Exhibit 10.13
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into on this 15th day of March, 1999
("Effective Date"), by and between:
1. MAXYGEN INC., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of
Delaware and established at 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
00000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America ("Maxygen"), of the one part; and
2. GIST-BROCADES B.V., a company incorporated under the laws of The
Netherlands and established at Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0, 0000 XX Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
("GB"), of the other part;
hereinafter sometimes individually referred to as "Party" and collectively
as "Parties".
WITNESSETH
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WHEREAS, GB is interested in having carried out research into new enzyme
compositions; and
WHEREAS, Maxygen possesses know-how, expertise and facilities to perform
the aforementioned research.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and conditions herein contained, the Parties hereto have agreed and do
by these presents agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement the following
terms shall, as used herein, have the following respective meanings:
(a) "Affiliate", shall mean:
i) any entity in which a Party to this Agreement, directly or
indirectly:
- owns at least half the capital or business assets;
- has the power to exercise at least half the voting rights;
or
- has the power to appoint at least half the members of the
supervisory board, board of directors or bodies legally
representing the entity;
* CERTAIN INFORMATION WITHIN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SEC. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE
OMITTED PORTIONS.
ii) entities which directly or indirectly have in or over a Party
to this Agreement the rights or powers listed in (i); and
iii) entities in which an entity referred to in (ii) directly or
indirectly has the rights or powers listed in (i);
(b) "Commencement Date", shall mean: the Effective Date;
(c) "Cost Savings", shall mean: the cost savings in [*******] in the
Field, achieved by GB, a third party sublicensee appointed by GB or an Affiliate
of GB, generated through the use of GB Products. The methodology for calculating
GB's production costs in the Field prior to and after implementation of the
Results is attached as Annex 1. This cost difference shall be the basis for
calculating the royalty due to Maxygen under Article 11. The Annex in addition
provides for a methodology for calculating cost differences in the event GB on
its own account achieves any decrease in production costs in the Field after
implementation of the Research Results or Patent Rights;
(d) "Field", shall mean: [*******];
(e) "Force Majeure", shall mean: the event that either Party is
prevented from or is unable to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement due to any act of God; fire; casualty; flood; war; strike; lockout;
failure of public utilities; injunction or any act, exercise, assertion or
requirement of governmental authority, including any governmental law, order, or
regulation permanently or temporarily prohibiting or reducing the level of
research and development work hereunder; epidemic; destruction of production
facilities; riots; insurrection; or any other cause beyond the reasonable
control of a Party;
(f) "FTE", shall mean: the equivalent of one full year of work on a full
time basis by a scientist or other professional possessing skills and experience
necessary to carry out the Study by Maxygen, determined in accordance with
Maxygen's normal policies and procedures. Maxygen's current standard FTE rate
equals a total of [*******] hours per year. This rate is subject to reasonable
fluctuations;
(g) "GB Information", shall mean: any and all patented and non-patented
data, organisms, know-how, instructions, strains and other information in the
field of [*******], specifically (i) vectors and plasmids for expression in
[*******], (ii) bioassays and HPLC methods, and (iii) information on the
kinetics of [*******] owned or controlled by GB as of the Effective Date or
acquired by GB thereafter, not being the Research Results or Patent Rights,
disclosed, either directly or indirectly, by GB to Maxygen;
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(h) "GB Know-How", shall mean: Know-How owned or controlled exclusively by
GB;
(i) "GB Patent Rights", shall mean: Patent Rights owned or controlled
exclusively by GB;
(j) "GB Products", shall mean: Targets for use in the Field;
(k) "GB Research Results", shall mean: Research Results invented or
developed solely by GB;
(1) "Joint Know-How", shall mean: Know-How owned or controlled by both
Maxygen and GB;
(m) "Joint Patent Rights", shall mean: Patent Rights owned or controlled
by both Maxygen and GB;
(n) "Joint Research Results", shall mean: Research Results invented or
developed jointly by Maxygen and GB;
(o) "Know-How", shall mean: all non-patented Research Results which are
owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by license, assignment or otherwise,
by Maxygen and/or GB during the term of this Agreement. It is understood that
Know-How does not include the Maxygen Technology, GB Information or inventions
within the Patent Rights;
(p) "Maxygen Know-How", shall mean Know-How owned or controlled
exclusively by Maxygen;
(q) "Maxygen Products", shall mean: Targets for all uses outside the
Field. Maxygen Products shall additionally include [*******];
(r) "Maxygen Patent Rights", shall mean: Patent Rights owned or controlled
exclusively by Maxygen;
(s) "Maxygen Research Results", shall mean: Research Results invented or
developed solely by Maxygen;
(t) "Maxygen Technology", shall mean: any and all patented and non-
