Exhibit 2.1
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
QLT USA, INC.
and
ALLERGAN SALES, LLC
Dated
as of June 6, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1
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Definitions |
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions |
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| ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND
SALE |
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2.1
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Transfer of Purchased Assets |
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2.2
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Excluded Assets |
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2.3
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Assumed Liabilities |
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2.4
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Excluded Liabilities |
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2.5
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Consent of Third Parties |
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2.6
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Purchase Price |
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2.7
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Allocation of Purchase Price |
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2.8
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Risk of Loss |
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| ARTICLE III CLOSING |
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3.1
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Closing |
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3.2
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Transactions at Closing |
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| ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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4.1
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Organization and Qualification |
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4.2
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Due Authorization |
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4.3
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No Conflicts; Enforceability |
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4.4
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Title; Sufficiency of Assets |
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4.5
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Intellectual Property |
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4.6
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Litigation |
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4.7
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Consents |
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4.8
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Taxes |
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4.9
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Permits; Compliance with Laws |
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4.10
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FDA and Health Canada Regulatory
Matters |
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4.11
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Assigned Contracts |
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4.12
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Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities |
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4.13
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Inventory |
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4.14
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Product Records |
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4.15
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Absence of Changes or Events |
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4.16
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Brokers, Etc. |
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4.17
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Solvency |
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4.18
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Disclaimer |
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| ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER |
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5.1
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Organization |
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5.2
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Due Authorization |
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5.3
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No Conflicts; Enforceability |
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5.4
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Litigation |
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5.5
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Consents |
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5.6
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Financing |
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5.7
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Brokers, Etc. |
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5.8
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Independent Investigation |
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| ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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6.1
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Access to Information |
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6.2
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Conduct of the Seller |
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6.3
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Required Approvals and Consents |
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6.4
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HSR Act |
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6.5
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[Reserved] |
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6.6
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Notifications |
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6.7
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Further Assurances; Further
Documents |
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6.8
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Third Party Offers |
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| ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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7.1
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Conditions Precedent to Obligations
of Purchaser and Seller |
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7.2
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Conditions Precedent to
Purchaser’s Obligations |
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7.3
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Conditions Precedent to
Seller’s Obligations |
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| ARTICLE VIII ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS |
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8.1
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Confidentiality; Publicity |
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8.2
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Availability of Records |
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8.3
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Use of Trade or Service Marks |
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8.4
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FDA and Health Canada Regulatory
Matters |
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8.5
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Tax Matters |
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8.6
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Destruction of Inventory Not Sold to
Purchaser |
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8.7
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Payment of Liabilities |
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| ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION |
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9.1
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Termination |
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9.2
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Procedure and Effect of
Termination |
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| ARTICLE X SURVIVAL;
INDEMNIFICATION |
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10.1
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties and Covenants |
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10.2
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Indemnification |
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10.3
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Notice of Claims |
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10.4
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Third Person Claims |
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10.5
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Limitation on Indemnity |
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10.6
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Remedies |
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10.7
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Limitation on Liabilities |
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10.8
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No Set-off |
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10.9
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Treatment of Indemnification
Payments |
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1
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Assignment; Binding Effect |
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11.2
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Expenses |
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11.3
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Notices |
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11.4
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Severability |
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11.5
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Entire Agreement |
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11.6
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No Third Party Beneficiaries |
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11.7
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Waiver |
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11.8
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction |
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11.9
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Waiver of Jury Trial |
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11.10
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Injunctive Relief |
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Headings |
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11.12
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Counterparts |
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11.13
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Schedules |
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11.14
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Construction |
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11.15
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Time of the Essence |
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Assignment of Product Intellectual
Property |
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Exhibit B
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Bill of Sale and Assignment and
Assumption Agreement |
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Exhibit C
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Short Form Patent
Assignment |
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LIST OF SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1(a)
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Assigned Contracts |
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Schedule 1.1(b)
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Inventory |
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Schedule 1.1(c)
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Knowledge |
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Schedule 1.1(d)
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Product Branding Materials |
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Schedule 1.1(e)
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Product Copyrights and Domain
Names |
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Schedule 1.1(f)
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Product Marks |
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Schedule 1.1(g)
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Product Patent Rights |
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Schedule 1.1(h)
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Product Trade Dress |
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Schedule 1.1(i)
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Registrations |
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Schedule 2.3
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Assumed Liabilities |
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Schedule 2.7
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Purchase Price Allocation |
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Schedule 7.2(e)
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Notices and Consents |
SELLER DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
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Schedule 4.3
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No Conflicts; Enforceability |
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Schedule 4.4
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Title; Sufficiency of Assets |
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Schedule 4.5
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Intellectual Property |
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Schedule 4.6
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Litigation |
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Schedule 4.7
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Consents |
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Schedule 4.10
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FDA and Health Canada Regulatory
Matters |
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Schedule 4.11
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Assigned Contracts |
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Schedule 4.12
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Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities |
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Schedule 4.14
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Product Records |
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PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of June 6, 2008
(the “ Execution Date ”), is entered into by and
between QLT USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Seller ”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of QLT Inc., a
corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British
Columbia, Canada, and Allergan Sales, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ Purchaser ”) and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Allergan, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Allergan ”). Each of Seller and Purchaser is
sometimes referred to herein, individually, as a “
Party ” and, together, as the “ Parties
.” All capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
specified in Article I below or elsewhere in this
Agreement, as applicable.
INTRODUCTION
WHEREAS, Seller owns all rights in
the Product and, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Seller desires to transfer such rights to Purchaser;
and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Seller wishes to sell the Purchased
Assets to Purchaser and transfer the Assumed Liabilities, and
Purchaser wishes to purchase the Purchased Assets and assume the
Assumed Liabilities from Seller.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements and provisions set forth herein and in the Related
Agreements, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions . In addition to the terms defined above and
other terms defined in other Sections of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings set forth below for
purposes of this Agreement:
“ Act ” means the
United States Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as
amended, and the implementing regulations, standards, guidelines,
policies, and orders issued or administered by FDA.
