its ability to negotiate with
the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure
the Company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals.
Although Proposal 3 is intended to encourage persons seeking to acquire
control of the Company to initiate such an acquisition through arm's length
negotiations with the Board the overall effect of these provisions may be to
discourage a third party from making a tender offer for a portion or all of the
Company's securities, hostile or otherwise (including an offer at a substantial
premium over the then prevailing market value of the Company's Common Stock), or
otherwise attempting to obtain a substantial portion of the Common Stock of the
Company in order to commence a proxy contest or engage in other takeover-related
action, even though some or a majority of the Company's stockholders might
believe such actions to be beneficial. If third parties are discouraged from
making offers for all or a substantial portion of the Company's Common Stock,
the effect may be to dampen demand for, or speculation in, the Company's Common
Stock and therefore negatively impact the price of the Common Stock.
To the extent that any third party potential acquirors are deterred by
Proposal 3, such provisions may serve to benefit incumbent management by making
it more difficult to remove management, even when the only reason for the
proposed change of control or the stockholder action may be the unsatisfactory
performance of the present directors. In addition, since Proposal 3 is, in part,
designed to discourage accumulating large blocks of the Company's voting
securities by purchasers whose objective is to gain control of the Company,
their adoption could tend to reduce the temporary fluctuation in the market
price of such voting stock that frequently results from such accumulations or
attempted accumulations. Accordingly, stockholders could be deprived of certain
opportunities to sell their shares at a higher market price.
RELATIONSHIP OF PROPOSAL 3 TO OTHER PROVISIONS
Existing provisions of the Delaware GCL and the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation may be deemed to discourage unsolicited takeover proposals
regardless of the adoption or rejection of the Proposals. Although the Company's
current Certificate of Incorporation does not contain provisions intended by the
Company to have, or to the knowledge of the Board of Directors having, an
anti-takeover effect, it currently authorizes the issuance of 27,000,000 shares
of Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. The Board has the
authority to fix by resolution the designations, powers, preferences, rights,
qualifications, limitations or restrictions on the shares of Preferred Stock.
This authorized and available Common Stock and Preferred
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Stock could (within the limits imposed by applicable law and the rules of the
Nasdaq National Market) be issued by the Company and used to discourage a change
in control of the Company. For example, the Company could privately place shares
with purchasers who might side with the Board of Directors in opposing a hostile
takeover. Additionally, the Board could designate a series of Preferred Stock to
be issued in connection with a rights plan. In addition, the Company's By-laws
currently restrict the calling of a special meeting to the Board of Directors,
the President or the Secretary at the request of shareholders of a majority of
the voting stock. The provision could make it more difficult for a party to
seeking to acquire control to call a meeting for the election of directors or to
take other desired corporation action.
Once a Classified Board is established, the Delaware GCL prohibits
stockholders from removing members of a Classified Board without cause before
the expiration of their respective terms unless the Certificate of Incorporation
specifies otherwise. The Delaware GCL contains a number of other provisions
which are designed to strengthen the position of incumbent management in
connection with a takeover attempt. For example, Delaware law provides that a
corporation has the general power, exercisable by its board of directors, to
accept, reject, respond to or take no action in respect of an actual or proposed
acquisition, divestiture, tender offer, takeover or other fundamental change.
The case law of Delaware has developed special standards for deciding whether to
uphold or advocate the actions of incumbent management in the context of
takeover proposals.
The Company is also subject to Section 203 of the Delaware GCL, which
provides that a person who acquires fifteen percent (15%) or more of the
outstanding voting stock of a Delaware corporation becomes an "interested
stockholder". Section 203 prohibits a corporation from engaging in mergers or
certain other "business combinations" with an interested stockholder for a
period of three (3) years, unless (i) prior to the date the stockholder becomes
an interested stockholder, the board of directors approves either the business
combination or the transaction which results in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder; or (ii) the interested stockholder is able to acquire
ownership of at least eight-five percent (85%) of the outstanding voting stock
of the corporation (excluding shares owned by directors of the corporation who
are also officers and shares owned by certain employee stock plans) in the same
transaction by which the stockholder became an interested stockholder; or (iii)
the interested stockholder obtains control of the board of directors, which then
approves a business combination which is authorized by a vote of the holders of
two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not held by the interested
stockholder.
