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Title: ASSET CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 7/1/2009
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Law Firm: Wilson Sonsini;Morrison Foerster     Sector: Healthcare

ASSET CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, Parties: maxygen inc
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EXHIBIT 2.1.1

ASSET CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

by and between

Maxygen, Inc., a Delaware Corporation

and CPC, a Limited Liability Company

Dated as of [                    ], 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

  

Page

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

  

2

ARTICLE 2

 

THE CONTRIBUTION

  

12

2.1

 

Contributed Assets

  

12

2.2

 

Excluded Assets

  

15

2.3

 

Shared Books and Records

  

15

2.4

 

Assumed Liabilities

  

16

2.5

 

Excluded Liabilities

  

17

2.6

 

Sales and Use Taxes

  

17

ARTICLE 3

 

CONSIDERATION

  

17

3.1

 

Issuance of Units

  

17

3.2

 

Tax-Free Contribution

  

17

ARTICLE 4

 

CLOSING AND POST-CLOSING MATTERS

  

17

4.1

 

Time and Place of Closing

  

17

4.2

 

Closing Deliveries by Contributor

  

18

4.3

 

Closing Deliveries by Company

  

19

4.4

 

Closing Deliveries by Contributor and Company

  

19

4.5

 

Delivery of Contributed Assets

  

19

4.6

 

Novation Agreement

  

20

4.7

 

Employment Taxes

  

20

ARTICLE 5

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CONTRIBUTOR

  

20

5.1

 

Incorporation by Reference

  

20

5.2

 

[Reserved]

  

20

5.3

 

Transactions with Affiliates

  

20

5.4

 

Absence of Changes

  

21

5.5

 

Undisclosed Liabilities

  

21

5.6

 

Tax Matters

  

21

5.7

 

Intellectual Property

  

22

5.8

 

Insurance

  

26

5.9

 

Title; All Material Assets; Condition of Assets

  

27

5.10

 

Real Property Leases

  

28

5.11

 

Employees and Consultants

  

28


TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

5.12

 

Contributor Benefit Plans

  

29

5.13

 

Material Contracts

  

30

5.14

 

Restrictions on Business Activities

  

33

5.15

 

Compliance with Laws; Governmental Approvals

  

33

5.16

 

Proceedings and Orders

  

34

5.17

 

Litigation

  

34

5.18

 

Environmental Matters

  

35

5.19

 

Bulk Sales

  

36

5.20

 

No Other Agreement

  

36

5.21

 

Power of Attorney

  

36

5.22

 

Export Controls; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

  

36

5.23

 

Antiboycott Laws

  

36

ARTICLE 6

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY

  

36

6.1

 

Organization and Qualification

  

36

6.2

 

Authority

  

36

ARTICLE 7

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

37

7.1

 

Governing Law

  

37

7.2

 

Assignment

  

37

7.3

 

Notices

  

37

7.4

 

Waiver

  

39

7.5

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

  

39

7.6

 

Severability

  

39

7.7

 

Entire Agreement/Modification

  

39

7.8

 

Relationship of the Parties

  

39

7.9

 

Force Majeure

  

40

7.10

 

Third Party Beneficiaries

  

40

7.11

 

Expenses

  

40

7.12

 

Further Assurances

  

40

7.13

 

Counterparts; Facsimile

  

41

7.14

 

Interpretation

  

41

7.15

 

Construction

  

41

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

7.16

 

Provisional Relief; Specific Performance

  

41

7.17

 

Confidentiality; Publicity

  

42

7.18

 

Indemnification; Sole Remedy; Dispute Resolution

  

42

 

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Exhibits

 

Exhibit 4.2(a)

Exhibit 4.2(b)

Exhibit 4.2(c)

Exhibit 4.2(e)

Exhibit 4.4(a)

  

General Assignment and Bill of Sale

Form of Patent Assignment

Form of Technology License Agreement

Forms of Space Sharing Agreements

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Schedules

  

Schedule 1.12

  

Employees

Schedule 1.21

  

Excluded Machinery and Equipment

Schedule 1.22

  

Excluded Personal Property

Schedule 1.23(a)

  

Exclusively Out-Licensed Protein

Schedule 1.23(b)

  

MaxyBody

Schedule 1.26

  

G&A Function

Schedule 2.1(a)

  

4 Program Assets

Schedule 2.1(b)(1)

  

Anticipated Program Proteins or Polypeptides

Schedule 2.1(b)(2)

  

Other Program Intellectual Property

Schedule 2.1(e)

  

Other Contributor Intellectual Property

Schedule 2.1(h)

  

Machinery and Equipment

Schedule 2.1(i)

  

Personal Property

Schedule 2.1(k)

  

Personal Property Leases

Schedule 2.1(l)(1)

  

Contributor Contracts

Schedule 2.1(l)(2)

  

Excluded Contributor Contracts

Schedule 2.1(m)

  

Governmental Approvals

Schedule 2.1(n)

  

Environmental Permits

Schedule 2.1(o)

  

Assigned Books and Records

Schedule 2.1(p)

  

Accrued Vacation

The registrant agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit.

