PATENT ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
This
Patent Acquisition Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into and effective as
of February 12, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Nectid Inc., a Delaware
corporation having a principal place of business at 000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Assignor”), and Pro-Tect, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, mailing address c/o Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Attorney at Law, 0000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx (the “Assignee or “Company”).
The Assignee and Assignor are individually referred to as “Party” and
collectively as “Parties”
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS,
Assignor is willing to sell its right, title and interest in certain of its
patents and patent applications to Assignee; and
WHEREAS,
Assignee wishes to acquire such patents and patent applications in a transaction
described herein (the “Acquisition”),
NOW
THEREFORE
In view
of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties
agree as follows:
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Assigned Patents. The
Assigned Patents means all issued patents and pending patent applications,
including any provisional, divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part,
reissue or re-examination applications, or patents issuing therefrom (and
further including any foreign counterpart patents and applications corresponding
thereto), as more particularly set forth in Exhibit A, annexed hereto and by
this reference made a part hereof.
1.2 “Capitalization”
means the financing of the Assignee immediately after the closing date wherein
the financing is to be no less than $ 2.0 million.
1.3 “Commercially
Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the efforts to be expended by Company
with respect to any objective, those reasonable, diligent, good faith efforts to
accomplish such objective as a pharmaceutical company would normally use to
accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances with respect to a
product owned by such company, taking into account the proprietary position of
the product, pricing, the potential profitability of the product, regulatory
considerations and other commercially or scientifically relevant
factors.
1.1 “Company
Disclosure Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.0.
1.2 “Company
RSU” means an award of restricted stock units granted under a Company Equity
Plan that is outstanding as of the relevant date.
1.3 “Company
Option” means an option to acquire Company Common Stock granted under a Company
Equity Plan that is outstanding and unexercised as of the relevant
date.
1.4 “Company
ESPP or Company Equity Plan” means the Company Employee Stock Purchase or
Incentive Plan.
1.5 “Company
SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
1.6 “Developmental
Milestones” means performance or developmental requirements required should
Assignee license the patents from Exhibit A to a third party.
1.7 “DEA”
means United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
1.8 “Effective
Time” means as defined in Section 2.4.
1.9 “Exchange”
means Over The Counter Bulletin Board or NASDAQ
1.10 “FDA”
means Federal Drug Administration.
1.11 “Gross
Revenues” means the total revenues from upfront licensing fees and Milestone
Payments from the Commercialization of the Assigned Patents received from third
parties in a year, as calculated prior to any deductions or
adjustments.
1.12 “Material
Adverse Effect” means any event, change, development or occurrence that, either
individually or in the aggregate with all other events, changes, developments or
occurrences, would have, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material
adverse effect on: (i) the properties, assets, liabilities, business, results of
operations, financial condition of the Company taken as a whole, but excluding
any such event, change, development or occurrence resulting from or arising out
of (A) changes in the financial markets generally in the United States or that
are the result of acts of war or terrorism (B) general national, international
or regional economic, financial, political or business conditions (including
changes in Law or GAAP or the interpretation thereof) affecting generally the
generic pharmaceutical industry or the pharmaceutical industry, which do not
have a materially disproportionate effect (relative to other industry
participants) on the Company taken as a whole, (C) the execution, announcement
and performance of this Agreement, or any actions taken, delayed or omitted to
be taken by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or at the request of
Assignor, (D) any matter of which Assignor or its Representatives has actual
knowledge on the date of this Agreement, and (E) any matter set forth in Section
6 of the Company Disclosure Letter; or (ii) the ability of the Company to
consummate the Acquisition.
1.13 “Milestone
Payments” means all non-royalty income received by the Assignee during the
course of and related to Commercialization of the Assigned Patents.
1.14 “Net
Sales” means the amount of sales generated by a company after the deduction of
returns, allowances for damaged or missing goods and any discounts
allowed.
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1.15 “Permits”
means any material governmental licenses, franchises, permits, certificates,
consents, orders, approvals, filings or other similar authorizations or
notifications required under applicable Law.
1.16 “Person”
means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company,
an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an
unincorporated organization and a Governmental Entity or any department, agency
or political subdivision thereof.
1.17 “Products”
means the pharmaceutical products and services developed during the course of
Commercialization of the Assigned Patents”.
1.18 “Restrictive
Legend” means the restrictive legend on the stock issued to the Assignor under
this Agreement.
1.19 “Royalty”
means the percentage of income to be paid to Assignor based on revenue received
from the commercialization of the Assigned Patents. This includes the recurring
consideration (revenue) received from third parties and the revenue earned by
direct marketing.
1.20 “SEC”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
1.21 “Securities”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
1.22 “Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.23 “Subsidiary”
means any corporation, company, partnership, organization or other entity of
which the securities or other ownership interests having a majority of the
ordinary voting power in electing the board of directors or other governing body
are, at the time of such determination, owned by a company or another
Subsidiary.
