REVISED AMENDED AND RESTATED TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AGREEMENT
This
Revised Amended and Restated Technology License Agreement (the
"Agreement") is made and entered into August 19, 2005, between Bio-Products
International, Inc. ("Bio-Products"),
a company incorporated
under the laws of
the State of Alabama (the "Licensor"), and
World Waste Technologies, Inc. (WWT),
a company incorporated under the laws of the State of California (the
"Licensee") (the Licensor and Licensee may
hereinafter be either
individually
referred to as the "Party" or collectively
referred to as the "Parties").
PREMISES:
Whereas,
Dr. Michael H. Eley
("Eley"), in his
continuous capacity as
an
employee of the University of Alabama in
Huntsville ("UAH"),
developed certain
proprietary intellectual property, patented processes, and patent pending
processes for the volume reduction, separation, recovery, and recycling of
various components of waste materials,
including without
limitation,
Municipal
Solid Waste ("MSW"), which technology has been reduced to
United States Patent
No. 6,306,248 (the "U.S. Patent") and
Patent Cooperation
Treaty,
International
Application No. PCT/US01/50049 (the "PCT")
(collectively, the "UAH Technology").
The UAH Technology constitutes the first of the two parts of the
"Technology"
(as defined herein). Eley is the majority stockholder, a Director, and the
President and CEO of Bio-Products;
Whereas,
pursuant to that
certain Amended and Restated License Agreement,
effective August 18, 2003, which supersedes and replaces the
original license
agreement dated November 13, 1992, which
was amended effective
November 5, 1997
and amended again effective August 31,
1999, between UAH and
Bio-Products (the
"UAH License") (a complete copy of
which is attached as Exhibit A), UAH granted
an exclusive worldwide license to Bio-Products covering the UAH Technology,
including the rights to make, have made,
use, lease and sell
certain products,
and to practice certain processes, and to license some or all of the rights
granted to Bio-Products by UAH to others,
such products and processes being more
specifically defined in the UAH
License;
Whereas,
Donald
E. Malley ("Malley") developed certain proprietary
intellectual property, equipment designs, and process operating procedures
related to the UAH Technology, including the expertise and know-how for
fabrication and continuous operation of a
small waste reduction process plant at
a commercial sanitary landfill for a period of eighteen
months
(collectively,
the "Malley/M&M Technology").
Malley (the
Developer") and M&M Consulting, Inc.
("M&M", a company incorporated under the laws of the
State of Mississippi) have
assigned to Bio-Products, exclusively
throughout the world, all right, title and
interest in the Malley/M&M Technology. A complete copy of the Amended and
Restated Stock Purchase and Assignment
Agreement (the
"Malley/M&M
Assignment")
is attached as Exhibit B. The
Malley/M&M
Technology constitutes
the second of
the two parts of the "Technology"
(as defined herein).
M&M is a
stockholder in
Bio-Products, and Malley is a Vice
President of Bio-Products;
Whereas,
the original
Technology License Agreement, dated June 21, 2002,
was between Bio-Products and World Waste
Holdings, Inc.
("WWHI"),
incorporated
under international law in Anguilla,
British West Indies,
and WWHI assigned the
said Technology License Agreement to World Waste
of America, Inc.
("WWA"), a
company incorporated under the laws of the State of
California, effective
May
12, 2003 (a complete copy of which is
attached as Exhibit C);
Whereas,
WWA and all of its assets, including the June 21, 2002
Technology
License Agreement with Bio-Products, was acquired by Waste Solutions, Inc.