 


ASSET CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

This Asset Contribution Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of this [      ] day of [                        ], 2009, by and between Maxygen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having its principal offices at 515 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063 (together with its Affiliates, “ Contributor ”), and CPC, a Delaware limited liability company, having its principal offices at 515 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063 (“ Company ”). Contributor and Company are collectively referred to herein as the “ Parties.

RECITALS

WHEREAS , Contributor has conducted discovery, research and development of certain proteins, including certain CTLA-4 proteins, with potential usefulness as human pharmaceutical products, and owns or possesses certain patents and know-how with respect thereto;

WHEREAS , Company desires to discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize protein pharmaceutical products utilizing among other things the core team of personnel currently employed by Contributor in connection with the conduct of such activities, and in connection therewith desires to obtain certain assets and licenses from Contributor related to Contributor’s programs for discovery, research and development of CTLA-4 proteins and, subject to certain exceptions, other protein therapeutics (including assignment to Company of Contributor’s rights and obligations under the Astellas Agreement);

WHEREAS , Contributor desires to contribute to Company, and Company desires to acquire from Contributor, certain assets, properties, rights, claims, liabilities and obligations on the terms and conditions set forth herein in exchange for shares of Series A Preferred Stock of Company to be issued to Contributor therefor (the “ Issued Units ”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below), which represent the first issuance of Units by the Company;

WHEREAS , immediately following the contribution of assets, properties, rights, claims, liabilities and obligations by Contributor to Company, each of Contributor and Astellas Bio Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Bio ”), intends to make a $10,000,000 cash investment in Company in exchange for preferred units of Company pursuant to the Series A and Series B Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement of even date herewith, by and among Company, on the one hand, and Contributor, and Bio, on the other hand (the “ Purchase Agreement ”);

WHEREAS , concurrently herewith Astellas Pharma Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Japan (“ Astellas ”), Astellas US Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Bio, Contributor and Company have entered into other Transaction Agreements;

WHEREAS , the contribution of assets to, and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, as defined below, by, Company and the issuance of the Issued Units to Contributor, are each intended to be effected on a tax-free basis pursuant to Section 721 of the Code (and any comparable provisions of applicable state or local tax laws);

 

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NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and promises contained herein, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1.1 “ Books and Records ” means all books, files, papers, correspondence, databases, electronic files, documents (including originals or copies of agreements) and records in Contributor’s possession or control, in whatever medium, excluding (a) originals and drafts of Contracts that are not Contributor Contracts assigned to Company, (b) electronic mail correspondence that are no longer in existence as of the Closing Date or which are deleted in the ordinary course of business under Contributor’s standard retention policy, (c) minutes of meetings of the Board of Contributor and (d) books, files, papers, correspondence, databases, electronic files, documents and records produced in connection with the negotiation of the potential sale of the Business or Contributed Assets to Third Parties (including originals or copies of agreements with such Third Parties with respect to such negotiations) to the extent containing the contents of, or correspondence regarding, such negotiation with such Third Party.

1.2 “ Business ” means the conduct of the Programs by or for Contributor, including, without limitation, the exploitation of assets and rights and the performance of activities and obligations relevant to the Programs and the discovery, research, development, manufacture, commercialization and other exploitation of Products within the Programs.

1.3 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.4 “ Company Business ” means the conduct of the Programs by or for Company or its Affiliates or its licensees, including, without limitation, the exploitation of assets and rights and the performance of activities and obligations relevant to the Programs and the discovery, research, development, manufacture, commercialization and other exploitation of Products within the Programs.

1.5 “ Constructive Knowledge ” of a Party means, with respect to any fact, circumstance, event or other matter in question, (a) the actual knowledge of such fact, circumstance, event or other matter, or (b) the knowledge of such fact, circumstance, event or other matter that would have been ascertained after reasonable inquiry, consistent with such Person’s title and responsibilities, in either case, by any of the following individuals with respect to such Party or the Party’s employees who directly report to such individuals: Russell Howard, Larry Briscoe, Elliot Goldstein, John Borkholder, Grant Yonehiro, Sridhar Viswanathan, Erik Karrer and Norm Kruse.

1.6 “ Contributor Benefit Plans ” means every material written, unwritten, formal or informal plan, agreement, program, policy or other arrangement providing for direct or indirect compensation (other than workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation and other government programs), employment, severance, consulting, disability benefits, supplemental unemployment benefits, vacation benefits, retirement benefits, deferred compensation,

 

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profit-sharing, bonuses, stock options, stock appreciation rights, other forms of incentive compensation, post-retirement insurance benefits, or other benefits, including, without limitation, each “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by Contributor or any Member of the Controlled Group for the benefit of any Employee, or pursuant to which the Contributor has or may have any liability with respect to any Employee.

1.7 “ Contributor Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property included within the Contributed Assets, collectively, the 4 Program Intellectual Property, Other Program Intellectual Property and Other Contributor Intellectual Property. Contributor Intellectual Property does not include any Licensed Intellectual Property.

