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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 16, 2023

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COEPTIS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-39669 98-1465952

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

     

105 Bradford Rd, Suite 420

Wexford, Pennsylvania

  15090
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

724-934-6467

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

____________________________________________________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

COEP

 
 

Nasdaq Capital Market

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one-half of one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per whole share

 

COEPW

 

Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 

Emerging growth company     ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.      ☐

 

 

     
 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On August 16, 2023, Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an exclusive licensing arrangement (the “License Agreement”) with Deverra Therapeutics Inc. (“Deverra”), pursuant to which the Company completed the exclusive license of key patent families and related intellectual property related to a proprietary allogeneic stem cell expansion and directed differentiation platform for the generation of multiple distinct immune effector cell types, including natural killer (NK) and monocyte/macrophages. The License Agreement provides the Company with exclusive rights to use the license patents and related intellectual property in connection with development and commercialization efforts in the defined field of use (the “Field”) of (a) use of unmodified NK cells as anti-viral therapeutic for viral infections, and/or as a therapeutic approach for treatment of relapsed/refractory AML and high-risk MDS; (b) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate NK cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology; and (c) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate myeloid cells for the purpose of engineering with the Company’s current SNAP-CAR and GEAR technologies. In support of the exclusive license, the Company also entered into with Deverra (i) an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) pursuant to which the Company purchased certain assets from Deverra, including but not limited to two Investigational New Drug (IND) applications and two Phase 1 clinical trial stage programs (NCT04901416, NCT04900454) investigating infusion of DVX201, an unmodified natural killer (NK) cell therapy generated from pooled donor CD34+ cells, in hematologic malignancies and viral infections and (ii) a non-exclusive sublicense agreement (the “Sublicense Agreement”), in support of the assets obtained by the exclusive license, pursuant to which the Company sublicensed from Deverra certain assets which Deverra has rights to pursuant a license agreement (“FHCRC Agreement”) by and between Deverra and The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“FHCRC”).

 

As consideration for the transactions described above, the Company paid Deverra approximately $570,000 in cash, issued to Deverra 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and assumed certain liabilities related to the ongoing clinical trials. In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Sublicense Agreement, the Company agreed to pay FHCRC certain specified contingent running royalty payments and milestone payments under the FHCRC Agreement, in each case to the extent such payments are triggered by the Company’s development activities.

 

The APA contains customary indemnification provisions and customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company for transactions of this type.

 

The foregoing summary of the License Agreement, Sublicense Agreement and APA is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the License Agreement, Sublicense Agreement and APA, a copy of each of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference to this Item 2.01.

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On August 17, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had completed the transactions with Deverra, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit   Description
     
10.1   License Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2023, by and between Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. and Deverra Therapeutics, Inc.
     
10.2   Sublicense Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2023, by and between Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. and Deverra Therapeutics, Inc.
     
10.3   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2023, by and between Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. and Deverra Therapeutics, Inc.
     
99.1   Press Release, dated August 17, 2023, announcing closing of the transactions and licensing of assets from Deverra Therapeutics, Inc.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.
     
Date: August 22, 2023 By: /s/ David Mehalick
   

David Mehalick

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

  

 

 

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EX-10.1 2 coeptis_ex1001.htm LICENSE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1

 

LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This LICENSE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and effective as of August 16, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Deverra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Deverra”) and Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company (“Licensee”) (each of Deverra and Licensee being a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

A.                WHEREAS, Deverra and Licensee are parties to that certain asset purchase agreement dated August 16, 2023 (the “APA”) related to the acquisition, license and/or sublicense of certain assets, rights and knowledge of Deverra by Licensee related to the Licensed IP (defined below);

 

B.                 WHEREAS, this Agreement is being delivered in connection with, and as a condition to, the Closing under the APA;

 

C.                 WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the APA, Licensee wishes to obtain a license from Deverra under certain Licensed IP that Deverra owns or has the right to license, and Deverra is willing to grant an exclusive (even as to Deverra) worldwide license to Licensee of such Licensed IP on the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and premises contained herein, the parties therefore agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meaning set forth in this ARTICLE 1:

 

1.1              “Affiliate” means any corporation or other entity that is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under the common control with a Party hereto. For the purpose of this Agreement, “control” includes the direct or indirect ownership of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or other voting rights of the subject entity to elect directors (or, in the case of an entity that is not a corporation, for the election of the corresponding managing authority.

 

1.2              “Applicable Laws” means, with respect to each Party, all laws, codes, ordinances, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Party or such Party’s obligations under this Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or repealed from time to time.

 

1.3              “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

1.4              “Code” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.9.

 

1.5              “Coeptis GEAR Technology” means Licensee’s proprietary technology that allows for the gene-editing of NK and other types of cells by a specific knock out/knock in genetic editing approach or other targeted editing strategy.

 

1.6              “Coeptis SNAP-CARs” means Licensee’s proprietary universal, antigen targeting, chimeric antigen receptor platform technology developed to be combined with tagged, tumor-specific antibodies to potentially target many different tumor types, including hematological malignancies and solid tumors.

 

 

 

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1.7              “Confidential Information” means the terms of this Agreement (but not its existence) and all trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary confidential information of a Party or its Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees (including, without limitation, technical, business, financial and market information, patent disclosures, patent applications, structures, models, techniques, formulae, processes, compositions, compounds, antigens, antibodies, hybridomas, apparatus, designs, sketches, photographs, plans, drawings, specifications, samples, reports, customer lists, price lists, studies, findings, inventions and ideas) disclosed by either Party or their Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees or obtained through observation or examination of the other’s information or developments, but only to the extent that such information is maintained as confidential by the Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee providing same and provided that, Confidential Information shall only include information that is either marked as “CONFIDENTIAL” or that, due to the nature of the information, the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee should reasonably know that it is confidential.

 

1.8              “Control” or “Controlled” means, with respect to any material, information or intellectual property right, that a Party owns or has a license to such item or right, and has the ability to grant the other Party access, a license or a sublicense (as applicable) in or to such item or right as provided in this Agreement without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement with any Third Party.

 

1.9              “Deverra Coeptis Sublicense Agreement” means the Sublicense Agreement between Deverra and Licensee entered into concurrently with this Agreement.

 

1.10            “Enforcing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

 

1.11            “Field” means (a) use of unmodified NK cells as anti-viral therapeutic for viral infections, and/or as a therapeutic approach for treatment of relapsed/refractory AML and high-risk MDS; (b) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate NK cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology; and (c) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate myeloid cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology.

 

1.12            “Governmental Authority” means any United States or non-United States federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, or similar government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

 

1.13            “IND” means an Investigational New Drug Application to be filed with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any equivalent application in jurisdictions outside the United States, including an “Investigational Medicinal Product Dossier” filed or to be filed with the EMA.

 

1.14            “Infringement” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.

 

1.15            “Licensed IP” means the Licensed Patents and the Licensed Know-How.

 

1.16            “Licensed Know-How” means any and all know-how, trade secrets and proprietary technology that is Controlled by Deverra on the Effective Date and is necessary or reasonably useful for the development, manufacture, import, use or sale of products in the Field, including without limitation, enhancements, manufacturing processes or protocols, writings, documentation, data, technical information, techniques, results of experimentation and testing, diagnostic and prognostic assays, specifications, databases, any and all laboratory, research, pharmacological, toxicological, analytical, quality control, pre-clinical and clinical data, safety data, chemistry, manufacturing and control data and other information and materials, whether or not patentable. Licensed Know-How expressly excludes any know-how, trade secrets and proprietary technology that is covered by the Deverra-Coeptis Sublicense Agreement.

 

1.17            “Licensed Patents” means the (a) the United States and foreign issued patents and patent applications listed in Schedule 1.17; (b) all patent applications filed in any jurisdiction corresponding to or claiming priority from, or sharing priority with, the patents and/or patent applications referred to in the foregoing clause (a); (c) all divisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part of the patent applications referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b); (d) all patents issuing from the patent applications referred to in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c); (e) all reissues, re-examination certificates, registrations, confirmations, extensions, substitutions, renewals, amendments and supplementary protection certificates of the patent and/or patent applications referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d); and (f) all foreign counterparts of the patents and patent applications referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e).

 

 

 

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1.18            “Licensed Product” means any product or therapeutic approach in the Field that is developed utilizing, separately or in combination, any portion of the Licensed IP, including without limitation those that are the current focus of the Programs.

 

1.19            “Licensee IP” means, other than Licensed IP, all patents, patent applications, invention disclosures, know-how, trade secrets, proprietary technology, findings, improvements, discoveries, inventions, additions, modifications, enhancements, derivative works, clinical and safety data, chemistry, manufacturing and control data or changes to, arising from or related to the Licensed IP, Licensed Products Regulatory Documentation or the Programs (including without limitation methods of manufacture and formulations), in each case Controlled by Licensee or its Affiliates on or after the Effective Date.

 

1.20            “Master Clinical and Safety Database” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

 

1.21            “NDA” means a New Drug Application to be filed with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or any equivalent application in jurisdictions outside the United States.

 

1.22            “Person” means any individual, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, nominee or other entity.

 

1.23            “Programs” means Deverra’s (i) UNMODIFIED IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS PROGRAM, which is currently a Phase I clinical stage program related to natural killer cells and a preclinical stage program related to myeloid cells, in each case, utilizing the Licensed IP and (ii) MODIFIED IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS PROGRAM, which is at the pre-clinical/IND enabling stages for engineered natural killer cells and myeloid cells, each of which is a “Program”.

 

1.24            “Regulatory Documentation” has the meaning given to it in the APA.

 

1.25            “Remainder” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.4.

 

1.26            “Sublicense” means: (a) any right (including any sublicense or covenant not to sue) granted by Licensee to any Third Party (including an Affiliate), under or with respect to or permitting any use or exploitation of any of the Licensed IP or otherwise permitting the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, use and/or sale of Licensed Products; (b) any option or other right granted by Licensee to any Third Party to negotiate for or receive any of the rights described under clause (a); or (c) any standstill or similar obligation undertaken by Licensee toward any Third Party not to grant any of the rights described in clause (a) or (b) to any other Third Party; in each case regardless of whether such grant of rights, option, standstill, or similar undertaking is referred to or is described as a sublicense.

 

1.27            “Sublicensee” means any Third Party, including any Affiliate, who is a grantee to a Sublicense.

 

1.28            “Third Party” means any Person other than a Party.

 

1.29            “Trademarks” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 2 LICENSE

 

2.1              Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Deverra hereby grants Licensee a worldwide, exclusive (even as to Deverra), non-transferable (except as expressly provided herein), license under the Licensed IP (with the right to grant Sublicenses as provided in Section 2.2) to make, have made, use, have used, sell, offer for sale, have sold, import, export, develop, and have developed Licensed Products in the Field. For clarity, Deverra acknowledges and agrees that the right to “make, have made, use, have used, sell, offer for sale, have sold, import, export, develop, and have developed Licensed Products in the Field” includes the right to research, formulate, register, transport, distribute, promote, market and otherwise dispose of Licensed Products in the Field.

 

2.2              Sublicenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Licensee’s and Third Party’s compliance therewith, Licensee has the right to grant written Sublicenses (in whole or in part and through one or more tiers of Sublicensees) consistent in all respects with this Agreement, which Sublicenses shall include, without limitation, a provision binding Sublicensees to all terms hereof intended for the protection or benefit of Deverra. If an Affiliate desires to practice any of the rights licensed hereunder or if Licensee permits the making, offering for sale, using, selling or importing of Licensed Product by any Third Party, including an Affiliate, then Licensee shall execute a Sublicense agreement with such Third Party. Licensee agrees to deliver to Deverra for informational purposes (and under an obligation of confidentiality) a true and correct copy of each Sublicense agreement by Licensee or any Sublicensee and any modification or termination thereof within thirty (30) days after execution, modification or termination; provided, however, that Licensee may redact from such copy economic terms that are confidential and are not related to compliance with this Agreement as long as Licensee provides Deverra with all terms Deverra would reasonably deem necessary to insure that Licensee is meeting its obligations to Deverra under this Agreement. Licensee shall have the same responsibility for the activities of any Sublicensee as if the activities were directly those of Licensee. In each Sublicense agreement, Licensee shall name Deverra as intended third-party beneficiary.

 

2.3              No Implied Rights. Only the license granted pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement is of any legal force or effect. No other license rights are granted or created by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All rights not explicitly granted hereunder are reserved.

 

2.4              Ownership; Right to Use. Notwithstanding Section 2.1 above, the Parties acknowledge and agree that, as between the Parties, Deverra retains ownership of all Licensed IP and Deverra retains all rights in and to the Licensed IP for all uses outside the Field.

 

ARTICLE 3 MASTER CLINICAL AND SAFETY DATABASE

 

3.1              Master Clinical and Safety Database. Licensee shall reasonably cooperate with Deverra to establish and maintain, within a reasonable time after the Effective Date, and no later than ninety (90) days thereafter, a centralized master database of clinical and safety data related to Licensed Products that will be administered by Licensee and to which Licensee and Deverra will have equal access (the “Master Clinical and Safety Database”). Absent any other agreement between Licensee and Deverra, all costs and expenses associated with the Master Clinical and Safety Database shall be borne by Licensee. Deverra shall have the right to use all data in the Master Clinical and Safety Database for research, development and regulatory filing purposes.

 

ARTICLE 4 CONSIDERATION

 

4.1              The consideration for the license rights granted in this Agreement is provided in the APA.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 5 REPORTS, PAYMENTS AND RECORDS

 

5.1              Records. Licensee shall maintain documentation evidencing that Licensee is pursuing the development and commercialization of Licensed Products as required herein.

 

5.2              Sublicense Reports.

 

5.2.1        Reports. For Each Sublicense (if any), Licensee shall report to Deverra the date of each Sublicense, and the date of each modification or amendment thereto, within ten (10) Business Days of same; and

 

5.2.2        Content of Reports. Each report delivered by Licensee to Deverra shall contain in reasonable detail the following: the Sublicense Agreements that have been entered into as of such date, identification of the Licensed IP and/or Licensed Products sublicensed thereby and the status of same.

 

5.3              Records Retention. Licensee, its Affiliates and its Sublicensees shall keep and maintain complete and accurate records relating to the rights and obligations under this Agreement for a period of three (3) calendar years after the year to which they pertain and in sufficient detail to permit Deverra to confirm compliance in respects with this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 6 CERTAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS

 

6.1              Control and Ownership of Regulatory Documentation. Licensee shall have sole discretion, control and responsibility to draft, prepare, submit and file, at its own cost and expense, all Regulatory Documentation with respect to Licensed Products in the Field. All such Regulatory Documentation shall be in the name of, and be owned solely by, Licensee. In addition, Licensee shall have sole control and responsibility in the conduct of all pricing and reimbursement approval proceedings related to Licensed Products in the Field.

 

6.2              Foreign Registration. Licensee agrees to register this Agreement with any foreign Governmental Authority which requires such registration, and Licensee shall pay all costs and legal fees in connection therewith.

 

6.3              Trademarks. Licensee shall have the right to market the Licensed Products under trademarks selected by Licensee (collectively, the “Trademarks”). Licensee shall own all right, title and interest in and to such Trademarks and shall bear all costs and expenses of registering, and maintaining the registration of, such Trademarks.

