Exhibit 10.1
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CERTAIN
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT (INDICATED BY
ASTERISKS) HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER 17 C.F.R. SECTIONS 200.80(B)(4),
200.83 AND 24b-2.
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L ICENSE AND S UPPLY A GREEMENT
This License and Supply Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made on March 9, 2009
(“Effective Date”) by and between B
IO K OOL LLC ,
an Arizona limited liability company (“BioKool”), and
B ARE
E SCENTUALS B EAUTY , I NC . , a
California corporation (“Bare Escentuals”).
R ECITALS
W HEREAS , BioKool and Bare Escentuals are currently
parties to a License and Supply Agreement, dated September 12,
2005, as amended (“Original Agreement”), pursuant to
which BioKool has granted to Bare Escentuals both an exclusive
license to BioKools’ proprietary mineral technology and an
exclusive right to purchase certain ingredients based on such
technology;
W HEREAS , the parties desire to replace the Original
Agreement with this Agreement, pursuant to which BioKool will grant
to Bare Escentuals both a limited exclusive license to
BioKools’ proprietary mineral teachnology and a limited
exclusive right to purchase certain ingredients based on such
technology; and
WHEREAS , BioKool will manufacture for, and supply to,
Bare Escentuals the BioKool proprietary ingredients;
In consideration of the covenants
and obligations hereinafter set forth, and the mutual benefits to
be derived hereunder, the parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement have the meaning given in this Section 1 or in the
section where such term is first defined.
1.1 “BioKool Mineral Technology” means
the BioKool proprietary mineral technology, as further described in
Exhibit A, the Licensed Patents, and all Improvements.
1.2 “Field of Use” means the field of
***.
1.3 “Gross Revenue” means the total
amount of payments actually received by Bare Escentuals from third
party customers as a result of the sale of Royalty-Bearing Licensed
Products to such third parties.
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1.4 “Improvement” means any improvement,
modification, upgrade, variation, or enhancement of any BioKool
Mineral Technology.
1.5 “Licensed Ingredients” means any
substance coming within the scope of any claim of the Licensed
Patents and/or any substance that is proprietary to BioKool and
manufactured pursuant to the BioKool Mineral Technology.
1.6 “Licensed Method” means any method
or process that, if used or performed by Bare Escentuals without
the license granted in Section 2.1, would infringe one or more
claims of a Licensed Patent.
1.7 “Licensed Patents” means
(a) those United States patents and patent applications owned
by BioKool or in which BioKool has a licensable interest, including
the patent application described in Exhibit A; (b) any and all
patents issuing or claiming priority from any of such patents,
including continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals,
reexaminations, and reissues thereof; and (c) foreign
counterparts of the patents described in clauses (a) and
(b).
1.8 “Licensed Products” means a product
that is made into finished goods for commercial sale to consumers
and that if made, used, imported, or sold by Bare Escentuals
without the license granted in Section 2.1 would infringe one
or more claims of a Licensed Patent.
1.9 “Net Revenue” means Gross Revenue
less any (a) testers, co-op advertising, rebates or trade,
cash or quantity discounts offered by Bare Escentuals;
(b) taxes on sales (such as sales or use taxes) to the extent
added to the sales price; (c) value added taxes when included
as part of the sales price and not refunded to the third-party
customer; (d) freight, insurance, and other transportation
charges; and (e) amounts repaid or credited by reason of
rejection, defects, or returns or because of retroactive price
reductions.
1.10 “Royalty Bearing Licensed Product”
means a Licensed Product that contains the Licensed
Ingredients.
1.11 “Specifications” means the quality
and chemical specifications for the Licensed Ingredients, as set
out in Exhibit A.
2. GRANT OF
LICENSE
2.1 Licensed Patents.
Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, BioKool grants to Bare Escentuals a worldwide,
nonexclusive (except as set forth in Section 2.2), right and
license, under all intellectual property rights in the BioKool
Mineral Technology to (a) use, develop, make, have made, sell,
offer to sell, and import Licensed Ingredients and Licensed
Products, (b) use and perform any Licensed Method, and
(c) use, reproduce, perform, and practice the BioKool Mineral
Technology.
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2.2 Exclusivity. For a period of *** years
from the Effective Date (“Exclusivity Period”),
(a) the license granted in Section 2.1 shall be exclusive
(even as to BioKool) in the Field of Use and (b) BioKool shall
not sell the Licensed Ingredients to any third party for use or
distribution in the Field of Use.
