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FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

MR. CARL C. ICAHN

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER

DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN

PROF. LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK

DR. ERIC J. ENDE

MAYU SRIS

HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC

BARBERRY CORP.

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ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.

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2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

OF

FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.

 

 

PROXY STATEMENT

DATED JULY 19, 2011

OF

CARL C. ICAHN

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER

DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN

PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK

DR. ERIC J. ENDE

MAYU SRIS

ICAHN PARTNERS LP

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II L.P.

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P.

HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC

BARBERRY CORP.

ICAHN ONSHORE LP

ICAHN OFFSHORE LP

ICAHN CAPITAL L.P.

IPH GP LLC

ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.

ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC.

BECKTON CORP.

 

 

To Our Fellow Forest Laboratories Stockholders:

This Proxy Statement and the accompanying GOLD proxy card are being furnished to Stockholders (“Stockholders”) of Forest Laboratories, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (“Forest Laboratories,” the “Corporation” or the “Company”) in connection with the solicitation of proxies by Carl C. Icahn and the Participants (as hereinafter defined), to be used at the 2011 Annual Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of Stockholders of Forest Laboratories which is scheduled to be held at JPMorgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, on August 18, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., and at any adjournments, postponements or continuations thereof. This Proxy Statement and the GOLD proxy card are first being furnished to Stockholders on or about July 19, 2011.


At the Annual Meeting, the Participants will seek to elect to the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Forest Laboratories the following persons (each a “Nominee” and collectively, the “Nominees”):

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER

DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN

PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK

DR. ERIC J. ENDE

The Icahn Parties (as hereinafter defined) believe that the Nominees have impressive qualifications and that their experience, including on other pharma boards, would be extremely beneficial to Forest Laboratories and, therefore, its stockholders. Dr. Denner has an accomplished record in improving the operations, research and development of biotech companies. Dr. Mulligan is an internationally known expert in genetics and gene therapy. Professor Bebchuk is a Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. He is one of the nation’s leading corporate governance experts. Dr. Ende is a successful analyst and consultant with extensive financial expertise and a strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry. The Icahn Parties believe that the Nominees’ knowledge of science, medicine, corporate governance, finance and business will significantly improve the science, corporate governance and business expertise of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The Icahn Parties also believe that each Nominee is a strong stockholder-oriented individual who will help represent the best interests of the Corporation’s stockholders.

The Icahn Parties believe that recent events concerning Forest Laboratories, together with the declining performance of its shares over the past 7 years and the anticipated decline in Forest Laboratories’ results of operations due to the loss of patent protection on Lexapro, its most significant drug, also warrant a change in the composition of the Company’s board of directors. The share price of Forest Laboratories’ Common Stock was $75.48 per share in February 2004. The closing share price on July 18, 2011 was $37.95 per share. This represents a decline in the price of Forest Laboratories’ Common Stock of approximately 49.7% over the past 7 years. In addition, according to Forest Laboratories’ Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, under Risk Factors, “[Forest Laboratories is] Substantially Dependent on Sales of Two of Our Principal Products”, Lexapro accounted for 55% of Forest Laboratories’ net sales in 2011 and “with the expiration of the patent for Lexapro in March 2012, the Company will face generic competition, which [Forest Laboratories expects] will immediately and significantly erode sales of Lexapro going forward.” According to a Form 8-K filed by Forest Laboratories on April 20, 2011, earnings per share was $3.59 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 and Forest Laboratories expects diluted earnings per share to be in a range of $3.60 to $3.70 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012 and not less than $1.20 per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.

The Icahn Parties believe that the experience of their nominees, including experience on boards of other pharmaceutical companies, will be extremely beneficial to Forest Laboratories and, therefore, its stockholders.

Additionally, in 2010, the Company disclosed that it pled guilty to a felony and misdemeanor charges and paid in excess of $300 million to settle claims brought against it by the US Department of Justice and US Attorney’s Office. The Company stated that these matters were resolved. However, this proved not to be the case. On April 13, 2011, the Company publicly disclosed that on April 12, 2011, Mr. Howard Solomon, the longtime Chairman and CEO of the Company, was notified by the Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (the “OIG-HHS”) that the OIG-HHS was commencing an action to exclude him from participating in federal healthcare programs based on the matters that the Company previously disclosed were settled. The Company stated that should the OIG–HHS ultimately determine that Mr. Solomon should be excluded, Mr. Solomon would be required to step down as an officer of the Company unless his exclusion is enjoined by legal proceedings. The Company also disclosed on that same day (just one day after receiving the notification from the OIG-HHS) that Mr. Solomon plans to commence litigation to prevent any such exclusion and that the Company will support such litigation by Mr. Solomon. The Company indicated that it believes that these actions by the OIG–HHS are unprecedented.

 

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Each of our Nominees has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement and, if elected, to serve as a director.

Under the proxy rules we may only solicit proxies for our Nominees, which would result in limiting the ability of Stockholders that would like to vote for our Nominees to fully exercise their voting rights to vote for up to a full complement of ten directors. Alternatively, we may solicit proxies in support of our Nominees and also seek authority to vote for all of the Forest Laboratories nominees other than those Forest Laboratories nominees we specify. This would enable a Stockholder who desires to vote for up to a full complement of ten director nominees to use the GOLD proxy card to vote for our Nominees as well as the Forest Laboratories nominees for whom we are seeking authority to vote other than those nominees as to which the Stockholder specifically withholds our authority to vote for. We have determined to nominate a slate of four Nominees, Dr. Denner, Dr. Mulligan, Professor Bebchuk and Dr. Ende and are seeking authority to vote for all of the Forest Laboratories nominees other than Howard Solomon, Dan L. Goldwasser, Kenneth E. Goodman and Lester B. Salans. As a result, should a Stockholder so authorize us, on the GOLD proxy card, we would cast votes for our four Nominees and six Forest Laboratories nominees. None of the Forest Laboratories nominees for whom we seek authority to vote have agreed to serve with any of our Nominees, if elected.

THE PARTICIPANTS URGE YOU TO VOTE THE GOLD PROXY CARD FOR DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK AND DR. ERIC J. ENDE AS DIRECTORS.

The Nominees and each of the other Participants have no interest in Forest Laboratories other than through the beneficial ownership (if any) of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Forest Laboratories (the “Common Stock”) or other securities (if any) of Forest Laboratories, except as disclosed herein, including the Annexes hereto, and in the case of each of Dr. Mulligan, Professor Bebchuk and Dr. Ende, pursuant to an agreement in which certain affiliates of Carl C. Icahn have agreed to pay each of Dr. Mulligan, Professor Bebchuk and Dr. Ende $25,000 and to indemnify such Nominee with respect to certain costs incurred by each such Nominee in connection with the proxy contest relating to the Annual Meeting (the “Nominee Agreement”) and in the case of Dr. Denner, through his profit interests in the shares of Common Stock held by the Icahn Parties and their affiliates as described herein.

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK AND DR. ERIC J. ENDE ARE COMMITTED TO ACTING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF FOREST LABORATORIES. THE PARTICIPANTS URGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR GOLD PROXY CARD FOR DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK AND DR. ERIC J. ENDE.

 

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IMPORTANT

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, the election of the Nominees requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of Forest Laboratories’ Common Stock at a meeting at which a quorum is present in person or represented by proxy. As a result, your vote is extremely important. We urge you to mark, sign, date, and return the enclosed GOLD proxy card to vote FOR the election of each Nominee.

WE URGE YOU NOT TO SIGN ANY PROXY CARD SENT TO YOU BY FOREST LABORATORIES. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SO, YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY BY DELIVERING A LATER-DATED GOLD PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE, EXECUTING A VOTE VIA INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, OR BY VOTING IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. SEE “VOTING PROCEDURES” AND “PROXY PROCEDURES” BELOW.

If you attend the Annual Meeting and you beneficially own shares of Common Stock but are not the record owner, your mere attendance at the Annual Meeting WILL NOT be sufficient to cancel your prior given proxy card. You must have written authority from the record owner to vote the shares of Common Stock in its name at the meeting. Contact D.F. King & Co., Inc. at the number shown in this Proxy Statement for assistance or if you have any questions.

If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing your proxy, please call:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

Stockholders call toll-free: (800) 697-6975

Banks and Brokers call collect: (212) 269-5550

The Proxy Statement, as well as other proxy materials distributed by the Participants, are available free of charge online at www.dfking.com/frx.

 

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Only holders of record of Forest Laboratories’ Common Stock as of the close of business on June 24, 2011 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to attend and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. According to the proxy statement of Forest Laboratories filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement”) for the Annual Meeting, as of the Record Date, there were outstanding 276,457,485 shares of Common Stock. Stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting for each share of Common Stock of Forest Laboratories held on the Record Date.

As of the Record Date, the Participants and their affiliates beneficially owned an aggregate of 19,895,841 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 7.2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Participants and their affiliates intend to vote such shares of Common Stock FOR the election of the Nominees.

VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES BY USING THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY TO VOTE TODAY – BY TELEPHONE, BY INTERNET, OR BY MARKING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE GOLD PROXY CARD IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO YOU.

Participants in Solicitation of Proxies

In addition to the Nominees (who are Dr. Alexander J. Denner, Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende), the participants in the solicitation of proxies (the “Participants”) from Stockholders of Forest Laboratories include the following: Carl C. Icahn, a citizen of the United States, Mayu Sris, a citizen of the United States, High River Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“High River”), Hopper Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Hopper”), Barberry Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Barberry”), Icahn Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Partners”), Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Icahn Master”), Icahn Partners Master Fund II L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Icahn Master II”), Icahn Partners Master Fund III L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Icahn Master III”), Beckton Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Beckton”), Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Icahn Enterprises GP”), Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Enterprises Holdings”), IPH GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IPH”), Icahn Capital LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Capital”), Icahn Onshore LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Onshore”) and Icahn Offshore LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Offshore”).

Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II, Icahn Master III and High River (collectively, the “Icahn Parties”), are entities controlled by Mr. Carl C. Icahn. Dr. Denner is an employee and/or officer and/or director of the Icahn Parties and various other entities controlled by Mr. Icahn, who will participate in soliciting proxies from Forest Laboratories’ Stockholders. Except as described herein, Dr. Denner does not own beneficially any interest in securities of Forest Laboratories and Dr. Denner will not receive any special compensation in connection with such solicitation. In connection with his employment by Mr. Icahn and his affiliated companies, Dr. Denner, among other employees, had a participatory interest in, among other things, the profits and fees derived by Mr. Icahn and/or his affiliates from Icahn Partners’, Icahn Master’s, Icahn Master II’s and Icahn Master III’s ownership of the shares of Common Stock. In the aggregate, Dr. Denner’s profit interests and capital accounts of Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III entitled him to less than 2% of the profits generated by such entities’ ownership of the shares of Common Stock. The foregoing with respect to the shares of Common Stock has been superseded by the following as of June 10, 2011: Dr. Denner has a participatory interest in the profits attributable to the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Icahn Parties and their affiliates equal to 5% of an amount equal to (x) such profits minus (y) an amount equal to a return of 8% per annum, compounded annually, on the Icahn Parties’ and their affiliates’ investment in the shares of Common Stock. From February 2005 to January 2010, Mayu Sris was employed by the Icahn Parties as an investment analyst. Effective as of July 5, 2011, Icahn Capital engaged Mr. Sris as a consultant in connection with the solicitation of proxies at the Annual Meeting and matters relating thereto. Mr. Sris does not, and his associates do not, own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. The business address of Mr. Sris is c/o Icahn Associates Corp, 767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700, New York, NY 10153.

 

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Annex A attached hereto sets forth, as to the Nominees and the other Participants, all transactions in securities of Forest Laboratories effected during the past two years and their beneficial ownership of securities of Forest Laboratories.

With respect to each Participant (including the Nominees), except as set forth herein or in any of the Annexes attached hereto, (i) such Participant is not, nor was within the past year, a party to any contract, arrangement or understanding with any person with respect to any securities of Forest Laboratories, including, but not limited to, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees against loss or guarantees of profit, division of losses or profits, or the giving or withholding of proxies; and (ii) neither such Participant nor any of such Participant’s associates have any arrangement or understanding with any person with respect to (A) any future employment by Forest Laboratories or its affiliates or (B) any future transactions to which Forest Laboratories or any of its affiliates will or may be a party.

PROPOSAL 1 – ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Article I, Section 6, of Forest Laboratories’ Amended and Restated Bylaws provides that nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made “…by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Bylaw, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw.” On June 10, 2011, High River, a record holder of Common Stock, delivered timely notice in accordance with the foregoing, notifying Forest Laboratories that High River intends to nominate and will seek to elect at the Annual Meeting Dr. Alexander J. Denner, Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende as members of the board of directors of Forest Laboratories. Each Nominee, if elected, would serve a one-year term and hold office until the 2012 annual meeting of Stockholders and until a successor has been duly elected and qualified. Background information about each of the Nominees is set forth below and the Annexes attached hereto.

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Board of Forest Laboratories intends to nominate ten candidates for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement is soliciting proxies to elect Dr. Alexander J. Denner, Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende, and to enable Stockholders to vote for the Forest Laboratories nominees other than Howard Solomon, Dan L. Goldwasser, Kenneth E. Goodman and Lester B. Salans. Therefore, should a Stockholder so authorize us, we will cast votes for our four Nominees and the six Forest Laboratories nominees who are not Howard Solomon, Dan L. Goldwasser, Kenneth E. Goodman and Lester B. Salans. None of such Forest Laboratories nominees for whom we seek authority to vote have agreed to serve with any of our Nominees, if elected.

If elected, the Nominees will be a minority of the directors and will not alone be able to adopt resolutions. However, the Nominees expect to be able to actively engage other Board members in full discussion of the issues facing the Company and resolve them together. By utilizing their respective experiences and working constructively with Board members, the Nominees believe they can effect positive change at the Company.

Mr. Icahn has an interest in the election of directors at the Annual Meeting indirectly through the beneficial ownership of securities, as further described in Annex A. Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende are each party to a Nominee Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B, pursuant to which Icahn Capital has agreed to pay certain fees to each such Nominee and to indemnify each such Nominee with respect to certain costs incurred by each such Nominee in connection with the proxy contest relating to the Annual Meeting. Except as disclosed in this Proxy Statement, including the Annexes attached hereto and as provided in the Nominee Agreement (which, among other things, provides for a payment to each of Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende of $25,000), none of the Nominees will receive any compensation from any of the Participants or any of their affiliates in connection with this proxy solicitation. Dr. Richard Mulligan, Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk and Dr. Eric J. Ende have an interest in the election of directors at the Annual Meeting pursuant to the Nominee Agreement. Dr. Denner has an interest in the election of directors at the Annual Meeting indirectly through his profit interests in the shares of Common Stock

 

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held by the Icahn Parties as follows: Dr. Denner has a participatory interest in the profits attributable to the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Icahn Parties and their affiliates equal to 5% of an amount equal to (x) such profits minus (y) an amount equal to a return of 8% per annum, compounded annually, on the Icahn Parties’ and their affiliates’ investment in the shares of Common Stock.

The Nominees would not be barred from being considered independent under the independence requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and the independence standards applicable to Forest Laboratories under paragraph (a)(1) of Item 407 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, age 41

Dr. Denner’s principal occupation is serving as Managing Director of entities affiliated with Carl C. Icahn, including Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III (collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are private investment funds. Dr. Denner has served in this position since August 2006. From April 2005 to May 2006, Dr. Denner served as a portfolio manager specializing in healthcare investments for Viking Global Investors. Previously, he served in a variety of roles at Morgan Stanley, beginning in 1996, including as portfolio manager of healthcare and biotechnology mutual funds. Dr. Denner was the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of ImClone Systems Incorporated, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, and a director of ImClone Systems Incorporated from April 2006 until the company was purchased in December 2008. He served on the Board of Adventrx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from October 2006 to October 2009. In addition, Dr. Denner has served as a director of Biogen Idec Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from June 2009 until the present; as a director of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from June 2009 until the present; and as a director of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from May 2009 until the present; and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Enzon Pharmaceuticals from July 2009 until the present. Dr. Denner received his S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Except as described herein, Dr. Denner does not, and his associates do not, own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. The business address of Dr. Denner is c/o Icahn Associates Corp, 767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700, New York, NY 10153.

Based upon Dr. Denner’s experience of overseeing the operations, research and development of biopharmaceutical companies; service on boards of biopharmaceutical companies; financial background, including with respect to pharma companies; and education, the Icahn Parties believe that Dr. Denner has the requisite set of skills to serve as a Board member of Forest Laboratories.

DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, age 56

Dr. Mulligan’s principal occupation is serving as the Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative. Professor Mulligan received his B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry at Stanford University School of Medicine. After receiving postdoctoral training at the Center for Cancer Research at MIT, Professor Mulligan joined the MIT faculty and subsequently was appointed Professor of Molecular Biology and Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research before moving to Children’s Hospital and Harvard in 1996. His honors include the MacArthur Foundation Prize, the Rhodes Memorial Award of the American Association for Cancer Research, the ASMB-Amgen Award, and the Nagai Foundation International Prize.

Dr. Mulligan served as a director of ImClone System Incorporated, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, from September 2006 until November 2008, and as a member of Scientific Advisory Board and Executive Committee. In addition, Dr. Mulligan has served as a director of Biogen Idec Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from June 2009 until the present; as a director of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company from May 2009 until the present; and as a director of Cellectis SA, a biotechnology company which specializes in genome engineering, since 2007. He has also served on the National

 

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Institutes of Health’s Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee and on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Biological Response Modifiers Advisory Committee. Dr. Mulligan does not, and his associates do not, own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. Dr. Mulligan’s business address is Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Rm 407, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Based upon Dr. Mulligan’s expertise in genetics and gene therapy; experience in overseeing the operations, research and development of biopharmaceutical companies; service on boards of biotechnology and/or biopharmaceutical companies; and his education, the Icahn Parties believe that Dr. Mulligan has the requisite set of skills to serve as a Board member of Forest Laboratories.

PROF. LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK, age 55

Professor Bebchuk’s principal occupation is serving as the William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. Professor Bebchuk is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and Inaugural Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Network. Trained in both law and economics, Professor Bebchuk holds an LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Harvard Economics Department. His research focuses on corporate governance, law and finance, and law and economics. Upon electing him to membership in 2000, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences cited him as “[o]ne of the nation’s leading scholars of law and economics,” who “has made major contribution to the study of corporate control, governance, and insolvency.” The author of more than one hundred research papers, Professor Bebchuk’s work has appeared in the top academic journals in law, in economics, and in finance. His widely acclaimed book, Pay without Performance: the Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation, co-authored with Jesse Fried, was published in 2004. Professor Bebchuk has been a frequent contributor to policy-making, practice, and public debate in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. He has appeared in hearings and roundtables before the Senate Finance Committee, the House of Representatives Committee of Financial Services, and the SEC; has advised publicly traded firms, governmental authorities both in and outside the U.S., and law firms; has authored numerous op-ed pieces, including in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Financial Times; and serves on the board of directors of OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium. He was included in the list of “100 most influential players in corporate governance” of Directorship, the “100 most influential people in finance” of Treasury & Risk Management, and the list of top-10 “governance stars” of Global Proxy Watch. Professor Bebchuk served as President of the American Law and Economics Association and Chair of the Business Association Section of the American Association of Law Teachers. He is a Vice-President of the Western Economics Association International and the founding Director of the SSRN Corporate Governance Network. Professor Bebchuk does not, and his associates do not, own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. Professor Bebchuk’s business address is c/o Harvard Law School, 1545 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

Based upon Professor Bebchuk’s expertise in corporate governance and finance; and his education, the Icahn Parties believe that Professor Bebchuk has the requisite set of skills to serve as a Board member of Forest Laboratories.

Dr. ERIC J. ENDE, age 43

Dr. Ende’s principal occupation is serving as President of Ende Consulting Group, which is focused on biotechnology industry consulting, since 2009. Since 2008, Dr. Ende has also served as a Managing Partner of Silverback Group, which is focused on identifying, evaluating and participating in various types of investment opportunities, including venture capital, real estate and financings. From 2002 through 2008, Dr. Ende was the senior biotechnology analyst at Merrill Lynch. From 2000 to 2002, he was the senior biotechnology analyst at Banc of America Securities. From 1997 to 2000, he was a biotechnology analyst at Lehman Brothers. During Dr. Ende’s career as a biotechnology analyst, he was named to Institutional Investor’s All–America Equity

 

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Research Team six times as well as to The Greenwich Survey list of top analysts. He was also named Top Stock Picker by The Street.com and Best Earnings Estimator by Forbes.com. Dr. Ende served as a director of Genzyme Corporation from 2010 until it was acquired by Sanofi-Aventis in 2011. Dr. Ende received an M.B.A. in Finance & Accounting from New York University’s Stern Business School in 1997, an M.D. from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1994, and a B.S. in Biology and Psychology from Emory University in 1990. Dr. Ende does not, and his associates do not, own, beneficially or of record, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation. Dr. Ende’s business address is 6231 PGA Blvd, STE 104-161, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418.