("WSI"), a California corporation, in a merger and reorganization in
which WWA
became a wholly owned subsidiary of WSI, dated March 22, 2004 (a complete
copy
of which is attached as Exhibit D);
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Whereas,
WSI filed a Certificate of Amendment of Articles of
Incorporation
to the Secretary of State of the State of
California
changing the name of
the
corporation to World Waste Technologies, Inc. ("WWT") on March 24, 2004 (a
complete copy of which is attached as
Exhibit E);
Whereas,
Bio-Products
desires to enter
into this Revised Amended and
Restated Technology Agreement with the Licensee to provide the
Technology and
future improvements for the construction and operation
of commercial scale MSW
processing and recycling facilities subject to the terms and
conditions
set
forth herein;
Whereas,
the Licensee either has the financial resources, or has agreed
to
use their best efforts to secure the financial resources, for the design,
engineering, and fabrication of processing
equipment and facilities, acquisition
and permitting of construction sites, purchase of processing equipment,
construction and operation of commercial scale MSW processing and recycling
facilities, and marketing and promotion of
said commercial
facilities that are
compatible with the Technology;
Whereas,
the Licensee desires to enter into this
Revised Amended and
Restated Technology Agreement with
Bio-Products to use the Technology and future
improvements for the construction and operation of commercial scale MSW
processing and recycling facilities subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth;
Whereas,
the Parties wish to
execute this
Revised Amended and Restated
Technology Agreement between the Parties as herein set
forth to supercede
and
replace the Amended and Restated Technology
License Agreement,
executed on June
21, 2004, which superceded and replaced the original Technology License
Agreement, dated June 21, 2002, and June 21, 2002 shall
remain the
effective
date of this Agreement; and
Now,
therefore, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the Parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall
have
the following meanings:
1.1
"Technology" shall
mean the inventions,
technology, and
proprietary
intellectual property and information
developed by
Bio-Products, Eley,
Malley,
and UAH created or discovered prior to or after the effective date of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, inventions, processes, process
operating procedures and discoveries, patents, patent applications, trade
secrets, developments, facility designs,
equipment designs, works of authorship,
formulas, software programs, techniques,
information, expertise, know-how, data,
research, mask works, all intellectual and industrial property rights of any
sort, all rights of integrity, disclosure and withdrawal, copyrights, trade
names and trademarks, which are related to the recycling, processing,
collection, storage, disposal, treatment,
utilization or
reduction of waste or
waste components. Technology as defined in this
Agreement does not
include or
prohibit any end uses of the cellulosic product or other by-products of the
process, with the exception of the use of
the cellulosic product in applications
in which the cellulosic product of waste,
including MSW, processed utilizing the
Technology is either used directly as a fuel source or
converted into an end
product for energy production which remains exclusively licensed to
Bio-Products. Technology otherwise includes without limitation, the UAH
Technology, the Malley/M&M Technology,
United States Patent Number 6,306,248 and
Patent Cooperation Treaty International
Application Number PCT/US01/50049.
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1.2 "Third
Party" shall mean any person or entity other than Bio-Products,
Eley, Malley, UAH, the Licensee and
Sub-Licensees of the Licensee.
1.3
"Operating Day" shall mean the day in which the facility (i)
processes
waste equal to or in excess of the
facility's daily design capacity as warranted
in Section 5.7; or (ii) processes all of the waste brought to the
facility for
processing on such day; or (iii) processes as much waste as allowed by any
downstream limitations, such as but not limited to, any limitations on the
downstream processing or disposal of the
cellulosic product.
1.4
"Cellulose
Product" shall be defined as the smallest
size material
obtained from screening the processed materials produced utilizing the
Technology, typically through a one-half inch screening
device, in which
more
than fifty percent (50%) by dry weight can be chemically characterized as
material originating from forest products
or other living plants.
1.5
"Bio-Products
Affiliate"
means a corporation
or other legal
entity
formed and doing business, and in which Bio-Products directly
holds or owns (i)
at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the equity or ownership
interest in such
corporation or other legal entity;
and (ii) sufficient
voting rights to
enable
Bio-Products to nominate and elect at least
a majority of the board of directors
or other managing authority and maintain control in the direction of the
business operations and strategies of such corporation or other legal
entity;
and (iii) an active operational interest, not merely a passive investment
interest, in such corporation or other
legal entity.
1.6
"Proposed Construction Notice" means a written notice containing
(i) a
description of the proposed facility, (ii) the identity of the prospective
location for the proposed facility, (iii) a
detailed financial and business plan
for the proposed facility and its operation, and (iv) the identity of the
proposed feedstock provided and its
proposed feedstock contract.