The definition of interested stockholder does not include persons whose
ownership of voting stock exceeds the fifteen percent (15%) threshold as a
result of action taken by the corporation unless that person thereafter acquires
additional shares.
A "business combination" is defined broadly in the Delaware GCL to
include any merger or consolidation with the interested stockholder, any merger
or consolidation caused by the interested stockholder in which the surviving
corporation will not be subject to Delaware law, or the sale, lease, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition to the interested stockholder of
any assets of the corporation having a market value equal to or greater than ten
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percent (10%) of the aggregate market value of the assets of the corporation.
"Business combination" is also defined to include transfers of stock of the
corporation or a subsidiary to the interested stockholder (except for transfers
in conversion, exchange or pro rata distribution which do not increase the
interested stockholder's proportionate ownership of a class or series), or any
receipt by the interested stockholder (except proportionately as a stockholder)
of any loans, advances, guaranties, pledges or financial benefits.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSAL 3.
PROPOSAL 4
APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Management of the Company recommends a vote for the approval and
ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, Certified Public
Accountants, as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 1997. Ernst & Young LLP have been the Company's auditors for the
past fiscal year and has no direct or indirect financial interest in the
Company. A representative of Ernst & Young LLP is expected to be present at the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders with the opportunity to make a statement if he or
she desires to do so, and shall be available to respond to appropriate
questions.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AND FOR THE ADOPTION OF PROPOSAL 4.
GENERAL
The Management of the Company does not know of any matters other than
those stated in this Proxy Statement which are to be presented for action at the
meeting. If any other matters should properly come before the meeting, it is
intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted on any such other
matters in accordance with the judgment of the persons voting such proxies.
Discretionary authority to vote on such matters is conferred by such proxies
upon the persons voting them.
The Company will bear the cost of preparing, printing, assembling and
mailing the proxy, Proxy Statement and other material which may be sent to
stockholders in connection with this solicitation. It is contemplated that
brokerage houses will forward the proxy materials to beneficial owners at the
request of the Company. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the
mails, officers and regular employees of the Company may solicit by telephone
proxies without additional compensation. The Company does not expect to pay any
compensation for the solicitation of proxies.
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The Company will provide without charge to each person being solicited
by this Proxy Statement, on the written request of any such person, a copy of
the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1996 (as filed with the S.E.C.) including the financial statements thereto.
All such requests should be directed to the Secretary of the Company, John C.
Thomas, Jr., EntreMed, Inc., 9610 Medical Center Drive, Suite 200, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the fiscal year ending December
31, 1997 is expected to be held in June 1998. All proposals intended to be
presented at the Company's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received
at the Company's executive office no later than December 31, 1997, for inclusion
in the Proxy Statement and form of proxy related to that meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
John W. Holaday, Ph.D.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: April 30, 1997
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EXHIBIT A
ENTREMED, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSE.
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The purpose of this plan (the "Plan") is to secure for
ENTREMED, INC. (the "Company") and its shareholders the benefits arising from
capital stock ownership by employees, officers and directors of, and consultants
or advisors to, the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company's
future growth and success. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term
"Company" shall include all present and future subsidiaries of the Company as
defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended or replaced from time to time (the "Code"). Those provisions of the Plan
which make express reference to Section 422 of the Code shall apply only to
Incentive Stock Options (as that term is defined in the Plan).
2. TYPE OF OPTIONS AND ADMINISTRATION.
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(a) TYPES OF OPTIONS. Options granted pursuant to the Plan
shall be authorized by action of the Board of Directors of the Company (or a
committee designated by the Board of Directors) and may be either incentive
stock options ("Incentive Stock Options") meeting the requirements of Section
422 of the Code or non-statutory options which are not intended to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code.