Based upon Dr. Ende’s extensive financial expertise and a strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, as well as his service on another board, and his education, the Icahn Parties believe that Dr. Ende has the requisite set of skills to serve as a Board member of Forest Laboratories.

Drs. Denner and Mulligan currently serve on the Board of Directors of Biogen Idec Inc. (“Biogen”) and Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Enzon”). Drs. Denner and Mulligan were elected to the Board of Directors of Biogen Idec Inc. at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders following their nomination by entities affiliated with Mr. Icahn. In January 2009, representatives of Mr. Icahn and his affiliated entities suggested Drs. Denner and Mulligan as potential directors to the Board of Directors of Enzon. Drs. Denner and Mulligan were subsequently nominated on Enzon’s board slate of directors and elected at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Drs. Denner, Mulligan and Mr. Icahn served together on the Board of Directors of ImClone Systems Incorporated (“ImClone”). Following discussions in April 2006 between ImClone and Mr. Icahn, a then stockholder of ImClone, Dr. Denner, who was not then employed by affiliated entities of Mr. Icahn, was appointed to the board of ImClone. In August 2006, representatives of ImClone offered to nominate on management’s slate of directors, Mr. Icahn, Dr. Denner, then an employee of entities affiliated with Mr. Icahn, and two persons recommended to ImClone by Mr. Icahn, including Dr. Richard Mulligan, and all of such nominees were subsequently elected at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Dr. Ende provided consulting services to Mr. Icahn and certain affiliated entities in connection with the proxy contest conducted by Mr. Icahn and such affiliates in respect of Genzyme Corporation, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc. In 2010, Dr. Ende was nominated to the board of Genzyme Corporation at the suggestion of Mr. Icahn.

WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK AND DR. ERIC J. ENDE BY MARKING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD IN THE POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO YOU WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT OR BY USING THE GOLD PROXY CARD TO VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED THE GOLD PROXY CARD AND NO MARKING IS MADE, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN A DIRECTION TO VOTE ALL THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE GOLD PROXY CARD FOR THE ELECTION OF DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK AND DR. ERIC J. ENDE AND THE FOREST LABORATORIES NOMINEES OTHER THAN HOWARD SOLOMON, DAN L. GOLDWASSER, KENNETH E. GOODMAN AND LESTER B. SALANS.

OTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, Forest Laboratories is soliciting proxies with respect to three other proposals. Please refer to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement for a detailed discussion of these proposals. These proposals are outlined below. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED THE GOLD PROXY CARD AND NO MARKING IS MADE, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE GIVEN A DIRECTION TO VOTE ALL OF THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY YOUR GOLD PROXY CARD AGAINST PROPOSAL 2, FOR 1 YEAR ON PROPOSAL 3 AND FOR PROPOSAL 4.

 

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PROPOSAL 2 – ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (SAY-ON-PAY VOTE)

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Company will also solicit proxies with respect to a proposal for the Stockholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers, as disclosed in Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the 2011 Summary Compensation Table and the tabular disclosure regarding such compensation and the accompanying narrative disclosure. Please refer to the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement for a discussion of such proposal. The Participants intend to vote, and recommend that you vote, “AGAINST” this proposal.

PROPOSAL 3 – ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (SAY-WHEN-ON-PAY VOTE)

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Company will also solicit proxies with respect to a proposal for Stockholders to express a preference as to how frequently future advisory votes on executive compensation should take place – one, two or three years. Please refer to the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement for a discussion of such proposal. The Participants intend to vote, and recommend that you vote for “1 YEAR” as the frequency for future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

PROPOSAL 4 – RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Company will also solicit proxies with respect to a proposal for Stockholders to ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP to audit the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. Please refer to the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement for a discussion of such proposal. The Participants intend to vote, and recommend that you vote, “FOR” this proposal.

OTHER PROPOSALS

The Participants and their affiliates know of no other business to be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is intended that the persons named on the enclosed GOLD proxy card will vote that proxy on such other matters in accordance with their judgment.

VOTING PROCEDURES

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, holders of shares of Forest Laboratories’ Common Stock, at the close of business on the Record Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. Each share of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date is entitled to one vote on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting.

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, a nominee for director will be elected to the Company’s Board of Directors if the votes cast for such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast against such nominee’s election; provided, however, that directors will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders for which (i) the Secretary of the Company receives a notice that a stockholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in compliance with the Company’s Bylaws and (ii) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such stockholder on or before the tenth day before the Company first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the Stockholders. Plurality means that the individuals who receive the largest number of votes cast are elected as directors, up to the maximum number of directors to be chosen at the meeting. Consequently, any shares of Common Stock not voted (whether by abstention, broker nonvote or otherwise) have no impact in the election of directors.

 

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A quorum must be present, in person or by proxy, in order for the Company to hold the Annual Meeting. A quorum is the presence by person or by proxy of a majority of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The shares of Common Stock represented by a proxy marked “withhold” or “abstain” and broker non-votes (as described below) will be considered present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum.

BROKER NON-VOTES

If you hold your shares of Common Stock through a bank, broker or other nominee and do not provide voting instructions to the record holder of the shares of Common Stock, your shares of Common Stock will not be voted on any proposal on which your broker or nominee does not have discretionary authority to vote. In this case, a “broker non-vote” occurs. Shares of Common Stock constituting broker non-votes are not counted or deemed to be present or represented for the purpose of determining whether Stockholders have approved a matter, but they are counted as present for the purpose of determining a quorum at the Annual Meeting.

The election of directors at the Annual Meeting is a “non-routine matter” and brokers do not have discretionary authority to vote your shares of Common Stock on “non-routine matters.” Therefore, unless you provide specific voting instructions to your broker, your broker will not have discretionary authority to vote your shares of Common Stock for the election of directors at the Annual Meeting and your shares of Common Stock will not be voted for the election of directors. If your shares of Common Stock are held in street name, your broker or nominee has enclosed a voting instruction card with this Proxy Statement. We strongly encourage you to vote your shares of Common Stock by following the instructions provided on the voting instruction card.

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, the Stockholder vote on Proposal 2 – ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (SAY–ON–PAY VOTE) – is advisory and will not be binding on the Company’s Board. However, in order to be approved on an advisory basis, this proposal must receive the “FOR” vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter. Abstentions will therefore have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Brokers are not entitled to vote on such proposals in the absence of voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Therefore, broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, the Stockholder vote on Proposal 3 – ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (SAY–WHEN–ON–PAY VOTE) – is advisory and will not be binding on the Company’s Board. If none of the frequency alternatives (one year, two years or three years) receives a majority vote, the Company has disclosed that it will consider the frequency that receives the highest number of votes by stockholders to be the frequency that has been selected by stockholders. However, the Company disclosed that because this vote is advisory and not binding on the Company or its Board in any way, its Board may decide that it is in the Company’s and its stockholders’ best interests to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation more or less frequently than the alternative selected by the Stockholders. Abstentions and broker non–votes will not be counted as expressing any preference and will therefore have no effect on the outcome of this proposal. Brokers are not entitled to vote on such proposals in the absence of voting instructions from the beneficial owner.

According to Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement, the Bylaws and applicable law, the approval of Proposal 4 – RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED ACCOUNTING FIRM – requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the matter. Abstentions will therefore have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Brokers are not entitled to vote on such proposals in the absence of voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Therefore, broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

 

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As explained in the detailed instructions on your GOLD proxy card, there are four ways you may vote. You may:

 

  1. Sign, date and return the enclosed GOLD proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. We recommend that you vote on the GOLD proxy card even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting;

 

  2. Vote via the Internet by following the voting instructions on the GOLD proxy card or the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other holder of record.

 

  3. Vote by telephone by following the voting instructions on the GOLD proxy card or the instructions provided by your broker, bank or other holder of record; or

 

  4. Vote in person by attending the Annual Meeting. Written ballots will be distributed to Stockholders who wish to vote in person at the Annual Meeting. If you hold your shares of Common Stock through a bank, broker or other custodian, you must obtain a legal proxy from such custodian in order to vote in person at the meeting.

To submit a proxy with voting instructions by telephone please call the telephone number listed on the GOLD proxy card. Proxies may also be submitted over the Internet. Please refer to the GOLD proxy card for the website information. In each case Stockholders will be required to provide the unique control number which has been printed on each Stockholder’s GOLD proxy card. In addition to the instructions that appear on the GOLD proxy card, step-by-step instructions will be provided by a recorded telephone message for those Stockholders submitting proxies by telephone or at the designated website for those Stockholders submitting proxies over the Internet. Stockholders submitting their proxies with voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet will receive confirmation on the telephone that their vote by telephone was successfully submitted, and may provide an email address for confirmation that their vote by Internet was successfully submitted.

Whether or not you are able to attend the Annual Meeting, you are urged to complete the enclosed GOLD proxy and return it in the enclosed self-addressed, prepaid envelope. All valid proxies received prior to the meeting will be voted. If you specify a choice with respect to any item by marking the appropriate box on the proxy, the shares of Common Stock will be voted in accordance with that specification. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WILL BE VOTED (I) FOR DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER FOR DIRECTOR; (II) FOR DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN FOR DIRECTOR; (III) FOR PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK FOR DIRECTOR (IV) FOR DR. ERIC J. ENDE FOR DIRECTOR; (V) FOR THE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY FOREST LABORATORIES TO SERVE AS DIRECTORS, OTHER THAN HOWARD SOLOMON, DAN L. GOLDWASSER, KENNETH E. GOODMAN AND LESTER B. SALANS; (VI) AGAINST THE ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (SAY-ON-PAY VOTE); (VII) FOR 1 YEAR ON THE ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (SAY–WHEN–ON–PAY VOTE); (VIII) FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM; AND (IX) IN THE PROXY HOLDERS’ DISCRETION AS TO OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING.

