EXHIBIT
10.1
SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE
AGREEMENT
THIS SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (the
“Settlement Agreement”), made and entered into this
15th day of February, 2007, is by and between Cytogen Corporation
(“Cytogen”) and Advanced Magnetics, Inc.
(“AMI”)(collectively, the
“Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Cytogen
and AMI currently are engaged in a dispute, and are parties to a
certain civil action pending in the Superior Court Department of
the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the
“Court”), entitled Cytogen Corporation v. Advanced
Magnetics, Inc. , Civil Action No. 06-0313-BLS2 (hereinafter
the “Lawsuit”);
WHEREAS, in the Lawsuit, the Parties have
asserted various claims and counterclaims against each
other;
WHEREAS, the Parties deny the allegations set
forth by the other in the Lawsuit;
WHEREAS, the
Parties to this Settlement Agreement recognize that in order to
avoid further costs and uncertainty in connection with the Lawsuit,
it is in their respective best interests to compromise and thereby
terminate and conclude the Lawsuit and all disputes between
them.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants expressed herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned parties to this
Settlement Agreement mutually agree and contract with each other,
as follows:
By no later than
three (3) business days following the full execution of this
Settlement Agreement, AMI shall pay to Cytogen a sum total of four
million U.S. dollars (USD$4,000,000.00) by certified check or wire
transfer (the “Settlement Amount”).
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2.
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RELEASE OF
ESCROWED SHARES .
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By no later than
ten (10) business days following the full execution of this
Settlement Agreement, the Parties shall jointly and in writing
inform ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the
“Escrow
Agent”) that the License
Agreement has been mutually terminated by the Parties and instruct
the Escrow Agent to release and transfer to Cytogen the 50,000
shares (formerly 500,000 shares) of Cytogen stock (the "Escrow
Shares"), and any dividends or other distributions comprising the
Additional Escrow Fund currently being held by the Escrow Agent
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement by and among Cytogen and AMI and
the Escrow Agent, dated as of August 25, 2000 (the “Escrow
Agreement”). If required by the Escrow Agent, Cytogen and AMI
shall also execute and provide any further instructions reasonably
necessary to enable Cytogen's Transfer Agent to reissue the Escrow
Shares in the name of Cytogen. AMI shall also be responsible for
its share of any fees previously incurred by the Escrow Agent
pursuant to Section 5 of the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agreement
shall terminate upon the transfer of the 50,000 shares of Cytogen
stock to Cytogen as provided herein. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, and subject only to this Section 2, AMI is no longer
subject to any obligations under the Escrow Agreement.
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3.
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STIPULATION
OF DISMISSAL .
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Immediately
following Cytogen’s receipt of the Settlement Amount, the
Parties shall file with the Court a Stipulation of Dismissal with
Prejudice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Effective as of the
full execution of this Settlement Agreement and payment to Cytogen
of the Settlement Amount pursuant to Section 1, above, in
consideration of the settlement of the Lawsuit and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and subject only to the proviso contained in
the second sentence of this Release, the Parties, on behalf of
themselves and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates,
predecessors, successors and assigns, and all past and present
officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents, servants,
attorneys and other representatives of any of the foregoing
(including persons or entities controlling, controlled by or under
common control with Cytogen or AMI), fully, finally,
unconditionally, irrevocably and forever release and discharge each
other, and each other’s past and present officers, directors,
employees, agents, servants, attorneys, insurers, and other
representatives (including but not limited to Jerome Goldstein and
Michael Becker),
and all heirs, executors,
administrators, predecessors, successors, affiliates and assigns of
any of the foregoing (the “Released Parties”), from any
and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, rights of action and
actions, demands, suits, proceedings, damages, costs, fees and
expenses, and any and all claims, demands and liabilities
whatsoever, of every name and nature, both at law and in equity,
whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected (collectively,
“Claims”), including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, any and all Claims which Cytogen or AMI now has
or ever had against the other, including but not limited to Claims
arising from or relating, directly or indirectly, to any of the
allegations contained in the Complaint and/or Counterclaims filed
in the Lawsuit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
preceding sentence, nothing in this Release shall release Cytogen
or AMI, or any of the Released Parties, for any Claim which one
party may have against the other for breach of this Settlement
Agreement or for any wrong or breach arising out of any act,
omission or conduct which occurs after the date of this Settlement
Agreement.
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5.
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REPRESENTATION BY AMI .
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The monthly reports
dated September 2006, November 14, 2006, December 19, 2006, January
10, 2007, and February 14, 2007 delivered by AMI to Cytogen in
accordance with the terms of the License Agreement accurately
reflected the status of the Combidex® Project in all material
respects as of the date of such reports.
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6.
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STATUS OF
THE PARTIES’ VARIOUS AGREEMENTS .
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Effective
immediately upon complete execution of this Settlement Agreement,
the License and Marketing Agreement by and between Cytogen
Corporation and Advanced Magnetics, Inc., dated August 25, 2000
(the “License Agreement”) and th