“ Action ” means
any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, audit, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, a Person shall be deemed, in any event, to control
another Person if it owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more
than fifty percent (50%) of the voting equity of the other
Person.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Assets ” of any
Person means all assets and properties of any kind, nature,
character and description (whether real, personal or mixed, whether
tangible or intangible, whether absolute, accrued, contingent,
fixed or otherwise and wherever situated), including the goodwill
related thereto, operated, owned or leased by such Person,
including cash, cash equivalents, accounts and notes receivable,
chattel paper, documents, instruments, pre-paid expenses and other
assets, general intangibles, equipment, inventory, goods,
intellectual property, registrations, applicable permits, and
product records, including those relating to clinical trials, other
research, development, manufacture, formulation, use and
distribution.
“ Assigned Contract(s)
” means those Contracts set forth on
Schedule 1.1(a) hereto.
“ Assignment of Product
Intellectual Property ” means the Assignment of Product
Intellectual Property, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A .
“ Assumed Liabilities
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3
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“ Bill of Sale and
Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” means the Bill of
Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B .
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banks in the State of Colorado, United States of America are
authorized or obligated by Law to be closed.
“ Closing ” means
the closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets, and
assignment and assumption of the Assumed Liabilities contemplated
by this Agreement.
“ Closing Date ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .
“ Code ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Confidentiality
Agreement ” means that certain Confidential Disclosure
Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2008, between Parent and
Allergan, as amended.
“ Contracts ”
means any and all binding commitments, contracts, purchase orders,
leases, licenses, easements, permits, instruments, commitments,
arrangements, undertakings, practices or other agreements, whether
written or oral, and including amendments thereto.
“ Copyrights ”
means copyrights and other works of authorship and registrations
and renewals therefore.
“ Damages ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a)(i) .
“ Effective Time ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .
“ Encumbrance ”
means any security interest, pledge, hypothecation, mortgage, lien
or encumbrance, other than any licenses of Intellectual
Property.
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“ Excluded Assets
” means any Assets whether or not relating to the Product,
other than the Purchased Assets.
“ Excluded Intellectual
Property ” means all rights, title and interest of Seller
in and to Intellectual Property, whether now existing or hereafter
developed or acquired (including the Seller Brands) other than the
Product Intellectual Property.
“ Excluded Liabilities
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4
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“ Execution Date ”
means the date set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ FDA ” means the
United States Food and Drug Administration, or any successor agency
thereto.
“ GAAP ” means
United States generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Governmental Authority
” means any nation or government, any provincial, state,
regional, local or other political subdivision thereof, any
supranational organization of sovereign states, and any entity,
department, commission, bureau, agency, authority, board, court,
official or officer, domestic or foreign, exercising executive,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government.
“ Health Canada ”
means the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada, or any
successor thereto.
“ HSR Act ” means
the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Intellectual Property
” means all intellectual property rights arising under the
laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction, including
Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents, whether registered or
unregistered, and all applications and registrations therefor,
Know-How, confidential information, trade secrets, and similar
proprietary rights in confidential inventions, discoveries,
analytic models, improvements, processes, techniques, devices,
methods, patterns, formulations and specifications.
“ Inventory ”
means the inventories of (a) finished Product,
(b) components and materials included in the Product,
(c) stability lot batches of the Product and
(d) demonstration units and other samples of the Product, in
each case, as described on Schedule 1.1(b)
hereto.
“ IRS ” means the
Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
“ Knowledge ”
means, with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge, after
reasonable investigation (which investigation is not required to
include any freedom to operate analysis), of the Persons set forth
on Schedule 1.1(c) hereto.
“ Know-How ” means
know-how, inventions, discoveries, methods, processes, technical
data, specifications, designs, drawings, research and development
information, technology, data
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bases
and all other proprietary or confidential information, including
customer lists, pricing and cost information, and business and
marketing plans and proposals.
“ Law ” means each
provision of any currently existing federal, provincial, state,
local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, order, code, rule or
regulation, promulgated or issued by any Governmental Authority, as
well as any judgments, decrees, injunctions or agreements issued or
entered into by any Governmental Authority.
“ Liability ”
means, collectively, any indebtedness, guaranty, endorsement,
claim, loss, damage, deficiency, cost, expense, obligation or
responsibility, fixed or unfixed, known or unknown, choate or
inchoate, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, direct
or indirect, matured or unmatured, or absolute, contingent or
otherwise, including any product liability.
“ Losses ” means,
with respect to any claim or matter, all losses, expenses,
obligations and other Liabilities or other damages (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether known
or unknown, or due or to become due or otherwise), diminution in
value, monetary damages, fines, fees, penalties, interest
obligations, deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts
paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators,
fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and
other experts, and other expenses of litigation).
“ Material Adverse
Change ” means any change, occurrence, condition, event
or effect that is materially adverse to (i) the business of
developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and otherwise
exploiting the Product and the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole,
but shall exclude any change, occurrence, condition, event or
effect resulting or arising solely from: (a) events, changes,
effects or circumstances that generally affect the industries in
which Seller operates or the manufacture of products in such
industry (including legal and regulatory changes), (b) general
economic or political conditions or events, circumstances, changes
or effects affecting the securities markets generally,
(c) changes caused by a material worsening of current
conditions caused by acts of terrorism or war (whether or not
declared) occurring after the date hereof, (d) changes in GAAP
or regulatory accounting requirements, (e) changes arising
from (A) the consummation of the Transaction or (B) the
announcement of the execution of this Agreement or the Related
Agreements, or (f) any circumstance, change or effect that
results from any action taken pursuant to or in accordance with
this Agreement, the Related Agreements or at the request of
Purchaser; provided that any changes, occurrences,
conditions, events or effects of the nature described in clauses
(a), (b), (c) or (d) shall only be excluded so long as
they do not have a disproportionate effect on the business of
developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and otherwise
exploiting the Product, taken as a whole, as compared to the effect
on the business of other Persons in the industries in which Seller
operates; or (ii) the ability of Seller and Parent to timely
perform their obligations hereunder and to consummate the
Transaction.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any change, occurrence, condition, event
or effect that is materially adverse to (i) the business of
developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and otherwise
exploiting the Product and the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole,
or (ii) the ability of Seller and Parent to timely perform
their obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transaction, but
as to each of (i) and (ii) above shall exclude any
change, occurrence, condition, event or effect resulting or arising
solely from any circumstance, change or effect that results
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any action required to be taken in accordance with this Agreement
or at the request of Purchaser.