patented data, organisms, know-how, instructions, strains and other information
in the field of Shuffling Technology, owned or controlled by Maxygen as of the
Effective Date or acquired by Maxygen thereafter, not being the Research Results
or Patent Rights, including without limitation the Maxygen patents listed in
Annex 2;
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(u) "Patent Rights", shall mean (i) all patents and patent applications
claiming inventions conceived and reduced to practice during the term of the
Study and derived from the Research Results, (ii) any divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, extensions or other
governmental actions which extend any of the subject matter of the patent
applications or patents in (i) above, and (iii) any substitutions,
confirmations, registrations or revalidations of any of the foregoing, in each
case which are owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by license, assignment
or otherwise by Maxygen and/or GB during the term of this Agreement;
(v) "Products", shall mean: GB Products and Maxygen Products;
(w) "Protocol", shall mean: Annex 3, attached to and forming an integral
part of this Agreement, said Annex containing provisions in respect of the
Study;
(x) "Research Data", shall mean all data, inventions, improvements,
discoveries, instructions, processes, formulas and other information (including,
without limitation, chemical, physical and analytical, safety, manufacturing and
quality control data and information) obtained, developed, conceived and reduced
to practice, or created, discovered or derived in the course of the performance
of the Study;
(y) "Research Materials", shall mean: all tangible property, including
without limitation, assays, invented, obtained, discovered, developed or
derived, or the function or utility of which is discovered or determined, in the
course of the performance of the Study;
(z) "Research Results", shall mean: all Research Data and Research
Materials collectively, including the Know-How but excluding GB Information and
Maxygen Technology;
(aa) "Shuffle", "Shuffled" and "Shuffling", shall mean: the recombination
and/or rearrangement and/or mutation of genetic material for the creation of
genetic diversity;
(bb) "Shuffled Gene", shall mean: (i) any gene variant identified in
the Study using Maxygen Technology, and (ii) any and all modified forms of any
such gene variants, and any fragments or derivatives or variants of the
preceding, made by GB or its Affiliates;
(cc) "Shuffling Technology", shall mean: techniques, methodologies,
processes, materials and/or instrumentation useful for Shuffling, and the
screening of resulting genetic material to identify potential usefulness;
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(dd) "Study", shall mean research on behalf of and for GB, into developing
the Targets utilizing the Maxygen Technology on genes provided by GB;
(ee) "Study Management Committee", shall mean a committee to oversee the
Study, sometimes referred to as the "Research Management Committee";
(ff) "Targets", shall mean: the following specific enzyme compositions
encoded by Shuffled Genes developed in the Study:
- [*******];
- [*******];
- additional enzymes to be provided by GB involved in the [*******].
These additional enzymes shall only be deemed to be part of the
Study if and when, to be decided by the Study Management
Committee, the development of the above mentioned two (2) enzymes
does not fully occupy the time and/or costs allocated under this
Agreement to Maxygen and the Study Management Committee agrees to
make such enzymes part of the Study.
ARTICLE II. STUDY
2.1 As of the Commencement Date, Maxygen shall ensure that the Study will
be carried out in accordance with the Protocol, such that the same will be
completed within a period of three (3) consecutive years or such longer period
as mutually agreed upon by the Parties (the "Study Term").
2.2 The Parties shall, through the Study Management Committee, review the
Study one and a half (1.5) years after the Commencement Date. If at such moment
in time the progress of the Study is not deemed to be successful, the Parties
shall discuss reorienting the Study for the remaining term of the Study.
2.3 Should the Research Results at any time give rise to a mutual wish to
expand the Study or should the Parties wish to extend the duration of the Study
after completion thereof, the Parties shall discuss on the terms and conditions
therefor and decide on any expansion or extension of the Study.
ARTICLE III. CONTRIBUTION BY MAXYGEN
3.1 Maxygen shall have the Study performed under the responsibility and
scientific supervision of Dr. [*******] or such other senior scientific employee
of Maxygen that is reasonably satisfactory to GB.
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3.2 Maxygen shall have the Study performed by [*******] FTE's per year,
consisting of scientists having training and experience relevant to the Study.
These scientists shall be reasonably approved by the Study Management Committee.
3.3 Maxygen shall furnish suitable equipment and the know-how of its
scientific staff for the work to be performed in connection with the Study,
provided, however, that Maxygen shall be under no obligation to purchase
equipment for the Study and Maxygen herewith declares to avail at present of all
equipment necessary to perform the Study.
ARTICLE IV. CONTRIBUTION BY GB
4.1 GB shall test those mutants resulting from the work performed by
Maxygen under this Agreement which pass both the primary and the secondary
screening as described in the Protocol, and provide Maxygen with a written
report on the Research Results obtained within the period of time as stated in
the Protocol.