ARTICLE II - GRANT OF LICENSE
2.1
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bio-Products
hereby grants a license to the Licensee
to utilize the
Technology to construct
and operate commercial scale MSW processing and recycling facilities in the
United States of America ("USA").
(a)
The license granted by Bio-Products to the Licensee under this
Agreement shall be exclusive in all of the States, territories,
and
possessions of
the USA with the following exceptions: (i)
Bio-Products shall retain the exclusive right and license to
utilize
the Technology
to construct and operate commercial scale MSW
processing and recycling facilities in the USA for
applications in
which the cellulosic
product of waste,
including MSW, processed
utilizing the Technology is either used directly as a fuel source
or
converted into an end product for energy production; (ii) except as
otherwise provided
for herein, Bio-Products shall retain the
exclusive right and
license to utilize the
Technology to construct
and operate commercial scale MSW processing and recycling
facilities
in the
State of Arkansas;
and (iii) Bio-Products shall retain a
non-exclusive right
and license to construct and operate additional
commercial scale MSW processing and recycling facilities utilizing
the Technology
in one or all of the
States of Alabama,
Tennessee,
Georgia, and/or
South Carolina, providing the total number of
facilities in
these States does not exceed four (4) (the
"Bio-Products
Retained Sites")
and further providing that
Bio-Products shall be
required to draw its MSW feedstock for said
four Bio-Products
Retained
Sites only from within the State
boundaries of each of
said four States
and/or from within 75 miles
from the State border
outside the State in which the operating
facility exists. The
above notwithstanding,
upon written
requests
from the Licensee, (i) Bio-Products shall grant site-specific
sub-licenses to
the Licensee for applications in which the
cellulosic product of waste, including MSW, processed utilizing
the
Technology is either
used directly
as a fuel source or
converted
into an end product for energy production; (ii) Bio-Products shall
grant site-specific
sub-licenses
to the Licensee to
construct and
operate facilities
utilizing
the Technology in the State of
Arkansas. In addition,
Bio-Products
hereby grants the Licensee a
first right of
refusal in accordance with the terms of Section
2.1(b) hereof.
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(b)
Right of First
Refusal. As stated in Paragraph 2.1(a), Bio-Products
or a Bio-Products
Affiliate,
as defined in
paragraph 1.5,
shall
retain (i) a
non-exclusive
right and license to construct and
operate up to four (4) Bio-Products Retained Sites, i.e., up to
four
(4) facilities
utilizing the
Technology in the
States of Alabama,
Tennessee, Georgia,
and South Carolina and (ii) the exclusive right
and license to construct and operate commercial scale MSW
processing
and recycling
facilities utilizing
the Technology in the
State of
Arkansas (the
"Arkansas Sites")
(collectively,
the Bio-Products
Retained Sites and the Arkansas Sites shall be referred to herein
as
the "ROFR Sites").
Bio-Products
and Licensee
hereby agree that
a
right of first refusal is hereby granted to Licensee to
participate
in the ROFR Sites as follows:
(i) Proposal
Notice. If at any time Bio-Products or a Bio-Products
Affiliate proposes to
develop and construct a ROFR Site, then
Bio-Products shall
give Licensee a Proposed Construction
Notice pursuant to
Section 14.15 hereof of Bio-Products' or
Bio-Products
Affiliate's intention to develop a ROFR Site. To
the extent Bio-Products has been discussing the ROFR Site with
a Bio-Products
Affiliate or any Third Party, the Proposed
Construction Notice
shall also include all details regarding
those discussions
and a copy of any
written proposal,
term
sheet or letter of intent or other agreement relating to the
proposed ROFR Site with said Bio-Products Affiliate or other
Third Party(ies).
