Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-Q

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)

x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

OR

 

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 0-19756

 

 

LOGO

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   94-3023969

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

932 Southwood Boulevard

Incline Village, Nevada 89451

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(775) 832-8500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨    Smaller reporting company  ¨
      (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of May 6, 2008, there were 119,308,001 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-Q”) as an exhibit-only filing in response to comments received from the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a confidential treatment application the Company made for certain portions of Exhibits 10.5 and 10.6 to the Form 10-Q. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q is being filed solely to amend Item 6 to re-file such exhibits.

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-Q does not reflect events occurring after the original filing of the Form 10-Q and no revisions are being made pursuant to this Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s financial statements or any other disclosure contained in the Form 10-Q.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

#*10.1    Stock Option Agreement between the Company and L. Patrick Gage effective November 16, 2007
#*10.2    Notice of Option Grant for L. Patrick Gage effective November 16, 2007
#*10.3    Offer Letter between the Company and Dr. Mark McCamish effective February 16, 2007
#*10.4    Offer Letter between the Company and Jaisim Shah effective July 18, 2000
10.5    Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and EKR Therapeutics, Inc. dated February 4, 2008 and Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 7, 2008†
10.6    Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and GMN, Inc. dated February 21, 2008†
#31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
#31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
31.3    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
31.4    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
#32.1    Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

Certain information in this exhibit has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) and 24b-2.

 

# Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 5, 2009

 

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ Christine Larson

Christine Larson

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

#*10.1    Stock Option Agreement between the Company and L. Patrick Gage effective November 16, 2007
#*10.2    Notice of Option Grant for L. Patrick Gage effective November 16, 2007
#*10.3    Offer Letter between the Company and Dr. Mark McCamish effective February 16, 2007
#*10.4    Offer Letter between the Company and Jaisim Shah effective July 18, 2000
10.5    Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and EKR Therapeutics, Inc. dated February 4, 2008 and Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of March 7, 2008†
10.6    Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and GMN, Inc. dated February 21, 2008†
#31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
#31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
31.3    Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
31.4    Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
#32.1    Certification of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)

 

* Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

Certain information in this exhibit has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request under 17 C.F.R. Sections 200.80(b)(4) and 24b-2.

 

# Previously filed with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Asset Purchase Agreement and Amendment No.1 to Asset Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 10.5

CONFIDENTIAL PROVISIONS REDACTED

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

and

EKR THERAPEUTICS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Dated as of February 4, 2008


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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

   1

1.1

  

“Accounts Payable”

   1

1.2

  

“Accounts Receivable”

   1

1.3

  

“Affiliate”

   1

1.4

  

“Agreement”

   1

1.5

  

“Assets”

   1

1.6

  

“Assumed Contracts”

   1

1.7

  

“Assumed Liabilities”

   1

1.8

  

“Books and Records”

   1

1.9

  

“Business”

   2

1.10

  

“Business Employee”

   2

1.11

  

“Buyer”

   2

1.12

  

“Buyer Indemnitee(s)”

   2

1.13

  

“Cardene”

   2

1.14

  

“Cardene Drug Product”

   2

1.15

  

“Cardene IV”

   2

1.16

  

“Cardene Packaged Product”

   2

1.17

  

“Cardene PMB Product”

   2

1.18

  

“Cardene Product Inventory”

   2

1.19

  

“Cardene SR”

   2

1.20

  

“Claim”

   2

1.21

  

“Clinical Data”

   2

1.22

  

“Clinical Trial”

   2

1.23

  

“Clinical Trial Materials”

   2

1.24

  

“Clinical Trial Study Reports”

   3

1.25

  

“Closing”

   3

1.26

  

“Closing Date”

   3

1.27

  

“Confidential Information”

   3

1.28

  

“Confidentiality Agreement”

   3

1.29

  

“Copyrights”

   3

 

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1.30

  

“[****]*”

   3

1.31

  

“Customer Orders”

   3

1.32

  

“CV Products”

   3

1.33

  

“Drug Products”

   3

1.34

  

“Effective Date”

   3

1.35

  

“Employee Benefit Plans”

   3

1.36

  

“Escrow Agent”

   4

1.37

  

“Escrow Agreement”

   4

1.38

  

“Escrow Amount”

   4

1.39

  

“Excluded Assets”

   4

1.40

  

“Excluded Liabilities”

   4

1.41

  

“FDA”

   4

1.42

  

“FD&C Act”

   4

1.43

  

“GAAP”

   4

1.44

  

“Governmental Entity”

   4

1.45

  

“HSR”

   4

1.46

  

“HSR Filings”

   4

1.47

  

“IND”

   4

1.48

  

“Initial FDA Approval”

   4

1.49

  

“Initial Purchase Price”

   4

1.50

  

“Intellectual Property”

   4

1.51

  

“Knowledge”

   5

1.52

  

“Liabilities”

   5

1.53

  

“Licensed IP Rights”

   5

1.54

  

“Litigation Cooperation Agreement”

   5

1.55

  

“Marketed Products”

   5

 

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1.56

  

“Marketing and Promotional Documents”

   5

1.57

  

“Material Adverse Change” and “Material Adverse Effect”

   5

1.58

  

“Milestone and Revenue Payments”

   5

1.59

  

“Milestone Payments”

   5

1.60

  

“Net Sales”

   5

1.61

  

“Net Sales Adjustments”

   6

1.62

  

“NDA”

   6

1.63

  

“Non Product-Specific Manufacturing Information”

   6

1.64

  

“Packaging Inventory”

   6

1.65

  

“Packaged Products”

   6

1.66

  

“Patents”

   7

1.67

  

“[****]*”

   7

1.68

  

“Product Inventory”

   7

1.69

  

“Product-Specific Manufacturing Information”

   7

1.70

  

“Product Specifications”

   7

1.71

  

“Purchase Price”

   7

1.72

  

“Raw Materials and WIP”

   7

1.73

  

“Registrations”

   7

1.74

  

“Research and Development Materials”

   7

1.75

  

“Retavase”

   7

1.76

  

“Retavase Drug Product”

   7

1.77

  

“Retavase Packaged Product”

   7

1.78

  

“Retavase Product Inventory”

   7

1.79

  

“Revenue Payments”

   7

1.80

  

“SEC”

   7

1.81

  

“Seller”

   8

 

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1.82

  

“Seller Indemnitees”

   8

1.83

  

“[****]*”

   8

1.84

  

“Sun Litigation”

   8

1.85

  

“Survival Date”

   8

1.86

  

“Tangible Assets”

   8

1.87

  

“Tax” and “Taxes”

   8

1.88

  

“Territory”

   8

1.89

  

“Third Party Consents”

   8

1.90

  

“Trade Secrets”

   8

1.91

  

“Trademarks”

   8

1.92

  

“Trademark Registrations”

   8

1.93

  

“Transition Services Agreement”

   9

1.94

  

“Ularitide”

   9

1.95

  

“Worldwide Safety Reports”

   9

ARTICLE 2 TRANSFER OF ASSETS; LICENSE AND SUBLICENSE

   9

2.1

  

Purchase and Sale of Assets

   9
  

(a)    Patents

   9
  

(b)    Licensed IP Rights

   9
  

(c)    Trademark Registrations

   10
  

(d)    Copyrights

   10
  

(e)    Registrations

   10
  

(f)     Product-Specific Manufacturing Information

   10
  

(g)    Non Product-Specific Manufacturing Information

   10
  

(h)    Research and Development Materials

   10
  

(i)     Marketing and Promotional Documents

   11
  

(j)     Worldwide Safety Reports

   11

 

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(k)    Clinical Data

   11
  

(l)     Tangible Assets

   11
  

(m)   Domain Names

   11
  

(n)    Product Inventory

   11
  

(o)    Raw Materials and WIP

   11
  

(p)    Assumed Contracts

   12
  

(q)    Clinical Trial Materials

   12
  

(r)     Clinical Trial Study Reports

   12
  

(s)    Sun Litigation

   12
  

(t)     Books and Records

   12
  

(u)    Customer Orders

   12
  

(v)    Packaging Inventory

   12
  

(w)   Other Intellectual Property

   12

2.2

  

Excluded Assets

   13

2.3

  

Assumed Liabilities

   13

2.4

  

Excluded Liabilities

   14

2.5

  

Risk of Loss

   15

2.6

  

Taxes

   15

2.7

  

Third-Party Consents

   15

ARTICLE 3 CONSIDERATION

   16

3.1

  

Purchase Price

   16

3.2

  

Method of Payment

   17

3.3

  

Revenue Payments; Reports

   18

3.4

  

Accounting

   18

3.5

  

Records; Audits

   18

3.6

  

Late Payments

   19

3.7

  

Allocation of Purchase Price

   19

ARTICLE 4 CLOSING

   20

4.1

  

Closing

   20

 

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4.2

  

Actions at Closing

   20
  

(a)    Deliveries by Seller at Closing

   20
  

(b)    Deliveries by Buyer at Closing

   21

ARTICLE 5 EMPLOYMENT MATTERS

   22

5.1

  

Employees

   22

ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

   23

6.1

  

Organization and Authority

   23

6.2

  

No Violation or Conflict

   24

6.3

  

Consents and Approvals

   24

6.4

  

Assumed Contracts

   24

6.5

  

Title to Assets

   25

6.6

  

Intellectual Property

   25

6.7

  

Regulatory Status of Marketed Products

   28

6.8

  

Product Net Sales

   28

6.9

  

Violations of Law

   28

6.10

  

Litigation

   28

6.11

  

Employees

   28

6.12

  

Taxes

   29

6.13

  

Customers and Suppliers

   29

6.14

  

Inventory; Raw Materials and WIP

   29

6.15

  

Clinical Trials

   30

6.16

  

Absence of Change

   30

6.17

  

No Undisclosed Liabilities

   30

6.18

  

Sufficiency

   31

6.19

  

Brokers and Finders

   31

6.20

  

No Implied Warranty

   31

ARTICLE 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

   31

7.1

  

Organization and Authority

   31

7.2

  

No Conflict or Violation

   32

 

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7.3

  

Consents and Approvals

   32

7.4

  

Cash Resources

   32

7.5

  

Litigation

   32

7.6

  

Brokers and Finders

   32

7.7

  

Buyer Due Diligence

   32

ARTICLE 8 PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS

   33

8.1

  

Governmental Filings

   33

8.2

  

Conduct of Business

   33

8.3

  

No Solicitation

   34

8.4

  

Access

   35

8.5

  

Financing

   35

8.6

  

Payment of Certain Expenses

   35

8.7

  

Transition Services Agreement

   35

ARTICLE 9 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

   36

9.1

  

Conditions to Obligations of Buyer

   36

9.2

  

Conditions to Obligations of Seller

   37

ARTICLE 10 POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

   38

10.1

  

Further Assurances

   38

10.2

  

Transfer of Registrations; Interim Responsibility

   39

10.3

  

Communication With Agencies

   40

10.4

  

Adverse Experience Reporting

   40

10.5

  

Medical Inquiries

   41

10.6

  

Non-Use of Trademarks

   41

10.7

  

Documents

   41

10.8

  

Governmental Inspections

   42

10.9

  

Intellectual Property Maintenance

   42

10.10

  

Insurance

   42

10.11

  

Federal Supply Schedule

   42

10.12

  

Promotion, Marketing and Labeling

   42

 

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10.13

  

Payments from Third Parties

   43

10.14

  

Product Returns, Chargebacks and Rebates

   43

10.15

  

Bulk Transfer Laws

   44

10.16

  

Non-Competition

   44

ARTICLE 11 CONFIDENTIALITY

   45

11.1

  

Confidentiality

   45

11.2

  

Publicity

   46

ARTICLE 12 TERM AND TERMINATION

   46

12.1

  

Termination

   46

12.2

  

Effect of Termination

   47

12.3

  

Effectiveness of Termination

   47

ARTICLE 13 INDEMNIFICATION

   47

13.1

  

Survivability of Representations and Warranties

   47

13.2

  

Indemnification by Buyer

   47

13.3

  

Indemnification by Seller

   48

13.4

  

Claims

   48

13.5

  

Assertion of Claims

   48

13.6

  

Payment of Claims; Limitation on Indemnification

   48

13.7

  

Limitation; Exclusivity

   48

ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS

   49

14.1

  

Survival of Covenants and Agreements

   49

14.2

  

No Third Party Beneficiaries

   49

14.3

  

Force Majeure

   49

14.4

  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

   49

14.5

  

Severability

   50

14.6

  

Entire Agreement

   51

14.7

  

Amendment

   51

14.8

  

Notices

   51

 

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14.9

  

Assignment

   52

14.10

  

No Agency

   52

14.11

  

Construction

   52

14.12

  

Payment of Expenses

   52

14.13

  

Counterparts

   53

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS, ATTACHMENT AND SCHEDULES

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

  

General Assignment and Bill of Sale

Exhibit B

  

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit C

  

Patent Assignment Agreement

Exhibit D

  

Trademark Assignment Agreement

Exhibit E

  

Domain Name Assignment Agreement

Exhibit F

  

Transition Services Agreement

Exhibit G

  

Third Party Assignment of Assumed Contracts

Exhibit H

  

Escrow Agreement

Exhibit I

  

Litigation Cooperation Agreement

Exhibit J

  

Form of Third Party Notification Letter

ATTACHMENTS   

Attachment 1.70(a)

  

Product Specifications for bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients for each CV Product

Attachment 1.70(b)

  

Product Specifications for Drug Products

Attachment 2.1(a)

  

List of Patents

Attachment 2.1(b)

  

List of Licensed IP Rights

Attachment 2.1(c)

  

List of Trademark Registrations

Attachment 2.1(e)

  

List of Registrations

Attachment 2.1(l)

  

List of Tangible Assets

Attachment 2.1(m)

  

List of Domain Names

Attachment 2.1(p)

  

List of Assumed Contracts

Attachment 4.2(a)

  

List of Third Party Consents

Attachment 5.1(a)

  

Business Employees

DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

 

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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of February 4, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) between PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”).

RECITALS

A. Seller is engaged in the business (the “Business”) of developing, selling, marketing and supporting its Cardene IV®, Cardene SR®, Retavase® and Ularitide products (the “CV Products”).

B. Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign to Buyer, and Buyer wishes to acquire, all right, title and interest in and to the CV Products and certain assets related to the operation of the Business, in exchange for consideration consisting of cash and the assumption of certain Liabilities related to the Business, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1.1 “Accounts Payable” shall mean all obligations of Seller or any of its Affiliates with respect to accounts payable and notes payable, including without limitation, those created or arising in respect of the Business.

1.2 “Accounts Receivable” shall mean all of Seller’s trade accounts receivable, and all notes receivable or evidences of indebtedness payable to Seller created or arising in respect of the sale of the Marketed Products.

1.3 “Affiliate” with respect to any party shall mean any entity that is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such party.

1.4 “Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

1.5 “Assets” shall have the meaning given in Article 2.

1.6 “Assumed Contracts” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(p).

1.7 “Assumed Liabilities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.3.

1.8 “Books and Records” shall mean all pricing lists, customer correspondence (excluding e-mail and other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) and other books and records, in any form, used solely and specifically with respect to the CV Products by Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates.

 

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1.9 “Business” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

1.10 “Business Employee” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1(a).

1.11 “Buyer” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

1.12 “Buyer Indemnitee(s)” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.3.

1.13 “Cardene” shall mean Cardene IV and Cardene SR.

1.14 “Cardene Drug Product” shall mean labeled or unlabelled vials containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient nicardipine hydrochloride.

1.15 “Cardene IV” shall mean each presentation of any pharmaceutical preparation (including formulation changes and production intermediates) containing the pharmaceutical product known as “Cardene IV” containing the active ingredient nicardipine hydrochloride, whether registered, marketed or in development by Seller, as of the Closing Date.

1.16 “Cardene Packaged Product” shall mean Cardene in the Product Inventory purchased by Buyer hereunder that is packaged and labeled for sale to the end user.

1.17 “Cardene PMB Product” shall mean any formulation of Cardene IV [****]*.

1.18 “Cardene Product Inventory” shall mean all inventory owned by Seller or its Affiliates of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient nicardipine hydrochloride, Cardene Packaged Product and Cardene Drug Product, in existence as of the Closing.

1.19 “Cardene SR” shall mean each presentation of any pharmaceutical preparation (including formulation changes and production intermediates) containing the pharmaceutical product known as “Cardene SR” containing the active ingredient nicardipine hydrochloride, whether registered, marketed or in development by Seller, as of the Closing Date.

1.20 “Claim” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.4.

1.21 “Clinical Data” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(k).

1.22 “Clinical Trial” shall mean a clinical trial conducted by or on behalf of Seller or its Affiliates, or pursuant to any Assumed Contract, in each case in which the product Ularitide is administered to a human.

1.23 “Clinical Trial Materials” shall mean the product Ularitide and the placebo for this product manufactured by or on behalf of Seller or its Affiliates for use in preclinical studies or Clinical Trials, whether in bulk, formulated or finished form and whether in existence on the Effective Date or manufactured between the Effective Date and Closing Date.

 

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1.24 “Clinical Trial Study Reports” shall mean all reports or summaries of all data, records and documents resulting from the Clinical Trials for the product Ularitide.

1.25 “Closing” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.

1.26 “Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.

1.27 “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Confidentiality Agreement.

1.28 “Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement between Buyer and Seller dated August 28, 2007.

1.29 “Copyrights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

1.30 “[****]*” shall mean product returns, charge-backs, rebates or Medicaid, Medicare or other reimbursements, or similar claims, with respect to [****]*sold by Seller or its Affiliates for which [****]*.

1.31 “Customer Orders” shall mean orders for Packaged Product from customers of Seller or any of Seller’s Affiliates.

1.32 “CV Products” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.

1.33 “Drug Products” shall mean Cardene Drug Product and Retavase Drug Product.

1.34 “Effective Date” shall mean the date first set forth in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.

1.35 “Employee Benefit Plans” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, policy, practices, agreement or other arrangement providing benefits to any current or former employee, officer or director of Seller or its Affiliates or any beneficiary or dependent thereof that is sponsored or maintained by Seller or its Affiliates or to which Seller or its Affiliates contributes or is obligated to contribute, whether or not written, including without limitation any employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA, any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (whether or not such plan is subject to ERISA) and any written employment, severance, retention, termination, change in control, consulting, retirement, bonus or other incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock award or other equity-based compensation, leave of absence, lay-off, cafeteria, health, accident, disability, workman’s compensation or other insurance, vacation or other employee benefit agreement, plan or policy (other than any governmental program), and any related trust, as to which Seller has or may have any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

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1.36 “Escrow Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

1.37 “Escrow Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

1.38 “Escrow Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).

1.39 “Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.

1.40 “Excluded Liabilities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.

1.41 “FDA” shall mean the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any successor agency or entity thereto that may be established hereafter.

1.42 “FD&C Act” shall mean the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, 21 USC § 321 et seq, as amended.

1.43 “GAAP” shall mean the United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

1.44 “Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, regulatory, official or other instrumentality of the government of the United States or of any foreign country, any state or any political subdivision of any such government (whether state, provincial, county, city, municipal or otherwise).

1.45 “HSR” shall mean the United States Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of l976, as amended, and related rules.

1.46 “HSR Filings” shall have the meaning given in Section 8.1.

1.47 “IND” shall mean, with respect to each CV Product, the investigational new drug application identified on Attachment 2.1(e) hereto.

1.48 “Initial FDA Approval” shall mean the first issuance by the FDA of a written approval that [****]*.

1.49 “Initial Purchase Price” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1(a).

1.50 “Intellectual Property” shall mean (i) Patents; (ii) Licensed IP Rights; (iii) Trademarks and Trademark Registrations; (iv) Copyrights; and (v) Trade Secrets.

 

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1.51 “Knowledge” shall mean, whenever any representation or warranty is made by Seller or Buyer “to the Knowledge” of the Seller or Buyer, (i) the actual knowledge of the officers of the Seller or Buyer, respectively, and (ii) the knowledge that any such person referenced in clause (i) hereof, as a prudent business person, would have obtained in the usual course of the performance of his or her professional responsibilities to such party.

1.52 “Liabilities” shall mean liabilities of any kind or nature, primary or secondary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, including but not limited to any liabilities for claims of product liability, personal injury or death, liability in tort or contract (including unripened liabilities due to past actions or sales), indebtedness, and any FDA or other Governmental Entity action or notification, and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), incurred in connection with the defense of any such claims.

1.53 “Licensed IP Rights” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(b).

1.54 “Litigation Cooperation Agreement” shall mean the agreement between Buyer and Seller, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I, pursuant to which Buyer assumes control of all aspects of the Sun Litigation, Seller agrees to assist Buyer as required, at Buyer’s expense, in such Sun Litigation, and Buyer agrees to indemnify Seller with respect to Seller’s post-Closing assistance in such litigation.

1.55 “Marketed Products” shall mean Cardene IV, Cardene SR and Retavase.

1.56 “Marketing and Promotional Documents” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(i).

1.57 “Material Adverse Change” and “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event or situation that has a material adverse change or effect, respectively, on the operations, assets, Liabilities, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition, or relations with material customers or material suppliers, of the Business, taken as a whole, other than any such change or effect resulting from or arising in connection with (i) [****]*.

1.58 “Milestone and Revenue Payments” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1(b).

1.59 “Milestone Payments” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1(b).

1.60 “Net Sales” shall mean, the gross invoiced sales amount of the Cardene PMB Product or any Ularitide product, as applicable, [****]*, and in each case less the following items (“Net Sales Adjustments”) as applicable to the Cardene PMB Product or the Ularitide product, as applicable, to the extent such items are reasonable and customary under industry practices and [****]*and are consistent in application with [****]*:

(a) actual credits or allowances granted upon returns, rejections or recalls (due to spoilage, damage, expiration of useful life or otherwise), retroactive price reductions, or billing corrections during the accounting period in which such sales are recorded;

 

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(b) invoiced freight, postage, shipping and insurance, handling, export fees or tariffs, customs expenses and other transportation costs actually incurred by Buyer;

(c) credits or allowances actually granted including, without limitation, quantity, cash and other trade discounts (collectively, “Credits”), provided, however, Credits shall not include any credit, allowance or discount given with respect to the sale of the [****]*;

(d) taxes (including, without limitation, sales, value-added or excise taxes, but excluding income taxes imposed on the income of Buyer or its Affiliates and withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to Buyer or its Affiliates), tariffs, customs duties, surcharges and other governmental charges incurred in connection with the production, sale, transportation, delivery, use, exportation or importation of CV Products that are incurred at time of sale or are directly related to the sale;

(e) discounts, refunds, rebates, charge backs, fees, credits or allowances (including, without limitation, amounts incurred in connection with government-mandated rebate and discount programs, third party rebates and charge backs, hospital buying group/group purchasing organization administration fees and managed care organization rebates) actually deducted from payment of invoices by customers or paid to customers during the accounting period in which such sales are recorded, offset by any such amounts that had been deducted from invoices or paid to customers in error and have been paid back to Buyer; and

(f) distribution fees and sales commissions to third parties, actually paid or incurred at the time of sale and which effectively reduce the selling price,

all in accordance with standard allocation procedures, allowance methodologies and accounting methods consistently applied. For the avoidance of doubt, the transfer of any Cardene PMB Product by Buyer or its Affiliates to another Affiliate of Buyer for purposes of sale to an independent third party shall not be considered a sale; in such cases, Net Sales shall be determined based on the gross invoiced sales by such Affiliate to an independent third party, less the Net Sales Adjustments allowed under this Section.

1.61 “Net Sales Adjustments” shall have the meaning given in Section 1.60.

1.62 “NDA” shall mean, with respect to each CV Product, the new drug application identified on Attachment 2.1(e) hereto.

1.63 “Non Product-Specific Manufacturing Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(g).

1.64 “Packaging Inventory” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(v).

1.65 “Packaged Products” shall mean Cardene Packaged Product and Retavase Packaged Product.

 

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1.66 “Patents” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(a).

1.67 “[****]*” shall mean the [****]*.

1.68 “Product Inventory” shall mean Cardene Product Inventory and Retavase Product Inventory.

1.69 “Product-Specific Manufacturing Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(f).

1.70 “Product Specifications” shall mean the specifications for bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients for the respective Marketed Products, and for the respective Drug Products, as set forth in Attachments 1.70(a) and (b), respectively.

1.71 “Purchase Price” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1.

1.72 “Raw Materials and WIP” shall mean all of the raw materials and work in progress owned by Seller or its Affiliates for use in the manufacture of the CV Products, in existence as of the Closing.

1.73 “Registrations” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(e).

1.74 “Research and Development Materials” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(h).

1.75 “Retavase” shall mean each presentation of any pharmaceutical preparation (including formulation changes and production intermediates) containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient reteplase, whether registered, marketed or in development by Seller or its Affiliates, as of the Closing Date.

1.76 “Retavase Drug Product” shall mean labeled or unlabelled vials containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient reteplase.

1.77 “Retavase Packaged Product” shall mean Retavase in the Product Inventory purchased by Buyer hereunder that is packaged and labeled for sale to the end user.

1.78 “Retavase Product Inventory” shall mean all of the inventory owned by Seller or its Affiliates of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredient reteplase, Retavase Packaged Product and Retavase Drug Product, in existence as of the Closing.

1.79 “Revenue Payments” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1(b).

1.80 “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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1.81 “Seller” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

1.82 “Seller Indemnitees” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.2.

1.83 “[****]*” shall mean the [****]*.

1.84 “Sun Litigation” shall mean all rights relating to the patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (New Jersey Court) filed by Seller against Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Sun”) seeking, among other things, to enjoin Sun’s infringement of Seller’s United States Patent Number 5,164,405, titled “Nicardipine pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration” and to stay any sale of Sun’s Abbreviated New Drug Application product until at least the expiration of such patent, a related lawsuit filed by Seller in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and all other related litigation between Seller and Sun, and any claims and counterclaims associated therewith.

1.85 “Survival Date” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.1.

1.86 “Tangible Assets” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(l).

1.87 “Tax” and “Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other assessments including, without limitation, income, excise, property, value added, real estate, sales, use, payroll, employment, unemployment, transfer, social security, alternative, add-on minimum and franchise taxes imposed by any federal, state, county, or local government, or a subdivision or agency thereof. Such term shall include any interest, penalties, or additions payable in connection with such taxes, charges, fees, levies, duties, or other assessments.

1.88 “Territory” (i) for Cardene shall mean the United States of America and its possessions and territories; (ii) for Retavase shall mean Canada and the United States of America and its possessions and territories; and (iii) for Ularitide shall mean worldwide.

1.89 “Third Party Consents” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.4.

1.90 “Trade Secrets” shall mean all technology, trade secrets and other confidential information, know-how, proprietary processes, formulae, algorithms, models, and methodologies that are related to the Business.

1.91 “Trademarks” shall mean all trademarks, service marks, trade names, names, slogans, taglines, logos, design marks, trade dress, product designs, and product packaging, including all applications for and registrations of the foregoing, and including those at common law that are related to the CV Products.

1.92 “Trademark Registrations” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(c).

 

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1.93 “Transition Services Agreement” shall mean the transition services agreement to be entered into by Buyer and Seller, at the request of Buyer as contemplated in Section 8.7, whereby Seller shall, for fees specified therein, provide to Buyer certain services relating to the transition of the Business.

1.94 “Ularitide” shall mean each presentation of any pharmaceutical preparation (including formulation changes and production intermediates) containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient urodilatin, whether registered, marketed or in development by Seller or its Affiliates, as of the Closing Date.

1.95 “Worldwide Safety Reports” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(j).

ARTICLE 2

TRANSFER OF ASSETS; LICENSE AND SUBLICENSE

2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey, deliver, license or sublicense, as specified below, to Buyer, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed, delivered, licensed or sublicensed, as specified below, to Buyer, and Buyer shall acquire all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the properties and assets of Seller identified in this Section 2.1 (collectively, the “Assets”).

(a) Patents. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the patent filings related to the CV Products listed in Attachment 2.1(a), and any patents of addition, re-examinations, reissues, extensions, granted supplementary protection certifications, substitutions, confirmations, registrations, revalidations, revisions, additions and the like, of or to said patents and any and all divisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part, and any patents issuing therefrom, as well as any patent applications related thereto (collectively, the “Patents”). Seller hereby retains a royalty-free right and license, including the right to sublicense, under the Patents, solely to the extent necessary for, and solely for the purposes of, performing Seller’s obligations under this Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement and only until the completion of Seller’s obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(b) Licensed IP Rights. Upon Closing, Seller shall transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights under all patents, know-how and other intellectual property rights which Seller has a right under contract to use and which are used in the Business and those intellectual property rights contained in the license agreements included as part of the Assumed Contracts or as otherwise set forth on Attachment 2.1(b), but subject to any restrictions and obligations in such license agreements (the “Licensed IP Rights”). Seller hereby retains a royalty-free right and license under the Licensed IP Rights for use in the Business, solely to the extent necessary for, and solely for the purposes of, performing Seller’s obligations under this Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement, and only until the completion of Seller’s obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

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(c) Trademark Registrations. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to all Trademarks used in the Business and as set forth on Attachment 2.1(c), together with (i) all common law rights to the Trademarks, (ii) the goodwill of the Business symbolized by the Trademarks, (iii) all causes of actions, claims and demands or other rights for, or arising from any infringement, dilution, unfair competition, or other violation, including past infringement, dilution, unfair competition, or other violation, of the Trademarks, and (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world (the “Trademark Registrations”).

(d) Copyrights. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to registered and unregistered copyrights, including all related registrations, applications and common law rights, in any labels, product marketing materials or other copyrighted works related to the CV Products (the “Copyrights”).

(e) Registrations. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the regulatory files and approvals, registrations and governmental authorizations, each NDA, each IND, compliance notices, licenses and permits, and any applications to the FDA or the comparable foreign law or bodies in effect or pending at the Closing Date, and all materials and information relating to the FDA and other Governmental Entity approvals for the CV Products as set forth on Attachment 2.1(e), and all information contained therein (collectively, the “Registrations”).

(f) Product-Specific Manufacturing Information. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to all of Seller’s manufacturing information (the “Product-Specific Manufacturing Information”) used solely and exclusively in the Business. Seller shall retain a non-exclusive license to use Product-Specific Manufacturing Information, solely for purposes of fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement, and only until completion of Seller’s obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(g) Non Product-Specific Manufacturing Information. Upon Closing, Seller shall grant, or shall cause to be granted to Buyer, a perpetual, paid up, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense, to use, only in the Business, any manufacturing information that is used by Seller both in the Business and also in other business activities of Seller (the “Non-Product Specific Manufacturing Information”). Seller shall retain a non-exclusive license to use Non-Product-Specific Manufacturing Information in other business activities of Seller.

(h) Research and Development Materials. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, (i) originals of all documents and electronically stored information (excluding e-mails or other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) to the extent related to the research and development of the CV Products that are owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates and any of their respective agents, and (ii) copies of all other documents

 

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and electronically stored information (excluding e-mails or other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) to the extent related to the research and development of the CV Products (the “Research and Development Materials”). After Closing, Seller shall retain a right to use the Research and Development Materials, solely for purposes of fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement, and only until completion of Seller’s obligations hereunder and thereunder.

(i) Marketing and Promotional Documents. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all marketing and promotional documents and information (including electronic information, but excluding e-mails or other electronic correspondence not readily available in hard copy) related to the CV Products existing on the Closing Date, owned by Seller or its Affiliates, such as customer lists, marketing and promotional plans, documents and materials, material contained on Seller’s internet sites, field force training manuals and materials, and the like, solely to the extent relating exclusively to the Business (the “Marketing and Promotional Documents”). Buyer’s use of the Marketing and Promotional Documents shall be subject to Section 10.12.

(j) Worldwide Safety Reports. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all worldwide safety reports in the possession or control of Seller or its Affiliates with respect to the CV Products in existence as of the Closing (the “Worldwide Safety Reports”).

(k) Clinical Data. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all clinical data related to the CV Products and which is contained in Seller’s databases or otherwise in Seller’s possession or control (the “Clinical Data”).

(l) Tangible Assets. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, certain tangible assets, as listed in Attachment 2.1(l) (the “Tangible Assets”).

(m) Domain Names. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the domain names used primarily in the Business and listed in Attachment 2.1(m) (collectively, the “Domain Names”).

(n) Product Inventory. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, the Product Inventory.

(o) Raw Materials and WIP. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, the Raw Materials and WIP.

 

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(p) Assumed Contracts. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all rights and benefits of Seller in existence as of the Closing Date or arising after the Closing Date under the contracts listed in Attachment 2.1(p) (the “Assumed Contracts”), including any rights to Intellectual Property. The Assumed Contracts shall be deemed to include all purchase orders and change orders related thereto.

(q) Clinical Trial Materials. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the Clinical Trial Materials.

(r) Clinical Trial Study Reports. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the Clinical Trial Study Reports.

(s) Sun Litigation. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s rights relating to the Sun Litigation, including, without limitation, all documents and information and other things gathered or produced by any party in relation thereto.

(t) Books and Records. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver, or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer all Books and Records.

(u) Customer Orders. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in all unfilled orders for the CV Products, including without limitation, all unfilled Customer Orders as of the Closing Date (i.e. Customer Orders to the extent that (i) the Packaged Products at issue have not been shipped to the applicable customer as of the Closing Date and (ii) Buyer (rather than Seller or any of its Affiliates) would be paid by the applicable customer after shipment by Buyer following the Closing Date), a list of which shall be provided to Buyer within [****]* after the Closing Date.

(v) Packaging Inventory. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all packaging material for the Marketed Products, including all package labels and product inserts used in connection with the Marketed Products owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates as of the Closing (the “Packaging Inventory”).

(w) Other Intellectual Property. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer all of Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to the Trade Secrets and other intellectual property not hereto forth assigned that are used solely in the Business.

 

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2.2 Excluded Assets. Buyer hereby acknowledges that Seller is not transferring hereunder any assets, rights or interests of Seller or its Affiliates not specifically set forth in Section 2.1 (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”), including, without limitation:

(a) any contracts or agreements with any third party that are not Assumed Contracts or identified in Section 2.1(b);

(b) any assets or rights used in the research, development, manufacture, control, packaging or release, marketing or sale of products other than the CV Products, excluding such assets or rights of Seller or its Affiliates that were used primarily in, or were otherwise necessary for the conduct of, the Business on the Effective Date that are either (i) Assets (transferred to Buyer pursuant to Section 2.1) or (ii) are covered in Section 10.1(a);

(c) any assets or rights, including, without limitation, technical information and intellectual property, that are not used exclusively in the Business and are used in other business activities of Seller, excluding such assets or rights of Seller or its Affiliates that were used primarily in, or were otherwise necessary for the conduct of, the Business on the Effective Date that are either (i) Assets (transferred to Buyer pursuant to Section 2.1) or (ii) are covered in Section 10.1(a);

(d) equipment, computer software, and computer hardware, except as listed on Attachment 2.1(b) or Attachment 2.1(l);

(e) all Accounts Receivable arising on or prior to the Closing Date; and

(f) corporate records (financial statements, formation documents, stock records, board resolutions and minutes, and the like).

2.3 Assumed Liabilities. Buyer shall assume and agree to honor, pay and discharge when due only the following Liabilities of Seller (the “Assumed Liabilities”), and no others:

(a) all Liabilities of Seller under the Assumed Contracts, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date;

(b) all Liabilities of Seller under the Registrations to be performed after the Closing Date, but only to the extent such Liabilities relate to any event, circumstances or conditions occurring after the Closing Date;

(c) all Liabilities relating to the Sun Litigation, other than (i) Liabilities that arise as a result of actions taken or omitted by Seller and its Affiliates on or prior to the Closing Date (unless taken or omitted with the consent of Buyer), and (ii) all fees, costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Seller or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Sun Litigation on or prior to the Closing Date (including attorneys’ fees);

(d) all other Liabilities (other than Excluded Liabilities) arising out of the conduct of the Business or arising out of or related to the Assets, but in each case solely to the extent such Liabilities are incurred or relate to events, circumstances, conditions, actions or

 

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activities occurring after the Closing Date, including, without limitation, any product liability, product warranty, product return, charge-back, rebate or Medicaid, Medicare or other reimbursements, or similar claim, related to the CV Products sold after the Closing Date;

(e) all [****]*;

(f) all Liabilities relating to Taxes attributable to ownership of the Assets and operation of the Business during periods beginning after the Closing Date, but not including, for the avoidance of doubt, Taxes that are payable after the Closing Date relating to taxable periods, or portions thereof, ending on or prior to the Closing Date, determined, in the case of any period that includes but does not end on the Closing Date, on a pro rata per diem basis; and

(g) all costs and expenses incurred after the Closing Date in connection with or related to the[****]*, including without limitation, any and all work or agreements related thereto, and the [****]*relating to the [****]*, [****]*.

2.4 Excluded Liabilities. Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer shall not assume by virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall have no liability for, any Liabilities of Seller or any of its Affiliates (including, without limitation, those related to the Business) of any kind, character or description whatsoever (the “Excluded Liabilities”). Seller shall discharge in a timely manner or shall make adequate provision for all of the Excluded Liabilities that affect the Business, Assets or Assumed Liabilities, provided that Seller shall have the ability to contest, in good faith, any such claim of liability asserted in respect thereof by any person or entity. Excluded Liabilities shall include, without limitation:

(a) all Taxes (other than Taxes that are Assumed Liabilities) including those that result from or have accrued in connection with the operation of the Business on or prior to the Closing Date;

(b) any Liability or obligation of Seller of any nature owed to any employees, directors, former employees, agents or independent contractors, whether or not employed by Buyer after the Closing, that (A) arises out of or relates to the employment or service provider relationship between Seller or its Affiliates (or any predecessor in interest) and any such individual(s) (including, but not limited to, claims for compensation, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation and any Liability under Seller’s Employee Benefit Plans); or (B) arises out of or relates to events, circumstances or conditions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);

(c) all Accounts Payable arising on or prior to the Closing Date;

(d) Liabilities of Seller under the Assumed Contracts that were incurred, arose or became payable on or prior to the Closing Date;

 

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(e) all Liabilities of Seller and its Affiliates under the Registrations, to be performed, or which relate to any event, circumstance or condition occurring, on or prior to the Closing Date;

(f) all Liabilities with respect to accrued expenses incurred on or prior to the Closing in connection with the CV Products or the Business;

(g) all Liabilities arising out of claims of third parties for damage or injury suffered as the result of defective products sold or manufactured on or prior to the Closing Date;

(h) all Liabilities incurred (i) up through the Closing Date and (ii) after the Closing Date [****]*, in connection with or related to the [****]*, including without limitation the [****]* and of any and all work and agreements relating thereto, and the [****]* relating the [****]*; and

(i) Liabilities of Seller and its Affiliates relating to or arising under this Agreement.

2.5 Risk of Loss. All risk of loss with respect to the Assets (whether or not covered by insurance) shall be on Seller or its Affiliates up to the time of Closing, whereupon such risk of loss shall pass to Buyer.

2.6 Taxes. All applicable sales, transfer, documentary, use, stamp, filing, recording, conveyance, excise, mortgage, documentary recording taxes and other similar taxes and fees that may be levied on the sale, assignment, transfer or delivery of the Assets to be sold and transferred as provided in this Agreement shall be borne by the parties equally. The parties shall cooperate with each other and use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize such Taxes.

2.7 Third-Party Consents. To the extent that any Assumed Contract, Intellectual Property or Registration is not assignable without the consent of another party, this Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or an attempted assignment thereof if such assignment or attempted assignment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder. Seller and Buyer shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of [****]*, to the extent required, for the assignment of any Assumed Contracts to which it is a party. Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all consents necessary for the effective assignment to and assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Contracts, the Intellectual Property, the Registrations and the Assumed Liabilities, including the Third Party Consents set forth on Attachment 4.2(a) hereto and the consents set forth on Schedule 6.3 of the Disclosure Schedule. All such consents shall be in writing and executed counterparts thereof shall be delivered promptly to Buyer. If any such consent shall not be obtained, Seller shall cooperate with Buyer in any reasonable arrangement designed to provide for Buyer the benefits intended to be assigned to Buyer under the relevant Assumed Contract, Intellectual Property or Registration, including enforcement at the cost and for the account of Buyer of any and all rights of Seller against the other party thereto arising out of the breach or cancellation thereof by such other party or

 

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otherwise. If and to the extent that such arrangement cannot be made, Buyer shall have no obligation pursuant to Section 2.3 or otherwise with respect to any such Assumed Contract, Intellectual Property or Registration. The provisions of this Section 2.7 shall not affect the right of Buyer not to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement if the condition to its obligations hereunder contained in Section 9.1 has not been fulfilled.

ARTICLE 3

CONSIDERATION

3.1 Purchase Price. As full consideration of Seller’s sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, delivery, license or sublicense of the Assets to Buyer, Buyer will assume the Assumed Liabilities and pay and deliver or cause to be paid and delivered to Seller, in the manner set forth in this Section, an aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to the sum of the Initial Purchase Price set forth in Section 3.1(a) and the Milestone and Revenue Payments, if applicable, set forth in Section 3.1(b).

(a) Initial Purchase Price. On the Closing Date, Buyer shall pay Seller Eighty Five Million United States Dollars ($85,000,000) (the “Initial Purchase Price”), less the Escrow Amount.

(b) Milestone and Revenue Payments. In addition to the payment made by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.1(a), after the Closing Date, Buyer shall make the following non-refundable cash payments to Seller, in each case, subject to the satisfaction of the respective milestones:

i. Cardene PMB Product Approval Milestone Payment. Twenty Five Million United States Dollars ($25,000,000) shall become payable upon Buyer’s receipt of the Initial FDA Approval, such payment to be made promptly, and in no event later than [****]*, after receipt of such approval.

ii. Revenue Milestone Payments.

(1) Thirty Million United States Dollars ($30,000,000) payable to Seller if and when the Net Sales of the Cardene PMB Product in any twelve consecutive month period, calculated as of the end of each calendar month, first exceed Eighty Million United States Dollars ($80,000,000).

(2) Thirty Million United States Dollars ($30,000,000) payable to Seller if and when the Net Sales of the Cardene PMB Product in any twelve consecutive month period, calculated as of the end of each calendar month, first exceed One Hundred Fifty Million United States Dollars ($150,000,000).

 

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(3) Each payment pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) shall, if applicable, be made promptly, but no later than [****]*, following the occurrence of the relevant milestone.