1.24 “Tax”
or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts,
franchise, estimated, alternative minimum, add on minimum, sales, use, transfer,
real property gains, registration, value added, excise, natural resources,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profit, environmental, customs,
duties, real property, special assessment, personal property, capital stock,
social security, unemployment, disability, payroll, license, employee or other
withholding, or other tax, of any kind whatsoever, including any interest,
penalties or additions to tax or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing;
the foregoing shall include any transferee or secondary liability for a Tax and
any liability assumed by agreement or arising as a result of being (or ceasing
to be) a member of any Affiliated Group (or by being included (or required to be
included) in any Tax Return relating thereto).
1.25 “Tax
Returns” means any return, report, information return or other document
(including schedules or any related or supporting information) filed or required
to be filed with any Governmental Entity or other authority in connection with
the determination, assessment or collection of any Tax or the administration of
any laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating to any
Tax.
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CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
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The
“Closing” of the Acquisition is subject to the following
conditions:
2.1 Due Diligence for Assigned
Patents. The Assignee and its attorneys, representatives and agents shall
have satisfactorily completed their due diligence investigation of the Assignor
and the Assigned Patents. Between the Effective Date and the Closing,
these representatives shall be given full access to all files owned or
controlled by Assignor (excluding all documents covered by Assignor’s
attorney-client privilege) relating to the ownership, prosecution or issuance of
the Assigned Patents (collectively, the “Assigned Patents
Files”). Assignor agrees to cause its officers and management to
cooperate fully with Assignee’s representatives and agents and to make
themselves available to the extent reasonably necessary to complete the due
diligence process and the Closing of the Acquisition.
2.2 Due Diligence for
Assignee. The Assignor and its attorneys representatives and agents shall
have satisfactorily completed their due diligence investigation of the Assignee.
Between the Effective Date and the Closing, these representatives of the
Assignor shall be given full access to all files related to the Assignee’s
current and past, pending contracts, obligations, loans, liabilities and legal
actions against Assignee.
2.3 Closing Date. The
Closing of the Acquisition shall take place on a date to be mutually agreed by
Assignor and Assignee, but in no event later than February 26, 2010 (the
“Closing Date”), provided, however, that the Parties allow the due diligence
process set out in Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 above (the “Due Diligence”) to
commence at least two weeks prior to the Closing Date. If the Parties
fail to do so, then the Closing Date shall be two weeks from such
date.
2.4 Effective
Time. As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the
Assignee hereto shall cause the filing of a registration statement on Form 10 or
other SEC forms as may be required to cause the Company Securities to be listed
on an Exchange (the date and time of such filing, or if another date and time is
specified in such filing, such specified date and time, being the “Effective
Time”).
2.5 Document Return or
Disposition. In the event the Acquisition fails to close on or before the
Closing Date specified in Section 2.3 above, unless otherwise agreed to in a
writing signed by the Parties, the Parties shall (i) immediately return to each
other all files and materials made available by each other or their respective
attorneys or agents under Section 2.1 and Section 2.2 hereof or otherwise under
this Agreement (together with all copies of such files and materials made by the
Parties or their respective attorneys or agents, expressly excluding any
materials containing information protected by attorney-client privilege,
attorney work product, or any other applicable privilege), (ii)
immediately destroy and discard, or cause to be destroyed or discarded, all
notes, memoranda, analyses, opinions, recordings, and any other written or
recorded information or media prepared by the Parties or their respective
attorneys or agents (including materials containing information protected by
attorney-client privilege, attorney work product, or any other applicable
privilege), and (iii) Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Association,
Financial Statements, SEC Filings, State Corporate Filings, State and Federal
Tax Filings, Corporate Record Book, Approvals, Stock Certificates as a result
of, or in connection with, the review by the Parties of any non-public files or
materials made available by the Parties to each other under Section 2.1 and
Section 2.2 hereof or otherwise under this Agreement.
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ASSIGNMENT
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3.1 Assignment of Assigned
Patents. Assignor agrees to sell, transfer and assign its entire right,
title and interest in the Assigned Patents to Assignee pursuant to the Patent
Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit A, free and clear of all liens, mortgages,
pledges, security interests, prior assignments and encumbrances of any kind or
nature whatsoever. On the Closing Date, Assignor shall execute
and have notarized a Patent Assignment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
and by this reference made a part hereof, for filing by Assignee with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) and any foreign patent office that is
relevant. Upon the Closing of the Acquisition, this Patent Assignment
shall be effective and, thereafter, (i) Assignee shall have sole responsibility
and authority to prosecute any pending patent application included in the
Assigned Patents, and (ii) Assignee shall assume responsibility for all fees and
expenses associated with the Assigned Patents including, without limitation, all
maintenance, annuity and prosecution-related fees and expenses.