(b) ADMINISTRATION. The Plan will be administered by a
committee (the "Committee") appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company,
whose construction and interpretation of the terms and provisions of the Plan
shall be final and conclusive. The delegation of powers to the Committee shall
be consistent with applicable laws or regulations (including, without
limitation, applicable state law and Rule 16b-3 ("Rule 16b-3") promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or any successor
rule). The Committee may in its sole discretion grant options to purchase shares
of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock") and
issue shares upon exercise of such options as provided in the Plan. The
Committee shall have authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan,
to construe the respective option agreements and the Plan, to prescribe, amend
and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms
and provisions of the respective option agreements, which need not be identical,
and to make all other determinations in the judgment of the Committee necessary
or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may correct any
defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in
any option agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to
carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such
expediency. No director or person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the
Board of Directors shall be liable for any action or determination under the
Plan made in good faith. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15
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below, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to
options granted to any person in a calendar year shall not exceed 25% of the
maximum number of shares which may be issued and sold under the Plan, as set
forth in Section 4 hereof, as such section may be amended from time to time.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF RULE 16B-3. Those provisions of the Plan
which make express reference to Rule 16b-3 shall apply to the Company only at
such time as the Company's Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act,
subject to the last sentence of Section 3(b), and then only to such persons as
are required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (a
"Reporting Person").
3. ELIGIBILITY.
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(a) GENERAL. Options may be granted to persons who are, at the
time of grant, employees, officers or directors of, or consultants or advisors
to, the Company or any subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Sections 424(e)
and 424(f) of the Code ("Participants") PROVIDED, that Incentive Stock Options
may only be granted to individuals who are employees of the Company (within the
meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code). A person who has been granted an option
may, if he or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional options if the
Committee shall so determine.
(b) GRANT OF OPTIONS TO REPORTING PERSONS. The selection of a
director or an officer who is a Reporting Person (as the terms "director" and
"officer" are defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3) as a recipient of an option,
the timing of the option grant, the exercise price of the option and the number
of shares subject to the option shall be determined in advance of the grant
either (i) by the Board of Directors or (ii) by a committee consisting of two or
more directors having full authority to act in the matter, each of whom shall be
a "non-employee director" (as hereinafter defined). For the purposes of the
Plan, a director shall be deemed to be a "non-employee director" only if such
person qualifies as a "non-employee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3,
as such term is interpreted from time to time.
(c) DIRECTORS' OPTIONS. Commencing on the date this plan is
adopted by the Board of Directors, directors of the Company ("Eligible
Directors") will be granted an option (a "Director Option") to purchase 15,000
shares of Common Stock on the date that such person is first elected or
appointed a director ("Initial Director Option"). Commencing on the day
immediately following the date of the annual meeting of stockholders for the
Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 1996, (i) each Eligible Director will
receive an automatic grant of a Director Option to purchase 5,000 shares of
Common Stock, (ii) each member of any committee of the Board of Directors, other
than the Executive Committee, will receive an automatic grant of a Director
Option to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock and (iii) each member of the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors will receive an automatic grant of
a Director Option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock (each, an "Automatic
Grant") on the day immediately following the date of each annual meeting of
stockholders, as long as such director is a member of the Board of Directors.
The exercise price for each share subject to a Director Option shall be
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equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant.
Director Options shall be exercisable commencing on the date the option is
granted and will expire the earlier of 10 years after the date of grant, unless
such Director Option is an Incentive Stock Option in which case such Director
Option shall be subject to the additional terms and conditions set forth in
Section 11.
4. STOCK SUBJECT TO PLAN.
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The stock subject to options granted under the Plan shall be
shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock. Subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 15 below, the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock of the Company which may be issued and sold under the Plan is
1,266,667 shares. If an option granted under the Plan shall expire, terminate or
is cancelled for any reason without having been exercised in full, the
unpurchased shares subject to such option shall again be available for
subsequent option grants under the Plan.
5. FORMS OF OPTION AGREEMENTS.
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As a condition to the grant of an option under the Plan, each
recipient of an option shall execute an option agreement in such form not
inconsistent with the Plan as may be approved by the Board of Directors. Such
option agreements may differ among recipients.
6. PURCHASE PRICE.
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(a) GENERAL. The purchase price per share of stock deliverable
upon the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Board of Directors at
the time of grant of such option; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option, the exercise price shall not be less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) of such stock, at the time of grant
of such option, or less than 110% of such Fair Market Value in the case of
options described in Section 11(b). "Fair Market Value" of a share of Common
Stock of the Company as of a specified date for the purposes of the Plan shall
mean the closing price of a share of the Common Stock on the principal
securities exchange (including the Nasdaq National Market) on which such shares
are traded on the day immediately preceding the date as of which Fair Market
Value is being determined, or on the next preceding date on which such shares
are traded if no shares were traded on such immediately preceding day, or if the
shares are not traded on a securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be
deemed to be the average of the high bid and low asked prices of the shares in
the over-the-counter market on the day immediately preceding the date as of
which Fair Market Value is being determined or on the next preceding date on
which such high bid and low asked prices were recorded. If the shares are not
publicly traded, Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock (including, in the
case of any repurchase of shares, any distributions with respect thereto which
would be repurchased with the shares) shall be determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors. In no case shall Fair Market Value be determined with regard
to restrictions other than restrictions which, by their terms, will never lapse.