The milestone payments under subsections (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.1(b) are collectively referred to as “Milestone Payments”.

iii. Other Revenue Payments. Buyer shall pay to Seller, on a [****]* basis as provided in Section 3.3, (A) an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Net Sales of the Cardene PMB Product from sales occurring after the Closing Date and prior to the earlier to occur of (i) December 31, 2014 and (ii) the [****]*, and (B) on a country-by-country basis, an amount equal to five (5%) of the Net Sales of any Ularitide product from sales occurring after the Closing Date and prior to the later to occur of (i) the expiration of the applicable exclusivity period in such country, and (ii) the expiration of the last Patent covering Ularitide in such country. The payments under this subsection iii of Section 3.1(b) are referred to as “Revenue Payments” and Revenue Payments and Milestone Payments are collectively referred to as “Milestone and Revenue Payments”.

(c) Deposit in Escrow. At Closing, Buyer shall deliver cash from the Initial Purchase Price in the amount of Six Million United States Dollars ($6,000,000) (the “Escrow Amount”) to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, to be held and disbursed upon and subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth therein.

3.2 Method of Payment. The payments to be made pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds as follows:

(a) delivery of the Initial Purchase Price, less the Escrow Amount, to such account as Seller shall have designated to Buyer in writing not less than two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date, and any such payment shall be deemed to have been paid when recorded in the proper account;

(b) delivery to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Escrow Agent”) of the Escrow Amount in accordance with the wire transfer instructions of the Escrow Agent delivered to Buyer in writing not less than two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date. The Escrow Amount shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached hereto (the “Escrow Agreement”) in order to provide a source for the payment of any [****]*. The Escrow Agreement shall provide for the release of any remaining escrow funds to Seller [****]* from the Closing Date [****]*; and

(c) delivery of the Milestone and Revenue Payments to such account as Seller shall have designated to Buyer in writing not less than two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date (or such other account as designated by Buyer after Closing delivered pursuant to the notice provision herein).

 

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3.3 Revenue Payments; Reports. Buyer shall pay to Seller, [****]*, any Revenue Payments that become due. Such payments will be accompanied by a report containing the following information as it pertains to the [****]* just ended:

(a) the gross sales of the Cardene PMB Product (in the aggregate and separately stated for each selling party);

(b) the computation of the Net Sales of Cardene PMB Product actually received by Buyer based on the U.S. dollar value determined in (a) above, including an accounting of any Net Sales Adjustments from the gross sales to arrive at the Net Sales amount, and the exchange rates used for converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof;

(c) the computation of earned Revenue Payments; and

(d) such other information necessary to confirm the Revenue Payments payable pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(iii) as Seller may reasonably request.

If no earned Revenue Payments are due for a [****]*, Buyer will so report. At the end of the [****]* in which the Revenue Payments are no longer due, Buyer will provide to Seller a final written report that complies in all respects with this Section 3.3. Buyer will require each Affiliate and sublicensee to make appropriate reports to Buyer in a timely manner to enable Buyer to comply with this Section 3.3. Buyer shall provide Seller a similar report containing the information in subsections (a) and (b) above upon payment of the Milestone Payments.

3.4 Accounting. The Net Sales used for computing the Revenue Payments payable to Seller by Buyer will be computed in U.S. dollars. If Buyer or an Affiliate or a sublicensee sells any Cardene PMB Product for currency other than U.S. currency, for purposes of calculating the earned Revenue Payments payable to Seller, Buyer will determine the Net Sales for the Cardene PMB Product in such currency and then convert the Net Sales into its equivalent in U.S. currency using the average New York foreign exchange selling rate for such currency for the month in which such sale is reported, as published by The Wall Street Journal. If such rate is not so published, the conversion will be at the average selling rate for such currency for the month in which such sale is reported, as published by a leading New York, New York bank chosen by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to Seller (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

3.5 Records; Audits. Buyer shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates and third party sublicensees to keep, full and accurate records and books of account containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of calculating Net Sales. Such records and books of account, with all necessary supporting data, shall be kept by Buyer (or its Affiliates or sublicensees) at its place of business or at another location under Buyer’s control for the [****]* next following the end of the calendar year to which each shall pertain. Upon written request from Seller, and in no event more than (i) [****]* and (ii) [****]* of the Closing Date

 

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thereafter, Buyer shall permit an independent nationally recognized accounting firm selected by Seller and reasonably acceptable to Buyer, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, to have access after reasonable advance notice ([****]*) and during normal business hours to such records and books of account as may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of the Buyer’s reports of Net Sales as provided herein. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Seller may make additional requests if Seller in good faith believes that there is reasonable cause to make such additional requests based on findings in prior reports. All such verifications shall be conducted at the expense of Seller. In the event any such audit concludes that adjustments should be made in Seller’s favor, Seller shall provide to Buyer a complete copy of the accountant’s written report reflecting such adjustments. Buyer shall have the right to dispute such adjustments in good faith by providing written notice of such dispute to Seller within thirty (30) days of the date on which the applicable written report is received by Buyer. Any dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.4. Buyer shall pay the amounts, if any, finally determined to be due (plus accrued interest thereon, from the date originally due, at the annual rate announced by the Bank of America (or any successor) as its prime rate in effect on the date that such payment was first due [****]* promptly, and in no event later than thirty (30) days after the date Buyer receives Seller’s accounting firm’s written report or the dispute is resolved in accordance with Section 14.4, as the case may be. The fees charged by the accounting firm shall be paid by [****]* unless the audit (or final resolution, if applicable) reflects that adjustments in favor of [****]* for the [****]* or more of the aggregate amount paid or payable by [****]* to [****]* during the period, in which case [****]* shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses charged by such accounting firm, promptly after receipt of the invoice for such audit. Seller agrees that all information subject to review under this Section 3.5 is Confidential Information of Buyer and that it shall cause its accounting firm to retain all such information subject to the confidentiality restrictions set forth in this Agreement.

3.6 Late Payments. Any payment owed under this Agreement that is not paid on or before the date that is [****]* following the date on which such payment becomes due pursuant to this Agreement shall accrue interest, to the extent permitted by law, at the annual rate announced by Bank of America (or its successor) as its prime rate in effect on the date that such payment was first due [****]* until the date on which such payment is made.

3.7 Allocation of Purchase Price. Prior to Closing, Buyer and Seller will make reasonable efforts to agree on an allocation of the Initial Purchase Price (and any Assumed Liabilities properly included for tax purposes) among the Assets in a manner that is consistent with the principles of Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision of any future tax law, or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign tax law). If the parties are able to agree to an allocation of the Initial Purchase Price pursuant to the preceding sentence, Buyer and Seller will (i) act in accordance with such allocation in the preparation and filing of all Tax returns (including the preparation and filing of IRS Form 8594), (ii) take no position inconsistent with the allocation for all Tax purposes, and (iii) allocate any post-Closing payments made pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 3.3 consistent with the methodology used in such allocation. In the event that such allocation is disputed by any taxing authority, the party receiving notice of the dispute shall promptly notify the other party hereto and shall forward to such other party copies of all correspondence with such taxing authority in respect of such disputed allocation.

 

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ARTICLE 4

CLOSING

4.1 Closing. The Closing of the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, delivery, license or sublicense of the Assets to Buyer, and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby shall be held at the offices of Seller (the “Closing”) as promptly as practicable, but no later than the date five (5) business days after all conditions (other than the respective delivery obligations of the parties) hereto have been satisfied or waived, or at such other time or date as may be agreed to by the parties to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”). The Closing shall have deemed to have occurred on 11:59 pm on the Closing Date.

4.2 Actions at Closing. At the Closing, sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, delivery, license or sublicense of the Assets to Buyer will be effected by Seller pursuant to such good and sufficient instruments of conveyance, transfer and assignment as shall be necessary to transfer to Buyer good and valid title to the Assets.

(a) Deliveries by Seller at Closing. The purchase of the Assets by Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement are subject to Seller’s delivery to Buyer at the Closing of the following instruments, documents, agreements and certificates:

i. the General Assignment and Bill of Sale substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Bill of Sale”), duly executed by Seller;

ii. a counterpart of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

iii. the Patent Assignment Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Patent Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

iv. the Trademark Assignment Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Trademark Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

v. the Domain Name Assignment Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Domain Name Assignment Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

vi. a counterpart of the Transition Services Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, duly executed by Seller;

 

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vii. the Third Party Consents listed in Attachment 4.2(a), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, signed by an authorized representative of each of the consenting parties to such agreements, and such Third Party Consents (a) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or waived, and (b) shall be in full force and effect;

viii. a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement, , substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H, duly executed by Seller and Escrow Agent;

ix. a counterpart of the Litigation Cooperation Agreement, duly executed by Seller;

x. such other documents and agreements as may be necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

xi. a certificate executed by a duly authorized officer of Seller certifying that (i) each of the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 6 of this Agreement that is qualified by materiality is true and correct in all respects, (ii) each of such representations and warranties that is not so qualified is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date or, in the case of representations and warranties made as of a specified date earlier than the Closing Date, on and as of such earlier date, except that any such representation or warranty made as of a specified date shall only need to have been true and correct on and as of such date, and (iii) all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Seller, at or prior to the Closing have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;

xii. a certificate of the Secretary of Seller, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as to the authenticity and effectiveness of the actions of the board of directors of Seller authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement;

xiii. evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, that Seller has fully paid all fees, costs and expenses payable pursuant to Section 8.6;

xiv. for each NDA identified and each IND identified on Attachment 2.1(e), a letter from Seller to the FDA, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, stating that all rights with respect to the respective application have been transferred to Buyer as of the Closing Date; and

xv. a certification as to Seller’s non-foreign status in accordance with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b)(2).

(b) Deliveries by Buyer at Closing. The sale of the Assets by Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement are subject to Buyer’s delivery to Seller (unless noted otherwise) at the Closing of the following instruments, agreements and certificates:

i. the Initial Purchase Price, less the Escrow Amount;

ii. evidence of payment of the Escrow Amount to the Escrow Agent;

 

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iii. a counterpart of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

iv. a counterpart of the Transition Services Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

v. a counterpart of the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Buyer and Escrow Agent;

vi. a counterpart of the Litigation Cooperation Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

vii. a certificate executed by a duly authorized officer of Buyer certifying that (i) each of the representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Article 7 of this Agreement that is qualified by materiality is true and correct in all respects, (ii) each of such representations and warranties that is not so qualified is true and correct in all material respects, in each case, as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date or, in the case of representations and warranties made as of a specified date earlier than the Closing Date, on and as of such earlier date, except that any such representation or warranty made as of a specified date shall only need to have been true and correct on and as of such date, and (iii) all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Buyer, at or prior to the Closing have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;

viii. a certificate of the Secretary of Buyer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller, as to the authenticity and effectiveness of the actions of the board of directors (and shareholders, if applicable) of Buyer authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 5

EMPLOYMENT MATTERS

5.1 Employees.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement, Buyer shall have the right prior to Closing to contact the employees of Seller currently employed in the Business, who are identified on Attachment 5.1(a) (each, a “Business Employee”), and to discuss possible terms of employment with such Business Employees and Buyer may make offers of employment, contingent on the Closing, to any of such Business Employees in its discretion. Buyer shall deliver to Seller a list of the Business Employees to whom Buyer has or intends to make offers of employment (each, an “Identified Employee”) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the Closing. The Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Buyer to facilitate the hiring of the Identified Employees. Seller and its Affiliates shall not make competing offers of employment to the Identified Employees and shall, for a period of [****]*

 

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from the Closing Date, refrain from, directly or indirectly, employing, engaging or seeking to employ or engage any Identified Employee that has been hired by Buyer, unless such employee (i) has resigned voluntarily at least [****]* prior to such employment or engagement (without any solicitation from Seller or any of its Affiliates) or has been terminated by Buyer after the Closing Date or (ii) responds to any general media solicitation of employment or engagement by the Seller or its Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall constitute a commitment of Buyer to continue the employment of any Identified Employee for any period following the Closing Date, nor limit the right of Seller or its Affiliates to change any terms or conditions of employment of any employed Identified Employee following the Closing Date.

(b) Prior to the Closing Date, or as promptly as possible thereafter, and not withstanding any otherwise applicable Employee Benefit Plan, Seller shall take such actions, to be in effect as of the Closing Date or as promptly as possible thereafter, as are necessary to cause all Identified Employees who accept offers of employment from Buyer (the “Hired Employees”) to be paid, on a pro-rata basis, any earned sales incentive compensation and other comparable pay for the period of employment ending on the date of termination of employment (including, without limitation, the applicable bonuses for 2007 that would otherwise have been payable pursuant to any Seller Employee Benefit Plan, to the extent that such bonuses have not been paid prior to Closing), as well as any accrued vacation pay, sick leave, or other payroll entitlements. Seller shall waive any notice requirements or other conditions applicable to any Hired Employee in connection with such employee’s termination of his or her employment with Seller.

(c) Seller shall take all action necessary to give any notification required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), comply with any requirements of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and pay any and all severance, vacation, paid time off, unpaid wages, unpaid bonuses, unpaid commissions or other sums that may be due to Business Employees in connection with their termination of employment with Seller, if any, or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any of Seller’s employee benefit plan. Buyer shall provide to Seller in a timely manner any information reasonably necessary to determine whether an Identified Employee has been offered employment in a comparable position and such other information as is reasonably necessary for Seller to comply with its obligations, if any, under WARN or any similar state law, rule or regulation with respect to Seller’s termination of the employment of any Business Employees.

ARTICLE 6

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

Subject to the exceptions and disclosures listed in the Disclosure Schedule (including the attachments and exhibits thereto) Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:

6.1 Organization and Authority. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate power and authority to execute and consummate this Agreement, and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder and thereunder. Seller has all requisite corporate power and authority and all authorizations, licenses, permits and certifications necessary to carry on the Business as now being conducted and to own, lease and operate the

 

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Assets. Seller is qualified as a foreign corporation to do business in every jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership of property requires it to be qualified and in which the failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect. All corporate acts and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Seller to authorize Seller to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, have been duly and properly taken, and no further action on the part of Seller or its stockholders is necessary. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

6.2 No Violation or Conflict. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, and the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereunder will not (i) violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity applicable to Seller, or (ii) materially conflict with, result in any material breach of, or constitute a material default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of Seller or any agreement to which Seller is a party, (iii) materially interfere with Seller’s performance of its obligations hereunder, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance on Seller or the Assets, and to the Knowledge of Seller, there are currently no proceedings pending before, or threatened by, any Governmental Entity that could reasonably be expected to result in the adoption, amendment or issuance of any law, statute, rule or regulation or judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree materially adverse to the Assets or the Business.

6.3 Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.3 of the Disclosure Schedule, no notice to, declaration, filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or approval of, or permit from, any Governmental Entity, or any other person or entity, is required to be made or obtained by Seller in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except with respect to the HSR Filings and any declarations, filings, registrations, authorizations, consents, approvals or permits which if not obtained or made have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect or materially interfere with Seller’s performance of its obligations hereunder.

6.4 Assumed Contracts. Seller has made available to Buyer complete and correct copies of the Assumed Contracts and any amendments, modifications and supplements thereto. All the Assumed Contracts are in full force and effect and are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms by and against Seller, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity; provided that there may be Assumed Contracts that have expired by their terms, but contain surviving

 

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rights or Liabilities that will be assumed by Buyer. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.4(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither Seller nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other party to such Assumed Contract is, or has received notice that it is, in violation or breach of or default under any such Assumed Contract (or with notice or lapse of time or both, would be in violation or breach of or default under any such Assumed Contract) in any material respect. Schedule 6.4(b) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all Assumed Contracts which require the consent or waiver of any party to such Assumed Contracts, to the Assignment of such Assumed Contract as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Third Party Consents”).

6.5 Title to Assets. Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, Buyer will obtain good, valid and marketable title to all the Assets, free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, charges, claims, pledges, or security interests of any kind (including those of secured parties). Except as set forth in Schedule 6.5 of the Disclosure Schedule, Seller beneficially owns all of the right, title or other interests to be transferred to Buyer hereunder with respect to all the Assets, and none of the Assets is leased, rented, licensed, or otherwise not owned by Seller. The transactions contemplated hereby constitute the sale and assignment of substantially all of Seller’s business relating to the CV Products.

6.6 Intellectual Property.

(a) Attachment 2.1. Attachment 2.1 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all of the following throughout the world granted to, applied for, owned or licensed by Seller in relation to the CV Products: (i) Patents; (ii) Licensed IP Rights; (iii) Trademarks and Trademark Registrations; and (iv) Domain Names. Such list includes, where applicable, the record owner, jurisdiction and registration and/or application number, and date issued (or filed) for each of the foregoing. The inventorship of the Patents and patent applications within Intellectual Property other than the Licensed IP Rights (the “Owned IP Rights”) is true and correct as of the Effective Date.

(b) Title. Except as otherwise stated on Attachment 2.1, Seller is the sole and exclusive owner of all Owned IP Rights and has the right to use the Licensed IP Rights as set forth in the applicable Assumed Contracts. Seller has the right to assign to Buyer the Intellectual Property required to be assigned to Buyer under this Agreement, subject to obtaining the third party consents listed in Attachment 4.2(a). The Intellectual Property was either (i) developed by employees of Seller within the scope of their employment; (ii) developed by independent contractors who have vested all rights in and to such Intellectual Property to Seller pursuant to written agreements (such as by assignment or work-made-for-hire provisions); or (iii) obtained by Seller from a third party via a written agreement that transferred all rights in the Owned IP Rights to Seller or granted Seller a license to the Licensed IP Rights, as applicable. No current or former director, officer, or employee of Seller or its Affiliates (or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any of its predecessors in interest) will, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein, own or retain any rights to use, and will not have any claim with respect to any Intellectual Property. No royalties, honoraria or other fees are currently due and payable to any third parties for the use of or the right to use any (i) Owned IP Rights; or (ii) except as set forth in the Assumed Contracts, Licensed IP Rights.

 

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(c) All Rights Transferred. After the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, Buyer will own all rights, title, and interest in and to or have a valid written license to use all Intellectual Property and the patents included within the Licensed IP Rights, subject to obtaining the Third Party Consents, on the same terms and conditions as Seller enjoyed immediately prior to such transactions. Except for the Third Party Consents, there is no law, contract or arrangement that would prevent Seller from assigning all licenses and rights required to be assigned under this Agreement.

(d) Sufficiency of Title. Seller is the sole and exclusive owner of or has valid right to use pursuant to a written signed agreement, free and clear of all liens with respect to Owned IP Rights and, to the Knowledge of Seller, free and clear of all liens with respect to Licensed IP Rights. To the Knowledge of Seller, the Intellectual Property constitutes all of the material intellectual property assets used in or necessary for the conduct of the Business as conducted by Seller as of the Effective Date. The Owned IP Rights, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, the Licensed IP Rights, currently used in the Business, are in each case subsisting, in full force and effect, and have not been cancelled, expired, been abandoned, or otherwise terminated, and payment of all renewal and maintenance fees in respect of the Owned IP Rights, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, the Licensed IP Rights, and all filings related thereto, have been duly made. Seller has been diligent in prosecuting all applications pending as of the Effective Date related to Owned IP Rights.

(e) Non-infringement. To the Knowledge of Seller, the manufacture, sale and distribution of each CV Product as conducted as of the Effective Date does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or constitute the unauthorized use of (either directly or indirectly, such as through contributory infringement or inducement to infringe) any intellectual property rights of any third party in the relevant portion of the Territory for such CV Product.

(f) Pending Claims. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.6(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened claims, suits, arbitrations or other adversarial proceedings before any court, agency, arbitral tribunal, or registration authority in any jurisdiction in the applicable Territory challenging Seller’s ownership or use of any Intellectual Property, or the validity, enforceability, or registrability of any Owned IP Rights or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any Licensed IP Rights.

(g) Third Party Infringement. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.6(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, to the Knowledge of Seller, no third party in any Territory in which Intellectual Property rights have been granted, is misappropriating, infringing, diluting or violating any Owned IP Rights, or to the Knowledge of Seller, any Licensed IP Rights, and no claims, suits, arbitrations or other adversarial claims have been brought or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened against any third party by Seller.

(h) Settlements. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.6(h) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no settlement agreements, coexistence agreements, consents, licenses, assignments, security agreements, judgments, consent decrees or judicial or administrative decisions relating to Owned IP Rights, or to the Knowledge of Seller, the Licensed IP Rights.

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Seller, none of the Trade Secrets or Confidential Information have been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed to any third party other than pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement. To the Knowledge of Seller, no third party to any non-disclosure agreement with Seller is in breach, violation or default thereof.

(j) Employee Cooperation. Each present or past employee, officer, consultant or any other person who participated on behalf of Seller in the development of any of the CV Products or any of the Intellectual Property has executed a valid and enforceable agreement with Seller that (i) conveys any and all right, title and interest in and to all Intellectual Property developed by such Person in connection with such Person’s employment or contract to Seller, (ii) requires such Person, during and after the term of employment or contract, to cooperate with Seller in the prosecution of any patent applications filed in connection with such Intellectual Property, (iii) establishes a representation and covenant by such Person that no process, technique, innovation or other work product provided to Seller is or will be derived from or otherwise constitute the proprietary information of a prior employer or contractor, in contravention of any prior confidentiality agreement, and (iv) obligates such Person to keep any Confidential Information of Seller confidential both during and after the term of the employment or contract. To the Knowledge of Seller, no employee or consultant of Seller is in violation of any laws or regulations relating to Intellectual Property applicable to such employee or consultant, or any term of any employment agreement, confidentiality agreement, patent or invention disclosure agreement or other contract relating to the relationship of such employee or consultant with Seller or any prior employer or client, as the case may be.

(k) Notices. As of the Effective Date, Seller has not received any notice (including, without limitation, any [****]*) pursuant to [****]* by and between Seller and [****]*, as such agreement may be amended from time to time, and to the Knowledge of Seller as of the Effective Date, there are no facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in any such notice.

(l) Registrations; Regulatory Matters. All Registrations held by Seller with respect to the CV Products are listed on Attachment 2.1(e). The Registrations are owned exclusively by Seller. To Seller’s Knowledge, all of the Registrations are valid and in full force and effect as of the Effective Date. The Registrations (i) are in the name of Seller; and (ii) except as set forth in Schedule 6.6(l) of the Disclosure Schedule, constitute all licenses, permits, approvals, qualifications, authorizations or requirements of any Governmental Entity in the applicable Territory necessary to manufacture and sell the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory. Seller has furnished Buyer with access to a complete copy of the NDA, including all amendments and supplements thereto. Each of the Registrations has been approved by the FDA or other relevant Governmental Entity, as the case may be, and each of the Registrations is in good standing with the FDA or other relevant Governmental Entity, as the case may be. There is no action or proceeding by any Governmental Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller as of the Closing Date, threatened seeking the revocation or suspension of any Registration relating to the manufacture or sale of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory.

 

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6.7 Regulatory Status of Marketed Products. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.7 of the Disclosure Schedule, there have been no recalls, withdrawals, or market replacements of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory in the past [****]*.

6.8 Product Net Sales. Seller’s net sales of each of the Marketed Products as set forth on Schedule 6.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, for the periods specified therein, are accurate and were determined in accordance with GAAP.

6.9 Violations of Law. The utilization of the Assets and the conduct of the Business by Seller and its Affiliates and their respective agents and employees do not violate any applicable law, governmental specification, authorization or requirement or any decree, judgment, order or similar restriction binding on the Seller or any of its Affiliates in any material respect. Seller has not received notice of any Governmental Entity investigation, claim or proceeding concerning compliance matters relating to the CV Products or the Business, or the business practices of Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees, including without limitation business practices related to the pricing, promotion and manufacturing of the Marketed Products.

6.10 Litigation. Neither the Assets nor the Business is the subject of any outstanding judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court, arbitrator or administrative or Governmental Entity limiting, restricting or affecting the Assets or the Business in any material aspect. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no claims, suits, proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing against Seller or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees with respect to the Assets, Business or transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

6.11 Employees. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.11 of the Disclosure Schedule, the Business Employees listed in Attachment 5.1(a) are all the employees of Seller whose efforts and responsibilities are material to the Business. As of the Effective Date, to the Knowledge of Seller, no Business Employee and no group of Business Employees has any plans to terminate his or her employment with Seller. To the Knowledge of Seller, Seller and its Affiliates have complied with all laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining and the payment of social security and other taxes. Seller and its Affiliates have no material labor relations problem pending relating to the Business Employees and their labor relations relating to the Business Employees are satisfactory. There are no workers’ compensation claims pending against Seller or its Affiliates relating to a Business Employee nor is Seller or its Affiliates aware of any facts that would give rise to such a claim. To the Knowledge of Seller, no Business Employee is subject to any secrecy or non-competition agreement or any other agreement or restriction of any kind that would impede in any way the ability of such employee to carry out fully all activities of such employee in furtherance of the Business. With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan (i) Seller and its Affiliates have complied and are now in compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to such Employee Benefit Plans and (ii) each Employee Benefit Plan has been

 

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administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms. Attachment 5.1(a) lists, as of the date set forth on such attachment, each Business Employee and the position, title, remuneration (including any scheduled salary or remuneration increases), date of employment and accrued vacation pay of each such Business Employee.

6.12 Taxes. As of the Effective Date, there are no, and, at the Closing, there will not be, any liens for Taxes accrued upon the Assets. Any and all Taxes related to the Assets or the Business, to the extent payable prior to the Closing, have been or will be paid by Seller prior to the Closing. No jurisdiction (whether within or without the United States) in which the Seller or any Affiliate of Seller has not filed a specific Tax Return with respect to the Assets or the Business has asserted that the Seller or such Affiliate is required to file such Tax Return in such jurisdiction. Seller and each Affiliate of Seller has complied (and until the Closing Date will comply) with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes relating to the Assets or the Business (including withholding and reporting requirements under Code §§3401 through 3406, 6041 and 6049 and similar provisions under any other laws) and has, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, withheld from employee wages and paid over to the proper governmental authorities all required amounts.

6.13 Customers and Suppliers. Schedule 6.13 of the Disclosure Schedule lists the [****]* largest customers and suppliers of Seller relating to each of the Marketed Products for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 and sets forth opposite the name of each such customer or supplier the approximate percentage of gross sales attributable from such customers or cash payments attributable to such suppliers, and unit sales for each such customer, for each such period. Since December 31, 2006, no customer or supplier listed on Schedule 6.13 of the Disclosure Schedule has advised in writing that it will stop or materially decrease the rate of business done with Seller except for changes in the ordinary course of Seller’s business.

6.14 Inventory; Raw Materials and WIP. The Product Inventory, Raw Materials and WIP relating to the Marketed Products consist of items of a quality and quantity usable and, with respect to finished goods only, salable at Seller’s normal profit levels, in each case, in the ordinary course of the business. Seller’s inventory of finished goods generated by the Business is not slow-moving as determined in accordance with past practices, obsolete or damaged and is merchantable and fit for its particular use. Seller has on hand or has ordered and expects timely delivery of such quantities of Raw Materials and has on hand such quantities of WIP and Product Inventory as are reasonably required to timely fill current orders on hand with respect to the Marketed Products which require delivery within [****]* and to maintain the manufacture and shipment of products at its normal level of operations. Schedule 6.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a materially complete and accurate summary of the Product Inventory, Raw Materials and WIP relating to each of the Marketed Products as of December 31, 2007. Since January 1, 2007, sales of the Marketed Products by Seller to its distributors, licensees and

 

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wholesalers were made consistent with past practices and were not the result of any special or extraordinary sales efforts or promotions by Seller or such distributors, licensees and wholesalers. The level of inventory of the Marketed Products held by Seller’s distributors, licensees and wholesalers is consistent with practice in effect during calendar year 2007 and, on the Closing Date, will not exceed a level that would be reasonably expected to be sold in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, during calendar year 2007, within [****]* thereof. Seller has no reason to believe that such inventory will be subject to returns, discounts or charge-backs that, in the aggregate, are materially worse than those experienced during calendar year 2007. Schedule 6.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all of the Packaging Inventory owned by Seller as of the Effective Date.

6.15 Clinical Trials.

(a) Schedule 6.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule is an accurate and complete list of all Clinical Trials initiated by Seller prior to the Effective Date. To Seller’s Knowledge, the Clinical Trials were conducted in material compliance with Good Clinical Practice, the reporting of adverse events, the filing of reports and security promulgated by the FDA and similar regulations promulgated by other Governmental Entities as applicable to such trials. For the purposes of this Section 6.15, “Good Clinical Practice” means current good clinical practice pursuant to the FD&C Act and the relevant U.S. regulations in Title 21 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (including Parts 11, 50, 54, 56, 312, 314 and 601).

(b) Other than as disclosed on Schedule 6.15(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, during the Clinical Trials, there have been no deaths or serious adverse events.

(c) Seller has not received any written notices or other written correspondence from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity requiring the termination or suspension of any Clinical Trials.

6.16 Absence of Change. Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, except for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions to take place pursuant hereto on or prior to the Closing Date, since September 30, 2007 there has not been any Material Adverse Change, or any event or development which, individually or together with other such events, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Without limiting the foregoing, except as disclosed in Schedule 6.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, there has not occurred, between September 30, 2007 and the date hereof, any physical damage, destruction or other casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting any of the assets of Seller or its Affiliates used or held for use in the conduct of the Business in an aggregate amount [****]*.

6.17 No Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no Liabilities against, relating to or affecting the Business or any of the Assets, other than Liabilities (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) under the Assumed Contracts, or (iii) which, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the condition of the Business.

 

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6.18 Sufficiency. The Assets and Buyer’s rights under this Agreement constitute all of the material assets that are necessary for Buyer to operate the Business as of and after the Closing Date in substantially the same manner as the Business was operated by Seller (and Seller’s Affiliates) on the Effective Date.

6.19 Brokers and Finders. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.19 of the Disclosure Schedule, Seller has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any brokerage fee, commission or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

6.20 No Implied Warranty. THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES GIVEN HEREIN BY SELLER ARE IN LIEU OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHICH MAY OTHERWISE BE APPLICABLE BECAUSE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OR ANY OTHER STATUTE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Seller makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) any forecasts, projections, estimates or budgets delivered or made available to Buyer of future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Business or (ii) any other information or documents made available to Buyer or its counsel, accountants or advisors with respect to the Business, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or the exhibits hereto; provided, that Seller does represent and warrant that it has neither intentionally provided or made available to Buyer any untrue information, nor intentionally omitted any material fact or information regarding the Assets, the Product or the Business or any of the other matters dealt with in this Article 6 relating to Seller or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

7.1 Organization and Authority. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Buyer has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. All corporate acts and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Buyer to authorize Buyer to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, have been duly and properly taken, and no further action on the part of Buyer or its stockholders is necessary. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Buyer and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

 

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7.2 No Conflict or Violation. The execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder and the consummation by Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereunder will not (i) violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity applicable to Buyer, or (ii) materially conflict with, result in any material breach of, or constitute a material default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of Buyer or any agreement to which Buyer is a party, or (iii) materially interfere with Buyer’s performance of its obligations hereunder.

7.3 Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.3, no notice to, declaration, filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or approval of, or permit from, any Governmental Entity, or any other person or entity, is required to be made or obtained by Buyer in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except with respect to the HSR Filings and except for declarations, filings, registrations, authorizations, consents, approvals or permits which if not obtained or made have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a material adverse effect on Buyer or materially interfere with Buyer’s performance of its obligations hereunder.

7.4 Cash Resources. Buyer has, prior to the execution of this Agreement, delivered to Seller, true and complete copies of written commitments of third parties to provide Buyer with the financing (in the form of both equity and debt) required for Buyer’s acquisition of the Business hereunder. Subject to the funding of the funds set forth in the written commitments, in each case, in accordance with and subject to their terms and conditions, Buyer will have at Closing cash in an amount sufficient to pay the Purchase Price at the Closing and any and all fees and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and specifically acknowledges Seller has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon this representation.

7.5 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened in writing concerning Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

7.6 Brokers and Finders. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.6, Buyer has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any brokerage fee, commission or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

7.7 Buyer Due Diligence. Buyer is experienced, and/or has engaged expert advisors experienced in the evaluation and purchase of property and assets such as the Assets contemplated hereunder. Buyer has undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to permit it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 8

PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS

8.1 Governmental Filings. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in promptly undertaking all filings required to be filed with any Governmental Entity in connection with the transfer of Assets and other rights under this Agreement and to cooperate with one another as reasonably necessary to accomplish the foregoing, including, but not limited to, the filings required of both parties pursuant to the HSR (such filings sometimes being referred to in this Agreement as the “HSR Filings”), and the filing of any additional information as required with respect to such HSR Filings as soon as practicable after receipt of request therefor from the United States Federal Trade Commission. All filing fees related to the HSR Filings shall be [****]*.

8.2 Conduct of Business. During the period on and from the Effective Date through and including the Closing Date, Seller will conduct the Business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practices, unless Buyer shall otherwise agree in writing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(a) Seller will:

i. use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) keep available (subject to dismissals and retirements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) the services of the Business Employees, (ii) maintain the good will of wholesalers, customers, suppliers, lenders and other persons and entities to whom Seller sells goods or provides services or with whom Seller otherwise has significant business relationships in connection with the Business, and (iii) continue all current sales, marketing and promotional activities relating to the Business;

ii. except to the extent required by applicable law, (i) cause the Books and Records to be maintained in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, and (ii) not permit any material change in any pricing, investment, accounting, financial reporting, inventory, credit, allowance or Tax practice or policy of Seller or its Affiliates that would adversely affect the Business, the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities;

iii. comply, in all material respects, with all laws and orders applicable to the Business and promptly following receipt thereof give Buyer copies of any notice received from any Governmental Entity or any other person or entity alleging any violation of any such law or order;

iv. work diligently and in good faith to complete, as promptly as reasonably practicable, the application to be submitted to the FDA to obtain the Initial FDA Approval, such application to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer; provided, if Seller completes such application prior to the Closing Date and the application is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, then Seller will promptly file such application with the FDA;

 

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v. work diligently and in good faith to [****]* and any and all work and agreements relating thereto and [****]* related thereto; and

vi. promptly provide to Buyer written notice of (i) any formal action taken, or non-privileged communication made, by Seller or any other party to the Sun Litigation in connection therewith, and (ii) Seller’s filing of any citizen’s petition or issuance of any other response in connection with the [****]* and, in the case of this subclause (ii), shall not make any such filing or issue any such response without the prior written consent of Buyer.

(b) Seller will refrain from:

i. entering into, amending, modifying, terminating (partially or completely), granting any waiver under or giving any consent with respect to any Assumed Contract or any Registration;

ii. violating, breaching or defaulting under, in any material respect, or taking or failing to take any action that (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would constitute a material violation or breach of, or default under, any term or provision of any Assumed Contract or any Registration;

iii. waiving any right of Seller under any Liability of or owing to Seller in connection with the Business, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

iv. engaging in any transaction with respect to the Business with any officer, director or Affiliate of Seller, either outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or other than on an arm’s-length basis; and

v. entering into any agreement to do or engage in any of the foregoing.

8.3 No Solicitation. Seller will not (and it will use its best efforts to assure that its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates do not on its behalf) (a) take any action to solicit, initiate, seek, or affirmatively support any inquiry, proposal or offer from, any corporation, partnership, person or other entity or group (other than Buyer) relating to any acquisition of the Business or any of the Assets, other than the marketing, sale and distribution of Product Inventory and use of Raw Materials in the ordinary course consistent with past practices (any such proposed transaction being a “Third Party Acquisition”); or (b) participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or provide any non-public information to, any corporation, partnership, person or other entity or group (other than Buyer) relating to any proposed Third Party Acquisition. Seller shall immediately terminate any such negotiations in progress as of the Effective Date. In no event will Seller accept or enter into an agreement concerning any such Third Party Acquisition prior to the termination of the Agreement pursuant to Article 12. Notwithstanding this provision, nothing herein shall be deemed to in any way restrict or limit the right of Seller to engage in discussions, negotiations, furnishing of information or any other activities relating to or in support of transactions involving the acquisition or sale of Seller and/or any other product lines or businesses of Seller other than the Business or the Assets, so long as this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall remain binding on the parties hereto.

 

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8.4 Access. During the period from the Effective Date and continuing until the Closing, upon reasonable advance notice received from Buyer and at Buyer’s expense, Seller shall (i) afford Buyer, its financing sources and their representatives reasonable access to, during regular business hours, or furnish Buyer, its financing sources and its representatives with copies of, documents used solely and specifically with respect to the Assets or the CV Products as Buyer may reasonably request, and (ii) otherwise cooperate and assist with Buyer’s and its financing source’s investigation of the Assets and the CV Products as Buyer may reasonably request.

8.5 Financing.

(a) Buyer will use best efforts to (i) enter into definitive agreements providing for the financing of Buyer’s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, containing terms substantially similar to those set forth in the commitment letters referred to in Section 7.4, (ii) obtain and consummate on the Closing Date the financing contemplated by such definitive financing agreements, and (iii) ensure that Buyer’s equity investors comply with the provisions of the equity commitment letters referred to in Section 7.4 and enforce such provisions against such equity investors to ensure the consummation of the financing of Buyer’s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) [****]*.

8.6 Payment of Certain Expenses. Seller shall, on or prior to the Closing Date, pay in full any and all fees, cost and expenses incurred or accrued with respect to the Sun Litigation (including attorneys’ fees) through the Closing and shall provide Buyer with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Buyer that all such amounts have been paid.

8.7 Transition Services Agreement. Seller and Buyer shall enter into the Transition Services Agreement on the Closing Date, in substantially the same form and on substantially the same terms as set forth in Exhibit F, pursuant to which Seller will provide to Buyer the transition services requested by it, which services may include, without limitation, regulatory, supply chain management, intellectual property and other services.

 

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ARTICLE 9

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. All obligations of Buyer hereunder are, at the option of Buyer, subject to the conditions precedent that (all or any of which may be waived by Buyer, in whole or in part), at the Closing:

(a) All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with and notices to any Governmental Entity necessary to permit Buyer and Seller to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (a) shall have been duly obtained, made or given, (b) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, (c) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or waived and (d) shall be in full force and effect, and all terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under the HSR, shall have occurred.

(b) There shall not be in effect on the Closing Date any order or law restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which could reasonably be expected to otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect and there shall not be pending or threatened on the Closing Date any action or proceeding in, before or by any Governmental Entity which could reasonably be expected to result in the issuance of any such order or the enactment, promulgation or deemed applicability to Buyer or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of any such law.

(c) Seller shall have furnished to Buyer all deliverables set forth in Section 4.2(a), and shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, each agreement, covenant and obligation required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by Seller at or before Closing.

(d) Each of the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in this Agreement that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and each of such representations and warranties that is not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date or, in the case of representations and warranties made as of a specified date earlier than the Closing Date, on and as of such earlier date.

(e) The level of inventory of the Marketed Products held by Seller’s distributors, licensees and wholesalers on the Closing Date shall not exceed a level that would be reasonably expected to be sold in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice during the calendar year 2007, [****]*.

 

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(f) If Buyer shall have complied in all respects with its obligations under Section 8.5(a), and Buyer shall have taken all material action that is within its reasonable control and required by it pursuant to the terms of the written commitments of third parties referred to in Section 7.4 and the definitive agreements entered into in connection therewith, then it shall be a condition to Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement that it shall have obtained financing on terms substantially similar to those set forth in the commitment letters referred to in Section 7.4 and in an amount sufficient to pay the Initial Purchase Price at Closing.

9.2 Conditions to Obligations of Seller. All obligations of Seller hereunder are, at the option of Seller, subject to the conditions precedent that (all or any of which may be waived by Seller, in whole or in part), at the Closing:

(a) All consents, approvals and actions of, filings with and notices to any Governmental Entity necessary to permit Buyer and Seller to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (a) shall have been duly obtained, made or given, (b) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller, (c) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any condition that has not been satisfied or waived and (d) shall be in full force and effect, and all terminations or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under the HSR, shall have occurred.

(b) There shall not be in effect on the Closing Date any order or law restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting or making illegal the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and there shall not be pending or threatened on the Closing Date any action or proceeding in, before or by any Governmental Entity which could reasonably be expected to result in the issuance of any such order or the enactment, promulgation or deemed applicability to Seller or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of any such law.

(c) Buyer shall have furnished to Seller all deliverables set forth in subsections (i)-(iv), (vi), (viii) and (ix) of Section 4.2(b), and shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, each agreement, covenant and obligation required by this Agreement to be so performed or complied with by Buyer at or before Closing.

(d) Each of the representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in this Agreement that is qualified by materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and each of such representations and warranties that is not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case, as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date or, in the case of representations and warranties made as of a specified date earlier than the Closing Date, on and as of such earlier date.

 

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ARTICLE 10

POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

10.1 Further Assurances.

(a) At any time or from time to time after Closing, at Buyer’s reasonable request and without further consideration, Seller shall execute and deliver to Buyer such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, provide such materials and information and take such other actions as Buyer may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order more effectively to transfer, convey and assign to Buyer, and to confirm Buyer’s title to, all of the Assets, and, to the full extent permitted by law, to put Buyer in actual possession and operating control of the Business and the Assets and to assist Buyer in exercising all rights with respect thereto, and otherwise to cause Seller to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) if, on or prior to the [****]* of the Closing Date, either Buyer or Seller becomes aware that an asset or property of Seller or its Affiliates that was used solely or primarily in, or that was necessary for the conduct of, the Business on the Effective Date, was not sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer on the Closing Date, then (A) if such asset or property was used solely in the Business on the Effective Date, Seller shall promptly sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver such asset or property to Buyer, or (B) if such asset or property was used primarily in, or was otherwise necessary for the conduct of, the Business on the Effective Date, Seller shall either promptly sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver such asset or property to Buyer, or make such asset or property available to Seller under a perpetual, paid-up, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, with the right to sublicense, in each case without any additional consideration being due to Seller, and (ii) in the event that any Affiliate of Seller has any right, title or interest in any Asset (or any other asset used in the Business that would otherwise be an Asset if owned by Seller), then Seller shall cause such Affiliate to transfer and assign all such right, title and interest to Buyer.

(b) Effective on the Closing Date, Seller hereby constitutes and appoints Buyer the true and lawful attorney of Seller, with full power of substitution, in the name of Seller or Buyer, but on behalf of and for the benefit of Buyer: (i) to demand and receive from time to time any and all Assets and to make endorsements and give receipts and releases for and in respect of the same and any part thereof; (ii) to institute, prosecute, compromise and settle any and all actions or proceedings that Buyer may deem proper in order to collect, assert or enforce any claim, right or title of any kind in or to the Assets; (iii) to defend or compromise any or all actions or proceedings in respect of any of the Assets; and (iv) to do all such acts and things in relation to the matters set forth in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) as Buyer shall deem desirable. Seller hereby acknowledges that the appointment hereby made and the powers hereby granted are coupled with an interest and are not and shall not be revocable by it in any manner or for any reason. Seller shall deliver to Buyer at Closing an acknowledged power of attorney to the foregoing effect executed by Seller. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any and all Losses caused by or arising out of any breach of law by Buyer in its exercise of such power of attorney.