If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing your proxy, please call:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

Stockholders call toll-free: (800) 697-6975

Banks and Brokerage Firms call: (212) 269-5550

 

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PROXY PROCEDURES

IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE NOMINEES AND VOTE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED GOLD PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE OR USE THE GOLD PROXY CARD TO VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET.

The accompanying GOLD proxy card will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with your instructions on such card.

Only holders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date will be entitled to vote. If you were a Stockholder of record on the Record Date, you will retain your voting rights at the Annual Meeting even if you sell such shares of Common Stock after the Record Date. Accordingly, it is important that you vote the shares of Common Stock held by you on the Record Date, or grant a proxy to vote such shares of Common Stock on the GOLD proxy card, even if you sell such shares of Common Stock after the Record Date.

IF YOUR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ARE HELD IN THE NAME OF A BROKERAGE FIRM, BANK, BANK NOMINEE OR OTHER INSTITUTION ON THE RECORD DATE, ONLY IT CAN VOTE SUCH SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AND ONLY UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS. ACCORDINGLY, IF YOU WISH TO SUPPORT THE NOMINEES AND VOTE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACCOUNT AND INSTRUCT THAT PERSON TO EXECUTE ON YOUR BEHALF THE GOLD PROXY CARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

REVOCATION OF PROXIES

Any Stockholder of record may revoke or change his or her proxy instructions at any time prior to the vote at the Annual Meeting by:

 

   

submitting a properly executed, subsequently dated GOLD proxy card that will revoke all prior proxy cards, including any white proxy cards which you may have submitted to Forest Laboratories;

 

   

submitting a properly executed, subsequently dated WHITE proxy card that will revoke all prior proxy cards, including any gold proxy cards which you may have submitted to Forest Laboratories;

 

   

instructing the Icahn Parties by telephone or via the Internet as to how you would like your shares of Common Stock voted (instructions are on your GOLD proxy card);

 

   

attending the Annual Meeting and withdrawing his or her proxy by voting in person (although attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself constitute revocation of a proxy); or

 

   

delivering written notice of revocation either to the Icahn Parties c/o D.F. King & Co., Inc., 48 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, or the Corporate Secretary of Forest Laboratories.

Although a revocation is effective if delivered to Forest Laboratories, the Icahn Parties request that either the original or a copy of any revocation be mailed to the Icahn Parties c/o D.F. King & Co., Inc., 48 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, so that the Icahn Parties will be aware of all revocations.

IF YOU PREVIOUSLY SIGNED AND RETURNED A WHITE PROXY CARD TO FOREST LABORATORIES, WE URGE YOU TO REVOKE IT BY (1) MARKING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE GOLD PROXY CARD, (2) INSTRUCTING US BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET AS TO HOW YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK VOTED WITH RESPECT TO THE GOLD PROXY CARD, (3) ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING IN PERSON OR (4) DELIVERING A WRITTEN NOTICE OF REVOCATION TO THE ICAHN PARTIES OR TO THE CORPORATE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.

 

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COST AND METHOD OF SOLICITATION

Solicitation of proxies will be made by Mr. Icahn, Dr. Denner, Dr. Mulligan, Prof. Bebchuk, Dr. Ende and Mayu Sris.

Icahn Capital has retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. (“D.F. King”) to conduct the solicitation, for which D.F. King is to receive a fee of up to $200,000. In addition, Icahn Capital has retained Mayu Sris to perform certain consulting services in connection with the solicitation, for which Mr. Sris is to receive a monthly fee of $40,000 and up to an additional $60,000, in certain circumstances. Icahn Capital has agreed to indemnify each of D.F. King and Mr. Sris against certain liabilities and expenses, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the federal securities laws may be permitted to D.F. King or Mr. Sris pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable. Proxies may be solicited by mail, courier services, Internet, advertising, telephone or telecopier or in person. It is anticipated that D.F. King will employ up to 100 persons to solicit proxies from Forest Laboratories’ Stockholders for the Annual Meeting. The total expenditures in furtherance of, or in connection with, the solicitation of proxies incurred to date is estimated to be approximately $130,000, and is estimated to be approximately $400,000 in total.

The Icahn Parties will pay all costs associated with this solicitation. The Icahn Parties do not intend to seek reimbursement for the costs and expenses associated with the proxy solicitation in the event that any of the Nominees are elected to the Board of Directors of Forest Laboratories.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Certain information regarding the securities of Forest Laboratories held by Forest Laboratories’ directors, management and 5% Stockholders is contained in the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement. Information concerning the date by which proposals of security holders intended to be presented at the next annual meeting of Stockholders of Forest Laboratories must be received by Forest Laboratories for inclusion in the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement and form of proxy for that meeting is also contained in the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement. This information is expected to be contained in Forest Laboratories’ public filings. The Participants take no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information contained in Forest Laboratories’ public filings.

Date: July 19, 2011

MR. CARL C. ICAHN

DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER

DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN

PROF. LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK

DR. ERIC J. ENDE

MAYU SRIS

HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC

BARBERRY CORP.

ICAHN PARTNERS LP

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II LP

ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III LP

ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC.

ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P.

IPH GP LLC

ICAHN CAPITAL L.P.

ICAHN ONSHORE LP

ICAHN OFFSHORE LP

BECKTON CORP.

 

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ANNEX A

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF THE PARTICIPANTS

 

        (1) Title of Class        

 

(2) Name of
Beneficial Owner1

 

(3) Amount of Beneficial
Ownership

 

(4) Percent of Class2

Common Stock, par

value $0.10 per share

(“Shares”)

  High River   3,979,168   1.44%

Shares

  Icahn Partners   6,095,186   2.20%

Shares

  Icahn Master   6,582,778   2.38%

Shares

  Icahn Master II   2,256,777   0.82%

Shares

  Icahn Master III   981,932   0.36%

 

1  Please note that each stockholder listed in this table is, as of July 19, 2011, the direct beneficial owner of the Shares set forth under the heading “(3) Amount of Beneficial Ownership” and that indirect beneficial ownership of Shares is described below in the text of this Annex A under the heading “Description of Beneficial Ownership.”
2  Please note that percentages of ownership set forth in this column were calculated based on the 276,457,485 Shares stated to be outstanding as of June 24, 2011 by the Corporation in the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement.

 

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Description of Beneficial Ownership and Beneficial Owners

Barberry Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Barberry”), is the sole member of Hopper Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Hopper”), which is the general partner of High River. Beckton Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Beckton”) is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Icahn Enterprises GP”), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Holdings”). Icahn Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IPH”), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Capital”). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Onshore”) and Icahn Offshore LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Icahn Offshore”). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Each of Barberry and Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn (“Mr. Icahn,” and collectively with Barberry, Hopper, Beckton, Icahn Enterprises GP, Icahn Holdings, IPH, Icahn Capital, Icahn Onshore, Icahn Offshore, the “Beneficial Owners” and each of them a “Beneficial Owner.” As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of the Icahn Parties.

The principal business address of each of (i) Icahn Offshore, Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP and Beckton is White Plains Plaza, 445 Hamilton Avenue—Suite 1210, White Plains, NY 10601 and (ii) Mr. Icahn, Barberry and Hopper is c/o Icahn Capital LP, 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10153. The principal business address of Icahn Partners is 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10153. The principal business address of Icahn Master is c/o Walkers SPV Limited, P.O. Box 908GT, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The principal business address of Icahn Master II is c/o Walkers SPV Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9002, Cayman Islands. The principal business address of Icahn Master III is c/o Walkers SPV Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9002, Cayman Islands. The principal business address of High River is 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10153.

Barberry is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the sole member of Hopper and investing in securities. Hopper is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of High River and investing in securities. Icahn Offshore is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Icahn Onshore is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Capital is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of each of Icahn Offshore and Icahn Onshore. IPH is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of Icahn Capital. Icahn Holdings is primarily engaged in the business of holding direct or indirect interests in various operating businesses. Icahn Enterprises GP is primarily engaged in the business of serving as the general partner of each of Icahn Enterprises and Icahn Holdings. Beckton is primarily engaged in the business of holding the capital stock of Icahn Enterprises GP. Mr. Carl C. Icahn is primarily engaged in serving as (i) Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Capital LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises, through which Mr. Icahn manages various private investment funds, including Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III, (ii) Chairman of the Board of Icahn Enterprises GP, the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P., a New York Stock Exchange listed diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including investment management, automotive, gaming, railcar, food packaging, metals, real estate and home fashion, and (iii) Chairman of the Board and a director of Starfire Holding Corporation (“Starfire”), a holding company engaged in the business of investing in and/or holding securities of various entities, and as Chairman of the Board and a director of various of Starfire’s subsidiaries. Each of High River, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II, Icahn Master III, Icahn Partners and High River are primarily engaged in the business of investing in securities.

The Icahn Parties and Carl C. Icahn may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, 19,895,841 Shares, representing approximately 7.2% of the Corporation’s outstanding Shares (based upon the 276,457,485 Shares stated to be outstanding as of June 24, 2011 by the Corporation in the Forest Laboratories’ Proxy Statement).

 

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High River has sole voting power and/or sole dispositive power with regard to 3,979,168 Shares. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Partners has sole voting power and/or sole dispositive power with regard to 6,095,186 Shares. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Master has sole voting power and/or sole dispositive power with regard to 6,582,778 Shares. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Master II has sole voting power and/or sole dispositive power with regard to 2,256,777 Shares. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares. Icahn Master III has sole voting power and/or sole dispositive power with regard to 981,932 Shares. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn has shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with regard to such Shares.

Each Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to High River, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the 3,979,168 Shares which High River directly beneficially owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Partners, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the 6,095,186 Shares which Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn, by virtue of their relationships to Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the 9,821,487 Shares which Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III directly beneficially own.

Without acknowledging the following disclosure is required, on January 5, 2001, Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (“Reliance”) commenced an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Carl C. Icahn, Icahn Associates Corp. and High River alleging that High River’s tender offer for Reliance 9% senior notes violated Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act. Reliance sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent defendants from purchasing the notes. The Court initially imposed a temporary restraining order. Defendants then supplemented the tender offer disclosures. The Court conducted a hearing on the disclosures and other matters raised by Reliance. It then denied plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction and ordered dissolution of its temporary restraining order following dissemination of the supplement. Reliance took an immediate appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and sought a stay to restrain defendants from purchasing notes during the pendency of the appeal. On January 30, 2001, the Court of Appeals denied plaintiff’s stay application. On January 30, Reliance also sought a further temporary restraining order from the District Court. The Court considered the matter and reimposed its original restraint until noon the next day, at which time the restraint was dissolved. The appeal was argued on March 9 and denied on March 22, 2001.