4.2 GB shall provide Maxygen with the know-how of its scientific staff
connected with the work to be performed under this Agreement, as required by
Maxygen to proceed with the Study, and shall furnish Maxygen assistance insofar
as necessary for the performance of the Study.
4.3 GB shall provide Maxygen with the necessary genes as required by
Maxygen to conduct the Study. These materials remain the property of GB, shall
not be supplied to third parties and shall he used by Maxygen solely for the
purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V. PRICE AND PAYMENT
5.1 In consideration of Maxygen's services rendered under this Agreement,
GB shall pay a total amount of [*******], being [*******] per year. Said latter
amount is based upon GB's support of [*******] FTE scientists per year, each FTE
to cost [*******] per year. The aforementioned amounts shall include any and all
costs, overhead and any and all applicable taxes.
5.2 GB shall pay the fee referred to in Article 5.1 at the rate of
[*******] in advance of each calender quarter the Study is being performed.
However, the last aforedescribed quarterly payment shall not be paid in advance
but upon receipt of the final report referred to in Article 7.2.
Maxygen shall send invoices for the attention of the GB Study leader,
being Mr. [*******] or his replacement, one (1) month in advance of each
payment, each invoice to mention the GB internal payment number, which for 1999
is [*******]. GB
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shall timely provide the [*******] for the following years of the Study. Payment
shall be made by GB within thirty (30) days upon receipt of the relevant invoice
by banktransfer in accordance with the following wire instructions:
Bank of America
Palo Alto Commercial Xxxx. #0000
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Bank Operating Account: Maxygen, Inc.
Contact Bank Person: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: 0-000-0000000
Account Number: [*******]
Routing Transit Number: [*******]
ARTICLE VI. STUDY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
6.1 Promptly following the Commencement Date, the Parties shall establish
the Study Management Committee (SMC). The SMC shall have the responsibility for
monitoring the progress of the Study, establishing milestones, facilitating the
transfer of GB Information, Maxygen Technology and Research Results, approving
the reports written by Maxygen and GB as described in this Agreement, approving
applications for Patent Rights, amending the Protocol, approving the scientists
performing the Study, adjusting the allocation of effort on work undertaken in
the Study as necessary, and all other issues that arise between the Parties.
6.2 The SMC shall comprise two (2) members for Maxygen and two (2) members
for GB, each member to have appropriate knowledge and ongoing familiarity with
the Study. The SMC shall meet within forty-five (45) days or within a longer
period of time mutually agreed upon after every report provided by Maxygen to GB
under Articles 7.1 and 7.2, alternatively at Maxygen's and GB's address or any
other mutually agreed upon place, and at such specific times as shall be
mutually agreed upon by the Parties. Each Party shall pay its own travel costs.
The meetings of the SMC may be held by telephone if agreed by the members. The
SMC shall act by unanimous vote. In the event however that the GB and Maxygen
members cannot resolve an issue, the issue shall be submitted to the Manager
[*******] of GB and the CEO of Maxygen for resolution. If resolution is not
achieved, Article 25 shall apply. For each meeting of the SMC a secretary shall
be appointed, alternatively a Maxygen and GB member of the SMC. The secretary
shall provide within two (2) weeks of every meeting of the SMC draft minutes of
the meeting to the other members of the SMC, which minutes shall be deemed
approved by the SMC if no comments have been received thereon within two (2)
weeks.
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ARTICLE VII. REPORTING REQUIREMENT
7.1 Every six (6) months a progress report shall be written under the
supervision of Maxygen and shall be submitted to GB.
7.2 Maxygen shall present to GB the detailed Maxygen Research Results in a
final report written by Maxygen, said report to be completed within three (3)
months of the completion of the Study. Notwithstanding the above, Maxygen has no
obligation to disclose detailed Shuffling methodology.
7.3 Without prejudice to the above, Maxygen shall have its key scientists
performing the Study meet with representatives of GB in order for such persons
to inform themselves on the progress being made with Maxygen's activities to be
performed under this Agreement and the status of the same unless this would
conflict with a pre-arranged visit by another client. Said meetings shall be
made subject to at least five (5) business days notice and shall occur not more
than once in any reporting period.
7.4 GB shall have the right to have a certified public accountant
reasonably acceptable to Maxygen audit Maxygen's time reporting system to verify
if Maxygen has applied the agreed upon number of FTEs to the Study. If this
audit reveals inaccuracies, Maxygen agrees to correct the situation and make up
the difference.