“ Medical Product Regulatory
Authority ” means any Governmental Authority that is
concerned with the safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacture,
investigation, sale or marketing of pharmaceuticals, medical
products, biologics or biopharmaceuticals, including the FDA.
“ NDA ” means FDA
NDA 21-794, as supplemented by the approved supplements to that
submission, including NDA 21-794 S-001 through S-005 and the final
approved package insert and patient information leaflet.
“ NDS ” means
Health Canada NDS 096348 (Original Product Monograph).
“ Other Transactions
” means, with respect to Seller or its Affiliates (and
excluding the transfer of Purchased Assets contemplated by this
Agreement), (a) any merger, consolidation, recapitalization or
other direct or indirect business combination involving Seller or
its Affiliates, (b) the issuance or acquisition of shares of
capital stock or other equity securities of Seller or its
Affiliates, (c) any tender or exchange offer for the capital
stock or other equity securities of Seller or its Affiliates,
(d) any dividend or distribution by Seller or its Affiliates
to Seller’s or its Affiliates’ stockholders, or
(e) the acquisition, license, purchase or other disposition of
any of the Assets of Seller or its Affiliates outside the ordinary
course of business.
“ Outside Date ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(a)(ii) .
“ Parent ” means
QLT Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of
British Columbia, Canada.
“ Party ” or
“ Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the
first paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Patents ” means
United States and foreign patents, patent applications, patent
disclosures, invention disclosures, rights in respect of utility
models or industrial designs and other rights relating to the
protection of inventions worldwide and all rights related thereto,
including all reissues, reexaminations, revisions, divisionals,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions or renewals of any
of the foregoing.
“ Permitted Encumbrances
” means (a) statutory liens for current Taxes not yet
due and payable and (b) mechanics’, carriers’,
workers’, repairers’ and other similar liens arising or
incurred in the ordinary course of business relating to obligations
as to which there is no default on the part of Seller, or pledges,
deposits or other liens securing the performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases or statutory obligations (including
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social
security legislation), and (c) all other Encumbrances that
have not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust or unincorporated organization or
Governmental Authority.
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“ Post-Closing Tax
Period ” means any Tax period beginning after the Closing
Date and that portion of a Straddle Period beginning after the
Closing Date.
“ Pre-Closing Tax Period
” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date
and that portion of any Straddle Period ending on the Closing
Date.
“ Prior Agreements
” means, collectively, the Prior Research Agreement and the
Prior License Agreement.
“ Prior License
Agreement ” means the Agreement set forth on
Schedule 4.5(f).1.
“ Prior Research
Agreement ” means the Agreement set forth on
Schedule 4.5(f).2.
“ Product ” means
the topical gel formulation of dapsone known as Aczone®.
“ Product Branding
Materials ” means those branding materials for the
Product set forth on Schedule 1.1(d) hereto.
“ Product Copyrights
” means those Copyrights set forth on
Schedule 1.1(e) hereto.
“ Product Domain Names
” means those domain names set forth on
Schedule 1.1(e) hereto.
“ Product Intellectual
Property ” means the Product Patent Rights, Product
Copyrights, Product Domain Names, Product Know-How, Product Marks,
and Product Trade Dress.
“ Product Know-How
” means all Know-How owned by Seller or its Affiliates
primarily or exclusively related to the Product, including such
Know-How which is or becomes the subject of or is included in a
Patent.
“ Product Mark(s)
” means the Trademarks set forth on
Schedule 1.1(f) hereto.
“ Product Patent Rights
” means those Patents set forth on
Schedule 1.1(g) hereto.
“ Product Records
” means to the extent permitted by Law, all books and records
that relate primarily or exclusively to the Product or the
Purchased Assets, including copies of all material supplier lists,
marketing studies, consultant reports, invention disclosures,
laboratory notebooks and records, physician databases and
correspondence (excluding invoices) with respect to or related to
the Product or the Purchased Assets, to the extent maintained by or
in the possession of Seller or its Affiliates or their agents (to
the extent owned by Seller or its Affiliates), and all complaint
files and adverse event files with respect to the Product,
provided, however, that (i) all books, documents,
records and files (A) prepared in connection with or relating
to the Transaction, including bids received from other parties and
strategic, financial or Tax analyses relating to the divestiture of
the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and the Product, or
(B) maintained by Seller and/or its representatives, agents or
licensees in connection with their respective ongoing Tax, legal,
regulatory or reporting requirements, and (ii) any attorney
work product, attorney-client communications and other items
protected by privilege shall be excluded; provided, further,
that Seller may retain a copy of any books and records that
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constitute Product Records to the extent necessary for Tax,
accounting, litigation or other valid business purposes or to the
extent such books and records relate to the Product. In furtherance
of the foregoing, Seller shall be entitled to redact from any such
books and records that constitute Product Records any information
that is not primarily or exclusively related to the Product or the
Purchased Assets and such redacted information shall not constitute
a Product Record.
“ Product Trade Dress
” means the trade dress, package designs, product inserts,
labels, logos and associated artwork set forth on
Schedule 1.1(h) hereto.