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(b) PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE. Options granted under the Plan
may provide for the payment of the exercise price by delivery of cash or a check
to the order of the Company in an amount equal to the exercise price of such
options, or by any other means which the Board of Directors determines are
consistent with the purpose of the Plan and with applicable laws and regulations
(including, without limitation, the provisions of Rule 16b-3 and Regulation T
promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board).
7. OPTION PERIOD.
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Subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan, each
option and all rights thereunder shall expire on such date as determined by the
Board of Directors and set forth in the applicable option agreement, PROVIDED,
that such date shall not be later than (10) ten years after the date on which
the option is granted.
8. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.
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Each option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either
in full or in installments at such time or times and during such period as shall
be set forth in the option agreement evidencing such option, subject to the
provisions of the Plan. Subject to the requirements in the immediately preceding
sentence, if an option is not at the time of grant immediately exercisable, the
Board of Directors may (i) in the agreement evidencing such option, provide for
the acceleration of the exercise date or dates of the subject option upon the
occurrence of specified events, and/or (ii) at any time prior to the complete
termination of an option, accelerate the exercise date or dates of such option.
9. TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.
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No incentive stock option granted under this Plan shall be
assignable or otherwise transferable by the optionee except by will or by the
laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act, or the rules thereunder. The Board of Directors or any committee
thereof may, in its discretion, authorize all or a portion of any non-statutory
options to be granted to an optionee to be on terms which permit transfer by
such optionee to (i) the spouse, children or grandchildren of the optionee
("Immediate Family Members"), (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit
of such Immediate Family Members, (iii) a partnership in which such Immediate
Family Members are the only partners or (iv) any non-profit charitable
organization; provided that (w) the options must be held by the optionee for a
period of at least one month prior to transfer, (x) there may be no
consideration for any such transfer, (y) the stock option agreement pursuant to
which such options are granted must be approved by the Committee, and must
expressly provide for transferability in a manner consistent with this Section,
and (z) subsequent transfers of transferred options shall be prohibited except
by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified
domestic relations order as defined in the Code or Title I of the Employee
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Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder. Following transfer,
any such options shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions
as were applicable immediately prior to transfer, provided that for purposes of
the Plan the term "optionee" shall be deemed to refer to the transferee. The
events of termination of employment of Section 10 hereof shall continue to be
applied with respect to the original optionee. In the event an optionee dies
during his employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or during the
three-month period following the date of termination of such employment, his
option shall thereafter be exercisable, during the period specified in the
option agreement, by his executors or administrators to the full extent to
which such option was exercisable by the optionee at the time of his death
during the periods set forth in Section 10 or 11(d).
10. FFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP.
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xcept as provided in Section 11(d) with respect to Incentive
Stock Options and except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the date of
grant of an option, and subject to the provisions of the Plan, an optionee may
exercise an option at any time within three (3) months following the termination
of the optionee's employment or other relationship with the Company or within
one (1) year if such termination was due to the death or disability of the
optionee but, except in the case of the optionee's death, in no event later than
the expiration date of the option. If the termination of the optionee's
employment is for cause or is otherwise attributable to a breach by the optionee
of an employment or confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, the option
shall expire immediately upon such termination. The Board of Directors shall
have the power to determine what constitutes a termination for cause or a breach
of an employment or confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, whether an
optionee has been terminated for cause or has breached such an agreement, and
the date upon which such termination for cause or breach occurs. Any such
determinations shall be final and conclusive and binding upon the optionee.
11. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.
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Options granted under the Plan which are intended to be
Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to the following additional terms and
conditions:
(a) EXPRESS DESIGNATION. All Incentive Stock Options granted under
the Plan shall, at the time of grant, be specifically designated as such in the
option agreement covering such Incentive Stock Options.