3.2 Further Assurances as to
Assigned Patents. At any time and from time to time after the Closing of
the Acquisition, at Assignee’s reasonable request and expense, Assignor shall
promptly execute and deliver, and shall cause its officers and employees (when
appropriate) to execute and deliver, in a form reasonably acceptable to
Assignee, such instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and
confirmation as may reasonably be required, and shall take such other action as
Assignee may reasonably request, to more effectively transfer, convey and assign
to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in the Assigned Patents
and to confirm such sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment by Assignor to
Assignee. In the event that a party becomes aware of any existing
patent or pending patent application that is covered by the definition of
Assigned Patents, but which is not currently listed on Exhibit A, such patent or
patent application shall automatically be added to Exhibit A and shall be deemed
to constitute Assigned Patents for all purposes hereunder. Prior to
the Closing of the Acquisition, Assignor will procure a certification from Ram
Sesha (the “Assigned Patents Inventor”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B and by this reference made a part hereof, in which the Assigned Patents
Inventor certifies that (i) the inventor named in the issued U.S. patents listed
in Schedule 1 of this Agreement is the inventor of the claimed subject matter
therein, (ii) the inventor has no knowledge of any mis-joinder or non-joinder of
inventorship in the Assigned Patents, and (iii) he has assigned all of his
ownership interests in the Assigned Patents to Assignor.
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3.3 Retention by Assignor of
Non-Assigned Patents and Patent Applications. Any and all
Patents and Patent Applications currently owned by Assignor and not included as
an Assigned Patent in Exhibit A, or to be acquired in the future, shall be
deemed and referred to herein as “Non-Assigned Patents and Patent Applications.”
Assignor shall own all right, title and interest in and to the Non-Assigned
Patents and Patent Applications and, after the closing of the Acquisition as
described elsewhere in this Agreement, Assignor shall continue to own all right,
title and interest in and to Non-Assigned Patent. No portion of the Non-Assigned
Patent and Patent Applications is being sold, transferred, conveyed or assigned
by Assignor to Assignee under this Agreement or otherwise.
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CONSIDERATION
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4.1 Payment. In
consideration of the Acquisition, the Assignee will pay to the Assignor, or as
the Assignor may otherwise direct, an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of
Assignee’s authorized but previously unissued common stock, which shares shall
be deemed “restricted securities” as defined by Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933. Of the 7,000,000 shares, 5,000,000 shares
will be issued and delivered to Assignor at the Closing of the Acquisition and
the balance of 2,000,000 shares will be issued and delivered to Assignor, upon
completion of the immediate first round of Capitalization of the Assignee as
defined in Section 1.2.
4.1A Following the Closing
of the Acquisition, Assignee shall use its best efforts to cause to be prepared
and filed with the SEC a registration statement on an appropriate form pursuant
to the Securities Act, which registration statement shall include 2,000,000
shares of the 5,000,000 shares that are to be issued to Assignor at the
Closing. The shares to be included in the registration statement may
be subject to limitations imposed by the SEC.
4.2 Royalty. As
further consideration for the Acquisition of the Assigned Patents, Assignee
agrees to pay to Assignor as below:
4.2A
If revenues from the Commercialization of the Assigned Patents are received from
a third party for licensing fees or Milestone Payments, Assignor shall be paid
20% of the Gross Revenues received by the Assignee for the licensing fees and
Milestone Payments;
4.2B
If the earnings from the Commercialization of the Assigned Patents, are by
direct sales, the Assignor shall be paid 20 % of Net Sales:
The
Royalty, in either case, shall be paid in cash on a quarterly basis within
ninety (90) days from filing the Form 10-Q for the applicable quarterly
period.
4.3. Milestone
Payments. As further consideration for the Acquisition of the
Assigned Patents, Assignee agrees to pay to Assignor 10% of all the Milestone
Payments received by Assignee from the commercial exploitation of the Assigned
Patents. The Milestone Payment shall be paid in cash within sixty (60) days of
its receipt.
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4.4 Employment Agreement.
Upon the Closing of the Acquisition, the President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Assignor would become the Chief Operating Officer of the Assignee under
an Employment Agreement effective concurrently with entering into this
Agreement. The terms of the Employment Agreement shall be similar to those
applicable to the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Assignee and to
be negotiated by the Parties in good faith. During the employment period, the
Chief Operating Officer of the Assignee shall serve as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company.
4.5 Directors and
Officers. Upon the Closing of the Acquisition, the
Assignor would nominate two individuals of repute to the Board of Directors of
the Assignee, under the terms of an agreement similar to those applicable to
other Board of Directors, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate
of incorporation and bylaws of the Assignee. The officers of the
Company immediately prior to the Closing of the Acquisition, save for Section
4.4, shall be the current officers of the Assignee, each to hold office in
accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the
Assignee.
4.6 Removal of Restrictive
Legend. Assignee shall consent to the removal of Restrictive
Legend on the stock issued to Assignor hereunder, upon receiving a written
request from the Assignor. The consent shall be provided within thirty days of
receipt of a written request from the Assignor and shall be subject to any
exceptions and limitations imposed by relevant securities and corporate
laws.
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DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM
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4A.1 Development
Program. The Assignee shall prepare and implement a
development program in respect of the Assigned Patents. The development program
must be consistent with the usual practice followed in the industry to develop
and commercialize Products, covered by the Assigned Patents listed in Exhibit A,
through a commercialization program, which program shall include but not be
limited to the development, marketing, promotion, distribution and sale of
Products.