 

6.4              Patent Marking. Licensee agrees to mark all Licensed Products sold pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the applicable statute or regulations relating to patent marking in the country or countries of manufacture and sale thereof.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 7 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

 

7.1              Confidentiality, Permitted Use and Disclosure. Each Party shall and shall cause its Affiliates, licensees and sublicensees to:

 

7.1.1        keep all Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other Party or such other Party’s Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees in strictest confidence;

 

7.1.2        not directly or indirectly duplicate, use or permit the use of any Confidential Information of the other Party or such other Party’s Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees, except as reasonably required to accomplish the purpose of the disclosure of the Confidential Information or to exercise rights granted hereunder; and

 

7.1.3        not directly or indirectly disclose any Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other Party or such other Party’s Affiliates, licensees or sublicensees, other than to employees or agents of the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee who reasonably require knowledge of such Confidential Information to accomplish the purpose of the disclosure of the Confidential Information. The receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee shall ensure that each such employee and agent maintains in strictest confidence all Confidential Information disclosed to such employee or agent.

 

7.2              Property of Disclosing Party; Return of Information. Confidential Information of a disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee and all embodiments and expressions of such Confidential Information, including, without limitation, all reports, notes, reprints, descriptions, copies and summaries thereof, shall be and remain the property of the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee at all times, and, to the extent in the possession of a receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee or under its control, shall be returned to the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee upon the request of the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee except for a single copy that may be retained in the legal department of the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee for record keeping purposes only.

 

7.3              Exclusion. The receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee shall not be liable for the disclosure or use of any Confidential Information of a disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee which was:

 

7.3.1        at the time of disclosure by the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee to the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee, in the possession of the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee as shown by contemporaneous written records of the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee, not as a result of any unauthorized act or omission on the part of the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee or any Third Party;

 

7.3.2        at the time of use by the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee, independently developed by the receiving Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee without reference to or reliance on information from the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee;

 

7.3.3        required to be disclosed by law so long as the disclosing Party, Affiliate, licensee or sublicensee is promptly given prior written notice of the required disclosure; or

 

 

 

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7.3.4        is (at the time of disclosure) or becomes (after the time of disclosure) known to the public or part of the public domain through no breach of this Agreement by the recipient Party or its Affiliates.

 

7.4              Authorized Disclosures. In addition to disclosures allowed under Section 7.3, each Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the other Party to the extent such disclosure is necessary in the following instances: (i) filing or prosecuting Licensed Patents as permitted by this Agreement; (ii) regulatory filings for Licensed Products such Party has a license or right to develop hereunder; (iii) prosecuting or defending litigation as permitted by this Agreement; (iv) complying with applicable court orders or governmental regulations and (v) disclosure to consultants, investors, prospective investors, bankers, lawyers, accountants, agents or other Third Parties in connection with due diligence or similar investigations by such Third Parties, provided, in each case, that any such consultant, investor, banker, lawyer, accountant, agent or Third Party is bound to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in a manner no less protective of such Confidential Information as the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 8 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

8.1              Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that:

 

8.1.1        it has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the acts required of it hereunder and nothing in this Agreement conflicts with any terms of other agreements entered into by the Party,

 

8.1.2        the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and this Agreement constitutes such Party’s legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and

 

8.1.3        the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not and will not, as of the Effective Date, (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of its certificate of incorporation, operating agreement or by laws, (ii) violate any Applicable Law, or (iii) result in any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, or require any consent under any contract, agreement or arrangement by which it is bound.

 

8.2              Disclaimer. Nothing in this Agreement is or shall be construed as:

 

8.2.1        an obligation to bring or prosecute actions or suits against Third Parties for infringement or misappropriation of any of the Licensed IP; or

 

8.2.2        granting by implication, estoppel, or otherwise any licenses or rights under patents or other rights of Deverra or Third Parties other than as provided in ARTICLE 2, regardless of whether such patents or other rights are dominant or subordinate to any patent within the Licensed IP.

 

8.3              DEVERRRA DOES NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY LICENSED PRODUCT, INCLUDING THEIR SAFETY, EFFECTIVENESS OR COMMERCIAL VIABILITY.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AND PROSECUTION

 

9.1              Ownership.

 

9.1.1        Licensed IP. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as between Deverra and Licensee, Deverra is the owner of the Licensed IP.

 

9.1.2        Licensee IP. The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as between Deverra and Licensee, Licensee or its licensors are the owner of all right, title and interest in and to all Licensee IP.

 

9.2              Prosecution and Maintenance of the Licensed Patents.

 

9.2.1        Prosecution and Maintenance. Deverra shall control the preparation, filing, prosecution, defense and maintenance of all Licensed Patents, including oppositions, inter partes reviews and post-grant reviews, and shall have final decision-making authority with respect to the preparation, filing, prosecution, defense and maintenance of all Licensed Patents; provided, however, that Deverra agrees that it will: (a) instruct its patent counsel to furnish the Licensee with copies of all correspondence relating to the Licensed Patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and any other patent office, as well as copies of all proposed responses to such correspondence in time for Licensee to review and comment on such response; (b) give Licensee an opportunity to review the text of each patent application before filing; (c) consider comments or suggestions from Licensee; (d) supply Licensee with a copy of the application as filed, together with notice of its filing date and serial number; and (e) keep Licensee advised of the status of actual and prospective patent filings. Deverra will not finally abandon any patent application within the Licensed Patents for which Licensee is bearing expenses pursuant to Section 9.2.2 without Licensee’s prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

9.2.2        Funding. All costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred after the Effective Date in connection with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of Licensed Patents shall be shared equally by Deverra and Licensee. Deverra will invoice Licensee periodically for such costs and expenses, and Licensee shall pay each invoice within thirty (30) days of receipt. Section 5.5 shall apply to late payments.

 

9.3              Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents in the Licensee IP.

 

9.3.1        Prosecution and Maintenance. As between Deverra and Licensee, Licensee shall have the sole responsibility to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain, in the name of Licensee, those patents and patent applications in Licensee IP for which, as between Licensee and its licensors, Licensee has patent prosecution and maintenance rights at such time. Licensee shall provide Deverra with an update and the details regarding the filing, prosecution and maintenance status for each such patent and patent application upon request and/or promptly following the end of each calendar quarter. Licensee shall provide Deverra with drafts of all proposed filings (including without limitation the initial application as well as any material correspondence with any Third Parties related to any filings) in a manner that allows Deverra a reasonable opportunity for review and comment before such filings are made or due. Licensee shall consider any suggestions, recommendations or instructions from Deverra concerning the preparation, filing, prosecution, defense and maintenance of such patents and patent applications, and, to the extent otherwise possible, shall undertake the preparation, filing, prosecution and defense of such patents and patent applications in a way that would not be reasonably viewed to be detrimental to the research, development or commercialization of any Licensed Product.

 

9.3.2        Funding. As between Deverra and Licensee, Licensee shall bear all costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by Licensee in connection with the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of all patents and patent applications in Licensee IP.

 

 

 

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9.3.3        Reexaminations. Deverra shall not be responsible for the costs of reexamination initiated by Licensee with respect to any patents or patent applications in Licensee IP, unless the Parties mutually agree in writing.

 

9.4              Cooperation. Each Party shall provide the prosecuting Party with reasonable cooperation under this ARTICLE 9.

 

ARTICLE 10 ENFORCEMENT

 

10.1            Notification. Each Party agrees to immediately notify the other Party in writing upon becoming aware of (i) any alleged or threatened infringement, misappropriation, illegal use or misuse of the Licensed IP, or (ii) any action or threatened action seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement of a Licensed Patent (an “Infringement”), and agrees to provide to the other Party all reasonably available evidence of such infringement.

 

10.2            Deverra Right to Enforce.

 

10.2.1      Outside the Field. Deverra shall have the sole right, but not the obligation, to take action against others in the courts, administrative agencies or otherwise, at Deverra’s cost and expense and by counsel of its own choice, with respect to any Infringement outside the Field. All damages or other compensation of any kind recovered in such action or from any settlement or compromise shall belong solely to Deverra.

 

10.2.2      In the Field. Deverra shall have the first right, but not the obligation, to take action against others in the courts, administrative agencies or otherwise, at Deverra’s cost and expense and by counsel of its own choice, with respect to any Infringement in the Field. Licensee shall, at Deverra’s expense, cooperate with and reasonably assist Licensee in any such action if so requested by Deverra, and, upon Deverra’s request and expense, execute, file and deliver all documents and proof necessary for such purpose, including being named as a party to resulting litigation if requested by Licensee or if required by law. Licensee shall otherwise have the right to participate and be represented by its own counsel at its own expense in any such action. Deverra shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of such action that affects or concerns the validity, enforceability, or ownership of any Licensed Patents or other Licensed IP without the prior written consent of Licensee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

10.3            Licensee Right to Enforce In the Field. So long as Licensee remains the exclusive licensee of the applicable Licensed Patents or other Licensed IP in the Field, in the event that Deverra desists or fails (within ninety (90) days after notification) to take action with respect to Infringement in the Field, then if Licensee desires to bring such action, Licensee shall notify Deverra and the Parties shall promptly meet to discuss Deverra’s reasons for not bringing such action and Licensee’s reasons for desiring to bring such action, including the potential impact of bringing such action on the Licensed Patents throughout the world. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a given Infringement in the Field, if Licensee reasonably believes that a delay of up to ninety (90) days for such meeting to occur will cause irreparable harm to Licensee’s business, or if Licensee reasonably believes that it is entitled to an injunction to stop such Infringement in the Field, Licensee may request an expedited meeting with Deverra and in such event the Parties shall meet within two (2) weeks to discuss in good faith and determine which Party shall take action to address such Infringement. Following such meeting after such ninety (90) day period, or following such expedited meeting if the Parties determine that Licensee shall take action to address such Infringement, Licensee shall have the right to bring and control any such action, at its own expense and by counsel of its own choice. Deverra shall, at Licensee’s expense, cooperate with and reasonably assist Licensee in any such action if so requested by Licensee, and, upon Licensee’s request and expenses, execute, file and deliver all documents and proof necessary for such purpose, including being named as a party to resulting litigation if requested by Licensee and required by law. Deverra shall otherwise have the right to participate and be represented by its own counsel at its own expense in any such action. Licensee shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of such action that affects or concerns the validity, enforceability, or ownership of any Licensed Patents or other Licensed IP without the prior written consent of Deverra, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

 

 

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10.4            Recoveries. All damages or other compensation of any kind recovered in such action or from any settlement or compromise brought under this ARTICLE 10 shall first be used to reimburse the Party that brings the an Infringement action pursuant to Section 10.2 or Section 10.3 (the “Enforcing Party”) for its documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including court, attorneys’ and professional fees) in connection with such action, and then to reimburse the other Party for its documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including court, attorneys’ and professional fees) in connection with such action (to the extent not previously reimbursed by the Enforcing Party), and the remainder of such recovery after reimbursement of the litigation costs and expenses of the Parties (“Remainder”), shall be allocated as follows

 

10.4.1      any Remainder of a recovery realized by Licensee as a result of any action brought and controlled by Licensee pursuant to Section 10.3 shall be shared by the Parties, with Licensee retaining seventy-five percent (75%) of such Remainder and Deverra retaining twenty-five percent (25%) of such Remainder; and

 

10.4.2       any Remainder of a recovery realized by Deverra as a result of any action brought and controlled by Deverra pursuant to Section 10.2.2 shall be shared by the Parties, with Deverra retaining seventy-five percent (75%) of such Remainder and Licensee retaining twenty-five percent (25%) of such Remainder.

 

ARTICLE 11 TERM AND TERMINATION

 

11.1            Term. The term of this Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until ten (10) years past the later of (i) the expiration of the last to expire valid claim of an issued and any unexpired pending patent application that is included in the Licensed IP and (ii) the date of first commercial sale of the first Product,, unless earlier terminated in accordance with this ARTICLE 11.

 

11.2            Effect of Expiration. Upon the expiration of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1, (but not earlier termination), the license granted to Licensee pursuant to Section 2.1 shall become perpetual, irrevocable, and fully paid-up.

 

11.3            Permissive Termination by Licensee. Licensee may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing Deverra notice in writing at least three (3) months prior to the effective date of termination; provided, however, that Deverra shall have the right to accelerate such termination at Deverra’s option on no less than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Licensee.

 

11.4            Termination for Licensee Bankruptcy. This Agreement shall immediately terminate if Licensee enters liquidation, has a receiver or administrator appointed over any assets related to this Agreement, makes any voluntary arrangement with any of its creditors, or ceases to carry on business, or any similar event under the law of any foreign jurisdiction. This Agreement cannot be assumed or assigned by Licensee, any trustee acting on behalf of the assets of Licensee, or otherwise.

 

11.5            Effect of Termination.

 

11.5.1      Accrued Rights and Obligations. Termination of this Agreement for any reason does not release any Party hereto from any liability which, at the time of such termination, has already accrued to the other Party or which is attributable to a period prior to such termination, nor preclude either Party from pursuing any rights and remedies it may have hereunder or at law or in equity with respect to any breach of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that monetary damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement and that the nonbreaching Party may be entitled to seek injunctive relief as a remedy for any such breach. Such remedy shall not be considered to be the exclusive remedy for any such breach of this Agreement, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

 

 

 

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11.5.2      Licenses. All licenses granted to Licensee hereunder shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.

 

11.5.3      Sublicenses. Upon termination of the Agreement for any reason, all rights and licenses of any Sublicensee existing at the time of termination shall survive for a period of three (3) months, during which time the Sublicensee shall have the option, with written notice to Deverra delivered within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of such three (3) months, to enter into a sublicense agreement with Deverra on the same terms and conditions as are set forth in this Agreement, except that the scope of the Sublicensee’s rights with respect to the Licensed IP shall remain the same as set forth in its sublicense agreement with Licensee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Sublicensee’s right to enter into a new license agreement (a) shall only be available to the extent Licensee had provided Deverra with a copy of the agreement granting the Sublicense to such Sublicensee as required under Section 2.2, and (b) shall not be available to a given Sublicensee if such Sublicensee’s actions or inactions resulted in termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3 or 7.5, such Sublicensee’s Sublicense shall automatically terminate upon termination of this Agreement. In no event shall Deverra have any obligations of any nature whatsoever with respect to (x) any past, current or future obligations that Licensee may have had, or may in the future have, for the payment of any obligations owing to Sublicensee pursuant to such Sublicense, (y) any past obligations whatsoever, and (z) any future obligations to Sublicensee beyond those to Licensee as set forth herein.

 

11.5.4      Return of Confidential Information. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall promptly, at its own expense, return to Deverra all relevant records and materials in Licensee’s possession or control containing Deverra’s or its Affiliates’, licensees’ or sublicensees’ Confidential Information.

11.5.5      Cease Manufacture. Subject to Section 11.6.6, upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall discontinue the manufacture, use, marketing, sale and distribution, as applicable, of Licensed Products.

 

11.5.6      Stock on Hand. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee may sell or otherwise dispose of the stock of any Licensed Product then on hand or then in-progress until six (6) months after such termination.

 

11.5.7      Reversion of Rights. Except as otherwise contemplated herein, upon the termination of this Agreement, all rights sold, assigned or transferred to Licensee hereunder shall revert to Deverra, and Licensee agrees to execute all instruments necessary and desirable to revest said rights in Deverra.