(c) Seller agrees to cooperate with Buyer in enforcing any rights Seller may have, contractual or otherwise, which Seller may retain after the Closing Date and which may relate to the Assets and/or the Business; provided, however, such enforcement must include a claim for damages attributable to post-Closing periods. Seller agrees to appoint Buyer as its agent, with full authority to enforce such rights, and agrees to join in any litigation to the extent

 

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deemed necessary by Buyer to protect Buyer’s interest in the Assets and/or the Business. Buyer shall have the right to sue for and recover past, present and future damages resulting from Seller’s retained rights; provided, however, such suit must include a claim for damages attributable to post-Closing periods. To the extent such damages can be attributed to damages occurring before the Closing Date, Buyer shall, to the extent recovered by Buyer, pay to Seller the portion of any total recovery minus costs of litigation attributable to such damages. Seller shall make available to Buyer any of its employees, officers, and directors as requested by Buyer during the course of litigation. Seller shall promptly cooperate with Buyer at Buyer’s request in gathering information and in responding to any discovery or other obligation of Buyer in preparation for or during the conduct of litigation. Subject to the allocation of costs of litigation stated above, Buyer shall, with respect to the services provided by Seller on Buyer’s request under this Section 10.1(c), pay Seller’s expenses and indemnify Seller consistent with the provisions of Section 4 and Section 5 of the Litigation Cooperation Agreement. Seller shall promptly deliver copies of all proprietary, inventions, confidentiality and similar agreements between Seller and any Business Employee, as well as such other agreements that Buyer may reasonably request from time to time for purposes of exercising its rights under this Section 10.1(c), including, without limitation, agreements with past or present employees, agents or representatives.

10.2 Transfer of Registrations; Interim Responsibility.

(a) Promptly after the Closing Date, Seller shall (i) send letters to the FDA and other Governmental Entities indicating that the Registrations are transferred to Buyer and that Buyer is the new owner of the Registrations as of the Closing Date and (ii) provide to Buyer a copy of said letters.

(b) Promptly after the Closing Date, the parties will cooperate in transferring the Registrations to Buyer. The target date for the transfer shall be agreed upon by the parties, but shall not be later than [****]* from the Closing Date. Prior to the Closing, the parties will agree upon procedures to ensure a smooth transition from Seller to Buyer of all of the activities required to be undertaken by the Registration(s) holder, including adverse experience reporting, quarterly and annual reports to FDA, handling and tracking of complaints, sample tracking, and communication with health care professionals and customers which shall be specified in the Transition Services Agreement or an amendment thereto. Within [****]* after the Closing Date, Seller will forward to Buyer a complete copy of the Registrations for the CV Products, as well as copies of all correspondence with, and periodic and other reports (including adverse event reports and the underlying data) to, regulatory authorities in the applicable Territory. Seller will cooperate with Buyer to ensure a smooth transition of the activities contemplated hereby, and in obtaining the cooperation of Seller and its distributors and licensees of the CV Products with the transfer of adverse experience reporting obligations from Seller to Buyer.

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will assume all responsibility for the Registrations, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense. Each party shall cooperate with the other in making and maintaining all regulatory filings that may be necessary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

10.3 Communication With Agencies. Until the Registrations are transferred to Buyer, Seller shall have responsibility for all communications with the FDA relating to the CV Products, and Seller will promptly provide Buyer with copies of all communications from the FDA with respect to the CV Products and/or the manufacture thereof, and Seller shall consult with Buyer and reflect the Buyer’s reasonable requests regarding all communications to the FDA with respect to the CV Products and/or the manufacture thereof, prior to making such communication with the FDA. After such transfer has been completed, Buyer shall have responsibility for all such communication it sends to or receives from any Governmental Entity in the applicable Territory concerning the CV Products.

10.4 Adverse Experience Reporting.

(a) Until the Registrations are transferred to Buyer, Seller shall be responsible for the adverse experience and safety reporting for the CV Products in compliance with the requirements of the FD&C Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. After the Registrations are transferred to Buyer, Buyer shall assume such responsibility. Buyer and Seller agree to meet promptly after the Closing Date to determine mutually agreeable reporting procedures to communicate the information as required under this Section 10.4.

(b) On or before the Closing Date, Seller shall provide Buyer with a summary of the information relating to the investigation and reporting of adverse experiences regarding the CV Products and all appropriate information that is relevant to the safe use of the CV Products as of the Closing Date.

(c) After the Closing Date and until the Registrations are transferred to Buyer, Buyer agrees to promptly submit to Seller all adverse drug experience information and customer complaints brought to the attention of Buyer with respect to the CV Products, as well as any material events and matters concerning or affecting the safety or efficacy of the CV Products. Such information or customer complaints shall be forwarded to Seller to the attention of:

 

  Name:    [****]*
  Title:    Medical Director, Drug Safety
  Address:    1400 Seaport Blvd
     Redwood City, CA 94063
  Facsimile:    650-454-1403
  Drug safety mailbox:    drugsafety@pdl.com

(d) After the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Seller shall assist Buyer with the provision of data relating to adverse experiences for the CV Products after such transfer to Buyer. Additionally, after the transfer of the Registrations to Buyer, Seller shall

 

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provide Buyer with all adverse drug experience information and customer complaints brought to the attention of Seller with respect to the CV Products, as well as any material events and matters concerning or affecting the safety or efficacy of the CV Products, via facsimile to the attention of:

 

  Name:    [****]*
  Title:    Director of Regulatory Affairs
  Address:    7 East Frederick Place
     Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927
  E-mail:    [****]*

10.5 Medical Inquiries. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Buyer shall assume all responsibility for all correspondence and communication with physicians and other health care professionals and customers in the applicable Territory relating to the CV Products. After the Closing Date, Buyer and Seller shall work together towards an orderly transition of the responsibility for all correspondence and communication with health care professionals and customers in the applicable Territory relating to the CV Products. Seller shall continue to be responsible for such correspondence and communication under the direction of Buyer until the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer. Buyer shall keep such records and make such reports as shall be reasonably necessary to document such communications in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements. After transfer of responsibility to Buyer pursuant to this Article 10, Seller shall, except in the case of medical emergency, refer all questions relating to the CV Products raised by health care professionals and customers to Buyer for its response.

10.6 Non-Use of Trademarks. Buyer covenants that, except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, Buyer shall not use in any manner any trademark of Seller (other than the Trademarks listed in Attachment 2.1(c) and transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement).

10.7 Documents. Seller will permit Buyer, its financing sources and their duly authorized representatives access during normal business hours (upon written notice to Seller) to contracts and other data relating to the Business, the Assets conveyed and assumed at the Closing to the extent copies of such items were not delivered to Buyer. Buyer will permit Seller and its duly authorized representatives access during normal business hours (upon written notice to Buyer) to all contracts and other data relating to the Assets conveyed and assumed at the Closing to the extent originals of such items were delivered to Buyer. Such access by Buyer, Seller or such other person, as the case may be, shall be allowed until the later to occur of the expiration of the statute of limitations for the imposition of Tax with respect to the years to which such data pertain, or seven years from the year to which such data pertain, provided that such access shall not unduly interfere with the business and affairs of the party or applicable Affiliate permitting such access. Buyer will cooperate with Seller, and Seller will cooperate with Buyer, with respect to any Tax examinations, audits, contests or other Tax proceedings, relating to the Business. The party requesting assistance hereunder shall reimburse the other party for reasonable expenses incurred in providing such assistance.

 

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10.8 Governmental Inspections. For a period of [****]* following the Closing Date each party shall advise the other party of any governmental visits to, or written or oral inquiries about, any facilities (to the extent such visit relates to, or the results thereof could affect the manufacture or supply of, the CV Products) or procedures for the manufacture, storage or handling of the CV Products, or the marketing, selling, promotion or distribution of any of the CV Products, promptly after any such visit or inquiry (or in advance, for any scheduled visits). During this period, each party shall promptly furnish to the other party any report or correspondence issued by or provided to a Governmental Entity in connection with such visit or inquiry, purged only of Confidential Information of such party wholly unrelated to the other party’s activities under this Agreement and any information that is unrelated to the CV Products. Each party shall permit the relevant Governmental Entity to inspect its facilities in connection with the activities contemplated by this Agreement.

10.9 Intellectual Property Maintenance. Following the Closing, Buyer will have the sole right (but not the obligation) to file, prosecute and maintain, at its sole cost and expense any patent applications, Patents, Trademark Registrations and Domain Names that cover or relate to the CV Products. Following the Closing, Buyer shall be responsible for recording the assignment of the assigned Patents, Domain Names and Trademark Registrations with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other authorities or entities as it deems appropriate, at its own cost and expense (including any attorney fees and filing fees). Seller shall fully cooperate with Buyer, as and to the extent reasonably requested by Buyer after the Closing Date, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense, to secure any further registration of, or to enforce or defend, any Patents, Trademarks, Registrations, Domain Names or other intellectual property rights related to the CV Products for the benefit of Buyer and to execute assignments and any other documents to effect the transfer of such Patents, Trademarks, Registrations, Domain Names or other intellectual property rights related to the CV Products to Buyer.

10.10 Insurance. As of the Closing Date, the coverage under all insurance policies related to the Assets and the Business shall continue in force only for the benefit of Seller, and not for the benefit of Buyer, the Assets or the Business. As of the Closing Date, Buyer agrees to arrange for its own insurance policies with respect to the Assets and Buyer’s conduct of the Business.

10.11 Federal Supply Schedule. Buyer shall within five (5) business days after the Closing Date, add the Marketed Products to its Federal Supply Schedule.

10.12 Promotion, Marketing and Labeling. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer and subject to applicable regulatory approvals, all Buyer advertising and promotional materials for the Marketed Products shall identify Buyer as the marketer of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, in such form as Buyer shall determine. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Buyer shall make such changes in the package insert, Marketed Products labeling and packaging as may be required to reflect Buyer as the marketer of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, including making all required

 

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FDA and any other regulatory filings in connection therewith. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Seller shall file with the FDA a notice that Buyer is the marketer and distributor of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory. To the extent that the FDA requests additional information or meetings regarding Buyer’s responsibilities as marketer and distributor of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, Buyer shall respond to the FDA at its own expense and through its own personnel. Seller is not required to change the Marketed Products’ labeling or package insert, or packaging for the Drug Products or the Packaged Products. With respect to the Product Inventory purchased by Buyer hereunder, Buyer shall be permitted (i) until [****]* in the case of the [****]* other than [****]*, (ii) until [****]* in the case of [****]*, and (iii) until [****]* in the case of the [****]* to sell Marketed Products from the Product Inventory as labeled and packaged prior to the Closing Date, without regard to whether such Marketed Products references Seller or includes any intellectual property rights Seller has in Trademarks that may be included on the labels and packaging but not conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, provided that all such Product Inventory shall be held, maintained, distributed and sold in accordance with the Registrations and all applicable laws. Without the prior written approval from Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Buyer shall not use or distribute any marketing, promotional or advertising copy related to the [****]* has been transferred to Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall require any approval from Seller for Buyer to issue invoices for, and collect revenues from, sales of the [****]* from and after the Closing Date.

10.13 Payments from Third Parties. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date but not more than [****]* thereafter, Seller will provide Buyer with a list of all of the customers and wholesalers purchasing the Marketed Products from Seller, and Seller and Buyer shall notify those customers and wholesalers that Buyer has acquired all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the marketing and sale of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory and all payments with respect to the sale of the Marketed Products after the Closing Date should be paid directly to Buyer at its designated account. Seller and Buyer shall notify customers and wholesalers using the third party notification letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J. In the event that, on or after the Closing Date, either party shall receive any payments or other funds due to the other party, then the party receiving such funds shall promptly forward such funds to the proper party. The parties acknowledge and agree there is no right of offset regarding such payments and a party may not withhold funds received from third parties for the account of the other party in the event there is a dispute regarding any other issue under this Agreement. Buyer and Seller shall each keep, and shall cause its respective Affiliates and third party sublicensees to keep, full and accurate records and books of account containing all particulars that may be necessary for the purpose of determining any amounts that may be payable to the other party hereunder, and shall afford each other with access to books and records and with audit and other rights consistent with the rights set forth in Section 3.5 of this Agreement.

 

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10.14 Product Returns, Chargebacks and Rebates. Except as otherwise provided in the Transition Services Agreement, Buyer shall assume responsibility for handling all returns of the CV Products sold by or for Seller prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Seller’s normal return policies and procedures. Any returns received directly by Seller after the Closing Date shall be forwarded to Buyer’s designated facility for handling of the returned CV Products and processing of customer credits. Notwithstanding the foregoing, [****]* shall be responsible for [****]* and [****]* shall be financially responsible for all such chargebacks and rebates related to the CV Products sold after the Closing Date.

10.15 Bulk Transfer Laws. Buyer hereby waives compliance by Seller with the provisions of any so-called “bulk transfer law” of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Assets to Buyer. Seller shall indemnify and hold Buyer harmless from, against and in respect of (and shall reimburse Buyer for) any and all liabilities that may be asserted by third parties against Buyer as a result of noncompliance with any such bulk transfer law.

10.16 Non-Competition.

(a) Except as otherwise permitted or required under this Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement, Seller shall, from Closing until [****]* from the Closing Date, refrain from, either alone or in conjunction with any other person or entity, directly or indirectly through Affiliates controlled by Seller, develop, or plan to develop, any other drug candidate or product that, directly or indirectly, reasonably could be expected to be competitive with the Business; provided, however, that

i. any third party that sells drug candidates or products that, directly or indirectly, compete with the Business, may merge with or otherwise acquire Seller, or all or substantially all of Seller’s assets, and continue to sell such competing drug candidates and products; and

ii. such combined entity or third party may thereafter merge with or otherwise acquire any other third party (or all or substantially all of such third party’s assets) that sells drug candidates or products that, directly or indirectly, compete with a different aspect of the Business, and continue to sell such drug candidates and products.

(b) The parties recognize that the laws and public policies of various states and jurisdictions may differ as to the validity and enforceability of covenants similar to those set forth in this Section. It is the intention of the parties that the provisions of this Section be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and policies of each jurisdiction in which enforcement may be sought, and that the unenforceability (or the modification to conform to such laws or policies) of any provisions of this Section shall not render unenforceable, or impair, the remainder of the provisions of this Section. Accordingly, if any provision of this Section shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall be deemed to apply only with respect to the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is made and not with respect to any other provision or jurisdiction.

 

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(c) The parties acknowledge and agree that any remedy at law for any breach of the provisions of this Section would be inadequate, and Seller hereby consents to the granting by any court of an injunction or other equitable relief, without the necessity of actual monetary loss being proved, in order that the breach or threatened breach of such provisions may be effectively restrained.

ARTICLE 11

CONFIDENTIALITY

11.1 Confidentiality. Following the Effective Date, the Confidentiality Agreement will remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, except as otherwise modified by this Agreement, and all Confidential Information previously or hereafter disclosed from time to time in the course of the performance of this Agreement, shall be held in confidence by the other party pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement, except as permitted under this Agreement or as necessary to carry out the activities contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, obligations of the parties under this Agreement are several and not joint with the intention that each party be responsible for their own actions and the actions of their respective representatives and not for actions of any of the other parties hereto. Neither party shall, without the prior written consent of the other party, use the Confidential Information of the other party for any purpose other than performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement. Each party shall disclose the Confidential Information of the other party only to its directors, employees, consultants, vendors, financing sources and clinicians under written agreements of confidentiality at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Agreement, who have a need to know such information in connection with such party performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement; provided, however, Buyer shall be severally responsible for any breach of this Agreement or the confidentiality agreement between Buyer and such third party or its representatives, and Buyer agrees, at its sole expense, to take all reasonable measures to restrain such third parties and its representatives from prohibited or unauthorized disclosure or use of the Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement shall be construed so as to preclude such disclosure of Confidential Information as may be inherent in or reasonably necessary to the securing from any Governmental Entity of any necessary approval or license related to the CV Products, to the obtaining of patents. Following the Closing, (i) the confidentiality restrictions contained herein and in the Confidentiality Agreement will not apply to Buyer’s use of documents and information concerning the Business (except to the extent that such documents and information contain information related to Seller’s other business or the Excluded Assets), the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, and (ii) any information related to the Business (excluding information related to Seller’s other business or the Excluded Assets), the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities shall be considered Confidential Information of Buyer for the purposes of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement. Upon the termination of this Agreement, and upon the written request of the other party, each party shall promptly return to the other party all copies and embodiments of the Confidential Information of such other party, subject to the retention by each party’s legal department of one complete copy for archival purposes.

 

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11.2 Publicity. No party to this Agreement shall originate any publicity, news release or other public announcement, written or oral, whether relating to this Agreement or the existence of any arrangement between the parties, without the prior written consent of the other party whether named in such publicity, news release or other public announcement or not, except where such publicity, news release or other public announcement is required by law; provided, that in such event, the party issuing same shall still be required to consult with the other party whether named in such publicity, news release or public announcement or not, a reasonable time prior to its release to allow the other party to comment thereon and, after its release, shall provide the other party with a copy thereof. If either party, based on the advice of its counsel, determines that this Agreement, or any of the other documents executed in connection herewith, must be filed with the SEC, then such party, prior to making any such filing, shall provide the other party and its counsel with a redacted version of this Agreement (or any other related documents) which it intends to file, and will give due consideration to any comments provided by the other party or its counsel and use reasonable efforts to ensure the confidential treatment by the SEC of those sections specified by the other party or its counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer’s financing sources or other professional advisors may publish “tombstones” or other customary announcements relating to the purchase financing and the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE 12

TERM AND TERMINATION

12.1 Termination.

This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing:

(a) By Buyer, upon written notice (A) at any time prior to Closing, if Seller shall have failed to comply in any material respect with any of its obligations in this Agreement, and such failure shall be continuing, or if any one or more of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement (i) that is qualified by materiality shall prove to be inaccurate in any respect or (ii) that is not so qualified shall prove to be inaccurate in any material respect; provided, however, that Buyer shall give Seller thirty (30) days to cure any such failure to so comply or to remedy any such inaccuracy under this Agreement; or (B) at Closing, if any of the conditions precedent to the performance of Buyer’s obligations at the Closing under Article 9 shall not have been fulfilled (unless the failure results primarily from Buyer’s breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained this Agreement); provided, however, that in the event that Buyer shall desire to terminate this Agreement as a result of the failure of the accuracy of a representation or warranty at the Closing, Buyer shall be required to give Seller prior notice that it intends to terminate this Agreement as a result of such inaccuracy, and Seller shall have a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, to cure such inaccuracies.

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representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained this Agreement); provided, however, that in the event that Seller shall desire to terminate this Agreement as a result of the failure of the accuracy in any material respect of a representation or warranty at the Closing, Seller shall be required to give Buyer prior notice that it intends to terminate this Agreement as a result of such inaccuracy and Buyer shall have a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, to cure such inaccuracies.

(c) By either party if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before March 31, 2008, provided, that such date shall be extended to June 30, 2008 in the event the waiting period under the HSR is extended, restarted or renewed beyond the initial 30-day period, unless such failure to close is primarily the result of the breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Closing shall not have occurred on or before May 1, 2008 and the [****]* has or have terminated, Buyer may terminate this Agreement on or after May 1, 2008, provided, that Buyer, prior to May 1, 2008, shall have used its best efforts to obtain [****]*.

12.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement prior to the Closing, in accordance with its terms: (i) each party will redeliver all documents, work papers and other material of any other party relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, whether so obtained before or after the Effective Date, to the party furnishing the same; (ii) the provisions of Article 11 shall continue in full force and effect; and (iii) no party hereto shall have any Liability or further obligation to any other party to this Agreement, except for willful breach.

12.3 Effectiveness of Termination. Termination under this Article 12 shall not become effective so long as the alleged grounds for termination are in dispute and the matter(s) at issue have been submitted for resolution pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 13

INDEMNIFICATION

13.1 Survivability of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made in Articles 6 and 7 or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not survive after the Closing Date; provided, however, that the representations and warranties of Seller in Sections 6.5 and 6.6 shall survive until [****]* (the “Survival Date”).

13.2 Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer indemnifies and holds harmless Seller, and any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents and representatives (the “Seller Indemnitees”) from and against any Liabilities (a) to the extent such Liabilities relate to the Assumed Liabilities, (b) arising from Buyer’s breach of or non-performance of any covenant or agreement under this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or (c) arising from the conduct of the Business after the Closing.

 

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13.3 Indemnification by Seller. Seller indemnifies and holds harmless Buyer, and any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents and representatives (the “Buyer Indemnitees”) from and against any Liabilities (a) to the extent such Liabilities relate to the Excluded Liabilities, (b) arising from Seller’s breach of or non-performance of any covenant or agreement under this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, (c) arising from the conduct of the Business on or prior to the Closing, or (d) arising from any breach of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in Section 6.6 (Intellectual Property). [****]* shall have no obligations with respect to any [****]*.

13.4 Claims. Any Buyer Indemnitee or Seller Indemnitee claiming it may be entitled to indemnification under this Article 13 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give prompt notice to the other party (the “Indemnifying Party”) of each matter, action, cause of action, claim, demand, fact or other circumstances upon which a claim for indemnification (a “Claim”) under this Article 13 may be based. Such notice shall contain, with respect to each Claim, such facts and information as are then reasonably available, the specific basis for indemnification hereunder, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith. Failure to give prompt notice of a Claim hereunder shall not affect the Indemnifying Party’s obligations under this Section, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure.

13.5 Assertion of Claims. No claim shall be brought under Sections 13.2, 13.3 or 13.4 hereof unless the Buyer Indemnitees, or any of them, or the Seller Indemnitees, or any of them, as the case may be, at any time prior to the applicable Survival Date, provide Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, with written notice of the existence of any such claim, reasonably specifying the nature and basis of such claim and the amount thereof, to the extent known; provided, that, the failure so to provide such notice to Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, will not relieve Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, from any Liability which they may have to the Buyer Indemnitees or the Seller Indemnitees, as the case may be, under this Agreement or otherwise, except to the extent that Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, reasonably demonstrates that such failure results in the loss or compromise of any rights or defenses of Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and that Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, were not otherwise aware of such action or claim. Upon the giving of such written notice as aforesaid, the Buyer Indemnitees, or any of them, or the Seller Indemnitees, or any of them, as the case may be, shall have the right to commence legal proceedings prior or subsequent to the Survival Date for the enforcement of their rights under Sections 13.2, 13.3 or 13.4 hereof, as the case may be.

13.6 Payment of Claims; Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 13.3 or 13.4, any Liability under Section 13.3(d) shall limited as follows: [****]*.

 

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13.7 Limitation; Exclusivity. No Claim shall be made or have any validity unless the Indemnified Party shall have given written notice of such Claim to the Indemnifying Party. If full recovery under any such Claim is not had within [****]* of such written notice, arbitration, pursuant to Section 14.4, must be commenced within thirty (30) days following the end of such [****]* or such Claim shall be invalidated. This Article 13 provides the exclusive means by which a party may assert Claims against the other party and Section 14.4 provides the exclusive means by which a party may bring actions against the other party with respect to any breach by the other party of its indemnification obligations under this Article 13.

ARTICLE 14

MISCELLANEOUS

14.1 Survival of Covenants and Agreements. The covenants and agreements contained in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 shall survive Closing [****]*. All other covenants and agreements herein shall survive Closing until [****]* the last date on which such covenant or agreement is to be performed or, if no such date is specified [****]*. Any covenant or agreement that would otherwise terminate in accordance with the above will continue to survive if a notice of a Claim shall have been timely given under Article 13 on or prior to such termination date, until the related claim for indemnification has been satisfied or otherwise resolved as provided in Article 13.

14.2 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall (i) confer on any person other than the parties hereto (and Buyer Indemnitees and Seller Indemnitees referred to herein) and their respective successors or assigns any rights (including third party beneficiary rights), remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, or (ii) constitute the parties hereto as partners or as participants in a joint venture. This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right which may exist irrespective of this Agreement, under or granted by this Agreement, to bring any suit at law or equity for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

14.3 Force Majeure. If the performance by either party of any obligation under this Agreement is prevented, restricted, interfered with or delayed by reason of any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party liable to perform, unless conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided, the party so affected shall, upon giving written notice to the other party, be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction, interference or delay, provided that the affected party shall use its reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of non-performance and shall continue performance with the utmost dispatch whenever such causes are removed. When such circumstances arise, the parties shall discuss what, if any, modification of the terms of this Agreement may be required in order to arrive at an equitable solution.

 

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14.4 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of California and its form, execution, validity, construction and effect shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Disputes arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or in relations between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, for any reason or under any circumstances, will be finally settled by a single arbitrator in a binding arbitration in accordance with the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”). Upon receipt of written notice of the existence of a dispute by one party hereto to the other, the parties shall, within thirty (30) days conduct a meeting of one or more senior executives of each party, with full settlement authority, in an attempt to resolve the dispute. Each party shall make available appropriate personnel to meet and confer with the other party reasonably within the thirty-day period. Upon the expiration of the thirty-day period, or upon the termination of discussions between the senior executives, either party may elect arbitration of any dispute by written notice to the other (the “Arbitration Notice”). The arbitration shall be held in San Francisco, California before one (1) arbitrator from JAMS having substantial experience as a jurist and mediator with significant disputes in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals industry selected by the mutual agreement of the Buyer and the Seller; provided, however, that if such parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the Arbitration Notice, either party may request JAMS select the arbitrator, and JAMS shall select an arbitrator pursuant to the procedure set out by the JAMS rules, provided, however, that the arbitrator selected be a former judge with at least fifteen (15) years experience addressing as a jurist and/or mediator significant disputes in the biotechnology and or pharmaceutical industry. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator may, in the arbitration award, allocate for payment by the non-prevailing party all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the prevailing party. This Section shall not preclude the parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. In respect of any actions for injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder, any action or proceeding may be brought against any party in the state and federal courts located in the city of San Francisco, California and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.

14.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified, if possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable or, if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be stricken and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if a provision is stricken so as to significantly alter the economic arrangements of this Agreement, the party adversely affected may terminate this Agreement upon [****]* prior written notice to the other party. If any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement is in conflict with any applicable statute or rule of law in any jurisdiction, then such term or provision shall be deemed inoperative in such jurisdiction to the extent of such conflict and the parties will renegotiate the affected terms and conditions of this Agreement to resolve any inequities.

 

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14.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the ancillary transaction documents to be executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement are intended to define the full extent of the legally enforceable undertakings and representations of the parties hereto, and no promise or representation, written or oral, which is not set forth explicitly in this Agreement or such ancillary transaction documents is intended by either party to be legally binding; provided, however, in the event this Agreement terminates, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect pursuant to its terms. Each of the parties acknowledge that in deciding to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby none of them has relied upon any statements or representations, written or oral, other than those explicitly set forth in this Agreement.

14.7 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties that specifically refers to this Agreement.

14.8 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section):

 

  If to Seller:   

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Attention: General Counsel

1400 Seaport Boulevard

Redwood City, CA 94063

Facsimile: 650-454-1468

E-mail: Francis.Sarena@pdl.com

  with a copy to:    DLA Piper US LLP
  (not to constitute notice)   

Attention: Howard Clowes

153 Townsend Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94107-1957

Facsimile: 415- 659-7410

E-mail: howard.clowes@dlapiper.com

  If to Buyer:   

EKR Therapeutics, Inc.

Attention: Richard DeSimone

7 East Frederick Place

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

Facsimile: +1 (866) 620-6848

E-mail: r.desimone@ekrtx.com

 

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  with a copy to:    Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
  (not to constitute notice)   

Attention: Robert S. Reder, Esq.

One Chase Manhattan Plaza

New York, New York 10005

Facsimile No.: +1 (212) 822-5680

E-mail: RReder@milbank.com

14.9 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, but this Agreement shall not be assignable by either party hereto without the express written consent of the other party hereto which will not be unreasonably withheld, provided, however, that Buyer may merge or consolidate with, or assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to, a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer, provided that no such merger, consolidation or assignment shall relieve Buyer of its obligations hereunder, [****]*.

14.10 No Agency. It is understood and agreed that each party shall have the status of an independent contractor under this Agreement and that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as authorization for either party to act as agent for the other. Neither party shall incur any Liability for any act or failure to act by employees of the other party.

14.11 Construction.

(a) This Agreement has been prepared jointly and shall not be strictly construed against either party.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders.

(c) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Articles and Sections and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement.

(d) The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

14.12 Payment of Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the Transition Services Agreement, all costs and expenses associated with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the fees of counsel and accountants, shall be borne by the party incurring such expenses.

 

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14.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, through their authorized officers, have duly executed this as of the date first written above.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ L. Patrick Gage
Name:   L. Patrick Gage
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
By:   /s/ Andrew Guggenhime
Name:   Andrew Guggenhime
Title:  

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ Howard Weisman
Name:   Howard Weisman
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
By:   /s/ Richard DeSimone
Name:   Richard DeSimone
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE

THIS GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE (this “Bill of Sale”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) for the benefit of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [        ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Transfer of Assets. Seller hereby sells, conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers unto Buyer, and its successors and assigns, forever, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets. Buyer hereby accepts the sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and delivery of the Assets.

2. Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, at Buyer’s request and without further consideration, Seller shall execute and deliver to Buyer such other instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, provide such materials and information and take such other actions as Buyer may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order more effectively to transfer, convey and assign to Buyer, and to confirm Buyer’s title to, all of the Assets, and, to the full extent permitted by law, to put Buyer in actual possession and operating control of the Business and the Assets and to assist Buyer in exercising all rights with respect thereto, and otherwise to cause Seller to fulfill its obligations under the Purchase Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event that any Affiliate of Seller has any right, title or interest in any Asset (or any other asset used in the Business that would otherwise be an Asset if owned by Seller), then Seller shall cause such Affiliate to transfer and assign all such right, title and interest to Buyer.

3. Power of Attorney. Seller hereby constitutes and appoints Buyer the true and lawful attorney of Seller, with full power of substitution, in the name of Seller or Buyer, but on behalf of and for the benefit of Buyer: (i) to demand and receive from time to time any and all Assets and to make endorsements and give receipts and releases for and in respect of the same and any part thereof; (ii) to institute, prosecute, compromise and settle any and all actions or proceedings that Buyer may deem proper in order to collect, assert or enforce any claim, right or title of any kind in or to the Assets; (iii) to defend or compromise any or all actions or proceedings in respect of any of the Assets; and (iv) to do all such acts and things in relation to the matters set forth in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) as Buyer shall deem desirable. Seller hereby acknowledges that the appointment hereby made and the powers hereby granted are coupled with an interest and are not and shall not be revocable by it in any manner or for any reason. Seller shall deliver to Buyer at Closing an acknowledged power of attorney to the foregoing effect executed by Seller. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any and all losses caused by or arising out of any breach of law by Buyer in its exercise of the aforesaid powers.

 

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4. Purchase Agreement Controls. Nothing in this Bill of Sale, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to modify, expand or limit in any way the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

5. No Additional Remedies. Nothing in this Bill of Sale, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person other than Buyer and its successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Bill of Sale.

6. Binding Effect. This Bill of Sale shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Buyer and Seller and their respective successors and assigns.

7. Governing Law. This Bill of Sale shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has executed this Bill of Sale as of the date first above written.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:     
Name:     
Title:     

 

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EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and among PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Buyer and Seller are referred to hereinafter as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [        ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to assign, and Buyer has agreed to assume, the Assumed Liabilities.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and the premises and mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including in the recitals above) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

2. Assignment. In accordance with and subject to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer, to the extent that such are legally assignable and any necessary consents to assignment have been obtained, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Assumed Liabilities (the “Assignment”).

3. Assumption. In accordance with and subject to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Buyer hereby (a) accepts, to the extent that the assets and liabilities included therein are legally assignable and necessary consents to assignment have been obtained, the Assignment and (b) assumes and agrees to honor, pay and discharge when due all of the Assumed Liabilities. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer assumes no Liability of Seller other than as specifically stated above, and, specifically, does not assume the Excluded Liabilities, and the Parties agree that all Liabilities that have not been assigned herein shall remain the sole responsibility of Seller. Furthermore, nothing contained herein shall prevent Buyer from having the ability to contest, in good faith, any claim of Liability asserted by any person or entity other than Seller and its Affiliates.

4. Purchase Agreement Controls. Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities contained in the Purchase Agreement shall not be superseded hereby but shall remain in full force and effect to the full extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

 

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5. No Additional Remedies. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person other than Seller, Buyer and their respective successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

6. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

7. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns only. This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right which may exist irrespective of this Agreement, under or granted by this Agreement, to bring any suit at law or equity for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

SELLER:
PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
BUYER:
EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT C

PATENT ASSIGNMENT

THIS PATENT ASSIGNMENT (this “Assignment”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignor”) for the benefit of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [        ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Assignor has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in and to the Patents set forth on Exhibit A.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby sells, assigns, transfers and conveys unto Assignee, all of its right, title and interest together with the benefits and privileges in and to the Patents, including without limitation, all inventions and discoveries, applications for patents or similar forms of protection in the Territory, and all other applications for patents on such inventions and discoveries in whatsoever countries, as set forth in Exhibit A, including all divisional, renewal, substitute, continuation and convention applications based in whole or in part upon said inventions or discoveries, or upon said applications, and any and all patents, reissues and extensions of patents or similar forms of protection granted for said inventions and discoveries or upon said applications, and every priority right that is or may be predicated upon or arise from said inventions, said discoveries, said applications and said patents, and the right to recover for damages from past, present and future infringements thereof, if any.

2. Cooperation. Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to reasonably cooperate with Assignee to enable Assignee to enjoy to the fullest extent the right, title and interest herein conveyed. Such reasonable cooperation by Assignor shall include production of pertinent facts and documents, giving of testimony, execution of petitions, oaths, specifications, declarations or other papers, and other assistance all to the extent deemed reasonably necessary by Assignee, (a) for perfecting in Assignee the right, title and interest herein conveyed; (b) for filing and prosecuting substitute, divisional, continuing or additional applications covering the Patents; (c) for filing and prosecuting applications for re-issuance of any of the Patents; (d) for interference or other priority proceedings involving the Patents; and (e) for legal proceedings involving the Patents for infringement actions and court actions; provided, however, that the costs and expenses incurred by Assignor in providing such cooperation shall be paid for by Assignee.

 

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3. Purchase Agreement Controls. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to modify, expand or limit in any way the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

4. No Additional Remedies. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person other than Assignee and its successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Assignment.

5. Binding Effect. This Assignment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Assignee and Assignor and their respective successors and assigns.

6. Governing Law. This Assignment shall be deemed to have been made in, and shall be governed by and construed pursuant to the laws of the State of California and the United States without regard to any conflicts of laws provisions that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has executed and delivered this instrument to Assignee.

 

    ASSIGNOR:
    PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
    a Delaware corporation
    By:    
    Name:    
    Title:    
Date:                                      By:    
                                        (name of officer)
                                          (Title of officer)

State of                                             

County of                                                         

On                      before me,                                         , Notary Public, personally appeared                     , personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal.

Notary Public

 

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EXHIBIT D

TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT

THIS TRADEMARK ASSIGNMENT (this “Assignment”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignor”) for the benefit of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignee”). Assignor and Assignee are referred to hereinafter as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [            ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Assignor has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in and to the Trademarks set forth on Exhibit A.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Assignee all right, title and interest, including any common law rights, in the Territory and throughout the world, in and to the Trademarks, together with the related goodwill of the Business symbolized by the Trademarks and the right to recover for damages from past, present and future infringements thereof, if any.

2. Cooperation. Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to reasonably cooperate with Assignee to enable Assignee to enjoy to the fullest extent the right, title and interest herein conveyed. Such reasonable cooperation by Assignor shall include production of pertinent facts and documents, giving of testimony, execution of oaths, declarations or other papers, and other assistance as is reasonably necessary for perfecting in Assignee the right, title and interest herein conveyed; provided, however, that the costs and expenses incurred by Assignor in providing such cooperation shall be paid for by Assignee.

3. Purchase Agreement Controls. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to modify, expand or limit in any way the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

4. No Additional Remedies. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person other than Assignee and its successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Assignment.

 

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5. Binding Effect. This Assignment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Assignee and Assignor and their respective successors and assigns.

6. Governing Law. This Assignment shall be deemed to have been made in, and shall be governed by and construed pursuant to the laws of the State of California and the United States without regard to any conflicts of laws provisions that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representatives as of the Effective Date.

 

ASSIGNOR:     ASSIGNEE:
PDL BioPharma, Inc.,     EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation     a Delaware corporation
By:         By:    
Name:         Name:    
Title:         Title:    
Witnessed by:     Witnessed by:
       
Name:       Name:  
Title:       Title:  
Witnessed by:     Witnessed by:
       
Name:       Name:  
Title:       Title:  

State of California

County of                                 

On                          before me,                                                                          , personally appeared                                                                                                , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.    
Signature         (Seal)

 

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State of California

County of                                 

On                      before me,                                                                          , personally appeared                                                                                                , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal.    
Signature         (Seal)

 

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EXHIBIT E

DOMAIN NAME ASSIGNMENT

THIS DOMAIN NAME ASSIGNMENT (this “Assignment”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignor”) for the benefit of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Assignee”). Assignor and Assignee are referred to hereinafter as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [        ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Assignor has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in and to each of the internet domain names listed in Exhibit A attached hereto, all of which domain names have been registered with an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) accredited registrar (all of such domain names are herein referred to as the “Domain Names”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Assignee all right, title and interest, in and to the Domain Names, together with the related goodwill of the Business symbolized by the Domain Names and the right to recover for damages from past, present and future infringements thereof, if any.

2. Cooperation. Assignor hereby covenants and agrees to reasonably cooperate with Assignee to execute and deliver all papers, instruments and assignments, and to provide transfer authorization codes to Assignee, send confirming emails to the appropriate Registrar and follow other electronic procedures, as may be reasonably necessary to vest all right, title and interest in and to the Domain Names with Assignee, including, the proper transfer of the registration of the Domain Names as required by ICANN. Assignor will complete Assignor’s portion of the assignment procedure established by the applicable domain name Registrar(s) and inform Assignee of the completion of such procedures (or any other assignment procedure reasonably specified by the Registrar(s) at the time of the assignment) within ten (10) business days from the Effective Date.

3. Purchase Agreement Controls. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to modify, expand or limit in any way the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

 

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4. No Additional Remedies. Nothing in this Assignment, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person other than Assignee and its successors and assigns any remedy or claim under or by reason of this Assignment.

5. Binding Effect. This Assignment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Assignee and Assignor and their respective successors and assigns.

6. Governing Law. This Assignment shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representatives as of the Effective Date.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:     
Title:     

 

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EXHIBIT F

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of [            ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”), is made by and between, EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), and PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PDL”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of February,             , 2008, by and between Buyer and PDL (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), Buyer has purchased certain assets (the “Acquisition”) from PDL relating to the CV Products (as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Acquisition, Buyer desires to engage PDL to perform the Transition Services (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Buyer and PDL agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them below. Terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement.

Acquisition” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such first Person. A Person will be deemed to “Control” another Person if such first Person has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise.

Governmental Rules” means any applicable law, judgment, order, award, decree, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation issued or promulgated by any Governmental Entity.

Losses” means any and all damages, losses, Taxes, Liabilities, Claims, judgments, penalties, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and litigation expenses.

PDL” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, business association, organization, Governmental Entity or other entity.

 

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Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Transaction Documents” mean any and all agreements between PDL and Buyer executed in connection with or arising under the Acquisition.

Transfer Taxes” means any sales, use, services, transfer or similar taxes imposed on PDL’s provision of Transition Services to Buyer.

Transition Services” mean those services set forth on Exhibit A, which shall be consistent with PDL’s practices during the six (6) months prior to the Effective Date for similar services performed by PDL in connection with the Business.

Transition Services Team” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).

Section 1.2 Interpretation.

(a) When used in this Agreement, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(b) Any terms defined in the singular shall have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice-versa.

(c) All references to any introductory paragraph, recitals, Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to the introductory paragraph, recitals, Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically set forth herein.

(d) This Agreement shall be deemed drafted jointly by Buyer and PDL and shall not be specifically construed against either party based on any claim that such party or its counsel drafted this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

TRANSITION SERVICES

Section 2.1 Transition Services. During the Term, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, PDL hereby agrees to perform the Transition Services as requested by Buyer from time to time. Buyer shall reimburse PDL for the fees and expenses set forth on Exhibit B, as applicable, in connection with PDL’s performance of the Transition Services.

Section 2.2 Personnel; Quality of Work.

(a) PDL shall provide the services of appropriately skilled and experienced Persons in numbers sufficient to complete the performance of the Transition Services under this Agreement, for so long as PDL shall be responsible for the same as provided herein, in a prompt, thorough and efficient manner. In such performance of the Transition Services, PDL may, as it deems necessary or appropriate in its reasonable discretion, use its personnel or that of its Affiliates.

 

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(b) PDL shall perform or cause the Transition Services to be performed in a professional and workmanlike manner and in accordance with all applicable Governmental Rules.

(c) PDL and Buyer shall, as soon as practicable following the Effective Date, form a transition services team (the “Transition Services Team”) of [two (2) individuals] with appropriate experience and authority, one to be designated by PDL and one to be designated by Buyer. The Transition Services Team shall meet on a periodic basis, as reasonably requested by Buyer or PDL, during the Term and shall address all issues related to the performance of the Transition Services under this Agreement. The meetings of the Transition Services Team may be conducted by telephone.

(d) Upon termination of this Agreement, PDL shall provide Buyer with copies of all books and records (in any format, electronic or otherwise) in PDL’s possession or under PDL’s control to the extent related to the provision of the Transition Services under this Agreement.

(e) PDL and Buyer shall each exercise commercially reasonable efforts such that the Transition Services do not materially interfere with the other party’s operations.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.1 Authority. Each party hereby represents and warrants to the other party that (i) it has all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to perform the actions contemplated to be performed by it hereunder and (ii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of such party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (A) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

ARTICLE IV

PAYMENTS

Section 4.1 Invoices. PDL shall send invoices (for fees associated, and expenses incurred, with respect to the Transition Services, as applicable) to a single address specified in writing by Buyer. All payments to be made hereunder shall be made by Buyer to PDL within [****]* after receipt of an invoice by electronic funds transmission, without any offset or deduction of any nature whatsoever, to such account as PDL specifies in writing to Buyer with written confirmation of payment sent by facsimile to such address as PDL specifies in writing to Buyer. If Buyer fails to pay any invoiced amount when due and payable a service charge may be imposed by PDL equal to [****]* of the outstanding amount for each month or portion thereof

 

 

* Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the SEC. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions.

