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
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE 2
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THE
CONTRIBUTION
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2.1
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Contributed
Assets
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2.2
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Excluded
Assets
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2.3
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Shared Books
and Records
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2.4
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Assumed
Liabilities
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2.5
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Excluded
Liabilities
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2.6
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Sales and Use
Taxes
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ARTICLE 3
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CONSIDERATION
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3.1
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Issuance of
Units
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3.2
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Tax-Free
Contribution
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ARTICLE 4
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CLOSING AND
POST-CLOSING MATTERS
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4.1
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Time and Place
of Closing
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4.2
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Closing
Deliveries by Contributor
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4.3
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Closing
Deliveries by Company
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4.4
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Closing
Deliveries by Contributor and Company
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4.5
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Delivery of
Contributed Assets
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4.6
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Novation
Agreement
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4.7
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Employment
Taxes
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ARTICLE 5
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF CONTRIBUTOR
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5.1
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Incorporation
by Reference
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5.2
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[Reserved]
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5.3
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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5.4
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Absence of
Changes
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5.5
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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5.6
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Tax
Matters
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5.7
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Intellectual
Property
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5.8
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Insurance
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5.9
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Title; All
Material Assets; Condition of Assets
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5.10
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Real Property
Leases
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5.11
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Employees and
Consultants
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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5.12
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Contributor
Benefit Plans
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5.13
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Material
Contracts
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5.14
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Restrictions on
Business Activities
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5.15
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Compliance with
Laws; Governmental Approvals
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5.16
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Proceedings and
Orders
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5.17
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Litigation
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5.18
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Environmental
Matters
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5.19
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Bulk
Sales
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5.20
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No Other
Agreement
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5.21
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Power of
Attorney
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5.22
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Export
Controls; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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5.23
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Antiboycott
Laws
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ARTICLE 6
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
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6.1
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Organization
and Qualification
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6.2
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Authority
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ARTICLE 7
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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7.1
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Governing
Law
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7.2
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Assignment
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7.3
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Notices
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7.4
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Waiver
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7.5
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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7.6
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Severability
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7.7
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Entire
Agreement/Modification
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7.8
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Relationship of
the Parties
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7.9
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Force
Majeure
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7.10
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Third Party
Beneficiaries
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7.11
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Expenses
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7.12
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Further
Assurances
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7.13
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Counterparts;
Facsimile
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7.14
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Interpretation
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7.15
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Construction
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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7.16
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Provisional
Relief; Specific Performance
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7.17
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Confidentiality; Publicity
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7.18
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Indemnification; Sole Remedy; Dispute
Resolution
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EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
Exhibits
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Exhibit 4.2(a)
Exhibit 4.2(b)
Exhibit 4.2(c)
Exhibit 4.2(e)
Exhibit 4.4(a)
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General Assignment and Bill of Sale
Form of Patent Assignment
Form of Technology License Agreement
Forms of Space Sharing Agreements
Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
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Schedules
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Schedule 1.12
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Employees
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Schedule
1.21
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Excluded
Machinery and Equipment
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Schedule
1.22
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Excluded
Personal Property
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Schedule
1.23(a)
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Exclusively
Out-Licensed Protein
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Schedule
1.23(b)
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MaxyBody
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Schedule
1.26
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G&A
Function
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Schedule
2.1(a)
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4 Program
Assets
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Schedule 2.1(b)(1)
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Anticipated
Program Proteins or Polypeptides
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Schedule
2.1(b)(2)
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Other Program
Intellectual Property
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Schedule
2.1(e)
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Other
Contributor Intellectual Property
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Schedule 2.1(h)
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Machinery and
Equipment
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Schedule 2.1(i)
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Personal
Property
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Schedule 2.1(k)
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Personal
Property Leases
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Schedule 2.1(l)(1)
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Contributor
Contracts
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Schedule 2.1(l)(2)
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Excluded
Contributor Contracts
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Schedule 2.1(m)
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Governmental
Approvals
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Schedule
2.1(n)
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Environmental
Permits
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Schedule
2.1(o)
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Assigned Books
and Records
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Schedule
2.1(p)
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Accrued
Vacation
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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:
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4 Program
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1.40(a)