 

11.6            Program Transfer.

 

11.6.1      Upon the termination of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, Licensee will at Deverra’s sole election:

 

(i)       shall promptly transfer to Deverra (or its designee) or provide copies of all tangible documentation, know-how, data, reports, records or other materials or information, whether written or electronic, that is Controlled by Licensee embodying or related to the Licensed IP, Licensed Products, Regulatory Documentation or the Programs;

 

(ii)       shall promptly provide Deverra (or its designee) with all information regarding, and execute all documents, reasonably necessary or desirable to transfer to Deverra (or its designee) all, Regulatory Documentation in Licensee’s name;

 

(iii)     agrees to negotiate in good faith to grant Deverra, on commercially reasonably terms agreeable to Licensee, a license under the Licensee IP (with the right to grant sublicenses through one or more tiers of sublicensees) to develop, make, have made, use, offer for sale, sell and import Licensed Products in the Field;

 

 

 

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(iv)     to the extent Licensee owns or holds any right, title and interest in any trademarks under which any Licensed Product has been or is being marketed or sold in the Field, assigns the same to Deverra; and

 

(v)      shall promptly transfer or use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Deverra (or its designee) to obtain all other materials, documentation, processes, Third Party licenses, and other items used by Licensee or any Third Party in connection with the performance of this Agreement to the extent necessary for Deverra (or its designee) to continue the development and commercialization of Licensed Products in the Field.

 

11.7            Survival. Sections 3.1, 5.3, 7, 9.1, 11.2, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7 and 11.8, and Article 12 (except for Sections 12.9 and 12.9) of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

11.8            Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”), licenses to “Intellectual Property” as defined in the Code. The Parties agree that each Party shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Code.

 

ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

12.1            Events of Force Majeure. Neither Party shall be held liable or responsible to the other Party nor be deemed to be in default under or in breach of any provision of this Agreement for failure or delay in fulfilling or performing any obligation under this Agreement (except with respect to payment obligations due under this Agreement) when such failure or delay is due to force majeure, and without the fault or negligence of the Party so failing or delaying. For purposes of this Agreement, force majeure shall be defined as causes beyond the control of the Party, including, without limitation, acts of God; acts, regulations, or laws of any government; war; civil commotion; destruction of production facilities or materials by fire, flood, earthquake, explosion or storm; labor disturbances; epidemic; and failure of public utilities or common carriers. In such event, Licensee or Deverra, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the other Party of such inability and of the period for which such inability is expected to continue. The Party giving such notice shall thereupon be excused from such of its obligations under this Agreement as it is thereby disabled from performing for so long as it is so disabled and for thirty (30) days thereafter. To the extent possible, each Party shall use reasonable efforts to minimize the duration of any force majeure.

 

12.2            Notices. Section 9.3.2 of the APA is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

12.3           Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Annexes, Schedules, Exhibits or other attachments hereto), together with the APA, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no oral or written statement may be used to interpret or vary the meaning of the terms and conditions hereof. This Agreement supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

12.4            Assignment. Neither Party may assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however, that: (i) Licensee may assign this Agreement or any of its rights and obligations hereunder without the consent of Deverra (A) to an Affiliate or (B) in connection with a merger or the sale (by stock or assets) of all or substantially all of the assets of Licensee to which this Agreement relates; and (ii) Deverra may assign this Agreement to any Person without the prior written consent of Licensee. Assignment of this Agreement by either Party shall not relieve the assignor of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment of any of the Licensed IP by Deverra shall be made explicitly subject to Licensee’s rights pursuant to this Agreement. Deverra shall provide Licensee with prior written notice of any assignment of this Agreement or any of the Licensed IP to any Person. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

 

 

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12.5            Headings. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the Agreement.

 

12.6            Independent Contractor. Each Party shall be acting as an independent contractor in performing under this Agreement and shall not be considered or deemed to be an agent, employee, joint venturer or partner of the other Party.

 

12.7            Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.

 

12.8            Compliance with Laws. In performing under this Agreement, each Party shall comply with all Applicable Laws, including without limitation, those of the United States Food and Drug Administration and all foreign laws affecting this Agreement or the sale of Licensed Products in the Field.

 

12.9            Export Controls. Licensee and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall comply with all Applicable Laws controlling the export of certain commodities and technical data, including without limitation all Export Administration Regulations of the United States Department of Commerce. Among other things, these laws and regulations prohibit or require a license for the export of certain types of commodities and technical data to specified countries. Licensee hereby gives written assurance that it will comply with, and will cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to comply with, all United States export control laws and regulations, that it bears sole responsibility for any violation of such laws and regulations by itself or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, and that it will indemnify and hold Deverra harmless for the consequences of any such violation.

 

12.10         Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by authorized representatives of all Parties.

 

12.11         Governing Law; Jurisdiction. Section 9.1 of the APA is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

12.12         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the respective Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

12.13         No Waiver. The failure of either Party to enforce at any time for any period the provisions of or any rights deriving from this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or rights or the right of such Party thereafter to enforce such provisions.

 

12.14         Use of Name. Neither Party shall use the name of the other Party without the prior written consent of such other Party.

 

12.15         Press Releases. Neither Deverra nor Licensee shall issue any public announcement or written news releases relating to this Agreement unless such public announcement or written news release shall have been mutually approved in writing in advance by both Deverra and Licensee, or as may otherwise be provided for under the APA.

 

12.16         Extension to Affiliates. Each Party shall have the right to extend the rights and immunities granted in this Agreement to one or more legal entities that are its Affiliates, but only for so long as such legal entities remain Affiliates of such Party. All applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement, except this right to extend, shall apply to any such Affiliate to which this Agreement has been extended to the same extent as such terms and provisions apply to the Party extending such rights and immunities. The Party extending the rights and immunities granted hereunder shall remain primarily liable for any acts or omissions of its Affiliates.

 

 

 

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12.17         No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Except for the benefits granted to and the rights of any Sublicensees pursuant to Section 2.2, in each case explicitly provided for in this Agreement, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not be construed to give any Third Party any interest or rights (including, without limitation, any Third Party beneficiary rights) with respect to or in connection with any agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated hereby.

 

12.18         Interpretation. In this Agreement unless otherwise specified (i) “includes” and “including” shall mean includes and including without limitation; (ii) a Party includes its permitted assignees and/or the respective successors in title to substantially the whole of its undertaking; (iii) a statute or statutory instrument or any of their provisions is to be construed as a reference to that statute or statutory instrument or such provision as the same may have been or may from time to time hereafter be amended or re-enacted; (iv) words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting any gender shall include all genders; (v) the Schedules and other attachments form part of the operative provision of this Agreement and references to this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include references to the recitals and the Schedules and attachments; (vi) the headings in this Agreement are for information only and shall not be considered in the interpretation of this Agreement; and (vii) general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective duly authorized officers.

 

 

COEPTIS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

/s/ David Mehalick                                          
Name: David Mehalick
Title: CEO

 

 

DEVERRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

/s/ Michael Yurkowsky                                      
Name: Michael Yurkowsky
Title: CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1.17

 

LICENSED PATENTS

 

The licensed patents are comprised of the following:

 

a. Patent Family DV 201 for PCT/US2020/044117 entitled "NK CELL PREPARATIONS FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY" Priority Date 29-Jul-2019

 

e. Patent Family DV 401 entitled "METHODS FOR THE GENERATION OF A MONOCYTE/MACROPHAGE CELL PRODUCT FROM EXPANDED CORD BLOOD CD34+ HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS”

 

Detailed information on the licensed patents within each category is set forth in the attached spreadsheet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-10.2 3 coeptis_ex1002.htm SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.2

 

SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT

 

This SUBLICENSE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and effective as of August 16, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Deverra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Deverra”) and Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware limited liability company (“Licensee”) (each of Deverra and Licensee being a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                WHEREAS, Deverra and Licensee are parties to that certain asset purchase agreement dated August 16, 2023 (the “APA”) related to the acquisition, license and/or sublicense of certain assets, rights and knowledge of Deverra by Licensee related to the Licensed IP (defined below);

 

B.                 WHEREAS, this Agreement is being delivered in connection with, and as a condition to, the Closing under the APA;

 

C.                 WHEREAS, Fred Hutchinson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“FHCRC”) and Deverra (as assignee of NOHLA Therapeutics Inc.) are parties to an Amended and Restated Patent and Technology License Agreement, dated 26 January 2017 (as amended, the “FHCRC License Agreement”); and

 

D.                WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the APA, Licensee wishes to obtain a sublicense from Deverra under the FHCRC License Agreement, and Deverra is willing to grant an exclusive worldwide sublicense to under the FHCRC License Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and premises contained herein, the Parties therefore agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1.               Specific Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth or as referenced below. Any capitalized term that is not defined under this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

(a)               “Applicable Laws” means, with respect to each Party, all laws, codes, ordinances, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding Agreements promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Party or such Party’s obligations under this Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or repealed from time to time.

 

(b)               “Coeptis GEAR Technology” means Licensee’s proprietary technology that allows for the gene-editing of NK and other types of cells by a specific knock out/knock in genetic editing approach or other targeted editing strategy.

 

(c)               “Coeptis SNAP-CARs” means Licensee’s proprietary universal, antigen targeting, chimeric antigen receptor platform technology developed to be combined with tagged, tumor-specific antibodies to potentially target many different tumor types, including hematological malignancies and solid tumors.

 

 

 

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(d)               “FHCRC Licensed Products” shall mean Licensed Products as defined in the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

(e)               “Field” means (i) use of unmodified NK cells as anti-viral therapeutic for viral infections, and/or as a therapeutic approach for treatment of relapsed/refractory AML and high-risk MDS; (ii) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate NK cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology; and (iii) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate myeloid cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology.

 

(f)                “Governmental Authority” means any United States or non-United States federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, local, or similar government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

 

(g)               “Person” means any individual, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, nominee or other entity.

 

(h)               “Sublicensed IP” means the intellectual property rights listed in Schedule 1.1(g) to this Agreement.

 

(i)                 “Sublicense” means: (i) any right (including any sublicense or covenant not to sue) granted by Licensee (or Sublicensee) to any Third Party (including an Affiliate), under or with respect to or permitting any use or exploitation of any of the Sublicensed IP or otherwise permitting the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, use and/or sale of FHCRC Licensed Products; (ii) any option or other right granted by Licensee (or Sublicensee) to any Third Party to negotiate for or receive any of the rights described under clause (i); or (iii) any standstill or similar obligation undertaken by Licensee (or Sublicensee) toward any Third Party not to grant any of the rights described in clause (i) or (ii) to any other Third Party; in each case regardless of whether such grant of rights, option, standstill, or similar undertaking is referred to or is described as a sublicense.

 

(j)                 “Sublicensee” means any Third Party, including any Affiliate, who is a grantee of a Sublicense.

 

(k)               “Third Party” means any Person other than a Party.

 

1.2.              Other Definitions. The following defined terms in the FHCRC License Agreement are incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis: Affiliate, Development Milestone, FHCRC Indemnitees, Initial Period, Licensed Territory, Net Sales, Sale and Sublicense Income.

 

ARTICLE 2
LICENSE

 

2.1.               Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Deverra hereby grants Licensee a non-transferable (except as expressly provided herein), sublicensable sublicense under the Sublicensed IP to manufacture, have manufactured, distribute, have distributed, use, research, improve, import, and export, offer to Sell and Sell FHCRC Licensed Products, and to otherwise practice the Sublicensed IP, within the Licensed Territory for use within the Field. The license granted pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall be an exclusive license of all rights and licenses of Deverra in and to the Sublicensed IP in the Field in the Licensed Territory pursuant to the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

 

 

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2.2.              Sublicenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Licensee’s and Third Party’s compliance therewith, Licensee has the right to grant written Sublicenses (in whole or in part and through one or more tiers of Sublicensees) consistent in all respects with this Agreement, which Sublicenses shall include, without limitation, a provision binding Sublicensees to all terms hereof intended for the protection or benefit of Deverra and/or FHCRC. If an Affiliate desires to practice any of the rights licensed hereunder or if Licensee permits the making, offering for sale, using, selling or importing of Licensed Product by any Third Party, including an Affiliate, then Licensee shall execute a Sublicense agreement with such Third Party. Licensee agrees to deliver to Deverra for informational purposes (and under an obligation of confidentiality) a true and correct copy of each Sublicense agreement by Licensee or any Sublicensee and any modification or termination thereof within thirty (30) days after execution, modification or termination; provided, however, that Licensee may redact from such copy economic terms that are confidential and are not related to compliance with this Agreement as long as Licensee provides Deverra with all terms Deverra would reasonably deem necessary to insure that Licensee is meeting its obligations (including without limitation payment obligations) to Deverra under this Agreement and to insure that Deverra can meet its obligations to FHCRC under the FHCRC License Agreement. Licensee shall have the same responsibility for the activities of any Sublicensee as if the activities were directly those of Licensee. In addition, Licensee will remain liable to Deverra for all payments due hereunder with respect to the activities of its Sublicensees (including Affiliates). If a Sublicensee breaches the terms of this AGREEMENT, Licensee shall promptly have such breach cured or terminate the Sublicensee’s rights hereunder and under the sublicense (but in no event later than thirty (30) days), and such Sublicensee shall not be granted another Sublicense hereunder without Deverra’s prior written consent. In each Sublicense agreement, Licensee shall name Deverra as an intended third-party beneficiary.

 

2.3.               No Implied Rights. Only the license granted pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement is of any legal force or effect. No other license rights are granted or created by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All rights not explicitly granted hereunder are reserved.

 

2.4.              Reserved Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, the license granted hereunder is subject to the rights reserved pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 13.6 of the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 3
CONSIDERATION

 

3.1.               Running Royalties. Licensee shall pay to Deverra any running royalties that Deverra will be required to pay to FHCRC pursuant to Section 3.1(d) of the FHCRC License Agreement as a result of Sales of FHCRC Licensed Products by Licensee, its Affiliates and Sublicensees. All running royalties due hereunder shall be calculated on a quarterly, product-by-product, country-by-country basis and shall be payable within forty-five (45) calendar days after the last day of the quarter in which the Sale generating such royalty occurred.

 

3.2.              Sublicense Income. Licensee shall pay to Deverra any Sublicense Income that Deverra will be required to pay to FHCRC pursuant to Section 3.1(e) of the FHCRC License Agreement as a result of Licensee’s sublicensing of the rights granted under this Agreement. All amounts due under this Section 3.2 will be due and payable within forty-five (45) calendar days after the last day of the quarter in which the Sublicense Income was received.

 

3.3.              Milestone Payments. If Licensee’s activities under this Agreement trigger a milestone payment due from Deverra to FHCRC pursuant to Section 3.1(f) of the FHCRC License Agreement, Licensee shall pay the applicable amount to Deverra. All amounts due under this Section 3.2 will be due and payable within thirty (30) calendar days after the date of fulfillment of the Development Milestone triggering such payment.

 

3.4.              Pass Through Nature of Payments. The Parties acknowledge that the royalties, Sublicense Income and milestone payments that Licensee may owe to Deverra pursuant to this Section 3 are pass through royalties, Sublicense Income payments and milestone payments for which Deverra has a corresponding obligation to FHCRC pursuant to the FHCRC License Agreement as a result of activities of Licensee, its Affiliates and Sublicensees. As between the Parties, Deverra agrees to pay to FHCRC all pass-through amounts due under the FHCRC License Agreement upon receipt from Licensee.