 

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that such amount is overdue; provided, however, that Buyer shall have the right to dispute in good faith any such invoice in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.4 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, upon which service charge shall only be payable if and to the extent such invoice is finally determined to be correct.

Section 4.2 Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.6 of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Buyer shall bear the cost of any Transfer Taxes, and Buyer shall forthwith pay to PDL all such sums upon demand; provided, however, that Buyer shall not be liable for any Taxes to the extent payable or assessed based upon the income or worth of PDL.

Section 4.3 Record Retention. PDL shall retain records and supporting documentation sufficient to document the fees and expenses paid or payable by Buyer under this Agreement in accordance with PDL’s then-current record retention procedures, as in effect from time to time. Buyer and its representatives shall receive access, upon reasonable prior written notice to PDL, to such records and supporting documentation, during normal business hours, as may be reasonably necessary to verify the accuracy of such fees and expenses provided, however, that such access shall not unreasonably interfere with PDL’s business operations. In connection therewith, all costs and expenses incurred by Buyer related to the foregoing shall be solely borne by Buyer.

ARTICLE V

TERM AND TERMINATION

Section 5.1 Term. This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall expire on the date set forth on Exhibit A with respect to each such Transition Service, unless earlier terminated in accordance with this Article V (the “Term”).

Section 5.2 Termination.

(a) PDL and Buyer shall each have the right to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect upon written notice to the other upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) the other party files a petition in bankruptcy, or enters into an agreement with its creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or becomes subject to involuntary proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency law; or

(ii) the other party fails to cure any material noncompliance with any of the terms and conditions hereof within the time period specified in any written notice (which shall be at least thirty (30) days) delivered to such non-compliant party.

(b) Buyer shall have the additional right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice delivered to PDL.

 

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Section 5.3 Termination or Expiration of Agreement.

(a) It is understood and agreed that Buyer shall be solely responsible to perform all the work for which Transition Services have been rendered after the earlier of the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

(b) Termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not relieve the parties of any obligation accruing prior to such termination. The rights and obligations of the parties under Articles V, VII, VIII and IX of this Agreement (as well as any applicable provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

FORCE MAJEURE

Section 6.1 Force Majeure. If the performance by either party of any obligation under this Agreement is prevented, restricted, interfered with or delayed by reason of any cause beyond the reasonable control of the party liable to perform, unless conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided, the party so affected shall, upon giving written notice to the other party, be excused from such performance to the extent of such prevention, restriction, interference or delay, provided that the affected party shall use its reasonable efforts to avoid or remove such causes of non-performance and shall continue performance with the utmost dispatch whenever such causes are removed. When such circumstances arise, the parties shall discuss what, if any, modification of the terms of this Agreement may be required in order to arrive at an equitable solution.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 7.1 By PDL. PDL shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer Indemnitee(s) (and, as applicable, any contractors of Buyer) from and against any and all Losses resulting from claims of third Persons (i.e., Persons other than the parties hereto and their Affiliates) to the extent such Losses arise out of or result from the performance of the Transition Services or the failure to perform such services, as the case may be.

Section 7.2 By Buyer. Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller Indemnitee(s) (and, as applicable, any contractors of PDL) from and against any and all Losses resulting from claims of third Persons (i.e., Persons other than the parties hereto and their Affiliates) to the extent such Losses arise out of or result from (a) any breach of this Agreement by Buyer, and (b) any act done or suffered by PDL in reliance upon any instruction, order or other instrument given or executed by Buyer, except to the extent that the Losses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of PDL.

Section 7.3 Procedures. In the event of any claims for indemnification made by one party (or, in the instance of Buyer or PDL, any other Buyer Indemnitee(s) or Seller Indemnitee(s) respectively, or its contractors or assignees, as applicable) against the other party under this Article VII, the procedure to be used for the administration and resolution of such claims shall be as set forth in Section 14.4 of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

 

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Section 7.4 Exclusive Remedy. Each party acknowledges and agrees that seeking remedy for Losses pursuant to the indemnification provided in this Article VII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy against the other party for the Buyer Indemnitee(s) and the Seller Indemnitee(s), as applicable (and, as applicable, any contractors of Buyer and PDL) from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from this Agreement or the activities contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE VIII

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; ACCESS

Section 8.1 License. Buyer hereby grants to PDL, and to each Affiliate and subcontractor which PDL or any of its Affiliates may cause to perform the Transition Services, for the Term, a royalty-free, nontransferable, non-exclusive right and license (with the right to sublicense) under the intellectual property related to the CV Products to perform the Transition Services as contemplated hereby.

Section 8.2 Access. Buyer shall provide to PDL, and to each Affiliate and subcontractor which PDL or any of its Affiliates may cause to perform the Transition Services, for the Term, access to the Assets (together with any other assets or rights related to any of the Assets or otherwise used in the development, manufacture or commercialization of the CV Products) as reasonably necessary or appropriate to perform the Transition Services as contemplated hereby.

Section 8.3 Disclosure and Records. PDL shall disclose promptly in writing to Buyer each and every invention, discovery, improvement, copyrightable material, computer program, compound, micro-organism or other cell types, genetic or other biological material, process, manufacturing technique, trade secret, formula or know-how, whether or not patentable, discovered, conceived, made, reduced to practice or learned by PDL in the course of (i) performing any Transition Services or (ii) PDL’s use of Buyer’s confidential or trade secret information, equipment, supplies or facilities (collectively, “Inventions”). PDL shall at all times create and maintain accurate, dated and detailed records related to each and every Invention, including without limitation records sufficient under the patent laws of the United States to establish the date(s) of conception and reduction to practice of potentially patentable Inventions.

Section 8.4 Assignment of Inventions to Buyer. The parties agree that any intellectual property of Buyer made available to PDL in connection with the Transition Services, and any derivative works, additions, modifications or enhancements thereof created by PDL pursuant to this Agreement, are and shall remain the sole property of Buyer. To the extent that PDL uses its own or third-party intellectual property in connection with providing the Transition Services, such intellectual property shall remain the sole property of PDL or the third party. PDL hereby assigns to Buyer any and all rights, title and interest in and to each and every Invention.

Section 8.5 Assistance. With respect to all Inventions assigned to and owned by Buyer pursuant to Section 8.4, PDL shall assist Buyer in any reasonable manner to obtain and enforce patents, copyrights, and other proprietary rights in any and all countries, and PDL shall execute, when requested, patent applications and application assignments to Buyer and any other lawful documents considered necessary by Buyer to carry out the purpose of this Agreement, at

 

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Buyer’s expense. PDL further agrees that the obligations and undertakings stated in this Section 8 will continue beyond the expiration or termination of this Agreement as set forth in Section 9.1 and the Asset Purchase Agreement, provided, that if called upon to render such assistance after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, then PDL will be entitled to a fair and reasonable hourly or per diem fee, as appropriate, in addition to reimbursement of any reasonable expenses incurred at Buyer’s request; provided, however, that in the event of a dispute over the amount of payment due to PDL under this Section 8.5, PDL shall without delay provide all necessary assistance requested by Buyer, and shall submit any payment dispute regarding such assistance for later resolution pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Incorporation. The provisions of Article 11 (Confidentiality) and Article 14 (Miscellaneous) (except for Sections 14.1 and 14.3) of the Asset Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, by reference.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective representatives thereunto duly authorized, all as of the Effective Date.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT G

[PDL LETTERHEAD]

[                    ], 2008

 

 
 
 
Attn:    
Via:    

Re: Consent to Assignment

Dear                     :

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL”) has entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated February [            ], 2008 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EKR”) pursuant to which PDL has agreed to sell to EKR substantially all of PDL’s assets related to the [            ] line of business (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition is expected to close in [                    ], 2008.

In connection with the Acquisition, PDL intends to assign to EKR that certain                                  [insert agreement name] Agreement dated             ,              between PDL and                                  [insert name of company] (the “Company”) (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to Section              of the Agreement, PDL hereby requests the consent of the Company to the assignment of the Agreement, and all of PDL’ s rights and obligations thereunder, to EKR in connection with the Acquisition (the “Assignment”).

[Note: Some agreements require EKR to expressly assume the agreement, so this letter may have to be modified accordingly. In addition, some agreements cover more than one compound, so the letter may have to be modified to limit the assignment to rights and obligations related to the particular compound.]

 

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Please provide your consent to the Assignment by co-signing this letter where indicated below. By co-signing this letter you acknowledge that all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as of and following the Acquisition. Please fax an executed copy of this letter to                      attention at                      as soon as possible, but in no event later than                     , 2008, and send the original via courier to                      attention at the following address: DLA Piper US LLP, 153 Townsend Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94107.

Feel free to contact me at                      or                      with any questions regarding this consent.

 

Sincerely,
  
[Name/title]

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED

this              day of                     , 2008

                                          [Insert name of company]

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    
  (Please print name and title)

 

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EXHIBIT H

ESCROW AGREEMENT

This ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated [                 ], 2008 (“Escrow Agreement”) is entered into by and among EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”) and PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Escrow Agent”).

RECITALS

Seller has agreed to sell to Buyer all right, title and interest in and to certain assets in its business pursuant to the terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement entered into as of February [            ], 2008 between Seller and Buyer (the “Purchase Agreement”).

The Purchase Agreement provides that an amount equal to Six Million United States Dollars ($6,000,000) shall be deposited in cash in escrow for the purpose of providing a fund for the payment of certain amounts that may be owed by Seller to Buyer in connection with certain obligations of Seller under the Purchase Agreement. Accordingly, Buyer has agreed to deposit such amount (together with any interest or other investment income earned thereon, the “Escrow Amount”) with Escrow Agent, in compliance with the Purchase Agreement.

This Escrow Agreement shall govern the terms upon which Escrow Agent may distribute the Escrow Amount to Buyer and Seller.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Acceptance of Appointment; Deposit of Escrow Amount. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, hereby agrees to act as Escrow Agent under this Escrow Agreement subject to the conditions set forth herein. Buyer and Seller agree to deposit the Escrow Amount with Escrow Agent on the date hereof.

2. Claim Certificates. Buyer, from time to time on or prior to twelve (12) months from the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Claim Period”), may make a claim to some or all of the Escrow Amount (a “Claim”) by delivering to Escrow Agent a certificate (a “Claim Certificate”) signed by an authorized signer of Buyer stating:

(a) that Buyer is entitled to payment from the Escrow Amount under the Purchase Agreement, or reasonably expects to have a claim for such payment;

(b) the reasons therefor, set forth in reasonable detail;

 

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(c) the amount of the claim by Buyer, and where the amount of the claim is not a liquidated sum, shall be the amount reasonably estimated by Buyer, and

(d) that Buyer has delivered a copy of such Claim Certificate to Seller and the date on which such copy was delivered.

Whenever a Claim Certificate is delivered to Escrow Agent, Escrow Agent shall thereupon promptly notify Settler of its receipt.

3. Disputed Claims.

3.1 Seller may, in good faith, dispute or object to any claim, in whole or in part, by delivering to Escrow Agent a notice (an “Objection Notice”) signed by an authorized signatory of Seller within twenty (20) business days following the day on which Buyer has delivered a Claim Certificate to Escrow Agent (such period, the “Objection Period”), stating:

(a) that Seller, in good faith, disputes or objects to all or a portion of such Claim;

(b) the reasons for such objections or dispute, set forth in reasonable detail;

(c) that Seller has delivered a copy of said Objection Notice to Buyer and the date on which such copy was delivered; and

(d) the portion of the Claim set forth in the Claim Certificate, if any, for which there is no dispute or objection.

3.2 Whenever there shall be delivered to Escrow Agent an Objection Notice, Escrow Agent shall thereupon notify Buyer of its receipt.

3.3 Any part of a Claim being disputed by delivery of an Objection Notice (a “Disputed Claim”) shall be resolved by settlement negotiations or arbitration as set forth in Section 14.4 of the Purchase Agreement. Upon any final resolution of the Disputed Claim by mutual agreement, Buyer and Seller shall deliver to Escrow Agent a joint written notification signed by an authorized officer of Buyer and an authorized officer of Seller, certifying (A) that the Disputed Claim has been resolved, and (B) whether any part of the Escrow Amount is to be released to Buyer (a “Dispute Resolution Notice”). Upon any final resolution of a Disputed Claim by arbitration, a copy of the applicable arbitration award shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent by either Buyer or Seller, accompanied by a certification from the submitting party’s counsel, that such Disputed Claim has been resolved (such documents, a “Final Decision”).

3.4 Upon Escrow Agent’s receipt of (a) a Dispute Resolution Notice stating that any part of the Escrow Amount is to be released to Buyer, or (b) a Final Decision in favor of Buyer, Escrow Agent shall promptly pay to Buyer from the Escrow Amount an amount equal to the amount stated in such document, together with any interest or other investment income accrued thereon.

 

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4. Undisputed Claims. If following receipt of a Claim (i) Escrow Agent receives from Seller written notice of consent or agreement to all or part of such Claim, (ii) an Objection Notice objects to only part of such Claim, or (iii) within the Objection Period, Seller shall not have delivered to Buyer and Escrow Agent an Objection Notice with regard to such Claim, then Escrow Agent shall promptly pay to Buyer from the Escrow Amount an amount equal to the part of such Claim that is consented to by Seller, uncontested, or requested by Buyer, as applicable, together with any interest or other investment income accrued thereon.

5. Distributions of Escrow Amount.

5.1 Any distributions (or releases) pursuant to Sections 3, 4 or 9 of this Escrow Agreement, shall be made by the Escrow Agent by means of a wire transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account designated by Buyer or Seller, as applicable, in “Exhibit B”.

5.2 If the Escrow Amount is not sufficient to pay in full any amounts payable to Buyer under this Escrow Agreement, Escrow Agent shall pay to Buyer such Escrow Amount as is available.

6. Investment of Escrow Amount. The Escrow Amount shall be credited by Escrow Agent and recorded in an escrow account. Escrow Agent shall be permitted, and is hereby authorized to deposit, transfer, hold and invest all funds received under this Escrow Agreement, including principal and interest or other investment income in Wells Fargo Funds Money Market Deposit Account as set forth in Exhibit A, during the period of this escrow. Escrow Agent may invest the Escrow Amount in alternative investments in accordance with written instructions as may from time to time be provided to Escrow Agent and signed by both Buyer and Seller. Any interest or other investment income received by Escrow Agent with respect to the Escrow Amount, including reinvested interest or other investment income shall become part of the Escrow Amount and shall be released in accordance with the provisions of this Escrow Agreement. The parties agree that, for tax reporting purposes, all interest or other taxable investment income earned on the Escrow Amount in any tax year shall be taxable to Buyer.

The parties hereto shall on or prior to the date hereof, provide Escrow Agent with certified tax identification numbers by furnishing appropriate IRS forms W-9 or W-8 and other forms and documents that Escrow Agent may reasonably request. The parties hereto understand that if such tax reporting documentation is not so provided to Escrow Agent, Escrow Agent may be required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to withhold a portion of any interest or other investment income earned on the Escrow Fund pursuant to this Escrow Agreement.

 

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To the extent that Escrow Agent becomes liable for the payment of any taxes in respect of income derived from the investment of funds held or payments made hereunder, Escrow Agent shall satisfy such liability to the extent possible from the Escrow Amount. The parties agree to indemnify and hold Escrow Agent harmless from and against any taxes, additions for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses that may be assessed against Escrow Agent on or with respect to any payment or other activities under this Escrow Agreement unless any such tax, addition for late payment, interest, penalties and other expenses shall arise out of or be caused by the actions of, or failure to act, by Escrow Agent.

7. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Escrow Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, (b) on the day of transmission if sent by facsimile/email transmission to the facsimile number/email address given below, and telephonic confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (c) on the day after delivery to Federal Express or similar overnight courier or the Express Mail service maintained by the United States Postal Service, or (d) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed, return receipt requested, to the party as follows:

If to Buyer:

EKR Therapeutics, Inc.

Attention: Richard DeSimone

7 East Frederick Place

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

Facsimile: +1 (866) 620-6848

E-mail: r.desimone@ekrtx.com

with a copy to (not to constitute notice):

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Attention: Robert S. Reder, Esq.

One Chase Manhattan Plaza

New York, New York 10005

Facsimile No.: +1 (212) 822-5680

E-mail: RReder@milbank.com

If to Seller:

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Attention: General Counsel

1400 Seaport Boulevard

Redwood City, CA 94063

Facsimile: [                    ]

E-mail: [                          ]

 

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with a copy to (not to constitute notice):

DLA Piper US LLP

Attention: Howard Clowes

153 Townsend Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94107-1957

Facsimile: 415- 659-7410

E-mail: howard.clowes@dlapiper.com

If to Escrow Agent:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

707 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Attention: [                    ]

Telephone: [                    ]

Facsimile: [                    ]

or to such other address as a party shall designate by written notice to all other parties to the Escrow Agreement.

8. Escrow Agent’s Liability. Escrow Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Escrow Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Escrow Agreement against Escrow Agent. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, Escrow Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent may act upon any instrument, certificate, opinion or other writing believed by it without gross negligence to be genuine, and shall not be liable in connection with the performance by it of its duties pursuant to the provisions of the Escrow Agreement, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Escrow Agent may consult with counsel of its own choice and shall have full and complete authorization and protection for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel. Escrow Agent may execute powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys.

9. Termination of Escrow.

9.1 Subject to Section 9.2, within thirty (30) days after the termination of the Claim Period, Upon receipt of signed written direction from the Buyer and Seller with the detail calculation of the amount to be distributed, Escrow Agent shall (i) deduct from any Escrow Amount remaining an amount equal to forty-five percent (45%) of the interest or other taxable investment income included in such Escrow Amount, and pay such amount to Buyer, and (ii) pay to Seller the remaining Escrow Amount

 

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9.2 If upon termination of the Claim Period there are any Claims or Disputed Claims pending, Escrow Agent shall continue to hold pursuant to this Escrow Agreement such portion of the Escrow Amount that is equal to the amount of any such Claim or Disputed Claim (including any interest or other investment income thereon), until such time all Claims and Disputed Claims are resolved pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4. Upon resolution of all pending Claims or Disputed Claims, Escrow Agent shall (x) pay to Buyer any amount to be paid pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4, as applicable; and (y) with respect to any amount remaining thereafter, if any, (i) deduct from such amount an amount equal to forty-five percent (45%) of the interest or other taxable investment income included therein, and pay such amount to Buyer, and (ii) pay to Seller the remaining amount.

9.3 All obligations of Escrow Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the full disbursement of the Escrow Amount in accordance with the provisions of this Escrow Agreement.

10. Reliance. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the direction or consent of the parties or their respective agents, representatives, successors, or assigns. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for acting or refraining from acting upon any notice, request, consent, direction, requisition, certificate, order, affidavit, letter, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, without further inquiry into the person’s or persons’ authority. Concurrent with the execution of this Escrow Agreement, the parties shall deliver to the Escrow Agent authorized signers’ forms in the form of Exhibit B-1 and Exhibit B-2 to this Escrow Agreement.

11. Fees and Expenses. Escrow Agent is entitled to compensation in accordance with “Exhibit C” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and shall be payable by the Buyer. The fee agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder is intended as full compensation for the Escrow Agent’s services as contemplated by this Escrow Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that the conditions for the disbursement of funds under this Escrow Agreement are not fulfilled, or the Escrow Agent renders any material service not contemplated in this Escrow Agreement or there is any assignment of interest in the subject matter of this Escrow Agreement, or any material modification hereof, or if any material controversy arises hereunder, or the Escrow Agent is made a party to any litigation pertaining to this Escrow Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, then the Escrow Agent shall be reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, occasioned by any delay, controversy, litigation or event.

12. Indemnification of Escrow Agent. Buyer and Seller both jointly and severally hereby indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent from and against, any and all loss, liability, cost, damage and expense, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, which the Escrow Agent may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Escrow Agent arising out of or relating in any way to this Escrow Agreement or any transaction to which this Escrow Agreement relates unless such action, claim or proceeding is the result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Escrow Agent.

 

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13. Disagreements. If any conflict, disagreement or dispute arises between, among, or involving any of the parties hereto concerning the meaning or validity of any provision hereunder or concerning any other matter relating to this Escrow Agreement, or the Escrow Agent is in doubt as to the action to be taken hereunder, the Escrow Agent is authorized to retain the Escrow Amount until the Escrow Agent (i) receives a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction or a final non-appealable arbitration decision directing delivery of the Escrow Amount, (ii) receives a written agreement executed by each of the parties involved in such disagreement or dispute directing delivery of the Escrow Amount, in which event the Escrow Agent shall be authorized to disburse the Escrow Amount in accordance with such final court order, arbitration decision, or agreement, or (iii) files an interpleader action in any court of competent jurisdiction, and upon the filing thereof, the Escrow Agent shall be relieved of all liability as to the Escrow Amount and shall be entitled to recover attorneys’ fees, expenses and other costs incurred in commencing and maintaining any such interpleader action. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to act on any such agreement, court order, or arbitration decision without further question, inquiry, or consent.

14. Resignation. Escrow Agent may resign upon 30-days advance written notice along with payment of all fees and expenses to which it is entitled through the date of termination to the parties hereto. If a successor escrow agent is not appointed within the 30-day period following such notice, Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to name a successor Escrow Agent or interplead the Escrow Amount with such court, whereupon Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder shall terminate.

15. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided for in this Escrow Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this Escrow Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent shall be void and of no force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer may assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to any financial institution providing purchase money or other financing to Buyer from time to time as collateral security for such financing. This Escrow Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto.

16. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Escrow Agreement shall be construed, performed, and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

17. Amendments; Waivers. This Escrow Agreement may be amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants, representations, warranties, or conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any conditions, or of the breach of any provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Escrow Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor construed as further or continuing waiver of any such conditions, or of the breach of any other provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty of this Escrow Agreement.

 

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18. Counterparts. This Escrow Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

19. Entire Agreement. This Escrow Agreement contains the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the escrow contemplated hereby and supersedes and replaces all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to such escrow.

20. Section Headings. The section headings in this Escrow Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Escrow Agreement.

21. Severability. In the event that any part of this Escrow Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative body to be null, void, or unenforceable, said provision shall survive to the extent it is not so declared, and all of the other provisions of this Escrow Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Escrow Agreement to be signed the day and year first above written.

 

SELLER:
PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
BUYER:
EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
ESCROW AGENT:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT I

LITIGATION COOPERATION AGREEMENT

THIS LITIGATION COOPERATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and among PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [    ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets, and Buyer has agreed to assume the Assumed Liabilities.

WHEREAS, the Assets and Assumed Liabilities include, without limitation, certain rights and obligations related to the Sun Litigation (the “Action”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

AGREEMENT

[****]*

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

BUYER:
PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
SELLER:
EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

LITIGATION MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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EXHIBIT J

[PDL LETTERHEAD]

Via U.S. Mail

[Name of customer]

[Address of customer]

[Attention:                 ]

 

  Re: Notice of Asset Purchase Agreement

Dear                         :

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL”) has entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated February [            ], 2008 with EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”) pursuant to which PDL has agreed to sell to Buyer substantially all of PDL’s assets related to [                ] (the “Product”) line of business.

PDL is hereby delivering this notice to all customers and wholesalers that Buyer has assumed responsibility for the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the Product. All payments with respect to the sale of the Product after the date hereof should be deposited with Buyer at the account designated below. In addition, all future correspondence should be directed to Buyer at the address below.

EKR Therapeutics, Inc.

7 East Frederick Place

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927

Facsimile: +1 (866) 620-6848

[Designated Account]

Feel free to contact                     , at                      or                      with any questions regarding this notice.

 

Sincerely,
  
[Name]
[Title]

 

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ATTACHMENT 1.70(A)

Product Specifications for Bulk Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for each CV Product

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 1.70(B)

Product Specifications for Drug Products

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(A)

List of Patents

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(B)

List of Licensed IP Rights

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(C)

List of Trademark Registrations

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(E)

List of Registrations

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(L)

List of Tangible Assets

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(M)

List of Domain Names

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(P)

List of Assumed Contracts

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 4.2(A)

List of Third Party Consents

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 5.1(A)

List of Business Employees

[****]*

 

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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES

[****]*

 

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AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement is being entered into as of March 7, 2008 (this “Amendment”) by and between PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”) and EKR Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Buyer”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2008 (the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement);

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Purchase Agreement in accordance with Section 14.7 thereof and in the manner set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions, and the other definitions contained in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement are correspondingly re-numbered (together with any internal cross-references in the Purchase Agreement) to reflect the addition of the following definitions:

“1.20 “Centocor Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset Purchase Agreement entered into as of January 31, 2005 between PDL BioPharma, Inc. (as successor in interest to ESP Pharma, Inc.) and Centocor, Inc. (“Centocor”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective June 24, 2005, Amendment No. 2 effective September 14, 2005 and Amendment No. 3 entered into as of September 19, 2007.”

“1.21 “Centocor Licensed IP Rights” shall have the meaning given in Section 10.17.”

“1.22 “Centocor Sublicense” shall mean the sublicense to the Licensed Patent Rights (as that term is defined in the Centocor Agreement) granted to Seller by Centocor pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Centocor Agreement.”

“1.70 “PDL/EKR – Centocor Sublicense” shall have the meaning given in Section 10.17.”

 

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2. The first sentence in paragraph (p) of Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new sentence which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all rights and benefits of Seller in existence as of the Closing Date or arising after the Closing Date under the contracts listed in Attachment 2.1(p) (or, in the case of contracts identified in Attachment 2.1(p) as being assigned to Buyer in part, under the applicable portion of such contracts so assigned) (the “Assumed Contracts”), including any rights to Intellectual Property.”

3. Paragraph (v) of Section 2.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new sentence which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“(v) Packaging Inventory. Upon Closing, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver or shall cause to be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, all packaging material existing or in the process of manufacture pursuant to a contract with Seller or its Affiliates for the Marketed Products, including all package labels and product inserts used in connection with the Marketed Products owned or controlled by Seller or its Affiliates as of the Closing (the “Packaging Inventory”).”

4. Paragraph (a) of Section 2.3 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new paragraph (a) which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“(a) all Liabilities of Seller under the Assumed Contracts, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date (but excluding, in the case of each Assumed Contract that is identified in Attachment 2.1(p) as being assigned to Buyer in part, all Liabilities of Seller that relate to or arise out of the portion of such partially assigned contract retained by Seller);”

5. Section 2.3 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph (h) following paragraph (g) of Section 2.3, which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“(h) all Liabilities of Seller under the Centocor Agreement, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date and excluding any Liabilities that arise as a result of actions taken or omitted by Seller after the Closing but prior to the date, if any, on which consent for the assignment thereof is obtained, unless such actions or omissions are at the request or direction of Buyer or pursuant to a consent granted by Buyer,.”

 

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6. The fifth sentence of Section 2.7 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new sentence which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“If any such consent shall not be obtained, Seller shall cooperate with Buyer in any reasonable arrangement designed to provide for Buyer the benefits intended to be assigned to Buyer under the relevant Assumed Contract, Intellectual Property or Registration, including enforcement at the cost and for the account of Buyer of any and all rights of Seller against the other party thereto arising out of the breach or cancellation thereof by such other party or otherwise; provided that, in connection with receiving any such benefits, Buyer shall assume the Liabilities of Seller thereunder, but only to the extent such Liabilities (x) arise from any event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date and (y) relate to the benefits received by Buyer, and excluding any Liabilities that arise as a result of actions taken or omitted by Seller after the Closing but prior to the date, if any, on which consent for the assignment thereof is obtained, unless such actions or omissions are at the request or direction of Buyer or pursuant to a consent granted by Buyer.”

7. Section 2.7 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end of Section 2.7:

“With respect to each Assumed Contract that is not assigned to Buyer on the Closing Date as a result of a required consent or waiver not having been obtained, until such time as it is reasonably determined by Buyer and Seller that such required consent or waiver cannot be obtained, Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer, (i) breach, amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of such contract or agreement in any manner that would have an adverse effect on Buyer’s rights or benefits under such Assumed Contract or the Assets, or (ii) pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) such Assumed Contract or any rights or benefits thereunder.”

8. Section 10.1 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding new paragraph (d) which shall read in their entirety as follows:

“(d) With respect to each Assumed Contract that is comprised of a partial assignment of a contract or other agreement, or of Seller’s rights thereunder, Seller (i) shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer, amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of such contract or agreement in any manner that would have an adverse effect on Buyer’s rights or benefits under such Assumed Contract, and (ii) shall provide Buyer with (x) prompt written notice of any violation or breach of, or default under, any such Assumed Contract of which it has knowledge to the extent that any such violation, breach or default could in Seller’s good faith judgment be reasonably expected to have an adverse effect on Buyer

 

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rights or benefits under such partially assigned contract or other agreement, and (y) a copy of any written notice that it receives in respect of any violation, breach or default of any such Assumed Contract to the extent that any such violation, breach or default could in Seller’s good faith judgment be reasonably expected to have an adverse effect on Buyer rights or benefits under such partially assigned contract or other agreement.”

9. Section 10.12 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new section which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“10.12 Promotion, Marketing and Labeling. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer and subject to applicable regulatory approvals, all Buyer advertising and promotional materials for the Marketed Products shall identify Buyer as the marketer of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, in such form as Buyer shall determine. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Buyer shall make such changes in the package insert, Marketed Products labeling and packaging as may be required to reflect Buyer as the marketer of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, including making all required FDA and any other regulatory filings in connection therewith. Promptly after the Registrations have been transferred to Buyer, Seller shall file with the FDA a notice that Buyer is the marketer and distributor of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory. To the extent that the FDA requests additional information or meetings regarding Buyer’s responsibilities as marketer and distributor of the Marketed Products in the applicable Territory, Buyer shall respond to the FDA at its own expense and through its own personnel. Seller is not required to change the Marketed Products’ labeling or package insert, or packaging for the Drug Products or the Packaged Products. With respect to the Product Inventory purchased by Buyer hereunder, Buyer shall be permitted (i) until [****]* in the case of the [****]* other than [****]*, (ii) until [****]* in the case of [****]*, (iii) until [****]* in the case of the [****]*, to sell Marketed Products from the Product Inventory as labeled and packaged prior to the Closing Date, and with respect to the Packaging Inventory purchased by Buyer hereunder, Buyer shall be permitted to use such Packaging Inventory through the same dates, as applicable, all without regard to whether the Marketed Products references Seller or includes any intellectual property rights Seller has in Trademarks that may be included on the labels and packaging but not conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, provided, that all such Product Inventory and Packaging Inventory shall be held, maintained, distributed

 

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and sold in accordance with the Registrations and all applicable laws. With respect to Cardene PMB Product packaging, Buyer shall be permitted to manufacture and use packaging bearing Seller trademarks until [****]* that is substantially the same as the packaging used for testing the Cardene PMB Product. Without the prior written approval from Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Buyer shall not use or distribute any marketing, promotional or advertising copy related to the [****]* has been transferred to Buyer; provided, however, that nothing herein shall require any approval from Seller for Buyer to issue invoices for, and collect revenues from, sales of the [****]* from and after the Closing Date.”

10. The Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 10.17, which shall read in its entirety as follows:

“10.17 Centocor Agreement. Upon Closing, Seller hereby grants Buyer a perpetual, paid up, irrevocable, non-terminable, royalty free, unlimited (other than as provided in the Centocor Agreement) sublicense under the Centocor Sublicense in the Territory (as that term is defined in the Centocor Agreement), with the right to further sublicense, without the consent of Seller, such sublicense and any other sublicense thereunder being sole and exclusive for use in the Business (as that term is defined in the Centocor Agreement) (the “PDL/EKR - Centocor Sublicense”); provided that if after the Closing Buyer and Seller obtain the consent of Centocor to the assignment of the Centocor Agreement to Buyer, upon obtaining such consent (a) the PDL/EKR - - Centocor Sublicense shall automatically terminate, (b) the Centocor Agreement shall be deemed to be an Assumed Contract and the Centocor Licensed Patent Rights shall be deemed to be Licensed IP Rights (the “Centocor Licensed IP Rights”) hereunder, and (c) such consent shall constitute a transfer and assignment to Buyer of the Centocor Agreement and Centocor Licensed IP Rights with immediate effect. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the PDL/EKR - Centocor Sublicense shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Centocor Agreement, including the provisions of Section 2.2 thereof. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to convey to Buyer any rights or benefits under the Centocor Sublicense other than those of Seller contained in the Centocor Sublicense. So long as the PDL/EKR - Centocor Sublicense shall remain in effect, Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of Buyer, (i) breach, amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of the Centocor Agreement in any manner that would have an adverse effect on Buyer’s rights or benefits under the Centocor Agreement, or (ii) pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) the Centocor Agreement or any rights or benefits thereunder. This Section 10.17 shall survive the Closing indefinitely unless otherwise terminated as set forth above.”

 

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11. Section 14.9 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following language immediately after the word “sources” and before the period at the end of such Section:

“[****]*”

12. Attachment 2.1(B) to the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Attachment 2.1(b) attached hereto.

13. Attachment 2.1(P) to the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Attachment 2.1(p) attached hereto.

14. Attachment 4.2(A) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with a new Attachment 4.2(a) attached hereto.

15. Where necessary to give effect to the terms of this Amendment, all reference in the Purchase Agreement to the “Agreement” shall be deemed to refer to the Purchase Agreement as amended hereby.

16. All other provisions of the Purchase Agreement shall be unmodified and shall remain in full force and effect, in accordance with its terms.

17. If any provision of this Amendment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified, if possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable or, if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be stricken and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

18. This Amendment shall be deemed to have been made in the State of California and its form, execution, validity, construction and effect shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

19. This Amendment and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, but this Amendment shall not be assignable by either party hereto without the express written consent of the other party hereto which will not be unreasonably withheld, provided, however, that Buyer may merge or consolidate with, or assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to, a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Buyer, provided that no such merger, consolidation or assignment shall relieve Buyer of its obligations hereunder, and Buyer may assign any or all of its rights and interests hereunder as collateral to one or more of its financing sources.

 

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20. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, through their authorized officers, have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ L. Patrick Gage
Name:   L. Patrick Gage
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
By:   /s/ Andrew Guggenhime
Name:   Andrew Guggenhime
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EKR Therapeutics, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ Howard Weisman
Name:   Howard Weisman
Title:   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
By:   /s/ Richard DeSimone
Name:   Richard DeSimone
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(B)

List of Licensed IP Rights

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 2.1(P)

List of Assumed Contracts

[****]*

 

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ATTACHMENT 4.2(A)

List of Third Party Consents

[****]*

 

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Asset Purchase Agreement between the Company and GMN, Inc.

Exhibit 10.6

CONFIDENTIAL PROVISIONS REDACTED

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

and

GMN, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

Dated as of February 21, 2008

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

   1

ARTICLE 2 TRANSFER OF ASSETS; LICENSE AND SUBLICENSE

   9

2.1

  

Purchase and Sale of Assets

   9

2.2

  

Excluded Assets

   10

2.3

  

Assumed Liabilities

   10

2.4

  

Excluded Liabilities

   11

2.5

  

Risk of Loss

   11

ARTICLE 3 CONSIDERATION

   11

3.1

  

Purchase Price

   11

3.2

  

Method of Payment

   11

3.3

  

Allocation of Purchase Price

   12

ARTICLE 4 CLOSING

   12

4.1

  

Closing

   12

4.2

  

Actions at Closing

   12

4.3

  

Prorations

   15

ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

   16

5.1

  

Organization and Authority

   16

5.2

  

No Violation or Conflict

   17

5.3

  

Consents and Approvals

   17

5.4

  

Assumed Contracts

   17

5.5

  

Compliance with Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations

   18

5.6

  

Legal Proceedings; Orders

   20

5.7

  

Environmental Matters

   20

5.8

  

Title to Assets; Real Property, Equipment and Supplies

   21

5.9

  

Sufficiency of Assets

   22

5.10

  

Condition of Tangible Personal Property

   22

5.11

  

Supplies

   22

5.12

  

Trade Secrets

   23

5.13

  

Brokers and Finders

   23

5.14

  

No Implied Warranty

   23

5.15

  

Condition of Facilities

   23

5.16

  

Disclosure

   24

5.17

  

Product Liability

   24

5.18

  

Suppliers

   24

5.19

  

Employees

   24

5.20

  

Insurance

   25

ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

   25

6.1

  

Organization and Authority

   25

6.2

  

No Conflict or Violation

   25

 

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6.3

  

Consents and Approvals

   25

6.4

  

Cash Resources

   26

6.5

  

Seller’s Records

   26

6.6

  

Environmental Governmental Authorizations

   26

6.7

  

Litigation

   26

6.8

  

Brokers and Finders

   26

6.9

  

Buyer Due Diligence

   26

ARTICLE 7 PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS

   27

7.1

  

Governmental Filings

   27

7.2

  

Conduct of Operations

   27

7.3

  

Obtaining Necessary Consents and Lease Extensions

   27

7.4

  

No Solicitation

   28

7.5

  

Access

   28

7.6

  

Title Insurance

   29

7.7

  

Inspections

   30

7.8

  

Employees

   31

7.9

  

Bulk Transfer Laws

   32

7.10

  

Brokers and Finders

   32

ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

   32

8.1

  

Conditions to Obligations of Buyer

   32

8.2

  

Conditions to Obligations of Seller

   33

ARTICLE 9 POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

   34

9.1

  

Further Assurances

   34

ARTICLE 10 CONFIDENTIALITY

   34

10.1

  

Confidentiality

   34

10.2

  

Publicity

   34

ARTICLE 11 TERM AND TERMINATION

   35

11.1

  

Termination

   35

11.2

  

[****]*

   36

11.3

  

Consequences of Termination

   36

11.4

  

Effectiveness

   36

ARTICLE 12 INDEMNIFICATION

   36

12.1

  

Survivability of Representations and Warranties

   36

12.2

  

Indemnification by Buyer

   37

12.3

  

Indemnification by Seller

   37

12.4

  

Claims

   37

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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12.5

  

Assertion of Claims

   38

12.6

  

Payment of Claims; Limitation on Indemnification

   38

12.7

  

Limitation; Exclusivity

   38

ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS

   38

13.1

  

No Third Party Beneficiaries

   38

13.2

  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

   39

13.3

  

Severability

   39

13.4

  

Entire Agreement

   40

13.5

  

Amendment

   40

13.6

  

Notices

   40

13.7

  

Assignment

   41

13.8

  

No Agency

   41

13.9

  

Construction

   41

13.10

  

Payment of Expenses

   42

13.11

  

Counterparts

   42

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS, ATTACHMENT AND SCHEDULES

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

  

General Assignment and Bill of Sale

Exhibit B

  

Limited Warranty Deed

Exhibit C

  

Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit D

  

Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit E

  

Note Assignment

Exhibit F

  

Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement

Exhibit G

  

Transition Services Agreement

Exhibit H

  

Form of Third Party Consent

ATTACHMENTS

 

Attachment 1.30

  

Environmental Governmental Authorizations

Attachment 1.52

  

Knowledge Employees

Attachment 2.1(d)

  

Equipment

Attachment 2.1(e)

  

List of Assumed Contracts

Attachment 4.2(a)

  

List of Third Party Consents

SCHEDULES

  

Schedule 5.3

  

Seller’s Required Consents

Schedule 5.4(a)

  

Status of Assumed Contracts

Schedule 5.4(b)

  

Third Party Consents

Schedule 5.4(c)

  

Compliance with Contracts/Leases

Schedule 5.5(a)

  

Compliance with Legal Requirements

Schedule 5.5(b)

  

Governmental Authorizations

Schedule 5.6(a)

  

Proceedings

Schedule 5.6(b)

  

Orders

Schedule 5.7

  

Environmental Matters

Schedule 5.8(a)

  

Tangible Personal Property

Schedule 5.8(d)(i)

  

Description of Real Property

Schedule 5.8(d)(ii)

  

Title to Real Property

Schedule 5.9

  

Sufficiency of Assets

Schedule 5.10

  

Ownership of Tangible Personal Property

Schedule 5.12

  

Employee Inventions, etc.

Schedule 5.13

  

Seller’s Brokers

Schedule 5.18

  

Suppliers

Schedule 5.19

  

Operations Employees

Schedule 6.3

  

Buyer’s Required Consents

Schedule 6.8

  

Buyer’s Brokers

Schedule 7.8(a)

  

Seller’s Retained Employees

 

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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of February 21, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) between PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”), and GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab A/S, a corporation existing under the laws of Denmark.

RECITALS

A. Seller is engaged in, among other businesses, the Operations.

B. Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign to Buyer, and Buyer wishes to acquire, all right, title and interest in and to the Assets, in exchange for consideration consisting of cash and the assumption of certain Liabilities related to the Assets, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

C. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Buyer and Seller are executing and delivering that certain Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F, to be effective as of the Closing Date.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1.1 “3750 Lease” means that certain Lease Agreement between St. Paul Properties, Inc., as landlord, and Seller, as tenant, dated March 7, 1996, as amended February 28, 1999 and September 12, 2003 covering approximately 2,034 square feet of space at premises known as 3750 Annapolis Lane, Plymouth, MN 55447.

1.2 “3850 Lease” means that certain Lease Agreement between St. Paul Properties, Inc., as landlord, and Seller, as tenant, dated May 31, 2001 covering approximately 27,259 square feet of space at premises known as 3850 Annapolis Lane, Plymouth, MN 55447.

1.3 “Affiliate” with respect to any party shall mean any entity that is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such party.

1.4 “Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the preamble above.

1.5 “Arbitration Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.2.

1.6 “Assets” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.

 

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1.7 “Assignment and Assumption Agreement” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.2(a)(iv).

1.8 “Assumed Contracts” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(e).

1.9 “Assumed Liabilities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.3.

1.10 “[****]*” shall have the meaning given in Section 11.2.

1.11 “Buyer Indemnitees” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.3.

1.12 “Buyer Notice Deadline” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(a).

1.13 “Buyer Termination Deadline” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(b).

1.14 “Claim” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.4.

1.15 “Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement” shall mean the agreement entered into by Buyer and Seller effective as of the Closing Date relating to manufacture and supply of certain products.

1.16 “Closing” and “Closing Date” shall have the respective meanings given in Section 4.1.

1.17 “Confidential Information” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Confidentiality Agreement.

1.18 “Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement between Buyer and Seller dated November 13, 2007, as amended.

1.19 “Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, waiver or other authorization.

1.20 “Contemplated Transactions” shall mean the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including all transactions contemplated by the other agreements contemplated by this Agreement.

1.21 “Contract” means any agreement, contract, lease, covenant, promise or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied).

1.22 “Cure Notice Deadline” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.6.

1.23 “Current Survey” shall mean an ALTA Non-Topographical Survey prepared by a surveyor approved by Seller and licensed to perform surveying work in the State of Minnesota certified to Buyer and the Title Company and with such other certification as may be reasonably required by Title Company, meeting the minimum detail standard requirements adopted by ALTA in 2005.

