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AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/5/2009
Industry: Medical Equipment and Supplies     Law Firm: Oppenheimer Wolff     Sector: Healthcare

AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT, Parties: alphatec holdings  inc , alphatec spine  inc , stout medical group lp , stout medical group  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated License Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made effective as of March 31, 2009 (the “Amendment Date”) by and among Alphatec Spine, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 2051 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 100, Carlsbad, California 92008 (“Licensee”), Stout Medical Group LP, a limited partnership company organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, and having a place of business at 410 East Walnut Street, Suite #8, Perkasie, Pennsylvania 18944 (“Licensor”) and for purposes of Section 7.2 and Section 11.15 hereof only Alphatec Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 2051 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 100, Carlsbad, California 92008 (“Holdings”). Licensee and Licensor are each hereafter referred to individually as a “Party” and together as the “Parties”.

WHEREAS, Reference is made to that certain License Agreement dated March 3, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) between the parties to this Amendment (the “Original Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, The Parties desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement as set forth herein.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged by the Parties hereto, the Parties hereto agree that the Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

Whenever used in the Agreement with an initial capital letter, the terms defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings specified.

1.1 “ Affiliate ” shall mean any company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or other business entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a designated person or entity, and for such purpose “control” shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

1.2 “ Common Stock ” shall mean the common stock of Holdings, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be reclassified, converted or exchanged.

1.3 “ Confidential Information ” shall mean with respect to a Party (the “Receiving Party”), all information which is disclosed by the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) to the Receiving Party hereunder or to any of its employees, consultants, Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees, except to the extent that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by written record or

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


other suitable physical evidence that such information, (a) as of the date of disclosure is demonstrably known to the Receiving Party or its Affiliates other than by virtue of a prior confidential disclosure to such Party or its Affiliates; (b) as of the date of disclosure is in, or subsequently enters, the public domain, through no fault or omission of the Receiving Party; (c) is obtained from a Third Party having a lawful right to make such disclosure free from any obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party; or (d) is independently developed by or for the Receiving Party without reference to or reliance upon any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party. Any information in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement disclosed by a Party under that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement between the parties dated the 2nd day of July 2007 shall, subject to the foregoing exceptions, be considered Confidential Information for purpose of this Agreement.

1.4 “ Exclusive Patent Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Subsection 2.1.2 hereof.

1.5 “ First Commercial Sale ” shall mean the date of the first transaction, transfer or disposition for value by or on behalf of Licensee or any Affiliate or Sublicensee of Licensee to a Third Party of a Licensed Product in the United States following the applicable regulatory clearance by the FDA (as defined below).

1.6 “ FDA ” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency or authority thereto.

1.7 “ Guarantee and Agreement ” shall mean the guarantee and agreement of Holdings set forth in Section 11.15 hereof.

1.8 “ Licensor Indemnitees ” and “ Licensee Indemnitees ” (each individually an “ Indemnitee ”) shall have the meaning given in Section 8.1.

1.9 Licensed Field ” shall mean: [***].

1.10 “ Licensed Patent Rights ” shall mean any of the patent applications described in Schedule A and Schedule B attached hereto, and any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part (to the extent that the continuation-in-part is entitled to the priority date of an initial patent or patent application which is the subject of this Agreement), reissue, reexamination, registration, renewal, or extension, or any patent issuing therefrom or any supplementary protection certificates related thereto, and any foreign counterparts to any of the foregoing.

1.11 “ Licensed Product ” shall mean any product sold by Licensee, its Affiliates or Sublicensees that embodies or uses any aspect of the Licensed Patent Rights and/or the Licensed Technology.

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


1.12 “ Licensed Technology ” shall mean all Technology which:

1.12.1 Licensor controls as of the Effective Date and which (i) is described in or related to any patent or patent application included in the Licensed Patent Rights and (ii) is necessary or useful for Licensee to practice the license granted to it hereunder;

1.12.2 Licensor controls after the Effective Date but during the Term and which (i) it has the right to disclose and license without the payment of royalties or other consideration to any Third Party and (ii) constitutes an improvement to the subject matter of the Licensed Patent Rights or Licensed Technology as it exists on the date of determination,; and/or

1.12.3 Licensee controls after the Effective Date but during the Term and which constitutes an improvement to the subject matter of the Licensed Patent Rights or Licensed Technology as it exists on the date of determination.