 

 

 

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3.5.              Royalty Reports and Payments. Within forty-five (45) calendar days after March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year during the Term, Licensee will deliver to Deverra a true and accurate report, giving such particulars of the Sales of FHCRC Licensed Products and other activities conducted by Licensee and its Affiliates and/or any Sublicensees, if any exist, during the preceding calendar quarter under this AGREEMENT as necessary for Deverra to account for Licensee’s payments hereunder. This report will include pertinent data, including the details set forth in Section 3.2 of the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

3.6.              Records. During the Term and for four (4) years thereafter, Licensee agrees to keep, and to require its Affiliates and any Sublicensees to keep, complete and accurate records of Sales of FHCRC Licensed Products, Net Sales, Initial Periods and offsets and carry forwards permitted pursuant to Section 3.1(d)(v) of the FHCRC License Agreement in sufficient detail to enable the royalties and other payments due hereunder to be determined. Licensee agrees to permit an independent certified public accountant, reasonably acceptable to Licensee, to periodically examine, at Deverra’s expense (except as provided below) and not more frequently than once per calendar year at the relevant entity’s principal place of business, Licensee’s and its Affiliates and Sublicensees’ books, ledgers, and records during regular business hours for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to verify any report or payment required under this Agreement within the three (3) year period immediately preceding such examination. Such accountant shall not disclose to Deverra any information other than information relating to the accuracy of reports and calculations of amounts due Deverra under this Agreement, and such accountant shall be subject to the terms of Section 5. If any amounts due Deverra are ultimately determined to have been underpaid in an amount equal to or greater than ten percent (10%) of the total amount due during the period so examined, then Licensee will pay the cost of the examination plus interest on the underpayment pursuant to Section 3.8.

 

3.7.              Development Plan and Report. Within twenty (20) calendar days after December 31 of each year, Licensee will deliver to Deverra (a) Licensee’s plan for research and development of FHCRC Licensed Products for the next two (2) years, (b) a report of the current status and progress over the last year of development and commercialization of each Licensed Product by territory, and (c) a report on the current status and progress over the last year regarding the manufacturing facility to be established by Licensee and its operation (if any).

 

3.8.              Payments. All amounts payable hereunder by Licensee will be paid in immediately available United States Dollars by wire transfer to an account or accounts designated by Deverra, without deductions for assessments, fees, or charges of any kind, except tax withholding required by law. Such amounts are not refundable and are not creditable against other fees and royalties. If the foreign currency cannot be converted to U.S. Dollars and exported from a country for any reason, Licensee shall notify Deverra in writing, such amounts due hereunder in such currency shall be deemed converted at the exchange rate on the last business day of the reporting period to which a payment relates, as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (Western Edition), with payment made in such foreign currency or, at the election of Deverra, payment in such foreign currency shall be deposited promptly in a recognized financial institution in that country for the benefit of Deverra.

 

3.9.              Late Payments. If Licensee fails to make any payment due under this Agreement within thirty (30) calendar days of the date upon which such payment is due, then interest shall accrue on such payment from the date such payment was originally due at a rate equal to three percent (3%) per month above the then-applicable prime commercial lending rate reported in the Wall Street Journal (Western Edition), or any similar daily business publication, or at the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is lower.

 

3.10.            Tax. Any withholding or other tax that is required by law to be withheld with respect to payments owed by Licensee pursuant to this Agreement shall be deducted by Licensee (or its Affiliates or any Sublicensees) from such payment prior to remittance, and paid over to the relevant taxing authorities when due. Licensee shall promptly furnish Deverra evidence of any such taxes withheld and of payment thereof.

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 4
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

4.1.              Protection of Intellectual Property. Licensee acknowledges that FHCRC controls the preparation, prosecution, maintenance and defense of the Sublicensed IP. Deverra will provide information about current status of patents and patent applications within the Sublicensed IP periodically reasonably promptly after receipt of such information from FHCRC as provided in Section 5.1 of the FHCRC License Agreement or as may be requested by Licensee. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that it has no rights to direct the preparation, prosecution, maintenance and defense of the Sublicensed IP. Deverra will consider in good faith and promptly pass along to FHCRC any recommendations made by Licensee relating to the preparation, prosecution, maintenance and defense of the Sublicensed IP.

 

4.2.               Infringement; Enforcement. If Licensee becomes aware of any infringement, misappropriation, or other unauthorized use of the Sublicensed IP, it will promptly provide Deverra written notice thereof, including available evidence of such infringement, misappropriation, or other unauthorized use. Licensee has no rights to enforce any Sublicensed IP or to require Deverra or FHCRC to do so; provided, however, that if Deverra does not file suit, or otherwise take any action to abate, against a substantial infringer of the Sublicensed IP in the Field within three (3) months of written notice by Licensee of such infringement, and if requested by Licensee, Deverra will notify FHCRC that Licensee desires to exercise Deverra’s rights to enforce the Sublicensed IP in the Field as set forth in the FHCRC License Agreement and facilitate an introduction between FHCRC and Licensee so Licensee may discuss enforcement directly with FHCRC.

 

ARTICLE 5
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; COVENANTS

 

5.1.               Confidentiality, Permitted Use and Disclosure. Each Party shall and shall cause its Affiliates, Licensees and Sublicensees to abide by the confidentiality obligations set forth in the APA and FHCRC License Agreement. In addition, Licensee agrees to be bound by Section 10 of the FHCRC License Agreement. Deverra may disclose Confidential Information of Licensee to FHCRC as may be required in relation to Deverra’s obligations under the FHCRC License Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

6.1.              Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that:

 

(a)               it has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the acts required of it hereunder,

 

(b)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and this Agreement constitutes such Party’s legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, and

 

(c)               the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not and will not, as of the Effective Date, (i) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any provision of its certificate of incorporation, operating Agreement or by laws, (ii) violate any Applicable Law, or (iii) result in any breach of, constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a default) under, or require any consent under any contract, Agreement or arrangement by which it is bound.

 

 

 

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6.2.               DEVERRRA DOES NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY LICENSED PRODUCT, INCLUDING THEIR SAFETY, EFFECTIVENESS OR COMMERCIAL VIABILITY.

 

6.3.              Compliance with FHCRC License Agreement by Deverra. Deverra covenants and agrees to take all commercially reasonable actions to remain in compliance with any material terms and conditions of the FHCRC License Agreement. If Deverra receives any notice of breach by Deverra or its Affiliates, as applicable, of the FHCRC License Agreement in a manner that will or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect Licensee’s rights or obligations under this Agreement, then Deverra shall notify Licensee in writing of such notice. In any case, Deverra shall not terminate, waive or otherwise modify (or provide consent with respect to any termination, amendment, waiver or modification of) the rights under the FHCRC License Agreement in any manner that will or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect Licensee’s rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Licensee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

6.4.              Licensee Covenant Regarding FHCRC License Agreement. Licensee covenants and agrees to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of the FHCRC License Agreement as if it were a party to such Agreement with respect thereto and to not do, or failure to do, anything that would reasonably be expected to cause Deverra to be in material breach of the FHCRC License Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, Licensee shall comply with Sections 2.3, 3.3, 5.4, 5.5, 7.1, 8, 9 and 10 of the FHCRC License Agreement. Licensee’s indemnification obligations to the FHCRC Indemnitees pursuant to Section 7 of the FHCRC License Agreement shall not be subject to the limitations of liability provisions of the APA.

 

ARTICLE 7
TERM AND TERMINATION

 

7.1.              Term. Subject to earlier termination as provided herein below, the term of this Agreement is from the Effective Date to expiration of the FHCRC License Agreement (“Term”). To the extent permitted pursuant to Section 12.3(c) of the FHCRC License Agreement, this Agreement shall remain in place upon a termination of the FHCRC License Agreement for any reason, with FHCRC becoming a direct licensor of the Sublicensed IP hereunder and Coeptis automatically continuing to receive the benefits of this agreement in all respects.

 

7.2.              Permissive Termination by Licensee. Licensee may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing Deverra notice in writing at least three (3) months prior to the effective date of termination.

 

7.3.              Termination by Either Party. Each Party may terminate this Agreement if (i) the other Party commits a breach of this Agreement and fails to remedy such breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice thereof and (ii) with respect to Deverra the termination right under this Section 7.3 is conditioned upon (A) Section 2.3(a) of the FHCRC Agreement applying to Coeptis and (B) Deverra having attempted in good faith to obtain a waiver from FHCRC at such time of the application of said Section 2.3(a) to this Agreement (in which case, if such waiver is obtained and such waiver applies to both Deverra and Licensee, then this Section 7.3 shall not be available in respect of the applicable underlying breach).

 

7.4.              Termination for Insolvency. This Agreement shall automatically terminate if Licensee files for bankruptcy or has an involuntary bankruptcy petition, insolvency proceeding or similar action filed against it by its creditors, and such petition or action is not dismissed or otherwise resolved within ninety (90) days.

 

7.5.              Termination for Challenge of Sublicensed IP. This Agreement may be terminated by Deverra immediately upon written notice to Licensee if Licensee or any of its Affiliates or Sublicensees challenge the validity or enforceability of, or otherwise oppose, any of the patents or patent applications within the Sublicensed IP pursuant to a claim made to a court of competent jurisdiction or the applicable patent office.

 

 

 

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7.6.              Effect of Termination.

 

(a)               Accrued Rights and Obligations. Termination of this Agreement for any reason does not release any Party hereto from any liability which, at the time of such termination, has already accrued to the other Party or which is attributable to a period prior to such termination, nor preclude either Party from pursuing any rights and remedies it may have hereunder or at law or in equity with respect to any breach of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that monetary damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of this Agreement and that the nonbreaching Party may be entitled to seek injunctive relief as a remedy for any such breach. Such remedy shall not be considered to be the exclusive remedy for any such breach of this Agreement, but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

 

(b)               Licenses. After expiration of this Agreement, but not earlier termination of this Agreement, due to expiration, but not earlier termination, of the FHCRC License Agreement, the licenses granted hereunder to Licensee will be deemed to be perpetual, irrevocable and fully paid. In all other cases, all licenses granted to Licensee hereunder shall terminate upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(c)               Sublicenses. Upon the termination of this Agreement, (i) any and all Sublicenses granted by Licensee under and in compliance with the requirements of this Agreement shall remain in effect according to its terms, with Deverra becoming the sublicensor thereunder; (ii) Deverra shall be entitled to payments from the Sublicensees under such sublicenses for all periods from and after the effective date of termination in accordance with such sublicense agreements; and (iii) such Sublicenses shall be deemed assigned to Deverra if necessary to ensure continued payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) Deverra shall not be subject to any obligations under any such Sublicenses other than the grant of license and appurtenant obligations under this Agreement, and (B) if a given Sublicensee’s actions or inactions resulted in termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3 or 7.5, such Sublicensee’s Sublicense shall automatically terminate upon termination of this Agreement.

 

(d)               Return of Confidential Information. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall promptly, at its own expense, return to Deverra all relevant records and materials in Licensee’s possession or control containing Deverra’s or its Affiliates’, Licensees’ or Sublicensees’ Confidential Information.

 

(e)               Cease Manufacture. Subject to Section 7.5(f), upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee shall discontinue the manufacture, use, marketing, sale and distribution, as applicable, of FHCRC Licensed Products.

 

(f)                Stock on Hand. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Licensee may sell or otherwise dispose of the stock of any Licensed Product then on hand or then in-progress until one hundred eighty (180) days after such termination.

 

(g)               Reversion of Rights. Except as otherwise contemplated herein, upon the termination of this Agreement, all rights sold, assigned or transferred to Licensee hereunder shall revert to Deverra, and Licensee agrees to execute all instruments necessary and desirable to revest said rights in Deverra.

 

7.7.            Survival. Sections 3 (excluding 3.7), 5, 6.4 (limited to activities through the time period referenced in Section 7.6(f) of this Agreement, and subject to surviving provisions listed in Section 12.3(e) of the FHCRC License Agreement (to the extent that same were applicable to Licensee during the term of this Agreement)), 7.6, 7.7, 7.8 and Article 8 (excluding Sections 8.8. and 8.9) of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

7.8.            Bankruptcy. All rights and licenses granted under this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Code”), licenses to “Intellectual Property” as defined in the Code. The Parties agree that each Party shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Code.

 

 

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ARTICLE 8
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

8.1.            Events of Force Majeure. The force majeure provisions contained in Section 14.8 of the FHCRC License Agreement are incorporated herein and shall be operative as between the Parties under this Agreement.

 

8.2.            Notices. Section 9.3.2 of the APA is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

8.3.            Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Annexes, Schedules, Exhibits or other attachments hereto), together with the APA and FHCRC License Agreement, constitutes the entire Agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no oral or written statement may be used to interpret or vary the meaning of the terms and conditions hereof. The FHCRC License Agreement is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes any prior or contemporaneous Agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

8.4.            Assignment. Neither Party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that a Party may make such an assignment or delegation without the other Party’s consent (i) to Affiliates, provided that such assignment or delegation shall not relieve such assigning Party from its obligations hereunder or (ii) to a successor to substantially all of the business to which this Agreement pertains, whether in a merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, spin-off or other transaction. Any permitted successor or assignee of rights and/or obligations hereunder shall, in writing to the other Party, expressly assume performance of such rights and/or obligations. Any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 8.4 shall be void.

 

8.5.            Headings. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the Agreement.

 

8.6.            Independent Contractor. Each Party shall be acting as an independent contractor in performing under this Agreement and shall not be considered or deemed to be an agent, employee, joint venturer or partner of the other Party.

 

8.7.            Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party.

 

8.8.            Compliance with Laws. In performing under this Agreement, each Party shall comply with all Applicable Laws, including those of the United States Food and Drug Administration and all foreign laws affecting this Agreement or the sale of FHCRC Licensed Products in the Field .

 

8.9.            Export Controls. Licensee and its Affiliates and Sublicensees shall comply with all Applicable Laws controlling the export of certain commodities and technical data, including all Export Administration Regulations of the United States Department of Commerce. Among other things, these laws and regulations prohibit or require a license for the export of certain types of commodities and technical data to specified countries. Licensee hereby gives written assurance that it will comply with, and will cause its Affiliates and Sublicensees to comply with, all United States export control laws and regulations, that it bears sole responsibility for any violation of such laws and regulations by itself or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, and that it will indemnify and hold Deverra harmless for the consequences of any such violation.

 

 

 

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8.10.         Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by authorized representatives of all Parties.

 

8.11.         Governing Law; Jurisdiction. Section 9.1 of the APA is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

8.12.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the respective Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

8.13.         No Waiver. The failure of either Party to enforce at any time for any period the provisions of or any rights deriving from this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or rights or the right of such Party thereafter to enforce such provisions.

 

8.14.         Public Disclosures. Section 3.1.4 of the APA is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

8.15.         Extension to Affiliates. Each Party shall have the right to extend the rights and immunities granted in this Agreement to one or more legal entities that are its Affiliates, but only for so long as such legal entities remain Affiliates of such Party. All applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement, except this right to extend, shall apply to any such Affiliate to which this Agreement has been extended to the same extent as such terms and provisions apply to the Party extending such rights and immunities. The Party extending the rights and immunities granted hereunder shall remain primarily liable for any acts or omissions of its Affiliates.