1.8 “ Control ” means, with respect to any particular Patent, Intellectual Property Right, Know-How, Technology, Intellectual Property, or other particular asset and any and all rights therein, (a) ownership by the applicable Party or (b) possession by the Party granting the applicable right, license or sublicense to the other Party as provided herein, of the power and authority, whether arising by ownership, license, or other authorization, to disclose, and, if applicable, to deliver the particular Know-How or asset to the other Party, and to grant and to authorize under such Patent or Know-How or asset the right, license or sublicense, as applicable, to such other Party without giving rise to a violation of terms of any written agreement with any Third Party. “ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” shall have their correlative meanings.

1.9 “ Copyrights ” means all copyrights, and all rights, title and interests in all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registration, certificates of copyright and copyrighted interests throughout the world, and all rights, title and interests in related applications and registrations throughout the world.

1.10 “ CTLA-4 Variant ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Astellas Agreement.

1.11 “ Defined Benefit Plan ” means either a plan described in Section 3(35) of ERISA or a plan subject to the minimum funding standards set forth in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code.

1.12 “ Employee ” means the employees of Contributor substantially related to the Programs, who are set forth on Schedule 1.12 attached hereto.

1.13 “ Enabling Intellectual Property ” means the Enabling Technology as defined under the Technology Licensed Agreement. For clarity, Enabling Technology excludes (a) any Patents listed on Schedules 2.1(a) , 2.1(b)(2) , or 2.1(e) attached hereto, and (b) any CTLA-4 Variants and Other Protein Variants resulting from the use of the Enabling Technology, together with genetic materials encoding, and cell lines expressing, any such CTLA-4 Variant or Other Protein Variant.

1.14 “ Environment ” means any ambient workplace, indoor or outdoor air, surface water, drinking water supply, groundwater, or other waterways, land surface or subsurface strata, soil, wildlife, plants, or other natural resources, or buildings, structures and fixtures.

 

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1.15 “ Environmental Claim ” means any legal proceeding, order or written notice of violation from any Governmental Authority or any Person alleging liability under any Environmental Law.

1.16 “ Environmental Law ” means any applicable Legal Requirement concerning: (a) the Environment, including pollution, contamination, cleanup, preservation, protection, and reclamation thereof; (b) human health or safety related to the exposure to a Regulated Substances; (c) any Release or threatened Release of any Regulated Substance; or (d) the management of any Regulated Substance, including the presence, manufacture, generation, use, labeling, warning, notification, treatment, handling, storage, disposal, transportation, re-use, recycling or reclamation of any Regulated Substance.

1.17 “ Environmental Permit ” means any permit, registration, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to any Environmental Law.

1.18 “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

1.19 “ Excluded Books and Records ” means Books and Records other than Assigned Books and Records.

1.20 “ Excluded Laboratory Notebooks ” means laboratory notebook no. 2183 of Contributor.

1.21 “ Excluded Machinery and Equipment ” means all tools, machinery and equipment (including manufacturing assembly and test equipment) that are listed on Schedule 1.21 attached hereto.

1.22 “ Excluded Personal Property ” means all personal property, office furnishings, supplies and other tangible personal listed on Schedule 1.22 attached hereto.

1.23 “ Excluded Protein Variant or Vaccine ” means (i) any amino acid (including any natural, synthetic, modified or other amino acid analogue) chain that is a (A) granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), (B) Exclusively Out-Licensed Protein, (C) MaxyBody (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Ig portion of a CTLA-4 Variant or Other Protein Variant), (D) a protein from an infectious agent or a polynucleotide encoding such protein that in each case is intended to be used as a Vaccine (including infectious agents or other constructs incorporating a Vaccine and/or genetic material encoding a Vaccine (including live-attenuated or whole killed virus), but solely when such agent, construct or material is included with or otherwise incorporates a protein from an infectious agent (or variant, homolog, derivative, mutant or fragment of such protein as described in (E), below) or a polynucleotide encoding such protein (or such variant, homolog, derivative, mutant or fragment) and is intended to be used as a Vaccine), or (E) any variant, homolog, derivative, mutant, or fragment of subsection (A) or (B) or (D), which in the case of (D) is intended to be used as a vaccine (each, an “ Excluded Protein Molecule ”) and (ii) any Excluded Protein Molecule that is conjugated or otherwise coupled to any other molecule (e.g., polyethylene glycol, immunoglobulin domain, sialylation, pegylated, or glycosylation). In no event shall Excluded Protein Variants or Vaccines include any CTLA-4 Variants or (x) any

 

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amino acid (including any natural, synthetic, modified or other amino acid analogue) chain that is a protein or polypeptide listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(1) attached hereto, or (y) any variant, homolog, derivative, mutant, or fragment of subsection of (x), provided that in the case of (y) such variant, homolog, derivative, mutant, or fragment has not been altered or modified in such a way as to cause such variant, homolog, derivative, mutant, or fragment to fall within (A), (B), (C), or (D) of the definition of Excluded Protein Variant or Vaccine set forth in the first sentence of this Section 1.23 , or to fall within (E) above such that a reasonable, independent expert knowledgeable and experienced in working with protein pharmaceuticals would primarily consider such variant, homolog, derivative, mutant, or fragment to be a variant of a protein or polypeptide within (A), (B) or (D) above or a material portion thereof (rather than as a variant of some other protein or material portion thereof). For purposes of this definition of Excluded Protein Variant or Vaccine:

(a) “ Exclusively Out-Licensed Protein ” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 1.23(a) attached hereto; and

(b) “ MaxyBody ” shall have the meaning set forth on Schedule 1.23(b) attached hereto.

