Company: SUPN
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001356576-25-000071
Chunk: 281

Company: SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 281
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 Derivative Litigation with the Matton Derivative Litigation and the Pizzelanti Derivative Litigation (the “Consolidated Derivative Litigation”). 

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As of September 30, 2025, two complaints have been filed in state court by purported stockholders of Sage regarding the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 13, 2025, by and among Sage, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Saphire, Inc., a Delaware corporation. On July 8, 2025, a purported stockholder of Sage Therapeutics filed a complaint against Sage Therapeutics and each member of the Board in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, captioned Taylor v. Sage Therapeutics, Inc., et al., Index No. 654060/2025 (the “Taylor Complaint”). On July 9, 2025, a purported stockholder of Sage Therapeutics filed a complaint against Sage Therapeutics and each member of the Board in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, captioned Morgan v. Sage Therapeutics, Inc., et al., Index No. 654094/2025 (together with the Taylor Complaint, the “Merger Complaints”). The Merger Complaints assert, among other things, claims for negligent misrepresentation and concealment and negligence under New York common law against all defendants. The Merger Complaints allege that Sage Therapeutic’s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on July 2, 2025, together with the exhibits and annexes thereto (the “Schedule 14D-9”), omitted certain purportedly material information. Among other relief, the Merger Complaints seek (i) an injunction prohibiting consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Transactions”), (ii) rescission or actual and punitive damages if the Transactions are consummated, and (iii) an award of the plaintiffs’ fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses. Sage Therapeutics has also received certain demand letters from purported stockholders making allegations similar to those contained in the Merger Complaints. Additional lawsuits arising out of or relating to the Merger Agreement may be filed in the future.

At this time, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of the Securities Class Action, the SEC investigation, the Consolidated Derivative