AMENDMENT TO ASSET SALE AGREEMENT December 8, 2006
Exhibit
10.25
AMENDMENT
TO
December
8, 2006
Reference
is made to that certain Asset Sale Agreement (the "Agreement"),
dated
as of October 12, 2005, by and between Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Access"),
and
ULURU Delaware Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ULURU").
Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings given to
them
in the Agreement.
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 14.6 of the Agreement, the Agreement may not be amended
or
modified in any respect except by written instrument executed by each of the
Parties; and
WHEREAS,
the Parties desire to amend the Agreement on the terms set forth
herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree
as
follows:
1. Amendments
to Agreement.
(a) Section
1.1(kk) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the
following:
""Products"
means, collectively the Aphthasol Product, the Mucoadhesive Product and the
ResiDerm Product and any product developed or sold under the License Agreement
or any product developed or sold under the Patents or Patent applications that
were transferred to ULURU pursuant to the Amendment to this Agreement, dated
as
of December 8, 2006, or any improvements or corollaries to the
foregoing."
(b) Sections
3.1(b) and (c) of the Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and
replaced with the following:
"(b) Four
Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,900,000) delivered to Access by ULURU
on December 8, 2006 and Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000)
delivered to Access by Uluru on April 8, 2007.
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted]."
(c) Sections
3.2(a) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) are hereby each deleted in their
entirety.
(d) Section
3.2(a)(vii) of the Agreement is amended as follows:
The
last
milestone of such Section is hereby changed from "$750,000" to "$875,000.
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(e) Section
4.2(b) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the
following:
"(b) [Intentionally
Omitted]. "
(f) Section
4.2(d) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
2. Transfer
of Patent Rights and Know-how.
(a) Access
hereby agrees to sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Uluru and Uluru
agrees to purchase from Access, all rights, title and interest of Access and
its
Affiliates (other than those arising out of the License Agreement attached
to
this Amendment as Exhibit
A)
in and
to the patent applications set forth on Exhibit
B
to this
Amendment (the “Nanoparticle Patents”) and all know-how and trade secrets of
Access relating to its nanoparticle aggregate technology (other than know-how
and trade secrets as they relate solely to intraperotinial, intratumoral,
subcutaneous or intramuscular drug delivery implants), free and clear of all
Encumbrances (as defined in the Agreement).
(b) Access
shall take all necessary action in order to effect the conveyance of the
Nanoparticle Patents to Uluru.
(c) Access
agrees that it shall be responsible for and shall pay for all costs for the
Nanoparticle Patents which are either (i) currently due or (ii) or amounts
the
payment of which has been extended as a result of grace periods (i.e.,
annuities).
3. Zambon
Payment.
Access
agrees to send payment to Zambon of $135,000 within two business days of the
date that the Uluru payment set forth in 1(b) above is credited to Access’
account.
4. Mutual
Releases.
Each of
Access and Uluru shall execute the Mutual Release Agreement attached to this
Amendment as Exhibit
C.
5. Condition
to Effectiveness.
This
Amendment shall not become effective until executed and delivered by each of
the
Parties.
6. Ratification,
Etc.
Except
as expressly amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Agreement are
hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force
and effect. The Agreement and this Amendment shall be read and construed as
a
single agreement. All references to the Agreement shall hereafter refer to
the
Agreement, as amended hereby.
7. No
Waiver.
Except
as set forth herein, nothing contained herein shall constitute a waiver of,
impair or otherwise affect, any obligation of any Party or any rights of any
Party consequent thereon.
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8. Counterparts.
This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
9. Governing
Law.
This
amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflict of
laws.
10. Press
Release.
Each
party shall have the right to review the other party’s press release relating to
this Amendment prior to the release of any such press release.
[signatures
follow]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
each of
the Parties has executed and delivered this Amendment to Asset Sale Agreement
as
of the date first above written.
ACCESS
PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
ULURU,
INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
President, Chief Executive Officer
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