ARTICLE VIII. SECRECY
8.1 Maxygen shall maintain the secrecy of the GB Information and GB shall
maintain the secrecy of the Maxygen Technology. The receiving Party shall not
disclose the same to any persons other than those of its employees or
consultants necessarily involved in the Study. Maxygen and GB shall obtain
undertakings from all such persons they provide the GB Information, respectively
Maxygen Technology to, prior to his or her receipt of such G3 Information or
Maxygen Technology, to maintain the secrecy thereof and not to use the same in
any way or at any time except as provided for in Sections 8.2 and 6.3 and to
conduct the Study.
In addition, Maxygen and GB shall maintain the secrecy of the Research
Results and the Patent Rights and shall not disclose the same to any persons
other than those of their
- employees or consultants necessarily involved in the Study; and
- Affiliates or sublicensees as necessary for the purpose of this
Agreement.
The Party providing the Research Results and the Patent Rights will obtain from
each such person, prior to his or her receipt of the Research Results and the
Patent Rights,
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undertakings to maintain the secrecy thereof and not to use the same in any way
or at any time except as provided for in Sections 8.2 and 8.3.
8.2 The obligations contained in Section 8.1 shall not apply to GB
Information, Maxygen Technology, Research Results or Patent Rights which:
(a) the receiving Party can establish by competent proof was/were in
its lawful possession at the time of disclosure thereof by the disclosing Party
and was/were not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the disclosing Party;
(b) was/were known to the public or generally available to the public
prior to the date of disclosure thereof by the disclosing Party to the receiving
Party;
(c) become(s) known to the public or generally available to the
public subsequent to the date of disclosure thereof by the disclosing Party to
the receiving Party through no breach of this Agreement, nor any act or failure
to act on the part of the receiving Party; or
(d) is/are disclosed or made available to the receiving Party at any
time by a third party who did not acquire such GB Information or Maxygen
Technology, directly or indirectly, from the disclosing Party.
8.3 The obligations set forth under Section 8.1 shall, furthermore, not
apply to:
- GB Information, Maxygen Technology, the Research Results or the
Patent Rights which a Party is required to disclose in
prosecuting or defending litigation, to comply with applicable
regulations or for conducting clinical trials, provided that the
disclosing Party shall have given its prior written consent
thereto, said consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
and
- Research Results published or disclosed according to the
following procedure. A Party wishing to publish or otherwise
publicly disclose its Research Results shall first submit a draft
of the proposed manuscript to the Study Management Committee for
review by the other Party at least sixty (60) days prior to any
submission for publication or other public disclosure. To avoid
loss of patent rights as a result of premature public disclosure
of patentable information, the reviewing Party shall notify the
submitting Party in writing within thirty (30) days after receipt
of such proposed disclosure whether the reviewing Party desires
that a patent application be filed on any invention disclosed in
such proposed disclosure. In the event that the reviewing Party
desires such filing, the submitting Party
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shall withhold publication or disclosure of such proposed
disclosure until the earlier of (i) the date a patent application
is filed thereon, or (ii) the date the Parties determine after
consultation that no patentable invention exists, or (iii) sixty
(60) days after receipt by the submitting Party of the reviewing
Party's written notice of the reviewing Party's desire to file
such patent application. Further, if the proposed disclosure
contains information that the reviewing Party reasonably deems as
likely to be harmful to its commercial interests, the submitting
Party agrees to remove such information upon request of the
reviewing Party.
ARTICLE IX. OWNERSHIP OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND PATENT RIGHTS
9.1 Maxygen shall have the sole and exclusive ownership of all right,
title and interest on a worldwide basis in and to any Maxygen Research Results
and Maxygen Patent Rights.
GB shall have the sole and exclusive ownership of all right, title and
interest on a worldwide basis in and to any GB Research Results and GB Patent
Rights.
Maxygen and GB shall jointly own all Joint Research Results and Joint
Patent Rights.
9.2 Notwithstanding Article 9.1, Maxygen agrees to assign, and hereby
assigns, to GB all right, title and interest in [*******].
Notwithstanding Article 9.1, GB agrees to assign, and hereby assigns,
to Maxygen all right, title and interest in [*******].
Maxygen and GB agree to execute such documents as are necessary to
result in (i) Maxygen's exclusive ownership of [*******], and (ii) GB's
exclusive ownership of [*******].
9.3 For the sake of clarity, it is understood by the Parties that Maxygen
shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the Maxygen Technology and
GB shall retain all right, title and interest in and to the GB Information.
9.4 In respect of the Research Results owned by the Parties, each Party
shall have the exclusive right to file for worldwide Patent Rights for its
Research Results and to enforce those Patent Rights. Rights to file for and to
enforce Patent Rights to Research Results shall be in accordance with the
assignments of Research Results as stated in Article 9.2. Inventorship of
patentable inventions shall be determined in accordance with the standards
embodied in United States patent law. The Parties agree that,
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notwithstanding such inventorship, rights to Research Results and Patent Rights,
as between the Parties, shall be determined as set forth in this Agreement. The
Party prosecuting Patent Rights shall incur all expenses associated therewith
and all costs of defending any of the said rights and shall be entitled to
retain all monetary recoveries related thereto.