(ii) Licensee's
Option. Licensee shall
have an option for a period
of ninety (90) days from receipt of the Proposed Construction
Notice to elect to finance, own and control up to one
hundred
percent (100%) of the project in accordance with the material
terms and conditions as described in the Proposed Construction
Notice. Licensee
may exercise such option by notifying
Bio-Products in
writing pursuant to Section 14.15 hereof
before expiration of
the ninety (90) day period. If Licensee
exercises such option
and elects to own and control more than
50%, (i) each facility
covered by said exercise shall not be
considered as one
of the Bio-Products Retained Sites, if
Licensee has majority
interest (interest
greater than 50%),
and (ii) the Licensee
shall reimburse
Bio-Products
for its
actual out-of-pocket
expenses
incurred in securing said
facility
within ninety (90) days of exercising its option, and
pay Bio-Products
a Sales Commission equal to three percent
(3%) of the proposed
capital cost of the facility (excluding
the cost of the vessel(s)), payable in four equal installments
with each such
installment due 90
days, 180 days, 270
days,
and 360 days, respectively, from the date Licensee secures and
completes financing
for the facility or
begins
construction
and placing
orders for equipment prior to completion of
financing of the
facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Licensee shall not
have an option
pursuant to this
Section
2.1(b) with respect to the first two "Proposed Exempt Site(s)"
(as defined
below). For the purposes hereof, the term
"Proposed Exempt
Site(s)" shall mean a proposed ROFR Site
which processes,
or is capable of
processing,
no more than
2000 tons per day located in the State of Arkansas, Alabama,
Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina."
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(iii) Non-Exercise of
Rights. To the extent
that Licensee has
not
exercised its rights to develop the proposed facility within
the time periods specified above, Bio-Products or a
Bio-Products Affiliate
shall have the right
to construct the
facility upon terms
and conditions
(including
the capital
commitment) no more
favorable than those specified in the
Proposed Construction Notice and the Licensee shall then grant
a site-specific
sub-license (said
sub-license
shall not be
sub-licensable or
otherwise transferable for any reason
without the prior written consent of Licensee) to Bio-Products
or a Bio-Products
Affiliate, as the case may be. Every effort
will be made by the Parties to avoid locating facilities that
would compete for waste in the same collection areas.
2.2 The
term of this license shall extend from the effective date of the
original Technology License Agreement,
which is June 21,
2002, for a period of
twenty (20) years, unless extended, terminated or replaced by
agreement of the
Parties hereto, or unless otherwise extended or terminated, as elsewhere
provided in this Agreement. This Agreement
shall be extended automatically until
the expiration date of the last patent issued to Bio-Products and/or UAH
covering the Technology.
2.3
Anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement
notwithstanding, Bio-Products shall retain all of the exclusive
rights granted
under the UAH License and all of the
exclusive rights assigned by the Malley/M&M
Assignment, including the worldwide
exclusive right to license some or all
of
its rights not granted to the Licensee
under this Agreement
to Third Parties to
utilize the Technology.
2.4
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bio-Products
hereby grants to Licensee the right to
obtain an exclusive
option or license to
utilize the Technology to construct and
operate commercial
scale MSW processing
and recycling facilities outside the United States upon the following
conditions:
(a)
From
the date of this Amended and Restated Technology License
Agreement,
Bio-Products agrees to
inform Licensee
of any written
offer from a Third
Party to obtain an
exclusive option or
license
for a foreign country
not currently
under an exclusive
option or
license that is acceptable to Bio-Products. Licensee will be
granted
a period of thirty (30) days from the date of notification in which
to elect to purchase
the option or license for said country on the
same terms and conditions as contained in the written offer from
the
Third Party. If Licensee exercises its right to purchase
the option
or license for said country during the thirty (30) day period,
then
Bio-Products shall
grant an exclusive option or license to Licensee
under the terms and conditions stated in the written offer from
the
Third Party. If Licensee fails to exercise its right to purchase
the
option or license within the thirty (30) day period, then
Bio-Products may
grant an exclusive option or license for said
country to the Third Party making the initial offer.