(b) 10% SHAREHOLDER. If any employee to whom an Incentive
Stock Option is to be granted under the Plan is, at the time of the grant of
such option, the owner of stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (after taking into account
the attribution of stock ownership rules of Section 424(d) of the Code), then
the following special provisions shall be applicable to the Incentive Stock
Option granted to such individual:
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(i) The purchase price per share of the Common
Stock subject to such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than
110% of the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock at the
time of grant; and
(ii) The option exercise period shall not exceed
five years from the date of grant.
(c) DOLLAR LIMITATION. For so long as the Code shall so
provide, options granted to any employee under the Plan (and any other incentive
stock option plans of the Company) which are intended to constitute Incentive
Stock Options shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options to the extent that
such options, in the aggregate, become exercisable for the first time in any one
calendar year for shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value, as
of the respective date or dates of grant, of more than $100,000.
(d) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, DEATH OR DISABILITY. No
Incentive Stock Option may be exercised unless, at the time of such exercise,
the optionee is, and has been continuously since the date of grant of his or her
option, employed by the Company, except that:
(i) an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised
within the period of three months after the date the optionee
ceases to be an employee of the Company (or within such lesser
period as may be specified in the applicable option
agreement), PROVIDED, that the agreement with respect to such
option may designate a longer exercise period and that the
exercise after such three-month period shall be treated as the
exercise of a non-statutory option under the Plan;
(ii) if the optionee dies while in the employ of
the Company, or within three months after the optionee ceases
to be such an employee, the Incentive Stock Option may be
exercised by the person to whom it is transferred by will or
the laws of descent and distribution within the period of one
year after the date of death (or within such lesser period as
may be specified in the applicable option agreement); and
(iii) if the optionee becomes disabled (within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code or any successor
provisions thereto) while in the employ of the Company, the
Incentive Stock Option may be exercised within the period of
one year after the date the optionee ceases to be such an
employee because of such disability (or within such lesser
period as may be specified in the applicable option
agreement).
For all purposes of the Plan and any option granted hereunder, "employment"
shall be defined in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.421-7(h) of the
Income Tax Regulations (or any successor regulations). Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions, no Incentive Stock Option may be exercised after its
expiration date.
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12. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
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(a) ADDITIONAL OPTION PROVISIONS. The Board of Directors may,
in its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements
covering options granted under the Plan, including without limitation
restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights, rights of first refusal,
commitments to pay cash bonuses, to make, arrange for or guaranty loans or to
transfer other property to optionees upon exercise of options, or such other
provisions as shall be determined by the Board of Directors; PROVIDED, that such
additional provisions shall not be inconsistent with any other term or condition
of the Plan and such additional provisions shall not cause any Incentive Stock
Option granted under the Plan to fail to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(b) ACCELERATION, EXTENSION, ETC. The Board of Directors may,
in its sole discretion, (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any
particular option or options granted under the Plan may be exercised or (ii)
extend the dates during which all, or any particular, option or options granted
under the Plan may be exercised; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such extension shall
be permitted if it would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of
the Code or with Rule 16b-3 (if applicable).
13. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.
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(a) INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS. The Company may require any
person to whom an option is granted, as a condition of exercising such option,
to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Company to
the effect that such person is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the option
or award, for his or her own account for investment and not with any present
intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other
effects as the Company deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with
federal and applicable state securities laws, or with covenants or
representations made by the Company in connection with any public offering of
its Common Stock, including any "lock-up" or other restriction on
transferability.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAW. Each option shall be
subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall
determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject
to such option or award upon any securities exchange or automated quotation
system or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any
governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public
information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as a
condition of, or in connection with the issuance or purchase of shares
thereunder, such option or award may not be exercised, in whole or in part,
unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or
satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected or obtained on
conditions acceptable to the Board of Directors. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or
qualification, or to satisfy such condition.
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14. RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER.
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The holder of an option shall have no rights as a shareholder
with respect to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation,
any rights to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to such
shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate to him or her for such
shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the
record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.