“ Property Taxes ”
means all real property Taxes, personal property Taxes and similar
ad valorem Taxes.
“ PTO ” means the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, or any successor agency
thereto.
“ Purchase Price ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6 .
“ Purchased Assets
” means, collectively, Assigned Contracts, Inventory,
Registrations, Product Records, Product Intellectual Property and
Product Branding Materials.
“ Purchaser ” has
the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Registrations ”
means the regulatory approvals, franchises, authorizations,
licenses, certificates, applications, agreements, permits,
exemptions, and other permissions (including the NDA, the NDS and
investigational new drug applications) issued by Governmental
Authorities in the Territory and held by Seller as set forth on
Schedule 1.1(i) hereto.
“ Related Agreements
” means, collectively, the Assignment of Product Intellectual
Property, the Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
the SMP Patent License Agreement and the Short Form Patent
Assignment.
“ Representatives
” means, with respect to any Person, the directors, officers,
managers, employees, independent contractors, agents or consultants
of such Person.
“ SEC ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Seller ” has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Seller Bank Account(s)
” means one or more bank accounts in the United States to be
designated by Seller in a written notice to Purchaser at least
three (3) Business Days before the Closing.
“ Seller Brands ”
means the Trademarks, housemarks, tradenames and trade dress owned
or used by Seller, whether or not registered, other than the
Product Marks.
“ Seller Disclosure
Schedule ” means the disclosure schedules delivered by
Seller to Purchaser on the Execution Date of this Agreement
specifically identifying the section or subsection to which such
disclosure relates (it being expressly agreed that disclosure of
any item,
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matter,
document or agreement under any Section or subsection in such
Seller Disclosure Schedule, or in attachments thereto, shall be
deemed disclosure for all purposes of any other sections or
subsections of Article IV to the extent that the
applicability of such disclosure to such other section or
subsection is reasonably apparent on the face of such
disclosure).
“ Seller Nondisclosure and
Invention Assignment Agreements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.5(e).
“ Seller Taxes ”
means, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Liability
for Taxes of Seller, including Taxes (i) arising from or
imposed with respect to the Purchased Assets attributable to any
Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) of Seller for any period which
Taxes are not related to the Purchased Assets; (iii) of Seller
that will arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement; (iv) of another Person as a transferee, as the
result of having been a member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary group or otherwise through operation of law;
and (v) as a result of being a party to any tax sharing, tax
indemnity or tax allocation agreement. For the avoidance of doubt,
any Tax of Seller that would otherwise be described in the
foregoing sentence shall not fail to be a Seller Tax solely by
reason of (i) the assessment or imposition of such Tax by a
Governmental Authority against Purchaser or (ii) the fact that
such Tax gives rise to an Encumbrance for Taxes on the Purchased
Assets.
“ Short Form Patent
Assignment ” means the Short Form Patent Assignment,
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
.
“ SMP Patent License
Agreement ” means the agreement between Seller and
Purchaser relating to the license of SMP Technology by Seller to
Purchaser in substantially the form agreed to as of the Execution
Date.
“ SMP Technology ”
has the meaning set forth in the SMP Patent License
Agreement.
“ Straddle Period
” means any Tax period beginning on or before and ending
after the Closing Date.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person, any and all corporations,
partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures,
associations and other entities controlled by such Person.
“ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means any and all taxes, assessments, levies,
tariffs, duties or other charges or impositions in the nature of a
tax (together with any and all interest, penalties, additions to
tax and additional amounts imposed with respect thereto) imposed by
any Governmental Authority, including income, estimated income,
gross receipts, profits, business, license, occupation, franchise,
capital stock, real or personal property, sales, use, transfer,
value added, employment or unemployment, social security,
disability, alternative or add-on minimum, customs, excise, stamp,
environmental, commercial rent or withholding taxes.
“ Tax Return ”
means any report, return (including any information return), claim
for refund, election, estimated Tax filing or payment, request for
extension, document, declaration or other information or filing
required to be supplied to any Governmental Authority with respect
to Taxes, including attachments thereto and amendments
thereof.
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“ Territory ”
means worldwide.
“ Trademark ”
means trademarks, service marks, certification marks, trade dress,
Internet domain names, trade names, identifying symbols, designs,
product names, company names, slogans, logos or insignia, whether
registered or unregistered, and all common law rights, applications
for registration, registrations and renewals therefor, and all
goodwill associated therewith.
“ Transaction ”
means the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the
Related Agreements.
“ Transfer Taxes ”
means any and all transfer, documentary, sales, use, gross
receipts, stamp, registration, value added, recording, escrow and
other similar Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest)
incurred in connection with the Transaction (including recording
and escrow fees and any real property or leasehold interest
transfer or gains Tax and any similar Tax).
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions .
(a) When
a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section,
Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of,
or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated.
(b) The
words “hereof,” “herein,”
“hereto” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement.
(c) The
terms defined in the singular has a comparable meaning when used in
the plural, and vice versa.
(d) Words
of one gender include the other gender.
(e) References
to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.
(f) The
term “dollars” and “$” means United States
dollars.
(g) The
word “including” means “including without
limitation” and the words “include” and
“includes” have corresponding meanings.
(h) Unless
the context clearly requires otherwise, “or” is not
exclusive.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1
Transfer of Purchased Assets .
(a)
Purchase and Sale of Purchased Assets . At the Effective
Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof and in
consideration of the Purchase Price paid to
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Seller
by Purchaser, Seller will sell, convey, transfer, assign and
deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase, take delivery of
and acquire from Seller, all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the Purchased Assets. In connection with the
sale and transfer of the Inventory, Purchaser shall provide to
Seller a resale certificate or any such other instruments or
documentation to the extent applicable to prevent Purchaser from
paying State of Colorado sales and use Taxes with respect to the
Inventory.