 

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Two Year Summary Table:

The following table indicates the date of each purchase and sale of Shares, as well as the exercise of call options, by the Participants and by Mr. Icahn and his affiliates within the past two years, and the number of shares in each such purchase and sale.

 

Name

   Date    Shares
Purchased/Call
Options Exercised
 

High River

   8/21/2009      80,000   

High River

   8/24/2009      1,080   

High River

   8/25/2009      31,280   

High River

   8/27/2009      120   

High River

   8/28/2009      13,700   

High River

   9/1/2009      33,820   

High River

   9/2/2009      30,000   

High River

   9/11/2009      23,060   

High River

   9/14/2009      1,640   

High River

   9/15/2009      25,300   

High River

   9/24/2009      10,000   

High River

   10/2/2009      10,000   

High River

   10/26/2009      23,280   

High River

   10/28/2009      20,000   

High River

   3/1/2011      48,813   

High River

   3/1/2011      1,000   

High River

   3/2/2011      40,000   

High River

   3/4/2011      20,000   

High River

   6/24/2011      3,566,075 3 

Icahn Partners

   8/21/2009      109,547   

Icahn Partners

   8/24/2009      1,478   

Icahn Partners

   8/25/2009      42,834   

Icahn Partners

   8/27/2009      165   

Icahn Partners

   8/28/2009      18,759   

Icahn Partners

   9/1/2009      46,823   

Icahn Partners

   9/2/2009      41,165   

Icahn Partners

   9/11/2009      31,651   

Icahn Partners

   9/14/2009      2,250   

Icahn Partners

   9/15/2009      34,724   

Icahn Partners

   9/24/2009      13,725   

Icahn Partners

   10/2/2009      14,680   

Icahn Partners

   10/26/2009      32,053   

Icahn Partners

   10/28/2009      27,524   

Icahn Partners

   3/1/2011      115,927   

Icahn Partners

   3/2/2011      69,954   

Icahn Partners

   3/4/2011      30,693   

Icahn Partners

   6/24/2011      5,461,234 (3) 

Icahn Master

   8/21/2009      134,886   

Icahn Master

   8/24/2009      1,820   

Icahn Master

   8/25/2009      52,741   

Icahn Master

   8/27/2009      202   

Icahn Master

   8/28/2009      23,099   

Icahn Master

   9/1/2009      57,157   

Icahn Master

   9/2/2009      50,571   

Icahn Master

   9/11/2009      38,896   

Icahn Master

   9/14/2009      2,765   

Icahn Master

   9/15/2009      42,674   

 

A-4


Name

   Date    Shares
Purchased/Call
Options Exercised
 

Icahn Master

   9/24/2009      16,867   

Icahn Master

   10/2/2009      18,530   

Icahn Master

   10/26/2009      39,409   

Icahn Master

   10/28/2009      33,863   

Icahn Master

   3/1/2011      72,491   

Icahn Master

   3/2/2011      76,863   

Icahn Master

   3/4/2011      33,724   

Icahn Master

   6/24/2011      5,886,220 (3) 

Icahn Master II

   8/21/2009      54,727   

Icahn Master II

   8/24/2009      739   

Icahn Master II

   8/25/2009      21,399   

Icahn Master II

   8/27/2009      81   

Icahn Master II

   8/28/2009      9,373   

Icahn Master II

   9/1/2009      22,622   

Icahn Master II

   9/2/2009      20,465   

Icahn Master II

   9/11/2009      15,704   

Icahn Master II

   9/14/2009      1,119   

Icahn Master II

   9/15/2009      17,231   

Icahn Master II

   9/24/2009      6,811   

Icahn Master II

   10/2/2009      5,113   

Icahn Master II

   10/26/2009      15,701   

Icahn Master II

   10/28/2009      13,491   

Icahn Master II

   3/2/2011      1,572   

Icahn Master II

   3/4/2011      10,490   

Icahn Master II

   6/24/2011      2,040,139 (3) 

Icahn Master III

   8/21/2009      20,840   

Icahn Master III

   8/24/2009      283   

Icahn Master III

   8/25/2009      8,146   

Icahn Master III

   8/27/2009      32   

Icahn Master III

   8/28/2009      3,569   

Icahn Master III

   9/1/2009      8,678   

Icahn Master III

   9/2/2009      7,799   

Icahn Master III

   9/11/2009      5,989   

Icahn Master III

   9/14/2009      426   

Icahn Master III

   9/15/2009      6,571   

Icahn Master III

   9/24/2009      2,597   

Icahn Master III

   10/2/2009      1,677   

Icahn Master III

   10/26/2009      5,957   

Icahn Master III

   10/28/2009      5,122   

Icahn Master III

   3/1/2011      10,834   

Icahn Master III

   3/2/2011      11,611   

Icahn Master III

   3/4/2011      5,093   

Icahn Master III

   6/24/2011      876,708 (3) 

 

3 

The record holder acquired these Shares upon the exercise of call options as described on Attachment I-A to this Annex A.

Shares of Common Stock purchased by each of the Icahn Parties are maintained in margin accounts that include positions in securities in addition to the shares. As of July 15, 2011, the indebtedness of (i) High River’s margin account was approximately $372.7 million, (ii) Icahn Partners’ margin account was approximately $524.6 million, (iii) Icahn Master’s margin account was approximately $670.2 million, (iv) Icahn Master II’s margin account was approximately $157.0 million, and (v) Icahn Master III’s margin account was approximately $81.2 million.

 

A-5


ANNEX A

Attachment 1-A

The following are American call options purchased by the Icahn Parties, which were written by UBS AG with a $21.25 strike price and an expiration date of March 7, 2013, and which provided for physical settlement (unless the applicable Icahn Party opts for a cash settlement). These are further described in the chart set forth below. On June 24, 2011, the Icahn Parties exercised all of their respective call options.

 

NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Paid ($)
 

High River

   3/7/2011      40,000         439,412.00   

High River

   3/8/2011      24,958         278,134.45   

High River

   3/10/2011      25,688         279,305.62   

High River

   3/11/2011      20,000         211,742.00   

High River

   3/14/2011      26,590         275,504.31   

High River

   3/16/2011      67,290         616,336.03   

High River

   3/17/2011      40,000         375,088.00   

High River

   3/18/2011      40,740         389,380.70   

High River

   3/23/2011      4,879         46,285.61   

High River

   4/26/2011      66,354         772,778.59   

High River

   4/27/2011      30,488         361,569.39   

High River

   4/28/2011      320         3,801.60   

High River

   4/29/2011      65,980         789,127.40   

High River

   5/12/2011      127,227         1,574,853.97   

High River

   5/13/2011      101,298         1,315,921.80   

High River

   5/16/2011      1,329         17,220.52   

High River

   5/17/2011      24,003         311,628.55   

High River

   5/18/2011      175,365         2,393,451.67   

High River

   5/19/2011      222,287         3,103,904.52   

High River

   5/20/2011      222,384         3,128,609.30   

High River

   5/23/2011      155,759         2,109,428.56   

High River

   5/24/2011      87,833         1,203,619.52   

High River

   5/25/2011      162,407         2,265,528.93   

High River

   5/26/2011      112,860         1,596,867.43   

High River

   6/1/2011      12,394         176,817.76   

High River

   6/2/2011      42,836         610,841.36   

High River

   6/3/2011      446,401         6,917,340.62   

High River

   6/6/2011      95,000         1,454,250.50   

High River

   6/7/2011      262,741         4,106,247.72   

High River

   6/8/2011      219,098         3,452,173.82   

High River

   6/9/2011      362,519         5,967,389.01   

High River

   6/10/2011      279,047         4,647,332.45   

Icahn Partners

   3/7/2011      61,386         674,343.63   

Icahn Partners

   3/8/2011      38,302         426,841.32   

Icahn Partners

   3/10/2011      39,422         428,635.41   

Icahn Partners

   3/11/2011      30,692         324,939.27   

Icahn Partners

   3/14/2011      40,807         422,809.49   

Icahn Partners

   3/16/2011      103,267         945,863.76   

Icahn Partners

   3/17/2011      61,383         575,600.67   

Icahn Partners

   3/18/2011      62,522         597,566.52   

Icahn Partners

   3/23/2011      7,488         71,036.41   

Icahn Partners

   4/26/2011      103,149         1,201,304.20   

 

A-6


NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Paid ($)
 