15. ADJUSTMENT PROVISIONS FOR RECAPITALIZATIONS, REORGANIZATIONS AND
RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
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(a) RECAPITALIZATIONS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS. If, through or
as a result of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding
shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different
number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii) additional
shares or new or different shares or other non-cash assets are distributed with
respect to such shares of Common Stock or other securities, an appropriate and
proportionate adjustment shall be made in (x) the maximum number and kind of
shares reserved for issuance under or otherwise referred to in the Plan, (y) the
number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding
options under the Plan, and (z) the price for each share subject to any then
outstanding options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate purchase
price as to which such options remain exercisable. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 15 if such
adjustment (i) would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 422 of the
Code or with Rule 16b-3 or (ii) would be considered as the adoption of a new
plan requiring stockholder approval.
(b) REORGANIZATION, MERGER AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS. All
outstanding options under the Plan shall become fully exercisable for a period
of sixty (60) days following the occurrence of any Trigger Event, whether or not
such options are then exercisable under the provisions of the applicable
agreements relating thereto. For purposes of the Plan, a "Trigger Event" is any
one of the following events:
(i) the date on which shares of Common Stock
are first purchased pursuant to a tender offer or exchange
offer (other than such an offer by the Company, any
Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any
Subsidiary or any entity holding shares or other securities of
the Company for or pursuant to the terms of such plan),
whether or not such offer is approved or opposed by the
Company and regardless of the number of shares purchased
pursuant to such offer;
(ii) the date the Company acquires knowledge
that any person or group deemed a person under Section 13(d)-3
of the Exchange Act (other than the Company, any Subsidiary,
any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary
or any entity holding shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any
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such plan or any individual or entity or group or affiliate
thereof which acquired its beneficial ownership interest prior
to the date the Plan was adopted by the Board), in a transaction
or series of transactions, has become the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly (with beneficial ownership determined as
provided in Rule 13d-3, or any successor rule, under the Exchange
Act), of securities of the Company entitling the person or group
to 30% or more of all votes (without consideration of the rights
of any class or stock to elect directors by a separate class
vote) to which all shareholders of the Company would be
entitled in the election of the Board of Directors were an
election held on such date;
(iii) the date, during any period of two
consecutive years, when individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election
by the shareholders of the Company, of each new director was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors
then still in office who were directors at the beginning of
such period; and
(iv) the date of approval by the shareholders of
the Company of an agreement (a "reorganization agreement") providing
for:
(A) The merger of consolidation of the Company
with another corporation where the shareholders of
the Company, immediately prior to the merger or
consolidation, do not beneficially own, immediately
after the merger or consolidation, shares of the
corporation issuing cash or securities in the merger
or consolidation entitling such shareholders to 65%
or more of all votes (without consideration of the
rights of any class of stock to elect directors by a
separate class vote) to which all shareholders of
such corporation would be entitled in the election of
directors or where the members of the Board of
Directors of the Company, immediately prior to the
merger or consolidation, do not, immediately after
the merger or consolidation, constitute a majority of
the Board of Directors of the corporation issuing
cash or securities in the merger or consolidation; or
(B) The sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company.
(c) BOARD AUTHORITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. Any adjustments under
this Section 15 will be made by the Board of Directors, whose determination as
to what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof will be final,
binding and conclusive. No fractional shares will be issued under the Plan on
account of any such adjustments.
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16. MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, ASSET SALE, LIQUIDATION, ETC.
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(a) GENERAL. In the event of any sale, merger, transfer or
acquisition of the Company or substantially all of the assets of the Company in
which the Company is not the surviving corporation, and provided that after the
Company shall have requested the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an
affiliate thereof), that equivalent options shall be substituted and such
successor corporation shall have refused or failed to assume all options
outstanding under the Plan or issue substantially equivalent options, then any
or all outstanding options under the Plan shall accelerate and become
exercisable in full immediately prior to such event. The Committee will notify
holders of options under the Plan that any such options shall be fully
exercisable for a period of fifteen (15) days from the date of such notice, and
the options will terminate upon expiration of such notice.
(b) SUBSTITUTE OPTIONS. The Company may grant options under
the Plan in substitution for options held by employees of another corporation
who become employees of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, as the
result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the
Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or as a result of the acquisition by the
Company, or one of its subsidiaries, of property or stock of the employing
corporation. The Company may direct that substitute options be granted on such
terms and conditions as the Board of Directors considers appropriate in the
circumstances.
17. NO SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.
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Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option shall confer
upon any optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her
employment by the Company or interfere in any way with the right of the Company
at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the
compensation of the optionee.
18. OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
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Except as to plans which by their terms include such amounts
as compensation, the amount of any compensation deemed to be received by an
employee as a result of the exercise of an option or the sale of shares received
upon such exercise will not constitute compensation with respect to which any
other employee benefits of such employee are determined, including, without
limitation, benefits under any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, life insurance or
salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically determined by the
Board of Directors.
19. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.
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(a) The Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to
time, modify or amend the Plan in any respect; provided, however, that if at any
time the approval of the shareholders of the Company is required under Section
422 of the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock
Options, or under Rule 16b-3, the Board of Directors may not effect such
modification or amendment without such approval.
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(b) The modification or amendment of the Plan shall not,
without the consent of an optionee, affect his or her rights under an option
previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the optionee affected, the
Board of Directors may amend outstanding option agreements in a manner not
inconsistent with the Plan. The Board of Directors shall have the right to amend
or modify (i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding
Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan to the extent necessary to
qualify any or all such options for such favorable federal income tax treatment
(including deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive
stock options under Section 422 of the Code and (ii) the terms and provisions of
the Plan and of any outstanding option to the extent necessary to ensure the
qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3.
20. WITHHOLDING.
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(a) The Company shall have the right to deduct from payments
of any kind otherwise due to the optionee any federal, state or local taxes of
any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares issued upon
exercise of options under the Plan. Subject to the prior approval of the
Company, which may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion, the
optionee may elect to satisfy such obligations, in whole or in part, (i) by
causing the Company to withhold shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable
pursuant to the exercise of an option or (ii) by delivering to the Company
shares of Common Stock already owned by the optionee. The shares so delivered or
withheld shall have a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding obligation as
of the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. An
optionee who has made an election pursuant to this Section 20(a) may only
satisfy his or her withholding obligation with shares of Common Stock which are
not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar
requirements.
(b) The acceptance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
an Incentive Stock Option shall constitute an agreement by the optionee (i) to
notify the Company if any or all of such shares are disposed of by the optionee
within two years from the date the option was granted or within one year from
the date the shares were issued to the optionee pursuant to the exercise of the
option, and (ii) if required by law, to remit to the Company, at the time of and
in the case of any such disposition, an amount sufficient to satisfy the
Company's federal, state and local withholding tax obligations with respect to
such disposition, whether or not, as to both (i) and (ii), the optionee is in
the employ of the Company at the time of such disposition.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Reporting
Person whose options have been granted in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3(b) herein, no election to use shares for the payment of withholding
taxes shall be effective unless made in compliance with any applicable
requirements of Rule 16b-3.
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21. CANCELLATION AND NEW GRANT OF OPTIONS, ETC.
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The Board of Directors shall have the authority to effect, at
any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionees, (i)
the cancellation of any or all outstanding options under the Plan and the grant
in substitution therefor of new options under the Plan covering the same or
different numbers of shares of Common Stock and having an option exercise price
per share which may be lower or higher than the exercise price per share of the
cancelled options or (ii) the amendment of the terms of any and all outstanding
options under the Plan to provide an option exercise price per share which is
higher or lower than the then-current exercise price per share of such
outstanding options.
22. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF THE PLAN.
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(a) EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall become effective when
adopted by the Board of Directors, but no Incentive Stock Option granted under
the Plan shall become exercisable unless and until the Plan shall have been
approved by the Company's shareholders. If such shareholder approval is not
obtained within twelve months after the date of the Board's adoption of the
Plan, no options previously granted under the Plan shall be deemed to be
Incentive Stock Options and no Incentive Stock Options shall be granted
thereafter. Amendments to the Plan not requiring shareholder approval shall
become effective when adopted by the Board of Directors; amendments requiring
shareholder approval (as provided in Section 21) shall become effective when
adopted by the Board of Directors, but no Incentive Stock Option granted after
the date of such amendment shall become exercisable (to the extent that such
amendment to the Plan was required to enable the Company to grant such Incentive
Stock Option to a particular optionee) unless and until such amendment shall
have been approved by the Company's shareholders. If such shareholder approval
is not obtained within twelve months of the Board's adoption of such amendment,
any Incentive Stock Options granted on or after the date of such amendment shall
terminate to the extent that such amendment to the Plan was required to enable
the Company to grant such option to a particular optionee. Subject to this
limitation, options may be granted under the Plan at any time after the
effective date and before the date fixed for termination of the Plan.
