EXHIBIT 10.2
TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
by
and between
BENTLEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
and
CPEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Dated
as of June 13, 2008
TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of June
13, 2008, by and between Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Bentley ”), and CPEX
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CPEX
”), each a “ Party ” and together, the
“ Parties ”.
R
E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of
Bentley has determined that it is appropriate, desirable and in the
best interests of Bentley and its stockholders to separate Bentley
into two separate, independent and publicly traded companies;
WHEREAS, to effect this separation
the Parties entered into that certain Separation and Distribution
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, as amended or otherwise
modified from time to time (the “ Separation Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, prior to the Distribution
Date (as hereinafter defined), the CPEX Business (as hereinafter
defined) will have received various support services from Bentley
and its Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), and the Bentley
Business (as hereinafter defined) will have received various
support services from CPEX and its Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to
enter into this Agreement in order for Bentley to assist CPEX, and
for CPEX to assist Bentley, each for a period from and after the
Distribution Date, by providing to CPEX and Bentley, respectively,
certain services and support not otherwise specified in the
Separation Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement (as
hereinafter defined).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing premises, the mutual promises and covenants
hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.
Definitions .
As used
in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Additional Service
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
“ Affiliate ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Agreement ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“ Agreement Dispute
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.
“ Ancillary Agreement
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ Bentley ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
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“ Bentley Business
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ Bentley Group ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Bentley Project
Manager ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9.
“ Bentley Services
” shall mean the enumerated services described on
Schedule A attached hereto.
“ Business ” shall
mean the Bentley Business or the CPEX Business, as
applicable.
“ Business Day ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Confidential
Information ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Separation Agreement.
“ Contract ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ CPEX ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“ CPEX Business ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ CPEX Group ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ CPEX Project Manager
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“ CPEX Services ”
shall mean the enumerated services described on
Schedule B attached hereto.
“ Default Interest Rate
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(c).
“ Delaware Courts
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.16.
“ Distribution ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Distribution Date
” shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation
Agreement.
“ Due Date ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).
“ Fee ” or “
Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(a).
“ Force Majeure ”
shall mean, with respect to a Party, an event beyond the reasonable
control of such Party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which
by its nature could not have been foreseen by such Party (or such
Person), or, if it could have been foreseen, was unavoidable, and
includes acts of God, storms, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes,
riots, pandemics, fires, sabotage, strikes, lockouts, civil
commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military
authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or armed
hostilities or other national or international calamity or one or
more acts of terrorism.
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“ Governmental Approvals
” shall mean any notices or reports to be submitted to, or
other filings to be made with, or any consents, registrations,
approvals, permits or authorizations to be obtained from, any
Governmental Entity.
“ Governmental Entity
” shall mean any nation or government, any state,
municipality or other political subdivision thereof and any entity,
body, agency, commission, department, board, bureau or court,
whether domestic, foreign or multinational, exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government and any official thereof.
“ Group ” shall
mean either the Bentley Group or the CPEX Group, as
applicable.
“ Law ” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
“ Liabilities ”
shall mean any and all debts, liabilities, and obligations, whether
accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
reserved or unreserved, or determined or determinable of any kind
or nature whatsoever, including those arising under any Law or
Action, whether asserted or unasserted, or order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by
or with any Governmental Entity, and those arising under any
Contract or any fines, damages or equitable relief which may be
imposed in connection with any of the foregoing and including all
costs and expenses related thereto (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees, interest, penalties and costs of
investigation and preparation for defense).
“ Omitted Service
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(a).
“ Party ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“ Person ” shall
mean any natural person, firm, individual, corporation, business
trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability
company, partnership or other organization or entity, whether
incorporated or unincorporated, or any Governmental Entity.
“ Reimbursement Amount
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“ Schedules ”
shall mean Schedule A and Schedule B
attached hereto.
“ Separation Agreement
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Service ” shall
mean any of the CPEX Services and the Bentley Services, as
applicable.
“ Service Provider
” shall mean Bentley with respect to the Bentley Services,
and CPEX with respect to the CPEX Services.
“ Service Recipient
” shall mean CPEX with respect to the Bentley Services, and
Bentley with respect to the CPEX Services.
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“ Services Group ”
shall mean any Services or group of Services identified on one of
the Schedules for which Service or group of Services a single,
separate Fee is specified on such Schedule.
“ Services Term ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
“ Subsidiary ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Separation Agreement.
2.
Services .
2.1 Scope of Services .
(a) CPEX hereby retains Bentley
to provide, and Bentley hereby agrees to provide, the Bentley
Services to CPEX or any of its Subsidiaries, as designated by CPEX,
during the relevant Services Term.