4A.2 Developmental Obligations of
Assignee. The Assignee shall, at its sole cost and expense,
diligently prepare, manage, implement, and prosecute the Development Program and
commercialize the Assigned Patents in accordance with Section 4.A.
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Commercially
Reasonable Efforts must begin within 12 months of Effective Date. The
Assignee shall provide regular (not less than annual) updates to the Chief
Operating Officer of the Assignor in respect of the management,
implementation, and prosecution of the Development
Program.
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4A.3 Developmental
Milestones. As partial satisfaction of the requirements or the
developmental program above and subject to the subsequent paragraph, Assignee
shall achieve the following developmental milestones by the dates set forth
below:
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(i)
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File
an IND application for at least one Product within two years of Closing of
this Agreement;
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(ii)
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Initiate
clinical studies for at least one Product within three years of Closing of
this Agreement;
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(iii)
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Commercialize
at least one Product within five years of Closing this
Agreement;
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(iv)
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Other
diligence provisions as agreed on by the Parties in
writing;
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
DISCLAIMERS OF ASSIGNOR
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Assignor
represents and warrants to Assignee as follows:
5.1 Assigned Patents.
Exhibit A hereto lists all patents and patent applications included within the
definition of Assigned Patents under this Agreement.
5.2 Ownership of Assigned
Patents. Assignor is the sole and exclusive owner of the Assigned
Patents, and it has the unencumbered right to sell and transfer its entire
right, title and interest in the Assigned Patents to Assignee as contemplated
hereby. The Assigned Patents are free and clear of all liens,
mortgages, pledges, security interests, prior assignments or encumbrances, and
any restrictions on transfer.
5.3 Files. Assignor shall
use its best efforts to provide to Assignee all existing files and records
specified in Section 2.1 hereof as the Assigned Patents Files.
5.4 Licenses as to Assigned
Patents. Assignor has not granted any license or right under any of the
Assigned Patents to any third party.
5.5 Status of Assigned
Patents. All maintenance fees required to be paid as of the Closing Date
with respect to all issued U.S. patents listed in Exhibit A hereto have been or
shall be paid by Assignor.
5.6 Sufficiency of Rights as to
Assigned Patents. All issued patents included as Assigned Patents are
existing and in full force and effect. At the Closing of the
Acquisition, Assignor will assign its entire right, title and interest in the
Assigned Patents to Assignee. The execution of this Agreement will
not result in the loss or impairment of the right, title and interest in the
Assigned Patents that Assignor will convey to Assignee at Closing.
5.7 Claims as to Assigned
Patents. To the best of Assignor’s knowledge, there are no actions,
suits, investigations, claims or proceedings threatened, pending or in progress
relating to the Assigned Patents. To the best of Assignor’s
knowledge, none of the Assigned Patents have been or are currently involved in
any reexamination, reissue, interference proceeding or any similar proceeding
and no such proceedings are pending or threatened. No settlement
agreements, consents, judgments, orders, forbearance to xxx or similar
obligations limit or restrict Assignor’s rights in and to any of the Assigned
Patents. Assignor has not asserted any claim against any third party
relating to infringement of the Assigned Patents.
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5.8 No Prior Disclosures as to
Assigned Patents. To the best of Assignor’s knowledge, Assignor has made
no public disclosures of any non-public portion of the claimed subject matter
contained in the Assigned Patents prior to filing with the USPTO a U.S. patent
application pertaining to any such non-public portion.
5.9 Status of
Assignor. Assignor is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the corporate power
to own its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted and is
duly qualified to do business in any jurisdiction where so required except where
the failure to so qualify would have no material negative impact.
5.10 Authorization of
Assignor. Assignor hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by Assignor, and constitutes the
valid and legally binding obligation of Assignor, enforceable in accordance with
its terms and conditions. The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by Assignor, and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Assignor are necessary to authorize this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.11 No Tax Advice from Assignee
or its Agents. Assignor has had an opportunity to review with
its own tax advisors the foreign, federal, state and local tax consequences of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Assignor is relying
solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of Assignee
or any of its agents and understands that Assignor (and not Assignee) shall be
responsible for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.12 No Legal Advice from
Assignee or its Agents. Assignor acknowledges that it has had the
opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement with its own legal counsel. Assignor is relying solely on
such counsel and not on any statements or representations of Assignee or any of
its agents for legal advice with respect to this investment or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except for representations, warranties and
covenants set forth under Section 6.0 herein.
5.13 Restricted
Securities. Assignor acknowledges that the shares of
Assignee’s common stock that Assignor will receive hereunder in consideration
for assigning the Assigned Patents to Assignee, are deemed “restricted
securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, and are being issued pursuant to an exemption or exemptions from such
Act. Assignor further acknowledges that it may not sell or otherwise
transfer the subject shares except pursuant to a registration statement or in
reliance upon an exemption to registration under the Securities Act of
1933.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF ASSIGNEE
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Except as
set forth in this Agreement, the Assignee’s SEC Reports or in the corresponding
section of the Company Disclosure Letter delivered to Assignor by the Company
concurrently with entering into this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”)
(it being understood that any information set forth in a particular section of
the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be disclosed in each other
section of the Company Disclosure Letter to which the relevance of such
information is reasonably apparent), the Assignee represents and warrants to
Assignor that:
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6.1 Status of
Assignee. Assignee is a duly organized corporation, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, has the
corporate power to own its property and to carry on its business as now being
conducted and is duly qualified to do business in any jurisdiction where so
required except where the failure to so qualify would have no material negative
impact. The Assignee has made available to Assignor a complete and correct copy
of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended to date, of the
Assignee.