The Party responsible for filing for Patent Rights shall use
reasonable efforts to obtain patent coverage that is as broad as possible to
cover all potential commercial applications thereof, and shall assure that the
other Party will have the opportunity to provide meaningful and substantive
review and comment with respect thereto. Each Party shall be kept informed of
all substantive matters relating to the preparation and prosecution of all
patent applications on the Research Results and shall be provided with copies of
all patent prosecution and maintenance documentation and correspondence so that
the other Party shall be currently and promptly informed of the continuing
prosecution and maintenance of the Patent Rights. Each Party shall have the
right to review and comment upon such documentation and correspondence, as well
as all specifications, claims and responses to office actions prior to their
submission to the relevant government patent office.
Further, each Party shall fully cooperate with and assist the other as
reasonably requested in enforcing and defending Patent Rights.
At the request of either Party, the Study Management Committee shall
reasonably consider a recommendation that, for commercial reasons, there be no
filing for Patent Rights on Research Results.
ARTICLE X. LICENSES FOR MAXYGEN AND GB
10.1 GB herewith grants to Maxygen (i) a non-exclusive, nontransferable,
nonsublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license under GB's interest in the
Research Results and Patent Rights, and (ii) a non-exclusive, nontransferable,
nonsublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license under the GB Information
necessary for the conduct of the Study, in each case solely to conduct the
Study.
10.2 GB herewith grants Maxygen a worldwide, royalty-free exclusive
license under GB's interest in the Research Results and Patent Rights to make,
have made, use, have used, sell, have sold, import, have imported, export and
have exported the Maxygen Products and Shuffled Genes encoding Maxygen Products.
Should GB indicate its wish to use the Research Results and/or Patent Rights for
making, using or selling Maxygen Products, the Parties shall in good faith
negotiate on the terms and conditions for such GB use.
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10.3 Maxygen herewith grants to GB a non-exclusive, nontransferable,
nonsublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license under (i) Maxygen's interest
in the Research Results and Patent Rights, and (ii) any assay technology owned
or controlled by Maxygen determined by the Study Management Committee as
necessary for the performance by GB of its activities in the Study, in each case
solely to conduct the Study.
10.4 Maxygen herewith grants GB a worldwide exclusive license under
Maxygen's interest in the Research Results and Patent Rights to make, have made,
use, have used, sell, have sold, import, have imported, export and have exported
the GB Products and Shuffled Genes encoding GB Products. This license shall be
royalty-bearing in accordance with Article 11. This license shall be
nonsublicensable without Maxygen's prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, [*******]
10.5 In furtherance of the license granted to GB in Article 10.4, Maxygen
agrees that, to the extent necessary for GB to practice the license granted in
Article 10.4, for so long as GB is not in default with respect to any payment
due to Maxygen hereunder, Maxygen shall not bring any claim or action against
GB, its Affiliates, licensees, agents or customers based on or asserting that
the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, import or export of a GB Product in
accordance with the license set forth in Article 10.4 violates or infringes
[*******].
10.6 In the event GB wishes to discontinue any of its Patent Rights, GB
shall promptly inform Maxygen thereof in writing. Maxygen may within four (4)
weeks indicate in writing its interest in such Patent Right in which case the
same shall be transferred to Maxygen at no cost.
In the event Maxygen wishes to discontinue any of its Patent Rights,
Maxygen shall promptly inform GB thereof in writing. GE may within four (4)
weeks indicate in writing its interest in such Patent Right in which case the
same shall be transferred to GB at no cost.
ARTICLE XI. ROYALTIES
11.1 Following the first commercial use of a GB Product by GB, a third
party sublicensee appointed by GB or an Affiliate of XX, XX shall compile
records of the Cost Savings in accordance with Article 11.2 and shall pay to
Maxygen a royalty of [*******] percent [*******] of the Cost Savings per year
during the term of this Agreement as indicated in Article 26.1.
In the event that GB or a GB Affiliate receives any payments,
including without limitation up-front fees, royalties, milestones and rebates,
from a GB Affiliate or a third party sublicensee appointed by GB or an Affiliate
of GB, related to the use, manufacture or sale of a GB Product or a Shuffled
Gene encoding a GB Product,
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Maxygen shall in addition to any royalties due to it pursuant to the previous
paragraph of this Article 11.1, be entitled to receive [*******] percent
[*******] of such payments. Maxygen shall be entitled to an accounting of all
such payments in accordance with Articles 11.2 and 11.3.