(b) Bentley hereby retains CPEX
to provide, and CPEX hereby agrees to provide, the CPEX Services to
Bentley or any of its Subsidiaries, as designated by Bentley,
during the relevant Services Term.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the Bentley Services shall
be available to CPEX or any of its Subsidiaries only for the
purposes of conducting the CPEX Business substantially in the same
manner and places as it was conducted immediately prior to the
Distribution Date; and (ii) the CPEX Services shall be
available to Bentley or any of its Subsidiaries only for the
purposes of conducting the Bentley Business substantially in the
same manner and places as it was conducted immediately prior to the
Distribution Date.
2.2 Provision of Services .
The Bentley Services may be directly provided by Bentley or may be
provided through any of its Affiliates or subcontractors, and the
CPEX Services may be directly provided by CPEX or may be provided
through any of its Affiliates or subcontractors; provided ,
however , that the applicable Service Provider shall remain
responsible, in accordance with this Services Agreement, for
performance of any Service it causes to be so provided.
2.3 No Assumption or Modification
of Obligations . Nothing herein shall be deemed to
(i) constitute the assumption by Service Provider or any of
its Affiliates, or the agreement to assume, any duties, obligations
or liabilities of Service Recipient or its Affiliates whatsoever;
or (ii) alter, amend or otherwise modify any obligation of
Bentley or CPEX under the Separation Agreement.
2.4 Application of Resources .
Unless otherwise expressly required under the terms of any relevant
Schedule or the Separation Agreement, or otherwise agreed to by the
Parties in writing, in providing the Services, Service Provider or
its Affiliates shall not be obligated to: (i) expend funds and
other resources beyond levels that would be customary and
reasonable for any other nationally recognized service provider to
perform services that are similar to the relevant Services;
(ii) maintain the employment of any specific employee or
subcontractor; (iii) purchase, lease or license any additional
(measured as of the date hereof) equipment or materials (expressly
excluding any renewal or extension of any leases or licenses
required for Service Provider to
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perform
the relevant Services during the relevant Services Term);
(iv) pay any of Service Recipient’s costs related to its
or any of its Affiliates’ receipt of the Services;
(v) lend any funds to a Service Recipient or its Affiliates;
or (vi) make any payments or disbursements on behalf of
Service Recipient, except to the extent Service Recipient has
previously delivered to Service Provider sufficient funds to make
any such payment or disbursement.
2.5 Performance of Services .
Subject to the other terms (i) in this Agreement setting forth
and circumscribing Service Provider’s performance obligations
hereunder (including in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7,
2.8 and 6), and (ii) in the relevant Schedules, each Service
Provider shall perform, or cause the applicable members of its
Group to perform, the Services required to be provided by it
hereunder in a manner specifically described in the relevant
Schedules, or, to the extent not so described in such Schedules, in
a manner that is substantially the same in nature, accuracy,
quality, completeness, timeliness, responsiveness and efficiency
with how such relevant Services have been rendered to the CPEX
Business by Bentley (or any of its Subsidiaries) prior to the
Distribution Date, or to the Bentley Business by CPEX (or any of
its Subsidiaries) prior to the Distribution Date, as the case may
be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be deemed to be a
breach of this Agreement if the Service Provider fails to meet the
standards required under this Section 2.5 because of the
failure of the Service Recipient to cooperate with or provide
information or services to the Service Provider as required under
this Agreement.
2.6 Transitional Nature of
Services; Changes . The Parties acknowledge the transitional
nature of the Services and agree that notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, each Service Provider may make changes from
time to time in the manner of performing the Services if such
Service Provider is making similar changes in performing similar
services for itself and/or its Subsidiaries; provided
that Service Provider must provide Service Recipient with at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice of such
changes.
2.7 Omitted Services; Additional
Services; Extension of Services Terms .
(a) Omitted Services . Within
forty-five (45) days of the Distribution Date, if a Party
identifies a service that the other Party (or a member of such
other Party’s Group) previously provided to such first Party
(or any of its Subsidiaries) prior to the Distribution Date, but
such service was inadvertently omitted from inclusion in the
Services to be received by such first Party under this Agreement
(an “ Omitted Service ”), then, upon the prior
written consent of the Party that would be Service Provider of such
Omitted Service (which consent shall not be unreasonably
conditioned, withheld or delayed), such Omitted Service shall be
added and considered as part of the Services to be provided by such
Service Provider. The Parties shall cooperate and act in good faith
to reach agreement on the fees and other specific terms and
conditions applicable to such Omitted Service, provided
that if such Omitted Service is substantially similar to any
other Service provided by Services Provider under this Agreement,
such fees and other specific terms and conditions shall be
substantially similar to the fees and other specific terms and
conditions applicable to such other Services. Upon the
Parties’ agreement on the fees and other specific terms and
conditions applicable to an Omitted Service, the Parties shall
execute an amendment to this Agreement that provides for the
substitution of the relevant Schedule, or additions of supplements
to the relevant Schedule, in order to describe such
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Omitted
Service and the agreement upon the related fees and other specific
terms and conditions applicable thereto.