 

8.16.          No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Except for the benefits granted to and the rights of any Sublicensees hereunder including pursuant to Section 7.5(c), in each case explicitly provided for in this Agreement, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not be construed to give any Third Party any interest or rights (including any Third Party beneficiary rights) with respect to or in connection with any Agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated hereby.

 

8.17.         Interpretation. In this Agreement unless otherwise specified (i) “includes” and “including” shall mean includes and including without limitation; (ii) a Party includes its permitted assignees and/or the respective successors in title to substantially the whole of its undertaking; (iii) a statute or statutory instrument or any of their provisions is to be construed as a reference to that statute or statutory instrument or such provision as the same may have been or may from time to time hereafter be amended or re-enacted; (iv) words denoting the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and words denoting any gender shall include all genders; (v) the Schedules and other attachments form part of the operative provision of this Agreement and references to this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include references to the recitals and the Schedules and attachments; (vi) the headings in this Agreement are for information only and shall not be considered in the interpretation of this Agreement; and (vii) general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective duly authorized officers.

 

 

COEPTIS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

/s/ David Mehalick                                            
Name: David Mehalick
Title: CEO

 

 

DEVERRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

/s/ Michael Yurkowsky                                   
Name: Michael Yurkowsky
Title: CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1.1(h)

 

SUBLICENSED IP

 

 

 

 

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EX-10.3 4 coeptis_ex1003.htm ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.3

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on this 16th day of August, 2023, by and between Deverra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Deverra”), and Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Coeptis”). Deverra and Coeptis may each be referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 herein.

 

BACKGROUND

 

WHEREAS, Deverra owns or controls certain proprietary rights, regulatory approvals, know-how and technology related to the Target IP and the Purchased Assets;

 

WHEREAS, Deverra desires to (i) sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Coeptis, and Coeptis desires to purchase, acquire and accept from Deverra, the Purchased Assets and (ii) license and sublicense to Coeptis, and Coeptis desires to license and sublicense from Deverra, certain of the Target IP, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Parties will be entering into certain Ancillary Agreements, including a License Agreement and a Sublicense Agreement pursuant to which Coeptis and its Affiliates shall license and sublicense, respectively, from Deverra certain rights with respect to the development and commercialization of the Products, on an exclusive basis.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1.DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1              “Coeptis Party(ies)” means Coeptis and its Affiliates.

 

1.2              “Affiliate(s)” means, with respect to a Party, any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Party. For purposes of this definition, “control” and, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with” means (i) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract relating to voting rights or corporate governance; or (ii) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities or other ownership interest of a Person (or, with respect to a limited partnership or other similar entity, its general partner or controlling entity). The Parties acknowledge that in the case of certain entities organized under the laws of certain countries outside of the United States, the maximum percentage ownership permitted by law for a foreign investor may be less than fifty percent (50%), and that in such case such lower percentage shall be substituted in the preceding sentence, provided that such foreign investor has the power to direct the management or policies of such entity.

 

1.3              “Ancillary Agreements” means, collectively, the Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the License Agreement, the Sublicense Agreement and the License Recordation Letter.

 

 

 

 

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1.4              “Applicable Laws” means all federal, state, local or foreign laws, codes, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, guidance, or orders of any kind whatsoever pertaining to either Party, the Target IP or the Purchased Assets or any of the activities performed by Deverra prior to the date hereof and the date of Closing and/or the activities contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, all relevant European Union Law, the FDCA, Public Health Services Act, Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992 (21 U.S.C. § 335a et seq.), Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b et seq.), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, data security and confidentiality, patient and information privacy, and tax laws, and any other regulations promulgated by any Governmental Authority, all as amended from time to time in the relevant territory.

 

1.5              “Assigned Contracts” means the Contracts between Deverra or its Affiliates and Third Parties that are listed on Section 1.5 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

1.6              “Assumed Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

 

1.7              “Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement” means a bill of sale, assignment and assumption agreement in substantially the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

1.8              “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States, or any day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

1.9              “cGCP” means the then-current applicable current Good Clinical Practice requirements under Applicable Laws for clinical trials that support or are intended to support Registrations, including as set forth in International Conference on Harmonization E6: Good Clinical Practices Consolidated Guideline and in 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, and 312, and as otherwise required by the applicable Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction in the world.

 

1.10           “cGLP” means the then-current Good Laboratory Practice requirements under Applicable Laws for nonclinical laboratory studies that support or are intended to support applications to conduct research in humans or to obtain Registrations, including as set forth in 21 C.F.R. part 58 and EC Directives 2004/10/EC and 2004/9/EC, and as otherwise required by the applicable Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction in the world.

 

1.11           “cGMP” means the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 210 and 211, 21 U.S.C. 351(a), and the applicable counterpart requirements for the manufacture, warehousing, packaging, and distribution of drug products for human use promulgated by Governmental Authorities in countries outside the United States where the a Product (or any component thereof) is or was previously manufactured, produced, distributed, marketed, sold or developed by Deverra or any of its Affiliates, including any amendments or revisions thereto.

 

1.12           “Clinical Data” means all data collected or otherwise generated under or in connection with all clinical studies (whether inside the US or outside the US), including all bioequivalence studies, including: (a) raw data, reports listing or summarizing such data, and results with respect thereto, including all case report forms; (b) the tables, figures and graphs based upon the rules and instructions described in the statistical analysis plan for all studies in the SAS data sets compiled from the clinical data management database; (c) a detailed summary of all data generated or compiled in connection with the clinical studies (including electronic or other reasonable access to all raw data, including case report forms); and (d) all results and analyses of the clinical studies, including all analyses conducted by Deverra or its Affiliates in connection with the clinical studies, including, without limitation, the pre-clinical and clinical data identified on Section 1.12 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, in each case relating specifically to the Target IP and the Products.

 

1.13           “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means with respect to the efforts to be expended by a Party with respect to any objective, reasonable, good faith efforts to accomplish such objective as a Person in the life sciences industry would normally use to accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances, taking into consideration the stage of development or product life, market potential, efficacy, safety, approved labeling, competitiveness of alternative products sold by Third Parties in the marketplace, patent and other proprietary positions, and profitability (including royalties payable to licensors of patent or other intellectual property rights).

 

 

 

 

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1.14            “Confidential Information” means technical, financial, manufacturing or marketing information, ideas, methods, developments, improvements, business plans, know-how, trade secrets or other proprietary information relating thereto, together with analyses, compilations, studies or other documents, records or data prepared by the Parties and their Affiliates which contain or otherwise reflect or are generated from such information.

 

1.15            “Contracts” means any and all binding commitments, contracts, purchase orders, licenses, permits, instruments, commitments, arrangements, undertakings, practices or other agreements.

 

1.16           “Control” means, with respect to any item of Deverra Intellectual Property Rights or Confidential Information, ownership of or possession of the right, whether directly or through an Affiliate, by ownership or license, to use, assign or practice such item of Deverra Intellectual Property Rights or Confidential Information.

 

1.17           “CTA” means Clinical Trial Application (or non-US equivalent thereof) filed with any Governmental Authority.

 

1.18           “Deverra Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.5(a).

 

1.19           “Deverra Patent Rights” means all Patent Rights Controlled by Deverra that claim or otherwise cover any portion of the Target IP, any Product, the development or manufacture of any Product or the use of any Product including, without limitation, the Inventory and the Patent Files.

 

1.20           “Drug Laws” means the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, any Applicable Law or similar laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

 

1.21           “Effective Transfer” means, on a Regulatory Approval by Regulatory Approval basis, the various filings required to be made by Deverra and described on Section 1.21 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, and following such filings, the transfer of legal ownership of the Regulatory Approvals to a Coeptis Party and the acknowledgement of such transfer by the applicable Pharmaceutical Product Regulatory Authority.

 

1.22           “Encumbrance” means any lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, restriction on transferability or use, right of first refusal, defect of title, restriction on receipt of income or other attribute of ownership, or other claim, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any asset, property or property interest.

 

1.23           “Equipment” means all equipment owned or Controlled by Deverra, wherever located, related to the Target IP and any development efforts related thereto.

 

1.24           “Excluded Tax Liabilities” means any liability for (i) Taxes that relate, or are attributable, to the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, in each case for any Pre-Closing Tax Period (including the Taxes apportioned to a Pre-Closing Tax Period pursuant to Section 3.3.3), (ii) Taxes of Deverra, (iii) payments by Deverra under any Tax allocation, sharing or similar agreement or arrangement, other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, and (iv) any Transfer Taxes payable by Deverra (as determined under Section 3.3.2).

 

1.25           “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration, and any successor agency(ies) or authority having substantially the same function.

 

1.26           “FDCA” means the U.S. Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 321, et seq.

 

 

 

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1.27           “Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any provincial, state, regional, local or other political subdivision thereof, any supranational organization of sovereign states, and any entity, department, commission, bureau, agency, authority, board, court, official or officer, domestic or foreign, exercising executive, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the FDA.

 

1.28           “IND” means Investigational New Drug Application filed with the FDA pursuant to 21 C.F.R. §312, or the equivalent application or filing filed with any equivalent agency or Governmental Authority.

 

1.29           “Institutional Review Board” means any domestic or foreign institutional review board or ethics committee overseeing any clinical trial involving the Product.

 

1.30           “Intellectual Property Rights” means (i) Patent Rights, (ii) trademarks, trademark registrations, trademark applications, service marks, service mark registrations, service mark applications and domain names, (iii) copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, (iv) Know How, inventions, formulae, data, ideas, creations, works, processes, designs and methods (whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a mask work, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise protectable as an intellectual property right), which are incorporated in or related to the design, function, structure, and/or manufacture of present or future products that could comprise a Product (defined below), including any derivative works made in connection with the development of such products etc. that is or can be used in connection with development by Coeptis of any Product and (v) all rights in all of the foregoing provided by Applicable Law.

 

1.31           “Inventory” means all inventory owned or Controlled by Deverra, wherever located, related to the Target IP and any development efforts related thereto, including, without limitation, that inventory listed on Section 1.31 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

1.32           “Know How” means any and all know-how, trade secrets and proprietary technology that is controlled by Deverra that relates to the Target IP, regulatory files, ongoing development programs related to the Target IP, any Product that is developed utilizing, separately or in combination, any portion of the Target IP, any information that has been or is being used for the development, manufacture, import, use or sale of a product based on any Target IP (including, without limitation, enhancements, manufacturing processes or protocols, writings, documentation, data, technical information, techniques, results of experimentation and testing, diagnostic and prognostic assays, specifications, databases, any and all laboratory, research, pharmacological, toxicological, analytical, quality control, pre-clinical and clinical data, safety data, chemistry, manufacturing and control data and other information and materials, whether or not patentable).

 

1.33           “Knowledge” means, with respect to Deverra, all facts actually known, without further inquiry or investigation, by Colleen Delaney or Michael W. Yurkowsky.

 

1.34           “Liability” means, collectively, any indebtedness, guaranty, endorsement, claim, loss, damage, deficiency, cost, expense, obligation or responsibility, fixed or unfixed, known or unknown, choate or inchoate, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, accrued or not accrued, and whether or not required to be reflected in the financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

 

1.35           “License Agreement” means the license agreement in the form and substance mutually agreed to by Coeptis and Deverra.

 

1.36           “Licensed IP” means those intellectual property assets that will be licensed by Deverra to Coeptis under the License Agreement, including, without limitation, those set forth on Section 1.36 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

 

 

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1.37           “Losses” means any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims, awards, judgments, Taxes, interest, penalties, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, experts’ fees and other similar out-of-pocket expenses) actually suffered or incurred, but excluding punitive, special, exemplary, incidental or consequential damages unless (a) in connection with a breach of Sections 3.7 or 3.8 or (b) such punitive, special, exemplary, incidental or consequential damages are awarded to a Third Party in connection with a Third Party Claim.

 

1.38           “Manufacturing Documentation” means any and all documentation that is under the possession or control of Deverra (or any of its Affiliates or Third Party contractors) for manufacturing related to any Product (or any component thereof), including, without limitation, the Manufacturing Documentation owned by Deverra that is listed on Section 1.38 – Part A of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule (“Owned Manufacturing Documentation”) and the Manufacturing Documentation owned by any of Deverra’s Third Party suppliers (“Third Party Supplier Manufacturing Documentation”) that is comprised of those documents listed on Section 1.38 – Part B of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

1.39           [RESERVED]

 

1.40           “Owned Manufacturing Documentation” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.38.

 

1.41           “Patent Application” means (a) those patent applications set forth on Section 4.2.5(a) of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, including patent applications claiming priority to said application, including non-provisionals, national stage applications, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, utility models, and designs, any priority documents of said application, any applications which claim priority to a priority document of said application, and any other related applications and equivalents thereof, along with both the right to claim priority to said application and the right to claim priority to any priority documents of said application, and (b) all Patent Rights issuing under any patent application covered by the foregoing clause (a).

 

1.42           “Patent Files” mean copies of the following to the extent comprising or relating to Deverra Patent Rights: (a) all patents, patent applications, assignments and correspondence to and from any country (whether or not to or from Deverra); and (b) to the extent that the same are in existence and related to the items in clause (a), all files, records, workbooks (including, without limitation, laboratory notebooks), correspondence, data, notes and information in the possession or Control of Deverra or its agents.

 

1.43           “Patent Rights” means all rights arising under patents, provisional patent applications, patent applications or invention registrations, as well as any substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals and all reissues, renewals, reexaminations, extensions, supplementary protection certificates, confirmations, revalidations, registrations or patents, and all foreign counterparts thereof, registered or applied for in the United States and all other nations throughout the world, in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

1.44           “Permitted Encumbrances” means (i) encumbrances for taxes that are not yet due and payable or that may hereafter be paid without material penalty or that are being contested in good faith, (ii) encumbrances that will be released prior to or as of the Closing, and (iii) encumbrances arising for the benefit of one of the Parties related to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements.

 

1.45           “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust or unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

1.46           “Pharmaceutical Product Regulatory Authority” means any Governmental Authority that is concerned with the safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacture, investigation, sale or marketing of pharmaceuticals or medical products, including the FDA.

 

 

 

 

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1.47           “Pharmacovigilance Documentation” means the pharmacovigilance data extract from the global safety database, copies of adverse event case files, copies of PSURs, copies of any other pharmacovigilance documents that may be necessary to meet the ongoing global pharmacovigilance obligations related to the Products.

 

1.48           “Preclinical Stud(y/ies)” means all studies and other testing, including any animal or other non-clinical studies and testing, not conducted on humans.

 

1.49           “Pre-Closing Tax Period” means any Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date; and, with respect to a Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax period ending at the end of the Closing Date.

 

1.50           “Product” refers to any product or therapeutic approach that is or may be developed utilizing, separately or in combination, any portion of the Target IP or the Purchased Assets, including without limitation those related to Deverra’s DVX201-COVID19 and DVX-AML-01 NK cell programs and products. For the avoidance of doubt such products are not restricted to COVID-19 or AML applications but any and all applications which use or incorporate any of the Target IP.

 

1.51           “Product Confidential Information” means all Confidential Information Controlled by Deverra to the extent related to the development, manufacturing or commercialization, as applicable, of any Product or any Purchased Assets, including, without limitation, the Manufacturing Documentation, Regulatory Documentation and the Technical Information.