1.24 “ Facility ” means, collectively, the laboratory and offices located at 515 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, California 94063 (the “ Lab Facility ”), and 301 Galveston Drive, Redwood City, California 94063 (the “ Office Facility ”).

1.25 “ Field ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Technology License Agreement.

1.26 “ G&A Function ” means a general and administrative function as is reasonably required to operate the Business consistent with past practice, which shall consist, in all material respects, of those assets and agreements specified on Schedule 1.26 attached hereto.

1.27 “ Governmental Approval ” means any: permit, license, certificate, concession, approval, consent, ratification, permission, clearance, confirmation, exemption, waiver, franchise, certification, designation, rating, registration, variance, qualification, accreditation or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Legal Requirement including, without limitation, any filing or application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”), or any foreign counterpart thereof, including investigational new drug applications filed with the FDA as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. §312.3, and foreign equivalents thereof, but excluding Environmental Permits.

1.28 “ Intellectual Property ” means (a) Technology and (b) Intellectual Property Rights therein and thereto.

1.29 “ Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all rights in and to Technology, including without limitation, Patents, Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Trademarks, moral rights, and mask work rights.

1.30 “ Joint Venture Agreement ” means the Master Joint Venture Agreement among the Contributor, Bio and Astellas, dated as of June 30, 2009.

 

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1.31 “ Know-How ” means any and all data, information and tangible materials including (a) ideas, discoveries, inventions or improvements; (b) research and development data, such as medicinal chemistry data, nonclinical data, preclinical data, pharmacology data, chemistry data (including analytical, product characterization, manufacturing, and stability data), toxicology data, clinical data (including investigator reports (both preliminary and final), statistical analyses, expert opinions and reports, safety and other electronic databases), analytical and quality control data and stability data, in each case together with supporting data; (c) databases, specifications, formulations, formulae; (d) practices, knowledge, techniques, methods, formulas, processes, manufacturing information; and (e) research materials and compositions of matter, including compounds, reagents, clinical candidates, chemical and biological material, cell lines, assays, compound libraries, animal models, and other physical, biological, or chemical material, in each of the foregoing cases, that is Controlled by Contributor. Know-How excludes any Patent rights with respect thereto (but does include information in unpublished patent applications).

1.32 “ Laboratory Notebooks ” means laboratory notebooks that qualify as Shared Books and Records.

1.33 “ Leased Real Property ” means all of the Contributor’s rights in the Real Property Lease and the leasehold estate created thereby, together with all of Contributor’s right, title and interest in all land, buildings, structures, easements, appurtenances, improvements (including construction in progress) and fixtures located on the premises described therein;

1.34 “ Licensed Intellectual Property ” means the Licensed Technology as defined under the Technology License Agreement, which definition, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Enabling Intellectual Property.

1.35 “ Member of the Controlled Group ” means each trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that would be treated as a single employer with Contributor under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

1.36 “ Multiemployer Plan ” means a plan described in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

1.37 “ Other Protein Variant ” means (a) any amino acid (including any natural, synthetic, modified or other amino acid analogue) chain that is a human or animal protein including, without limitation, any protein or polypeptide listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(1) attached hereto, or any variant, homolog, derivative, mutant or fragment of the foregoing subsection (a), including, without limitation, amino acid chains resulting from the use of Shuffling, in each case other than any (i) CTLA-4 Variant or (ii) Excluded Protein Variant or Vaccine, (each such protein or variant, homolog, derivative, mutant or fragment thereof, an “ Other Protein Molecule ”) and (b) any Other Protein Molecule that is conjugated or otherwise coupled to any other molecule (e.g., polyethylene glycol, immunoglobulin domain, sialylation, pegylated, or glycosylation).

1.38 “ Patents ” means all patent rights and all rights, title and interests in all patent applications and patents to issue on them, all letters patent or equivalent rights and applications, including utility patents, design patents, plant patents, statutory invention registrations, and any reissue, re-examination, renewal, supplementary protection certificates, extension, division, provisional, substitution, continuation, or continuation-in-part applications thereto throughout the world.

 

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1.39 “ PP&E ” means, collectively, (a) Personal Property, (b) Machinery and Equipment and (c) all buildings, structures, improvements, furnishings, furniture, fixtures, displays, appliances and other personal property of every kind and nature owned or leased by the Contributor in connection with the Contributed Assets or the Facility.

1.40 “ Programs ” mean, collectively, (i) the 4 Program and (ii) the Other Programs.

(a) “ 4 Program ” means any and all activities performed by or on behalf of Contributor, Company or any of their licensees or Affiliates, (i) pursuant to the Astellas Agreement, or (ii) otherwise directed to any CTLA-4 Variant including, without limitation, activities for the discovery, research, development, manufacture, commercialization or other exploitation of any CTLA-4 Variant or CTLA-4 Product intended for use in the Field.

