Negotiation Period Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or any alleged breach hereof, will be subject to binding arbitration in accordance with this Section 7.11. If such a dispute, controversy or claim exists, the parties shall attempt for a 30-day period (the "Negotiation Period") from the date any party gives any one or more of the other parties notice (a "Dispute Notice") pursuant to this Section, to negotiate in good faith, a resolution of the dispute. The Dispute Notice shall set forth with specificity the basis of the dispute. During the Negotiation Period, representatives of each party involved in the dispute who have authority to settle the dispute shall meet at mutually convenient times and places and use their best efforts to resolve the dispute.
Termination Period This Option shall be exercisable for three (3) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, unless such termination is due to Participant’s death or Disability, in which case this Option shall be exercisable for twelve (12) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in no event may this Option be exercised after the Term/Expiration Date as provided above and this Option may be subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 13 of the Plan.
Option Period (a) Subject to section 2(b), the Optionee shall have the right to purchase all or any portion of the optioned Common Stock at any time during the period ("Option Period") commencing on the Earliest Exercise Date and ending on the earliest to occur of the following dates:
Election Not to Extend the Employment Term In the event either party elects not to extend the Employment Term pursuant to Section 1, unless Executive’s employment is earlier terminated pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 8, Executive’s termination of employment hereunder (whether or not Executive continues as an employee of the Company Group thereafter) shall be deemed to occur on the close of business on the day immediately preceding the next scheduled Extension Date. In the event that the Executive elects not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights. In the event that the Company Group elects not to extend the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to receive the Accrued Rights and the Salary Continuation Payments. Following such termination of Executive’s employment hereunder as a result of either party’s election not to extend the Employment Term, except as set forth in this Section 8(d), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.
Post-Termination Period Because of the difficulty of establishing when any idea, process or invention is first conceived or developed by the Employee, or whether it results from access to Confidential Information or the Company’s equipment, facilities, and data, the Employee agrees that any idea, invention, research, plan for products or services, marketing plan, computer software (including, without limitation, source code), computer program, original work of authorship, character, know-how, trade secret, information, data, developments, discoveries, technology, algorithm, design, patent or copyright, or any improvement, rights, or claims relating to the foregoing, shall be presumed to be an Invention if it is conceived, developed, used, sold, exploited or reduced to practice by the Employee or with the aid of the Employee within one (1) year after termination of employment. The Employee can rebut the above presumption if he proves the idea, process or invention (i) was first conceived or developed after termination of employment, (ii) was conceived or developed entirely on the Employee’s own time without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel or Confidential Information, and (iii) did not result from or is not derived directly or indirectly, from any work performed by the Employee for the Company or from work performed by another employee of the Company to which the Employee had access.
Tail Period Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that the Offering is not consummated by the Underwriters as contemplated herein, the Company agrees to pay the Representative a cash fee equal to eight percent (8.0%) of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the securities offered to any investor actually introduced by the Representative to the Company during the Engagement Period (as defined below) as well as warrants to purchase that number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock (or common stock equivalent, if applicable) placed in each offering (the “Tail Financing”), and such Tail Financing is consummated at any time during the Engagement Period or within the eighteen (18) month period following the expiration of the Engagement Period, provided that such financing is by a party actually introduced to the Company in an offering in which the Company has direct knowledge of such party’s participation and not a party that the Company can demonstrate was already known to the Company. In addition, unless (x) the Company terminates this Agreement for “Cause” (as defined below), or (y) the Representative fails to provide the underwriting services provided in this Agreement, upon termination of this Agreement, if the Company subsequently completes a public or private financing with any investors introduced to the Company by the Representative during the eighteen (18) month period following such termination, the Representative shall be entitled to receive the same compensation to be paid to the Representative in connection with the Offering. “Cause”, for the purpose of this Agreement, shall mean, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, willful misconduct, gross negligence or a material breach of this Agreement by the Representative. In the event that the Company believes that the Representative has engaged in conduct constituting Cause, the Company must first notify the Representative in writing of the facts and circumstances supporting such an assertion(s), and the Representative shall have twenty (20) days to cure such alleged conduct. “Engagement Period” shall mean the period beginning on May 9, 2022, and ending on the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months from the date of such date, (ii) the final closing, if any, of the Offering, or (iii) the date that either party to this Agreement gives the other party to this Agreement at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of termination of that certain engagement letter agreement by and between the Company and the Representative, dated as of May 9, 2022.
Expiration/Termination The term of this Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and expire at the end of the period specified in the “Term” Section of the Business Terms Exhibit, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9 or extended by mutual written agreement of the parties (the “Term”). Civitas may terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Consultant (a) at any time for Cause (as defined below) or (b) at any time after Consultant’s commencement of employment with a 3rd party for greater than twenty (20) hours per week. Consultant may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Civitas. Any expiration or termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any obligation of either party that has accrued prior to the effective date of expiration or termination, provided that, if Civitas terminates this Agreement without Cause, then all consulting fees that would have been paid during the Term had Civitas not terminated the Agreement without Cause, shall be paid to Consultant in one lump sum upon the effective date of the termination of this Agreement. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, neither Consultant nor Civitas will have any further obligations under this Agreement, except that (a) Consultant will terminate all Consulting Services in progress in an orderly manner as soon as practicable and in accordance with a schedule agreed to by Civitas, unless Civitas specifies in the notice of termination that Consulting Services in progress should be completed; (b) Consultant will deliver to Civitas all Work Product made through expiration or termination; (c) Civitas will pay Consultant any monies due and owing Consultant under this Agreement and all authorized expenses actually incurred; (d) Consultant will immediately return to Civitas all Civitas Materials and other Confidential Information and copies thereof provided to Consultant under this Agreement; and (e) the terms, conditions and obligations under Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will survive expiration or termination of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Consultant’s conviction of, or guilty plea to, a felony, (ii) Consultant’s commission of a fraudulent, illegal or materially dishonest act in connection with Consultant’s engagement by Civitas, as reasonably determined by Civitas’ Board of Directors acting in good faith, or (iii) Consultant’s willful and repeated failure or refusal to attempt to perform Consultant’s duties to Civitas or material breach of this Agreement or any other agreement between Civitas and Consultant.
LICENSE TERM A. Except as otherwise provided herein, the license granted by this Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of one (1) year and shall be automatically extended for additional one (1) year periods unless terminated pursuant to the provisions herein.
Exclusivity Period During the Exclusivity Period each Party shall:
License Termination The licenses granted by Xencor to MorphoSys under Article 4 shall terminate.