 

1.52            “Purchased Assets” means the Clinical Data, Inventory, Regulatory Documentation, Owned Manufacturing Documentation, Product Confidential Information, Registrations, drug master files for all Products, Pharmacovigilance Documentation and all of Deverra’s rights (subject to any obligations) under the Assigned Contracts, together with all rights to sue or recover and retain damages and costs and attorneys’ fees for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing or for any other claims for breach of contract or otherwise related to the Purchased Assets, and all goodwill related to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchased Assets do not extend outside the Field (as such term is defined in the License Agreement and the Sublicense Agreement). No rights to assets outside of the Field are intended to be transferred to Coeptis under this Agreement.

 

1.53           “Records” means all materials whether in electronic or paper format related to the Purchased Assets currently in the possession of Deverra or its Affiliates or their respective Third Party agents.

 

1.54           “Registrations” means, with respect to any jurisdiction, any and all of the regulatory approvals, licenses, registrations, agreements, permits, exemptions, clearances, certificates, consents, authorizations, other permissions, and requests for approval for, and supplements or amendments to, the foregoing Controlled by Deverra or its Affiliates relating to any Product or studies related thereto issued by any Governmental Authority, necessary or useful to study, manufacture, market, sell or distribute a Product, including where applicable, applications for pricing and reimbursement approval.

 

1.55           “Regulatory Approvals” means an approval by the applicable Pharmaceutical Product Regulatory Authority of Product for countries both inside and outside the United States of the Registrations which are set forth on Section 1.55 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

1.56            “Regulatory Documentation” means any and all applications to or from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority for approvals (including all drug approval applications, INDs, IND amendments, CTAs and CTA amendments), registrations, licenses, authorizations and approvals (including all Registrations), submissions, notifications, and Preclinical Study and clinical study authorization applications or notifications (including all supporting files, writings, data, studies and reports) prepared for submission to a Governmental Authority or research Institutional Review Board with a view to the granting of any Registration (investigational new drug application or clinical trial application), approvals granted by or received from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority (including marketing approvals, variations and pricing applications) or other marketing authorization or approval, and any correspondence to or with the FDA or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any Product (including minutes, tracking logs, internal meeting minutes and contact reports, and official contact reports relating to any communications, written or verbal, with any Governmental Authority), and all data contained in any of the foregoing, including all regulatory drug lists, advertising and promotion documents, adverse event files and complaint files relating to any Product.

 

 

 

 

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1.57           “Representatives” means, with respect to any Party, such Party’s counsel, accountants, financial advisors, lenders and other agents and representatives.

 

1.58           “Straddle Period” means any Tax period beginning on or before, and ending after, the Closing Date.

 

1.59           “Sublicense Agreement” means the sublicense agreement in form and substance mutually agreed to by Coeptis and Deverra.

 

1.60           “Sublicensed IP” means those intellectual property assets that will be sublicensed by Deverra to Coeptis under the Sublicense Agreement, including, without limitation, those set forth on Section 1.60 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule.

 

1.61           “Target IP” means collectively the Licensed IP and the Sublicensed IP.

 

1.62           “Tax” or “Taxes” means (a) any and all federal, state, local, or non-U.S. income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, gross margins, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, fine, penalty, or addition thereto, (b) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, or aggregate group for any taxable period, and (c) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) or (b) as a result of being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of an obligation to indemnify any Person.

 

1.63          “Tax Return” means any report, return, declaration or other information or filing, including any amendments thereto, supplied or required to be supplied to any Taxing Authority with respect to Taxes, including information returns, claims for refund and any documents with respect to or accompanying payments of estimated Taxes.

 

1.64          “Taxing Authority” means any federal, state, or local Governmental Authority responsible for the assessment, collection, imposition or administration of any Tax.

 

1.65          “Technical Information” means any and all technical and/or scientific data and information, including any chemical, formulation, structural, functional biological, chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, pharmaceutical, physical, analytical, process, pre-clinical, clinical, assay, control, safety, manufacturing and quality control data and information, and all copyrights, trade secret rights and other Intellectual Property Rights relating to any of the foregoing.

 

1.66          “Third Part(y/ies)” means any Person(s) other than Deverra and its Affiliates and Coeptis Parties.

 

1.67          “Third Party Supplier Manufacturing Documentation” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.38.

 

1.68          “Transfer” means (i) the assignment of rights relating to such Registration for such Product in such country or (ii) termination of such Registration and issuance of a new Registration for such Product in such country.

 

 

 

 

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1.69          “Transfer Date” means, with respect to a Product, and on a country-by-country basis, the effective date of the Transfer of the Registration, as approved by the applicable Governmental Authority in such country for the Product from Deverra or its Affiliate to Coeptis or its Affiliate or, if applicable, the issuance of a New Registration with respect thereto to Coeptis or its Affiliate.

 

1.70          “United States” means the United States of America, its territories, protectorates and possessions.

 

2.PURCHASE AND SALE.

 

2.1             Purchase and Sale of Assets. On the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Deverra hereby sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to Coeptis, and Coeptis hereby purchases, acquires and accepts from Deverra, all right, title and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets free and clear of any and all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) by execution and delivery of the Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement. Deverra shall (a) deliver to Coeptis all Purchased Assets of a tangible nature promptly following the Closing, (b) make immediately available to Coeptis in accordance with the terms of the License Agreement or the Sublicense Agreement, all information, files and documentation that is licensed or sublicensed to Coeptis under the License Agreement or Sublicense Agreement, including without limitation the Patent Files and (c) deliver to Coeptis all Third Party Supplier Manufacturing Documentation listed on Section 1.38 – Part B of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule promptly following the Closing. Deverra shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to ensure that tangible copies of Third Party Supplier Manufacturing Documentation not listed on Section 1.38 – Part B of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule and the raw Clinical Data related to Product related studies will be delivered by Deverra to Coeptis at or promptly following Closing. The Pharmacovigilance Documentation shall be transferred as quickly as possible following Closing at Coeptis’ cost and expense, but in no event shall such transfer take place later than ten (10) days following Closing.

 

2.2             Purchase Price. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in consideration for the sale, transfer, assignment, conveyance, license and delivery of the Purchased Assets and the execution and delivery of the License Agreement and the Sublicense Agreement, Coeptis will:

 

2.2.1        pay to Deverra, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by Deverra, on the Closing Date, Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Nine and 20/100 dollars ($567,609.20) (the “Cash Purchase Price”); provided that Deverra acknowledges that as of the Closing Date, Coeptis loaned to Deverra cash in the aggregate amount of Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Nine and 20/100 dollars ($567,609.20), which loan will be reduced by the Cash Purchase Price in which case the loan will be deemed repaid in full as of the time of such credit; and

2.2.2        within five (5) Business Days following the Closing Date, deliver four million (4,000,000) shares of Coeptis’ common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to Deverra or its designees (the “Equity Purchase Price” and together with the Cash Purchase Price the “Purchase Price”).

 

2.3              Right of Reference. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the License Agreement and Sublicense Agreement, as applicable, will contain a grant from Deverra to Coeptis of (a) an exclusive (even as to Deverra and its Affiliates, and any successor or assign), perpetual and irrevocable royalty-free license, with a right to grant sub-licenses, to cross-reference Deverra’s Registrations, including regulatory filings and materials (including Registrations applicable to the Target IP and the Products) for purposes of Coeptis obtaining and maintaining Registrations for Products (alone or in combination). In furtherance of the foregoing, Deverra shall agree, promptly upon the written request of Coeptis specifying the Governmental Authority, to deliver a letter to the applicable Governmental Authority authorizing Coeptis to use and reference, the applicable Registrations. The Parties further agree that the License Agreement and Sublicense Agreement, as applicable, shall obligate Coeptis to provide Deverra with prior written notice of any sublicense. In addition to the foregoing, Deverra shall also agree in the License Agreement and Sublicense Agreement, as applicable, to provide Coeptis electronic copies of all the results of the Clinical Data promptly upon such data becoming available to Deverra, and shall grant Coeptis the right to use any of such Clinical Data for the sole purpose of undertaking any and all development activities in respect of any Product and/or in support of any Registrations for any Product.

 

2.4              Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets hereunder (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely via the electronic exchange of executed documents on the date of this Agreement (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, the Parties will exchange (or cause to be exchanged) the Purchase Price, certificates and/or other documents, or do, or cause to be done, all of the things respectively required of each Party as specified herein.

 

 

 

 

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2.5              Assumption of Liabilities. At the Closing, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Coeptis shall assume, effective as of the Closing Date, (a) the Assigned Contracts and all Liabilities thereunder relating to acts, omissions or events first occurring or arising from and after the Closing Date, and (b) those other Liabilities specifically listed in Schedule 2.5 hereto (collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”).

 

2.6              Retained Liabilities. It is expressly agreed and understood that other than the Assumed Liabilities, Coeptis shall not assume, nor shall it be liable for, or otherwise be obligated to pay, perform or discharge, any Liabilities of Deverra or its Affiliates or Representatives, including, without limitation, any Liabilities arising from any litigation, claim, lawsuit, proceeding, investigation, judgment, decree or order related to the Products or the Purchased Assets and the use thereof, arising from any acts, omissions or other state of events occurring or arising prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, the Excluded Tax Liabilities (collectively, the “Retained Liabilities”). Deverra shall be solely responsible for, and shall pay, perform and discharge, when due, all of the Retained Liabilities.

 

2.7              Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Coeptis shall be entitled to withhold, or cause to be withheld, any and all amounts paid or deemed paid by it to any Person as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that are required to be withheld under Applicable Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the applicable Governmental Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid and the payor Party shall secure and send to the payee Party evidence in its possession of such payment.

 

2.8              Flow of Funds. Payment of the Purchase Price shall be payable at the Closing to the Persons identified on and in accordance with a funds flow schedule as agreed to prior to Closing between Coeptis and Deverra.

 

3.COVENANTS.

 

3.1              Confidentiality.

 

3.1.1        Confidential Disclosure Agreement. Each Party hereby agrees that that certain Confidentiality Agreement dated February 3, 2023, between the Parties is hereby terminated.

 

3.1.2        Product Confidential Information. From and after the Closing, (a) Deverra acknowledges and agrees that any and all Product Confidential Information shall be deemed a Purchased Asset and the sole property of Coeptis and (b) Deverra shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives to: (i) protect the Product Confidential Information with at least the same degree of care, but no less than reasonable care, with which it protects its own most sensitive Confidential Information and not disclose or reveal any such Product Confidential Information to any Person; and (ii) not use Product Confidential Information for any purpose other than to the extent necessary in connection with any filing requirements under Applicable Laws or to obtain any consents or approvals from any Governmental Authority to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or as required to be disclosed under Applicable Laws (provided, that prompt notice of such disclosure will be given as far in advance as possible to Coeptis and Coeptis shall be given reasonable opportunity to determine whether disclosure is required and to assess the extent of Product Confidential Information required to be disclosed).

 

3.1.3        Continuing Obligations. To the extent any of the Non-Assignable Contracts (as defined below) and Contracts between Deverra and Third Parties which do not constitute Assigned Contracts are ongoing and contain confidentiality obligations, Deverra shall continue to enforce and maintain the obligations of confidentiality with respect to information related to Product Confidential Information in accordance with the terms of such Contracts.

 

 

 

 

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3.1.4        Public Disclosures. No disclosure of the existence, or the terms, of this Agreement may be made by either Party, and no Party shall use the name, trademark, trade name or logo of the other Party, its Affiliates or their respective employee(s) in any publicity, promotion, press release or disclosure relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, or any Ancillary Agreement without the prior express written permission of the other Party, except as may be required by Applicable Law (including, without limitation, any required disclosures by Coeptis under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties have agreed to (a) allow disclosure of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to each Party’s insurers and to existing or potential equity investors and debt providers, provided that such Third Parties are bound by confidentiality restrictions at least as stringent as those contained in this Section 3.1, and (b) allow disclosure of the existence of this Agreement to its field employees and vendors and for internal communications.

 

3.2              Further Assurances; Further Documents.

 

3.2.1        Diligence. Each of the Parties shall use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts, in the most expeditious manner practicable, to cause the sale and purchase transactions contemplated hereunder to be consummated and for Coeptis to be able to utilize the Purchased Assets following the Closing Date, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to obtain all consents and authorizations of Third Parties and to make all filings with, and give all notices to, Third Parties that may be necessary or reasonably required to effect the foregoing.

 

3.2.2        Continuing Obligations. Each of Deverra and Coeptis shall, at the request of the other Party, and without any additional consideration, execute and deliver to such other Party such further instruments, assignments, assurances and other documents as such other Party may reasonably request in connection with the carrying out of this Agreement and the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets contemplated hereunder. If, after the Closing Date, Deverra determines or learns that any assets relating to the Purchased Assets owned by Deverra as of the Closing Date were not included in the Purchased Assets but should have been so included, then Deverra, at its sole cost and expense, shall promptly notify Coeptis of such determination and promptly deliver such assets to Coeptis (in a manner consistent with the assignment, license and delivery, as applicable, at the Closing) without requiring any additional consideration.

 

3.2.3        Non-Assignable Contracts. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Assigned Contract if an attempted assignment thereof, without consent of a Third Party thereto that has not been received, would constitute a breach or other contravention thereof or in any way adversely affect the rights of Deverra or Coeptis thereunder (each, a “Non-Assignable Contract”). Deverra shall, at Deverra’s sole cost and expense, obtain the consent of the other parties to any such Non-Assignable Contract for the assignment thereof to Coeptis. Unless and until such consent is obtained, or if an attempted assignment thereof would be ineffective or would materially adversely affect the rights of Deverra thereunder so that Coeptis would not in fact receive all rights under such Non-Assignable Contract, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (a) this Agreement and the related instruments of transfer shall not constitute an assignment or transfer of the Non-Assignable Contract, and (i) Deverra shall use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain such consent as soon as possible after the Closing Date and (ii) Coeptis shall cooperate, to the extent commercially reasonable, with Deverra in its efforts to obtain such consent; and (b) at Coeptis’ election prior to Closing, (i) the Non-Assignable Contract shall not constitute a Purchased Asset and Coeptis shall have no obligation with respect to any such Non-Assignable Contract or any liability with respect thereto or (ii) Deverra shall use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain for Coeptis substantially all of the practical benefit of such Non-Assignable Contract, including by (i) entering into appropriate and reasonable alternative arrangements on terms mutually and reasonably agreeable to Deverra and Coeptis and (ii) subject to the consent and control of Coeptis, enforcement of any and all rights of Deverra against the Third Party thereto arising out of the breach or cancellation thereof by such Third Party or otherwise. Nothing contained in this Section 3.2.3 shall be deemed to limit or modify the representations and warranties of Deverra contained in Section 4 of this Agreement or limit Coeptis’ rights to make claims for breaches of or inaccuracies in such representations or warranties pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

 

 

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3.3              Tax Matters.

