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Sales Milestone Payments Artiva shall make the following one-time, non-refundable and non-creditable sales milestone payments to GCLC when the aggregate annual Net Sales of Products in the Territory first reach the thresholds specified below. Artiva shall notify GCLC promptly of the achievement of each such sales threshold. Each sales milestone payment shall be made by Artiva within [***] days after the end of the calendar quarter in which such sales threshold is achieved. To the extent more than one sales threshold is reached in any given calendar year, then the applicable milestone payment for each such achievement shall be due and owing with respect to such calendar year. For clarification, the total milestone payments payable hereunder if all milestone events are achieved is [***].
Development Milestone Payments (i) In addition to the Closing Date Merger Consideration (less the Remaining Option Consideration and Rights Proceeds Amount, if any) and any Net TNF Sales Payments (as defined below), upon the attainment of the development ** Portions of the Exhibit have been omitted and have been filed separately pursuant to an application for confidential treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. milestones set forth below (each, a “Development Milestone”), Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, [**] after the occurrence of each Development Milestone, deliver to the Paying Agent (for further payment to the holders of Stock Certificates and Stock Agreements outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time), via wire transfer of immediately available funds, the respective amounts set forth below minus, in each case, the applicable Contingent Consideration Distribution Fee associated therewith and any amount designated by the Stockholders’ Representatives to be placed in the Administrative Expense Account (each, a “Development Milestone Payment” and collectively, the “Development Milestone Payments”):
(A) Upon FDA approval of Reslizumab for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis, a cash payment of [**];
(B) Upon marketing authorization of Reslizumab for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis being granted by the European Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, a cash payment of [**];
(C) If Res 5-0010 Asthma Study Completion has not occurred on or prior to the Closing Date, then upon the occurrence of the Res 5-0010 Asthma Study Completion, a cash payment of $50,000,000 (fifty million dollars) (the “Res 5-0010 Asthma Payment”);
(D) Upon FDA approval of Reslizumab for any asthma indication, a cash payment of [**];
(E) Upon marketing authorization of Reslizumab for the treatment of any asthma indication being granted by the European Commission in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, a cash payment of [**]; and
(F) Upon FDA approval of an Oral Anti-TNF Product, a cash payment of [**].
Net Sales Proceeds In the case of a transaction described in clause (A) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company, including all real estate commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (B) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (C) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Company from the Joint Venture less the amount of any selling expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company (other than those paid by the Joint Venture). In the case of a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (D) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction (including the aggregate of all payments under a Mortgage or in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest payments) less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company, including all commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a transaction described in clause (E) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company, including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in the last sentence of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated thereby which are reinvested in one or more Assets within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Company in connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any consideration (including non-cash consideration such as stock, notes, or other property or securities) that the Company determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to proceeds of a Sale, valued in the reasonable determination of the Company. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include any reserves established by the Company in its sole discretion.
Combination Products If a LICENSED PRODUCT is sold to any third party in combination with other products, devices, components or materials that are capable of being sold separately and are not subject to royalties hereunder (“OTHER PRODUCTS,” with the combination of products being referred to as “COMBINATION PRODUCTS” and the Other Product and Licensed Product in such Combination Product being referred to as the “COMPONENTS”), the NET SALES of such LICENSED PRODUCT included in such COMBINATION PRODUCT shall be calculated by multiplying the NET SALES of the COMBINATION PRODUCT by the fraction A/(A+B), where A is the average NET SALES price of such LICENSED PRODUCT in the relevant country, as sold separately, and B is the total average NET SALES price of all OTHER PRODUCTS in the COMBINATION PRODUCT in the relevant country, as sold separately. If, in any country, any COMPONENT is not sold separately, NET SALES for royalty determination shall be determined by the formula [C / (C+D)], where C is the aggregate average fully absorbed cost of the Licensed Product components during the prior Royalty Period and D is the aggregate average fully absorbed cost of the other essential functional components during the prior Royalty Period, with such costs being determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. To the extent that any SUBLICENSE INCOME relates to a COMBINATION PRODUCT or is otherwise calculated based on the value of one or more licenses or intellectual property rights held by the COMPANY, an AFFILIATE or SUBLICENSEE, COMPANY shall determine in good faith and report to THE PARTIES the share of such payments reasonably attributable to COMPANY’s or such AFFILIATE’s sublicense of the rights granted hereunder, based upon their relative importance and proprietary protection, which portion shall be the SUBLICENSE INCOME. THE PARTIES shall have the right to dispute such sharing determination in accordance with the dispute provisions of the AGREEMENT.