6.2 Subsidiaries. Except
as set forth in Section 6.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the does not have
any subsidiaries.
6.3 Authorization of
Assignee. Assignee has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and
to consummate, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming that this Agreement is a
valid and binding obligation of Assignor, this Agreement constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy laws, other similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the
availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. As
of the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company has
approved and adopted this Agreement and, subject to Section X.X has resolved to
recommend that the Company’s stockholders approve this Agreement.
6.4 Capitalization. Assignee
has an authorized capitalization of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.005
par value, of which 33,163,012 shares are presently issued and
outstanding. All outstanding shares of Assignee’s common stock are,
and will be at the Closing Date, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There are no existing options, calls, claims, warrants,
preemptive rights, registration rights or commitments of any character relating
to the issued or unissued common stock or other securities of Company. Except as
set forth in Section 6.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter and other than
pursuant to (i) the Rights Agreement and (ii) the Company Equity Plans, there
are no outstanding, and there have not been reserved for issuance any, (i)
shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company; (ii)
securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock or voting securities of the Assignee or its Subsidiaries; (iii) Company
Options, Company RSUs or other rights or options to acquire from the Company, or
obligations of the Company to issue, any shares of capital stock, voting
securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock or voting securities of the Company, as the case may be, or (iv) equity
equivalent interests in the ownership or earnings of the Company or other
similar rights (the items in clauses (i) through (iv) collectively,
“Securities”). There are no outstanding obligations of the Company to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Securities. There are no
stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to
which the Company is a party or by which the Assignee is bound relating to the
voting or registration of any shares of capital stock of the Company or
preemptive rights with respect thereto.
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6.5 Company SEC
Reports. The Company currently does not have any securities
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), either under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor is the
Company currently obligated to file such registration statements or to make any
annual, quarterly or periodic reports with the SEC or to make and file any other
SEC Reports.
6.6. No
Liabilities. There are no liabilities or obligations of the
Company (whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined or determinable) that
would be required by GAAP to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company other than liabilities or obligations disclosed or provided for in the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Assignee as of Closing Date under
Section 6.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company represents
there are no liabilities or obligations under any agreement, contracts, lease,
note, mortgage, indenture or other obligation of the Company, which is not in
violation of the terms of this Agreement.
6.7 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events. Except as disclosed in the Company Disclosure
Letter of this agreement, since its incorporation and prior to the date of this
Agreement, the business of the Company has been conducted in all material
respects in the ordinary course consistent with past practice. Since
its incorporation till the Closing Date, there has not been any event,
occurrence or development that has had, either individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 Tax
Matters. The Company has filed all material federal, foreign,
state, county and local income, excise, property and other Tax Returns that are
required to be filed by them (taking into account any extensions of time to file
that have been duly perfected). Except as set forth on the Section
6.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter, all Taxes shown as owing by the Company on
all such Tax Returns have been fully paid or properly accrued. The
Company has no knowledge that (i) the provision for Taxes on the Current Balance
Sheet is insufficient for all accrued and unpaid Taxes as of the date thereof
and (ii) all material Taxes which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated to
withhold from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or third party have not
been fully paid or properly accrued. There are no material Liens with
respect to any Taxes upon any of the Company’s assets, other than (i) Taxes, the
payment of which is not yet due, or (ii) Taxes or charges being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings.
6.9 Litigation. Except
as set forth in Section 6.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no
action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration or proceeding pending or, to the
Company 's knowledge, threatened against the Company or its assets or
properties, or its officers and directors, in their capacity as such, before or
by any court, arbitrator or Governmental Entity, that, would have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There
are no unsatisfied judgments or awards, decrees, injunctions, rules or orders of
any Governmental Entity, court or arbitrator outstanding against the Assignee
that would materially and adversely affect the Company’s ability to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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6.10. Employee Benefit
Plans. Except as listed in Section 6.10 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, with respect to employees of the Company, the Company does
not maintain or contribute to any “employee benefit plans” (as defined under
Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) or any other material employee benefit plans, policies, stock option
plan, agreements, arrangements or program (collectively, the “Employee Benefit
Plans”). Except as listed in Section 6.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i)
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not
give rise to any material severance liability, or accelerate the time of payment
or vesting or increase the amount or value of compensation or benefits due to
any employee of the Company solely by reason of such transactions or by reason
of a termination of employment following such transactions.