1.13 “ Market Launch ” shall mean the first national commercial launch of any Licensed Product.

1.14 “ Net Sales ” shall mean the gross amount invoiced by or otherwise payable to Licensee, any of its Affiliates or any Sublicensee on account of sales or other transfers of a Licensed Product anywhere in the Territory during a designated period, less to the extent otherwise then or previously included in amounts invoiced for such Licensed Products and in respect of which no previous deduction was taken:

1.14.1 trade, cash and quantity discounts or rebates actually allowed or taken on Licensed Products, including discounts or rebates to governmental or managed care organizations;

1.14.2 credits or allowances actually given or made for rejection of, and for uncollectible amounts (except to the extent later collected) on, or return of previously sold Licensed Products;

1.14.3 any charges for insurance, freight, and other transportation costs directly related to the delivery of Licensed Product to the extent included in the gross invoiced sales price;

1.14.4 any tax, tariff, duty or governmental charge levied on the sales, transfer, transportation or delivery of a Licensed Product (including any tax such as a value added or similar tax or government charge), other than franchise or income tax of any kind whatsoever; and

1.14.5 any import or export duties or their equivalent borne.

In addition, should Licensee be required, in order to lawfully exercise its rights as to a Licensed Product, obtain additional rights in a country to patents of any Third Parties which are not Affiliates of Licensee, which patents are (i) pending or issued on the Effective Date, and (ii) required for Licensee to practice the inventions described in the Licensed Patent Rights or Licensed Technology

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


or exercise the license granted under this Agreement for reasons not attributable to a design selection made by Licensee for which alternative design selections not requiring such additional rights are available, then Licensee may also deduct from Net Sales with respect to a designated period the amount of the royalty Licensee is required to pay to such Third Party or Parties for such necessary rights to such patents with respect to such Licensed Product; provided that in no event (i) shall the amount of Net Sales for any designated period be reduced by more than [***] on account of royalties paid to Third Parties, and any amount so disallowed shall be lost and not carried forward and (ii) no such reduction shall be permitted with respect to additional rights obtained more than [***] after the First Commercial Sale in such country.

“Net Sales” shall not include amounts invoiced by or otherwise payable to Licensee, any of its Affiliates and/or any Sublicensees for Licensed Products sold or otherwise transferred to Licensee or any of its Affiliates and/or its Sublicensees, unless the Licensed Product is consumed by the invoiced entity.

1.15 “ Non-Exclusive Patent Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Subsection 2.1.1 hereof.

1.16 “ Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 4.4.1(a) hereof.

1.17 “ Sublicensee ” shall mean any Third Party to whom Licensee grants a sublicense of some or all of the rights granted to Licensee under this Agreement.

1.18 “ Technology ” shall mean all of the following intangible legal rights, whether or not filed, perfected, registered or recorded, applicable to the Licensed Field: (i) inventions, patents, patent disclosures, patent rights, including any and all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, reexaminations, utility models, industrial designs and design patents or any extensions thereof, (ii) rights associated with works of authorship, including without limitation, copyrights, copyright applications and copyright registrations and (iii) any and all proprietary ideas, inventions, discoveries, Confidential Information, data, results, formulae, designs, specifications, methods, processes, techniques, ideas, know-how, technical information (including, without limitation, structural and functional information), process information, pre-clinical information, clinical information, and any and all proprietary control and manufacturing data and materials, whether or not patentable.

1.19 “ Term ” shall have the meaning given in Section 9.1.

1.20 “ Territory ” shall mean all countries and jurisdictions of the world.

1.21 “ Third Party ” shall mean any person or entity other than Licensee, Licensor and their respective Affiliates.

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


2. GRANT OF RIGHTS

2.1 License to Licensee .

2.1.1 Grant of Non-Exclusive License . Licensor hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license, including the right to grant sublicenses in accordance with Subsection 2.1.3, under the Licensed Patent Rights set forth on Schedule A and the corresponding Licensed Technology (the “Non-Exclusive Patent Rights”): (i) to conduct research and development in support of the licensed uses described in clause (ii) of this Subsection, and (ii) to make, have made, import, export, use, offer for sale or sell Licensed Products in the Licensed Field, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2.1.2 Grant of Exclusive License . Licensor hereby grants to Licensee an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, including the right to grant sublicenses in accordance with Subsection 2.1.3, under the Licensed Patent Rights set forth on Schedule B attached hereto and the corresponding Licensed Technology (the “Exclusive Patent Rights”): (i) to conduct research and development in support of the licensed uses described in clause (ii) of this Subsection, and (ii) to make, have made, import, export, use, offer for sale or sell Licensed Products in the Licensed Field, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2.1.3 Right to Sublicense . Licensee shall have the right to grant sublicenses, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to all or any portion of its rights under the license granted pursuant to this Section.

3. DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF LICENSED PRODUCTS.

3.1 Commercialization .

3.1.1 Control of Development . From and after the Effective Date, Licensee shall have full control and authority over the development and commercialization of Licensed Products in the Licensed Field in the Territory. Licensee shall own all Technology resulting solely from the efforts of its agents, Affiliates and employees as a part of such development and commercialization, but for such purposes (or any other purpose of this Agreement) Licensor shall not be considered an agent of Licensee. All activities relating to development and commercialization under this Agreement shall be undertaken at Licensee’s sole cost and expense.

3.1.2 Diligence . After the Effective Date, Licensee will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to develop a Licensed Product which will pass Required Testing, and thereafter cause the Market Launch of the first Licensed Product as soon as practicable, such commercially reasonable efforts to take into account the competitiveness of the marketplace, the proprietary position of the Licensed Product, the relative potential safety and efficacy of the Licensed Product, the cost of goods and availability of capacity to manufacture and supply the Licensed Product at commercial scale, the profitability of the applicable Licensed Product, and other relevant factors including, without limitation, technical, legal, scientific or medical factors.

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


3.2 Intentionally Deleted .

3.3 Intentionally Deleted .

3.4 Licensee License Grant . Licensee hereby grants to Licensor a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, perpetual license, including the right to grant sublicenses, under all Technology owned by Licensee as a result of the activities set forth in Section 3.1: (i) to conduct research and development in support of the licensed uses describe in clause (ii) of this Subsection, and (ii) to make, have made, import, export, use, offer for sale or sell any component or product for indications outside of the treatment of spinal disorders, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

4. PAYMENTS AND ROYALTIES

4.1 Initial Payment; Milestone Payments, Payment of Royalties; Royalty Rates; and Minimum Royalties;

4.1.1 Initial Payment . Licensee shall pay Licensor a lump-sum, payment of (i) five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), and (ii) five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in shares of Common Stock, with a price per share of Common Stock for such purpose equal to the average per share NASDAQ Close/NASDAQ Official Closing Price (as defined by NASDAQ) or a defined successor closing price (designated by NASDAQ) on the fifteen (15) trading days prior to the date of issuance; provided that if on any such trading day the Common Stock shall not be listed on the NASDAQ national exchange or a similar national securities exchange, then Licensor shall receive five-hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in cash in lieu of such shares of Common Stock (collectively the “Initial Payment”), with the cash portion of the Initial Payment being due and payable within ten (10) business days of the Effective Date, and the Common Stock portion of the Initial Payment being due and payable within thirty (30) business days of the Effective Date. The Initial Payment shall be fully-earned and non-refundable. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the Initial Payment has been paid by the Licensee and is therefore no longer due and payable.

4.1.2 Initial Milestone Payments . Licensee shall pay milestone payments (or in the case of the Common Stock cause the issuance thereof by Holdings) to Licensor (each such payment or issuance a “Milestone Payment”) as specified below no more than thirty (30) days after the occurrence of the corresponding event designated below, unless this Agreement has been terminated prior to such due date. No Milestone Payments described in this Subsection 4.1.2 shall be credited against or otherwise reduce any other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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4.1.3 Royalty Payments . During the Term, Licensee shall pay to Licensor within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter earned royalties of [***] of Net Sales during such calendar quarter, which payment obligations shall accrue as of the last day of such quarter. Each royalty payment shall (i) be accompanied by a report specifying: the Net Sales (including an accounting of deductions taken in the calculation of Net Sales) and (ii) state the applicable exchange rate used in conversion from any foreign country’s currency to United States Dollars (which conversion shall be determined in accordance with Subsection 4.2.2). Earned royalties described in this Subsection 4.1.3 shall only be credited against minimum royalties which would otherwise be due as contemplated by Subsection 4.1.4 and shall not be credited against or otherwise reduce any other amounts payable hereunder.