(b) “ Other Programs ” means, individually and collectively, any and all activities performed by or on behalf of Contributor, Company or any of their licensees or Affiliates, directed to any Other Protein Variant including, without limitation, activities for the discovery, research, development, manufacture, commercialization or other exploitation of any Other Protein Variant or Other Protein Product intended for use in the Field.

1.41 “ Products ” mean, collectively, (i) any CTLA-4 Product and (ii) any Other Protein Product.

(a) “ CTLA-4 Product ” means any pharmaceutical product that contains a CTLA-4 Variant as an ingredient. For the avoidance of doubt, CTLA-4 Product shall include any formulation, delivery device, dispensing device or packaging required for effective use of the CTLA-4 Product.

(b) “ Other Protein Product ” means any pharmaceutical product that contains an Other Protein Variant as an ingredient. For the avoidance of doubt, Other Protein Product shall include any formulation, delivery device, dispensing device or packaging required for effective use of the Other Protein Product; provided, however, that Other Protein Product shall exclude all Vaccines.

1.42 “ Real Property Lease ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Lease between Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as lessor, and Contributor, as lessee, dated as of October 21, 1998, as amended to date, for certain premises consisting of the Lab Facility, and (b) that certain Lease between Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as lessor, and Contributor, as lessee, dated December 2004, as amended to date, for certain premises consisting of the Office Facility.

1.43 “ Registered Intellectual Property Rights ” means all United States, international and foreign: (a) Patents, including applications therefor; (b) registered Trademarks, applications to register Trademarks, including intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications related to Trademarks; (c) Copyrights registrations and applications to register Copyrights; and (d) any other Technology that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any state, government or other public or private legal authority at any time.

 

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1.44 “ Regulated Substances ” means any material, waste or substance that in relevant quantity, form and or concentration is listed, defined, classified, controlled or regulated by any Governmental Authority as “hazardous,” “toxic,” or a “pollutant,” or “contaminant,” pursuant to any Environmental Law, including but not limited to any explosives, radon, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum and petroleum products (including waste petroleum and petroleum products).

1.45 “ Release ” shall have the same meaning as under 42 USC Section 9601(22) of the Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility Compensation & Liability Act of 1980 (“ CERCLA ”).

1.46 “ Remedial Action ” shall have the same meaning as under 42 USC Section 9601(24) of the CERCLA.

1.47 “ Shared Books and Records ” shall mean all Books and Records (Assigned Books and Records and/or Excluded Books and Records, as the case may be) that relate to the Contributed Assets and/or Assumed Liabilities and/or the Programs but that also relate to the Excluded Assets and/or Excluded Liabilities and/or programs or activities of Contributor as of or prior to the Effective Date other than Programs.

1.48 “ Shuffling ” means techniques, methodologies, processes, materials or instrumentation for performing recombination-based modification of genetic material for the creation of potentially useful variant nucleic acids or proteins. “ Shuffle ” and “ Shuffled ” have their correlative meanings.

1.49 “ Subsidiaries ” shall refer to Maxygen ApS (Denmark) and Maxygen Holdings Ltd. (Cayman Islands).

1.50 “ Technology ” means any or all of the following: (a) works of authorship including, without limitation, computer programs, source code and executable code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise, documentation, designs, files, net lists, records, data and mask works; (b) inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice), improvements, and technology; (c) proprietary and confidential information and materials, including technical data and customer and supplier lists, Trade Secrets, discoveries, processes, formulas, and other Know-How; (d) databases, data compilations and collections and technical data; and (e) all copies and instantiations of the foregoing in any form and embodied in any media, in each of the foregoing cases that is Controlled by Contributor.

1.51 “ Trademarks ” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, rights in trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names, internet domain names and addresses, and all trademark interests throughout the world together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated therewith, and all right, title and interest in related applications, registrations, and renewals throughout the world, whether arising under the laws of the United States or any other country or other jurisdiction.

 

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1.52 “ Trade Secrets ” means all trade secrets under applicable law and other rights in Know-How, and confidential or proprietary information, processing, manufacturing or marketing information, new developments, research, inventions, processes, ideas or other proprietary information that provide Contributor with advantages over competitors who do not have access to such information and documentation thereof (including related papers, blueprints, drawings, chemical compositions, formulae, diaries, notebooks, specifications, designs, methods of manufacture and data processing software, compilations of information) and all claims and rights related thereto.

1.53 “ Transfer Taxes ” means all federal, state, local or foreign sales, use, transfer, real property transfer, mortgage recording, stamp duty, value-added or similar Taxes that may be imposed in connection with the transfer of Contributed Assets or assumption of Assumed Liabilities, together with any interest, additions to Tax or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of such additions to Tax or penalties.