Icahn Partners

   4/27/2011      46,839         555,482.44   

Icahn Partners

   4/28/2011      493         5,856.84   

Icahn Partners

   4/29/2011      101,370         1,212,395.34   

Icahn Partners

   5/12/2011      191,068         2,365,097.02   

Icahn Partners

   5/13/2011      155,182         2,015,907.29   

Icahn Partners

   5/16/2011      2,035         26,368.51   

Icahn Partners

   5/17/2011      36,771         477,394.22   

Icahn Partners

   5/18/2011      268,648         3,666,615.36   

Icahn Partners

   5/19/2011      340,528         4,754,962.73   

Icahn Partners

   5/20/2011      340,677         4,792,814.37   

Icahn Partners

   5/23/2011      238,613         3,231,512.00   

Icahn Partners

   5/24/2011      134,553         1,843,847.04   

Icahn Partners

   5/25/2011      248,797         3,470,643.51   

Icahn Partners

   5/26/2011      172,894         2,446,294.50   

Icahn Partners

   6/1/2011      18,626         265,725.97   

Icahn Partners

   6/2/2011      65,615         935,669.90   

Icahn Partners

   6/3/2011      683,786         10,595,811.10   

Icahn Partners

   6/6/2011      145,518         2,227,574.99   

Icahn Partners

   6/7/2011      402,460         6,289,846.11   

Icahn Partners

   6/8/2011      335,608         5,287,940.33   

Icahn Partners

   6/9/2011      555,298         9,140,704.85   

Icahn Partners

   6/10/2011      427,437         7,118,664.03   

Icahn Master

   3/7/2011      67,448         740,936.51   

Icahn Master

   3/8/2011      42,085         468,999.45   

Icahn Master

   3/10/2011      43,314         470,953.12   

Icahn Master

   3/11/2011      33,725         357,049.95   

Icahn Master

   3/14/2011      44,835         464,544.40   

Icahn Master

   3/16/2011      113,464         1,039,262.16   

Icahn Master

   3/17/2011      67,449         632,482.76   

Icahn Master

   3/18/2011      68,695         656,566.20   

Icahn Master

   3/23/2011      8,229         78,066.05   

Icahn Master

   4/26/2011      78,757         917,227.65   

Icahn Master

   4/27/2011      50,095         594,096.64   

Icahn Master

   4/28/2011      526         6,248.88   

Icahn Master

   4/29/2011      108,417         1,296,678.16   

Icahn Master

   5/12/2011      219,672         2,719,165.92   

Icahn Master

   5/13/2011      167,531         2,176,328.21   

Icahn Master

   5/16/2011      2,197         28,467.63   

Icahn Master

   5/17/2011      39,698         515,395.16   

Icahn Master

   5/18/2011      290,025         3,958,377.21   

Icahn Master

   5/19/2011      367,627         5,133,359.61   

Icahn Master

   5/20/2011      367,787         5,174,211.41   

Icahn Master

   5/23/2011      257,602         3,488,678.13   

Icahn Master

   5/24/2011      145,261         1,990,584.11   

Icahn Master

   5/25/2011      268,594         3,746,805.72   

Icahn Master

   5/26/2011      186,653         2,640,971.96   

Icahn Master

   6/1/2011      21,565         307,654.92   

Icahn Master

   6/2/2011      70,863         1,010,506.38   

Icahn Master

   6/3/2011      738,386         11,443,431.36   

Icahn Master

   6/6/2011      157,160         2,405,789.56   

 

A-7


NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Paid ($)
 

Icahn Master

   6/7/2011      434,655         6,793,005.67   

Icahn Master

   6/8/2011      362,455         5,710,949.72   

Icahn Master

   6/9/2011      599,720         9,871,930.95   

Icahn Master

   6/10/2011      461,630         7,688,124.51   

Icahn Master II

   3/7/2011      20,976         230,427.65   

Icahn Master II

   3/8/2011      13,089         145,865.12   

Icahn Master II

   3/10/2011      13,472         146,481.06   

Icahn Master II

   3/11/2011      10,488         111,037.50   

Icahn Master II

   3/14/2011      13,945         144,486.93   

Icahn Master II

   3/16/2011      35,288         323,216.91   

Icahn Master II

   3/17/2011      20,979         196,724.28   

Icahn Master II

   3/18/2011      21,365         204,200.26   

Icahn Master II

   3/23/2011      2,558         24,266.98   

Icahn Master II

   4/26/2011      71,564         833,455.81   

Icahn Master II

   4/27/2011      17,447         206,910.95   

Icahn Master II

   4/28/2011      182         2,162.16   

Icahn Master II

   4/29/2011      37,753         451,529.66   

Icahn Master II

   5/12/2011      68,223         844,484.76   

Icahn Master II

   5/13/2011      57,497         746,920.53   

Icahn Master II

   5/16/2011      755         9,782.91   

Icahn Master II

   5/17/2011      13,624         176,879.03   

Icahn Master II

   5/18/2011      99,536         1,358,507.14   

Icahn Master II

   5/19/2011      126,170         1,761,774.80   

Icahn Master II

   5/20/2011      126,226         1,775,810.48   

Icahn Master II

   5/23/2011      88,408         1,197,300.70   

Icahn Master II

   5/24/2011      49,853         683,160.59   

Icahn Master II

   5/25/2011      92,180         1,285,883.35   

Icahn Master II

   5/26/2011      64,059         906,377.20   

Icahn Master II

   6/1/2011      6,014         85,798.13   

Icahn Master II

   6/2/2011      24,296         346,460.96   

Icahn Master II

   6/3/2011      253,176         3,923,164.66   

Icahn Master II

   6/6/2011      53,880         824,789.65   

Icahn Master II

   6/7/2011      149,013         2,328,849.67   

Icahn Master II

   6/8/2011      124,261         1,957,893.59   

Icahn Master II

   6/9/2011      205,601         3,384,377.50   

Icahn Master II

   6/10/2011      158,261         2,635,726.17   

Icahn Master III

   3/7/2011      10,190         111,940.21   

Icahn Master III

   3/8/2011      6,357         70,843.04   

Icahn Master III

   3/10/2011      6,543         71,142.04   

Icahn Master III

   3/11/2011      5,095         53,941.27   

Icahn Master III

   3/14/2011      6,773         70,176.41   

Icahn Master III

   3/16/2011      17,141         157,001.28   

Icahn Master III

   3/17/2011      10,189         95,544.29   

Icahn Master III

   3/18/2011      10,378         99,189.81   

Icahn Master III

   3/23/2011      1,243         11,791.97   

Icahn Master III

   4/26/2011      11,944         139,103.41   

Icahn Master III

   4/27/2011      7,569         89,763.80   

Icahn Master III

   4/28/2011      79         938.52   

Icahn Master III

   4/29/2011      16,382         195,930.36   

 

A-8


NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Paid ($)
 

Icahn Master III

   5/12/2011      29,945         370,668.19   

Icahn Master III

   5/13/2011      24,984         324,557.15   

Icahn Master III

   5/16/2011      327         4,237.10   

Icahn Master III

   5/17/2011      5,921         76,871.75   

Icahn Master III

   5/18/2011      43,250         590,293.30   

Icahn Master III

   5/19/2011      54,822         765,507.00   

Icahn Master III

   5/20/2011      54,846         771,600.95   

Icahn Master III

   5/23/2011      38,415         520,250.50   

Icahn Master III

   5/24/2011      21,663         296,858.92   

Icahn Master III

   5/25/2011      40,055         558,755.23   

Icahn Master III

   5/26/2011      27,833         393,811.90   

Icahn Master III

   6/1/2011      3,373         48,120.57   

Icahn Master III

   6/2/2011      10,570         150,728.20   

Icahn Master III

   6/3/2011      110,158         1,706,986.34   

Icahn Master III

   6/6/2011      23,442         358,847.79   

Icahn Master III

   6/7/2011      64,836         1,013,289.43   

Icahn Master III

   6/8/2011      54,066         851,880.12   

Icahn Master III

   6/9/2011      89,459         1,472,575.65   

Icahn Master III

   6/10/2011      68,860         1,146,815.10   

 

A-9


ANNEX A

Attachment 1-B

The following are European put options which were written by the Icahn Parties to UBS AG and had a $21.25 strike price and an expiration date of the earlier of March 7, 2013 or the date on which the corresponding American-style call option described above in Annex A, Attachment 1-A is exercised, and provided for cash settlement only and are further described in the chart set forth below. On June 24, 2010, the Icahn Parties exercised all of the call options described in Annex A Attachment 1-A, and upon exercise of the call options, all of the put options described below expired pursuant to their terms.

 

NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Received ($)
 

High River

   3/7/2011      40,000         400.00   

High River

   3/8/2011      24,958         249.58   

High River

   3/10/2011      25,688         256.88   

High River

   3/11/2011      20,000         200.00   

High River

   3/14/2011      26,590         265.90   

High River

   3/16/2011      67,290         672.90   

High River

   3/17/2011      40,000         400.00   

High River

   3/18/2011      40,740         407.40   

High River

   3/23/2011      4,879         48.79   

High River

   4/26/2011      66,354         663.54   

High River

   4/27/2011      30,488         304.88   

High River

   4/28/2011      320         3.20   

High River

   4/29/2011      65,980         659.80   

High River

   5/12/2011      127,227         1,272.27   

High River

   5/13/2011      101,298         1,012.98   

High River

   5/16/2011      1,329         13.29   

High River

   5/17/2011      24,003         240.03   

High River

   5/18/2011      175,365         1,753.65   

High River

   5/19/2011      222,287         2,222.87   

High River

   5/20/2011      222,384         2,223.84   

High River

   5/23/2011      155,759         1,557.59   

High River

   5/24/2011      87,833         878.33   

High River

   5/25/2011      162,407         1,624.07   

High River

   5/26/2011      112,860         1,128.60   

High River

   6/1/2011      12,394         123.94   

High River

   6/2/2011      42,836         428.36   

High River

   6/3/2011      446,401         4,464.01   

High River

   6/6/2011      95,000         950.00   

High River

   6/7/2011      262,741         2,627.41   

High River

   6/8/2011      219,098         2,190.98   

High River

   6/9/2011      362,519         3,625.19   

High River

   6/10/2011      279,047         2,790.47   

Icahn Partners

   3/7/2011      61,386         613.86   

Icahn Partners

   3/8/2011      38,302         383.02   

Icahn Partners

   3/10/2011      39,422         394.22   

Icahn Partners

   3/11/2011      30,692         306.92   

Icahn Partners

   3/14/2011      40,807         408.07   

Icahn Partners

   3/16/2011      103,267         1,032.67   

Icahn Partners

   3/17/2011      61,383         613.83   

Icahn Partners

   3/18/2011      62,522         625.22   

 

A-10


NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Received ($)
 