6.11. Compliance with Laws;
Permits. Except as set forth in Section 6.11 of the Company
Disclosure Letter or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company is
in compliance in all material respects with all Laws applicable to the Company,
including without limitation the Laws enforced and regulations issued by the
DEA, the Department of Health and Human Services and its constituent agencies,
the FDA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Office of
Inspector General, including without limitation the anti-kickback law (Social
Security Act § 1128B(b)) and analogous Laws of the various states, the drug
price reporting requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act,
and the Laws precluding off-label marketing of drugs. The
Company is not debarred under the Generic Drug Enforcement Act of
1992 and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company does not employ or use the
services of any individual who is debarred. Except as would not have
a Material Adverse Effect, to Company’s knowledge, the Company is not under
investigation with respect to, or has the Company been threatened in writing to
be charged with or been given written notice of any violation of, any applicable
Law.
6.12. Affiliated
Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 6.12 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has no knowledge that any officer,
director, stockholder or Affiliate of the Company is a party to any material
agreement, contract, commitment or transaction with the Company or has any
material interest in any material property used by the Company.
6.13. Employees. Except
as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has
not experienced any strike or material grievance, claim of unfair labor
practices, or other collective bargaining dispute within the past two
years. The Company has not committed any material unfair labor
practice. Except as set forth in Section 6.12 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the Company has no knowledge that any organizational effort
presently being made or threatened by or on behalf of any labor union with
respect to employees of the Company.
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6.14. Brokerage. Except
as set forth in Section 6.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Person is
entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or similar compensation in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on any arrangement or
agreement made by or on behalf of the Company for which Assignor could become
liable or obligated.
6.15. Contracts. Except
as set forth in Section 6.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the Company’s
knowledge neither the Company nor any other party, is in breach, default or
violation (and no event has occurred or not occurred through the Company’s
action or inaction or, to the Company’s knowledge, through the action or
inaction of any third party, that with notice or the lapse of time or both would
constitute a breach, default or violation) of any term, condition or provision
of any Contract to which the Company is now a party, or by which its properties
or assets may be bound, except for breaches, defaults or violations that would
not have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.16
Vote
Required. No shareholder approval is required for the Company
to execute and perform the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
such shareholder vote is anticipated.
6.17. Approval. The
Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Acquisition, this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such approval is
sufficient to render this Agreement effective.
6.18. Conduct of the
Business. The Company covenants and agrees, as set forth in
Section 6.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, that from the date of this
Agreement and continuing until the Effective Time, except as expressly
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, as required by Law or to the extent
Assignor shall otherwise consent in writing, which decision regarding any such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed:
(a) the
Company shall conduct its business in all material respects only in the ordinary
and usual course and, to the extent consistent therewith, it shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to (i) subject to prudent management of
workforce needs and ongoing programs currently in force, preserve its business
organization intact and maintain its existing relations and goodwill with
customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors, lessors, employees and business
associates, (ii) maintain and keep material properties and assets in good repair
and condition and (iii) maintain in effect all material governmental Permits
pursuant to which such party currently operates; and
(b) the
Company shall not (i) issue, sell or redeem any shares of its capital stock,
(ii) issue, sell or redeem any securities convertible into, or options with
respect to, warrants to purchase, or rights to subscribe for, any shares of its
capital stock (other than pursuant to the terms of the Company ESPP, any
Employee Benefit Plan or any awards made under the Company Equity Plans), (iii)
effect any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split or
like change in its capitalization, (iv) amend its certificate or articles of
incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents), except for
amendments, which would not prevent or materially impair the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (v) except as set forth in
Section 6.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, make any acquisition
of, or investment in, assets or stock (whether by way of merger, consolidation,
tender offer, share exchange or other activity) in any transaction or any series
of related transactions.
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6.19 No Control of the Company’s
Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give
Assignor, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s
operations prior to the Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt,
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as prohibiting or requiring the
consent of Assignor with respect to any of the matters described in Section 6.19
of the Company Disclosure Letter.
6.20 Shareholder
List. There are no existing options, calls, claims, warrants,
preemptive rights, registration rights or commitments of any character relating
to the issued or unissued common stock or other securities of Company, except as
set forth in Section 6.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter. Section 6.20 of the
Company Disclosure Letter constitutes the complete copy of the Company's
shareholder records.
6.21 No Other Representations or
Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any other Person makes any
other express or implied representation or warranty on behalf of the
Company.
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CONFIDENTIALITY
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7.1 The
Assigned Patents Files shall be treated by Assignee as “Confidential
Information” of Assignor until the Closing of the
Acquisition. Thereafter, the Assigned Patents Files and the Assigned
Application Files shall be treated by Assignor as “Confidential Information” of
Assignee. If, for any reason, the Acquisition does not close,
Assignee shall continue to treat the Assigned Patents Files and the Assigned
Application Files as “Confidential Information” of Assignor and, further,
Assignee shall comply with the provisions of Section 2.5 hereof in connection
with the return or disposal of such files and materials.