(b)
Transferred Assets . Without limiting the foregoing, the
Purchased Assets shall include, wherever located, (i) all
goodwill related thereto, (ii) all rights, credits, interests
and claims against third parties relating to the Purchased Assets
and the Assumed Liabilities, whether choate or inchoate, known or
unknown, contingent or non-contingent, (iii) insurance
proceeds received by Seller or its Affiliates with respect to
claims related to the Purchased Assets and (iv) all fees and
expenses pre-paid by Seller (A) under any Assigned Contract,
or (B) with respect to any Registrations, or (C) to any
Governmental Authority with respect to any of the Product
Intellectual Property.
(c)
Acknowledgment . For the avoidance of doubt, and without
limiting in any way the definition of “Purchased
Assets,” Seller acknowledges and agrees that the Purchased
Assets are intended to include:
(i) all
material Contracts relating primarily or exclusively to the
Product, other than those Contracts set forth on
Schedule 4.11(b);
(ii) all
Registrations owned by Seller and its Affiliates related primarily
or exclusively to the Product or the Product Intellectual
Property;
(iii) all
intellectual property rights included in the definition of Product
Intellectual Property (other than Product Know-How) primarily or
exclusively related to the Product or the SMP Technology, in each
case owned or in-licensed by Seller or its Affiliates;
(iv) Product
Branding Materials owned by Seller or its Affiliates;
(v) Product
Know-How;
(vi) Inventory;
and
(vii) Product
Records.
2.2
Excluded Assets . The Parties acknowledge and agree that
Seller is not selling, conveying, transferring, assigning or
delivering any rights whatsoever to the Excluded Assets to
Purchaser, and Purchaser is not purchasing, taking delivery of or
acquiring any rights whatsoever to the Excluded Assets from Seller.
Without limiting the foregoing, Purchaser expressly acknowledges it
is not acquiring any rights whatsoever to, and the following are
included within the definition of “Excluded
Assets”:
(a) the
Excluded Intellectual Property, including the Seller Brands thereof
and any other logos or Trademarks of Seller not included in the
Product Intellectual Property;
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(b) any
cash and cash equivalent balances of Seller as of the Closing
Date;
(c) any
fees and expenses pre-paid by Seller (i) under any Contract
that is not an Assigned Contract, or (ii) with respect to the
registration of any of Seller’s Intellectual Property other
than the Product Intellectual Property, or (iii) otherwise for
the period prior to the Closing Date to the extent not included in
Section 2.1(b)(iv) ;
(d) any
minute books, Tax Returns or other corporate documents or books and
records of Seller that are not included in the Product
Records;
(e) any
claim, right or interest of Seller in and to any Tax refund or
credit for any period;
(f) any
Contracts set forth on Schedule 4.11(b);
(g) any
inventory not included in the definition of
“Inventory”; and
(h) any
equipment located at Parent’s facilities in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada used to store stability samples or to test
such samples.
2.3
Assumed Liabilities . As of the Effective Time, Purchaser
shall assume and pay, perform or otherwise discharge, in accordance
with their respective terms and subject to the respective
conditions thereof, only the following Liabilities (collectively,
the “ Assumed Liabilities ”):
(a) any
Liability arising on or after the Closing Date under any Assigned
Contract that may occur and/or exist after the Effective Time by
virtue of Purchaser’s ownership of the Purchased
Assets;
(b) any
Liability arising on or after the Closing Date under any Assigned
Contract, including any Liability under any Assigned Contract which
was entered into by Seller after the Execution Date in accordance
with this Agreement;
(c) any
Liability for Taxes arising from or imposed with respect to the
Purchased Assets attributable to any Post-Closing Tax Period;
(d) any
Liability that Purchaser has expressly assumed or agreed to assume
under this Agreement; and
(e) any
other Liability specifically and to the extent set forth on
Schedule 2.3 hereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser is not assuming, and
Seller shall retain, as an Excluded Liability, any Liability
arising with respect to any default of Seller under any Assigned
Contract or with respect to any Liability that arises out of or is
based on or calculated on the basis of any event, circumstance or
condition existing on or before the Effective Time. For avoidance
of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.3 is intended to,
or shall be interpreted to, limit or otherwise reduce the
Liabilities of Purchaser as they may occur and/or exist after the
Effective Time by
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virtue
of Purchaser’s ownership of the Purchased Assets, but rather,
this Section 2.3 is solely intended to identify and provide
for the assumption by Purchaser of those Liabilities of Seller that
are specifically assumed by Purchaser hereunder and which, but for
such assumption, would remain Liabilities of Seller.
2.4
Excluded Liabilities . Seller shall retain and shall be
responsible for paying, performing and discharging when due, and
Purchaser shall not assume or have any responsibility for, any and
all Liabilities of Seller other than the Assumed Liabilities,
including the following Liabilities (the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”):
(a) any
Liabilities exclusively relating to or arising out of the Excluded
Assets;
(b) any
Liabilities of Seller owing to Parent, including any indebtedness
for borrowed money owed to any Affiliate of Seller, and any
Contract evidencing any such financing arrangement, in each case,
whether such Liability arises before, on or after the Closing
Date;
(c)
Seller’s obligations under this Agreement; and
(d) any
Liability for Seller Taxes.