4.1.4 Minimum Royalties . Licensee shall pay Licensor the following minimum annual royalty amounts in each calendar year listed next to such amount. No minimum annual royalty described in this Subsection 4.1.4 shall be credited against or otherwise reduce any other amounts payable hereunder. For a particular calendar year, in the event that the sum of the earned royalties on Net Sales timely paid in accordance with Subsection 4.1.3 above with respect to the four calendar quarters of such calendar year are less than the minimum annual royalty for such year designated below, the obligation to pay the difference to Licensor shall accrue on the last day of such calendar year and be payable by Licensee no later than forty-five (45) days following the end of such calendar year:

 

Twelve (12) Months Ending

 

Minimum Annual Royalty

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


By way of illustration, if Licensee pays to Licensor during calendar year [***] a running royalty of [***], then not later than [***], Licensee shall pay to Licensor [***] to avoid being in breach of this Agreement.

If but only if the FDA requires a clinical trial, either as part of a 510(k) application or an Investigational Device Exemption application, and provided Licensee is using commercially reasonable efforts to pursue such approval, the minimum royalties set forth in this Section 4.1.4 shall not be in effect until a Licensed Product is cleared or approved for marketing or sale, as the case may be. In the event that such clearance or approval occurs prior to the end of a year, the minimum royalty amount due for such year shall be pro rated based on [***] of the number of days in such year remaining following such clearance or approval. As an example, if a clinical trial is required and approval or clearance of a Licensed Product does not occur until October 1, 2011, the minimum royalty payable pursuant to Section 4.1.4 shall be [***], and the minimum royalty amount in 2012 shall be [***], and so forth.

4.1.5 One Royalty . Only one royalty shall be payable to Licensor hereunder for each sale of a Licensed Product, notwithstanding that more than one patent or patent claim reads upon such Licensed Product and/or such Licensed Product embodies or was made using one or more aspects of Licensed Technology.

4.2 Payment, Conversion and Withholding .

4.2.1 Payment . All payments hereunder shall originate in the United States and be made in United States dollars. Licensor hereby directs that all payments due to it be divided as follows and paid by wire transfer or other means reasonably selected by the payee to the following persons or as they shall direct from time to time:

 

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4.2.2 Conversion . Conversion of foreign currency to United States dollars shall be made at the conversion rate existing in the United States (as reported in The Wall Street Journal ) on the last business day of the quarter immediately preceding the applicable calendar quarter. If The Wall Street Journal ceases to be published, then the rate of exchange to be used shall be that reported in such other business publication of national circulation in the United States as the Parties reasonably agree.

4.2.3 Tax Withholding; Restrictions on Payment . All taxes, assessments and fees of any nature levied or incurred on account of any payments from Licensee to Licensor accruing under this Agreement, by national, state or local governments, will be assumed and paid by Licensee, except taxes levied thereon as income to Licensor and if such taxes are required by applicable law to be withheld by Licensee they will be deducted from payments due to Licensor and will be timely paid by Licensee to the proper taxing authority for the account of Licensor, a receipt or other proof of payment therefore secured and sent to Licensor as soon as practicable. Licensee shall remit all payments to Licensor hereunder from within the United States.

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


4.3 Records Retention; Review .

4.3.1 Royalties . Licensee shall keep accurate books and accounts of the computation of the number of Licensed Products sold and the Net Sales of Licensee, its Affiliates and Sublicensees of Licensed Products, and shall cause such Affiliates and Sublicensees to keep such records of their respective sales of Licensed Products and Net Sales of Licensed Products, in sufficient detail to permit accurate determination of all figures necessary for verification of payments required to be paid hereunder, which books and accounts shall be maintained for at least three (3) years from the end of the calendar year to which they pertain.

4.3.2 Review . At the request of Licensor, which shall not be made more frequently than once per calendar year during the Term, on a business day designated by Licensor upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Licensee, Licensee shall permit, under confidentiality obligations with terms substantially the same as those hereunder, an independent certified public accountant reasonably selected by Licensor and reasonably acceptable to Licensee to inspect (during regular business hours) the relevant records required to be maintained by Licensee under Subsection 4.3.1. In the event such inspection reveals an underpayment, such underpayment shall be due and payable by Licensee within thirty (30) days of the date of such inspection, together with interest thereon from the date the amount due but unpaid was first due until the date paid, at the lower of [***] per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. Such inspection shall be at the expense of Licensor unless there is an underpayment that differs by greater than [***] from the amount that was otherwise due, in which event Licensee shall also pay the reasonable costs of the inspection. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of Licensee to dispute the conclusion of the accountant, but such dispute shall not relieve Licensee of its obligation to pay interest and, under the circumstances described, costs of inspection as to amount actually due.