7.2 Each
party agrees that it will not disclose, publish, or disseminate Confidential
Information of the other to anyone other than those of its employees, legal
counsel or other persons with a demonstrated need to know, and further agrees to
take reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use, disclosure,
publication, or dissemination of Confidential Information. The
obligations of confidentiality contained in this Section will not apply to the
extent that it can be established by the recipient of “Confidential Information”
hereunder that such Confidential Information was; a) was generally available to
the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure
to the recipient; b) became generally available to the public or otherwise part
of the public domain after its disclosure and other than through any act or
omission of the recipient in breach of this Agreement; c) was rightfully
disclosed to recipient by a third party without restriction after the date
hereof or d) is required to be disclosed to comply with any law, order, decree
or government or stock exchange request, in which case (i) the recipient will
provide the disclosing party with prompt written notice so that said disclosing
party may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive
compliance with the confidentiality provisions hereof and (ii) in the event such
protective order or other remedy is not obtained, or that compliance with the
confidentiality provisions hereof is waived, the recipient will furnish only
such portion of such information which it is advised in writing by counsel is
legally advisable to furnish and will use its reasonable best efforts at the
expense of the disclosing party to obtain reliable assurance, to the extent
available, that confidential treatment will be accorded such information. For
purposes of this Section 7.2, the Party disclosing information will be deemed
the “disclosing party” and the Party receiving the information will be
deemed as the “recipient”..
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7.3 The
provisions of this Section 7.0 will survive any termination or expiration of
this Agreement.
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GENERAL
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8.1 Governing Law and
Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of New York without
regard to principles of conflicts of law. Each party hereby agrees to
jurisdiction and venue in the courts of the State of New York or the Federal
courts sitting therein for all disputes and litigation arising under or relating
to this Agreement.
8.2 No Waiver. Failure by
either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement will not be deemed a
waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision.
8.3 Independent
Contractors. The relationship of Assignor and Assignee established by
this Agreement is that of independent contractors, and nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed (i) to give either party the power to direct or
control the day-to-day activities of the other, or (ii) to constitute the
parties as partners, joint venturers, co-owners or otherwise as participants in
a joint or common undertaking.
8.4 Section Headings. The
section headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
8.5 Interpretation. The
parties agree that this Agreement shall be fairly interpreted in accordance with
its terms without any strict construction in favor of or against either party
and that ambiguities shall not be interpreted against the drafting
party.
8.6 Severability. If for
any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of this
Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision of the
Agreement will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the
intent of the parties, and the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full
force and effect.
8.7 Disclaimers. This
Agreement does not confer by implication, estoppel, laches or by any other means
any license or any right other than those expressly granted
herein.
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8.8 Expenses. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all parties will be responsible for their
own costs and expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in connection with this
Agreement.
8.9 Injunctive Relief.
The parties agree that a material default of the provisions of this Agreement by
a party hereto could cause irreparable injury to the other party for which
monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy and such other party shall be
entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific
performance, in addition to any remedies it may have hereunder or at
law.
8.10 Infringement. In
the event that Assignee or Assignor is named as a defendant in any patent
infringement lawsuit brought as a result of Assignee’s efforts to market a
Product during the commercialization of the Assigned Patents, Assignor shall
fully cooperate with Assignee in the handling of all such claims or lawsuits,
assist in production and location of evidence and provide other assistance as
requested by Assignee, including assistance with discovery, depositions and
expert testimony. Assignee shall have the obligation to undertake the control
and defense of such Infringement Action, including the satisfaction of resulting
legal fees and expenses, whether such action was brought against Assignor or
Assignee. Assignee shall be responsible for the coordination and payment of
legal activities and shall promptly reimburse all costs incurred by the
Assignor. Assignee shall be solely responsible for, and hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless Assignor and its affiliates against, damages,
claims, penalties, all legal fees and related expenses incurred by the Assignee
in the satisfaction of its obligations.
8.11 Notices. All notices
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, shall make
reference to this Agreement, and shall be delivered by hand or dispatched by
prepaid air courier or by registered or certified airmail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the President or Chief Financial Officer of the party to be
notified at the address first listed herein as the principal place of business
for such party. Such notices shall be deemed served when received by the
addressee or, if delivery is not accomplished due to some fault of addressee,
when tendered for delivery. Either party may give written notice to
the other of a change of address and, after notice of such change has been
received, any notice or request shall thereafter be given to such party at such
changed address.
8.11 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, including any Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto, which are
hereby incorporated by reference, constitutes the entire understanding of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior
agreements or representations, oral or written, regarding such subject
matter. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except in a
writing signed by a duly authorized representative of both parties.
8.12 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an
original and all of which shall constitute together the same
document. It is further agreed that the delivery by facsimile, e-mail
or other recognized electronic medium of an executed counterpart of this
Agreement will be deemed to be an original and will have the full force and
effect of an original executed copy.
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8.13 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the parties hereto, in whole or in part (whether by
operation of Law or otherwise), without the prior written consent of the other
parties, and any attempt to make any such assignment without such consent shall
be null and void.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
duly authorized representatives:
Pro-Tect,
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EXHIBIT
A
PATENT
ASSIGNMENT
For good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Nectid Inc. (“ASSIGNOR”), hereby
sells, assigns, transfers, and sets over its entire right, title, and interest
in and to the patents and patent applications listed below as the “Assigned Patents”,
including any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue or
re-examination applications, or patents issuing therefrom to Pro-Tect,
Inc. (“ASSIGNEE”) and its
successors and assigns.