11.2 Within sixty (60) days after the end of each six (6) calendar month
period during the term of the Agreement, GB shall render a written report to
Maxygen setting forth for the preceding six (6) calendar months a calculation of
the Cost Savings and a calculation of the royalty payments due for those six (6)
months.
Unless otherwise set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, all royalties
and payments due to Maxygen under this Agreement shall be computed on a six (6)
monthly basis as set forth above and shall be submitted with the report required
in this Article 11.2. Maxygen shall treat these reports as confidential as
provided under Article 8, whether or not they are marked as such.
11.3 GB will keep and maintain complete and accurate books and records as
are required accurately to determine the baseline variable costs as identified
in paragraph 4 of Annex 1 and royalties payable to Maxygen for two (2) years
following the date on which such royalties were paid or reported. Maxygen shall
have the right, at its own expense and through a certified public accountant
reasonably acceptable to GB, to examine such books and records during regular
business hours during the life of this Agreement and for two (2) years after its
termination; provided, however, that the accountant shall report to Maxygen only
as to the amount of Cost Savings and the accuracy of the royalty statements and
payments. If such examination reveals an underpayment, then GB shall promptly
make up such underpayment and if such underpayment is more than five percent
(5%) of the amount due, GB shall also reimburse Maxygen for the reasonable costs
of such examination.
11.4 All payments hereunder shall be made by bank transfer into the bank
account stated in Article 5.2. Where required to do so by applicable law or
treaty, GB shall withhold taxes required to be paid to a taxing authority on
account of such income to Maxygen, and GB shall furnish Maxygen with
satisfactory evidence of such withholding and payment in order to permit Maxygen
to obtain a tax credit or other relief as may be available under the applicable
law or treaty. GB shall cooperate with Maxygen in obtaining exemption from
withholding taxes where available under applicable laws and treaties.
11.5 All payments shall be in United States Dollars and shall be made on
the dates set forth herein. All late payments shall bear interest at a rate to
be determined according to the LIBOR one (1) year rate valid on the date late
payment commences. The monies due to Maxygen calculated hereunder shall first be
determined in the currency of
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the country where GB, its licensees, Affiliates or third parties appointed by GB
have achieved the Cost Savings and then converted into its equivalent United
States Dollars at the average monthly conversion rate for such foreign currency
based on the conversion rates as published in The Wall Street Journal for the
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last month of the accounting period in a report made under Article 11.2.
ARTICLE XII. EXCLUSIVITY; DUE DILIGENCE
12.1 Maxygen agrees that during the Study Term it will not perform for or
otherwise collaborate in research programs with third parties in the Field.
Maxygen will give GB notice and a reasonable opportunity to negotiate rights to
expand the Field during the Study Term to potentially include [*******]. In such
event, if GB and Maxygen agree on terms, the Field shall include those
additional compounds covered by such agreement.
12.2 GB shall actively pursue commercialization of each Shuffled Gene as
described in Annex 1 and 3 and with commercially reasonable diligence at the
same level of effort it makes with its own intellectual property of comparable
potential, stage or development and patent protection. Such efforts shall
include the commercialization of a GB Product within [*******] of delivery of a
Shuffled Gene, said period to be extended if GB indicates a justifiable reason.
Diligence with respect to a particular Shuffled Gene or GB Product shall be
considered diligence with respect to all other Shuffled Genes or GB Products
which resulted from Shuffling of the same starting gene provided that such GB
Product of the gene catalyses the same reaction of compounds in the Field.
12.3 If GB fails to satisfy the diligence obligations in Article 12.2 with
respect to a Shuffled Gene or GB Product or discontinues the commercial sale of
any GB Product prior to the termination of this Agreement, the rights and
licenses granted GB in this Agreement with respect to the applicable Shuffled
Gene or GB Product shall terminate and such rights shall revert to Maxygen.
However, in the event more than one (1) GB Product is derived from the same
Shuffled Gene, and the commercial sale of other GB Products are continued, only
the rights with respect to the discontinued GB Product shall revert to Maxygen.
12.4 GB shall keep Maxygen apprised of the status of the development and
commercialization of each Shuffled Gene or GB Product by providing Maxygen
during the term of this Agreement with a written report within thirty (30) days
after the end of each six (6) month period detailing such activities with
respect to each applicable Shuffled Gene or GB Product. These reports shall
contain sufficient information to allow Maxygen to monitor GB's compliance with
this Agreement. In addition, Maxygen shall have access rights, at its own
expense and through two (2) mutually recognized independent scientific experts
reasonably acceptable to GB, to all pertinent data generated
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by or on behalf of GB with respect to the development of Shuffled Genes or GB
Products, during regular business hours during the life of this Agreement,
provided, however, that the scientific experts shall report to Maxygen only as
to the accuracy and sufficiency of the GB reports referred to above. Maxygen
shall treat these reports and information as confidential as provided under
Article 8, whether or not they are marked as such.