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4 Program Intellectual Property
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2.1(a)
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Accrued Vacation
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2.1(p)
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Affiliate
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JVA
1.2
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Term
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Reference (*)
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Alk-Abello Agreement
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2.2(f)
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Antigen
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1.54(a)
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Assigned Books and Records
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2.1(o)
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Assignment and Assumption
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4.4(a)
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Assumed Liabilities
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2.4
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Astellas
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Recitals
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Astellas Agreement
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JVA
1.6
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Astellas Agreement Assignment and
Novation
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2.1(d)
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Bio
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Recitals
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Board
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JVA
1.9
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Bridge Loan Agreement
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JVA
1.10
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Business Day
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JVA
1.12
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Business Governmental Approvals
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5.15(b)
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CERCLA
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1.45
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Closing
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4.1
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Closing Date
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JVA
1.16
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Company
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Preamble
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Confidential Information
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JVA
1.19
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Consent
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JVA
1.21
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Contract
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JVA
1.22
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Contributed Assets
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2.1
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Contributor
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Preamble
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Contributor Contracts
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2.1(l)
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Contributor Disclosure Schedule
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ARTICLE 5
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Contributor Liabilities
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5.5
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Contributor Registered Intellectual Property
Rights
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5.7(a)
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CTLA-4 Product
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1.41(a)
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Dollars / $
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JVA
1.28
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Encumbrance
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JVA
1.30
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Entity
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JVA
1.31
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Excluded Assets
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2.2
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Excluded Contributor Contracts
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2.1(l)
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Excluded Liabilities
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2.5
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Excluded Protein Molecule
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1.23
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Exclusively Out-Licensed Protein
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1.23(a)
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FDA
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1.27
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Financial Statements
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5.3
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General Assignment and Bill of Sale
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4.2(a)
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Governmental Authority
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JVA
1.37
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Immune Response
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1.54(b)
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Insurance Policies
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5.8
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Term
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Reference (*)
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Investors’ Rights Agreement
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JVA
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Issued Units
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Recitals
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Knowledge
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JVA
1.42
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Lab Facility
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1.24
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Legal Requirement
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JVA
1.43
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Liability
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JVA
1.44
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Machinery and Equipment
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2.1(h)
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Material Adverse Effect
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JVA
1.45
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Material Contracts
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5.13(a)
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MaxyBody
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1.23(b)
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Maxygen JVA Disclosure Schedule
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JVA Article
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Non-Assignable Asset
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JVA
8.1
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Offerees
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JVA
5.5(a)
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Office Facility
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1.24
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Order
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JVA
1.48
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Other Contributor Intellectual
Property
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2.1(e)
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Other Programs
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1.40(b)
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Other Program Intellectual Property
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2.1(b)
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Other Protein Molecule
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1.37
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Other Protein Product
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1.41(b)
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Patent Assignment
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4.2(b)
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Parties
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Preamble
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Permitted Encumbrance
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JVA
1.52
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Permitted Uses
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2.3
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Person
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JVA
1.53
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Personal Property
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2.1(i)
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Personal Property Leases
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2.1(k)
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Proceeding
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JVA
1.55
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PTO
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5.7(a)
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Purchase Agreement
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Recitals
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Related Entity
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JVA
1.59
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Representatives
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JVA
1.60
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SEC
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JVA
1.61
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Space Sharing Agreements
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4.2(e)
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Tax
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JVA
1.66
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Tax Authority
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JVA
1.67
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Tax Returns
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5.6(a)
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Technology License Agreement
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4.2(c)
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Third Party
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JVA
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Transaction Agreements
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JVA
1.71
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Transactions
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JVA
1.72
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Transition Services Agreement
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JVA
1.73
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Transferred Employees
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JVA
5.5(b)
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UCOE License Assignment Agreement
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2.1(f)
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United States
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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.
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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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