Icahn Partners

   3/23/2011      7,488         74.88   

Icahn Partners

   4/26/2011      103,149         1,031.49   

Icahn Partners

   4/27/2011      46,839         468.39   

Icahn Partners

   4/28/2011      493         4.93   

Icahn Partners

   4/29/2011      101,370         1,013.70   

Icahn Partners

   5/12/2011      191,068         1,910.68   

Icahn Partners

   5/13/2011      155,182         1,551.82   

Icahn Partners

   5/16/2011      2,035         20.35   

Icahn Partners

   5/17/2011      36,771         367.71   

Icahn Partners

   5/18/2011      268,648         2,686.48   

Icahn Partners

   5/19/2011      340,528         3,405.28   

Icahn Partners

   5/20/2011      340,677         3,406.77   

Icahn Partners

   5/23/2011      238,613         2,386.13   

Icahn Partners

   5/24/2011      134,553         1,345.53   

Icahn Partners

   5/25/2011      248,797         2,487.97   

Icahn Partners

   5/26/2011      172,894         1,728.94   

Icahn Partners

   6/1/2011      18,626         186.26   

Icahn Partners

   6/2/2011      65,615         656.15   

Icahn Partners

   6/3/2011      683,786         6,837.86   

Icahn Partners

   6/6/2011      145,518         1,455.18   

Icahn Partners

   6/7/2011      402,460         4,024.60   

Icahn Partners

   6/8/2011      335,608         3,356.08   

Icahn Partners

   6/9/2011      555,298         5,552.98   

Icahn Partners

   6/10/2011      427,437         4,274.37   

Icahn Master

   3/7/2011      67,448         674.48   

Icahn Master

   3/8/2011      42,085         420.85   

Icahn Master

   3/10/2011      43,314         433.14   

Icahn Master

   3/11/2011      33,725         337.25   

Icahn Master

   3/14/2011      44,835         448.35   

Icahn Master

   3/16/2011      113,464         1,134.64   

Icahn Master

   3/17/2011      67,449         674.49   

Icahn Master

   3/18/2011      68,695         686.95   

Icahn Master

   3/23/2011      8,229         82.29   

Icahn Master

   4/26/2011      78,757         787.57   

Icahn Master

   4/27/2011      50,095         500.95   

Icahn Master

   4/28/2011      526         5.26   

Icahn Master

   4/29/2011      108,417         1,084.17   

Icahn Master

   5/12/2011      219,672         2,196.72   

Icahn Master

   5/13/2011      167,531         1,675.31   

Icahn Master

   5/16/2011      2,197         21.97   

Icahn Master

   5/17/2011      39,698         396.98   

Icahn Master

   5/18/2011      290,025         2,900.25   

Icahn Master

   5/19/2011      367,627         3,676.27   

Icahn Master

   5/20/2011      367,787         3,677.87   

Icahn Master

   5/23/2011      257,602         2,576.02   

Icahn Master

   5/24/2011      145,261         1,452.61   

Icahn Master

   5/25/2011      268,594         2,685.94   

Icahn Master

   5/26/2011      186,653         1,866.53   

Icahn Master

   6/1/2011      21,565         215.65   

Icahn Master

   6/2/2011      70,863         708.63   

 

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NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Received ($)
 

Icahn Master

   6/3/2011      738,386         7,384.86   

Icahn Master

   6/6/2011      157,160         1,571.60   

Icahn Master

   6/7/2011      434,655         4,346.55   

Icahn Master

   6/8/2011      362,455         3,624.55   

Icahn Master

   6/9/2011      599,720         5,997.20   

Icahn Master

   6/10/2011      461,630         4,616.30   

Icahn Master II

   3/7/2011      20,976         209.76   

Icahn Master II

   3/8/2011      13,089         130.89   

Icahn Master II

   3/10/2011      13,472         134.72   

Icahn Master II

   3/11/2011      10,488         104.88   

Icahn Master II

   3/14/2011      13,945         139.45   

Icahn Master II

   3/16/2011      35,288         352.88   

Icahn Master II

   3/17/2011      20,979         209.79   

Icahn Master II

   3/18/2011      21,365         213.65   

Icahn Master II

   3/23/2011      2,558         25.58   

Icahn Master II

   4/26/2011      71,564         715.64   

Icahn Master II

   4/27/2011      17,447         174.47   

Icahn Master II

   4/28/2011      182         1.82   

Icahn Master II

   4/29/2011      37,753         377.53   

Icahn Master II

   5/12/2011      68,223         682.23   

Icahn Master II

   5/13/2011      57,497         574.97   

Icahn Master II

   5/16/2011      755         7.55   

Icahn Master II

   5/17/2011      13,624         136.24   

Icahn Master II

   5/18/2011      99,536         995.36   

Icahn Master II

   5/19/2011      126,170         1,261.70   

Icahn Master II

   5/20/2011      126,226         1,262.26   

Icahn Master II

   5/23/2011      88,408         884.08   

Icahn Master II

   5/24/2011      49,853         498.53   

Icahn Master II

   5/25/2011      92,180         921.80   

Icahn Master II

   5/26/2011      64,059         640.59   

Icahn Master II

   6/1/2011      6,014         60.14   

Icahn Master II

   6/2/2011      24,296         242.96   

Icahn Master II

   6/3/2011      253,176         2,531.76   

Icahn Master II

   6/6/2011      53,880         538.80   

Icahn Master II

   6/7/2011      149,013         1,490.13   

Icahn Master II

   6/8/2011      124,261         1,242.61   

Icahn Master II

   6/9/2011      205,601         2,056.01   

Icahn Master II

   6/10/2011      158,261         1,582.61   

Icahn Master III

   3/7/2011      10,190         101.90   

Icahn Master III

   3/8/2011      6,357         63.57   

Icahn Master III

   3/10/2011      6,543         65.43   

Icahn Master III

   3/11/2011      5,095         50.95   

Icahn Master III

   3/14/2011      6,773         67.73   

Icahn Master III

   3/16/2011      17,141         171.41   

Icahn Master III

   3/17/2011      10,189         101.89   

Icahn Master III

   3/18/2011      10,378         103.78   

Icahn Master III

   3/23/2011      1,243         12.43   

Icahn Master III

   4/26/2011      11,944         119.44   

Icahn Master III

   4/27/2011      7,569         75.69   

 

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NAME

   DATE    Quantity      Option Premium
Received ($)
 

Icahn Master III

   4/28/2011      79         0.79   

Icahn Master III

   4/29/2011      16,382         163.82   

Icahn Master III

   5/12/2011      29,945         299.45   

Icahn Master III

   5/13/2011      24,984         249.84   

Icahn Master III

   5/16/2011      327         3.27   

Icahn Master III

   5/17/2011      5,921         59.21   

Icahn Master III

   5/18/2011      43,250         432.50   

Icahn Master III

   5/19/2011      54,822         548.22   

Icahn Master III

   5/20/2011      54,846         548.46   

Icahn Master III

   5/23/2011      38,415         384.15   

Icahn Master III

   5/24/2011      21,663         216.63   

Icahn Master III

   5/25/2011      40,055         400.55   

Icahn Master III

   5/26/2011      27,833         278.33   

Icahn Master III

   6/1/2011      3,373         33.73   

Icahn Master III

   6/2/2011      10,570         105.70   

Icahn Master III

   6/3/2011      110,158         1,101.58   

Icahn Master III

   6/6/2011      23,442         234.42   

Icahn Master III

   6/7/2011      64,836         648.36   

Icahn Master III

   6/8/2011      54,066         540.66   

Icahn Master III

   6/9/2011      89,459         894.59   

Icahn Master III

   6/10/2011      68,860         688.60   

 

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ANNEX B

[FORM OF NOMINEE AGREEMENT]

ICAHN CAPITAL LP

June 9, 2011

To the undersigned potential nominee:

This will confirm our understanding as follows:

You agree that you are willing, should we so elect, to become a member of a slate of nominees (the “Slate”) to stand for election as directors of Forest Laboratories, Inc. (“Forest Laboratories”) in connection with a proxy contest with management of Forest Laboratories in respect of the election of directors of Forest Laboratories at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Forest Laboratories (the “Annual Meeting”), expected to be held in the Summer of 2011, or a special meeting of shareholders of Forest Laboratories called for a similar purpose (the “Proxy Contest”).

Icahn Capital LP (“Icahn”) agrees to pay the costs of the Proxy Contest.

In addition, upon our filing of a preliminary proxy statement with the SEC, which indicates that Icahn, or an affiliate thereof, intends to nominate you for election at the Annual Meeting, you will be entitled to be paid $25,000 by Icahn unless you are elected to serve as a director of Forest Laboratories at the Annual Meeting or a special meeting of shareholders of Forest Laboratories called for a similar purpose or in connection with a settlement of the Proxy Contest by Icahn and Forest Laboratories, in which case you will not receive any payment from Icahn in connection with the Proxy Contest*. Payment to you pursuant to this paragraph, if any, will be made by Icahn, subject to the terms hereof, upon the earliest of (i) the certification of the results of the election in respect of the Proxy Contest, (ii) the settlement of the Proxy Contest by Icahn and Forest Laboratories, or (iii) the withdrawal of the Proxy Contest by Icahn.

You understand that it may be difficult, if not impossible, to replace nominees who, such as yourself, have agreed to serve on the Slate and later change their minds and determine not to seek election. Accordingly, the Slate is relying upon your agreement to seek election. In that connection, you are being supplied with a questionnaire in which you will provide Icahn with information necessary for Icahn to make appropriate disclosure both to Forest Laboratories and for use in creating the proxy material to be sent to shareholders of Forest Laboratories and to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You have agreed that (i) you will immediately complete and sign the questionnaire and return it to Mark DiPaolo, Assistant General Counsel, Icahn Enterprises LP, 767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4700, New York, NY 10153, Tel: (212) 702-4361, Fax: (212) 688-1158, Email: mdipaolo@sfire.com and (ii) your responses to the questions contained therein will be true and correct in all respects. In addition, you have agreed that, concurrently with your execution of this letter, you will execute the attached instrument directed to Forest Laboratories informing Forest Laboratories that you consent to being nominated by Icahn, or an affiliate thereof, for election as a director of Forest Laboratories and, if elected, consent to serving as a director of Forest Laboratories and consent to the disclosure of certain information relating to you as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for your election as a director pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in any such solicitation made by the Company. You also will make a statement in the attached instrument that if elected, you intend to tender, promptly following your election or re–election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon your

 

* 

The applicable agreement with Dr. Ende also provides that he will not be entitled to this fee if Dr. Ende enters into a consulting agreement with Icahn in connection with the Proxy Context, in form and substance satisfactory to Icahn.

 

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failure to receive the required vote for re–election at the next meeting at which you would face re–election and upon acceptance of such resignation by the board of directors, in accordance with the Company’s Board Practice on Director Elections. Upon being notified that we have chosen you, we may forward that instrument and your completed questionnaire (or summaries thereof) to Forest Laboratories.

