Item 2.01
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Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
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On November 14, 2017, Invitae
Corporation (Invitae), completed its acquisition of CombiMatrix Corporation (CombiMatrix) in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of July 31, 2017 (the Merger
Agreement), by and among Invitae, Coronado Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Invitae (Merger Sub), and CombiMatrix, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into CombiMatrix, with CombiMatrix surviving as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Invitae (the Merger). This transaction was approved by CombiMatrixs stockholders at a special meeting of its stockholders on November 10, 2017.
At the closing of the Merger, Invitae issued shares of its common stock to (i) CombiMatrixs common stockholders, at an exchange
ratio of 0.8692 of a share of Invitae common stock (the Merger Exchange Ratio) for each share of CombiMatrix common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger, (ii) CombiMatrixs Series F preferred stockholders, at the
Merger Exchange Ratio for each share of CombiMatrix common stock underlying Series F preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger, (iii) holders of outstanding and unexercised in-the-money CombiMatrix stock options, which were
fully accelerated to the extent of any applicable vesting period and converted into the right to receive the number of shares of Invitae common stock equal to the Merger Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of CombiMatrix common stock
issuable upon exercise of such option, minus the number of shares of Invitae common stock determined by dividing the aggregate exercise price for such option by $9.491 (the Invitae Trailing Average Share Value), and (iv) holders of
outstanding and unsettled CombiMatrix restricted stock units (RSUs), which were fully accelerated to the extent of any applicable vesting period and converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Invitae common stock
determined by multiplying the number of shares of CombiMatrix common stock that were subject to such RSU by the Merger Exchange Ratio. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Merger and Invitae will pay cash in lieu of any such
fractional shares. The Merger Exchange Ratio was determined through arms-length negotiations between Invitae and CombiMatrix.
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addition, at the closing of the Merger, (a) all outstanding and unexercised out-of-the money CombiMatrix stock options were cancelled and terminated without the right to receive any consideration, (b) all CombiMatrix Series D Warrants and
Series F Warrants outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the closing of the Merger were assumed by Invitae and converted into warrants to purchase the number of shares of Invitae common stock determined by multiplying the number of shares
of CombiMatrix common stock subject to such warrants by the Merger Exchange Ratio, and with the exercise price adjusted by dividing the per share exercise price of the CombiMatrix common stock subject to such warrants by the Merger Exchange Ratio,
and (c) certain entitlements under CombiMatrixs executive compensation transaction bonus plan (the Transaction Bonus Plan) were paid in shares of Invitae common stock or RSUs to be settled in shares of Invitae common stock.
All outstanding and unexercised CombiMatrix Series A, Series B, Series C, Series E, and PIPE warrants were repurchased by CombiMatrix prior to closing pursuant to that certain CombiMatrix Common Stock Purchase Warrants Repurchase Agreement
dated July 11, 2016.
Invitae issued an aggregate of 2,726,324 shares of its common stock and 214,976 RSUs in connection with the
Merger (including shares and RSUs issued pursuant to the Transaction Bonus Plan). Immediately after the Merger, (i) there were approximately 52.9 million shares of Invitae common stock outstanding, (ii) the former CombiMatrix
securityholders and executives owned approximately 8.6% of the fully-diluted common stock of the combined company, and (iii) Invitae securityholders, whose shares of Invitae capital stock remain outstanding after the Merger, owned approximately
91.4% of the fully-diluted common stock of the combined company.
The issuance of the shares of Invitaes common stock in connection
with the Merger was registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-220447) (the Registration Statement), which was declared effective on
October 5, 2017.
Upon completion of the Merger, CombiMatrix became a wholly owned subsidiary of Invitae. As a result, the
CombiMatrix common stock and Series F warrants will cease trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market and will be delisted and deregistered.
The
descriptions of the Merger and Merger Agreement included herein are not complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Invitaes Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 1, 2017, and is incorporated herein by reference.
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The Merger Agreement was filed to provide investors and security holders with information
regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Invitae or CombiMatrix. The Merger Agreement contained representations and warranties by Invitae and CombiMatrix which were made solely for the benefit of the
respective parties thereto. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties were qualified by information in confidential disclosure schedules delivered by the parties to each other in connection with the signing of the Merger
Agreement. Certain representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were made as of a specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to investors, or may have been used
for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties thereto. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement should not be relied on by any persons as characterizations of the actual state of facts at the time they were
made or otherwise. In addition, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in Invitaes or
CombiMatrixs public disclosures.