o | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
Item 8. Additional Information | ||||||||
Item 9. Materials to Be Filed as Exhibits | ||||||||
SIGNATURE | ||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
EX-99.A.8: JOINT PRESS RELEASE |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
(a)(8)
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Joint press release issued by the Company and King on December 26, 2008 |
ALPHARMA INC. |
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Date: December 29, 2008 | By: | /s/ THOMAS J. SPELLMAN III | ||
Name: | Thomas J. Spellman III | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
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Exhibit No. | Document | |
(a)(1)
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Press release issued by the Company on September 26, 2008 (1) | |
(a)(2)
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Letter, dated September 26, 2008 to the Companys shareholders (1) | |
(a)(3)
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Letter, dated September 26, 2008 to the Companys employees (1) | |
(a)(4)
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Joint Press release issued by the Company and King on November 23, 2008 (2) | |
(a)(5)
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Letter, dated November 24, 2008 to the Companys employees (2) | |
(a)(6)
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Opinion of Banc of America Securities, LLC dated November 23, 2008 (3) | |
(a)(7)
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Letter, dated December 8, 2008 to the Companys shareholders (3) | |
(a)(8)
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Joint press release issued by the Company and King on December 26, 2008 | |
(e)(1)
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Excerpts from the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement, dated as of March 28, 2008, relating to the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders(1) | |
(e)(2)
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Employment Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2006, between the Company and Dean Mitchell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys May 31, 2006 Current Report on Form 8-K)(1) | |
(e)(3)
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Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2008, between the Company and Dr. Ronald Warner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8c to the Companys August 28, 2008 Current Report on Form 8-K)(1) | |
(e)(4)
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Employment Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2008, between the Company and Carol Wrenn (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9d to the Companys August 28, 2008 Current Report on Form 8-K)(1) | |
(e)(5)
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Alpharma Inc. Executive Change in Control Plan, dated as of January 25, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K)(1) | |
(e)(6)
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Description of terms of Amendments to the Alpharma Inc. Executive Change in Control Plan (incorporated by reference to Item 1.01 of the Companys August 28, 2008 Current Report on Form 8-K)(1) | |
(e)(7)
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Alpharma Inc. Amended and Restated Executive Change in Control Plan, dated as of September 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.98 to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008) | |
(e)(8)
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Information Statement pursuant to Section 14(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder (3) |
Exhibit No. | Document | |
(e)(9)
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 23, 2008 among King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Albert Acquisition Corp. and Alpharma Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Companys November 24, 2008 Current Report on Form 8-K) |
(1) | Previously filed as an exhibit to Alpharmas Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on September 26, 2008. | |
(2) | Previously filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 4 to Alpharmas Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on November 24, 2008. | |
(3) | Previously filed as an exhibit to Amendment No. 5 to Alpharmas Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on December 8, 2008. |