(a) Extension of Exclusivity. The Exclusivity
Period shall automatically be extended for the duration of the
then-remaining term of this Agreement upon the first to occur of
the following: (i) the date on which annual aggregate gross
revenues earned by Bare Escentuals as a result of the sale of
Licensed Products in the Field of Use are greater than or equal to
*** or (ii) the date on which Bare Escentuals elects to extend
the Exclusivity Period by paying to BioKool a one-time payment of
***.
2.3 Duration of License. The license granted
in Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b) shall remain in effect until all
Licensed Patents have expired, been abandoned, or been ruled
invalid or unenforceable in a final non-appealable decision by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
2.4 Price of Licensed Products. This
Agreement does not set or otherwise regulate or control the sales
price of the Licensed Products, and Bare Escentuals shall establish
such prices in its sole discretion.
2.5 Delivery. Within fifteen (15) days
after the Effective Date, and thereafter promptly after any request
from Bare Escentuals, BioKool shall deliver to Bare Escentuals all
documentation for, and other tangible embodiments of, the BioKool
Mineral Technology. In addition, BioKool shall provide to Bare
Escentuals reasonable training to enable Bare Escentuals to use the
BioKool Mineral Technology in accordance with this
Agreement.
2.6 Ownership. Except for the rights granted
in this Agreement, BioKool reserves and owns all right, title, and
interest in and to the BioKool Mineral Technology.
3. SALE OF LICENSED
INGREDIENTS
3.1 Purchase Orders. Bare Escentuals or its
authorized manufacturing contractor may issue to BioKool, by mail,
email, or facsimile transmission, written orders for Licensed
Ingredients (each, a “Purchase Order”) from time to
time. Each Purchase Order will specify (a) the type and
quantity of Licensed Ingredient ordered; (b) the unit price of
each Licensed Ingredient purchased as per pricing schedule on
Exhibit A, and the total purchase price; (c) the required
delivery dates; (d) the billing and ship-to addresses for the
order; and (e) any special instructions requested by Bare
Escentuals. BioKool shall accept each Purchase Order submitted in
accordance with this Agreement if the requested delivery date for
each such Purchase Order is submitted within the Lead Time. Unless
otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, the “Lead
Time” for the Licensed Ingredients is and shall be thirty
(30) days. BioKool shall notify Bare Escentuals of the
acceptance or rejection (including the reasons for rejection) of
each Purchase Order within two (2) business days after receipt
of the Purchase Order. If within such time period BioKool does not
provide notice of acceptance or rejection to Bare Escentuals, then
the Purchase Order shall be deemed accepted.
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3.2 Modification of Purchase Orders. Bare
Escentuals shall have the right at any time, in its sole discretion
and without penalty or liability, to modify or cancel any Purchase
Order, including by increasing or decreasing the volume of Licensed
Ingredients or changing the shipping date or ship-to address, by
providing written notice to BioKool at least thirty (30) days
prior to BioKool’s scheduled shipment date for the applicable
Licensed Ingredients, as such date has been notified to Bare
Escentuals by BioKool (“Scheduled Shipment Date”). If
BioKool has not notified Bare Escentuals of the Scheduled Shipment
Date for a given Purchase Order within two (2) days after
BioKool’s receipt of such Purchase Order, Bare Escentuals
shall have the right to modify or cancel such Purchase Order at any
time upon notice to BioKool.
3.3 Delivery. BioKool will deliver Licensed
Ingredients on the dates and in the quantities specified in each
accepted Purchase Order. In the event of any delays to the
scheduled delivery date, and without limiting Bare
Escentuals’ other rights and remedies hereunder, BioKool will
notify Bare Escentuals of such delay and work diligently to remedy
such delay immediately. In the event of any delay in delivery of
more than *** weeks, in addition to any other rights or remedies
otherwise available, Bare Escentuals shall have the right to take
any of the following actions: (a) cancel or reschedule the
affected order in Bare Escentuals’ sole discretion without
further liability under this Agreement; or (b) enforce the
Purchase Order subject to revised pricing terms that are discounted
by *** per each day that BioKool fails to make delivery, up to a
maximum of *** of the total price for the items not shipped
on-time. All shipments will be made DDP (Incoterms 2000) the
shipping point designated by Bare Escentuals in the applicable
purchase order, and title and risk of loss to the Licensed
Ingredients shall pass to Bare Escentuals upon delivery to such
shipping point. For the avoidance of doubt, no royalty shall be
payable by Bare Escentuals as a result of the sale of Licensed
Ingredients to Bare Escentuals by BioKool.
3.4 Acceptance. All Licensed Ingredients
purchased and shipped hereunder are subject to acceptance by Bare
Escentuals at the ship-to address designated in the Purchase Order.