Milestone Payments In the event that any Sellers believe that any Additional Milestone has been achieved during the Post-Closing Milestone Period, the Sellers’ Representative shall provide notice of such achievement to Purchaser. If Purchaser determines in its sole and reasonable discretion that such Additional Milestone has been achieved during the Post-Closing Milestone Period, then within thirty (30) days of such notice from Sellers’ Representative or, if earlier, within thirty (30) days of Purchaser’s determination that such Additional Milestone has been achieved, Purchaser shall notify Sellers’ Representative of its determination and pay to Sellers the Additional Milestone Payment payable in respect of such Additional Milestone. If Sellers’ Representative delivers such a notice and Purchaser determines, in its sole and reasonable discretion, that the applicable Additional Milestone has not been achieved, then, within thirty (30) days of Sellers’ Representative’s notice Purchaser shall notify Sellers’ Representative of such determination. If Sellers’ Representative believes that Sellers are entitled to payment of all or any portion of an Additional Milestone Payment hereunder which they have not received within thirty (30) days following the achievement of the Additional Milestone for which payment is due, Sellers’ Representative may, not later than twelve (12) months following the achievement of such Additional Milestone, deliver to Purchaser a notice setting forth Sellers’ Representative’s determination that all or a portion of such Additional Milestone Payment is due under this Agreement (the “Post-Closing Assessment Notice”). If Sellers’ Representative does not deliver to Purchaser a Post-Closing Assessment *** Portions of this page have been omitted pursuant to a request for Confidential Treatment filed separately with the Commission. Notice within such twelve (12) month period, then Sellers shall have been deemed to agree that the Additional Milestone has not been met and no payment with respect to such Additional Milestone is due to Sellers hereunder and Sellers shall have no further rights to such Milestone Payment or any portion thereof. Such Post-Closing Assessment Notice may be delivered before or after the expiration of the Post-Closing Milestone Period without affecting Sellers’ rights to the applicable Milestone Payment, provided that that applicable Additional Milestone was actually achieved prior to the expiration of such Post-Closing Milestone Period. If Purchaser shall object to Sellers’ determination that a Additional Milestone has been achieved as set forth in the Post-Closing Assessment Notice, then Purchaser shall deliver a dispute notice (a “Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice”) to Sellers’ Representative within fifteen (15) days following Sellers’ Representative’s delivery of the Post-Closing Assessment Notice. A representative of Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Sellers’ Representative, on the other, shall attempt in good faith to resolve any such objections within fifteen (15) days of the receipt by Sellers of the Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice. If no Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice is delivered within the fifteen (15) day time period, then Sellers’ determination that the Additional Milestone has been achieved, and that the amount of the Milestone Payment specified in the Post-Closing Milestone Dispute Notice is due hereunder, shall be deemed to be accepted and Purchaser shall pay to Sellers those amounts set forth in the Post-Closing Assessment Notice no later than five (5) days after the expiration of such fifteen (15) day time period.
Milestone Event Milestone Payment [***] [***]
Sales Milestones (a) As to each Therapeutic Product, SANOFI-AVENTIS shall pay MERRIMACK up to a total of Sixty Million Dollars (US$60,000,000) upon the first achievement of the following Net Sales milestones, on a Therapeutic Product-by-Therapeutic Product basis:
(i) Total Worldwide Net Sales for such Therapeutic Product exceed $[**] in any four (4) consecutive calendar quarters $ [**]
(ii) Total Worldwide Net Sales for such Therapeutic Product exceed $[**] in any four (4) consecutive calendar quarters $ [**]
(iii) Total Worldwide Net Sales for Therapeutic Product exceed $[**] in any four (4) consecutive calendar quarters $ [**]
(b) Each milestone payment set forth in Section 8.4(a) shall be payable by SANOFI-AVENTIS upon the achievement of the related milestone event by SANOFI-AVENTIS and its Affiliates or sublicensees, and SANOFI-AVENTIS shall provide notice to MERRIMACK promptly upon achievement of such milestone event. SANOFI-AVENTIS shall pay MERRIMACK each such milestone payment within [**] days of such achievement of the related milestone event.
(c) For purposes of clarity, more than one of the Net Sales milestones set forth above may be earned in the same four (4) consecutive calendar quarter period with respect to a Therapeutic Product. For example, if total worldwide Net Sales with respect to a given Therapeutic Product have not achieved any of the lower sales milestone thresholds set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 8.3(a) above in any previous four (4) consecutive calendar quarter period, but total worldwide Net Sales with respect to such Therapeutic Product exceed $[**] in a subsequent four (4) consecutive calendar quarter period, then all three milestone payments, totaling $60 Million, payable upon achievement of the sales milestone thresholds set forth in clause (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 8.3(a) above shall become payable to MERRIMACK hereunder.
Gross Sales Notwithstanding anything in the Lease to the contrary the definition of Gross Sales shall be as follows:
Milestone Payment The first time Net Sales in the Territory in a Royalty Period exceed US$[***] ([***] dollars) US$[***] ([***] dollars)
