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Internal Rules of the Shareholders’ Meeting. The Shareholders Meeting must enact its own rules.

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• Shareholders Meeting (a) If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:

• Stockholders Meetings Section 1. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time, or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors.

• Shareholders Meetings IVAX shall call and hold the IVAX Shareholders' Meeting and Bergen shall call and hold the Bergen Shareholders' Meeting as promptly as practicable for the purpose of voting upon the approval of this Agreement pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement and the Mergers contemplated hereby, and each of Bergen and IVAX shall use its reasonable efforts to hold the Shareholders' Meetings on the same day and as soon as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. IVAX shall use its reasonable efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Mergers contemplated hereby pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of shareholders required by the FBCA or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain such approval, except to the extent that the Board of Directors of IVAX determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel (who may be IVAX's regularly engaged outside legal counsel) that the withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation is required by its fiduciary duties to IVAX's shareholders under applicable Law, and prior to such determination any person (other than Bergen) shall have made a public announcement or otherwise communicated to IVAX with respect to a Competing Transaction that, as determined by the Board of Directors of IVAX in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel (who may be its regularly retained outside counsel) and financial advisors, contains terms more favorable to the shareholders of IVAX than those provided for in the Reorganization. Bergen shall use its reasonable efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Mergers contemplated hereby pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of shareholders required by the NJBCA or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain such approval, except to the extent that the Board of Directors of Bergen determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel (who may be Bergen's regularly engaged outside legal counsel) that the withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation is required by its fiduciary duties to Bergen's shareholders under applicable Law, and prior to such determination any person (other than IVAX) shall have made a public announcement or otherwise communicated to Bergen with respect to a Competing Transaction that, as determined by the Board of Directors of Bergen in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel (who may be its regularly retained outside counsel) and financial advisors, contains terms more favorable to the shareholders of Bergen than those provided for in the Reorganization. Each of the parties hereto shall take all other action necessary or, in the opinion of the other parties hereto, advisable to promptly and expeditiously secure any vote or consent of shareholders required by applicable Law and such party's Certificate or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to effect the Mergers.

• Company Shareholders Meeting (a) Subject to Section 9.01, as promptly as practicable, but in any event, no later than ten (10) calendar days, after the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Schedule 13E-3 and Proxy Statement, the Company shall take all lawful action to call, give notice of, and convene the Company Shareholders’ Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval. As soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than the thirtieth calendar day after the date on which the notice of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting is issued, the Company shall hold such Company Shareholders’ Meeting in accordance with its memorandum and articles of association; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholders’ Meeting for up to thirty (30) calendar days (but in any event no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the End Date), (i) with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (ii) if at the time the Company Shareholders’ Meeting proceeds to business there are insufficient Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at the Company Shareholders’ Meeting; or (iii) to allow reasonable time for the filing and mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure which the Company Board has determined in good faith after consultation with outside counsel is necessary or advisable under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s shareholders prior to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting. Parent may request once that the Company adjourn or postpone the Company Shareholders’ Meeting for up to thirty (30) calendar days (but in any event no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the End Date), (x) if as of the time for which the Company Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement) there are insufficient Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) (A) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting or (B) voting in favor of approval of this Agreement and the Transactions to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval or (y) in order to allow reasonable additional time for (1) the filing and mailing of, at the reasonable request of Parent, any supplemental or amended disclosure and (2) such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the Company’s shareholders prior to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, in which event the Company shall, in each case, cause the Company Shareholders’ Meeting to be postponed or adjourned in accordance with Parent’s request.

• Stockholders Meeting (a) If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:

• Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 30 Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to holders of shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Stockholders”) relating to the meeting of Company Stockholders (the “Company Stockholder Meeting”) to be held for the purpose of considering and taking action on the adoption of this Agreement. The Acquirer Parties will furnish all information concerning the Acquirer Parties and their Affiliates to the Company, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. The Company will promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement, and will provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to resolve as promptly as reasonably practicable any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company will (i) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement or response (including the proposed final version of the Proxy Statement or response), (ii) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by Parent, and (iii) except in connection with any Company Adverse Recommendation Change, not file or mail such document or respond to the SEC prior to receiving the approval of Parent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

• Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, but no later than June 25, 2010, the Company shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company relating to the Company’s stockholders meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to finalize the Proxy Statement as promptly as possible after such filing. The Company shall promptly notify Phoenix upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and shall provide Phoenix with copies of all correspondence between it and its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. Phoenix shall have the opportunity to review and approve in its reasonable discretion the proxy statement and all amendments thereto and all correspondence from the Company and its representatives to the SEC related to the Company stockholders meeting (the “Stockholders Meeting”) prior to filing with the SEC. The Company shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date the SEC completes review of the Proxy Statement or notifies the Company that it will not review the Proxy Statement, duly call and give notice to the Company stockholders by mailing the definitive Proxy Statement, convene and hold the Stockholders Meeting for the purpose of seeking Company stockholder approval and to solicit such approval from the stockholders. In connection with the Stockholders Meeting, the Company shall, through the Board, recommend to its stockholders that they approve (a) an increase in (i) its authorized shares of Common Stock to 519,000,000 and (ii) its authorized shares of Preferred Stock to 16,000,000, (b) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation (Series A-1) and (c) elect four directors to the Board. The Company shall within one (1) Business Day of obtaining such stockholder approvals in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement, take all requisite actions (including the filing of the Charter Amendment, the Certificate of Designation (Series B) and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation (Series A-1) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware) to effect approvals and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including the Exchange Agreement.

• Company Stockholders Meeting The Company shall, as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of the holders of Company Stock (such meeting, including as it may be adjourned or postponed from time to time, the “Company Stockholders’ Meeting”) for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval. Subject to Section 6.4, the Company Board shall recommend that the holders of Company Stock approve and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger (the “Company Board Recommendation”). Unless the Company Board has effected a Company Adverse Recommendation Change in accordance with Section 6.4, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from the holders of Company Stock proxies in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and to take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the Company Stockholder Approval. Subject to Section 6.4, the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article X, the Company shall submit this Agreement for adoption and approval by the holders of Company Stock at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (i) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, (ii) for the absence of quorum and (iii) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and/or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined after consultation with outside legal counsel is necessary under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by the holders of Company Stock prior to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting. The only matters to be voted upon at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting are the matters required pursuant to the Company Stockholder Approval and routine proposals required in connection with such vote.

• Securityholders Meetings SECTION 8.01.

• Shareholder Meeting Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with the BC Act and its Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders to be held as promptly as reasonably practicable at a location in the United States of America following the mailing of the Proxy Statement for the purpose of obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval (the “Company Meeting”) and, subject to Section 6.3 of this Agreement, shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its shareholders the approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “Company Recommendation”); provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted to delay or postpone convening the Company Meeting (but not beyond the Termination Date) if in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof (after consultation with its outside legal advisors) such delay or postponement of the Company Meeting is consistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Subject to Section 6.3 of this Agreement and unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies to be exercised in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8.1, the Company will take all of the actions contemplated by this Section 6.4, regardless of whether the Board of Directors of the Company shall have effected a Company Change in Recommendation; provided that in such event and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub make no representation or warranty as to the validity of the Company Meeting or the Merger under the BC Act, this Agreement or otherwise.