Icahn hereby agrees that, so long as you actually serve on the Slate, Icahn will defend, indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses and disbursements (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, expenses and disbursements) incurred by you in the event that (i) you become a party, or are threatened to be made a party, to any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal thereof relating solely to your role as a nominee for director of Forest Laboratories on the Slate (a “Proceeding”) or (ii) you are called to testify or give a deposition in any Proceeding (whether or not you are a party or are threatened to be made a party to such Proceeding), including, in each case, the advancement to you of all reasonable attorneys’ costs and expenses incurred by you in connection with any Proceeding. Your right of indemnification hereunder shall continue (i) in the event that Icahn determines to withdraw the Slate or remove you from the Slate and (ii) after the election has taken place but only for events which occur prior to such election and subsequent to the date hereof. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, Icahn is not indemnifying you for any action taken by you or on your behalf which occurs prior to the date hereof or subsequent to the Annual Meeting or such earlier time as you are no longer a nominee of the Slate for election to Forest Laboratories’ Board of Directors or for any actions taken by you as a director of Forest Laboratories, if you are elected. Nothing herein shall be construed to provide you an indemnity: (i) in the event you are found to have engaged in a violation of any provision of state or federal law in connection with the Proxy Contest unless you demonstrate that your action was taken in good faith and in a manner you reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of electing the Slate; or (ii) if you acted in a manner which constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the event that you shall make any claim for indemnification hereunder, you shall promptly notify Icahn in the event of any third-party claims actually made against you or known by you to be threatened. In addition, with respect to any such claim, Icahn shall be entitled to control your defense with counsel chosen by Icahn. Icahn shall not be responsible for any settlement of any claim against you covered by this indemnity without its prior written consent. However, Icahn may not enter into any settlement of any such claim without your consent unless such settlement includes a release of you from any and all liability in respect of such claim.

Each of us recognizes that should you be elected to the Board of Directors of Forest Laboratories all of your activities and decisions as a director will be governed by applicable law and subject to your fiduciary duty to the stockholders of Forest Laboratories and, as a result, that there is, and can be, no agreement between you and Icahn which governs the decisions which you will make as a director of Forest Laboratories.

 

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Should the foregoing agree with your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below, whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between us.

Very truly yours,

 

ICAHN CAPITAL LP
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

Agreed to and Accepted as

of the date first above written:

 

 

Name:

 

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IMPORTANT

1. If your shares of Common Stock are held in your own name, please mark, date and mail the enclosed GOLD proxy card to our Proxy Solicitor, D.F. King & Co., Inc., in the postage-paid envelope provided.

2. If your shares of Common Stock are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank nominee or other institution, only it can vote such shares of Common Stock and only upon receipt of your specific instructions. Accordingly, you should contact the person responsible for your account and give instructions for a GOLD proxy card to be signed representing your shares of Common Stock.

3. If you have already submitted a white proxy card to Forest Laboratories for the Annual Meeting, you may change your vote to a vote FOR the election of the Nominee by marking, signing, dating and returning the enclosed GOLD proxy card for the Annual Meeting, which must be dated after any proxy you may have submitted to Forest Laboratories. You may also submit your later-dated proxy by using the enclosed GOLD proxy card to vote by telephone or by Internet. ONLY YOUR LATEST DATED PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING WILL COUNT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

If you have any questions or require any assistance in executing your proxy, please call:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

Stockholders call toll-free: (800) 697-6975

Banks and Brokerage Firms call: (212) 269-5550


FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

AUGUST 18, 2011

 

GOLD PROXY CARD     GOLD PROXY CARD

This proxy is solicited by:

MR. CARL C. ICAHN, DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROF. LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK, DR. ERIC J. ENDE, MAYU SRIS, HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC, BARBERRY CORP., ICAHN PARTNERS LP, ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP, ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II L.P., ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P., ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC., ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P., IPH GP LLC, ICAHN CAPITAL L.P., ICAHN ONSHORE LP, ICAHN OFFSHORE LP AND BECKTON CORP. (the “Participants”)

VOTING CONTROL NUMBER:                     

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO AUTHORIZE THE PROXIES TO CAST YOUR VOTES.

YOUR TELEPHONE OR INTERNET VOTE AUTHORIZES THE NAMED PROXIES TO VOTE

YOUR SHARES IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF YOU HAD RETURNED YOUR PROXY CARD.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THESE COST EFFECTIVE AND CONVENIENT WAYS OF

VOTING, 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

 

TELEPHONE VOTING   INTERNET VOTING   VOTING BY MAIL
This method of voting is available for residents of the U.S. and Canada. On a touch tone telephone, call TOLL FREE 1-888-216-1292, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Have this proxy card ready, then follow the prerecorded instructions. Your vote will be confirmed and cast as you have directed. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 17, 2011.   Visit the Internet voting Web site at https://www.directvote.com/frx. Have this proxy card ready and follow the instructions on your screen. You will incur only your usual Internet charges. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 17, 2011.   Simply sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope to D.F. King & Co., Inc., c/o Independent Tabulator, P.O. Box 1997, New York, NY 10117-0024. If you are voting by telephone or the Internet, please do not mail your proxy card.

DETACH BELOW AND RETURN USING THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED ONLY IF YOU ARE VOTING BY MAIL

Your vote, whether by Internet, telephone or mail, must be received no later than 11:59 p.m.

Eastern Daylight Time on August 17, 2011 to be included in the voting results.

Detach Here


FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

AUGUST 18, 2011

 

GOLD PROXY CARD    GOLD PROXY CARD

This proxy is solicited by:

MR. CARL C. ICAHN, DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER, DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN, PROF. LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK, DR. ERIC J. ENDE, MAYU SRIS, HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, HOPPER INVESTMENTS LLC, BARBERRY CORP., ICAHN PARTNERS LP, ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP, ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II L.P., ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P., ICAHN ENTERPRISES G.P. INC., ICAHN ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS L.P., IPH GP LLC, ICAHN CAPITAL L.P., ICAHN ONSHORE LP, ICAHN OFFSHORE LP AND BECKTON CORP. (the “Participants”)

The undersigned hereby appoints and constitutes each of Alexander J. Denner and Mark DiPaolo, Assistant General Counsel of Icahn Enterprises L.P., (acting alone or together) as proxies, with full power of substitution in each, to represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Forest Laboratories, Inc. (“Forest Laboratories”) to be held on August 18, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. local time at JPMorgan Chase & Co., 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, and at any adjournment or postponement or continuations thereof (the “Annual Meeting”), hereby revoking any proxies previously given, to vote all shares of Common Stock of Forest Laboratories held or owned by the undersigned as directed below, and in their discretion upon such other matters as may come before the meeting (provided, however, that the persons named above will be permitted to use such discretionary authority only for matters which they do not know, a reasonable time before the solicitation, are to be presented at the meeting).

IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THE PERSONS NAMED IN THIS GOLD PROXY CARD WILL VOTE YOUR SHARES: (I) FOR DR. ALEXANDER J. DENNER FOR DIRECTOR; (II) FOR DR. RICHARD MULLIGAN FOR DIRECTOR; (III) FOR PROFESSOR LUCIAN A. BEBCHUK FOR DIRECTOR (IV) FOR DR. ERIC J. ENDE FOR DIRECTOR; (V) FOR THE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY FOREST LABORATORIES TO SERVE AS DIRECTORS, OTHER THAN HOWARD SOLOMON, DAN L. GOLDWASSER, KENNETH E. GOODMAN AND LESTER B. SALANS; (VI) AGAINST THE ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION (SAY-ON-PAY VOTE); (VII) FOR 1 YEAR ON ADVISORY VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF AN ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE FOREST LABORATORIES’ NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (SAY–WHEN–ON–PAY VOTE); (VIII) FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM; AND (IX) IN THE PROXY HOLDERS’ DISCRETION AS TO OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING.

The Proxy Statement, as well as other proxy materials distributed by the Participants, are available

free of charge online at www.dfking.com/frx.

SIGN, DATE AND MAIL YOUR PROXY TODAY

UNLESS YOU HAVE VOTED BY TELEPHONE OR BY INTERNET,

(CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.)


IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, PLEASE DATE, MARK,

SIGN AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY. YOUR VOTE, WHETHER BY

INTERNET, TELEPHONE OR MAIL, MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 11:59 PM,

EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, ON AUGUST 17, 2011, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE VOTING

RESULTS.


x        PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE.

THE PARTICIPANTS RECOMMEND A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1 BELOW.

 

1.   Election of directors — Nominees:    ¨    ¨    ¨
  (01) Dr. Alexander J. Denner    FOR ALL    WITHHELD    FOR ALL
  (02) Dr. Richard Mulligan    NOMINEES    FROM ALL    EXCEPT
  (03) Prof. Lucian A. Bebchuk       NOMINEES   
  (04) Dr. Eric J. Ende         

PLUS the persons who have been nominated by Forest Laboratories to serve as directors, other than Howard Solomon, Dan L. Goldwasser, Kenneth E. Goodman and Lester B. Salans. The Participants are NOT seeking authority to vote for and WILL NOT exercise any authority to vote for Howard Solomon, Dan L. Goldwasser, Kenneth E. Goodman and Lester B. Salans. There is no assurance that any of the Forest Laboratories nominees, will serve as directors if any or all of the Nominees are elected to the Board. You should refer to the proxy statement and form of proxy distributed by Forest Laboratories for the names, background, qualifications and other information concerning the Forest Laboratories nominees.

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT WISH YOUR SHARES VOTED “FOR” A PARTICULAR NOMINEE, MARK THE “FOR ALL EXCEPT” BOX AND WRITE THE NAME(S) OF THE NOMINEE(S) YOU DO NOT SUPPORT ON THE LINE BELOW. YOU MAY ALSO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR THE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY FOREST LABORATORIES TO SERVE AS DIRECTORS OTHER THAN HOWARD SOLOMON, DAN L. GOLDWASSER, KENNETH E. GOODMAN AND LESTER B. SALANS BY WRITING THE NAMES OF SUCH NOMINEES FOR WHOM YOU WISH TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY BELOW. YOUR SHARES WILL BE THEN VOTED FOR THE REMAINING NOMINEE(S).

 

 

THE PARTICIPANTS RECOMMEND A VOTE “AGAINST” IN PROPOSAL 2 BELOW; FOR “1 YEAR” IN PROPOSAL 3 BELOW AND “FOR” IN PROPOSAL 4 BELOW.

 

2.   A proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation    ¨    ¨    ¨
  of Forest Laboratories’ Named Executive Officers.    FOR   

AGAINST

   ABSTAIN
3.   Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
  ¨                  ¨    ¨    ¨
  1 YEAR        2 YEARS    3 YEARS    ABSTAIN
4.   Ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP, as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.   

¨

FOR

  

¨

AGAINST

  

¨

ABSTAIN

Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy.

 

 

  

 

  

Signature(s) of Stockholder(s)

      Date

 

  

 

  

Signature(s) if held jointly

      Date

 

  
Title, if any      

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear on this proxy. When Shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as Executor, administrator, attorney, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.