 

3.3.1        Allocation of Purchase Price. Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Coeptis and Deverra shall use commercially reasonable efforts to agree to the allocation of the Purchase Price among the Purchased Assets (the “Allocation”). If Coeptis and Deverra reach an agreement with respect to the Allocation, then the Parties and each of their respective Affiliates each shall report the federal, state, local, and non-U.S. income and other Tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with the Allocation. Except as otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any comparable provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Law), neither Coeptis nor Deverra, nor any of their respective Affiliates shall take a position inconsistent with the Allocation on any Tax Return (including any forms required to be filed with pursuant to Section 1060 of the Code) or in any proceeding before any Taxing Authority. Within a reasonable period before the due date of such statements, Deverra and Coeptis shall cooperate with each other in preparing IRS Form 8594 or any equivalent statements required by any Taxing Authority. If the Allocation is disputed by any Taxing Authority, the Party receiving notice of the dispute shall promptly notify the other Party, and the Parties shall cooperate with each other in the defense of such Allocation. If Coeptis and Deverra are unable to reach an agreement on the Allocation, they shall promptly thereafter submit for resolution the items remaining in dispute to a mutually agreeable independent accountant and shall instruct such independent accountant to make a determination regarding such dispute as promptly as practicable, and in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the date on which such dispute is referred to the independent accountant (or such longer period as the independent accountant may reasonably require). If the Parties cannot agree on a mutually agreeable independent accountant, the Parties shall each pick their own independent accountant, and the two chosen independent accountants shall together pick an independent accountant to make such determination of Allocation. The fees and expenses of the independent accountant(s) shall be allocated evenly between Coeptis and Deverra, and the determination of the independent accountant(s) shall be binding on both Parties.

 

3.3.2        Transfer Taxes. All applicable transfer Taxes (including sales, property, use, value added taxes (“VAT”), excise, stamp, documentary, filing, recording, permit, license, authorization and similar Taxes, filing fees and other similar charges) payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the documents giving effect to such transactions (including the Ancillary Agreements) (“Transfer Taxes”) shall be borne equally be the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in connection with the filing of any Tax Returns relating to Transfer Taxes. Deverra and Coeptis (and their respective Affiliates) shall, upon request of the other Party, use their Commercially Reasonable Efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Transfer Tax. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, Coeptis shall be responsible for preparing and timely filing any Tax Return relating to Transfer Taxes and timely remitting to the appropriate Taxing Authority any Transfer Tax shown to be due on such Transfer Tax Returns. Coeptis shall provide Deverra copies of all such filed Transfer Tax Returns and other documentation related to Transfer Taxes, if any.

 

3.3.3        Prorations and Tax Returns. For purposes of this Agreement, any Taxes imposed with respect to the Purchased Assets for any Straddle Period shall be apportioned to the Pre-Closing Tax Period as follows:

 

(a)               the real, personal and intangible property Taxes (“Property Taxes”) allocable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be equal to the amount of such Property Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the Straddle Period that are in the Pre-Closing Tax Period and the denominator of which is the number of days in the Straddle Period;

 

(b)               any Taxes other than Property Taxes allocable to the Pre-Closing Tax Period shall be computed as if such Tax period ended at the end of the Closing Date, provided that exemptions, allowances, or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (including depreciation and amortization deductions), other than with respect to property placed in service after the Closing, shall be allocated between the period ending on the Closing Date and the period after the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each period; and

 

 

 

 

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(c)               Property Taxes shall not include any Transfer Taxes.

 

Deverra shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns due on or before the Closing Date with respect to the Purchased Assets, and Coeptis shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns due after the Closing Date with respect to the Purchased Assets, including such Tax Returns for a Straddle Period. The Party responsible for the filing of such Tax Returns described in this Section 3.3.3 shall be responsible for timely paying any Tax set forth on such Tax Return. If one Party remits to the appropriate Taxing Authority payment for Taxes and such payment includes the other Party’s share of such Taxes, to the extent not paid at or before the Closing, such other Party shall promptly reimburse the remitting Party for its share of such Taxes after the remitting Party has provided reasonable written evidence to the other Party that such Taxes have been timely paid.

 

3.3.4        Cooperation. Deverra and Coeptis shall cooperate reasonably in (a) preparing and filing all Tax Returns, certificates and VAT registrations with respect to the Purchased Assets, including the furnishing or making available during normal business hours of records, personnel (as reasonably required), books of account, powers of attorney and other materials reasonably necessary or helpful for the preparation of such Tax Returns, certificates and VAT registrations, (b) giving the other Party timely written notice of and responding to any inquiries, audits or similar proceedings by any Taxing Authority relating to Taxes with respect to the Purchased Assets, and (c) resolving all disputes and audits with any Taxing Authority relating to Taxes with respect to the Purchased Assets.

 

3.3.5        Books and Records. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Deverra or its designee shall (a) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Purchased Assets relating to any Pre-Closing Tax Period until thirty (30) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for the respective taxable periods (taking into account applicable extensions), and abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Taxing Authority, and (b) give Coeptis reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records following thirty (30) days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations (taking into account applicable extensions) and shall allow Coeptis (at its expense) to take possession of such books and records.

 

3.4              Conduct of the Business of Deverra. During the period from the Closing Date and continuing until the satisfaction in full by Deverra of all covenants contained in Sections 3.8.1, 3.8.3 and 3.8.4, Deverra will not, without Coeptis’ prior written consent:

 

(a)               terminate or extend or modify any Assigned Contract, or enter into any Contract with a Third Party to any Assigned Contract;

 

(b)               dispose of or permit to lapse any rights in, to or for the use of any Deverra Intellectual Property Rights, or disclose to any Person not an employee of Deverra any Product Confidential Information not heretofore a matter of public knowledge, except pursuant to judicial or administrative process;

 

(c)               settle any claim, lawsuit, legal proceeding, litigation, arbitration, inquiry, audit, investigation or action brought, conducted or heard by or before any Governmental Authority, in each case, relating to the Target IP;

 

(d)               except in the ordinary course of business, communicate, orally or in writing, with any Governmental Authority with regards to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Target IP, the Products or any Purchased Asset;

 

 

 

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(e)               correspond with, orally or in writing, or otherwise agree to any meeting with any Pharmaceutical Product Regulatory Authority; or

 

(f)                authorize or enter into any agreement or commitment with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

3.5              Assignment of Registrations.

 

3.5.1        Registration Transfer. With regard to the Transfer of the Registrations, Coeptis and Deverra shall execute, and cause their respective Affiliates to execute any and all documents necessary or reasonably desirable to ensure the orderly Transfer of such Registrations. If Coeptis determines that the issuance of a new Registration with respect to any Product (each, a “New Registration”) will be more expeditious (or if the assignment of such a Registration is impermissible under Applicable Law and Coeptis is required to obtain a New Registration), Deverra shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, cooperate with Coeptis at Coeptis’ sole cost and expense, and Coeptis shall execute and submit the necessary application materials to the applicable Governmental Authority to effect the issuance of such New Registration in the name of Coeptis or its Affiliate or its permitted designee.

 

3.5.2        Assistance. Deverra shall exercise its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assist Coeptis to accomplish in an expeditious manner the Transfer of Registrations for Products where Deverra holds such Registrations in accordance with this Section 3.5.

 

3.6              Expenses Associated with Transfer. Deverra shall undertake and cause its Affiliates to undertake all reasonable and necessary steps to maintain such Registrations in full force and effect up to the Transfer Date or such other date as the Parties may subsequently agree. Coeptis shall bear the costs and expenses in connection with the Transfer of the Registrations to Coeptis or its Affiliates (or, if applicable, the issuance of new Registrations with respect to the Products in the name of Coeptis or its Affiliates).

 

3.7              Insurance. Prior to the Closing, Deverra shall cause each insurance policy maintained by Deverra or its Affiliates covering any Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability to be amended prior to the Closing, to name Coeptis as an additional insured. Effective upon the Closing, Deverra shall appoint Coeptis as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in the name of Deverra and any of its Affiliates, but on behalf of Coeptis, to pursue and enforce any and all rights of Deverra or its Affiliates with respect to any occurrence, claim or loss with respect to any Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability. Deverra agrees that the foregoing appointment shall be coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable. No such insurance shall affect any indemnification obligation hereunder.

 

3.8              Additional Post-Closing Covenants.

 

3.8.1        Shared Resources Agreement. The Parties agree to work together in good faith to prepare and implement a normal and customary shared resources agreement within 90 days of the Closing, such agreement to contemplate the usage of Deverra personnel to assist Coeptis, as requested, in connection with business purposes undertaken by Coeptis in connection with the Target IP.

 

3.8.2        Access to Equipment. Deverra hereby covenants that Coeptis, and its assignees and designees, shall have full but reasonable access (on a non-exclusive basis) from and after the Closing to the Equipment, on reasonable prior notice, for use in connection with business purposes undertaken by Coeptis in connection with the Target IP or otherwise, in each case at no additional cost to Coeptis. Any such Equipment use shall be made at Deverra’s offices, where the Equipment shall at all times be located.

 

3.8.3        IND Transfers. Deverra shall undertake and cause its Affiliates to undertake all reasonable and necessary steps to transfer to Coeptis, of record, the INDs described in Section 1.21 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, such transfers to take place within 60 days of the Closing.

 

 

 

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3.8.4        Sponsored Clinical Trial Agreements. Concurrently with or promptly following the transfer to Coeptis of the INDs contemplated by Section 3.8.3, Deverra shall assign to Coeptis, and Coeptis shall assume, (a) that certain Sponsored Clinical Trial Agreement dated May 3, 2021, between Deverra and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (the “Fred Hutch CTA”), and (b) that certain Sponsored Clinical Trial Agreement dated November 3, 2021, between Deverra and Duke University (the “Duke CTA”).

 

3.8.5        Financial Statements. Deverra shall, by September 30, 2023, complete and deliver to Coeptis its financial statements covering the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, as well as for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2023, and as otherwise may be required by Applicable Laws; provided, however, that Deverra shall not have any obligations under this Section 3.8.5 unless Coeptis reasonably and in good faith determines that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements require Coeptis to separately provide such Deverra financial statements in Coeptis’ public company filings under 17 CFR § 210.3-05.

 

3.8.6        Clinical Data and INDs. Coeptis hereby covenants that Deverra, and its assignees and designees, shall have reasonable access (on a non-exclusive basis) from and after the Closing to the Clinical Data and the INDs listed on Section 1.21 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule (including granted exemptions associated with such INDs) for use as needed for cross-reference in connection with Deverra’s development of additional NK cell therapies, at no cost to Deverra. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.8.6 is not intended to, and does not, provide Deverra or its assignees and designees with any rights to use, exploit, commercialize or otherwise capitalize on any intellectual property developed by Coeptis after the Closing, unless any such intellectual property is licensed by Coeptis to Deverra under a separately negotiated license agreement.

 

3.8.7        Consulting Agreement. The Parties agree to work together in good faith to prepare and have executed a normal and customary consulting agreement between Coeptis and Colleen Delaney within 60 days of the Closing, pursuant to which Dr. Delaney shall have agreed to become an independent contractor of Coeptis to provide services to Coeptis consistent with the services that would be provided by a Chief Scientific/Medical Officer of a pharmaceutical company.

 

4.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

4.1              Representations and Warranties of Coeptis. Coeptis hereby represents and warrants to Deverra that as of the Closing Date:

 

4.1.1        Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of Coeptis. No stockholder action or approval or other corporate action or approval on the part of Coeptis or its Affiliates is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Coeptis. Upon issuance, the shares of Coeptis common stock comprising the Equity Purchase Price shall be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable;

 

4.1.2        Binding Obligation. This Agreement has been, and upon their execution each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Coeptis will be a party will have been, duly executed and delivered by Coeptis. This Agreement constitutes, and upon their execution each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Coeptis will be a party will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of Coeptis enforceable against Coeptis in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

4.1.3        Organization. Coeptis is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

 

 

 

 

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4.1.4        Power and Authority. Coeptis has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and

 

4.1.5        Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by Coeptis of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and its compliance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof does not and shall not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of or constitute a default under: (a) a loan agreement, guaranty, financing agreement, agreement affecting a product or other agreement or instrument binding or affecting it or its property that would adversely affect Coeptis’ ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements; (b) the provisions of its charter or operative documents or bylaws; or (c) any order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority entered against it or by which any of its property is bound that would adversely affect Coeptis’ ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required by or with respect to Coeptis in connection with its execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which Coeptis will be a party.

 

4.2              Representations and Warranties of Deverra. Except as otherwise set forth in a disclosure schedule (the “Deverra Disclosure Schedule”), Deverra hereby represents and warrants to Coeptis that as of the Closing Date:

 

4.2.1        Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements (a) have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of Deverra and (b) have been or shall be approved and ratified by the stockholders of Deverra on or prior to the Closing Date. No other stockholder action or approval or other corporate action or approval on the part of Deverra or its Affiliates is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Deverra.

 

4.2.2        Organization; Power and Authority. Deverra is a corporation organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Except as set forth on Section 4.2.2 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, Deverra has the power and authority to own or exclusive rights in respect of the Purchased Assets, the Licensed IP and the Sublicensed IP and to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been duly executed and delivered by Deverra, and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Deverra, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

4.2.3        Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Deverra and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will not: (a) except as set forth on Section 4.2.3 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, violate, conflict with, result in any material breach of, or constitute a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under any material Contract of Deverra, including any Assigned Contracts; (b) result in the creation of any Encumbrance on any of the Purchased Assets, the Licensed IP or the Sublicensed IP; (c) violate any Applicable Laws; or (d) except as set forth on Section 4.2.3 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, give any Party to any Assigned Contract the right to terminate, modify or accelerate any rights, obligations or performance under such agreement.

 

4.2.4        Title to Purchased Assets. Except as set forth on Section 4.2.4 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, Deverra has the sole and exclusive right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances). Except as set forth on Section 4.2.4 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, no portion of the Purchased Assets has been licensed from or to any Third Party. At the Closing, Coeptis shall own exclusively, or exclusive rights to use for any and all purposes, all Purchased Assets. There is no consent, approval, order and authorization of or from, and registration, notification, declaration or filing to or with, any Person, including any Governmental Authority that is required by Deverra in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Deverra of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Purchased Assets, the license grants under the License Agreement, the license grants under the Sublicense Agreement, the rights conferred by the Assigned Contracts and the supply of Product by certain Third Party suppliers comprise all of the assets and rights that are used or held for use by Deverra and/or its Affiliates related to the Target IP and/or the Products.

 

 

 

 

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4.2.5        Intellectual Property.

 

(a)               Section 4.2.5(a) of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of each patent, application, registered trademark, registered trademark application, registered copyright, registered copyright application and Internet domain name registration that is owned as of the execution of this Agreement by Deverra and is included in the Target IP (the “Deverra Intellectual Property Rights”). To the Knowledge of Deverra, as of the date of this Agreement, the Target IP is in effect and subsisting and, if registered, is not invalid or unenforceable.

 

(b)               As of the date of this Agreement, (i) the Target IP does not, to the Knowledge of Deverra, infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property of any Person and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, there is no action pending or, to the Knowledge of Deverra, threatened in writing against Deverra (1) alleging any such infringement, misappropriation, or other violation, or (2) challenging the validity, enforceability, ownership, use, registrability or patentability of the Target IP, other than ordinary course prosecution proceedings associated with the application for or registration of the Target IP.

 

(c)               As of the date of this Agreement, to the Knowledge of Deverra, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating any Target IP and no such actions are pending or threatened against any Person by Deverra.

 

(d)               As of the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 4.2.5(d) of Deverra Disclosure Schedule, Deverra is the sole legal owner of the entire right, title and interest in and to the Deverra Intellectual Property Rights, including the right to enforce and sue for past damages and the right and authority to grant the rights hereunder, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for Permitted Encumbrances. Deverra has not granted to any other Person any license or other right in or to the Target IP.