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(b)
The Licensee may from time to time submit a written request to
Bio-Products naming
each country in which it wishes to obtain
an
option for an
exclusive license to utilize the Technology. If
Bio-Products has not
previously
granted an exclusive option or
license to or received
a written offer from a
Third Party for that
country,
Bio-Products shall
grant Licensee an option for an
exclusive license
for that country upon the payment of fifteen
thousand dollars
($15,000) per country (the "Option
Fee"). Said
Option Fee shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days after
Bio-Products has
informed Licensee in
writing that said country is
available. Licensee acknowledges that the deadline for submission
of
foreign patent
applications
based on the current
PCT has expired,
therefore no patent protection can be provided to Licensee under
the
current PCT. However,
Licensee agrees to pay all fees and expenses,
including, but not
limited to,
maintenance
fees incurred in the
prosecution of future
patents as may be
necessary or useful in the
countries licensed to Licensee under this Paragraph 2.4. Such
option
for an exclusive
license granted to Licensee pursuant to this
Paragraph 2.4(b)
shall be for a term of
three (3) years
from the
date that the
Option Fee is paid to Bio-Products; provided the
Licensee has also paid all fees and expenses for patent
prosecution
incurred during
the term of the option, and Licensee is in
compliance with
all requirements under this Agreement for
exclusivity in the United States.
(c)
At any time
prior to the
expiration of the term of an option for an
exclusive license to
Licensee in any country under Paragraph 2.4
(b), the option
may be converted to an exclusive license upon
payment by Licensee to
Bio-Products of a license fee of eighty-five
thousand dollars
($85,000) per country, in addition to the above
Option Fee and any patent prosecution fees and expenses. Licensee
shall also continue to pay all fees and expenses, including, but
not
limited to,
maintenance fees incurred in the prosecution of patents
as may be necessary
or useful in the
country licensed to
Licensee
under this Paragraph 2.4.
(d)
For each country
exclusively
licensed to Licensee
under Paragraph
2.4(c), the
terms and conditions set forth elsewhere in this
Agreement shall apply and Licensee shall pay royalties, bonuses,
and
fees to Bio-Products
in accordance with Article III, excluding
Paragraph 3.1,
and all waste processing facilities both in the
United States and
outside the United
States shall be combined on a
cumulative basis for
purposes of
calculating
all payments due
to
Bio-Products, unless
another financial arrangement is mutually
agreed to by the Parties.
2.5 For
each facility to be constructed and operated under this
Agreement
by the Licensee, a Proposed Construction Notice, as defined in Article 1.6,
shall be prepared and submitted to Bio-Products for review and comment.
Bio-Products shall submit its comments in writing to the
Licensee in a timely
manner, not to exceed ninety (90) days.
The Licensee shall, at
its discretion,
then grant a site-specific sub-license to a
USA entity (the "Sub-Licensee"), if
any, that shall own and/or operate the facility. Such sub-license agreement
shall be subject to the approval of
Bio-Products,
which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld and shall be deemed given
if not provided within
ninety
(90) days of written notice to Bio-Products as per the terms of Section
14.15
hereof.
ARTICLE III - FEES, ROYALTIES, AND OTHER CONSIDERATION
3.1 The
Licensee shall pay to Bio-Products a one time Technology
licensing
fee of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($350,000) for the USA. Bio-Products
acknowledges that it has received payment in
full of this Technology licensing
fee.
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3.2 The
Licensee shall pay to Bio-Products a royalty of fifty cents
($.50)
for every ton of waste received and
processed utilizing the Technology, up to a
maximum of two thousand (2,000) tons per day of waste
processed.
The Licensee
shall pay to Bio-Products a royalty of one
dollar ($1.00) for every ton of waste
received and processed in excess of two
thousand tons per day up to a maximum of
ten thousand (10,000) tons per day of waste
processed. The Licensee shall pay to
Bio-Products a royalty of one dollar and fifty
cents ($1.50) for every ton of
waste received and processed in excess of ten
thousand (10,000) tons
per day.
The royalty payments shall become payable on
the thirtieth (30th) day following
the end of the calendar month in which such amount
becomes due and owing
until
this Agreement or any extension
thereof expires or is
terminated.
Bio-Products
agrees that no royalty shall be due and
payable with respect to waste processed
at any facility until such facility has been in operation for thirty (30)
Operating Days, as defined in Paragraph 1.3 (the "Operational Date").