1.54 “ Vaccine ” means a formulation intended to be administered in a formulation containing one or more Antigen(s) (and/or a nucleic acid sequence encoding an Antigen) in the form of (i) an infectious agent (e.g., bacteria, viruses, parasite, protozoa) whether live, attenuated or dead, (ii) protein(s), (iii) nucleic acid(s), (iv) cells, spores and vectors (i.e., viruses and/or virus-like particles, liposomes, beads and/or other substrates for Antigen presentation), (v) fragments of any of the foregoing, and/or (vi) a combination of any of the preceding, which formulation is administered for the purpose of inducing an Immune Response in the human and/or animal recipient specifically directed to at least one such Antigen for the prevention or treatment of a disease state, symptom and/or condition in humans and/or animals caused by an infectious agent. For the purposes of this definition of Vaccine:

(a) “ Antigen ” means a molecule ( i.e ., protein, polypeptide, peptide, carbohydrate, glycoprotein, glycolipid and/or any combination of the foregoing that is, or is derived in whole or part from, a molecule associated with an infectious agent) that produces an Immune Response to such molecule in a human and/or animal recipient.

(b) “ Immune Response ” means an immune state directed to the applicable infectious agents (or a molecule associated with such infectious agent) resulting from the modulation of activity (i.e., an increase, decrease and/or qualitatively different activity) of one or more lymphoid cells (e.g., B cells, NK cells, T cells and/or professional antigen-presenting cells, such as monocytes, macrophages, Langerhans cells, dendritic cells) following the administration of a stimulus.

1.55 All other capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them herein or in the Joint Venture Agreement as set forth below:

 

Term

  

Reference (*)

4 Program

  

1.40(a)

4 Program Intellectual Property

  

2.1(a)

Accrued Vacation

  

2.1(p)

Affiliate

  

JVA 1.2

Agreement

  

Preamble

 

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Term

  

Reference (*)

Alk-Abello Agreement

  

2.2(f)

Antigen

  

1.54(a)

Assigned Books and Records

  

2.1(o)

Assignment and Assumption

  

4.4(a)

Assumed Liabilities

  

2.4

Astellas

  

Recitals

Astellas Agreement

  

JVA 1.6

Astellas Agreement Assignment and Novation

  

2.1(d)

Bio

  

Recitals

Board

  

JVA 1.9

Bridge Loan Agreement

  

JVA 1.10

Business Day

  

JVA 1.12

Business Governmental Approvals

  

5.15(b)

CERCLA

  

1.45

Closing

  

4.1

Closing Date

  

JVA 1.16

Company

  

Preamble

Confidential Information

  

JVA 1.19

Consent

  

JVA 1.21

Contract

  

JVA 1.22

Contributed Assets

  

2.1

Contributor

  

Preamble

Contributor Contracts

  

2.1(l)

Contributor Disclosure Schedule

  

ARTICLE 5

Contributor Liabilities

  

5.5

Contributor Registered Intellectual Property Rights

  

5.7(a)

CTLA-4 Product

  

1.41(a)

Dollars / $

  

JVA 1.28

Encumbrance

  

JVA 1.30

Entity

  

JVA 1.31

Excluded Assets

  

2.2

Excluded Contributor Contracts

  

2.1(l)

Excluded Liabilities

  

2.5

Excluded Protein Molecule

  

1.23

Exclusively Out-Licensed Protein

  

1.23(a)

FDA

  

1.27

Financial Statements

  

5.3

General Assignment and Bill of Sale

  

4.2(a)

Governmental Authority

  

JVA 1.37

Immune Response

  

1.54(b)

Insurance Policies

  

5.8

 

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Term

  

Reference (*)

Investors’ Rights Agreement

  

JVA 1.39

Issued Units

  

Recitals

Knowledge

  

JVA 1.42

Lab Facility

  

1.24

Legal Requirement

  

JVA 1.43

Liability

  

JVA 1.44

Machinery and Equipment

  

2.1(h)

Material Adverse Effect

  

JVA 1.45

Material Contracts

  

5.13(a)

MaxyBody

  

1.23(b)

Maxygen JVA Disclosure Schedule

  

JVA Article 4

Non-Assignable Asset

  

JVA 8.1

Offerees

  

JVA 5.5(a)

Office Facility

  

1.24

Order

  

JVA 1.48

Other Contributor Intellectual Property

  

2.1(e)

Other Programs

  

1.40(b)

Other Program Intellectual Property

  

2.1(b)

Other Protein Molecule

  

1.37

Other Protein Product

  

1.41(b)

Patent Assignment

  

4.2(b)

Parties

  

Preamble

Permitted Encumbrance

  

JVA 1.52

Permitted Uses

  

2.3

Person

  

JVA 1.53

Personal Property

  

2.1(i)

Personal Property Leases

  

2.1(k)

Proceeding

  

JVA 1.55

PTO

  

5.7(a)

Purchase Agreement

  

Recitals

Related Entity

  

JVA 1.59

Representatives

  

JVA 1.60

SEC

  

JVA 1.61

Space Sharing Agreements

  

4.2(e)

Tax

  

JVA 1.66

Tax Authority

  

JVA 1.67

Tax Returns

  

5.6(a)

Technology License Agreement

  

4.2(c)

Third Party

  

JVA 1.70

 

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Term

  

Reference (*)

Transaction Agreements

  

JVA 1.71

Transactions

  

JVA 1.72

Transition Services Agreement

  

JVA 1.73

Transferred Employees

  

JVA 5.5(b)

UCOE License Assignment Agreement

  

2.1(f)

United States

  

JVA 1.75

 

 

 

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For the purpose of this Section 1.55 only, “ JVA ” means the Joint Venture Agreement. References to Preambles, Recitals, Articles and numbers mean Preambles Recitals, Articles and Section numbers of this Agreement, respectively, unless “JVA” is attached thereto, in which case those words refer to Recitals and Sections mean Preambles Recitals, Articles and Section numbers of the Joint Venture Agreement, respectively.