 

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1.24 Development Agreement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(e).

1.25 “Effective Date” shall have the meaning given in the preamble above.

1.26 “Encumbrance” means any charge, claim, community or other marital property interest, condition, equitable interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, mortgage, right of way, easement, encroachment, servitude, right of first option, right of first refusal or similar restriction, including any restriction on use, voting (in the case of any security or equity interest), transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other attribute of ownership.

1.27 “Environment” means soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters (including navigable waters and ocean waters), groundwater, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life and any other environmental medium or natural resource.

1.28 “Environmental Cure Notice Deadline” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(b).

1.29 “Environmental Cure Response Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(b).

1.30 “Environmental Governmental Authorizations” shall mean the permits described in Attachment 1.30.

1.31 “Environmental Inspections” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.5.

1.32 “Environmental Laws” means any Legal Requirement that requires or relates to:

(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees or the public of intended or actual Releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials, violations of discharge limits or other prohibitions and the commencement of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that could have significant impact on the Environment;

(b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the Release of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials into the Environment;

(c) reducing the quantities, preventing the Release or minimizing the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are generated;

(d) assuring that products are designed, formulated, packaged and used so that they do not present unreasonable risks to human health or the Environment when used or disposed of;

(e) protecting resources, species or ecological amenities;

 

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(f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent in the transportation of hazardous substances, pollutants, oil or other potentially harmful substances;

(g) cleaning up pollutants that have been Released, preventing the Threat of Release or paying the costs of such clean up or prevention; or

(h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or groups of them, for damages done to their health or the Environment or permitting self-appointed representatives of the public interest to recover for injuries done to public assets;

Environmental Laws include, but are not limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances and Control Act, and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

1.33 “Environmental Remediation” shall mean the cure or correction of an Environmental Remediation Obligation to the levels required by Environmental Laws applicable to the Real Property.

1.34 “Environmental Remediation Obligation” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(b).

1.35 “Environmental Remediation Obligation Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(b).

1.36 “Excluded Assets” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.

1.37 “Excluded Liabilities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.

1.38 “Facilities” shall mean the Real Property, the Leased Properties and the biologic manufacturing facilities thereon.

1.39 “Governmental Authorization” means any Consent, license, registration or permit issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity or pursuant to any Legal Requirement.

1.40 “Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, department, bureau, board, including any board of fire underwriters, fire insurance rating organization, regulatory body, official or other instrumentality of the government of the United States or of any foreign or multinational body, any state or any political subdivision of any such government or body (whether state, provincial, county, city, municipal or otherwise) or any other governmental, public or quasi-public authority.

1.41 “Hazardous Substances” shall mean any material, waste, chemical, compound, substance, mixture, or byproduct that is identified, defined, designated, listed, restricted or otherwise regulated under Environmental laws as a “hazardous constituent,” “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “extremely hazardous material,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “hazardous waste,” “acutely hazardous waste,” “hazardous waste constituent,” “infectious

 

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waste,” “medical waste,” “biohazardous waste,” “extremely hazardous waste,” pollutant,” “toxic pollutant,” “toxic waste”, “toxic substance” or “contaminant,” or any other names intended to identify substances by reason of properties that are deleterious to the Environment, natural resources or public health or safety including by reason of, without limitation, ignitability, corrosiveness, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, and reproductive toxicity. The term Hazardous Substance shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) a “Hazardous Substance,” “Hazardous Material,” “Hazardous Waste,” or “Toxic Substance” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 5101, et seq. or the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq., including any regulations promulgated thereunder, as any of the foregoing may be amended; (ii) “Oil” or a “Hazardous Substance” under Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1321, as may be amended; as well as petroleum and any other hydrocarbonic substance, fraction, distillate or by-product; (iii) mold; (iv) asbestos and any asbestos containing material, urea formaldehyde and polychlorinated biphenyls; and/or (v) a substance that, due to its characteristics or interaction with one or more other materials, wastes, chemicals, compounds, substances, mixtures, or byproducts, damages or threatens to damage the Environment, natural resources or public health or safety, or is required by any law or public entity to be remediated, including remediation which such law or public entity requires in order for property to be put to any lawful purpose.

1.42 “HSR” shall mean the United States Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of l976, as amended, and rules thereunder.

1.43 “HSR Filings” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.1.

1.44 “Identified Employee” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.8(a).

1.45 “Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.4.

1.46 “Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.4.

1.47 “Inspection Notice Deadline” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(a).

1.48 “Inspection Response Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(a).

1.49 “Intellectual Property Assets” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.12(a).

1.50 “JAMS” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.2.

1.51 “JAMS Rules” shall have the meaning given in Section 13.2

1.52 “Knowledge” shall mean, whenever any representation or warranty is made hereunder “to the Knowledge of” a party or to a party’s Knowledge, (i) with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of (A) any officer of Seller or any employee of Seller listed on Attachment 1.52 or (B) with respect to Buyer, the officers of Buyer and (ii) the knowledge that any such person referenced in clause (i) hereof, as a prudent business person, would have obtained in the usual course of the performance of his or her professional responsibilities to such party.

 

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1.53 “Lease Assignment Agreement” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.2(a)(v).

1.54 “Leased Properties” shall mean the facilities subject to the Leases.

1.55 “Leases” means, collectively, the 3750 Lease and the 3850 Lease.

1.56 “Legal Requirement” means any requirement imposed by any constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, code, regulation, statute, treaty or order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, assessment or arbitration award of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.

1.57 “Liability” or “Liabilities” shall mean liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature, primary or secondary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, including but not limited to any liabilities for claims of product liability, personal injury or death, liability in tort or contract (including unripened liabilities due to past actions, failures to act or sales), indebtedness, and any U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other Governmental Entity action or notification, and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), incurred in connection with the defense of any such claims.

1.58 “Limited Warranty Deed” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.2(a)(ii).

1.59 “Material Adverse Effect” with respect to any Person shall mean any event or situation that has a material adverse change or effect, respectively, on: [****]*.

1.60 “Minimum Assessment Agreement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(e).

1.61 “Note” shall mean the Tax Increment Revenue Note Series 2007 made by The Brooklyn Park Economic Development Authority, dated August 1, 2007.

1.62 “Note Assignment” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.2(a)(v).

1.63 “Operations” shall mean the biologic manufacturing operations conducted by Seller at the Facilities.

1.64 “Operations Employee” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.19.

1.65 “Order” shall mean any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, assessment or arbitration award of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator.

 

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1.66 “Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean an action taken by a Person will be deemed to have been taken in the Ordinary Course of Business only if that action:

(a) is recurring and consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of such Person and occurs in the normal day to day operations of such Person; and

(b) does not require authorization by the board of directors or shareholders of such Person (or by any Person or group of Persons exercising similar authority) and does not require any other separate or special authorization of any nature.

1.67 “Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean the Encumbrances set forth on Schedule 5.8(d)(ii) and as defined in Section 7.6 herein.

1.68 “Person” shall mean an individual, limited or general partnership, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), business trust, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, estate, organization, labor union or other entity or a Governmental Entity.

1.69 “Proceeding” shall mean any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or investigative, whether formal or informal, whether public or private) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Entity, private judge, tribunal or arbitrator(s).

1.70 “Product-Related Inventory” shall mean the resin, media, master cell banks, working cell bank, stability pools and retains and clinical supplies, including work in progress and finished goods used in the production of the “Products” (as such term is defined in the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement).

1.71 “Property Condition” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.9.

1.72 “Purchase Price” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.1.

1.73 “Real Property” shall mean the parcel of land located in the City of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and described in Schedule 5.8(d), together with all buildings, structures, improvements and fixtures situated thereon, all right, title and interest of Seller, if any, in and to the land lying in the bed of any street or highway in front of or adjoining said parcel of land to the center line thereof and to any unpaid award for any taking by condemnation or any damage to said parcel of land by reason of a change of grade of any street or highway, and all privileges, rights, easements, rights of way, appurtenances thereon and thereto, including mineral, air and development rights appurtenant thereon and thereto.

1.74 “Real Property Inspection” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.5.

1.75 “Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration on or into the Environment or into or out of any property.

1.76 “Response Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.6.

 

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1.77 “Retained Lease” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.3.

1.78 “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

1.79 “Seller Contract” shall mean any Contract (a) under which Seller has or may acquire any rights or benefits; (b) under which Seller has or may become subject to any obligation or liability; or (c) by which Seller or any of the Assets is or may become bound.

1.80 “Seller Indemnitees” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.2.

1.81 “Seller’s Records” shall mean those certain agreements, plans, documentation and information concerning the Facilities, including all environmental reports, compliance audits, notices of violations and responses thereto, as well as all agency correspondence pertaining to compliance with Environmental Laws or an Environmental Remediation Obligation on the Real Property, in Seller’s possession or control but excluding Environmental Governmental Authorizations.

1.82 “Settlement Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.3(h).

1.83 “Software” means the software or firmware, if any, embedded in any Tangible Personal Property and documentation related thereto or associated therewith, except for any software licensed to Seller installed on any computer (including servers and other information technology hardware) or electronic communication devices (e.g., Blackberries) included in the Tangible Personal Property.

1.84 “Supplies” shall mean, collectively, (i) all inventory of Seller of raw materials, repair stock, parts, pallets and supplies wherever located or in transit for use or consumption in the Operations but excluding Product-Related Inventory; (ii) all assignable warranties and licenses issued to Seller in connection with the Supplies; and (iii) any assignable claims, credits and rights of recovery with respect to the Supplies.

1.85 “Tangible Personal Property” means all machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, computer hardware, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property (other than Product-Related Inventory) of every kind owned or leased by Seller (whether or not carried on Seller’s books) used in the Operations and located at the Facilities and all maintenance records and other documents relating thereto.

1.86 “Third Party Acquisition” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.4.

1.87 “Third Party Consents” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.4(b).

1.88 “Threat of Release” means a reasonable likelihood of a Release that may require action in order to prevent or mitigate damage to the Environment that may result from such Release.

1.89 “Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning given in Section 12.6(a).

 

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1.90 “Title Commitment” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.6.

1.91 “Title Company” shall mean First American Title Insurance Company or such other reputable title insurance company authorized to transact business in the State of Minnesota as may be selected by Buyer.

1.92 “Title Exceptions” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.6.

1.93 “Title Objections” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.6.

1.94 “Trade Secrets” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1(i).

1.95 “Transition Services Agreement” shall mean the agreement entered into by Buyer and Seller as of the Closing Date, whereby (i) Buyer shall, for fees specified therein, provide certain services to Seller, including, continued development of ongoing life cycle management projects and continued assistance and support of a Seller-sponsored clinical trial, and information technology and administrative services, to the extent and for the periods of time and at the costs as specified therein, and (ii) Seller shall, for fees specified therein, provide certain services to Buyer, including information technology and administrative services, to the extent and for the periods of time and at the costs as specified therein.

1.96 “Unsatisfactory Condition” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(a).

1.97 “Unsatisfactory Inspection Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.7(a).

1.98 “WARN” shall have the meaning given in Section 7.8(c).

ARTICLE 2

TRANSFER OF ASSETS; LICENSE AND SUBLICENSE

2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey, or deliver, as specified below, to Buyer, and Buyer shall acquire all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the property and assets of Seller identified in this Section 2.1 (collectively, the “Assets”):

(a) Real Property. Seller’s fee ownership interest in the Real Property.

(b) Leased Real Property. Seller’s leasehold or other non-fee ownership interest in the Leased Properties, including any security deposit(s) being held for benefit of Seller by any lessor.

(c) Governmental Authorizations. Seller’s interest in all transferable Governmental Authorizations owned by Seller or used in or necessary for the operation of the Assets.

 

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(d) Equipment. The Tangible Personal Property, including, without limitation, the items of equipment each having a book value in excess of [****]* listed in Attachment 2.1(d).

(e) Assumed Contracts. All rights and benefits of Seller in existence as of the Closing Date arising after the Closing Date under the contracts listed in Attachment 2.1(e) (the “Assumed Contracts”), including but not limited to that certain Contract for Private Development by and between the Brooklyn Park Economic Development Authority and Seller, dated October 31, 2002 (the “Development Agreement”) and that certain Assessment Agreement and Assessor’s Certificate by and between Brooklyn Park Development Authority and Seller, dated February 8, 2005 (the “Minimum Assessment Agreement”), all transferable statutory, express or implied construction warranties applicable to the improvements on the Real Property and all transferable express or implied warranties from manufacturers, sellers or lessors of any item or component part of any Tangible Personal Property.

(f) Supplies. The Supplies.

(g) Note. All of Seller’s interest as “Owner” under the Note, in accordance with Section 7 of the Note pertaining to Registration and transfer.

(h) Books and Records. Any documentation related to operation of the Facilities (excluding documentation relating solely to the manufacture of any specific product), including standard operating procedures, equipment manuals, historical supply cost data, maintenance records, vendor supply lists and current inventories of supplies.

(i) Trade Secrets. Know-how, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary information, Software, technical information, data, process technology, plans, designs, drawings and blue prints that are related to the Operations (excluding any of same relating to the manufacture of any specific product) (collectively, “Trade Secrets”).

2.2 Excluded Assets. Buyer hereby acknowledges that Seller is not selling, transferring, assigning, conveying or delivering under this Agreement any assets, rights or interests of Seller (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”) not listed or described in Section 2.1, including any assets or rights used in the research, development, manufacture, control, packaging or release, marketing or sale of Seller’s products, and the Product-Related Inventory.

2.3 Assumed Liabilities. Buyer shall assume and agree to honor, pay and discharge when due the following Liabilities of Seller (the “Assumed Liabilities”):

(a) all Liabilities of Seller under the Assumed Contracts, but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any event, circumstance or condition occurring after the Closing Date; and

(b) all Liabilities of Seller for the Leased Properties (including all costs of preparing the Leased Real Properties for return to the landlord upon the expiration or termination of the lease, which shall be deemed to arise after the Closing Date), but only to the extent such Liabilities arise from any event, circumstances or condition occurring after the Closing Date; and

 

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(c) all Liabilities of Seller under contracts with third parties providing utility services to the Facilities.

2.4 Excluded Liabilities. Seller hereby acknowledges that Buyer is not assuming hereunder any Liabilities (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”) not specifically set forth in Section 2.3, including, without limitation, those Liabilities expressly set forth below:

(a) any Liability or obligation of Seller of any nature owed to, or on behalf or for the benefit of, any employees, directors, former employees, agents or independent contractors, whether or not employed by Buyer after the Closing, that arises out of or relates to (A) the employment or service provider relationship between Seller and any such Person(s) (including, but not limited to, claims for compensation, discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, or rights or other interest in any health, welfare, retirement or other benefit plan); or (B) events or conditions occurring on or before the Closing Date (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement);

(b) Liabilities arising out of any injury to individuals or property as a result of the ownership, possession or use of the Assets or the Operations, including without limitation the manufacture, administration or other use of any “Product” (as such term is defined in the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement), prior to the Closing Date or the administration or other use after the Closing Date of any Product manufactured prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Buyer;

(c) all accounts payable of Seller arising prior to the Closing Date; and

(d) Liabilities of Seller relating to or arising under this Agreement.

2.5 Risk of Loss. All risk of loss with respect to the Assets (whether or not covered by insurance) shall be on Seller up to the time of Closing, whereupon such risk of loss shall pass to Buyer.

ARTICLE 3

CONSIDERATION

3.1 Purchase Price. On the Closing Date, in consideration of Seller’s sale of the Assets to Buyer, Buyer will assume the Assumed Liabilities and pay to Seller an aggregate purchase price in the amount equal to Two Hundred Forty Million United States Dollars ($240,000,000) (the “Purchase Price”).

3.2 Method of Payment. The payment to be made by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.1, as adjusted by the closing prorations and other cost allocations for both Buyer and Seller set forth in this Agreement, as shown on the Settlement Statement, shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the proper account of the Title Company (as identified by the Title Company) on the Closing Date. Buyer and Seller shall coordinate with each other and the Title Company to agree to wiring deadlines such that Buyer will initiate the wire to the Title

 

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Company at an early enough time for the Title Company to wire the funds into an account identified by the Seller in time for Seller to earn overnight interest on such funds as of the Closing Date (i.e., so that the funds do not remain un-invested overnight immediately following Closing). Provided Buyer has met any previously agreed to wiring deadline (as evidenced by a Fed Wire Reference Number with the appropriate time stamp), Buyer shall have no liability for any delays in the transmittal of the wire from the Title Company to the Seller or the receipt or investment of the funds by the Seller’s designated depository account representative (except to the extent such delay is caused by Buyer’s action).

3.3 Allocation of Purchase Price. Prior to Closing, Buyer and Seller will make reasonable efforts to agree on an allocation of the Purchase Price among the Assets in a manner that is consistent with the principles of Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any successor provision of any future tax law, or any comparable provision of state, local or foreign tax law). Buyer and Seller will (i) act in accordance with the allocation in the preparation of financial statements and the preparation and filing of all tax returns (including the preparation and filing of IRS Form 8594) and (ii) take no position inconsistent with the allocation for all tax purposes. In the event that such allocation is disputed by any taxing authority, the party receiving notice of the dispute shall promptly notify the other party hereto and shall forward to such other party copies of all correspondence with such taxing authority in respect of such disputed allocation.

ARTICLE 4

CLOSING

4.1 Closing. The Closing of the sale of the Assets and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be held at the offices of Seller at the Real Property (the “Closing”) as promptly as practicable, but no later than the date five (5) business days after all conditions (other than the respective delivery obligations of the parties) hereto have been satisfied or waived, or at such other place, time or date as may be agreed to by the parties to this Agreement (the “Closing Date”).

4.2 Actions at Closing. At the Closing, transfer of the Assets to Buyer will be effected by Seller pursuant to such good and sufficient instruments of conveyance, transfer and assignment as shall be necessary to transfer to Buyer good and valid title to the Assets.

(a) Deliveries by Seller at Closing. The purchase of the Assets by Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement are subject to Seller’s delivery to Buyer at the Closing of the following instruments, documents, agreements and certificates:

(i) the General Assignment and Bill of Sale substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed by Seller;

(ii) the limited warranty deed for the Real Property substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Limited Warranty Deed”), duly executed by Seller;

(iii) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

 

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(iv) a Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement for each of the Leased Properties substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement”), duly executed by Seller;

(v) the Note Assignment Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Note Assignment”), duly executed by Seller;

(vi) the Transition Services Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, duly executed by Seller;

(vii) all of the Third Party Consents in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H signed by the parties set forth in Attachment 4.2(a), including the consent of the landlord under the Leases to the assignment thereof to Buyer;

(viii) a FIRPTA Certificate containing such information as is required by I.R.C. § 1445(b)(2) and its regulations;

(ix) an Affidavit of Title or such affidavits as the Title Company shall reasonably require indicating that on the Closing Date there are no outstanding, unsatisfied judgments, tax liens or bankruptcies against or involving Seller or the Real Property; that there has been no skill, labor or material furnished to the Real Property for which payment has not been made or for which mechanics’ liens could be filed; and that there are no other unrecorded interests in the Real Property;

(x) a Well Certificate if required by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 1031;

(xi) a Sewer System Certificate if required by Minnesota Statutes, §115.55;

(xii) a Certificate of Occupancy for the Real Property;

(xiii) an Amendment to the Confidentiality Agreement, duly executed by Seller;

(xiv) a certificate executed by a duly authorized officer of Seller certifying that (i) each of the representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 5 was true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Seller, at or prior to the Closing have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects; and

(xv) a certificate of the Secretary of Seller, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as to the authenticity and effectiveness of the actions of the board of directors of Seller authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and identifying the name and title and bearing the signatures of the Persons authorized by Seller to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Agreements and instruments contemplated hereby;

 

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(xvi) a certificate of good standing of Seller, also attesting to payment of all applicable taxes by Seller, issued by the Secretaries of State of the States of Delaware and Minnesota, dated within [****]* of the Closing;

(xvii) possession of the Facilities in the condition required by this Agreement, and the keys and/or electronic access cards and security codes therefor; and

(xviii) any other documents required by this Agreement to be delivered by Seller or as may be deemed necessary by Buyer’s counsel or the Title Company to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) Deliveries by Buyer at Closing. The sale of the Assets by Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement are subject to Buyer’s delivery to Seller (unless noted otherwise) at the Closing of the following instruments, agreements and certificates:

(i) the Purchase Price, as adjusted for prorations as provided herein.

(ii) the Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

(iii) the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

(iv) the Transition Services Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

(v) an Amendment to the Confidentiality Agreement, duly executed by Buyer;

(vi) a Certificate of Real Estate Value as required by MSA §272.115 executed by Buyer;

(vii) a certificate executed by a duly authorized officer of Buyer certifying that (i) each of the representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Article 6 was true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Date and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Buyer, at or prior to the Closing have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;

(viii) a certificate of the Secretary of Buyer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller, as to the authenticity and effectiveness of the actions of the board of directors (and shareholders, if applicable) of Buyer authorizing this Agreement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and identifying the name and title and bearing the signatures of the Persons authorized by Buyer to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Agreements and instruments contemplated hereby;

 

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(ix) any funds required by the Settlement Statement which are not appropriately an adjustment to the Purchase Price; and

(x) any other document required by this Agreement to be delivered by Buyer or as may be deemed necessary by Seller’s counsel or the Title Company to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

4.3 Prorations. The following are to be apportioned as of the Closing Date:

(a) Utility Charges. Buyer shall set up new utility accounts (telephone, steam, electricity, gas) and arrange for existing utilities to be switched over to such accounts as of the Closing Date. Seller shall pay all charges for utilities used through the date prior to the Closing Date. Upon confirmation from each utility that such deposits are assignable to Buyer, Buyer will pay to Seller at Closing the amount of any utility deposit(s) made by Seller, and Seller will assign to Buyer all of its right, title and interest in and to the applicable deposit(s) relating thereto. Buyer will be responsible for the cost of all utilities used on or after the Closing Date.

(b) Lease Payments and Security Deposits. Amounts for all rents due or paid under the Leases shall be apportioned as of the Closing Date. Upon the confirmation from each Lessor under the Leases that it is holding a security deposit, Buyer will pay to Seller at Closing the amount of any such security deposit(s) made by Seller, and Seller will assign to Buyer all of its right, title and interest in an to any such security deposit(s).

(c) Other Apportionments. Amounts payable under the Assumed Contracts, payments actually made to Seller under the Note, annual or periodic permit and/or inspection fees with respect to Governmental Authorizations that are assignable and, in fact, assigned to Buyer at the Closing, fuel oil, if any, at the most recent cost thereof on the basis of a reading performed by the supplier thereof on the day preceding the Closing and amounts for Property operation and maintenance expenses and other recurring costs to be assumed by Buyer and prepaid by Seller will be apportioned as of the Closing Date.

(d) Title Insurance. Buyer shall pay the premium for title insurance and the Title Company charges for the examination of title to the Real Property and direct administrative closing costs.

(e) Survey. [****]* shall pay the cost up to a [****]* of obtaining the Current Survey, which shall be certified to [****]* and the Title Company.

(f) Recording; Other. [****]* shall pay the costs of recording the Limited Warranty Deed and all applicable real estate transfer taxes imposed by any Governmental Entity, including without limitation, the state deed tax. Payment of all other costs incurred in connection with the transfer of the Real Property contemplated by this Agreement shall be [****]* in accordance with the custom of commercial real estate transactions consummated in Hennepin County, as reasonably determined by the Title Company.

 

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(g) Real Estate Taxes and Special Assessments. General real estate taxes and personal property taxes which were or should have been due and payable in all calendar years ending prior to the Closing Date will be paid by Seller and shall remain the responsibility of Seller. General real estate taxes and personal property taxes due and payable in the calendar year in which the Closing Date occurs will be prorated by Seller and Buyer on a calendar year basis as of the Closing Date, with the Seller being responsible for the period up to and including the Closing Date. General real estate taxes and personal property taxes due and payable in all calendar years commencing after the Closing Date will be paid by Buyer. All special assessments levied or constituting a lien against the Real Property as of the Closing Date will be paid [****]*. Buyer shall assume the obligation to pay any special assessments levied subsequent to the Closing Date.

(h) Settlement Statement. Title Company shall prepare a preliminary Closing settlement statement and shall deliver such statement to Buyer and Seller for approval no less than [****]* prior to the Closing Date (as approved, the “Settlement Statement”). Upon Closing, the Title Company shall disburse funds in accordance with the approved Settlement Statement.

(i) Post-Closing Reconciliation. Seller and Buyer hereby agree that if the Closing shall occur before a new real estate tax rate is fixed or for any other reason any of the foregoing prorations cannot be calculated accurately as of the Closing Date, then the same shall be estimated (based on current information then known, such as the most recent tax rate applied to the latest assessed valuation) for the purposes of Closing and within [****]* after the Closing Date, or as soon as sufficient information is available to permit the parties to effectively calculate such prorations, either party owing the other party a sum of money based on such subsequent calculations shall pay such sum to the other party within [****]* after such calculations.

(j) Survival. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall survive [****]*.

ARTICLE 5

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

Subject to the exceptions and disclosures listed in the Schedules attached to this Agreement (which modify, vary and qualify certain of the representations and warranties contained in this Article 5), Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as of the Effective Date as follows:

5.1 Organization and Authority. Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full corporate power and authority to execute and consummate this Agreement, and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder and thereunder. Seller has all requisite corporate power and authority and all authorizations, licenses, permits and certifications necessary to carry on the Operations as now being conducted and to own, lease and operate the Assets. Seller is qualified as a foreign corporation to do business in every jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or its ownership of property requires it to be qualified and in which the failure to be so qualified would have a Material Adverse Effect. All corporate acts and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Seller to authorize Seller to execute, deliver

 

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and perform this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions, have been duly and properly taken. Seller is not required to obtain stockholder consent (i) to authorize Seller to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder or (ii) to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Seller and constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

5.2 No Violation or Conflict. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, and the consummation by Seller of the Contemplated Transactions will not (i) violate any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity or, to Seller’s Knowledge, law, statute, rule or regulation or applicable to Seller, or (ii) conflict with, result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of Seller or any agreement to which Seller is a party, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Seller.

5.3 Consents and Approvals. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.3, no notice to, declaration, filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or approval of, or permit from, any Governmental Entity, or any other Person, is required to be made or obtained by Seller in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, except with respect to the HSR Filing and any declarations, filings, registrations, authorizations, consents, approvals or permits which if not obtained or made have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect on Seller or materially interfere with Buyer’s performance of its obligations under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement.

5.4 Assumed Contracts.

(a) Seller has made available to Buyer true, complete and correct copies of all contracts material to the Operations and the Assets (excluding contracts related solely to the manufacture of specific products of Seller), including, without limitation, the Assumed Contracts. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.4(a), all the Assumed Contracts are in full force and effect and are valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms by and against Seller, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

 

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(b) Schedule 5.4(b) sets forth a list of the Leases and all Assumed Contracts which require the consent or waiver of any party to the assignment of such Assumed Contract as a result of the Contemplated Transactions (the “Third Party Consents”) and, except as set forth in Schedule 5.4(b), all the Assumed Contracts are fully assignable by Seller and will be assigned to Buyer at the Closing.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.4(c):

(i) Seller is, and at all times since January 1, 2004, has been, in compliance with all applicable terms and requirements of each Lease, the Development Agreement and the Minimum Assessment Agreement;

(ii) each other Person that has or had any obligation or Liability under any Lease, the Development Agreement or the Minimum Assessment Agreement, is, and at all times since January 1, 2004, has been, in full compliance with all applicable terms and requirements of such Lease, the Development Agreement and the Minimum Assessment Agreement;

(iii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) may contravene, conflict with or result in a breach of, or give Seller or other Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or payment under, or to cancel, terminate or modify, any Lease;

(iv) no event has occurred or circumstance exists under or by virtue of any Seller Contract that (with or without notice or lapse of time) would cause the creation of any Encumbrance affecting any of the Assets; and

(v) Seller has not given to or received from any other Person, at any time since January 1, 2004, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) regarding any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation or breach of, or default under, any Lease, the Development Agreement and the Minimum Assessment Agreement.

(d) Seller is in material compliance with all applicable terms and requirements of each Assumed Contract and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) may contravene, conflict with or result in a breach of, or give Seller or other Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or payment under, or to cancel, terminate or modify any of the Assumed Contracts. There are no renegotiations of, attempts to renegotiate or outstanding rights to renegotiate any material amounts paid or payable by Seller under current or completed Assumed Contracts with any Person having the contractual or statutory right to demand or require such renegotiation and no such Person has made written demand for such renegotiation.

5.5 Compliance with Legal Requirements; Governmental Authorizations.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5(a):

(i) Seller is, and at all times since January 1, 2002, has been, in material compliance with each Legal Requirement (other than Legal Requirements with respect to Environmental Laws) that is or was applicable to the Operations or the ownership or use of any of the Assets;

 

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(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) may constitute or result in a violation by Seller of, or a failure on the part of Seller to comply with, any Legal Requirement with respect to the Assets or the Operations (other than Legal Requirements with respect to Environmental Laws) or (B) may give rise to any obligation on the part of Seller to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature with respect to the Assets or the Operations (other than any Governmental Remediation Obligation); and

(iii) Seller has not received, at any time since January 1, 2002, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement with respect to the Assets or the Operations (other than Legal Requirements with respect to Environmental Laws) or (B) any actual, alleged, possible or potential obligation on the part of Seller to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature with respect to the Assets or the Operations (other than any Governmental Remediation Obligation).

(b) Schedule 5.5(b) contains a complete and accurate list of each Governmental Authorization that is held by Seller or relating to the Operations or the Assets. Each Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b) is valid and in full force and effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5(b):

(i) Each such Governmental Authorization is transferable to Buyer and Seller is, and at all times since January 1, 2002, has been, in material compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each Governmental Authorization identified or required to be identified in Schedule 5.5(b);

(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or indirectly in a violation of or a failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b) or (B) result directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or termination of, or any modification to, any Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b);

(iii) Seller has not received, at any time since January 1, 2002, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b) or (B) any actual, proposed, possible or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination of or modification to any Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b); and

 

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(iv) all applications required to have been filed for the renewal of the Governmental Authorizations listed or required to be listed in Schedule 5.5(b) have been duly filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Entities, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to such Governmental Authorizations have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Entities.

To Seller’s Knowledge, the Governmental Authorizations listed in Schedule 5.5(b) collectively constitute all of the Governmental Authorizations necessary to permit Seller to lawfully conduct the Operations in the manner in which it currently conducts such Operations and to permit Seller to own and use the Assets in the manner in which it currently owns and uses the Assets and to permit Buyer to perform its obligations under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.

5.6 Legal Proceedings; Orders.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.6(a), there is no pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened Proceeding:

(i) by or against Seller or that otherwise relates to or may affect the Operations of, or any of the Assets owned or used by, Seller; or

(ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated Transactions.

To Seller’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that could reasonably be likely to give rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Proceeding. Seller has delivered to Buyer copies of all pleadings, correspondence and other documents relating to each Proceeding listed in Schedule 5.6(a).

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.6(b):

(i) there is no Order, nor in the past has there been any Order, to which Seller, the Operations or any of the Assets is subject; and

(ii) no manager, officer, director, agent or employee of Seller is subject to any Order that prohibits such manager, officer, director, agent or employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to the Operations of Seller.

5.7 Environmental Matters. Except as described in Schedule 5.7:

(a) To Seller’s Knowledge, Seller is, and at all times has been, in full compliance with, and has not been and is not in violation of or liable under, any Environmental Law. Seller has no basis to expect, nor has any other Person for whose conduct it is or may be held to be responsible received, any actual or threatened Order, notice or other communication from (i) any Governmental Entity or private citizen acting in the public interest or (ii) any prior owner or operator of any Facilities, of any actual or potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Law or of any actual or threatened obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental Remediation Obligation with respect to the Facilities or other property or asset at or to which Hazardous Substances were transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled or received.

 

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(b) There are no pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened claims, Encumbrances, or other restrictions of any nature arising under or pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to the Facilities.

(c) Seller does not have any Knowledge of or any basis to expect, nor has Seller received, any citation, directive, inquiry, notice, Order, summons, warning or other communication that relates to Hazardous Substances or any alleged, actual, or potential violation or failure to comply with any Environmental Law or of any alleged, actual, or potential obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any Liabilities with respect to the Facilities or any other property to which Hazardous Substances were transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled or received.

(d) Seller is not responsible for any Environmental Remediation Obligation with respect to any property geologically or hydrologically adjoining the Facilities.

(e) To Seller’s Knowledge, there are no Hazardous Substances present on or in the Environment at the Facilities or any property geologically or hydrologically adjoining the Facilities which have not been remediated except for any residual contamination related to remediation approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

5.8 Title to Assets; Real Property, Equipment and Supplies.

(a) Schedule 5.8(a) sets forth a description of all Tangible Personal Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.8(a), Seller has good, valid and marketable title to all the Assets other than the Real Property free and clear of all Encumbrances and Seller warrants that, at the Closing, all the Assets other than the Real Property shall be free and clear of all Encumbrances, and Seller shall sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver good, valid and marketable title to the Assets other than the Real Property at Closing, free and clear of any and all, Encumbrances. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.8(a), Seller beneficially owns all of the right, title or other interests to be transferred to Buyer hereunder with respect to all the Assets, and none of the Assets other than Leased Properties is leased, rented, licensed, or otherwise not owned by Seller.

(b) Seller has not received any written notice that remains uncured from any Governmental Entity alleging that any part of the Real Property is in violation of any zoning, building, health, fire, environmental or other similar statute, ordinance, regulation or code. Seller has not received any written notice of any pending or threatened (and, to Seller’s Knowledge, there are no threatened) eminent domain, condemnation or other governmental taking of the Real Property or any part thereof. Seller has not received written notice from its insurance carriers, lenders, any board of fire underwriters or any Governmental Entity that any repairs, replacements or alterations are required to be made to the Real Property which have not been made.

(c) Other than this Agreement, Seller has not entered into any purchase contracts, options or any other agreements of any kind, written or oral, formal or informal, choate or inchoate, recorded or unrecorded, whereby any Person other than Buyer has acquired, or has any basis to assert, any right to purchase or acquire an interest in, lease, sublease, license or otherwise use or occupy the Real Property or any of the Facilities. There are no parties in possession of any portion of the Real Property or any of the Facilities other than Seller.

 

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(d) Schedule 5.8(d)(i) contains a legal description of the Real Property. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.8(d)(ii), Seller represents, but does not warrant, to Seller’s Knowledge that (i) Seller has good, valid and marketable title to all the Real Property free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Encumbrances shown on the Title Report; and (ii) no part of any improvement or structure located on the Real Property encroaches on any real property not included in the Real Property, and there are no buildings, structures, fixtures or other improvements situated on adjoining property which encroach on any part of the Real Property. True copies of any current surveys, abstract, title commitments and title opinions in Seller’s possession and all policies of title insurance currently in force and in the possession of Seller with respect to the Real Property have been made available to Buyer.

(e) Other than the Leases, there are no other material real property leases under which Seller is a lessee or lessor and that relate to the Assets. The Leases are in full force and effect and have not been modified or amended. All rents and sums payable by Seller under the Leases are currently paid and shall be current at Closing, and Seller has no notice of any default or threatened default by Seller or any lessor under the Leases. There is no action or proceeding instituted against Seller by any lessor presently pending in any court, no security deposits other than those set forth in the Leases, and to Seller’s Knowledge, no leasing commissions are due or owing with respect to the Leases.

(f) Seller has delivered to Buyer true, correct and complete copies of Seller’s Records and the Environmental Governmental Authorizations. To Seller’s Knowledge, no Proceeding has been commenced regarding the Facilities since January 1, 2002.

5.9 Sufficiency of Assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.9, the Assets (a) constitute all of the assets, tangible and intangible, of any nature whatsoever, necessary to conduct the Operations in the manner presently conducted by Seller other than information technology assets located in and operated out of Seller’s Redwood City, California offices and (b) include all of the operating assets of Seller (i) used to conduct the Operations and located at the Facilities other than the Excluded Assets and (ii) necessary to permit Buyer to perform its obligations under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement.

5.10 Condition of Tangible Personal Property. Each item of Tangible Personal Property is in good repair and good operating condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, is suitable for immediate use in the Ordinary Course of Business. No item of Tangible Personal Property is in need of repair or replacement other than as part of routine maintenance in the Ordinary Course of Business. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.10, all Tangible Personal Property used in the Operations is owned by and in the possession of Seller.

5.11 Supplies. All items included in the Supplies consist of a quality and quantity usable in the Ordinary Course of Business of Seller. Supplies now on hand were purchased in the Ordinary Course of Business of Seller. The quantities of each item of Supplies (whether raw materials, supplies or work-in-process) are not excessive but are reasonable in the present circumstances of Seller and the Operations.

 

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5.12 Trade Secrets. Seller is the owner or licensee of all right, title and interest in and to each of the Trade Secrets, free and clear of all Encumbrances, and has the right to use without payment to a third party all of the Trade Secrets and to assign them to Buyer at the Closing. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.12, all former and current employees of Seller employed with respect to the Operations have executed written Contracts with Seller that assign to Seller all rights to any inventions, improvements, discoveries or information relating to the Operations. Seller has taken all reasonable precautions to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all Trade Secrets (including the enforcement by Seller of a policy requiring each Employee or contractor to execute proprietary information and confidentiality agreements substantially in Seller’s standard form, and all current and former Employees and contractors of Seller have executed such an agreement). No Trade Secrets were developed, in whole or in part, with full- or partial-funding from a Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, to the United States Government, or any agency thereof or in efforts with other entities receiving full or partial-funding from a Governmental Entity or any agency thereof.

5.13 Brokers and Finders. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.13, Seller has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any brokerage fee, commission, finder’s fee or other compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

5.14 No Implied Warranty. THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES GIVEN HEREIN BY SELLER ARE IN LIEU OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES WHICH MAY OTHERWISE BE APPLICABLE BECAUSE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OR ANY OTHER STATUTE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. EXCEPT FOR THOSE COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES THAT ARE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED AND DELIVERED BY SELLER IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSING, SELLER MAKES, AND HAS MADE, NO (AND BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NO ONE ACTING OR PURPORTING TO ACT ON SELLER’S BEHALF, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, BROKER, HAS MADE, OR MAKES, ANY) COVENANT, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY (EXPRESS OR IMPLIED) AS TO ANY ASPECT WHATSOEVER OF OR RELATING TO THE FACILITIES OR SELLER’S RECORDS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF THE FACILITIES OR AS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION THEREOF FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER.

5.15 Condition of Facilities.

(a) To Seller’s Knowledge, use of the Facilities for the various purposes for which it is presently being used is permitted as of right under all applicable zoning legal requirements and is not subject to “permitted nonconforming” use or structure classifications. To Seller’s Knowledge, the Facilities located on the Real Property are in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, including those pertaining to zoning, building and the disabled,

 

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are in good repair and in good condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The Facilities located on the Real Property have direct vehicular access to a public road or has access to a public road via a permanent, irrevocable, appurtenant easement benefiting the Real Property, are supplied with public or quasi-public utilities and other services appropriate for the operation of the Facilities located thereon and are not located within any flood plain or area subject to wetlands regulation or any similar restriction. To Seller’s Knowledge, there is no existing or proposed plan to modify or realign any street or highway or any existing or proposed eminent domain or other condemnation proceeding that would result in the taking of all or any part of any Facilities or that would prevent or hinder the continued use of any of the Facilities as heretofore used in the conduct of the Operations or the performance of Buyer’s obligations under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement or the Transition Services Agreement.

(b) Seller has not received written notice that Seller’s use or occupancy of the Facilities violates any Legal Requirement, covenant, condition or restriction that encumbers any of the Facilities, or that any of the Facilities is subject to any restriction for which any authorization or certification of any Governmental Entity necessary to the current use thereof have not been obtained.

5.16 Disclosure. No representation or warranty or other statement made by Seller in this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make any of them, in light of the circumstances in which it was made, not misleading.

5.17 Product Liability. Seller does not have any Liability (and, to Seller’s Knowledge, there is no basis for any present or future Proceeding against it giving rise to any Liability) arising out of any injury to individuals or property as a result of the ownership, possession or use of the Assets or the Operations.

5.18 Suppliers. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.18, Seller is not or has not been engaged in any material dispute with any of its Suppliers. Seller has not received any actual notice or has any reason to believe that any of its Suppliers will not sell to Buyer services, products, equipment or goods after the Closing Date on terms and conditions substantially similar to those currently in effect, subject only to general and customary price increases. Seller has adequate sources of supply for its business as now and proposed to be conducted. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.18, Seller is not dependent on a supplier that is the sole supplier of any goods and services it requires to operate the Assets.

5.19 Employees. Schedule 5.19 contains a complete and accurate list of the names, titles, current annual base salary and target annual bonus of each of Seller’s employees at the Facilities employed as of the Effective Date (each, an “Operations Employee”), including a complete and accurate list of all employment agreements, letters or other agreements (including noncompetition agreements) with respect to the Operations Employees. Each Operations Employee is currently employed by, and has not entered into any severance or termination agreement with, Seller. No Operations Employee has accepted an agreement (whether or not in writing) with Seller to continue or to commence employment with Seller following the Closing. No Operations Employee is currently engaged in negotiations intended or likely to result in employment with Seller to continue or to commence employment with Seller following Closing. To Seller’s Knowledge, the Operations Employees are not debarred or suspended under 21 U.S.C. §335a(a) or (b).

 

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5.20 Insurance. Seller has not been refused any fire, liability, product liability, workmen’s compensation, health or other forms of insurance, including performance bonds with respect to any aspect of the Operations or the ownership or use of the Assets or, since January 1, 2002, has had any claims denied by its insurers. There are no pending claims against Seller with respect to any aspect of the Operations or the ownership or use of the Assets as to which insurers are defending under a reservation of rights or have denied liability and, to Seller’s Knowledge, no condition exists or events have occurred since January 1, 2002 which could reasonably be expected to result in any such claim.

ARTICLE 6

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER

6.1 Organization and Authority. Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Buyer has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. All corporate acts and other proceedings required to be taken by or on the part of Buyer to authorize Buyer to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder, have been duly and properly taken. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Buyer and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to or limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in law or equity.

6.2 No Conflict or Violation. The execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement and such other instruments, agreements and transactions as may be contemplated hereunder and the consummation by Buyer of the Contemplated Transactions will not (i) to Buyer’s Knowledge, violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity, or (ii) conflict with, result in any breach of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of Buyer or, to Buyer’s Knowledge, any agreement to which Buyer is a party, except for such violations, conflicts, breaches or defaults which individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer.