2.5
Consent of Third Parties . On the Closing Date, Seller shall
assign to Purchaser, and Purchaser will assume, the Assigned
Contracts, in each case to the extent permitted by, and in
accordance with, applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, but subject to Purchaser’s rights under
Section 7.2(e) , if the assignment or assumption of all
or any portion of any rights or obligations under any Assigned
Contract shall require the consent of any other party thereto or
any other third party that has not been obtained prior to the
Closing Date, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to
assign, license, sublicense, lease, sublease, convey or otherwise
transfer any rights or obligations under any such Assigned Contract
if an attempted assignment without any such consent would
constitute a breach or violation thereof, unless and until such
consent is obtained. In order, however, to seek to provide
Purchaser the full realization and value of every Assigned Contract
of the character described in the immediately preceding sentence
(i) as soon as practicable after the Closing, Seller and
Purchaser shall cooperate, in all commercially reasonable respects,
to obtain any necessary consents to the assignment of such Assigned
Contracts, provided that no Party shall be required to make
any material payments or agree to any material undertakings in
connection therewith, and (ii) until the earliest of:
(A) the date all such consents are obtained, (B) the date
all such Assigned Contracts expire or are terminated or
(C) the date which is six (6) months from the Closing
Date, Seller and Purchaser shall cooperate, in all commercially
reasonable respects, to provide to Purchaser the benefits under
such Assigned Contracts (with Purchaser being entitled to all the
gains and responsible for all Losses, Taxes and Liabilities
realized or incurred thereunder from the Closing Date until the
expiration of such period if Purchaser receives the benefits
thereunder). In connection with this Section 2.5 , if
reasonably requested by Purchaser, Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to seek to enforce for the benefit of Purchaser
all reasonable claims or rights of Seller arising under the
applicable Assigned Contracts at Purchaser’s expense;
provided, that Purchaser shall indemnify Seller and its
Affiliates for any
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and all
Losses arising in connection with any Action by a third party
arising from, in connection with or otherwise with respect to
actions taken or failed to be taken by Seller or any of its
Affiliates consistent with Purchaser’s request and direction
under this Section 2.5 . Provided that Purchaser
receives the benefits thereunder, Purchaser shall perform and
comply with, at Purchaser’s cost, all of Seller’s
obligations incurred during such period under such Assigned
Contracts as if Purchaser were Seller thereunder. Promptly after
any required consents to assignment are obtained for any such
Assigned Contracts, Seller shall assign and transfer such Assigned
Contract to Purchaser without any further payment or
consideration.
2.6
Purchase Price . In consideration of the sale,
assignment, conveyance and delivery of the Purchased Assets under
this Article II , Purchaser shall, upon the Closing,
assume the Assumed Liabilities and pay to Seller, by wire transfer
of immediately available funds directly to the Seller Bank
Account(s), $150,000,000 (the “ Purchase Price
”).
2.7
Allocation of Purchase Price . The Purchase Price (plus
Assumed Liabilities to the extent properly taken into account under
the Code) shall be allocated among the Purchased Assets (other than
the Inventory) and the Inventory as set forth on Schedule 2.7
hereto and in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations. To the extent the Purchase Price is adjusted
pursuant to Section 10.9 or otherwise, Purchaser and
Seller shall amend such schedule to reflect such adjustments.
Purchaser and Seller shall file their Tax Returns (and IRS Form(s)
8594, as applicable) on the basis of such allocation, as it may be
amended, and neither Party shall thereafter take a Tax Return
position inconsistent with such allocation unless otherwise
required by applicable Law.
2.8
Risk of Loss . Until the Effective Time, any loss of or
damage to the Purchased Assets from fire, flood, casualty or any
other similar occurrence shall be the sole responsibility of
Seller. As of the Effective Time, title to the Purchased Assets
shall be transferred to Purchaser. After the Effective Time,
Purchaser shall bear all risk of loss associated with the Purchased
Assets and shall be solely responsible for procuring adequate
insurance to protect the Purchased Assets against any such
loss.
ARTICLE III
CLOSING
3.1
Closing . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement, the Closing shall be held on a date to be specified
by the Parties, such date (the “ Closing Date ”)
to be no later than the third Business Day after satisfaction or
waiver of all of the conditions set forth in
Article VII at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP,
140 Scott Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025, unless the Parties
otherwise agree. The Parties will exchange (or cause to be
exchanged) at the Closing the funds, agreements, instruments,
certificates and other documents, and do, or cause to be done, all
of the things respectively required of each Party as specified in
this Agreement. The Closing shall be deemed to have occurred at
12:01 a.m. Colorado time on the Closing Date (the “
Effective Time ”).
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3.2
Transactions at Closing . At the Closing, on the terms and
subject to the conditions hereof:
(a) Seller’s Actions and
Deliveries . Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser:
(i) title
to the Inventory, which Inventory Seller shall deliver to Purchaser
at the locations set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) ;
(ii)
executed counterparts of each of the Related Agreements to which it
is a party;
(iii)
possession of all tangible Purchased Assets, including originals of
the Assigned Contracts, Registrations, Product Records and Product
Branding Materials to the extent reasonably available;
(iv)
letter(s) and completed form(s) from Seller to the FDA and each
other Medical Product Regulatory Authority in the form and
including the content required under the Act and other applicable
Laws, and duly executed by Seller, transferring the rights to the
Registrations to Purchaser, including those contemplated by
Section 6.3(b) ;
(v)
a certificate of a duly authorized
officer of Seller certifying as to the matters set forth in
Sections 7.2(a) and (b) ; and
(vi)
such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary
to effect or evidence the Transaction.
(b) Purchaser’s Actions and
Deliveries . Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered
to Seller:
(i) the
Purchase Price in full by wire transfer of immediately available
funds directly to the Seller Bank Account(s);
(ii)
executed counterparts of each of the Related Agreements to which it
is a party;
(iii)
letter(s) from Seller to the FDA and each other Medical Product
Regulatory Authority in the form and including the content required
under the Act and other applicable Laws, and duly executed by
Purchaser, assuming responsibility for Registrations from Seller,
including those contemplated by Section 6.3(b) , and
forms completed by Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.3(b)
;
(iv)
a certificate of a duly authorized officer of Purchaser certifying
as to the matters set forth in Sections 7.3(a) and
(b) ; and
(v)
such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary
to effect or evidence the Transaction.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Except as otherwise set forth on the
Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller hereby represents and warrants
to Purchaser as of the Execution Date as follows:
4.1
Organization and Qualification . Seller is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease, license and operate, as applicable, the
Purchased Assets. Seller is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
corporation to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of the Product and
the Purchased Assets, or the nature of the activities conducted by
Seller, makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except in
each case, for any such failures that would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Seller does not have any Subsidiaries other than Atrix
Laboratories GmbH. Seller is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Parent.