Bio-Products further agrees that no royalty shall be assessed on the first
facility until either the sale of the
cellulosic
product is
confirmed by a
written agreement between the Licensee and a purchaser or the facility has
operated, producing and disposing of the cellulosic product, for more than
ninety (90) days after the Operational
Date. Payment of said
royalties shall be
by wire transfer of funds to a Bio-Products
bank account or by
cashier's check
or other bank certified negotiable
instrument.
3.3 The
Licensee shall pay to
Bio-Products
a bonus (the "Bonus")
of two
and one half percent (2.5%) of the gross sales price in excess of ten
dollars
($10.00) per ton for the cellulosic product
from waste, including MSW, utilizing
the Technology. The Bonus shall become due and
payable on the ninetieth (90th)
day following the end of the calendar
quarter in which such
recyclable product
sales are made until this Agreement or any extension thereof expires or is
terminated. The Bonus shall be paid by wire
transfer of funds to a Bio-Products
bank account or by cashier's check or by other bank certified negotiable
instrument. The above notwithstanding, no Bonus shall be due and payable
with
respect to the cellulosic product produced at the facility until the
facility
reaches its Operational Date.
3.4
(a) As
additional
consideration
and for their
experience
and know-how
regarding the Technology, the Licensee shall pay
Bio-Products a monthly fee for
technical services. Such technical services shall
initially be provided by Eley
and Malley who are employees of
Bio-Products, and who
agree to provide whatever
technical services are reasonably requested of them by Licensee.
Payments to
Bio-Products for the technical services shall be ten thousand
dollars ($10,000)
per month payable on or before the first (1st) business day of each month
beginning six (6) months from June 21,
2002. Payments for the technical services
of Bio-Products shall be increased to twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) per
month commencing on the first business day
of the month following the Licensee's
initial down payment for the process
vessels for
construction of the Licensee's
first plant and continuing each month thereafter until the first facility
reaches its Operational Date.
(b)
Following the Operational Date as defined above in 3.4(a) of
Licensee's first facility, and effective
immediately, payments for the technical
services of Bio-Products shall be decreased to fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) per month for the continued provision of technical services by
Bio-Products with respect to the construction of additional
facilities or the
expansion of existing facilities. Licensee and Bio-Products shall
enter into a
consulting agreement on terms mutually agreeable to both Parties for the
continued provision of technical
services by
Bio-Products with
respect to the
construction of additional facilities or the expansion of
existing
facilities.
Licensee agrees that said consulting agreement shall be for five (5)
years and
shall include a minimum of fifteen thousand
dollars ($15,000) per
month payable
to Bio-Products on the first (1st) business
day of each month.
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(c) If at
any time Bio-Products
fails to undertake technical services
requested, then Licensee may cease all
payments as set forth in this Paragraph
3.4, until such time as the failure to undertake the technical services
requested is remedied.
3.5
Additionally,
with respect to the technical services provided by
Bio-Products, the Licensee shall either provide
pre-paid expense accounts or
reimburse Bio-Products employees for the reasonable
transportation,
lodging,
food, and other expenses incurred by Bio-Products
employees in the
performance
of such technical services for the Licensee.
In either case,
itemized expense
reports and receipts shall be submitted to the Licensee by Bio-Products
employees within ten (10) business days of completion of travel or a
specific
project in which expenses are incurred.
The Licensee
shall establish a travel
expense policy and procedure, which policy and procedure
Bio-Products
shall
adhere to unless the Parties agree, in
writing, otherwise. Any reimbursement for
expenses shall be paid by the Licensee
within ten (10)
business days of receipt
of such expense reports submitted by
Bio-Products employees.