4.4 Matters Related to the Issuance of Common Stock.

4.4.1 Representations, Warranties and Certain Covenants of the Licensee . The Licensee represents, warrants and covenants that:

(a) Assuming the covenant of Licensor contained in Subsection 4.4.2 of this Agreement is complied with, the issuance to Licensor of each share of Common Stock (all shares so issued the “Shares”) will be in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the securities.

(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Holdings, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by Holdings of the other transactions by it contemplated hereby do not and will not on the date of the issuance and sale of the Shares(i) conflict with or violate any provision of Holdings’ or any of its

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


subsidiaries certificates or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any lien or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument or other understanding to which Holdings or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or asset of Holdings or any such subsidiary is bound or affected, in each case with respect to this Subsection (ii), to a degree that would have a material adverse effect on the assets or results of operations of Holdings or its subsidiaries when considered as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which Holdings or any such subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of Holdings or any such subsidiary is bound or affected, in each case with respect to this Subsection (iii), to a degree that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Prior to the issuance of the Shares, Holdings shall obtain all consents, approvals, orders, authorizations or registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations, and make all filings or registrations with any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other person that is required in order to issue the Shares.

(d) The Shares, when issued in accordance herewith, will be (i) duly authorized, (ii) duly and validly issued, (iii) fully paid and nonassessable, and (iv) free and clear of all liens imposed by Holdings, other than restrictions on transfer provided for herein.

(e) At all times prior to the second anniversary of the last issuance of the Shares during which there are Shares outstanding which have not been previously (i) sold or transferred to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public distribution, or (ii) sold or transferred in a transaction exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in the case of either Subsection (i) or Subsection (ii) in such a manner that, upon the consummation of such sale or transfer, all transfer restrictions and restrictive legends with respect to such Shares are removed upon the consummation of such sale or transfer, Holdings shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to: (1) comply with the requirements of Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act with respect to current public information about Holdings, and (2) furnish to the Licensor such non-publicly available reports and documents of Holdings as Licensor may reasonably request to avail itself of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, or any similar rule or regulation of the United States Securities Exchange Commission allowing Licensor to sell the Shares without registration.

4.4.2 Representations and Warranties of the Licensor . The Licensor represents and warrants that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act; (ii) it is acquiring the Shares for investment for the Licensor’s own account and not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, without prejudice, however, to Licensor’s right to at all times to sell or otherwise dispose

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


of any or all of the Shares so issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and (iii) it does not have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of such Shares.

4.4.3 Restrictions on the Shares . Licensor understands and agrees that the Shares may not be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom, and that in the absence of an effective registration statement covering the Shares or any available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the Shares must be held indefinitely. The Licensor agrees and acknowledges that the following legend will be placed on the back of any certificate evidencing the Shares:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT COVERING SUCH SECURITIES, THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT, OR THE CORPORATION RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION, STATING THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT.”

4.4.4 Limitation on the Number of Shares Issued . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall the aggregate number of Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement be greater than 9.9% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Effective Date. In the event that an issuance of Shares pursuant to this Agreement would cause an aggregate issuance of Shares that is more than 9.9% of the number of shares Common Stock outstanding on the Effective Date, the Licensee shall make a cash payment to the Licensor equal to the difference between cash value of the Shares that were scheduled to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, and the value of the Shares that were actually issued after giving effect to the limitation set forth in this Section 4.4.4.

 

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Portions of this Exhibit were omitted, as indicated by [***], and have been filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission pursuant to the Registrant’s application requesting confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


5. TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

5.1 Confidential Obligations . Licensor and Licensee each recognize that the other Party’s Confidential Information constitutes highly valuable and proprietary confidential information. Licensor and Licensee each agree that during the Term and for five (5) years thereafter, it will keep confidential, and will cause its employees, consultants, Affiliates and sublicensees to keep confidential, a


 
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