4.2
Due Authorization . Seller has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under
this Agreement and the Related Agreements, and the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Related Agreements and the
performance of all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have
been duly authorized by Seller and Parent, and no other corporate
proceedings are required for Seller to execute, deliver and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and the Related
Agreements.
4.3
No Conflicts; Enforceability . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Related Agreements by Seller,
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (a) are not prohibited or limited by, and will not
result in the breach of or a default under, any provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of Seller, (b) assuming
all of the consents, approvals, authorizations and permits
described in Section 4.7 have been obtained and all the
filings and notifications described in Section 4.7 have
been made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or
expired, does not materially conflict with or materially violate
any material Law applicable to Seller, the Product or any of the
Purchased Assets, and (c) except as set forth on
Schedule 4.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, does
not conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or
without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under,
result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any
party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, require any notice,
consent or waiver under, or result in the creation of any
Encumbrance on any of the Purchased Assets pursuant to, any
agreement or other instrument binding on Seller or any applicable
order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or Governmental
Authority or arbitrator to which Seller is a party or by which
Seller is bound or to which any of its Assets is subject, except in
the case of subsection (c) above, for any such breaches,
defaults or other occurrences that have not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement and the Related Agreements
have been duly executed and delivered by Seller, and constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against
Seller in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforceability may be limited or affected by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other laws of general
application relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally.
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4.4
Title; Sufficiency of Assets .
(a)
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule,
Seller owns, leases, licenses or has the right to use the Purchased
Assets.
(b)
Schedule 4.4(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a complete and accurate list of all Purchased Assets leased
or licensed by Seller from any other Person (including Parent and
any other Affiliate of Seller). Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no
other Person has any right, title or interest in any of the
Purchased Assets.
(c)
Seller has, and subject to obtaining
any consents required by this Agreement, at the Closing will
transfer to Purchaser, good, valid and transferable title to (or in
the case of any leased or licensed Purchased Assets listed on
Schedule 4.4(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, a
valid lease in or license to) the Purchased Assets, free and clear
of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances. Seller has
the valid and exclusive right to possess, use and transfer the
Purchased Assets; in each case, which right shall be fully
transferred to Purchaser at the Closing pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement.
(d)
The Purchased Assets constitute
(i) all of the Assets of Seller and its Affiliates relating
primarily or exclusively to the Product and (ii) all of the
Assets of Seller and its Affiliates that are material and necessary
to the development and manufacture of the Product, provided
that for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii): (A) Seller
makes no representation as to the volume of Product that may be
manufactured using only the Purchased Assets; (B) the
following are excluded from “Assets”: (x) the
Assets set forth in Section 2.2 and (y) records not
included in the definition of Product Records; and (C) as to
Contracts, the Purchased Assets include the material Contracts to
which Seller or any Affiliate thereof is a party relating primarily
or exclusively to the Product, other than those Contracts set forth
on Schedule 4.11(b).
4.5
Intellectual Property .
(a)
Schedule 4.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets
forth a true and complete list of all Product Patent Rights,
registered Product Marks, applications for registration of Product
Marks, registered Product Trade Dress, applications for
registration of Product Trade Dress, material unregistered Product
Trade Dress, Product Domain Names, registered Product Copyrights,
applications for registration of Product Copyrights and material
unregistered Product Marks owned by Seller (collectively, the
“ Scheduled Intellectual Property ”), including
all applicable information regarding the territory of any
registration, or the status of any registration and/or
application.
Schedule 4.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the due date for all actions pending as of the Execution Date to be
taken before relevant patent and trademark authorities with respect
to such Scheduled Intellectual Property in the one (1) year
following the Execution Date, which listing shall be limited to
Seller’s Knowledge with respect to jurisdictions other than
the U.S. and Canada. Except as set forth in
Schedule 4.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule,
Seller exclusively owns, free and clear of all Encumbrances, all
right, title and interest in and to, all Scheduled Intellectual
Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule, to Seller’s Knowledge, all of the
Scheduled Intellectual Property is valid, subsisting and
enforceable. To Seller’s Knowledge, there are no facts
(including any material
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art not disclosed to the applicable registering or granting
authority in connection with any registered Trademarks or granted
Patents, or applications for Trademarks or Patents, in each case
included in the Scheduled Intellectual Property), that would
invalidate or render unenforceable any Patents or Trademarks
included in the Scheduled Intellectual Property. Seller (including
its Affiliates and predecessors in interest, as applicable) has
properly represented its entity status to the PTO and to the
applicable patent or intellectual property registering authority in
connection with the prosecution and maintenance fees related to any
registered Patents or applications for Patents, respectively, in
each case included in the Scheduled Intellectual Property. To
Seller’s Knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule
4.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, Seller (including its
Affiliates and predecessors in interest) has paid all maintenance
fees and made all filings (including all renewals, statements of
use, affidavits of continued use and affidavits of
incontestability, as applicable) when due (with the due date
including any permitted extensions of fee payment dates and filing
dates, as applicable).