3.6 The
Licensee may enter into research and development contracts with
Bio-Products to use the UAH pilot plant and
facilities that are unrelated to the
Technology, as defined herein, with Eley as
the principal
investigator, to
be
defined from time to time in exchange for results and information, and
Bio-Products shall provide a royalty free unrestricted license to use said
results and information which are unrelated to the Technology at Licensee's
facilities for the period of this Agreement unless a separate agreement is
prepared and signed by both Parties. Such results and information which are
unrelated to the Technology, including but not limited to test
results, notes,
and reports regarding the work performed as requested by the
Licensee shall be
turned over to the Licensee by Eley within
thirty (30) days of
completion, and
all such results and information shall be considered as jointly owned by
Licensee and Bio-Products as provided in Article IV. Eley shall allow the
Licensee to visit the UAH pilot
plant facility for any purposes, including
demonstrations, recyclable product production, and testing upon reasonable
notice by the Licensee and mutual agreement
with Eley as to the dates and times.
Eley shall also provide training for the Licensee's employees to use the
licensed Technology at the UAH pilot plant.
Eley shall be compensated at a rate
of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per day plus expenses for all pilot plant
operations. For demonstrations, recyclable product production,
testing, and
training at the UAH pilot plant at the
request of the
Licensee, the
Licensee
shall compensate Bio-Products and UAH for the expenses for such
demonstration
and test runs as follows:
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(a) For
Each Series of Test Runs:
(i) Pilot
Plant Preparation/Set up
$500
(ii)
Pilot Plant Clean-up/Shutdown
$500
(b) For
Each Test Run in a Series:
(i) Boiler
Fuel/Water Treatment
$200
(ii)
Labor
$800
(iii)
Waste Disposal
$100
(c) Follow up Costs:
(i) Small
Sample Collection, Packaging & Storage
$100
(ii)
Large Sample
Collection & Packaging
$250
(iii) Dry
Cellulose Product per ton
$500
(iv)
Shipping Containers & Shipping Costs
Actual, plus 25%
(d)
Additional expenses:
(i) Tractor
Rental
$100/day
(ii)
Auto/Truck mileage for Laborers
$0.40/mile
(iii)
Truck towing mileage
$0.80/mile
(iv)
Local Lodging for Laborers
$50/day
(v) Per Diem
allowance for Laborers
$25/day
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3.7 For
the first facility to be sub-licensed under this Agreement, the
Licensee agrees that the facility design,
equipment designs and
specifications,
engineering firm, construction contractors
and sub-contractors, and all facility
management and labor personnel must be
approved by Bio-Products, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Licensee also agrees to begin the
facility permitting, facility and equipment design,
equipment selection, and
engineering for the first facility within six (6) months from the date of
execution of this Agreement and to begin placing orders for equipment and
construction site work within one (1) year from the date of
approval of all
permitting, facility and equipment design,
equipment selection, and engineering
for the first facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Licensee shall begin
placing orders for equipment and shall commence and diligently pursue
construction and completion of the first facility no later than thirty (30)
months from the effective date of this Agreement, which would be December 21,
2004.
3.8 Due to
the proprietary
nature of the process vessel design, the
Licensee agrees that Bio-Products shall maintain the exclusive right
of vessel
manufacture, and the Licensee and its
Sub-licensees shall purchase all required
vessels exclusively from Bio-Products. The purchase price shall be cost
plus
fifteen percent (15%), not including shipping costs or taxes. All other
equipment required for construction and operation of waste processing and
recycling facilities utilizing the Technology may be purchased from other
vendors. The first two vessels are to be
built to Bio-Products'
specifications
in Mississippi and shipped to the requested locations. Shipping costs and
applicable taxes shall be itemized and
included in the cost of vessels and shall
be invoiced to and paid by the Licensee. Thereafter, Bio-Products shall from
time to time seek the qualifications of and obtain cost quotations from
alternative vessel manufacturers to
manufacture future process vessels as needed
such that the same may be provided to
Licensee having
equal or higher
quality
than that established by Bio-Products from
its Mississippi
manufacturer and may
be transported by truck to the required
facility at a cost equal to or less than
that established by Bio-Products from its
Mississippi manufacturer including the
cost of shipping and taxes. Bio-Products shall provide a
minimum of thirty (30)
days training for Licensee employees and a written
operations and
maintenance
manual for operating the process
vessels. If future vessels are pur