(b) TERMINATION. Unless sooner terminated in accordance with
Section 16, the Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the close of
business on the day next preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its
adoption by the Board of Directors, or (ii) the date on which all shares
available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued pursuant to the
exercise or cancellation of options granted under the Plan. If the date of
termination is determined under (i) above, then options outstanding on such date
shall continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the
instruments evidencing such options.
23. PROVISION FOR FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS.
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The Board of Directors may, without amending the Plan, modify
awards or options granted to participants who are foreign nationals or employed
outside the United States to recognize differences in laws, rules, regulations
or customs of such foreign jurisdictions with respect to tax, securities,
currency, employee benefit or other matters.
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24. GOVERNING LAW.
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The provisions of this Plan shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the
principles of conflicts of laws.
Adopted by the Board of Directors on March 29, 1996, amended
and restated on May 7, 1996 and further amended and restated on April __, 1997.
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EXHIBIT B
PROPOSAL 3
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The following shall be added at the end of Article VI of the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended:
"TERMS OF DIRECTORS. The number of Directors of the
Corporation shall be fixed by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the
Board of Directors. The Directors, shall be classified, with respect to the term
for which they hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as
possible. The initial Class I Director shall serve for a term expiring at the
annual meeting of stockholders to be held for fiscal 1997, the initial Class II
Directors shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders
to be held in for fiscal 1998, and the initial Class III Directors shall serve
for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held for fiscal
1999. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successor or successors of the
class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected by a
plurality of the votes cast at such meeting and shall hold office for a term
expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following
the year of their election. The Directors elected to each class shall hold
office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their
earlier resignation or removal."
"VACANCIES. Any and all vacancies in the Board of Directors,
however occurring, including, without limitation, by reason of an increase in
size of the Board of Directors, or the death, resignation, disqualification or
removal of a Director, shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum
of the Board of Directors. Any Director appointed in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the
class of Directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy
occurred and until such Director's successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. When the number of
Directors is increased or decreased, the Board of Directors shall determine the
class or classes to which the increased or decreased number of Directors shall
be apportioned so as to maintain each class as nearly equal in number as
possible; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of Directors shall
shorten the term of any incumbent Director.
PROXY
ENTREMED
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints John W. Holaday, Ph.D. as proxy to
represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at
the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, 9751 Washington Boulevard,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 on June 30, 1997 at 10:00 a.m. and at any
adjournment thereof, and to vote the shares of Common Stock the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present, as indicated below.
1. Election of Directors
FOR all nominees listed below |_| WITHHOLDING AUTHORITY |_|
(except as marked to the to vote for all nominees listed below
contrary below)
John W. Holaday, Ph.D., Donald S. Brooks, Bart Chernow, M.D., Samuel R. Dunlap,
Jr., Lee F. Meier, Mark C.M. Randall, Leon E. Rosenberg, M.D., Wendell M. Starke
(INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual
nominee, print that nominee's name on the line provided below.)
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2. To approve an amendment and restatement to the Company's 1996 Stock
Option Plan in order to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved
for issuance thereunder from 516,667 to 1,266,667.
FOR |_| AGAINST |_| ABSTAIN |_|
3. To consider and act upon proposed amendments to the Certificate of
Incorporation to provide for the classification of the Company's Board of
Directors into three classes.
FOR |_| AGAINST |_| ABSTAIN |_|
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4. Approval and ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young
L.L.P. as independent auditors.
FOR |_| AGAINST |_| ABSTAIN |_|
5. IN THEIR DISCRETION, PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH
BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
The shares of Common Stock represented by this proxy will be voted as
directed. IF NO CONTRARY INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WILL
BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES, FOR THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT TO
THE 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN, FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF
DIRECTORS INTO THREE CLASSES AND FOR THE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS OF THE COMPANY.
DATED:______________________, 1997
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Signature
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Signature if held jointly.
(Please date, sign as name appears at the left,
and return promptly. If the Shares are registered
in the names of two or more persons, each should
sign. When signing as Corporate Officer, Partner,
Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian,
please give full title. Please note any changes in
your address alongside the address as it appears
in the proxy.)
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