6.3 Consents and Approvals. No notice to, declaration, filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or approval of, or permit from, any Governmental Entity, or any other Person, is required to be made or obtained by Buyer in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, except with respect to the HSR Filing and the Environmental Governmental Authorizations listed in Schedule 6.3, except for declarations, filings, registrations, authorizations, consents, approvals or permits which if not obtained or made have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect on Buyer.

 

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6.4 Cash Resources. Buyer has cash and/or readily available financing in an amount sufficient to pay the Purchase Price at the Closing and any and all fees and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and specifically acknowledges Seller has entered into this Agreement in reliance upon this representation. Buyer acknowledges that obtaining financing shall not be a condition to Closing.

6.5 Seller’s Records. Buyer acknowledges that Seller has heretofore delivered to Buyer (or has made available to Buyer for review and copying) copies of Seller’s Records.

6.6 Environmental Governmental Authorizations. Buyer acknowledges that Seller has previously delivered, or made available, to Buyer copies of certain Environmental Governmental Authorizations.

6.7 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, threatened in writing concerning Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

6.8 Brokers and Finders. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.8, Buyer has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any Liability for any brokerage fee, commission or finder’s fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

6.9 Buyer Due Diligence. Buyer is experienced, and/or has engaged expert advisors experienced in the evaluation and purchase of property and assets such as the Assets contemplated hereunder. Buyer acknowledges that prior to Closing it will have had the opportunity, pursuant to Section 7.5, to inspect the Facilities and observe the physical characteristics and condition of the Facilities and any and all other matters, as to, concerning or with respect to any matter whatsoever relating to the Facilities or this Agreement or of concern to Buyer (“Property Condition”), including: title; the environmental condition of the Facilities (including the presence or absence of Hazardous Substances in, on or about the Facilities, notwithstanding the issuance of letters of closure, no further action or liability assurance by the various federal, state or local agencies and offices); water, soil, pest and geological conditions of the Facilities the financial condition of the Facilities; the suitability of the Facilities or any and all activities and/or uses which may be conducted thereon; the compliance of or by the Facilities with any and all laws, rules, ordinances or regulations of any applicable governmental authority or body (including environmental, building codes, and the status of any development or use rights respecting the Facilities); the habitability, merchantability, marketability, profitability or fitness for a particular purpose of the Facilities; or the physical condition of the improvements, including construction defects, deferred maintenance or other adverse physical conditions or defects. Buyer further acknowledges and agrees that except for any representations, warranties or agreement made by Seller herein, neither Seller nor any Person acting or purporting to act on Seller’s behalf has made any representation, warranty or agreement, express or implied, by or on behalf of Seller as to any matters concerning a Property Condition. Buyer hereby acknowledges, agrees and represents that, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Facilities are to

 

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be purchased, conveyed and accepted by Buyer at the Closing in their present condition, “AS IS”, “WHERE IS” AND WITH ALL FAULTS, and that no patent or latent defect or deficiency in a Property Condition, whether or not known or discovered (other than the fraud of Seller), shall affect the rights of either Seller or Buyer hereunder, nor shall the Purchase Price be reduced as a consequence thereof. Upon Closing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Buyer will acquire the Facilities solely on the basis of its own physical and financial examinations, review and inspections and the title insurance protection afforded by the owner’s title policy. Upon Closing, Buyer shall assume the risk that Property Conditions may not have been revealed by Buyer’s investigations.

ARTICLE 7

PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS

7.1 Governmental Filings. Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in promptly undertaking all filings required to be filed with any Governmental Entity in connection with the transfer of Assets and other rights under this Agreement and to cooperate with one another as reasonably necessary to accomplish the foregoing, including, but not limited to, the filings required of both parties pursuant to the HSR (such filings sometimes being referred to in this Agreement as the “HSR Filings”), and the filing of any additional information as required with respect to such HSR Filings as soon as practicable after receipt of request therefor from the United States Federal Trade Commission. The filing fees associated with all HSR Filings shall be [****]*.

7.2 Conduct of Operations. During the period on and from the Effective Date through and including the Closing Date, Seller shall maintain the Facilities in substantially the same condition as exist as of the Effective Date, maintain the same insurance coverages on the Facilities currently in effect and operate the Assets in a manner reasonably determined in Seller’s discretion as prudent to prevent damage to, or deterioration of, the Facilities and to comply in all material respects with applicable legal requirements and all applicable permits and approvals.

7.3 Obtaining Necessary Consents and Lease Extensions. Seller shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any and all consents necessary for the effective assignment to and assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Contracts and Assumed Liabilities, including the Third Party Consents and the consents set forth on Schedule 5.3. Further, Seller agrees not to (i) terminate the employment or reduce the salary on other benefits of any Operations Employee or remove any Tangible Personal Property included in the Assets from any of the Facilities prior to the Closing without the prior written consent of Buyer except for immaterial quantities of supplies in the ordinary course of Business, except as otherwise required pursuant to Section 7.8(c), or (ii) to modify or amend any Assumed Contracts or enter into any new contracts unless the same is terminable without penalty by Seller and by Buyer upon not more than thirty (30) days’ notice. Buyer shall cooperate with Seller to obtain Third Party Consents for the assignment and assumption of the Leased Properties. In addition, Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause St. Paul Properties, Inc., as landlord under the 3750 Lease and the 3850 Lease, to [****]*. Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to amend each Lease and that certain Lease Agreement between St. Paul

 

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Properties, Inc., as landlord, and Seller, as tenant, dated February 10, 1992, as amended (the “Retained Lease”), to [****]*. All such consents shall be in writing and executed counterparts thereof shall be delivered promptly to Buyer. To the extent (x) Buyer wishes to pursue a transfer of any of the Environmental Governmental Authorizations, and (y) such Environmental Governmental Authorizations are transferable, then Seller shall reasonably cooperate with, and assist Buyer in effectuating such transfer, including the filing of any forms with the relevant Governmental Entity that may be necessary to secure approval of such transfer by such Governmental Entity.

7.4 No Solicitation. Seller will not (and it will cause its officers, directors, employees, agents and Affiliates not to) (a) take any action to solicit, initiate, seek, or affirmatively support any inquiry, proposal or offer from, any corporation, partnership, Person or group (other than Buyer) relating to any acquisition of the Assets, (any such proposed transaction being a “Third Party Acquisition”); or (b) participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or provide any non-public information to, any corporation, partnership, Person or group (other than Buyer) relating to any proposed Third Party Acquisition. In no event will Seller accept or enter into an agreement concerning any such Third Party Acquisition prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 11. Notwithstanding this provision, nothing herein shall be deemed to in any way restrict or limit the right of Seller to engage in discussions, negotiations, furnishing of information or any other activities relating to or in support of transactions involving the acquisition or sale of Seller and/or any other product lines or businesses of Seller other than the Assets, so long as this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall remain binding on the parties hereto.

7.5 Access. During the period from the Effective Date and continuing until the Closing, upon reasonable advance notice received from Buyer and at Buyer’s expense, Seller shall (i) afford Buyer and its representatives reasonable access to the Facilities, during regular business hours, for the purposes of making, at Buyer’s expense, (A) engineering, architectural, title, zoning, survey, and other similar studies that Buyer reasonably deems necessary or desirable in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby (the “Real Property Inspections”) and (B) environmental investigations, assessments or studies of the Real Property and all related reports and correspondence (the “Environmental Inspections”), and (ii) otherwise cooperate and assist with Buyer’s investigation of the Assets as Buyer may reasonably request. Buyer shall coordinate with Seller to minimize any interference with the operations of Seller that may be caused by any Real Property Inspection and Environmental Inspection. Buyer will obtain (or ensure that its agents, consultants and contractors, as applicable, will obtain) public liability and property damage insurance insuring against any liability arising out of any entry, tests or investigations of the Property pursuant to the provisions hereof. Buyer will provide to Seller, upon request, a certificate of insurance evidencing Buyer’s or Buyer’s agents’, consultants’ and/or contractors’, as applicable, procurement of a commercial general liability insurance policy as required herein prior to or simultaneous with their conducting any physical inspection of the Facilities. Such insurance shall be in the amount of [****]* combined single limit for injury to or death of one or more persons in an occurrence, and for damage to tangible property (including loss of use) in an occurrence. The aforementioned insurance coverage may

 

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be obtained under a blanket policy carried by Buyer or its agents, consultants or contractors, as the case may be. In conducting any inspections, investigations or tests of the Property, Buyer and its agents and representatives shall: (i) not unreasonably interfere with the operation and maintenance of the Property; (ii) not perform any invasive or destructive testing or sampling and not otherwise damage any part of the Property or any personal property; (iii) not injure Seller or its agents, guests, invitees, contractors or employees; (iv) comply with all applicable laws; (v) promptly pay when due the costs of all tests, investigations, and examinations done with regard to the Property; (vi) not permit any liens to attach to the Property by reason of the exercise of its rights hereunder; (vii) repair any damage to the Property resulting directly or indirectly from any such inspection or tests; (viii) not reveal or disclose prior to Closing any information obtained by Buyer prior to Closing concerning the Property or documents related thereto, except as may be otherwise required by law, and (ix) not cause the Release of any Hazardous Substance discovered through any such inspection nor exacerbate any existing Release of Hazardous Substance discovered through such inspection. Buyer shall afford Seller the opportunity to have a representative of Seller present to accompany the parties undertaking such evaluations, inspections, tests and other investigations of the physical condition of the Property. If this Agreement is terminated, Buyer shall restore the Property to the condition in which it was found by Buyer. Buyer’s obligation to restore the Property shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

7.6 Title Insurance. Schedule 5.8(d)(i) sets forth a description of the Real Property. Buyer has ordered from the Title Company a title insurance search and commitment for a title insurance policy (the “Title Commitment”), setting forth the status of title to the Real Property and any defects in or exceptions or objections to title (“Title Exceptions”). No later than ten (10) business days after Buyer’s receipt of the Survey and Title Commitment, Buyer shall notify Seller of any Title Exceptions disclosed by the Title Commitment (or the Current Survey) which are not Permitted Encumbrances and are objectionable to Buyer (“Title Objections”). Each Title Exception not objected to shall be deemed a Permitted Encumbrance. Upon receipt of a Title Objection, Seller may notify Buyer by written notice (the “Response Notice”), not later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Title Objection (the “Cure Notice Deadline”) that either (i) Seller agrees to cure, at Seller’s expense, all Title Objections prior to Closing, or (ii) Seller does not intend to cure such Title Objections. A title defect shall be deemed cured if Title Company deletes reference to the item constituting the title defect as an encumbrance and exception to the Title Company’s insurance coverages without additional or special premium. If Seller declines to cure the Title Objections prior to Closing, Buyer may terminate this Agreement by written notice delivered to Seller within five (5) business days after receipt of the Response Notice and Seller shall reimburse Buyer for all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the due diligence, the negotiation of the letter of intent between Seller and Buyer dated January 24, 2008 and this Agreement (including the negotiation of all associated agreements and all actions performed as part of this Agreement). Such termination shall be Buyer’s sole remedy. If Buyer does not terminate this Agreement, such Title Objections shall be deemed Permitted Encumbrances; provided, however, that if such a Title Objection can be cured by the payment of money only, Buyer’s shall have the option at the Closing to deduct from the Purchase Price the amount of money necessary, in the opinion of the Title Company, to cure the Title Objection, which amount may include such other sums as may be deemed necessary of desirable by the Title Company.

 

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7.7 Inspections.

(a) Promptly after receipt of any report pertaining to any Real Property Inspection which identifies (i) any failure of the Facilities to comply with any Legal Requirement or (ii) any defect in the physical condition of the Facilities, including construction defects or deferred maintenance, where the cost to correct or cure such defective physical condition could, in the opinion of Buyer’s engineering consultants, exceed [****]* (in either case, an “Unsatisfactory Condition”), then, Buyer promptly shall deliver a copy of such report and written notice to Seller (the “Unsatisfactory Inspection Notice”) setting forth in reasonable detail conditions and, if available, a good faith estimate of the likely costs to remedy the Unsatisfactory Condition. Upon receipt of an Unsatisfactory Inspection Notice, Seller may notify Buyer by written notice (the “Inspection Response Notice”), not later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Unsatisfactory Inspection Notice (the “Inspection Notice Deadline”) that either (i) Seller agrees to cure such conditions prior to the Closing or (ii) Seller does not intend to cure such conditions prior to the Closing. If Seller does not provide an Inspection Response Notice to Buyer by the Inspection Notice Deadline, Seller shall be deemed to have agreed to cure such conditions prior to the Closing. If Seller provides an Inspection Response Notice that Seller does not intend to cure such conditions prior to the Closing, Buyer may notify Seller by written notice, not later than five (5) business days after the Inspection Notice Deadline (the “Buyer Notice Deadline”) that Buyer is terminating this Agreement, whereupon Seller shall reimburse Buyer for its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the due diligence, the negotiation of the letter of intent between Seller and Buyer dated January 24, 2008 and this Agreement (including the negotiation of all associated agreements and all actions performed as part of this Agreement). If Buyer does not terminate this Agreement by Buyer Notice Deadline or fails to respond by Buyer Notice Deadline, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted Seller’s response (or deemed response) in the Inspection Response Notice. Effective as of Closing, provided that Seller has effected the cure of all conditions Seller agreed to cure in the Inspection Response Notice, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted the Real Property “as-is” as of the Closing Date and to have waived and released any claims against Seller with respect thereto except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a circumstance or condition which constitutes an Environmental Remediation Obligation under Section 7.7(b) shall not constitute an Unsatisfactory Condition.

(b) Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Facilities promptly, and in all events, prior to the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of any report pertaining to any Environmental Inspection which identifies any Hazardous Substance that is or is suspected of being located at, on, under or migrating to or from the Real Property that requires or may require remediation under any applicable Environmental Laws (an “Environmental Remediation Obligation”), then, Buyer promptly shall deliver a copy of such report and written notice to Seller (the “Environmental Remediation Obligation Notice”) setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and any evidence of an actual or suspected Environmental Remediation Obligation, and, if available, a good faith estimate of the likely costs associated with such Environmental Remediation (as defined herein) or with any further Environmental Inspections, such as a Phase II Environmental Site

 

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Assessment, needed to investigate further any suspected Environmental Remediation Obligation(s). Upon receipt of an Environmental Remediation Obligation Notice, Seller may notify Buyer by written notice (the “Environmental Cure Response Notice”), not later than five (5) business days after receipt of the Environmental Remediation Obligation Notice (the “Environmental Cure Notice Deadline”) that either (i) Seller agrees to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such Environmental Remediation Obligation and conduct such further Environmental Inspections as may be necessary to determine whether or not each suspected Environmental Remediation Obligation is, in fact, an Environmental Remediation Obligation and, upon the determination of the environmental consultant reasonably acceptable to Buyer performing such further Environmental Inspections that one or more additional Environmental Remediation Obligations exist that Seller agrees to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such additional Environmental Remediation Obligations, or (ii) Seller does not intend to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such Environmental Remediation Obligation or any further Environmental Inspections. If Seller does not provide an Environmental Cure Response Notice to Buyer by the Environmental Cure Notice Deadline, Seller shall be deemed to have agreed to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such Remediation Obligation and to conduct such further Environmental Inspections and, upon the determination of said environmental consultant reasonably that one or more additional Environmental Remediation Obligations exist, to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such additional Environmental Remediation Obligations. If Seller provides an Environmental Cure Response Notice that Seller does not intend to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such Remediation Obligation, Buyer may notify Seller by written notice, not later than five (5) business days after the Environmental Cure Notice Deadline (the “Buyer Termination Deadline”) that Buyer is terminating this Agreement, whereupon Seller shall reimburse Buyer for its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the due diligence, the negotiation of the letter in intent between Seller and Buyer dated January 24, 2008 and this Agreement (including the negotiation of all associated agreements and all actions performed as part of the Agreement). If Buyer does not terminate this Agreement by Buyer Termination Deadline or fails to respond by Buyer Termination Deadline, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted Seller’ response (or deemed response) in the Environmental Cure Response Notice. If Seller provides an Environmental Cure Response Notice that Seller intends to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such Remediation Obligation and to conduct such further Environmental Inspections and, upon the determination of said environmental consultant reasonably that one or more additional Environmental Remediation Obligations exist, to conduct an Environmental Remediation of such additional Environmental Remediation Obligations, then Seller and Buyer on or before the Closing Date shall negotiate and enter into a remediation agreement to accomplish the requirements of this Section 7.7(b). Effective as of Closing, Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted all matters requiring Environmental Remediation expressly disclosed in the Environmental Inspection and Seller’s Reports, and to have waived and released any claims against Seller with respect thereto except as provided for in this Agreement and the remediation agreement.

7.8 Employees.

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those they currently hold with Seller, effective immediately after the Closing. Buyer shall deliver to Seller a list of the Operations Employees to whom Buyer has or intends to make offers of employment (each, an “Identified Employee”) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the Closing.

(b) Other than those Seller’s Retained Employees listed on Schedule 7.8(a), Seller shall terminate the employment of all Operations Employees who are offered employment by Buyer, effective immediately prior to the Closing. Seller shall take all action necessary to give any notification required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), United States Code, title 29, Section 2101 and Section 116L.976 of the Minnesota Statutes Annotated, comply with any requirements of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 and pay any and all severance, vacation, paid time off, unpaid wages, unpaid bonuses, unpaid commissions or other sums that may be due to Operations Employees in connection with their termination of employment with Seller, if any, or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any of Seller’s employee benefit plan. Buyer shall provide to Seller in a timely manner any information reasonably necessary to determine whether an Identified Employee has been offered employment in a comparable position and such other information as is reasonably necessary for Seller to comply with its obligations, if any, under WARN or any similar state law, rule or regulation with respect to Seller’s termination of the employment of any Operations Employees. Seller will not exercise any right it may have under any agreement between Seller and any Operations Employee to prevent any such Operations Employee from accepting an offer of employment from Buyer or providing services to Buyer, and Seller will not otherwise enforce any restrictive covenants that would adversely effect the employment of or services provided by such Operations Employees on behalf of Buyer. Seller shall not for a period of [****]* after the Closing Date (i) induce, persuade or attempt to induce or persuade any employee, consultant or other personnel of Buyer at the Facilities or any former employee of Seller at the Facilities to reduce, terminate, restrict or otherwise alter his or employment relationship with Buyer; or (ii) solicit, hire, offer to hire, entice away or engage the services of any employee, consultant or other personnel of Buyer at the Facilities or any former employee of Seller at the Facilities.

7.9 Bulk Transfer Laws. Seller shall comply with the provisions of any applicable so-called “bulk transfer law” of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of the Assets to Buyer.

7.10 Brokers and Finders. Seller agrees to pay to each Person named on Schedule 5.13 a commission pursuant to separate agreement and Buyer agrees to pay to each Person named on Schedule 6.8 a commission pursuant to separate agreement. The provisions of this Section 7.10 shall survive the Closing or other termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 8

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

8.1 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer. All obligations of Buyer hereunder are, at the option of Buyer, subject to the conditions precedent (all or any of which may be waived by Buyer, in whole or in part) that, at the Closing:

(a) The waiting period or periods required under the HSR, if applicable, shall have expired or shall have been terminated.

 

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(b) Seller shall have furnished to Buyer all deliverables set forth in Section 4.2(a), including the Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

(c) The representations and warranties of Seller set forth in Article 5 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except that any such representation or warranty made as of a specified date (other than the date hereof) shall only need to have been true on and as of such date.

(d) The [****]*.

(e) The Environmental Governmental Authorizations, if any, necessary in order for Buyer to perform its obligations under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement [and identified as conditions to Closing on Schedule 6.3] shall have been issued in the name of Buyer by the respective Governmental Entity Issuers thereof.

(f) All of the covenants and obligations that Seller is required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing (considered collectively), and each of these covenants and obligations (considered individually), shall have been duly performed and complied with in all material respects.

(g) Buyer shall have obtained the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in accordance with Section 7.7(b) herein.

(h) Buyer shall have obtained a fully enforceable policy of title insurance insuring Buyer’s title to the Real Property in accordance with Section 7.6 herein.

8.2 Conditions to Obligations of Seller. All obligations of Seller hereunder are, at the option of Seller, subject to the conditions precedent (all or any of which may be waived by Seller, in whole or in part) that, at the Closing:

(a) The waiting periods required under the HSR, if applicable, shall have expired or shall have been terminated.

(b) Buyer shall have furnished to Seller all deliverables set forth on Section 4.2(b).

(c) The representations and warranties of Buyer set forth in Article 6 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except that any such representation or warranty made as of a specified date (other than the date hereof) shall only need to have been true on and as of such date.

 

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ARTICLE 9

POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

9.1 Further Assurances. The parties agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver such further instruments, and to do all such other reasonable acts, as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement, including those acts necessary or useful to satisfy the Closing conditions specified in Sections 8.1 and 8.2. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses associated with fulfilling its obligations as set forth in this Article 9, except for such fees as provided for in the Transition Services Agreement.

ARTICLE 10

CONFIDENTIALITY

10.1 Confidentiality. Each party has disclosed, and may hereafter from time to time in the course of the performance of this Agreement disclose, Confidential Information to the other party. Each party shall hold in confidence all Confidential Information of the other party and shall take all reasonable steps to prevent disclosure to, or use of the Confidential Information of the other party by, any third party, except as permitted under this Agreement or as necessary to carry out the activities contemplated hereby. Further, neither party shall, without the prior written consent of the other party, use the Confidential Information of the other party for any purpose other than performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. Each party shall disclose the Confidential Information of the other party only to its directors, employees, consultants, vendors and clinicians under written agreements of confidentiality at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Agreement or comparable assurances of confidentiality, who have a need to know such information in connection with such party performing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed so as to preclude such disclosure of Confidential Information as may be inherent in or reasonably necessary to the securing from any Governmental Entity of any necessary approval or license related to the Assets. Upon the termination of this Agreement, and upon the written request of the other party, each party shall promptly return to the other party all copies and embodiments of the Confidential Information of such other party, subject to the retention by each party’s legal department of one complete copy for archival purposes and except, with respect to Buyer, to the extent that Buyer has acquired such Confidential Information at Closing pursuant to Section 2.1(i) hereof; which Confidential Information shall, effective as of the Closing, become the Confidential Information of Buyer for all purposes of this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement.

10.2 Publicity. No party to this Agreement shall originate any publicity, news release or other public announcement, written or oral, whether relating to this Agreement or the existence of any arrangement between the parties, without the prior written consent of the other party whether named in such publicity, news release or other public announcement or not, except where such publicity, news release or other public announcement is required by law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which any security of Seller or Buyer is listed for trading (“Stock Exchange”); provided that in such event, the party issuing same shall still be required to consult with the other party whether named in such publicity, news release or public announcement or not, a reasonable time prior to its release to allow the other party to comment

 

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thereon and, after its release, shall provide the other party with a copy thereof. Each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide reasonable advance notice of and to respond to and cooperate with the other party in connection with any such publicity. If the party whose comments are solicited fails to comment within [****]* days from the initial consultation with respect to any pending disclosure (or such shorter period of time as may be necessary for the party proposing to issue such publicity or its Affiliates to avoid a violation of any applicable Legal Requirement or any rule or regulation of any Stock Exchange). The other party shall be free to issue its publicity, news release or other public announcement. If either party, based on the advice of its counsel, determines that this Agreement, or any of the other documents executed in connection herewith, must be filed with the SEC or any Stock Exchange, then such party, prior to making any such filing, shall provide the other party and its counsel with a redacted version of this Agreement (or any other related documents) which it intends to file, and will give due consideration to any comments provided by the other party or its counsel and use reasonable efforts to ensure the confidential treatment by the SEC or any applicable Stock Exchange of those sections specified by the other party or its counsel.

ARTICLE 11

TERM AND TERMINATION

11.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Closing:

(a) By Buyer, upon written notice (i) at any time prior to Closing, if Seller shall have failed to comply in any material respect with any of its obligations in this Agreement, and such failure shall be continuing, or pursuant to any other termination right of Buyer set forth specifically in this Agreement, or if any one or more of the representations or warranties of Seller contained in this Agreement shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect when made; provided, however, Buyer shall give Seller thirty (30) days to cure any such failure to so comply or to remedy any such inaccuracy under this Agreement; or (ii) at Closing, if any of the conditions precedent to the performance of Buyer’s obligations at the Closing under Article 7 or Article 8 shall not have been fulfilled (unless the failure results primarily from Buyer’s breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained this Agreement); provided, however, that in the event that Buyer shall desire to terminate this Agreement as a result of the failure of the accuracy in any material respect of a representation or warranty at the Closing, Buyer shall be required to give Seller prior notice that it intends to terminate this Agreement as a result of such inaccuracy and Seller shall have a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, to cure such inaccuracies.

(b) By Seller, upon written notice (i) at any time prior to Closing, if Buyer shall have failed to comply in any material respect with any of its covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement and such failure shall be continuing, or pursuant to any other termination right or Seller specifically set forth in this Agreement, or if any one or more of the representations or warranties of Buyer contained in this Agreement shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect when made; provided, however, Seller shall give Buyer thirty (30) days to cure any such failure to so comply or any such inaccuracy under this Agreement; or

 

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(ii) at the Closing, if any of the conditions precedent to the performance of its obligations at the Closing under Article 7 or Article 8 shall not have been fulfilled (unless the failure results from Seller’s breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained this Agreement); provided, however, that in the event that Seller shall desire to terminate this Agreement as a result of the failure of the accuracy in any material respect of a representation or warranty at the Closing, Seller shall be required to give Buyer prior notice that it intends to terminate this Agreement as a result of such inaccuracy and Buyer shall have a reasonable period of time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, to cure such inaccuracies.

(c) By either party if the Closing shall not have occurred on or before April 30, 2008, provided that such date shall be extended to the extent necessary under the circumstances in the event the waiting period under the HSR is extended, restarted or renewed beyond the initial 30-day period, or the Title Commitment and Current Survey have not been received by Buyer and Seller or a dispute exists in connection with any matter described in Section 7.7 hereof, unless such failure to close is primarily the result of the breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement by the party seeking to terminate.

11.2 [****]*.

11.3 Consequences of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement prior to the Closing in accordance with its terms (rather than for willful breach of this Agreement): (i) each party will redeliver all documents, work papers and other material of any other party relating to the Contemplated Transactions, whether so obtained before or after the Effective Date, to the party furnishing the same; (ii) the provisions of Article 10 shall continue in full force and effect; and (iii) no party hereto shall have any Liability or further obligation to any other party to this Agreement; provided that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(i) hereof, Seller shall reimburse Buyer for all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the due diligence, the negotiation of the letter of intent between Seller and Buyer dated January 24, 2008 and this Agreement (including the negotiation of all associated agreements and all actions performed as part of this Agreement); provided further that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(i) hereof, Buyer shall reimburse Seller for all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the due diligence, the negotiation of the letter of intent between Seller and Buyer dated January 24, 2008 and this Agreement (including the negotiation of all associated agreements and all actions performed as part of this Agreement).

11.4 Effectiveness. Termination under this Article 11 shall not become effective so long as the alleged grounds for termination are in dispute and the matter(s) at issue have been submitted for resolution pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 12

INDEMNIFICATION

12.1 Survivability of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made in Articles 5 and 6 or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement survive the Closing Date and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions for a period of [****]*; provided, however, that:

(a) Seller’s representations and warranties set forth in Sections [****]* shall survive [****]*;

 

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(b) Seller’s representations and warranties set forth in Sections [****]*, and Buyer’s representations and warranties set forth in Sections [****]* shall survive [****]*;

(c) Sellers’ representations and warranties set forth in Section [****]* will survive the Closing Date for a period [****]*, including Governmental Entities, with respect to matters addressed in such Section; and

(d) Seller’s representations and warranties set forth in [****]*.

12.2 Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer indemnifies and holds harmless Seller, and any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents and representatives (the “Seller Indemnitees”) from and against any Liabilities (a) to the extent such Liabilities relate to the Assumed Liabilities, (b) arising from Buyer’s breach of this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, (c) arising from the arising from the breach of any representation or warranty made by Buyer in this Agreement, or (d) third party Claims arising from the conduct of Buyer’s business at the Facilities after the Closing Date (other than third party Claims arising under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement).

12.3 Indemnification by Seller. Seller indemnifies and holds harmless Buyer, and any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, controlling persons, agents and representatives (the “Buyer Indemnitees”) from and against any Liabilities (a) to the extent such Liabilities constitute Excluded Liabilities, (b) arising from Seller’s breach of this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, (c) arising from the breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller in this Agreement, or (d) third party Claims arising from the conduct of the Operations prior to the Closing Date.

12.4 Claims. Any Buyer Indemnitee or Seller Indemnitee claiming that it may be entitled to indemnification under this Article 12 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give prompt notice to the other party (the “Indemnifying Party”) of each matter, action, cause of action, claim, demand, fact or other circumstances upon which a claim for indemnification (a “Claim”) under this Article 12 may be based. Such notice shall contain, with respect to each Claim, such facts and information as are then reasonably available, the specific basis for indemnification hereunder, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith. Failure to give prompt notice of a Claim hereunder shall not affect the Indemnifying Party’s obligations under this Article, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure. If a Claim relates to a Proceeding brought against an Indemnified Party by a third party, the Indemnifying Party shall immediately upon receipt of notice of such claim, assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably by acceptable to the Indemnified Party.

 

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12.5 Assertion of Claims. No claim shall be brought under Sections 12.2 or 12.3 unless Buyer Indemnitees, or any of them, or Seller Indemnitees, or any of them, as the case may be, at any time prior to the expiration of the applicable representation or warranty (as provided in Section 12.1), provide Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, with written notice of the existence of any such claim, specifying the nature and basis of such claim and the amount thereof, to the extent known; provided, that, the failure so to provide such notice to Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, will not relieve Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, from any Liability which they may have to Buyer Indemnitees or Seller Indemnitees, as the case may be, under this Agreement or otherwise, except to the extent that Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, reasonably demonstrates that such failure results in the loss or compromise of any rights or defenses of Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, and that Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, was not otherwise aware of such action or claim. Upon the giving of such written notice as aforesaid, Buyer Indemnitees, or any of them, or Seller Indemnitees, or any of them, as the case may be, shall have the right to commence legal proceedings prior or subsequent to the applicable survival date for the enforcement of their rights under Sections 12.2 or 12.3, as the case may be.

12.6 Payment of Claims; Limitation on Indemnification.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 12.2 or 12.3, any Liability under Section 12.2(c) and Section 12.3(c), respectively, shall be limited as follows: [****]*.

(b) The aggregate maximum Liability of Seller or Buyer to the other party under [****]*.

12.7 Limitation; Exclusivity. No Claim shall be made or have any validity unless the Indemnified Party shall have given written notice of such Claim to the Indemnifying Party. If full recovery under any such Claim is not had within [****]* of such written notice, arbitration, pursuant to Section 13.2, must be commenced within thirty (30) days following the end of such [****]* period or such Claim shall be invalidated. This Article 12 provides the exclusive means by which a party may assert Claims against the other party, other than Claims based on fraud or willful misconduct, and Section 13.2 provides the exclusive means by which a party may bring actions against the other party with respect to any breach by the other party of its obligations under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 13

MISCELLANEOUS

13.1 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall (i) confer on any Person other than the parties hereto (and Buyer Indemnitees and Seller Indemnitees referred to in) and their respective successors or assigns any rights (including third party beneficiary rights), remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason

 

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of this Agreement, or (ii) constitute the parties hereto as partners or as participants in a joint venture. This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right which may exist irrespective of this Agreement, under or granted by this Agreement, to bring any suit at law or equity for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

13.2 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of Minnesota and its form, execution, validity, construction and effect shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the state of Minnesota, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Disputes arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or in relations between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, for any reason or under any circumstances, will be finally settled by a single arbitrator in a binding arbitration in accordance with the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”). Upon receipt of written notice of the existence of a dispute by one party hereto to the other, the parties shall, within thirty (30) days conduct a meeting of one or more senior executives of each party, with full settlement authority, in an attempt to resolve the dispute. Each party shall make available appropriate personnel to meet and confer with the other party reasonably within the 30-day period. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period, or upon the termination of discussions between the senior executives, either party may elect arbitration of any dispute by written notice to the other (the “Arbitration Notice”). The arbitration shall be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota before one (1) arbitrator from JAMS having substantial experience as a jurist and mediator with significant disputes in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals industry selected by the mutual agreement of Buyer and Seller; provided, however, that if such parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the Arbitration Notice, either party may request JAMS select the arbitrator, and JAMS shall select an arbitrator pursuant to the procedure set out by the JAMS Rules, provided, however, that the arbitrator selected be a former judge with at least fifteen (15) years experience addressing as a jurist and/or mediator significant disputes in the biotechnology and or pharmaceutical industry. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator may, in the arbitration award, allocate for payment by the non-prevailing party all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the prevailing party. This Section shall not preclude the parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. In respect of any actions for injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder, any action or proceeding may be brought against any party in the state and federal courts located in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.

13.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified, if possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable or, if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be stricken and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement is in conflict with any applicable statute or rule of law in any jurisdiction, then such term or provision shall be deemed inoperative in such jurisdiction to the extent of such conflict and the parties will renegotiate the affected terms and conditions of this Agreement to resolve any inequities.

 

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13.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the ancillary transaction documents to be executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement are intended to define the full extent of the legally enforceable undertakings and representations of the parties hereto, and no promise or representation, written or oral, which is not set forth explicitly in this Agreements or such ancillary transaction documents is intended by either party to be legally binding; provided, however, in the event this Agreement terminates, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect pursuant to its terms. Each party acknowledges that in deciding to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby it has not relied upon any statements or representations, written or oral, other than those explicitly set forth in this Agreement.

13.5 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties that specifically refers to this Agreement.

13.6 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section):

 

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If to Seller:

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Attention: General Counsel

1400 Seaport Boulevard

Redwood City, CA 94063

Facsimile: 650-454-1468

E-mail: Francis.Sarena@pdl.com

 

with a copy to: (not to constitute notice)

 

DLA Piper US LLP

Attention: Howard Clowes

153 Townsend Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94107-1957

Facsimile:415-659-7410

E-mail: howard.clowes@dlapiper.com

  

If to Buyer:

 

GMN, Inc.

Attention: President

c/o Genmab, Inc.

457 North Harrison Street

Princeton, NJ 08540

Facsimile: +1 609-430-2482

E-mail: TLH@Genmab.com

 

with a copy to: (not to constitute notice)

 

Lisa Drakeman, President

Genmab A/S

c/o Genmab, Inc.

457 North Harrison Street

Princeton, NJ 08540

Facsimile: +1 609-430-2482

13.7 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, but this Agreement shall not be assignable by either party hereto without the express written consent of the other party hereto which will not be unreasonably withheld.

13.8 No Agency. It is understood and agreed that each party shall have the status of an independent contractor under this Agreement and that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as authorization for either party to act as agent for the other. Neither party shall incur any Liability for any act or failure to act by employees of the other party.

13.9 Construction.

(a) This Agreement has been prepared jointly and shall not be strictly construed against either party.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders.

(c) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Exhibits,” “Schedules” and “Attachments” are intended to refer to Articles and Sections of and Exhibits, Schedules and Attachments to this Agreement.

(d) The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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13.10 Payment of Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, all costs and expenses associated with this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the fees of counsel and accountants, shall be borne by the party incurring such expenses.

13.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, through their authorized officers, have duly executed this as of the date first written above.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,     GMN, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation     a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ L. Patrick Gage     By:   /s/ Torben Lund-Hansen
Name:   L. Patrick Gage     Name:   Torben Lund-Hansen
Title:   Chief Executive Officer     Title:   President
By:   /s/ Andrew Guggenhime      
Name:   Andrew Guggenhime      
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer      

SIGNATURE PAGE

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

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EXHIBIT A

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE

THIS GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE (this “Bill of Sale”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) for the benefit of GMN Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [            ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Transfer of Assets. Seller hereby sells, conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers unto Buyer, and its successors and assigns, forever, effective immediately upon consummation of the Closing, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Assets, including, without limitation, the Assets set forth on Schedule A hereto.

2. Further Actions. Seller covenants and agrees to warrant and defend the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, grant and delivery of the Assets hereby made against all persons whomsoever, to take all steps reasonably necessary to establish the record of Buyer’s title to the Assets and, at the request of Buyer, to execute and deliver further instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other action as Buyer may reasonably request to more effectively transfer and assign to and vest in Buyer each of the Assets, all at the sole cost and expense of Seller.

3. Terms of the Purchase Agreement. The terms of the Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Seller’s representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities relating to the Assets, are incorporated herein by this reference. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities contained in the Purchase Agreement shall not be superseded hereby but shall remain in full force and effect to the full extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

4. Binding Effect. This Bill of Sale shall inure to the benefit of Buyer and its successors and assigns.

5. Governing Law. This Bill of Sale shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has executed this Bill of Sale as of the date first above written.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT AND BILL OF SALE

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EXHIBIT B

(Top 3 inches reserved for recording data)

 

 

LIMITED WARRANTY DEED    Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Blanks
Business Entity to Business Entity    Form 10.2.9 (2006)

 

DEED TAX DUE: $                                   DATE:                                 
                     (month/day/year)

 

FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION,     
(insert name of Grantor)
 

 

                                                         under the laws of         (“Grantor”),

 

hereby conveys and quitclaims to      
   (insert name of Grantee)

 

 

                                                         under the laws of         , (“Grantee”),

real property in                          County, Minnesota, legally described as follows:

Check here if all or part of the described real property is Registered (Torrens)   ¨

together with all hereditaments and appurtenances.

This Deed conveys after-acquired title. Grantor warrants that Grantor has not done or suffered anything to encumber the property, EXCEPT:

 

Check applicable box:

    Grantor

¨        

  The Seller certifies that the Seller does not know of any wells on the described property.      

¨        

  A well disclosure certificate accompanies this document.     (name of Grantor)

¨        

  I am familiar with the property described in this instrument and I certify that the status and number of wells on the described real property have not changed since the last previously filed well disclosure certificate.     By:         
        (signature)
       
       
        Its:     
         

(type of authority)

      By:     
        (signature)
        Its:     
         

(type of authority)

 

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Page 2 of 2    Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Blanks    Form 10.2.9

 

State of                                                      ,    County of            
This instrument was acknowledged before me on          by      
      (month/day/year)       (name of authorized signer)
     as      
      (type of authority)
and by      
   (name of authorized signer)
as          of      
(type of authority)       (name of Grantor)

 

(Seal, if any)     
   (signature of notarial officer)
   Title (and Rank):    
   My commission expires:    
     (month/day/year)

THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY:

(insert name and address)

  

TAX STATEMENTS FOR THE REAL PROPERTY
DESCRIBED IN THIS INSTRUMENT SHOULD BE SENT
TO:

(insert name and address of Grantee to whom tax statements should be sent)

 

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EXHIBIT C

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and among PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and Genmab MN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab A/S, a corporation existing under the laws of Denmark) (“Buyer”). Buyer and Seller are referred to hereinafter as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [    ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to assign, and Buyer has agreed to assume, the Assumed Contracts and the Assumed Liabilities.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and the premises and mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including in the recitals above) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

2. Assignment. In accordance with and subject to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest, legal and equitable, in, to and under (i) the Assumed Contracts and (ii) the Assumed Liabilities (the “Assignment”).

3. Assumption. In accordance with and subject to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Buyer hereby (a) accepts the Assignment and (b) assumes and agrees to honor, pay and discharge when due all of (i) the executory obligations of Seller to be performed from and after the date hereof under the Assumed Contracts and (ii) the Assumed Liabilities. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer assumes no Liability of Seller other than as specifically stated above, and, specifically, does not assume the Excluded Liabilities, and the Parties agree that all Liabilities that have not been assigned herein shall remain the sole responsibility of Seller. Furthermore, nothing contained herein shall prevent Buyer from having the ability to contest, in good faith, any claim of Liability asserted by any person or entity other than Seller and its Affiliates.

4. Terms of the Purchase Agreement. The terms of the Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Seller’s representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities relating to the Assumed Contracts and Assumed Liabilities, are incorporated herein by this reference. Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges and agrees that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities contained in the Purchase Agreement shall not be superseded hereby but shall remain in full force and effect to the full extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

 

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5. Further Assurances. Seller, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby covenants and agrees that, at any time and from time to time after delivery of this instrument, at Buyer’s request, but without further consideration, it will do, execute, acknowledge or deliver, or will cause to be done, executed, acknowledged or delivered, all such further acknowledgments, deeds, conveyances, transfers, and similar instruments of assignment as may be reasonable and necessary for the conveying, assigning, transferring, confirming or vesting in Buyer, and the assumption by Buyer of, any of the Assumed Contracts or Assumed Liabilities or to more effectively consummate the assignments and assumptions contemplated by this Agreement.

6. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

7. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right which may exist irrespective of this Agreement, under or granted by this Agreement, to bring any suit at law or equity for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any executed counterpart delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

SELLER:
PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
BUYER:
Genmab MN, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

ASSIGNMENT & ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

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EXHIBIT D

LEASE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

THIS LEASE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [                    ], 2008 (“Effective Date”), by and among PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”) and Genmab MN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab A/S, a corporation existing under the laws of Denmark) (“Buyer”). Buyer and Seller are referred to hereinafter as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Buyer and Seller have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of February [    ], 2008 (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Buyer has agreed, among other things, to assume all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to, and obligations under, the leases listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each a “Lease” and collectively, the “Leases”), from and after the Effective Date.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Seller desires and has the ability to assign the Leases listed on Exhibit A to Buyer and Buyer desires to assume Seller’s rights, title and interest in and to, and obligations under, the Lease listed on Exhibit A, from and after the Effective Date.

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, effective as of the Effective Date, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein (including in the recitals above) shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

2. Assignment and Assumption.

(a) Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer, forever, all right, title and interest of Seller in and to each Lease set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, together with the interest of Seller in security deposits collected and held by landlord to secure the performance of the duties and obligations of tenants under the Lease (“Assignment”). Seller is delivering possession of the Demised Premises (as defined in each Lease) to Buyer simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

(b) Buyer hereby accepts the Assignment and assumes and agrees to be bound by each Lease, and assumes and agrees to pay, perform and discharge when due any and all Liabilities arising under each Lease from and after the date of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer assumes no Excluded Liabilities, and the parties hereto agree that all such Excluded Liabilities shall remain the sole responsibility of Seller.

 

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3. Purchase Agreement. The terms of the Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Seller’s representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities relating to each Lease, are incorporated herein by this reference. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities contained in the Purchase Agreement shall not be superseded hereby but shall remain in full force and effect to the full extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

4. Seller Representation. Seller hereby covenants, represents and warrants to Buyer and to Landlord that there are no filed mechanics liens for work performed within the Demised Premises at the request of or for the benefit of Seller, or materials supplied on account of such work, and Seller has no reason to believe that any mechanics lien may be filed on account of such work.