12.5 [*******].
ARTICLE XIII. PUBLICITY
Neither Party shall use the name of the other, its direct or indirect
Affiliates or of any member of its staff, in any publication, news release or
other public announcement without the prior written approval of an authorized
representative of such Party, except as may be required by applicable law or
regulation.
ARTICLE XIV. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
In the performance of all obligations under this Agreement:
(a) Maxygen shall be deemed to be and shall be an independent contractor,
and as such, Maxygen shall not be entitled to any benefits applicable to
employees of GB;
(b) Neither Party is authorized or empowered to act as agent for the other
for any purpose and shall not on behalf of the other enter into any contract,
warranty or representation as to any matter. Neither Party shall be bound by the
acts or conduct of the other Party.
ARTICLE XV. GUARANTEES; LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION
15.1 To Maxygen's knowledge Maxygen Technology does not infringe on any
valid claim of an issued patent held by a third party. Maxygen will be
responsible for securing any licenses needed to [*******] in the conduct of the
Study. GB will be responsible for securing any licenses needed for [*******] in
the conduct of the Study.
15.2 The Parties acknowledge that the research activities contemplated
hereunder are experimental, and that the Study may not be successful. EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATION AND EXTENDS NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO ANY
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, PATENT RIGHTS, KNOW-HOW, SHUFFLING TECHNOLOGY,
SHUFFLED GENES, PRODUCTS OR OTHER TECHNOLOGY, GOODS, SERVICES, RIGHTS OR OTHER
SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT AND VALIDITY
OF TECHNOLOGY OR
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PATENT CLAIMS, ISSUED OR PENDING, WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL OF THE FOREGOING.
15.3 EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, NEITHER MAXYGEN NOR GB WILL BE
LIABLE TO THE OTHER WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT UNDER
ANY CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY
FOR (i) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR LOST
PROFITS OR (ii) COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS, TECHNOLOGY OR SERVICES.
15.4 Except as expressly provided herein, GB shall indemnify, defend and
hold harmless Maxygen, its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (the
"Maxygen Indemnitees") , against any and all liability, damage, loss or expense
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation) incurred by or
imposed upon the Maxygen Indemnitees, or any of them, in connection with any
claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments of third parties, including without
limitation the infringement of intellectual property rights of a third party,
personal injury and product liability matters (except to the extent such claims,
suits, actions, demands or judgments result from a wilful material breach of
this Agreement, gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of a Maxygen
Indemnitee) arising directly out of or in connection with or directly caused by
(i) any actions of GB in the performance of the Study as described in Article
4.1, (ii) the use, development outside the Study, testing, production,
manufacture, promotion, import, export or sale of any GB Product by GB or by an
Affiliate, third party licensee, sublicensee, distributor or agent of GB, (iii)
the use by any person of any GB Product manufactured or sold by GB or by an
Affiliate, third party licensee, sublicensee, distributor or agent of GB, or
(iv) the use by Maxygen or GB of any gene or GB Information in the conduct of
the Study.
15.5 Except as expressly provided herein, Maxygen shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless GB, its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers,
employees and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (the "GB
Indemnitees") , against any and all liability, damage, loss or expense
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation) incurred by or
imposed upon the GB Indemnitees, or any of them, in connection with any claims,
suits, actions, demands or judgments of third parties, including without
limitation personal injury and product liability matters (except to the extent
such claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments result from a wilful material
breach of this Agreement, gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of a
GB Indemnitee) arising directly out of or in connection with or directly caused
by (i) any actions of Maxygen in the performance of the Study, (ii) the use,
development outside the Study, testing, production, manufacture, promotion,
import, export or sale of any Maxygen Product by Maxygen or by an Affiliate,
third party licensee, sublicensee,
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distributor or agent of Maxygen or (iii) the use by any person of any Maxygen
Product manufactured or sold by Maxygen or by an Affiliate, third party
licensee, sublicensee, distributor or agent of Maxygen; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary the foregoing indemnity obligation
shall expressly exclude any and all liability, damage, loss or expense incurred
by a GB Indemnitee in connection with any claims, suits, actions, demands or
judgments relating to [*******]. In addition, Maxygen shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless GB Indemnitees against any and all liability, damage, loss or
expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses of litigation)
incurred by or imposed upon the GB Indemnitees, or any of them, in connection
with any claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments of third parties (except
to the extent such claims, suits, actions, demands or judgments result from a
wilful material breach of this Agreement, gross negligence or wilful misconduct
on the part of a GB Indemnitee) arising directly out of or in connection with
[*******].