ARTICLE 2

THE CONTRIBUTION

2.1 Contributed Assets . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Contributor shall contribute, transfer, convey, assign and, subject to and in accordance with Section 4.5 hereof, deliver to Company, and Company shall acquire from Contributor, all of Contributor’s right, title and interest in the assets, properties, goodwill and rights of Contributor that are primarily used (or primarily have been used) in, result from (to the extent provided below), or primarily relate to, the conduct of the Business as of or prior to the Closing Date of every nature, kind and description, tangible and intangible, wherever located, whether or not carried on the books of Contributor, free and clear of all Encumbrances (collectively, the “ Contributed Assets ”), including, without limitation, the assets listed below, except those assets expressly identified as Excluded Assets in Sections 2.2(a) - 2.2(i) hereof. Where reference is made to assets, properties, goodwill and rights that “have been used in [. . .] the conduct of the Business,” such references shall be interpreted to mean only the relevant assets, properties, goodwill and rights that Contributor owns or otherwise has rights to as of the Closing Date.

(a) The 4 Program Assets . All Intellectual Property Controlled by Contributor (i) resulting from or generated under the 4 Program as conducted by or for Contributor as of or prior to the Closing Date (including all CTLA-4 Variants), or (ii) primarily used (or primarily have been used) in, or primarily useful for, the 4 Program or both the 4 Program and the Other Programs in each case as conducted (or anticipated to be conducted) by or for Contributor as of or prior to the Closing Date, in each case excluding all Licensed Intellectual Property, but including, without limitation, the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 2.1(a) attached hereto and all Intellectual Property owned by Contributor and licensed to Astellas under the Astellas Agreement (“ 4 Program Intellectual Property ”);

(b) Other Program Assets . All Intellectual Property Controlled by Contributor (i) resulting from or generated under the Other Programs as conducted by or for Contributor prior

 

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to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, work conducted on the Other Programs between the date of execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date) that is primarily related to, or primarily useful for, the Other Programs or the 4 Program (including the proteins and polypeptides listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(1) attached hereto, and any Other Protein Variants), or (ii) primarily used (or primarily have been used) in, or primarily useful for, a particular Other Program as conducted (or anticipated to be conducted) by or for Contributor as of or prior to the Closing Date, to the extent transferable or assignable, in each case excluding all Licensed Intellectual Property, but including, without limitation, the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 2.1(b)(2) attached hereto (“ Other Program Intellectual Property ”);

(c) License . Concurrently with this Agreement, Contributor shall grant to Company licenses (or sublicenses, as applicable) under the Licensed Intellectual Property Controlled by Contributor for the purpose of conducting the 4 Program and Other Programs, all as set forth in, and on the terms and conditions set forth in, the Technology License Agreement;

(d) Astellas Agreement . All of Contributor’s rights and obligations under the Astellas Agreement other than rights to payments thereunder that accrue prior to the Closing Date, but including Contributor’s right to receive certain milestone, royalty and other payments thereunder accruing on or after the Closing Date, as set forth in the Astellas Agreement Assignment and Limited Novation (“ Astellas Agreement Assignment and Novation ”);

(e) Other Intellectual Property . All Intellectual Property, if any, Controlled by Contributor as of the Closing Date that are primarily used in (or primarily have been used) as of or prior to the Closing Date, or primarily useful for, more than one particular Program that is not otherwise included in the 4 Program Intellectual Property or Other Program Intellectual Property under Section 2.1(a) or 2.1(b)(2) hereof, but excluding all Licensed Intellectual Property and, for clarity, excluding all Intellectual Property that is primarily used (or primarily has been used) by Contributor or its Affiliates other than for conducting Programs, but including the Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 2.1(e) attached hereto (“ Other Contributor Intellectual Property ”);

(f) UCOE License . All of Contributor’s rights and obligations under the Research and Commercial UCOE License Agreement between ML Laboratories PLC and Maxygen ApS and Maxygen, Inc. and Maxygen Holdings Ltd. dated May 27, 2005, other than payments thereunder that accrue prior to the Closing Date, as set forth in the UCOE License Assignment Agreement (“ UCOE License Assignment Agreement ”);

(g) [Reserved];

(h) Machinery and Equipment . All tools, machinery and equipment (including manufacturing assembly and test equipment) owned by Contributor that are used (or have been used) in the Programs as conducted by Contributor as of or prior to the Closing Date or that are used (or have been used) in the G&A Function, wherever located and whether held by Contributor or Third Parties, except for Excluded Machinery and Equipment, including the Machinery and Equipment listed on Schedule 2.1(h) attached hereto (the “ Machinery and Equipment ”);