(b)
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.5(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no
claim has been asserted or threatened, and Seller has not received
any written notice, that the use or exploitation by Seller of any
Product Intellectual Property infringes or misappropriates the
Intellectual Property of any third party and, to Seller’s
Knowledge, there is no reasonable basis for any such claim. Except
as set forth on Schedule 4.5(b) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, to Seller’s Knowledge, there is no
reasonable basis for any claim that the making, having made, use,
offer for sale, import or sale of the Product by Seller or its
agents (or use of the Product in accordance with its intended use)
infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any third
party. There are no written claims (including interferences,
oppositions or cancellation actions) against Seller that were
either made after November 19, 2004 or are presently pending
or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, contesting the
validity, ownership or enforceability of any of the Scheduled
Intellectual Property or, solely as to the Product Marks,
contesting the use or registrability of such Product Marks, and, to
the Knowledge of Seller, no third party is infringing or
misappropriating any of the Product Intellectual Property, except
as set forth on Schedule 4.5(b) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule. The Scheduled Intellectual Property is not
subject to any outstanding Order restricting the use thereof. In
the last twelve (12) months, Seller has not taken any action
(or failed to take any action) that has resulted in the loss,
lapse, abandonment, invalidity or unenforceability of any of the
Product Intellectual Property, except as set forth on
Schedule 4.5(b) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule.
(c)
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5(c) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, (i) Seller (including its Affiliates and
predecessors in interest) has not granted any licenses to the
Product Intellectual Property to third parties; and
(ii) neither Seller nor, to Seller’s Knowledge, any
other Person, is party to any Contract with third parties that
limit or restrict the use of the Product Intellectual Property or
require any payments for their use.
(d)
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Related
Agreements and the consummation of the Transaction will not
(i) result in Seller (including its Affiliates and
predecessors in interest) granting to any Person, other than
Purchaser, any rights or licenses to any Product Intellectual
Property, except as set forth on Schedule 4.5(d) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule, or (ii) impair the right, title or
interest of Purchaser in or to any of the Product Intellectual
Property or result in any modification of rights and obligations
under any Assigned Contract or any other Contract to which Seller
is a party, such that Purchaser’s use of the
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Purchased Assets is subject to restrictions, impairments or
payments that did not apply to Seller’s use of such Purchased
Assets in such manner prior to the Closing Date.
(e)
Seller (including its Affiliates and
predecessors in interest) has taken all reasonable steps to protect
the Product Know-How, including requiring each current and former
employee and independent contractor of Seller (including its
Affiliates and predecessors in interest) that contributed to the
Product Intellectual Property to enter into agreements with Seller
(including its Affiliates and predecessors in interest) pursuant to
which he, she or it agrees to protect the confidential information
of Seller (including its Affiliates and predecessors in interest)
and assign (and has assigned) to Seller all Intellectual Property
related to the Product created in the course of his, her or its
employment or other relationship with Seller (including its
Affiliates and predecessors in interest) to the extent permitted by
applicable Law (collectively, “ Seller Nondisclosure and
Invention Assignment Agreements ”).
(f)
With respect to the Prior Agreements, Seller hereby represents and
warrants that:
(i)
The formulation of the Product that is the subject of the approvals
by the FDA set forth on Schedule 1.1(i) was developed in all
material respects prior to the effective date of the Prior
Agreements;
(ii)
The Patents set forth on Schedule 4.5(f)(ii) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule and all foreign counterparts of such
Patents, claim inventions that were conceived and reduced to
practice prior to the effective date of the Prior Agreements, and
none of Prior Party’s employees or consultants, in their
capacities as such, is an inventor of any of the inventions claimed
in the Product Patent Rights or contributed to the Product or
Purchased Assets;
(iii)
The Prior Research Agreement, as extended by the parties on the
date set forth on Schedule 4.5(f)(iii) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule, terminated in accordance with its terms on the
date set forth on Schedule 4.5(f)(iii) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedule;
(iv)
Seller has and will maintain until six (6) years following the
expiration or termination of the last to expire Patent included in
the Purchased Assets all copies of written materials that were
generated by Seller or provided to Seller in connection with the
Prior Research Agreement, including any Exploratory Development
Program Plans and Research Plans (as such plans are defined in the
Prior Research Agreement), and any reports generated under the
Prior Research Agreement pursuant to the section set forth on
Schedule 4.5(f)(iv) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule;
(v)
Prior Party has not paid any
royalties or other compensation to Seller (including its Affiliates
or predecessors-in-interest) under the Prior License Agreement with
respect to the Product or the Purchased Assets or products using or
practicing any of the Purchased Assets, and no such royalties or
compensation
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are owed under
the Prior License Agreement with respect to the to the Product or
the Purchased Assets or products using or practicing any of the
Purchased Assets;
(vi)
There was no Technology (as defined in
Schedule 4.5(f)(vi) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule)
developed under the Prior Research Agreement that includes or
relates to the Product or Purchased Assets;
(vii)
There was no disclosure of any Inventions (as defined in the Prior
Research Agreement) relating to the Product or Purchased Assets by
either party to the Prior Research Agreement in accordance with the
section of that Research Agreement set forth on
Schedule 4.5(f)(vii) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule;
(viii)
There were no more than that number of Candidates (as defined in
Schedule 4.5(f)(viii) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedule) set forth in Schedule 4.5(f)(viii) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedule provided by Prior Party to Seller
(including its Affiliates and predecessors-in-interest) under the
Prior Research Agreement;
(ix)
No Candidates provided by Prior Party to Seller (including its
Affiliates and predecessors-in-interest) pursuant to the Prior
Research Agreement, or derivatives of such Candidates:
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were ever identified, tested or utilized under the Prior
Research Agreement in connection with the Product or the Purchased
Assets; |
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include Dapsone or a derivative of Dapsone; |
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have been or will be used to treat acne utilizing any of the
Product Intellectual Property; or |
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have been or will be applied topically utilizing any of the
Product Intellectual Property. |
4.6
Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there is no Action pending or,
to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened , and there is no claim,
governmental investigation or administrative action pending or, or
to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened involving Seller (or to
Seller’s Knowledge, any third party) (i) related to or
affecting the Product or the Purchased Assets which has had or
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that would
prohibit, hinder, delay or otherwise impair Seller’s ability
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or under the
Related Agreements, including the transfer of the Product and the
Purchased Assets, o
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