5. Further Actions. Each of the Parties hereto covenants and agrees, at its own expense, to execute and deliver, at the request of the other party hereto, such further instruments of transfer and assignment and to take such other action as such other Party may reasonably request to more effectively consummate the assignments and assumptions contemplated by this Agreement.

6. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Seller and Buyer and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts transmitted by telecopy, telefax or other electronic transmission service shall be considered original executed counterparts for purposes of this Section 7.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
BUYER:
Genmab MN, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT E

NOTE ASSIGNMENT

THIS NOTE ASSIGNMENT (this “Note Assignment”) is made and delivered as of [                    ], 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Protein Design Labs, Inc. (“Seller”) for the benefit of Genmab MN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab A/S, a corporation existing under the laws of Denmark) (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of February [    ], 2008, pursuant to which, among other things, Seller has agreed to sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Note (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement:

1. Transfer of Note. Seller hereby sells, conveys, transfers, assigns and delivers unto Buyer, and its successors and assigns, forever, effective immediately upon consummation of the Closing, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Note.

2. Further Actions. Seller covenants and agrees to warrant and defend the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, grant and delivery of the Note hereby made against all persons whomsoever, to take all steps reasonably necessary to establish the record of Buyer’s title to the Note and, at the request of Buyer, to execute and deliver further instruments of transfer and assignment and take such other action as Buyer may reasonably request to more effectively transfer and assign to and vest in Buyer the Note, all at the sole cost and expense of Seller.

3. Registration Process. This Note Assignment is subject to the registration and transfer requirements of Section 7 of the Note. Seller shall reimburse Buyer any transfer fees or charges imposed by Authority upon the transfer of the ownership of the Note to Buyer.

4. Terms of the Purchase Agreement. The terms of the Purchase Agreement, including but not limited to Seller’s representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities relating to the Note, are incorporated herein by this reference. Seller acknowledges and agrees that the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements and indemnities contained in the Purchase Agreement shall not be superseded hereby but shall remain in full force and effect to the full extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the terms hereof, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall govern.

 

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5. Binding Effect. This Note Assignment shall inure to the benefit of Buyer and its successors and assigns.

6. Governing Law. This Note Assignment shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Minnesota without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller has executed this Note Assignment as of the date first above written.

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

 

CLINICAL DRUG SUBSTANCE SUPPLY AGREEMENT

by and between

GMN, INC.

and

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1.    DEFINITIONS    1
2.    SUPPLY    6
3.    PURCHASE AND DELIVERY    7
4.    STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPECIFICATIONS    9
5.    QUALITY CONTROL, ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION, FAILURE TO SUPPLY    9
6.    FACILITIES AND INSPECTIONS    12
7.    PRICING    12
8.    SAFETY, ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING, RECALLS AND REGULATORY MATTERS    14
9.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY    15
10.    REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND OTHER MATTERS    15
11.    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION    16
12.    INDEMNIFICATION    18
13.    TERM AND TERMINATION    19
14.    LIMITATION OF LIABILITY    20
15.    DISPUTE RESOLUTION    21
16.    MISCELLANEOUS    21

 

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CLINICAL DRUG SUBSTANCE SUPPLY AGREEMENT

THIS CLINICAL DRUG SUBSTANCE SUPPLY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and is by and between GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genmab A/S, a corporation organized under the laws of Denmark, having its principal place of business at 9450 Winnetka Avenue N, Brooklyn Park, MN (“GMN”) and PDL BioPharma, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, having its principal place of business at 1400 Seaport Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063 (“PDL”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the parties have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 21, 2008 (the “Purchase Agreement”) relating to the purchase by GMN of PDL’s manufacturing assets and facilities in Minnesota, including the Facilities (as defined herein); and

WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement contemplates that the parties shall enter into this Agreement to provide, among other things, for the supply of the Products (as defined below) by GMN to PDL for the purposes of the conduct of clinical trials by PDL.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the above-described recitals, the mutual promises and covenants of the parties hereinafter contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto (the “Parties”), intending to be legally bound, enter into the agreements contained herein.

1. DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Act” shall mean the United States Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and applicable regulations promulgated thereunder, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or an equivalent application under any successor laws or regulations.

Adverse Event” shall mean any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject temporally associated with the use of a Product whether or not considered related to the Product.

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to either Party, any person or entity which, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Party. For the purposes of this definition, the term “control”, as applied to any person or entity, means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, of more than the lesser of (a) fifty percent (50%) or (b) the maximum percentage allowed by law in the country of the controlled person or entity, of all of the voting power of the shares (or other securities or rights) entitled to vote for the election of directors or other governing authority giving the Party the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the person or other entity or the power to elect or appoint fifty percent (50%) or more of the members of the governing body of the person or other entity; provided that such person or entity shall be considered an “Affiliate” only during the time that such “control” exists.

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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Batch Records” shall mean the documentation of all steps related to the manufacture of a Product. The documentation includes but is not limited to records of the dispensing, weighing, mixing, and processing of a Product, the release documents of the Raw Materials used in the manufacture of a Product and the Product release testing documentation.

Claim” shall mean any charge, allegation, notice, civil, criminal or administrative claim, demand, complaint, cause of action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, hearing or investigation.

Commercially Reasonable Efforts” shall mean that level of effort as is customary in the specialty biotechnology pharmaceutical industry for carrying out a particular task or obligation in relation to the manufacture of antibody products for clinical trials in accordance with GMP.

Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.

Drug Master File” or “DMF” shall mean the drug master file for a Product and the drug master file(s) for any excipients for that Product held by a Raw Materials manufacturer filed with the FDA (if any) as of the Effective Date in accordance with 21 CFR (chapter 314.420), and as subsequently supplemented from time to time.

Engineering Runs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which the Closing (as that term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement shall have been consummated.

“EMEA” shall mean the European Medicines Agency and any successor agencies.

Facility” shall mean the Brooklyn Park biologic manufacturing facility located at 9450 Winnetka Avenue N, Brooklyn Park, MN acquired by GMN from PDL pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

FDA” shall mean the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and any successor agencies.

Force Majeure Event” shall mean any cause or contingency beyond a Party’s reasonable control, including, riots, quarantines, communicable disease outbreaks, wars, acts of terrorism, fires, floods or storms.

Fully Burdened Cost” shall mean: in connection with the manufacture, testing and storage of any Product, or in connection with the performance or provision of a service hereunder, all costs (full cost) incurred by GMN, including, without limitation, labor, material costs, allocable amortization and depreciation, product quality assurance/control costs, allocable facilities costs (e.g. sewer, water, property taxes), insurance and other support costs borne by GMN. In order to minimize large swings in the overhead allocation based on production volume, overhead allocations shall be made on the basis of a practical plant capacity of [****]* for the Transition Product, the Initial Purchase Order, the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order, respectively, and [****]* for the Engineering Runs,

 

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adjusted for changeovers in production. All allocable costs shall be allocated on a percentage of effort basis. Direct costs (e.g. materials and production labor) will be based on actual costs incurred for each production run and will include any variances from the production standard. Such Fully Burdened Cost calculations shall be evidenced by reasonably detailed supporting documentation and shall be prepared consistently from period to period.

GMP” shall mean (a) “current Good Manufacturing Practices” or “cGMP” as specified at 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (chapters 210 and 211) as amended from time-to-time, and (b) “Good Manufacturing Practices” or “EU GMP” as specified in the EU Guidelines to Good Manufacturing Practice: Medicinal Products for Human or Veterinary Use, as amended from time-to-time.

GMN Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.

Initial Term” shall mean the twenty-four (24) months immediately following the Effective Date.

Initial Purchase Order” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1.

Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean patents, trade marks, service marks, rights (registered or unregistered) in any designs, applications for any of the foregoing, trade or business names, copyright (including rights in computer software) and topography rights, know-how, secret formulae and processes, and other proprietary knowledge and information; internet domain names, rights protecting goodwill and reputation, database rights and all rights and forms of protection of a similar nature to any of the foregoing or having equivalent effect anywhere in the world and all rights under licences and consents in respect of any of the rights and forms of protection mentioned in this definition.

Law” shall mean any federal, state or local law, statute or ordinance, or any rule, regulation, or published guidelines promulgated by any governmental authority, including a Regulatory Authority, as in effect on the Effective Date or adopted thereafter which are applicable to a Party’s activities hereunder, including the Act.

Out of Freeze Date” shall mean the date on which [****]*.

Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

PDL Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

PDL-Provided Material” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.

Preliminary Purchase Price” shall mean the estimated purchase price for a batch of Product. The Preliminary Purchase Price for the Initial Purchase Order, the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order is set forth in Annex E hereto. After the Initial Term and for any purchase order during

 

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the Initial Term other than the Initial Purchase Order, the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order, the Preliminary Purchase Price shall be renegotiated by the parties in good faith on an annual basis during the Term hereof. The parties shall agree on, and shall enter into a written amendment to this Agreement setting forth, the new Preliminary Purchase Price no later than [****]* prior to the end of each year.

Products” shall mean the humanized antibody products set forth on Annex A hereto each as drug substance and each in the same form as manufactured immediately before the Effective Date by PDL at the Facility, and each as intended to be used by PDL in clinical trials investigating the safety or efficacy of the aforementioned humanized antibody products, as Annex A may be amended from time to time by the prior written agreement of the Parties in accordance with Section 2.4.

Raw Materials” shall mean, either individually or collectively as the context requires under this Agreement, all raw materials, including media, resins, stability pools and retains, excipients, components, work in progress, supplies and packing as indicated in the Specifications, which are utilized in the manufacture or filling of the Products, as applicable, other than the master cell banks and working cell banks for the Products. PDL shall provide the master cell banks and/or working cell banks to GMN as described in Section 2.5.

Recall” shall mean (i) a recall (as defined in 21 CFR (chapter 7)), field correction, clinical withdrawal, stock recovery, or other similar action with respect to a Product; and/or (ii) any decision by PDL not to sell or ship a Product to third parties which would have been subject to recall (as defined in 21 CFR (chapter 7)), field correction, clinical withdrawal, stock recovery, or other similar action if it had been sold or shipped, in each case taken in the good faith belief that such action was appropriate under the circumstances.

Regulatory Approval” shall mean with respect to any Product, any approval required under the Act and any similar governmental approvals of any Regulatory Authority required to Exploit such Product. For this purpose, “Exploit” shall mean to formulate, develop, seek Regulatory Approval for, make, have made, use, sell, have sold, offer for sale, market, promote, import, export, display, distribute, out-license or otherwise commercialize or dispose of.

Regulatory Authority” shall mean the FDA, and any similar governmental authority, administrative agency or commission of any region, country, state, province, county, city or other political subdivision in the Territory, including, without limitation, the EMEA.

Second Purchase Order” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.2.

Seizure” shall mean any action by any Regulatory Authority or other government agency to detain or destroy a Product.

Specifications” shall mean the specifications for each Product as set forth in Annex B, as such specifications may be changed from time to time by written agreement of the Parties as set forth in Section 5 below.

 

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Technical Agreement” shall mean a technical agreement regarding the quality and testing of Product between the Parties in substantially the form given in Annex D.

Technical Information” shall mean all relevant information regarding the manufacture and testing of the Products (including the approved methods of manufacture and testing of the Products and information relating to Raw Materials), as applicable, provided by PDL to GMN and set out in Annex B as updated from time to time.

Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.

Territory” shall mean the world.

Third Party” shall mean any person or entity other than GMN, PDL, or their respective Affiliates.

Third Party Losses” shall mean all liabilities, losses and damages finally awarded to a Third Party by a court, arbitration tribunal or other entity of competent jurisdiction that result from any Claim made or brought against an Indemnitee by or on behalf of such Third Party. Third Party Losses shall include any reasonable direct out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by that Indemnitee while investigating or conducting the defense of such Third Party Claim, regardless whether such Claim is successful.

Third Purchase Order” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.

Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires: (a) words of any gender include each other gender; (b) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively; (c) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (d) the terms “Section” or “Annex” refer to the specified Section or Annex of this Agreement; (e) the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase, “and/or”; (f) the term “including” means “including, without limitation”; (g) “days” refers to calendar days; and (h) the term “not to unreasonably withhold approval” and words of similar import includes not to unreasonably delay or condition such approval. All references to “$” amounts hereunder shall be deemed to be United States Dollars, and all payments due hereunder shall be made in United States Dollars.

[****]* Successful Batches” means, with respect to each Product, the manufacture at the Facility of [****]* batches of such Product that conform to the Specifications, whether manufactured by PDL prior to the Effective Date or by GMN on or after the Effective Date.

Transition Product” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

 

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2. SUPPLY

2.1 Clinical Supply Initial Term. During the Initial Term of this Agreement GMN shall manufacture the Product at the Facility in accordance with this Agreement in order to supply PDL with Product to meet PDL’s requirements for its clinical development programs as specified in the Initial Purchase Order, the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order. Furthermore, PDL shall be entitled to purchase and GMN shall be obligated to supply during the Initial Term the number of batches of Product as set forth in Sections 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and 3.1.3.

2.2 Other Clinical Supply. Supply of Product with an Out of Freeze Date outside the Initial Term or above the number of batches GMN has committed to during the Initial Term may be requested by PDL in accordance with the procedure in Section 3 during the Term of the Agreement. GMN shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to accommodate such request taking into account the then current operation of the Facility and GMN’s plans, but shall have no obligation to provide such additional supply of Product.

2.3 Adequate Reserves. GMN shall maintain at all times during the Term an inventory of Raw Materials sufficient in GMN’s reasonable judgment to maintain continuity of supply of Product to PDL, based on the accepted purchase orders, provided that GMN shall use up the PDL-Provided Materials listed in Annex G. All PDL-Provided Materials provided to GMN from PDL to perform GMN’s obligations under the Agreement shall be licensed or otherwise provided to GMN cost-free.

2.4 Amendments to Products. During the Term, PDL may request the addition or substitution of additional humanized antibodies products to Annex A by written notice to GMN. Upon receipt of such notice, GMN shall promptly consider such request in good faith and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to accommodate such request taking into account the then current operation of the Facility and GMN’s plans, but shall have no obligation to amend Annex A as requested by PDL. If the Parties agree to PDL’s request, they shall promptly agree in writing on an amendment to this Agreement setting forth pricing and such other commercially reasonable terms as are equitably required for GMN to manufacture the additional products pursuant to this Agreement.

2.5 Master Cell Banks/Working Cell Banks. PDL shall deliver the master cell banks and/or working cell banks for the Products to GMN, [****]*, for use by GMN in manufacturing the Product pursuant to this Agreement. GMN shall maintain the master cell banks and working cell banks in accordance with written instructions provided by PDL, and shall return the master cell banks and working cell banks to PDL promptly after the termination of this Agreement. The master cell banks and working cell banks shall remain the property of PDL at all times.

2.6 PDL-Provided Materials. PDL shall deliver to GMN, [****]*, the supplies of Raw Materials listed in Annex G hereto (the “PDL-Provided Materials”) solely for use by GMN in manufacturing the Products pursuant to this Agreement. GMN shall return said PDL-Provided Materials to PDL promptly after the termination of this Agreement. Such PDL-Provided Materials shall remain the property of PDL at all times.

2.7 Batch Adjustments. During the Initial Term, PDL shall have the right on not less than [****]* prior written notice to GMN, to adjust the batch sizes and number of batches between and among the Products set forth in Annex A, provided that the total number of [****]* batches for the applicable period remain unchanged.

 

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2.8 Transition Product. GMN acknowledges that prior to the Effective Date, PDL was in the process of manufacturing up to [****]* batches of [****]* at the Facility (the “WIP”). Commencing on the Effective Date, GMN hereby agrees to complete the manufacture of the WIP at the Facility and deliver the completed Products (the “Transition Product”) to PDL in accordance with this Agreement. Within [****]* after the Effective Date, the Parties shall conduct a mutual assessment of the manufacturing process completed by PDL as of the Effective Date as a percentage of the total manufacturing process, in order to determine the remaining percentage of the manufacturing process required to be carried out by GMN in order to complete the manufacture of each batch of the Transition Product (the “GMN Completion Percentage”). The GMN Completion Percentage shall be used in determining the Preliminary Purchase Price for each batch of the Transition Product as set forth in Section 7.1. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, GMN shall have no liability to PDL for any non-conformance of the Transition Product to the Specifications, unless such non-conformance is due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN.

2.9 Engineering Runs. PDL shall have the right to request that GMN manufacture at the Facility engineering runs of Product (“Engineering Runs”). The Engineering Runs shall only be used for internal purposes. All requests for Engineering Runs shall be subject to acceptance by GMN pursuant to Section 3.1.4 and 3.2. GMN shall consider all such requests in good faith and shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to accommodate all such requests.

3. PURCHASE AND DELIVERY

3.1 Purchase Orders

3.1.1 Initial Purchase Order. On the Effective Date PDL shall place and GMN shall accept an initial purchase order covering PDL’s requirement for Product covering the period from the Effective Date through [****]*, which initial purchase order shall contain no fewer than [****]* batches of Product and no more than [****]* batches of Product (the “Initial Purchase Order”).

3.1.2 Second Purchase Order. No later than [****]*, PDL shall place and GMN shall accept a second purchase order covering the period of from [****]* through [****]*, which purchase order shall contain no fewer than [****]* batches of Product and no more than [****]* batches of Product (the “Second Purchase Order”).

3.1.3 Third Purchase Order. No later than [****]*, PDL shall place and GMN shall accept a third purchase order covering the period of from [****]* through [****]*, which purchase order shall contain no fewer than [****]* batches of Product and no more than [****]* batches of Product (the “Third Purchase Order”); provided that the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order shall contain an aggregate minimum order of no fewer than [****]* batches of Product.

3.1.4 Other Purchase Orders. PDL and/or its Affiliates may place one or more further purchase orders with GMN for Products for its clinical development programs. Such purchase order shall be sent to GMN no later than [****]* before the Out of Freeze Date.

 

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3.1.5 Contents of Purchase Orders. Each purchase order under this Agreement shall as a minimum specify the number of batches and the estimated delivery dates for each Product ordered. All purchase orders shall be in substantially the form mutatis mutandis as set out in Annex C as provided on the Effective Date.

3.2 Acceptance. Within [****]* of receipt of a purchase order (other than the Initial Purchase Order, the Second Purchase Order and the Third Purchase Order) by GMN, GMN shall notify PDL in writing whether it intends to accept or reject such purchase order.

3.3 Terms of Agreement Govern. No modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be effected by or result from the receipt, acceptance, signing or acknowledgement of a purchase order, quotations, invoices, shipping terms or other document submitted pursuant to this Agreement or any other document passing between the Parties which contains terms or conditions in addition to or inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall control and prevail and such additional or inconsistent terms are hereby expressly rejected.

3.4 Delivery

3.4.1 GMN shall deliver to PDL each order of Product, packed for shipment in accordance with the applicable purchase order, EXW (Incoterms 2000) at the Facility or at another location as otherwise agreed in writing. Risk of loss and damage to each shipment of Product shall pass to PDL when the Product [****]*. If PDL and/or its designee does not pick-up the Product on the delivery date GMN shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure proper storage of such Product until such time as the Product is finally loaded by PDL or its designated carrier and PDL shall reimburse GMN the cost of the storage in accordance with Section 7. For the avoidance of doubt, [****]*. Prior to shipment, all Products must be approved by GMN in accordance with its internal QA release process and each shipment of Product must be accompanied by a Certificate of Conformance confirming the same.

3.4.2 GMN shall ensure that Product is delivered to PDL by the date for delivery, as specified in the accepted purchase order or as subsequently revised by the parties in writing. [****]*.

3.4.3 Title to any Product shall not pass to PDL until payment in full of the relevant invoice issued by GMN in respect of such Product.

 

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4. STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE, TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SPECIFICATIONS

4.1 GMN Standard of Performance. During the Term GMN shall manufacture the Products at the Facility in accordance with the Technical Information and supply the Product in accordance with the purchase orders accepted under the terms of this Agreement. GMN shall adhere to GMP and applicable Laws but, except for the obligation to test in accordance with Section 5, GMN shall have no obligation and makes no warranty or representations with respect to the conformity with the Specifications of the Products and Raw Materials not provided by PDL, except to the extent that failure to meet the Specifications is due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information. [****]*.

4.2 Technical Information. PDL shall provide GMN with updates to Technical Information from time to time as they become available, and shall provide GMN with reasonable support with respect to such updates, [****]*, if necessary.

4.3 Specifications. The Specification for each Product is set forth in Annex B based on PDL’s manufacture of the Products at the Facility prior to the Effective Date. GMN makes no warranty or representations with respect to the Specifications or the Technical Information as received by GMN on the Effective Date.

4.4 Mandated Changes to Specifications. If: (i) any Regulatory Authority having jurisdiction requires either Party to implement any changes to the Specifications; (ii) any changes to the Specifications are required in order to comply with changes to applicable Law; or (iii) any changes to the Specifications are required in order to obtain Regulatory Approval, the Parties shall use their Commercially Reasonable Efforts to agree upon amended Specifications accordingly. GMN shall promptly advise PDL as to any lead-time changes or other terms that may result from a change to the Specifications, including price adjustments necessary to enable GMN to recover costs it incurred for materials already purchased by GMN expressly for PDL and rendered unusable by PDL due to such a change. PDL shall bear the costs incurred to generate and implement modified Specifications (including any modifications or changes to the equipment or processes involved in the manufacture of the Product). If GMN is not able, using Commercially Reasonable Efforts, to change the Specifications as requested by PDL, then such inability shall be deemed to be a Force Majeure event affecting GMN.

5. QUALITY CONTROL, ACCEPTANCE AND REJECTION, FAILURE TO SUPPLY

5.1 Batch Records. GMN shall prepare and maintain Batch Records with respect to each production lot of Product, including information relating to the manufacturing, quality control testing and analysis in accordance with applicable Laws. Such Batch Records and all other records relating to production hereunder shall be retained by GMN in accordance with the Technical Agreement. In addition, GMN shall make available such Batch Records, as well as updates to the validation package for Product, to PDL during any audit or site visit in accordance with Section 6.2.

5.2 Quality Control and Testing. GMN shall conduct quality control testing of Product prior to release and delivery of the Product in accordance with quality control testing procedures identified in the applicable Specifications and the Technical Agreement or as required in order to comply with any GMPs and applicable Law, [****]*.

 

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5.3 Stability Testing. In accordance with Annex F, GMN shall conduct stability tests on the Products and on the other materials listed on Annex F (the “Additional Samples”). [****]* In the event that any lot of Products fails stability testing, GMN and PDL shall jointly investigate the causes of such failure. Upon request, GMN shall provide PDL any and all data and results in its possession relating to the stability testing. GMN obligations under this paragraph shall survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of [****]* from [****]*. During such survival period and for the Additional Samples during the Term of the Agreement, [****]*.

5.4 Acceptance Testing; Rejection. PDL may inspect or cause to be inspected all shipments of Product supplied by GMN hereunder promptly after delivery of such shipment. Within [****]* after delivery of such shipment, PDL may reject any shipment or part thereof which fails to conform with the Specifications, provided the non-conformity is caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information. If tests show that Products fail to meet Specifications and PDL believes this to be caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, PDL shall provide GMN with a notice of the shipment or batch numbers of the rejected Product, together with notification as to the basis for the rejection and a secured representative sample of the rejected shipment. If PDL does not provide GMN with such notice of rejection, upon the expiry of the applicable [****]* period, PDL shall be deemed to have accepted the shipment of Product.

5.5 Confirmation. After its receipt of a notice of rejection and samples of the rejected shipment from PDL pursuant to Section 5.3 above, GMN shall have [****]* within which to re-test the rejected samples against appropriate retained samples, and to notify PDL whether it accepts PDL’s basis for rejection. PDL shall cooperate with GMN in determining whether such rejection was necessary or justified. Any Product that GMN agrees was defective or non-conforming at the time of delivery due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, shall be returned or destroyed by PDL in accordance with Section 5.5 in return for a refund or replacement in respect of such Product by GMN in accordance with Section 5.6. If the Parties are unable to agree as to whether a shipment of Product or part thereof fails to meet Specifications, such Product in question shall be submitted to an independent quality control laboratory mutually agreed upon by the Parties. The findings of such independent laboratory shall be binding upon the Parties. The cost of the independent quality control laboratory shall be borne by the Party whose position is shown by such laboratory to have been incorrect. If the laboratory agrees that the Product does not meet Specifications, the Product shall be returned or destroyed by PDL in accordance with Section 5.5 in return for a refund or replacement in respect of such Product by GMN in accordance with Section 5.6.

5.6 Return or Destruction of Rejected Product. PDL shall not return or destroy any batch of Product until GMN has accepted PDL’s basis for rejection as set forth in Section 5.4 above. Upon written authorization from GMN to do so, or if the independent lab described in 5.4 above agrees that the Product

 

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does not meet Specifications, PDL shall promptly destroy the rejected batch of Product, at GMN’s expense, and provide GMN with written certification of such destruction. Upon receipt of GMN’s request for return, PDL shall promptly return the rejected batch of Product to GMN or its designee, at GMN’s expense.

5.7 Refund or Replacement of Rejected Product. PDL shall be entitled, upon confirmation that (a) such Product failed to meet the applicable Specification and (b) that the non-conformity was caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, to require GMN, at PDL’s discretion, either to refund the part of the purchase price paid relating to the rejected Product or to replace such rejected Product at no additional cost to PDL. If PDL elects replacement GMN shall then use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to replace the rejected Product as soon as reasonably practicable after the rejection. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall represent PDL’s sole remedy in relation to the rejected Product, and GMN shall have no further obligations in respect of the rejected Product and the replacement thereof.

5.8 Replacement of Non-Conforming Product. In the event that PDL requests GMN to replace a non-conforming batch of Product which is not rejected pursuant to Section 5.7, GMN shall investigate in good faith whether such request can be accommodated taking into account the then current operation of the Facility and GMN’s production plans, but shall have no obligation to provide such additional supply of Product.

5.8.1 In case GMN agrees to provide such additional supply of Product it shall be at PDL’s cost on the same terms as the original purchase order for the Product. The price of the non-conforming batch of Product shall be borne by PDL based on [****]* of the actual costs incurred until the point of identified failure plus [****]*, plus in addition thereto [****]*, less any amounts paid by PDL pursuant to Section 7 with respect to such non-conforming batch.

5.8.2 In case GMN does not agree to provide such additional supply of Product, the price of the non-conforming batch of Product shall be borne by PDL based on [****]* plus [****]*, plus in addition thereto [****]*, less any amounts paid by PDL pursuant to Section 7 with respect to such non-conforming batch.

5.8.3 In case PDL does not request GMN to replace such Product, PDL shall pay to GMN [****]*.

5.9 Failure to Supply. PDL shall not be entitled to cancel any unfulfilled part of a purchase order or to refuse to accept the Product on grounds of late performance, late delivery or failure to produce the estimated quantities (if any) of Product for delivery, provided, however, that the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an attempt to resolve the issue in a commercially reasonable way (e.g. by rescheduling the delivery or discounting the purchase price).

 

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6. FACILITIES AND INSPECTIONS

6.1 Facilities and Inspections.

6.1.1 GMN shall permit PDL authorized representatives, during normal working hours and upon reasonable written notice to GMN to (a) inspect that portion of its facilities utilized and records maintained for the manufacture, preparation, processing, storage or quality control of any Product and (b) be on-site at GMN during the manufacture of Product. PDL’s authorized representatives shall be accompanied by personnel of GMN at all times, shall be qualified to conduct such manufacturing audits or be present during manufacturing, and shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations relating to facility security, health and safety. PDL shall ensure that such authorized representatives shall comply with the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement and shall conduct each manufacturing audit and site visit in such a manner as to not interfere with the normal and ordinary operation of GMN. PDL acknowledges and agrees that it shall remain fully liable to GMN in respect of any negligent acts or omissions of its authorized representatives during the conduct of such audits or site visits. PDL’s audit rights shall be limited as follows: (i) [****]* per year without cause, (ii) [****]* per batch of Products without cause, and (iii) [****]* audits per year for cause.

6.1.2 GMN shall make its facilities available for inspection by representatives of Regulatory Authorities in compliance with all applicable Laws. GMN will, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, promptly, and in any event within [****]*, notify PDL in writing of its receipt of any correspondence, notice or any other indication whatsoever of any FDA or other Regulatory Authority inspection, investigation or other inquiry, or other notice or communication from any Regulatory Authority of any type, that could reasonably be expected to affect the continuity of supply of Product to PDL hereunder in a material way. Such notice shall include a copy of any related correspondence. PDL shall have the right to be present at the inspection as permitted by applicable Law. PDL’s representative shall not interact with the Regulatory Authorities during such inspection unless permitted by GMN.

7. PRICING

7.1 Pricing. The purchase price for Products (including Transition Products) shall equal [****]* of GMN’s Fully Burdened Costs therefor. The Preliminary Purchase Price for the Initial Purchase Order, Second Purchase Order, Third Purchase Order and the Engineering Runs is set forth in Annex E. The Preliminary Purchase Price for each batch of Transition Product shall be equal to [****]*. By way of example, but not by limitation, if the GMN Completion Percentage for a batch of Transition Product is [****]* percent [****]*, the Preliminary Purchase Price for that batch shall be US$[****]*. All other services rendered by GMN to PDL under this Agreement or costs to be reimbursed, refunded or otherwise finally borne by PDL in accordance with this Agreement shall be paid by PDL at a price equal to [****]* of GMN’s Fully Burdened Costs therefore.

7.2 Invoicing; Payment. GMN shall be entitled to invoice PDL for Product as follows:

 

   

[****]* of the Preliminary Purchase Price at acceptance of the relevant purchase order, provided that the Preliminary Purchase Price for the Transition Product shall be paid within [****]* of the determination of the Completion Percentage pursuant to Section 2.8; and

 

   

The balance of the Preliminary Purchase Price on acceptance of the Product covered by the relevant purchase order;

 

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provided, however, that [****]* of the purchase price related to Raw Materials (unless such Raw Materials are provided by PDL [****]* ) may in any event be invoiced [****]* before the anticipated Out of Freeze Date set forth in the accepted purchase order.

Furthermore, if for any reason, other than GMN’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, PDL instructs GMN to cancel the manufacture of a batch under an accepted purchase order, GMN may invoice the full Preliminary Purchase Price at the date of such decision, which shall be non-refundable.

GMN shall prepare a final statement of the actual purchase price and send to PDL a final invoice or credit note, as applicable, with regard to the balance between the Preliminary Purchase Price and the final purchase price, provided that in no event shall the final purchase price exceed [****]* of GMN’s Fully Burdened Costs therefor. GMN shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to send such final invoice or credit note to PDL within [****]*, but in no event later than [****]*, of PDL’s receipt of the final certificate of analysis for the applicable Product. Such final invoice or credit note shall be accompanied by detailed supporting documentation setting forth the basis for the final invoice and reasonably acceptable to PDL.

With respect to other services to be rendered to PDL or costs to be reimbursed, refunded or otherwise finally borne by PDL, GMN shall be entitled to invoice PDL on [****]*. PDL shall pay, or cause to be paid, such invoice within [****]* after receipt of the invoice.

All invoices shall be sent to the address specified in the applicable purchase order. PDL shall pay, or cause to be paid, all invoices within [****]* after receipt. Subject to Section 7.5 all payment by PDL shall be made without deduction, deferment, set-off, lien or counterclaim of any nature.

7.3 Currency; Late Payments. All amounts due hereunder are stated in, and shall be paid in, U.S. dollars. The rate of interest applicable to late payments is [****]*. Interest due for late payments shall be calculated [****]*.

7.4 Books and Records. GMN shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates to keep, complete and accurate books of accounts of record in connection with its manufacture and supply of Product to permit verification of payments made and the obligations owed hereunder. Such records shall be maintained for a period of at least (i) [****]* from the date on which they were generated; or (ii) as otherwise required by applicable Law, which ever is later.

7.5 Audit Rights. PDL shall have the right to have an independent nationally-recognized accounting firm reasonably acceptable to GMN access the books and records of GMN and its Affiliates solely to the extent necessary to verify GMN’s Fully Burdened Cost described in Section 7.1. Such audit shall be conducted upon at least [****]* advanced written notice to GMN and shall commence on a date reasonably acceptable to both Parties, not to be later than [****]* after PDL’s notice. Such audit shall only be during GMN’s normal business hours. Such audit shall not be more frequent than [****]*, may occur only with respect to the immediately preceding [****]*, may not audit less than [****]*, and may not be conducted more than [****]* with respect to any particular [****]*. The auditing party shall be

 

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required to sign a confidentiality agreement for the benefit of, and in a form reasonably acceptable to, GMN and/or its Affiliates. GMN shall be provided the opportunity to discuss any discrepancies found during such audit with the auditors prior to such auditor issuing its final report. The final report shall be shared with both of the Parties, after PDL has reviewed and discussed the report with its accounting firm. If any audit discloses any underpayments by PDL to GMN, then unless contested by PDL within [****]* after receipt of the necessary documentation of the amount owed, any underpayment shall be paid by PDL to GMN within [****]* of it being so disclosed. If any audit discloses any overpayments by PDL to GMN, then unless contested by GMN within [****]* after receipt of the necessary documentation of the amount owed, PDL shall have the right to credit the amount of the overpayment together with any interest thereon calculated in accordance with Section 7.3, against subsequent payment due to GMN under this Agreement or have any such overpayment and interest refunded to it. If any audit discloses any overcharges by GMN in excess of [****]*, GMN shall pay the costs of the accounting firm.

8. SAFETY, ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING, RECALLS AND REGULATORY MATTERS

8.1 Drug Master Files. GMN shall grant PDL a right of reference to their applicable Drug Master Files to the extent necessary to enable PDL to apply for, obtain and maintain Regulatory Approvals for any of the Products. Such Drug Master Files shall be maintained by GMN with the FDA and any other applicable Regulatory Authorities during the Term consistent with applicable Law.

8.2 Material Safety; Facility Safety. It is agreed that PDL shall have the responsibility to provide GMN with all information necessary for the manufacture of the Products, including all chemical or biological compositions thereof and the impact and interactions thereof on all other materials to be used in the manufacture of the Products as well as information regarding handling precautions, toxicity and hazards with respect to any of the Products and to promptly update this information during the Term of the Agreement if changes occur. If the provision of such information requires, in GMN’s reasonable opinion after good faith consultation with PDL, additional safety measures to be taken, including tests, PDL shall refund the GMN the reasonable cost hereof in accordance with Section 7.

8.3 Adverse Event Reporting. The Parties shall comply with the provisions of the Technical Agreement in relation to pharmacovigilance and applicable Law as they relate to the reporting and investigation of any Adverse Event.

8.4 Product Recalls.

8.4.1 In the event that either Party believes it may be necessary to conduct a Recall of any Product, it shall notify the other Party thereof as soon as reasonably practicable, and the Parties shall promptly consult with each other as to how best to proceed and use Commercially Reasonable Efforts in assisting one another; it being understood and agreed that the final decision as to any Recall of any Product shall be made by PDL; provided that, neither Party shall be prohibited hereunder from taking any action that it is required to take by applicable Law. The Parties shall establish and maintain a system for implementing any such Recall and managing all related communication and/or correspondence with the relevant Regulatory Authorities.

 

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8.4.2 To the extent any Recall or Seizure does not arise out of, or relate to, or occur as a direct result of any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of GMN herein, or a breach of this Agreement by GMN, or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, PDL shall reimburse GMN for its reasonable costs related thereto. To the extent any Recall or Seizure arises out of, or relates to, or occurs as a direct result of any breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of GMN herein, or a breach of this Agreement by GMN, or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN, or, GMN’s failure to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information after [****]* Successful Batches, other than non-material deviations from the Technical Information, GMN shall reimburse PDL for its reasonable costs related thereto.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

9.1 License to GMN. PDL grants to GMN a [****]* license, [****]*, under any and all Intellectual Property Rights owned or controlled by PDL necessary for GMN to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, and for use by GMN only for that purpose.

9.2 Improvements. GMN will disclose promptly to PDL any and all inventions, discoveries and improvements to PDL’s Intellectual Property Rights related to the Products and the manufacture thereof, including the Technical Information, whether or not patentable, conceived, made or reduced to practice by GMN in connection with this Agreement (the “Improvements”). GMN shall be the sole owner of such Improvement, provided that GMN hereby irrevocably grants to PDL, its successors and assigns, a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, fully-paid, royalty-free, sublicensable and assignable right and license to use and exploit the Improvements for any and all purposes.

10. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND OTHER MATTERS

10.1 Corporate Existence and Power. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that: (a) it is and as of the Effective Date will be a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state or jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized; and (b) it has and as of the Effective Date will have full power and authority and the legal right to own or license and operate its property and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and as contemplated in this Agreement.

10.2 Authority. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that: (a) it has and as of the Effective Date will have the power and authority and the legal right to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder; (b) it has and as of the Effective Date will have taken all necessary action on its part required to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder; (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Party, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party and is enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; (d) all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of all governmental authorities and other persons or entities required to be obtained by such Party in connection with entry into this Agreement have been or as of the Effective Date will have been obtained; provided, however, that with respect to GMN it is understood and agreed that some of such consents, approvals and

 

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authorizations cannot reasonably have been obtained prior to the Effective Date and that with respect to such consents, GMN shall undertake Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain same; (e) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party’s obligations hereunder (i) do not and as of the Effective Date will not conflict with or violate any requirement of applicable Law or any provisions of such Party’s charter documents in any material way, and (ii) do not and as of the Effective Date will not conflict with, violate or breach or constitute a default or require any consent under, any contractual obligation or court or administrative order by which such Party is bound.

10.3 PDL’s Warranties. PDL represents and warrants to GMN that:

10.3.1 GMN’s production of the Products in accordance with the Technical Information and the fulfillment of its other obligations as contemplated hereunder will not, to PDL’s knowledge, infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any Third Party in the United States.

10.4 GMN’s Warranties. GMN represents and warrants to PDL that:

10.4.1. All Product sold to PDL hereunder shall be manufactured, tested, stored and handled in conformance with the Technical Information, GMP, this Agreement and all applicable Laws, provided, however, that GMN may rely on that PDL’s written instructions, including the procedures set out in the Technical Information, the Technical Agreement and the Specifications do not contravene GMP and applicable Law.

10.4.2 GMN represents and warrants that it is not, and that it shall not during the Term hereof use the services of any person or entity debarred or suspended under 21 U.S.C. §335a(a) or (b) in any capacity associated with or related to the manufacture of Products or any other services provided to PDL hereunder. GMN further represents and warrants that it shall not during the Term hereof hire or retain as an officer or employee any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of the United States for conduct relating to the regulation of any drug product under the United States Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. If at any time any of the foregoing representations and warranties are no longer accurate, GMN shall immediately notify PDL of such fact.

10.5 Disclaimer. THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES IN THIS SECTION 10 ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND EXCEPT AS SET FORTH HEREIN, EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE PRACTICES.

11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

11.1 Confidentiality. PDL agrees to maintain secret and confidential all confidential information that it may acquire or has acquired from GMN under this Agreement (“GMN Confidential Information”), to use the same exclusively as permitted under this Agreement, and to disclose the same only and to the extent that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Agreement. GMN agrees to maintain secret and confidential all confidential information that it may acquire or has acquired from PDL under this Agreement (“PDL Confidential Information”) and to disclose the same only to the extent that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this Agreement. The foregoing obligations of this Section 11.1 shall not apply to information which:

11.1.1 prior to receipt thereof from one Party was in the rightful possession of the recipient Party and at its free disposal, as can be demonstrated by the recipient Party through written evidence;

 

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11.1.2 is subsequently disclosed to the recipient Party without any obligations of confidence by a third party who has not derived it directly or indirectly from the disclosing Party;

11.1.3 is or becomes generally available to the public through no act or default of the recipient Party or its Affiliates, employees, contractors, agents, or sublicensees;

11.1.4 is independently developed by the receiving Party without the benefit of any disclosure hereunder, as demonstrated by documented evidence prepared contemporaneously with such independent development;

11.1.5 is required to be disclosed by Law, regulation or action of any governmental agency or authority or to comply with the requirements of any securities exchange or to any governmental or Regulatory Authority, provided that the recipient Party shall provide the other Party with prompt written notice of such requirement in order to allow the other Party to limit or prevent disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable Law (and the recipient Party shall reasonably cooperate in such efforts), and provided further that any such information required to be disclosed shall continue to be “Confidential Information” for all other purposes.

11.2 Publicity. No Party to this Agreement shall originate any publicity, news release or other public announcement, written or oral, whether relating to this Agreement or the existence of any arrangement between the Parties, without the prior written consent of the other Party whether named in such publicity, news release or other public announcement or not, except where such publicity, news release or other public announcement is required by law or by the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which any security of Seller or Buyer is listed for trading (“Stock Exchange”); provided that in such event, the Party issuing same shall still be required to consult with the other Party whether named in such publicity, news release or public announcement or not, a reasonable time prior to its release to allow the other Party to comment thereon and, after its release, shall provide the other Party with a copy thereof. Each Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to provide reasonable advance notice of and to respond to and cooperate with the other Party in connection with any such publicity. If the Party whose comments are solicited fails to comment within [****]* from the initial consultation with respect to any pending disclosure (or such shorter period of time as may be necessary for the Party proposing to issue such publicity or its Affiliates to avoid a violation of any applicable Law or any rule or regulation of any Stock Exchange). The other Party shall be free to issue its publicity, news release or other public announcement. If either Party, based on the advice of its counsel, determines that this Agreement, or any of the other documents executed in connection herewith, must be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or any Stock Exchange, then such Party, prior to making any such filing, shall provide the other Party and its counsel with a redacted version of this Agreement (or any other related documents) which it intends to file, and will give due consideration to any comments provided by the other Party or its counsel and use reasonable efforts to ensure the confidential treatment by the SEC or any applicable Stock Exchange of those sections specified by the other Party or its counsel.

 

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12. INDEMNIFICATION

12.1 Indemnification by GMN. GMN shall indemnify and hold harmless PDL and each of its respective employees, officers, directors and agents (each a “PDL Indemnitee”) from and against any Third Party Losses arising out of (a) the breach by GMN of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein; (b) GMN’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with this Agreement, or (c) any Claim that a Product or the production of any Product infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of such Third Party; provided, however, that such indemnification right shall not apply to any Claims or Third Party Losses to the extent directly attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of a PDL Indemnitee, or, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent such Claims or Third Party Losses arises out of circumstances under which PDL would be obliged to indemnify GMN in accordance with Section 12.2.