ARTICLE XVI. FORCE MAJEURE
16.1 Any obligation of either Party under this Agreement shall be
suspended for as long as and to the extent that the performance of such
obligation is prevented by any Force Majeure situation.
16.2 The Party whose performance is thus suspended shall, however, use all
reasonable efforts to resume performance of the obligations under this Agreement
and after the Force Majeure situation shall have ceased, to accelerate the
progress of the work affected by that Force Majeure.
ARTICLE XVII. ASSIGNMENT
The benefit or burden of this Agreement may not be assigned by either Party
without the prior written consent of the other Party hereto, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
ARTICLE XVIII. FORCE AND EFFECT
The Parties undertake and agree to do all things and to sign all documents
that may be necessary in order to give full force and effect to the reasonable
intention of the present Agreement.
ARTICLE XIX. SEVERABILITY
The Parties agree that no provision of this Agreement which may be deemed
unenforceable shall in any way invalidate any other provision of this Agreement,
all of which shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE XX. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement contains the entire Agreement between the Parties and may
not be altered, amended, modified, or otherwise changed except by the consent in
writing of both Parties.
ARTICLE XXI. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
respective Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and/or permitted assigns.
ARTICLE XXII. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS
The paragraph headings in this Agreement have been incorporated for the
sole purpose of more convenient reference but not for any interpretation of the
clauses to which they refer.
ARTICLE XXIII. WAIVERS
The failure of either Party hereto at any time to take action against the
other Party for breach of its obligations hereunder or the failure of either
Party to terminate this Agreement for cause as herein provided for, shall not
affect either Party's right to require full compliance with the terms of this
Agreement at any time thereafter, and the waiver by either Party of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent
breach thereof nor nullify the effectiveness of such provision nor the right of
such Party to demand redress for its respective losses, damages and claims.
ARTICLE XXIV. NOTICES
All notices shall be in writing mailed via certified mail, return receipt
requested, overnight express mail, courier providing evidence of delivery, or by
telefax with the original copy sent via certified mail, return receipt
requested, addressed as follows, or to such other address as may be designated
by notice so given from time to time:
If to GS: Gist-Brocades B.V.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0
0000 XX Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Attention: Legal Counsel [*******]
with a copy to the Manager
Technology [*******]
If to Maxygen: Maxygen, Inc.
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0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx of America
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Notices shall be deemed given as of the date received.
ARTICLE XXV. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
25.1 Any disputes arising in connection with or deriving from the present
Agreement, which cannot be settled in an amicable way, shall be finally settled
by Arbitration under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce by one
or more Arbitrators appointed in accordance with the said Rules.
The Arbitration shall take place in the place of domicile of the Party
sued.
25.2 This Agreement is subject to the Laws of the State of California.
ARTICLE XXVI. TERM AND TERMINATION
26.1 This Agreement shall be effective as from the Commencement Date and
will remain in force for the longer of the following events: [*******] years as
of the first commercial use by GB, a third party sublicensee appointed by GB or
an Affiliate of GB, of a GB Product, or the life of the last-to-expire valid
claim in the patents listed as Maxygen Technology.
26.2 Without prejudice to the above, the Agreement may be terminated by
written notice on any of the following events:
(a) by either Party in the event of the liquidation or receivership of
the other Party or in the event of suspension of payment if an administrator is
appointed at the other Party; or
(b) by either Party in the event of a material breach by the other
Party of any of its obligations hereunder which, if it can be remedied, remains
unremedied on the expiry of ninety (90) days after receipt by the Party in
breach of written notice from the other Party specifying the breach and the
action required to remedy the same.
26.3 The following provisions shall survive the expiration or termination
of this Agreement for any reason: Articles 4.3, 8, 9, 11.2, 11.3, 13, 15, 17,
21, 25 and 26. Upon the expiration of this Agreement pursuant to Article 26.1,
the licenses as granted under Articles 10.2 and 10.4 shall remain in force with
the proviso that such licenses shall be fully paid-up and non-exclusive.
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26.4 Expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not affect the
rights of either Party against the other in respect of the period up to date of
termination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed in duplicate by their respective duly authorized representatives as of
the date first written above.
MAXYGEN INC. GIST BROCADES B.V.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx By: /s/
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By: By: /s/
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Annex 1
[*******]
[Annex 1 details the Cost Savings Calculation and Commercialization Procedure
used for determining royalties under this Agreement.]
Annex 2
[*******]
[Annex 2 identifies Maxygen Patents and Applications that are licensed to
GB under this Agreement.]
Annex 3
[*******]
[Annex 3 details the specific research activities to be conducted under this
Agreement, timelines for conducting such activities, and technical information
related to the activities to be conducted.]
