EXHIBIT 10.18
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PURSUANT TO A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST
UNDER 17 C.F.R. SECTION 200.80(b)(4)
AND RULE 406 UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is made and entered into
effective as of July 1, 2003 (the "Amendment Effective Date"), by and between
STRUCTURAL GENOMIX, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and having its principal place of business located at
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000 ("SGX") and XXX XXXXX AND COMPANY., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Indiana and
having its principal place of business at Lilly Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, ("Lilly"). Lilly and SGX may be referred to herein as a "Party"
or, collectively, as "Parties".
RECITALS
X. Xxxxx and SGX have entered into a Collaboration and License
Agreement (the "Agreement") effective April 14, 2003, under which the Parties
have agreed to conduct a collaborative research program.
B. The Parties desire to amend the terms of the Agreement to provide,
among other things, for the transfer between the parties of additional
biological materials in furtherance of the research program, as provided in this
Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:
1. AMENDMENT OF THE AGREEMENT
The Parties hereby agree to amend the terms of the Agreement as
provided below, effective as of the Amendment Effective Date. To the extent that
the Agreement is explicitly amended by this Amendment, the terms of the
Amendment will control where the terms of the Agreement are contrary to or
conflict with the following provisions. Where the Agreement is not explicitly
amended, the terms of the Agreement will remain in force. Capitalized terms used
in this Amendment that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meanings as such terms are defined in the Agreement.
1.1 AMEND SECTION 2.1. Section 2.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to delete the third sentence in its entirety and replace it with the following:
"SGX will commit a total of at least [...***...] ([...***...]) [...***...] to
the Research Collaboration during the period between March 26, 2003 and the
[...***...] of the Effective Date, with a minimum of [...***...] ([...***...])
[...***...] being used between March 26, 2003 and December 31, 2003."
1.2 INSERT NEW SECTION 2.4A. The following Section 2.4A is inserted:
"2.4A Additional Materials. In addition to any SGX Materials and Lilly Materials
which may be provided by the parties under Sections 2.3 and 2.4, from time to
time during the Term of the Research Collaboration, SGX and Lilly (each a
"Disclosing Party") may, at the Disclosing Party's discretion, provide the other
Party (the "Receiving Party") with other biological and/or chemical materials,
which materials may be used by the Receiving Party solely for the purposes of
the Research Collaboration. For the purposes of Articles 8 and 9, materials
provided by SGX
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under this Section will be deemed SGX Materials, and materials provided by Lilly
under this Section will be deemed Lilly Materials.
1.3 AMEND SECTION 4.1. Section 4.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to delete subsection (b) in its entirety and replace it with the following: "(b)
Within forty-five (45) days after December 31, 2003, Lilly will pay SGX a
non-refundable research fee of $[...***...], provided that SGX has met the FTE
commitment set forth in Section 2.1 for the period from March 26, 2003 to
December 31, 2003."
1.4 AMEND SECTION 5.2. Section 5.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following sentence: "Notwithstanding the rights granted in Section
5.1(a), Lilly may only use SGX Materials which include or are generated by SGX
using, reagents obtained by SGX from [...***...] Corporation and which are
identified by SGX in writing as "[...***...] Materials", for Lilly's internal
research purposes (on its own behalf or on behalf of its collaborators).
2. MISCELLANEOUS
2.1 FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. This Amendment amends the terms of the
Agreement and is deemed incorporated into, and governed by all other terms of,
the Agreement. The provisions of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment,
remain in full force and effect.
2.2 COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment in
duplicate originals by their authorized officers as of the date and year first
above written.
XXX XXXXX AND COMPANY
By: /s/ [Illegible]
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Title: Vice President DCRT
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STRUCTURAL GENOMIX, INC.
By: /s/ [Illegible]
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Title: President
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