(b) Additional Services;
Extension of Services Terms . In the event that the Parties
identify and agree upon (i) an additional service to be
provided under this Agreement (other than an Omitted Service), as
well as the related fees and other specific terms and conditions
applicable thereto (an “ Additional Service ”),
or (ii) an extension of any particular Service Term for any
Services Group, as well as the related fees and other specific
terms and conditions applicable thereto, the Parties shall execute
an amendment to this Agreement that provides for the substitution
of the relevant Schedule, or additions of supplements to the
relevant Schedule, in order to describe such Additional Service or
extension, and the agreed upon related fees and other specific
terms and conditions applicable thereto. It is understood that the
Service Provider has no obligation to provide Additional Services
and may reject any request by any Service Recipient for Additional
Services for any reason or for no reason.
2.8 Impracticability . Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.10, Service Provider shall not
be required to provide any Service to the extent: (A) that the
performance of the Services would (i) require Service Provider
or any of its Affiliates to violate any applicable Laws (including
any applicable codes or standards of conduct established any
Governmental Entity with respect to their activities subject to the
jurisdiction of such Governmental Entity) or any internal policy
reasonably adopted in order to comply with any applicable Laws;
(ii) result in the breach of any software license, lease, or
other Contract; or (iii) require prior approval of a
Governmental Entity (except to the extent such approval has already
been obtained); or (B) provided under
Section 15.20.
2.9 Project Managers . Bentley
shall designate to CPEX at least one individual to whom all of
CPEX’s communications may be addressed with respect to the
Bentley Services and who has authority to act for and bind Bentley
in all aspects with respect to the Bentley Services (the “
Bentley Project Manager ”). CPEX shall designate to
Bentley at least one individual to whom all of Bentley’s
communications may be addressed with respect to the CPEX Services
and who has authority to act for and bind CPEX in all aspects with
respect to the CPEX Services (the “ CPEX Project
Manager ”). The initial Bentley Project Manager
designated by Bentley shall be Richard Lindsay and the initial CPEX
Project Manager designated by CPEX shall be Robert Hebert.
2.10 Cooperation . In the
event that there is nonperformance of any Service as a result of
(i) a Force Majeure event described in Section 15.19, or
(ii) impracticability pursuant to Section 2.8, the
Parties agree to work together in good faith to arrange for an
alternative means by which the applicable Service Recipient may
obtain, at its sole cost and expense, the Service so affected. The
Parties and the members of their respective Groups shall cooperate
with each other in connection with the performance of the Services,
including producing on a timely basis all Contracts, documents and
other information that is reasonably requested with respect to the
performance of Services; provided , however , that
such cooperation shall not unreasonably disrupt the normal
operations of the Parties and the members of their respective
Groups; and provided , further , however the
Party requesting cooperation shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by the Party or any members of its
Group furnishing such
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requested cooperation, unless otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement or the Separation Agreement.
3.
Pricing .
3.1 Fees . In consideration of
Services performed pursuant to this Agreement, the Parties shall
pay the applicable fees (individually a “Fee” and
collectively the “Fees”) as follows:
(a) by
Bentley to CPEX, a non-refundable fee, in the amount of $78,165
(seventy eight thousand, one hundred and sixty five dollars) to be
paid on or prior to the Distribution Date, which amount shall be
included in “cash and cash equivalents included in clause
(ii)(a) of the definition of “CPEX Assets”; and
(b) by
CPEX to Bentley, the fee as specified in Schedule A, based
upon the costs of the Bentley Services as consistent with the cost
allocation methods used by Bentley immediately prior to the
Distribution Date, which shall include a fair and reasonable
allocation for the employees, facilities and other overhead.
In the
event that the Service is terminated, the Fees payable will be
apportioned based on the number of unpaid days as of the date that
such Service is terminated.
3.2 Payment Procedures. If
Fees are payable pursuant to Section 3.1 (b):
(a) Service
Provider shall invoice Service Recipient on a monthly basis for all
Fees accrued with respect to the prior month. Fees shall be payable
by Service Recipient within thirty (30) days after Service
Recipient’s receipt of an invoice (the “Due
Date”). All amounts (i) payable pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement shall be paid to Service Provider as directed by
Service Provider, and (ii) due and payable hereunder shall be
invoiced and paid in U.S. dollars, except as may be expressly
provided in any relevant Schedule. A Service Recipient’s
obligation to make any required payments under this Agreement shall
not be subject to any unilateral right of offset, set-off,
deduction or counterclaim, however arising. If any payment is not
paid when due, the Service Provider shall have the right, without
any liability to the Service Recipient, or anyone claiming by or
through the Service Recipient, upon thirty (30) days’
notice, to cease providing such Services for which payment was not
received, which right may be exercised by the Service Provider in
its sole and absolute discretion.
(b)
Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2,
amounts not pai
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