12.2 Indemnification by PDL. PDL shall indemnify and hold harmless GMN, its Affiliates, and each of their respective employees, officers, directors and agents (each a “GMN Indemnitee”) from and against any Third Party Losses arising out of (a) the breach by PDL of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein; (b) any Claim that a Product or the production of any Product infringes the Intellectual Property Rights of such Third Party; (c) any Claim related to [****]*; (e) [****]*; (f) PDL’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that such indemnification right shall not apply to any Claims or Third Party Losses to the extent directly attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of GMN or GMN’s failure, with respect to Product for which [****]* have been manufactured without failure, to follow the procedures set forth in the Technical Information, or, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent such Claims or Third Party Losses arises out of circumstances under which GMN would be obliged to indemnify PDL in accordance with Section 12.3.

12.3 Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by a Party seeking indemnification under this Section 12 (an “Indemnitee”) of notice of any pending or threatened Claim against it, such Indemnitee shall give written notice thereof to the Party from whom the Indemnitee is entitled to seek indemnification pursuant to this Section 12 (the “Indemnifying Party”); provided that the failure so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party demonstrates that it is materially prejudiced thereby. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such Claim and, to the extent that it elects within [****]* of its receipt of notice of the Claim from the Indemnitee, to assume control of the defense of such Claim (unless (i) the Indemnifying Party is also a party to such proceeding and the Indemnifying Party has asserted a cross claim against the Indemnified Party or a court has otherwise determined that such that joint representation would be inappropriate, or (ii) the Indemnifying Party fails to provide reasonable assurance to the Indemnitee of its financial capacity to defend the Indemnitee in such Proceeding) with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee and, after notice from the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of such Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not, as long as it diligently conducts such defense, be liable to the Indemnitee for any out-of-pocket costs subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in investigating or defending such Claim. No compromise or settlement of any Claim which is to be indemnified may be effected by either Party without the other Party’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

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12.4 Insurance. During and after the Term, each of GMN and PDL shall have and maintain such type and amounts of liability insurance covering its activities under this Agreement as is normal and customary in the pharmaceutical industry generally for parties similarly situated. Each Party shall, upon request of the other Party, provide the requesting Party with a Certificate of Insurance for the foregoing policies of insurance. [****]*.

13. TERM AND TERMINATION

13.1 Term. This Agreement shall become effective and the term of this Agreement shall begin upon the Effective Date (for the avoidance of doubt the Parties expressly acknowledge that unless the Closing (as that term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement shall have been consummated, this Agreement shall be void and without any force or effect) and shall continue in full force and effect until termination as hereinafter provided in this Section 13 (the “Term”). In the event that the Purchase Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Date, this Agreement shall automatically terminate without any further action required by either Party.

13.2 Termination. Either Party may terminate this Agreement upon not less than twelve (12) months’ prior written notice to the other Party, provided, however, that such termination shall not be effective prior to the expiration of the Initial Term. Termination in accordance with this Section 13.2 shall not affect the Parties’ obligations in relation to purchase orders already accepted by GMN.

13.3 Termination for Cause

13.3.1 Either Party may terminate this Agreement upon sixty (60) days written notice to the other if the other Party breaches any term of this Agreement and does not cure such breach within such sixty (60) day period following receipt of such notice, except in the case of a payment default as to which PDL shall have only a [****]* notice and cure period.

13.3.2 Either Party may terminate this Agreement upon the occurrence of one or more of the following immediately upon written notice to the other Party in the event that:

(a) the other Party initiates a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy or insolvency or for reorganization or arrangement under the bankruptcy laws of the United States or under any insolvency act of any state, or is dissolved, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(b) becomes the subject of an involuntary proceeding under any bankruptcy law or insolvency act or for its dissolution, or a receiver or trustee is appointed for all or substantially all of its property and such proceeding is not dismissed or the receivership or trusteeship is not vacated within ninety (90) days after institution or appointment.

13.4 Procedure upon Termination or Expiration of Agreement.

13.4.1 Termination shall not relieve either Party of any obligations (including payment obligations) which have accrued prior to the effective date of such termination. In the case of any breach of the terms of this Agreement, a decision not to terminate does not reduce or eliminate any recourse otherwise available to either Party.

 

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13.4.2 Upon any termination of this Agreement, PDL shall reimburse GMN for the cost of any inventory of Product, or Raw Materials or other supplies or services purchased or irrevocable committed to by GMN for producing the Product to the extent (i) GMN or its Affiliates reasonably acquired and held such inventory or purchased or committed to such services consistent with accepted purchase orders, and (iii) with respect to inventory, GMN delivers (at PDL’s cost) such inventory to PDL.

13.4.3 At PDL’s request following the service of any notice of termination by PDL or GMN, GMN shall use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to provide such services as PDL may reasonably request in respect of the transfer of the manufacturing of the Products to PDL or its designee, but subject always to:

(a) payment of a transfer fee of $[****]* per Product for the transfer of which GMN’s services are required plus the reimbursement by PDL of [****]* of GMN’s Fully Burdened Costs in providing such services in accordance with Section 7; and

(b) nothing in this Section 13.4.3 shall require GMN to assign or to license to PDL any Intellectual Property Rights owned or controlled by GMN, except as required by Section 10.2.

13.5 Survival. Except as expressly provided herein, Sections [****]* and [****]*, and any other provisions hereof which by their nature are intended to survive expiration or early termination shall survive the expiration of the Term or any termination of this Agreement, provided that [****]* shall survive for a period of [****]*.

14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. EXCEPT FOR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION OWED WITH RESPECT TO A THIRD PARTY LOSS (BUT NOT OTHER LOSS), NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR ANY LIMITED REMEDY.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF GMN FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY PDL AS A RESULT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OF ANY OTHER LIABILITY OF GMN, AS APPLICABLE (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION OWED HEREUNDER) SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUM OF US$[****]*, EXCEPT THAT THE TOTAL

 

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LIABILITY OF GMN SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) US$[****]* OR (B) [****]* IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH LIABILITY IS DUE TO THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF GMN; AND EXCEPT THAT THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF GMN SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE SUM OF US$[****]* TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LIABILITY IS DUE TO GMN’S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION AFTER [****]* SUCCESSFUL BATCHES, OTHER THAN NON-MATERIAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

15. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of New York and its form, execution, validity, construction and effect shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Disputes arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, or in relations between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, for any reason or under any circumstances, will be finally settled by a single arbitrator in a binding arbitration in accordance with the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures (the “JAMS Rules”). Upon receipt of written notice of the existence of a dispute by one Party hereto to the other, the Parties shall, within thirty (30) days conduct a meeting of one or more senior executives of each Party, with full settlement authority, in an attempt to resolve the dispute. Each Party shall make available appropriate personnel to meet and confer with the other Party reasonably within the 30-day period. Upon the expiration of the 30-day period, or upon the termination of discussions between the senior executives, either Party may elect arbitration of any dispute by written notice to the other (the “Arbitration Notice”). The arbitration shall be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota before one (1) arbitrator from JAMS having substantial experience as a jurist and mediator with significant disputes in the biotechnology and/or pharmaceuticals industry selected by the mutual agreement of GMN and PDL; provided, however, that if such Parties cannot agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days of the Arbitration Notice, either Party may request JAMS select the arbitrator, and JAMS shall select an arbitrator pursuant to the procedure set out by the JAMS rules, provided, however, that the arbitrator selected be a former judge with at least fifteen (15) years experience addressing as a jurist and/or mediator significant disputes in the biotechnology and or pharmaceutical industry. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its AAA Rules. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitrator may, in the arbitration award, allocate for payment by the non-prevailing Party all or part of the costs of the arbitration, including fees of the arbitrator and the reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by the prevailing Party. This Section shall not preclude the Parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. In respect of any actions for injunctive or other equitable relief hereunder, any action or proceeding may be brought against any Party in the state and federal courts located in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts in any such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein.

16. MISCELLANEOUS

16.1 Unenforceability. Both Parties hereby expressly state that it is the intention of neither Party to violate any Law. If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be void or unenforceable, then such void or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by valid and enforceable provisions which will achieve as far as possible the economic business intentions of the Parties.

16.2 No Waiver. The failure by either Party to take any action or assert any right hereunder shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such right, nor in any way be deemed to affect the validity of this Agreement or any part hereof, or the right of a Party to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Agreement.

 

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16.3 Drafting. This Agreement shall not be construed more strictly against one Party than the other because it may have been drafted by one of the Parties or its counsel, each Party having contributed through its counsel substantially and materially to the negotiation and drafting thereof.

16.4 Assignment. This Agreement and the Parties’ rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable except with the prior written consent of the other Party, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) GMN may transfer to any Affiliate all or part of its obligations hereunder without the consent of PDL, and (b) PDL may assign this Agreement to an Affiliate or to a Third Party that acquires all or substantially all of the assets of PDL related to this Agreement or one or more Products, whether by sale, merger, consolidation, acquisition, transfer, operation of Law or otherwise, without the consent of GMN [****]*.

16.5 Relationship of the Parties. In making and performing this Agreement, the Parties are acting, and intend to be treated, as independent contractors and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed or implied to create an agency, partnership, joint venture, or employer and employee relationship between or among any of the Parties. Except as otherwise provided herein, no Party may make any representation, warranty or commitment, whether express or implied, on behalf of or incur any charges or expenses for or in the name of any other Party. No Party shall be liable for the act of any other Party unless such act is expressly authorized in writing by such Party.

 

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16.6 Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section), other than notices and communications related to technical and manufacturing matters, which shall be sent to the responsible persons identified in the Technical Agreement:

 

If to PDL:

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Attention: General Counsel

1400 Seaport Boulevard

Redwood City, CA 94063

Facsimile: 650-454-1468

E-mail: francis.sarena@pdl.com

  

If to GMN:

 

Prior to the Effective Date:

GMN, Inc.

Attention: President

c/o Genmab, Inc.

457 North Harrison Street

Princeton, NJ 08540

Facsimile: +1 609-430-2482

with a copy to: (not to constitute notice)

 

  

DLA Piper US LLP

Attention: Howard Clowes

153 Townsend Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94107-1957

Facsimile: 415- 659-7410

E-mail: howard.clowes@dlapiper.com

  

After the Effective Date:

GMN, Inc.

Attention: President

9450 Winnetka Avenue N

Brooklyn Park, MN 554443

  

with copies at all times to: (not to constitute notice)

 

Lisa Drakeman, President

Genmab A/S

c/o Genmab, Inc.

457 North Harrison Street

Princeton, NJ 08540

Facsimile: +1 609-430-2482

16.8 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and its Annexes contain the entire understanding between the Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements, whether written or oral, between the Parties relating to such subject matter and to the extent relating to Product. No amendments, changes, modifications, waivers or alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon either Party hereto unless in writing and signed by both Parties.

16.9 Force Majeure. If and to the extent that either Party is prevented or delayed by a Force Majeure Event which is not reasonably preventable by taking industry standard precautions (provided that such industry standard precautions shall not require GMN to have Product manufactured at other facilities or by a third party manufacturer) from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement and promptly so notifies the other Party, specifying the matters constituting a Force Majeure Event together with such evidence in verification thereof as it can reasonably give and specifying the period for which it is estimated that the prevention or delay will continue, then the Party so affected shall be relieved of liability to the other for failure to perform or for delay in performing such obligations (as the case may be), but shall nevertheless use its best endeavours to resume full performance thereof, provided that if the Force Majeure Event continues for a period of [****]* days or more following notification, the Party not affected by the Force Majeure Event may terminate this Agreement by giving not less than [****]* days prior notice to the other Party and the provisions of Section 13.4 shall then apply.

 

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16.10 Headings. The captions to the Sections hereof are not a part of this Agreement, but are merely guides or labels to assist in locating and reading the several Sections hereof.

16.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed an original hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this CLINICAL DRUG SUBSTANCE SUPPLY AGREEMENT with effect from the Effective Date.

 

GMN, INC.
By:   /s/ Torben Lund-Hansen
Name:   Torben Lund-Hansen
Title:   President
PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.
By:   /s/ Andrew Guggenhime
Name:   Andrew Guggenhime
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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ANNEX A

PRODUCTS

[****]*

 

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ANNEX B

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

 

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[****]* Specifications

 

1.0 Formulated Drug Substance

1.1 Formulated Drug Substance Profile

[****]*

1.1.1 [****]*

1.1.2 Manufacturer and Location

[****]*

1.1.3 Formulation

[****]*

1.1.4 Container Closure System

[****]*

1.1.5 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.1.6 Shelf Life / Retest Date

[****]*

1.2 Shelf Life / Retest Date

[****]*

Table 1: Required Testing for Identity and for the Presence of Adventitious Agents

[****]*

1.3 Formulated Drug Substance Manufacture

[****]*

1.3.1 List of Raw Materials / Components

[****]*

1.3.2 Specifications Product

[****]*

Production and control related documents

[****]*

1.3.3 Quality Control Requirements

[****]*

Table 2: [****]* Specification & Test

[****]*

Table 3: Drug Substance In-Process Controls

[****]*

 

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1.3.4 [****]* Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.3.5 Other Documentation

[****]*

 

2.0 Finished Drug Product

2.1 Finished Drug Product Profile

[****]*

2.1.1 Formulation

[****]*

2.1.2 Container Closure System

[****]*

2.1.3 Storage Conditions

[****]*

2.2 Storage Conditions

[****]*

Table 4: Raw Material/Component List and Procedures

[****]*

2.2.1 Product Specification

[****]*

2.2.2 Quality Control

[****]*

Table 5: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 6: [****]* Drug Product In-Process Controls

[****]*

2.2.3 Storage Conditions

[****]*

 

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[****]* Specifications

 

1.0 Formulated Drug Substance

1.1 Formulated Drug Substance Profile

[****]*

1.1.2 Manufacturer and Location

[****]*

1.1.3 Formulation

[****]*

1.1.4 Container Closure System

[****]

1.1.5 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.1.6 Shelf Life / Retest Date

[****]*

1.2 Cell Bank Manufacture

[****]*

Table 1: Required Testing for Identity and for the Presence of Adventitious Agents

[****]*

 

1.3 Formulated Drug Substance Manufacture

1.3.1 List of Raw Materials / Components

[****]*

1.3.2 Product Specifications

[****]*

Quality Control Requirements

[****]*

Table 2: [****]* Specification & Test

[****]*

Table 3: [****]* Specification & Test

[****]*

Table 4: Drug Substance In-Process Controls - [****]*

[****]*

Table 5: Drug Substance In-Process Controls - [****]*

[****]*

 

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1.3.3 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.3.4 Other Documentation

[****]*

 

2.0 Finished Drug Product

2.1 Finished Drug Product Profile

[****]*

2.1.2 Formulation

[****]*

2.1.3 Container Closure System

[****]*

2.1.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

2.2 Drug Product Manufacture

[****]*

Table 6: Raw Material/Component List and Procedures, [****]*

[****]*

Table 7: [****]* Material/Com

[****]*

2.2.2 Product Specification

[****]*

2.2.3 Quality Control

[****]*

Table 8: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 9: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 10: [****]*, In-Process Controls

[****]*

Table 11: [****]*, In-Process Controls

2.2.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

 

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[****]* Specifications

 

1.0 Formulated Drug Substance

1.1 Formulated Drug Substance Profile

[****]*

1.1.2 Manufacturer and Location

[****]*

1.1.3 Formulation

[****]*

1.1.4 Container Closure System

[****]*

1.1.5 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.1.6 ShelfLife/RetestDate

[****]*

1.2 Cell Bank Manufacture

[****]*

Table 1: Required Testing for Identity and for the Presence of Adventitious Agents

[****]*

1.3 Formulated Drug Substance Manufacture

1.3.1 List of Raw Materials / Components

[****]*

1.3.2 Product Specifications

[****]*

1.3.3 Quality Control Requirements

[****]*

Table 2: [****]* Specification & Test

[****]*

Table 3: Drug Substance In-Process Controls

[****]*

1.3.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.3.5 Other Documentation

[****]*

 

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2.0 Finished Drug Product

2.1 Finished Drug Product Profile

[****]*

2.1.2 Formulation

[****]*

2.1.3 Container Closure System

[****]*

2.1.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

2.2 Drug Product Manufacture

[****]*

Table 4: Raw Material/Component List and Procedures

[****]*

2.2.2 Product Specification

[****]*

2.2.3 Quality Control

[****]*

Table 5: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 6: [****]* In-Process Controls

[****]*

2.2.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

 

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[****]* Specifications

 

1.0 Formulated Drug Substance

1.1 Formulated Drug Substance Profile

[[****]*

1.1.2 Manufacturer and Location

[****]*

1.13 Formulation ([****]*)

[****]*

1.1.4 Container Closure System

[****]*

1.1.5 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.1.6 Shelf Life / Retest Date

[****]*

1.2 Cell Bank Manufacture

[****]*

Table 1: Required Testing for Identity and for the Prescence of Adventitious Agents

[****]*

 

1.3 Formulation Drug Substance Manufacturer

1.3.1 List of Raw Materials / Components

[****]*

1.3.2 Product Specifications

[****]*

1.3.3 Quality Control Requirements

[****]*

Table 2: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 3: [****]* Drug Substance In-Process Controls

[****]*

1.3.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

1.3.5 Other Documentation

[****]*

 

2.0 Finished Drug Product

 

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2.1 Finished Drug Product Profile

[****]*

2.1.2 Formulation

[****]*

2.1.3 Container Closure System

[****]*

2.1.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

Table 4: [****]* Raw Material/Component List

[****]*

2.2.2 Product Specification

[****]*

2.2.3 Quality Control

[****]*

Table 5: [****]* Specification and Test Methods

[****]*

Table 6: [****]*In-Process Controls

[****]*

2.2.4 Storage Conditions

[****]*

 

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ANNEX C

FORM OF PURCHASE ORDER

 

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PURCHASE ORDER NO         

PDL hereby places Purchase Order No. [        ] pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement effective as of the Effective Date by and between Genmab MN, Inc. (formerly, GMN, Inc.) and PDL BioPharma, Inc. (the “Agreement”), as follows:

Product:                                 

Number of batches:                             

 

Batch #

 

Scale

 

Out of Freeze Date

 

Estimated delivery date

     
     
     
     

This Purchase Order is subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Purchase Order and the Agreement, the Agreement shall govern.

Comments:

Product shall be prepared in accordance with the Specifications.

[…]

 

PDL BioPharma, Inc.
Name:    
Print Name:    
Date:    
Accepted by Genmab MN, Inc.
Name:    
Print Name:    
Date:    

 

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ANNEX D

TECHNICAL AGREEMENT

 

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TECHNICAL AGREEMENT

between

GMN, Inc.

c/o Genmab, Inc.

457 North Harrison Street, Princeton, NJ 08540

- hereinafter referred to as “GMN” -

and

PDL BioPharma Inc.,

1400 Seaport Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063

- hereinafter referred to as “PDL” -

Whereas this Technical Agreement forms an integral part of that certain Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement effective as of the Effective Date between the Parties (“CDSSA”), pursuant to which the Parties wish to contract with each other with respect to the manufacture and quality control of certain humanized antibody products;

Whereas the Parties are aware of the fact that abidance to generally accepted pharmaceutical principles and rules in the production, manufacture and quality control of humanized antibody products as well as the pharmaceutical-technical quality of said products are of vital importance;

Whereas the parties intend to determine their obligations and responsibilities with regard to their co-operation in manufacturing and controlling pharmaceutical products recognizing that it is imperative to clearly define the responsibilities of each party and to define, in particular, the observance of GMP as defined in the CDSSA.

Now, therefore, for and in consideration of the above-described recitals, the mutual promises and covenants of the parties hereinafter contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto (the “Parties”), intending to be legally bound, enter into the agreements contained herein:

 

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1. Subject of this Agreement

 

  1.1 This Technical Agreement is an Annex to that certain CDSSA concerning the production of the Products at the Facility in order to supply PDL with Products for its clinical development programs.

 

  1.2 All defined terms within the CDSSA shall, unless specifically stated otherwise, have the same meaning when used in this Technical Agreement.

 

  1.3 The obligations and responsibilities of each Party hereto with regard to the manufacture and quality control of the Products are specified in Annex 1 hereto.

 

  1.4 The names of contact persons are listed in Annex 2 hereto.

 

  1.5 The Technical Information necessary for proper manufacture, quality control and storage of the Products are supplied by PDL.

 

2. Manufacturing, Quality Control

Subject to the terms of the CDSSA, the Parties shall ensure that the Products are manufactured and quality controlled in compliance with the Technical Information, the Specifications, GMP and applicable Laws.

Appendix 1 contains a detailed outline of the duties and obligations of GMN and PDL with respect to manufacture and quality control.

 

3. Changes, Deviations

Any changes or deviations from the content of the Technical Information may be performed only after prior written approval by PDL. GMN will undertake the following items:

 

   

Evaluate and define follow up actions and final approval of deviations and failure investigations

 

   

Notify PDL of all critical deviations within [****]* of the event being assigned as critical, or in emergency situations where prior notice is not practicable, within [****]* after such deviation. (A critical deviation is defined as one which may affect Product quality or requires additional processing steps, testing or monitoring to ensure Product quality is not affected)

 

   

Provide a list of all other Product related deviations with the consolidated Batch Record

 

   

Notify PDL of failed runs within [****]* of failure being identified

 

   

Notify PDL of any events which may materially impact batches previously shipped as soon as possible after the event has been identified.

 

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4. Responsible Persons

Either Party shall notify the other of the persons responsible for the manufacturing and/or the quality control of the Products, such persons to meet legally required qualifications, and shall keep the other Party informed of changes in such persons.

 

5. Product Release

Complete copies of the completed Batch Record, along with supporting documents (including in-process and raw material test results and product release results) produced in accordance with current procedures, as requested by PDL, will be provided by GMN to PDL within [****]* after final release of Product. GMN shall furnish PDL for each batch of the corresponding Product with a certificate of analysis, a certificate of conformance and, on request of PDL, with samples and further information and documentation regarding the manufacture and quality control of the Products. The certificate of analysis shall be signed by the person responsible for the release of the Product. The certificate of analysis and certificate of conformance shall serve as evidence for the proper release of such batch and shall state that the Product meets the Specifications and was manufactured in accordance with GMP. The certificates may be electronically signed.

Annex 2 specifies the responsibilities in relation to release of Products.

 

6. Facilities and Inspections

GMN shall permit PDL authorized representatives, during normal working hours and upon reasonable written notice to GMN to (a) inspect that portion of its facilities utilized and records maintained for the manufacture, preparation, processing, storage or quality control of any Product and (b) be on-site at GMN during the manufacture of Product. PDL’s authorized representatives shall be accompanied by personnel of GMN at all times, shall be qualified to conduct such manufacturing audits or be present during manufacturing, and shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations relating to facility security, health and safety. PDL shall ensure that such authorized representatives conduct each manufacturing audit and site visit in such a manner as to not interfere with the normal and ordinary operation of GMN. PDL acknowledges and agrees that it shall remain fully liable to GMN in respect of any negligent acts or omissions of its authorized representatives during the conduct of such audits or site visits. PDL’s audit rights shall be limited as follows: (i) [****]* without cause, (ii) [****]* per batch of Products without cause, and (iii) [****]* audits per year for cause.

GMN shall make its facilities available for inspection by representatives of Regulatory Authorities in compliance with all applicable Laws. GMN will, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, promptly, and in any event within [****]*, notify PDL in writing of its receipt of any correspondence, notice or any other indication whatsoever of any FDA or other Regulatory Authority inspection, investigation or other inquiry, or other notice or communication from any Regulatory Authority of any type, that could reasonably be expected to affect the continuity of supply of Product to PDL hereunder in a material way. Such notice shall include a copy of any related correspondence. PDL shall have the right to be present at the inspection as permitted by applicable Law. PDL’s representative shall not interact with the Regulatory Authorities during such inspection unless permitted by GMN.

 

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GMN shall provide written notice to PDL of any use of animal-sourced raw materials in the Facility (such as, without limitation, serum, BSA, etc.). GMN shall also provide written notice of any observed “in-process” contamination within the Facility (such as, without limitation, microbial, mycoplasma, spiroplasma, virus), or during tests of cell banks or EPC tests of material manufactured at the Facility, provided that such notification shall only be made in those cases where such contamination has not been previously disclosed in the environmental reports provided to PDL.

 

7. Drug Safety, Complaints

Subject to applicable Law, GMN shall promptly inform PDL, and vice-versa, on any peculiar event, finding and/or complaint which may have a bearing on drug safety or pharmaceutical quality in relation to the Products, and supply all necessary information and co-operation for the investigation of such events. In cases where patient or investigative staff safety may be concerned, GMN shall inform PDL immediately by telephone and in writing, and vice-versa.

 

8. Validations

GMN is responsible for providing validated or qualified equipment, facilities and utilities for the manufacture of the Products per GMP.

 

9. Miscellaneous

This Agreement and its annexes supplement the CDSSA and the provisions of the CDSSA are hereby incorporated by reference. To the extent that any inconsistencies exist between the quality and GMP contents of this Technical Agreement and the CDSSA, the stipulations in this Technical Agreement shall prevail. In all other matters the CDSSA shall prevail.

 

10. Term, Termination, Effects Upon Termination

This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature by the last Party to do so and shall remain valid for an indefinite period of time. Either Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement according to the CDSSA.

 

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In Witness whereof this Technical Agreement has been duly executed in two originals.

 

GMN INC.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

PDL BIOPHARMA INC.
By:    
Name:   L. Patrick Gage
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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Annex 1

Responsibilities

[****]*

 

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Annex 2

Key Contacts

 

GMN [Name] Inc.

   Name     Contact Details  

Project Manager

   [****] *   [****] *

Analytical Development

   [****] *   [****] *

Process Technology

   [****] *   [****] *

QA and Regulatory

   [****] *   [****] *

PDL BIOPHARMA INC.

   Name     Contact Details  

Analytical and Process Development

   [****] *   [****] *

QA and Regulatory Affairs

   [****] *   [****] *

Others (please specify)

   [****] *   [****] *

 

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ANNEX E

PRELIMINARY PURCHASE PRICE

[****]*

 

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ANNEX F

STABILITY TESTING

[****]*

 

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ANNEX G

PDL-PROVIDED MATERIALS

[****]*

 

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EXHIBIT G

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT (“Agreement”), dated as of [                    ], 2008 is made by and between PDL BioPharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”), and GMN, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Seller and Buyer are together referred to herein as the “Parties”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer have entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of February [    ], 2008, pursuant to which (i) Seller is selling and Buyer is purchasing certain Assets of Seller, as more fully set forth in the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) Seller and Buyer have agreed to enter into and perform their obligations under this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Parties have agreed to enter into an agreement setting forth the terms pursuant to which Seller will render certain services to Buyer and Buyer will render certain services to Seller on an interim basis after the Closing.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement, and the premises and mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

All terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

ARTICLE II

Agreement to Provide and Accept Services

SECTION 2.01. Provision of Services. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, Buyer shall provide to Seller the services set forth in Schedule A to this Agreement (the “Seller Services”), and Seller shall provide to Buyer the services set forth in Schedule B to this Agreement (the “Buyer Services”). Each Seller Service shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Schedule A and each Buyer Service shall be provided in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Schedule B.

SECTION 2.02. Information. Seller shall make available on a timely basis to Buyer all information and materials reasonably requested by Buyer to enable Buyer to provide the Seller Services, and Buyer shall make available on a timely basis to Seller all information and materials reasonably requested by Seller to enable Seller to provide the Buyer Services.

 

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SECTION 2.03. Employees.

(a) Certain employees of Buyer who may perform Seller Services on behalf of Buyer (the “Transition Service Employees”) are listed on Schedule C hereto, along with each Transition Service Employee’s primary area of responsibility and maximum commitment of time to the provision of Seller Services. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all Transition Service Employees and any other employees of Buyer who may perform Seller Services on behalf of Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall at all times be and remain employees of Buyer. Buyer shall be solely responsible for the payment of all wages, bonuses, commissions, benefits and any other direct or indirect compensation for the Transition Service Employees, and for Buyer’s insurance costs and expenses. Buyer shall be responsible for directing and supervising the activities of the Transition Service Employees in their performance of any Seller Services hereunder. At no time shall any of the Transition Service Employees be deemed to be employees of Seller.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, all employees of Seller whose activities include performance of any Buyer Services on behalf of Seller (the “Seller’s Employees”) shall at all times be and remain employees of Seller. Seller shall be solely responsible for the payment of all wages, bonuses, commissions, benefits and any other direct or indirect compensation for the Seller’s Employees, and for all Seller’s insurance costs and expenses. Seller shall be responsible for directing and supervising the activities of the Seller’s Employees in their performance of any Buyer Services hereunder. At no time shall any of Seller’s Employees be deemed to be employees of Buyer.

ARTICLE III

Standard of Performance of Services; Use of Services; Payment

SECTION 3.01. Standard of Performance and Use of Services. Each Party shall devote reasonable resources to support the transition of the Assets from Seller to Buyer, including but not limited to the provision of the Seller Services by Buyer to Seller and provision of the Buyer Services by Seller to Buyer (including without limitation, those Buyer Services necessary to support the performance of Buyer’s responsibilities under the Clinical Drug Substance Supply Agreement).

(a) Buyer shall provide Seller Services in a manner that is similar in all material respects to the manner in which such services were performed by Seller immediately prior to the Closing Date [Performance standard of parties to be negotiated prior to the Closing Date], and Seller shall use the Seller Services for substantially the same purpose and in substantially the same manner as such services were used by Seller immediately prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that in no event shall (i) the scope of the Seller Services required to be performed hereunder exceed that described in Schedule A, or (ii) Buyer be required to cause any of its employees other than the Transition Service Employees specifically designated on Schedule C hereto to provide Seller Services, except in respect of the IT Services identified on Schedule A.

(b) Seller shall provide Buyer Services in a manner that supplies sufficient resources to support the transition, and with a degree of care and level of performance no less than it provides with respect to similar services it provides for its own purposes; provided, however, that in no event shall the scope of the Buyer Services required to be performed hereunder exceed that described in Schedule B.

(c) As soon as is reasonably practicable, Seller agrees to use its reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate its dependency on the Seller Services, and Buyer agrees to use its reasonable efforts to reduce or eliminate its dependency on the Buyer Services.

(d) If it is necessary for Buyer to make any investments or capital expenditures or otherwise incur any incremental expenses to provide any Seller Service (other than the salary, benefits and administrative costs associated with the Transition Service Employees or other employees of Buyer), then Seller agrees to reimburse Buyer for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer in connection

 

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therewith within [****]* of receipt of a written invoice from Buyer and in accordance with the payment provisions set forth in Section 3.02 below. [Parties to negotiate prior to the Closing Date a notice requirement for such expenses and Seller option to not continue receiving the applicable Seller Services]

(e) If it is necessary for Seller to make any investments or capital expenditures or otherwise incur any incremental expenses to provide any Buyer Service (other than the salary, benefits and administrative costs associated with Seller’s Employees), then Buyer agrees to reimburse Seller for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Seller in connection therewith within [****]* of receipt of a written invoice from Seller, and in accordance with the payment instructions contained therein.

SECTION 3.02. Payments.

(a) All Buyer Services (which the Parties agree consist solely of the IT Services set forth on Schedule B) shall be provided at no charge hereunder to Buyer.

(b) All Seller Services performed by Transition Service Employees will be charged at the standard hourly rate of $[****]*, to be calculated in [****]*. In addition, all travel-related costs incurred by any Transition Service Employees or other employees of Buyer in performance of the Seller Services [****]* (“Travel Expenses”), shall be paid by Seller to Buyer.

(c) IT Services and Storage as set forth on Schedule A shall be provided by Buyer at no charge hereunder to Seller.

(d) Certain Taxes. The applicable consideration due to Buyer for performance of each Seller Service does not and shall not include any sales tax, value added tax, goods and services tax, withholding tax or similar tax. Any such amounts required to be paid by Buyer in connection with this Agreement or the performance hereof will be promptly reimbursed to Buyer by Seller, and such reimbursement shall be in addition to the amounts required to be paid by Seller pursuant to Section 3.02(b).

(e) Payment Procedure. An invoice will be delivered each month by Buyer to Seller for Seller Services provided by Buyer (including any Travel Expenses) during the preceding month. The total amount set forth in each invoice shall be payable to Buyer within [****]* after the date such invoice is received by Seller. Any invoice amounts not paid within [****]* after the due date shall be subject to late charges. Late charges are defined as the [****]* of the amount due, compounded each subsequent [****]* period that invoices remain unpaid, or the [****]*.

(f) Payments to Buyer will be sent to the following: [wire transfer instructions to be inserted by Buyer prior to the Closing Date]

ARTICLE IV

Term of Services

The provision of Seller Services by Buyer and Buyer Services by Seller shall commence on the date hereof and, unless terminated sooner pursuant to Article VII, shall terminate on the date indicated for termination of each Seller Service in Schedule A or each Buyer Service in Schedule B, provided, that Buyer may cancel any Buyer Service and Seller may cancel any Seller Service, upon at least [****]* written notice to the other Party of such cancellation.

 

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ARTICLE V

Force Majeure

Neither Seller nor Buyer shall be liable for any interruption of any Service or delay or failure to perform under this Agreement if such interruption, delay or failure results from causes beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to, any strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes, acts of any government, riot, terrorism, insurrection or other hostilities, embargo, fuel or energy crisis, fire, flood, lightning, earthquake, storm, hurricane, tornado, explosion, acts of God or act of any public enemy (each, a “Force Majeure Event”). Upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, any obligations hereunder affected by such Force Majeure Event shall be postponed for such time as performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof. Upon the cessation of such Force Majeure Event, Seller or Buyer (as the case may be) will use reasonable efforts to resume performance of the affected Buyer or Seller Service(s) (as the case may be) with the least practicable delay.

ARTICLE VI

Disclaimer of Warranties; Liabilities

SECTION 6.01. THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED UNDER THIS TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT ARE FURNISHED AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, NON-INTERFERENCE, MERCHANTABILITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SECTION 6.02. Consequential and Other Damages. Neither Party shall be liable to the other Party, whether in contract, tort (including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise, for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages which arise out of, relate to or are a consequence of, the performance or nonperformance hereunder or the provision of, or failure to provide, any Service hereunder.

SECTION 6.03. Indemnity. [Indemnification terms to be negotiated prior to the Closing Date]

ARTICLE VII

Termination

SECTION 7.01. Termination. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall terminate, and the obligations of the Parties to provide or cause to be provided any Service shall cease, on the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which the provision of all Buyer Services and Seller Services has terminated or been cancelled pursuant to Article IV, (ii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.02, or (iii) [            , 2008].

 

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SECTION 7.02. Breach of Agreement. If either Party shall cause or suffer any material breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any failure to make payments when due, and such Party does not cure such default in all material respects within [****]* after receiving written notice thereof from the non-breaching Party, the non-breaching Party may terminate this Agreement immediately by providing written notice of termination.

SECTION 7.03. Employee Termination. If Buyer’s employment of any Transition Service Employee is terminated for any reason, or any Transition Service Employee is unable to work for any reason, Buyer shall be under no obligation to provide that portion of the Seller Services that such Transition Service Employee provided on behalf of Buyer.

SECTION 7.04. Effect of Termination. In the event of a termination of this Agreement:

(a) Buyer’s obligations to provide Seller Services shall cease;

(b) Seller’s obligations to provide Buyer Services shall cease; and

(c) Buyer shall be entitled to the immediate payment of, and the Seller shall immediately pay to Buyer, all accrued amounts due to Buyer under the terms of this Agreement as of the date of termination. Seller shall be entitled to the immediate payment of, and the Buyer shall immediately pay to Seller, all accrued amounts due to Seller under the terms of this Agreement, if any, as of the date of termination.

SECTION 7.05. Survival. Section [****]*, [****]*, Articles [****]* and [****]* shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 8.01. Construction. For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders. Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Articles,” “Sections,” and “Schedules” are intended to refer to Articles and Sections of and Schedules to this Agreement. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.02. Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the Party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed facsimile, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent to the respective Parties at the addresses set forth below (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section 8.01):

 

As to Seller:

  

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

  
  

Attention: General Counsel

  
  

1400 Seaport Boulevard

  
  

Redwood City, CA 94063

  
  

Facsimile: (650) 454-1468

  

 

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Copy to:

  

DLA Piper US LLP

  
  

Attention: Howard Clowes

  
  

153 Townsend Street, Suite 800

  
  

San Francisco, CA 94107-1957

  
  

Facsimile: (415) 659-7410

  

As to Buyer:

  

GMN, Inc.

  
  

Attention: President

  
  

c/o Genmab, Inc.

  
  

457 North Harrison Street

  
  

Princeton, NJ 08540

  
  

Facsimile: [______________]

  

Copies to:

  

Lisa Drakeman, President

  
  

Genmab A/S

  
  

c/o Genmab, Inc.

  
  

457 North Harrison Street

  
  

Princeton, NJ 08540

  
  

Facsimile: (609) 524-0847

  
  

Howard A. Neuman, Esq.

  
  

Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP

  

230 Park Avenue

  
  

Suite 1130

  
  

New York, New York 10169

  
  

Facsimile: (212) 818-9606

  

SECTION 8.03. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified, if possible, to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable or, if such modification is not possible, such provision shall be stricken and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. If any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement is in conflict with any applicable statute or rule of law in any jurisdiction, then such term or provision shall be deemed inoperative in such jurisdiction to the extent of such conflict and the parties will renegotiate the affected terms and conditions of this Agreement to resolve any inequities.

SECTION 8.04. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including any schedules hereto, along with the Purchase Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, covenants, representations, warranties, undertakings and understandings, written or oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 8.05. Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8.05, neither Party shall assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement, or any part hereof, without the prior written consent of the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign its rights and corresponding obligations under this Agreement to any one or more of its Affiliates or an acquiror of all or substantially all of its assets or an entity into which it merges or consolidates, so long as such assignee party agrees in writing to assume and fully perform all of the assignor’s obligations under this Agreement; provided, that in no event shall Seller assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement to any Person who is or who may be engaged in a business which is in competition with Buyer, without Buyer’s prior written consent.

 

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SECTION 8.06. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall (i) confer on any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors or permitted assigns any rights (including third party beneficiary rights), remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, or (ii) constitute the Parties hereto as partners or as participants in a joint venture. This Agreement shall not provide third parties with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to the terms of this Agreement. No third party shall have any right, independent of any right which may exist irrespective of this Agreement, under or granted by this Agreement, to bring any suit at law or equity for any matter governed by or subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.07. Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified except by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto.

SECTION 8.08. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of [Minnesota] without regard to conflicts-of-laws principles that would require the application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 8.09. Confidentiality. The Parties acknowledge that each Party has disclosed, and may hereafter from time to time in the course of the performance of this Agreement disclose, information to the other Party which is of a confidential and/or proprietary nature. Any such information received by either Party, including the terms of this Agreement and the identity of the Parties, shall be considered Confidential Information and shall be treated as such under the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Transition Services Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

SELLER:

 

PDL BIOPHARMA, INC.

By:    
Title:    
Name:      
 

 

BUYER:

 

GMN, INC.

By:    
Title:    
Name:      
 

 

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EXHIBIT H

[PDL LETTERHEAD]

[                    ], 2008

 

  
  
  
Attn:                                      

Via:                                               

 

  Re: Consent to Assignment

Dear                                 :

PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL”) has entered into that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated February [            ], 2008 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with GMN Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”) pursuant to which PDL has agreed to sell to Buyer certain Assets as defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition is expected to close in [                    ], 2008 (the “Closing”).

In connection with the Acquisition, PDL intends to assign to Buyer that certain                                  [insert agreement name] Agreement dated                                 ,              between PDL and                                      [insert name of company] (the “Company”) (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to Section              of the Agreement, PDL hereby requests the consent of the Company to the assignment of the Agreement, and to each and all of the terms and conditions of such Agreement and of PDL’s rights and obligations thereunder, to Buyer in connection with the Acquisition (the “Assignment”).

[Note: Some agreements require Buyer to expressly assume the agreement, so this letter may have to be modified accordingly. In addition, some agreements cover more than one compound, so the letter may have to be modified to limit the assignment to rights and obligations related to the particular compound.]

 

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Please provide your consent to the Assignment by co-signing this letter where indicated below. By co-signing this letter you acknowledge that all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as of and following the Acquisition.

This Consent to Assignment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

Please fax an executed copy of this letter to                              attention at                              as soon as possible, but in no event later than                             , 2008, and send the original via courier to                              attention at the following address: DLA Piper US LLP, 153 Townsend Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94107.

Feel free to contact me at                          or                          with any questions regarding this consent.

 

Sincerely,
  
[Name/title]

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED

this          day of                     , 2008

                                              [Insert name of company]

By:                                                                  

Name:                                                             

Title:                                                                

            (Please print name and title)

 

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Attachment 1.30

Environmental Governmental Authorizations

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Attachment 1.52

Knowledge Employees

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Attachment 2.1(d)

Equipment with Book Value in Excess of $10,000

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Attachment 2.1(e)

List of Assumed Contracts

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Attachment 4.2(a)

List of Third Party Consents

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SCHEDULE 5.3

Seller’s Required Consents

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Schedule 5.4(a)

Status of Assumed Contracts

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Schedule 5.4(b)

Third Party Consents

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Schedule 5.4(c)

Compliance with Contracts/Leases

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Schedule 5.5(a)

Compliance with Legal Requirements

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Schedule 5.5(b)

Governmental Authorizations

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Schedule 5.6(a)

Proceedings

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Schedule 5.6(b)

Orders

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Schedule 5.7

Environmental Matters

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Schedule 5.8(a)

Description of Tangible Personal Property

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Schedule 5.8(d)(i)

Description of Real Property

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Schedule 5.8(d)(ii)

Title to Real Property

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Schedule 5.9

Sufficiency of Assets

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Schedule 5.10

Ownership of Tangible Personal Property

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Schedule 5.12

Employee Inventions, etc.

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Schedule 5.13

Seller’s Brokers

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Schedule 5.18

Suppliers

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Schedule 5.19

Operations Employees

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Schedule 6.3

Buyer’s Required Consents

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Schedule 6.8

Buyer’s Brokers

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Schedule 7.8(a)

Seller’s Retained Employees

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Certification of PEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)

Exhibit 31.3

CERTIFICATIONS

I, John P. McLaughlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of PDL BioPharma, Inc., certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of PDL BioPharma, Inc.; and

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: May 5, 2009
/s/ John P. McLaughlin
John P. McLaughlin

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Certification of PFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)

Exhibit 31.4

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Christine Larson, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PDL BioPharma, Inc., certify that:

(1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of PDL BioPharma, Inc.; and

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

 

Date: May 5, 2009
/s/ Christine Larson
Christine Larson

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)