Assigned
Patents:
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Novel
Tapentadol combinations for treating pain 61/004,029
dated November 23, 2007
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2
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TAPENTADOL
COMPOSITIONS (WO2009067703) PCT/US2008/0844
dated November 21, 2008
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3
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/215,846 dated May 11,
2009
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4
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/216, 399 Dated May 18,
2009
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5
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/269,450 Dated June 25,
2009
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6
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/215, 010 Dated May 1,
2009
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7
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/197,625 Dated October 30,
2008
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8
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/205, 312 Dated January 21,
2009
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9
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/ /268, 630 Dated June 15,
2009
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10
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NOVEL
AND POTENT TAPENTADOL DOSAGE FORMS PCT/US2009/05866 Dated
Oct 29, 2009
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11
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Novel
Tapentadol Formulations 61/210, 469 Dated March 20,
2009
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12
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Abuse
Proof Delivery Systems 61/217,434 Dated June 1,
2009
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13
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Novel
GABA Analog Dosage Forms
(NTD01302010)
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ASSIGNOR
hereby further sells, conveys, assigns, transfers, and sets over unto ASSIGNEE
ASSIGNOR’s entire right, title, and interest in and to the aforesaid patents and
patent applications in the United States and each and every country foreign to
the United States; and ASSIGNOR further conveys to ASSIGNEE all priority rights
resulting from the Assigned Patents, and all ASSIGNOR’s rights under any claim,
including all causes of action for infringement, which arose at any time prior
and up to the conveyance of said Assigned Patents to ASSIGNEE under this Patent
Assignment.
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At any
time and from time to time after the date of this Patent Assignment, at
ASSIGNEE’s reasonable request and expense, ASSIGNOR promptly shall execute and
deliver, and shall cause its officers and employees (when appropriate) to
execute and deliver, in a form reasonably acceptable to ASSIGNOR, such
instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation as may
reasonably be required, and shall take such other action as ASSIGNEE may
reasonably request, to more effectively transfer, convey and assign to ASSIGNEE
all of ASSIGNOR’s right, title and interest in the Assigned Patents and to
confirm such sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment by ASSIGNOR to
ASSIGNEE.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, ASSIGNOR has hereunto set its hand and seal on the date
below.
By:
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President
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Date:
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State
of n
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County
of n
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Subscribed
and sworn to before me
this n day of
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200n
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Notary Public
of n
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My
commission expires: n
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EXHIBIT
B
CERTIFICATION OF
CO-INVENTORS
In
connection with a certain patent acquisition agreement dated n
between Nectid Inc. (“Nectid”) and
Pro-Tect, Inc. (“Pro-Tect”), Nectid has been asked n to
provide a certification as to certain matters relating to the patents and patent
applications listed below as “Nectid
Patents”).
Nectid
Patents:
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Novel
Tapentadol combinations for treating pain 61/004,029
dated November 23, 2007
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TAPENTADOL
COMPOSITIONS (WO2009067703) PCT/US2008/0844
dated November 21,
2008
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/215,846 dated May 11,
2009
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/216, 399 Dated May 18,
2009
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·
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/269,450 Dated June 25,
2009
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·
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Novel
Slow Release Tapentadol Compositions 61/215, 010 Dated May 1,
2009
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·
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/197,626 Dated October 27,
2008
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·
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/205, 312 Dated January 21,
2009
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·
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Novel
and Potent Tapentadol Compositions 61/ 61/268, 630 Dated June 15,
2009
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·
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NOVEL
AND POTENT TAPENTADOL DOSAGE FORMS PCT/US2009/05866 Dated
Oct 29, 2009
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Novel
Tapentadol Formulations 61/210, 469 Dated March 20,
2009
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·
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Abuse
Proof Delivery Systems 61/217,434 Dated June 1,
2009
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·
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Novel
GABA Analog Dosage Forms
(NTD01302010)
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I, the
undersigned, hereby certify that (i) I am the inventor of the claimed subject
matter in the Nectid Patents listed above, (ii) I have no knowledge of any
mis-joinder or non-joinder of inventorship in the Nectid Patents, and (iii) I
have assigned all of my ownership interests in the Nectid Patents to
Nectid. Such assignments of U.S. patents by the undersigned to Nectid
have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and recorded
at the following respective reel and frame numbers: (a) U.S. Patent No. n – Reel/Frame n; (b)
U.S. Patent No. n –
Reel/Frame n; and
(c) U.S. Patent No. n – Reel/Frame n. I
make no other representations, warranties or assurances of any kind whatsoever
concerning the Nectid Patents or any provisions of, or transactions contemplated
by, the above-referenced patent acquisition agreement between Nectid and
Pro-Tect.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, n has hereunto set his
hand and seal on the date below.
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Dated:
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State
of n
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County
of n
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Subscribed
and sworn to before me
this
n
day of n,
200n
n
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Notary Public
of n
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My
commission expires: n
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