Bare Escentuals shall have thirty (30) days after delivery of
any Licensed Ingredients to inspect and accept or reject such
Licensed Ingredients (the “Acceptance Period”). Any
Licensed Ingredients that are not rejected during the Acceptance
Period are deemed accepted by Bare Escentuals. Acceptance of any
Licensed Ingredients shall not preclude any subsequent claim with
respect to such Licensed Ingredient under Section 7. If during
the Acceptance Period, Bare Escentuals identifies any Licensed
Ingredient that does not conform to the Specifications
(“Nonconforming Product”), Bare Escentuals shall have
the right, at its sole option, to (a) reject such
Nonconforming Product, (b) require replacement of the
Nonconforming Product, (c) accept the Nonconforming Product
with an adjustment in price, or (d) return such Nonconforming
Product for credit or refund. Any rejected Licensed Ingredients
must be replaced by BioKool, at its expense, within seven
(7) business days after the request of Bare Escentuals. Upon
delivery of replacement Licensed Ingredients, Bare Escentuals shall
accept or reject such replacement in accordance with this
Section 3.4.
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4. FEES AND CONSIDERATION
4.1 Commencement Payments : Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensee shall pay BioKool
*** within two (2) days of the Effective Date, *** within one
hundred eighty (180) days of the Effective Date and *** within
three hundred sixty-five (365) days of the Effective
Date.
4.2 Royalty. As long as the license granted
to Bare Escentuals in Section 2.1 is in effect, Bare
Escentuals shall pay to BioKool a royalty on the annual aggregate,
cumulative Net Revenue received by Bare Escentuals from the sale of
Royalty-Bearing Licensed Products, at the royalty rates set out in
Exhibit B. Payment of the royalties owed by Bare Escentuals will be
due along with the report required in Section 4.2. Bare
Escentuals shall be entitled to offset the amount of any royalty
due hereunder with any amount that is payable by BioKool to Bare
Escentuals under Section 6.3.
4.3 Bare Escentuals Reports. Within thirty
(30) days after the last day of each calendar quarter during
the term of the license granted in Section 2.1, Bare
Escentuals will provide BioKool with a written report setting forth
a calculation of the royalties accrued from the sale of
Royalty-Bearing Licensed Products during such quarter. Each royalty
report shall be deemed the Confidential Information of Bare
Escentuals.
4.4 Taxes.
BioKool will be responsible for and
will indemnify and hold Bare Escentuals harmless from payment of
any taxes, fees, duties, and other governmental charges, and any
related penalties and interest, in each case arising from the
payment of any amounts owed to BioKool under this
Agreement.
4.5 Audit by BioKool. For a period of two
(2) years from the date of sale of given Royalty-Bearing
Licensed Products (“Audit Period”), Bare Escentuals
shall keep accurate records as necessary to determine the royalty
payable to BioKool under this Section 4 for such products
(“Records”). During the Audit Period, upon at least
thirty (30) days prior written notice, Bare Escentuals shall
permit BioKool, or its designated representative who is bound by
confidentiality obligations no less protective of Bare Escentuals
than those set forth in this Agreement, to inspect and review the
Records, at BioKool’s expense, during Bare Escentuals’
normal business hours. All such inspection and review shall occur
at Bare Escentuals’ offices and shall not unreasonably
interfere with Bare Escentuals’ regular business operations.
BioKool shall only have the right to inspect and review Records
dating back two (2) years from the end of the year for which
review is requested. If such inspection reveals that Bare
Escentuals’ payments were less than the amount which should
have been paid, then Bare Escentuals shall pay to BioKool any sums
shown to be due. If the underpayment was in excess of ten percent
(10%) of the total sums accrued and due during the period for
which such inspection and audit was made, Bare Escentuals shall
also pay to BioKool the reasonable costs of such audit and
inspection upon receipt of an appropriate invoice justifying the
costs.
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5. CONFIDENTIALITY
5.1 Definition of Confidential
Information. For purposes
of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means,
subject to Section 5.2, all non-public or proprietary
information disclosed by one party (the “Disclosing
Party”) to the other party (the “Receiving
Party”) in the course of activity pursuant to this Agreement,
including such information disclosed in contemplation of this
Agreement prior to the Effective Date, whether disclosed in oral,
written, graphic, machine recognizable model or sample form, or any
derivation thereof, except as otherwise provided in
Section 5.4. Confidential Information may include data,
know-how, algorithms, computer programs, data bases, processes,
improvements, desi