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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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.
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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:
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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:
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