(i) Personal Property . All personal property, office furnishings, supplies and other tangible personal property that are used (or have been used) in the Programs or the G&A

 

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Function as of or prior to the Effective Date and owned by Contributor, whether held by Contributor or Third Parties, except for Excluded Personal Property (the “ Personal Property ”) including, without limitation, the items listed on Schedule 2.1(i) attached hereto;

(j) [Reserved];

(k) Personal Property Leases . All rights in leases of personal property including, without limitation, leased equipment that are used (or have been used) in the Business or the G&A Function, including, without limitation, the items listed on Schedule 2.1(k) (including without limitation the transfer of the personal property so leased) attached hereto, and excluding all rights in leases related to Excluded Machinery and Equipment and Excluded Personal Property (the “ Personal Property Leases ”);

(l) Contracts . All rights to or under any and all contracts, agreements (including grant agreements) or commitments that primarily relate to, or are primarily useful for, the Programs (but for the avoidance of doubt excluding all contracts, agreements or commitments primarily related to the Licensed Intellectual Property) and are assignable to Company, as listed on Schedule 2.1(l)(1) attached hereto, (collectively, the “ Contributor Contracts ”); all such contracts, agreements (including grant agreements) or commitments that would meet the foregoing definition but for the fact that they are not assignable, or the Parties have agreed not to assign to Company, are listed on Schedule 2.1(l)(2) attached hereto (collectively, “ Excluded Contributor Contracts ”).

(m) Governmental Approvals . All Governmental Approvals (and pending applications therefor), including any formal correspondence to or from the FDA, that are used (or have been used) in the operation of the Programs, as listed on Schedule 2.1(m) attached hereto, to the extent transferable or assignable;

(n) Environmental Permits . All Environmental Permits that are used in the operation of the Programs, as listed on Schedule 2.1(n) attached hereto, to the extent transferable or assignable.

(o) Assigned Books and Records . All Books and Records that (i) primarily relate to the Contributed Assets and/or Assumed Liabilities or (ii) arose out of or primarily relate to the conduct of the 4 Program by or for Contributor or that primarily relate to the Other Programs (the “ Assigned Books and Records ”), including, without limitation, those Books and Records listed on Schedule 2.1(o) , in each case subject to any applicable Legal Requirements (including any required releases that may need to be obtained from the Offerees) and provided that Assigned Books and Records may include Books and Records that Contributor may be required by law to retain in its possession; and

(p) Funds to cover Accrued Vacation . A lump sum payment from Contributor to Company at the Closing for the amount of accrued and unpaid days of vacation earned by the Transferred Employees who commence employment with Company under Contributor’s vacation policies as of the Closing Date, as set forth in Schedule 2.1(p) attached hereto, which schedule may be updated (and the lump sum payment provided for shall be increased or decreased, as appropriate) as necessary by Contributor up to the Closing to reflect any subsequent changes in the vacation balances for such employees (“ Accrued Vacation ”).

 

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2.2 Excluded Assets . Contributor does not contribute, transfer, convey or assign any assets, properties, goodwill or rights to Company other than the Contributed Assets (“ Excluded Assets ”). Company acknowledges that this Agreement shall give Company no rights to any Excluded Assets and rights expressly granted pursuant to this Agreement and/or the Transaction Agreements, including any drug research or development program, drug target, product, product candidate or prospective product candidate of Contributor. Specifically, the following assets are included among the Excluded Assets and are excluded from the contribution, transfer, conveyance, assignment or delivery provided for under Section 2.1 hereof:

(a) the Licensed Intellectual Property including the Enabling Intellectual Property and any Copyrights in software or computer code within the Licensed Intellectual Property (except, in all such cases, to the extent licensed or sublicensed to Company under the Technology License Agreement);

(b) Excluded Books and Records;

(c) Excluded Machinery and Equipment;

(d) Excluded Personal Property;

(e) Excluded Contributor Contracts;

(f) All proteins, nucleic acid chains, cell lines and other biological materials, and all data and information, resulting from or generated under the programs directed to allergens conducted by or for Contributor prior to the Closing Date under the Collaboration Agreement between Maxygen, Inc. and Alk-Abelló AS dated February 8, 2001, (the “ Alk-Abello Agreement ”), and Intellectual Property Rights in and to the foregoing which Intellectual Property Rights (i) resulted from or were generated under the programs related to allergens conducted by or for Contributor prior to the Closing Date under the Alk-Abello Agreement and (ii) are solely related to, or solely useful for, the discovery, research, development, manufacture, commercialization or other exploitation of one or more allergens;

(g) All Trademarks of Contributor;

(h) All Contributor Benefit Plans, and all assets owned or held by all Contributor Benefit Plans; and

(i) Any real property leases or other interests in real property except pursuant to the Space Sharing Agreements.

2.3 Shared Books and Records . Contributor shall provide Company with access to Assigned Books and Records that are Shared Books and Records and Company shall provide Contributor with access to Excluded Books and Records that are Shared Books and Records to the extent permitted by applicable law. Each of Contributor and Company shall permit the other to make copies of or other extracts from such Shared Books and Records and, upon request, provide

 

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