 

4.2.6        Inventory; Equipment. Except as set forth on Section 4.2.6 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, Deverra owns, possesses and is in control of all Inventory and Equipment, free and clear of any Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) and free of any Liabilities and future Liabilities.

 

4.2.7        Compliance with Legal Requirements; Regulatory Matters.

 

(a)               Deverra is not in violation in any material respect of any Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance, or requirements of any Governmental Authority with respect to research, development, manufacture, sale, labeling, storing, testing, distribution, record-keeping, reporting, import, export, advertising and promotion of or for the Products or otherwise relating to the Products or the Purchased Assets. Deverra has not received any written notice of any asserted violation of Applicable Laws relating to the Purchased Assets or the Products. Deverra is not aware of any pending investigation of any Governmental Authority with respect to the Purchased Assets or the Products.

 

(b)               All of the activities of Deverra and its Affiliates relating to the Products or the Purchased Assets have been conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements under all Applicable Laws. Neither Deverra nor its Affiliates have received any written notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority alleging any violation of any Applicable Law relating to the Purchased Assets or the Products.

 

(c)               Deverra and its Affiliates possess all Registrations from Governmental Authorities, or required by Governmental Authorities to be obtained, in each case, necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted relating to the Target IP or the Products. All such Registrations are in full force and effect in all material respects and Deverra and its Affiliates have filed all reports, notifications and filings with, and have paid all regulatory fees to, the applicable Governmental Authority necessary to maintain all of such Registrations in full force and effect. Deverra and its Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with the terms of all such Registrations. Neither Deverra nor its Affiliates have received written notice to the effect that a Governmental Authority was considering the amendment, termination, revocation or cancellation of any Registration. The consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, in and of itself, will not cause the revocation or cancellation of any Registration.

 

 

 

 

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(d)               All Preclinical Studies performed by or on behalf of Deverra or any of its Affiliates with respect to or utilizing the Target IP or any Purchased Asset either (i) have been conducted in accordance, in all material respects, with applicable cGLP requirements, including those contained in 21 C.F.R. Part 58 or (ii) involved experimental research techniques that were not required to be performed by a registered cGLP testing laboratory (with appropriate notice being given to FDA or the applicable Governmental Authority), but (in the case of this clause (ii)) employed the applicable procedures and controls generally used by qualified experts in the conduct of Preclinical Studies of products comparable to those being developed by Deverra. Neither Deverra nor its Affiliates have received any written notice from a Governmental Authority requiring the termination or suspension or material modification of any Preclinical Study with respect to the Products.

 

(e)               All human clinical trials to the extent conducted by or on behalf of Deverra or its Affiliates with respect to any Product have been and are being conducted, to the Knowledge of Deverra, in material compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements relating to cGCP, “Informed Consent” and “Institutional Review Boards”, as those terms are defined by FDA and in all applicable Drug Laws relating to clinical trials or the protection of human subjects, including those contained in the International Conference on Harmonization (“ICH”) E6: Good Clinical Practices Consolidated Guideline, and in 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, and 312, and the provisions governing the privacy of patient medical records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the implementing regulations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and all comparable foreign Drug Laws. Neither Deverra, nor to the Knowledge of Deverra anyone acting on behalf of Deverra, has received any written notice that any Governmental Authority or Institutional Review Board has initiated, required, or threatened to initiate or require, the termination or suspension, including clinical holds, or material modification of any clinical trials or non-clinical research with respect to any Product sponsored by Deverra or its Affiliate.

 

(f)                All manufacturing operations with respect to the Products conducted by or, to the Knowledge of Deverra for the benefit of, Deverra have been and are being conducted in accordance, in all material respects, with applicable cGMPs as that term is defined by FDA and in all applicable Drug Laws.

 

(g)               Neither Deverra nor any of its current officers, employees or agents, nor to the Knowledge of Deverra any of its Affiliates, have ever been, are currently, or are the subject of a proceeding that could lead to it or such employees or agents becoming, as applicable, a Debarred Entity or Debarred Individual, an Excluded Entity or Excluded Individual or a Convicted Entity or Convicted Individual. For purposes of this provision, the following definitions shall apply: (i) a “Debarred Individual” is an individual who has been debarred by the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §335a(a) or barred from providing services in any capacity to a person that has an approved or pending drug or injectable product application; (ii) a “Debarred Entity” is a corporation, partnership or association that has been debarred by the FDA pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §335a(a) or barred from submitting or assisting in the submission of any abbreviated drug application, or a subsidiary or affiliate of a Debarred Entity; (iii) an “Excluded Individual” or “Excluded Entity” is (A) an individual or entity, as applicable, who has been excluded, debarred, suspended or is otherwise ineligible to participate in federal health care programs such as Medicare or Medicaid by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG/HHS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or (B) is an individual or entity, as applicable, who has been excluded, debarred, suspended or is otherwise ineligible to participate in federal procurement and non-procurement programs, including those produced by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA); and (iv) a “Convicted Individual” or “Convicted Entity” is an individual or entity, as applicable, who has been convicted of a criminal offense that falls within the ambit of 21 U.S.C. §335a(a) or 42 U.S.C. §1320a - 7(a), but has not yet been excluded, debarred, suspended or otherwise declared ineligible, and in each case any foreign equivalents thereof, as applicable.

 

(h)               To Deverra’s Knowledge, the Third Party contractors manufacturing Product have all of the material registrations necessary for the manufacture of such Product and are not in material breach of or default in any material respect under any such material registrations and are conducting manufacturing in accordance with all Applicable Laws.

 

 

 

 

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(i)                 All personal data collected, processed and disclosed by Deverra or any of its Affiliates, including any information or data collected during any clinical trials conducted during the development, Preclinical Studies and clinical testing, manufacture, storage, distribution, supply and administration of the Products, have been, and are being, collected, processed, transferred, stored, used and disclosed in material compliance with (A) all Applicable Laws and industry standards, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the implementing regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 and the implementing laws of the individual European Union countries and (B) Deverra’s privacy, data protection and information security policies and practices (collectively “Privacy Practices”). Neither Deverra nor any of its Affiliates have received any: (i) written notice or complaint alleging non-compliance with any Applicable Laws or the Privacy Practices relating to the collection, processing and disclosure of information or data; (ii) written claim for compensation for loss or unauthorized collection, processing or disclosure of data; or (iii) written notification of an application for rectification, erasure or destruction of information or data that is still outstanding.

 

(j)                 Deverra has made available to Coeptis (i) complete and correct copies of the Registrations, including all supplements and amendments thereto, (ii) all correspondence sent to and received from any Governmental Authority or any Institutional Review Board that concerns or would reasonably be expected to impact the Target IP or any Product, and (iii) all existing written records relating to all discussions and meetings between or involving Deverra and any Governmental Authority or other Persons relating to any Product.

 

(k)               Deverra has made available, or has caused its Affiliates to make available, to Coeptis all Technical Information, Regulatory Documentation, Manufacturing Documentation, and any other data, clinical studies and Preclinical Studies in Deverra’s or Deverra’s Affiliates’ Control regarding or related to the Products, and all such Technical Information, Regulatory Documentation and Manufacturing Documentation were and are true, complete and correct at such time and as of the date hereof.

 

4.2.8        Litigation. There is no litigation or proceeding (including, but not limited to arbitration), in law or in equity, and there are no proceedings or governmental investigations before any commission or other administrative authority or Governmental Authority, pending, or, to Deverra’s Knowledge, threatened, against Deverra or with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Products or the use of the Purchased Assets.

 

4.2.9        Contracts; Notice and Consents. Section 4.2.9 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule sets forth (i) a true and correct list of all of the Contracts between Deverra or its Affiliates and Third Parties pursuant to which Deverra has rights and/or obligations with respect to any Purchased Asset or the Products and (ii) identification of each such Contract that requires notice to or consent of any Person in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements. Deverra has made available to Coeptis a true and correct copy of all Assigned Contracts. The Assigned Contracts are in full force and effect and constitute valid and binding obligations of Deverra and, to the Knowledge of Deverra, the other parties thereto. Except as set forth on Section 4.2.9 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, neither Deverra nor, to the Knowledge of Deverra, the other parties to the Assigned Contracts are in default thereunder, and Deverra has not received or given notice of any default thereunder from or to any of the other parties thereto, and, to the Knowledge of Deverra, there exists no event which upon notice or the passage of time, or both, would reasonably be expected to give rise to any default by Deverra or the other parties thereto. Except as set forth on Section 4.2.9 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, Deverra has not received any written notice, nor does Deverra have any Knowledge that any Party to any Assigned Contract intends to cancel or terminate any Assigned Contract.

 

4.2.10       Brokers. No broker, investment banker, agent, finder or other intermediary acting on behalf of Deverra or under the authority thereof, is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s fee or any other commission or similar fee directly or indirectly in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

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4.2.11      Insolvency. Deverra has not (a) made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (b) filed, or had filed against it, any bankruptcy petition or similar filing, (c) suffered the attachment or other judicial seizure of all or a substantial portion of its assets, or (d) admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due.

 

4.2.12      Taxes.

 

(a)               All U.S. federal, state, local, and non-U.S. Tax Returns relating to any and all Taxes concerning or attributable to Deverra or any of its Affiliates, to the extent related to the Purchased Assets, have been timely filed, and such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects and have been completed in accordance with applicable law in all material respects.

 

(b)               All Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) required to be paid by or on behalf of Deverra and each of its Affiliates, to the extent related to the Purchased Assets, have been timely paid. There are no liens for Taxes upon the Purchased Assets. There is no reasonable basis for the assertion of any claim relating or attributable to Taxes which, if adversely determined, would result in any lien for Taxes on the Purchased Assets.

 

(c)               There is no Tax deficiency outstanding, assessed, or proposed against or with respect to Deverra or any of its Affiliates that is related to the Purchased Assets, nor has there been executed or requested any outstanding waiver of any statute of limitations on or extension of the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax of or with respect to Deverra or any of its Affiliates that is related to the Purchased Assets.

 

(d)               Neither Deverra nor any of its Affiliates has been notified of any request for an audit, examination, or proceeding with respect to any Tax Return that relates to or concerns the Purchased Assets, nor is any such audit, examination, or proceeding presently in progress. No adjustment relating to any Tax Return filed by or with respect to Deverra or any of its Affiliates that relates to the Purchased Assets has been proposed by any Taxing Authority. No claim that relates to the Purchased Assets has ever been made that Deverra or any of its Affiliates is or may be subject to taxation in a jurisdiction in which it does not file Tax Returns.

 

(e)               None of the Purchased Assets is a “United States real property interest” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1) of the Code.

 

4.2.13       Undisclosed Liabilities. Deverra does not have any Liability (whether known or unknown, whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or to become due) related to the Purchased Assets.

 

4.2.14      Product Sales. Deverra has not commercialized any Products.

 

4.2.15      Full Disclosure. None of the representations or warranties made by Deverra in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, nor statements made in the Deverra Disclosure Schedule or any certificate furnished by Deverra pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, when taken together, contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

5.CLOSING MATTERS

 

5.1              Deverra Closing Matters. The obligation of Coeptis to consummate this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the fulfillment or at the Closing, of the following conditions precedent:

 

5.1.1        Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of Deverra contained in Section 4.2 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (in each case, except those representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which representations and warranties need only be so true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

 

 

 

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5.1.2        Closing Certificate. Deverra shall have delivered to Coeptis a certificate of Deverra, executed by an officer of Deverra, certifying on behalf of Deverra that the statements set forth in Subsection 5.1.1 have been satisfied.

 

5.1.3        Ancillary Agreements. Deverra shall have delivered to Coeptis each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party, each of which shall have been validly executed by a duly authorized representative of Deverra.

 

5.1.4        Corporate Certificate. Deverra shall have delivered to Coeptis a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and signed on Deverra’s behalf by an officer of Deverra certifying as to the resolutions of the stockholders, if applicable, and the Board of Directors of Deverra attached to such certificate authorizing this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements were duly adopted at a duly convened meeting thereof or by written consent, remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended, rescinded or modified.

 

5.1.5        Non-Foreign Status Certification. Deverra shall have delivered to Coeptis a certificate of non-foreign status that meets the requirements of Treasury Regulations section 1.1445-2(b)(2), in the form specified by Treasury Regulations section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv).

 

5.1.6        Consents. Deverra shall have obtained any and all required consents to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, including, without limitation, those listed on Section 4.2.9 of the Deverra Disclosure Schedule, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Coeptis.

 

5.1.7        License Recordation. Deverra shall have delivered to Coeptis, for filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office, a letter in form and substance acceptable to Coeptis that confirms the exclusive licenses granted to Coeptis under the License Agreement (such letter, the “License Recordation Letter”).

 

5.2              Coeptis Closing Matters. The obligation of Deverra to consummate this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the fulfillment, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions precedent:

 

5.2.1        Cash Purchase Price; Expense Reimbursement. Coeptis shall have delivered to Deverra (a) the Cash Purchase Price (including, if applicable, by way of written confirmation that amounts, if any, owed by Deverra to Coeptis in the amount of the Cash Purchase Price have been deemed paid in full) in accordance with Section 2.2.1, and (b) the expense reimbursement contemplated by Section 9.11.

 

5.2.2        Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of Coeptis contained in Section 4.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and shall be so true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (in each case, except those representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date, which representations and warranties need only be so true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

5.2.3        Closing Certificate. Coeptis shall have delivered to Deverra a certificate of Coeptis, executed by an officer of Coeptis, certifying on behalf of Coeptis that the statements set forth in Subsection 5.2.1 have been satisfied.

 

5.2.4        Ancillary Agreements. Coeptis shall have delivered to Deverra each Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party, each of which shall have been validly executed by a duly authorized representative of Coeptis.

 

 

 

 

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5.2.5        Corporate Certificate. Coeptis shall have delivered to Deverra a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and signed on Coeptis’ behalf by an officer of Coeptis certifying as to the resolutions of the stockholders, if applicable, and the Board of Directors of Coeptis attached to such certificate authorizing this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the issuance to Deverra of the Equity Purchase Price) and the Ancillary Agreements were duly adopted at a duly convened meeting thereof or by written consent, remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended, rescinded or modified.

 

6.INDEMNIFICATION.

 

6.1              Survival. The representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive until twelve (12) months from the Closing Date (the “Expiration Date”), except that the representations and warranties in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.2.12 and 4.2.13 (the “Special Representations”) shall survive until 30 days following expiration of all statutes of limitation applicable to the matters referred to therein. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any representation or warranty in respect of which indemnity may be sought under Sections 6.2 or 6.3 herein shall survive the time at which it would otherwise terminate pursuant to the preceding sentence if notice of the inaccuracy or breach or potential liability thereof giving rise to such right to indemnity, with reasonable detail to allow the receiving Party to make an assessment thereof, shall have been given to the Party against whom such indemnity may be sought prior to the Expiration Date. Except for the Special Representations, no claim for indemnity for breaches of representations and warranties under this Agreement may be made on or after the Expiration Date. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (and any right to indemnification for breach thereof) shall not be affected by any investigation conducted by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) by an Indemnified Party, whether before or after the Closing Date, with respect to the inaccuracy of any such representation or warranty.

 

6.2              Indemnification by Coeptis. Coeptis shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Deverra, its Affiliates, and their respective employees, officers, directors and agents (each, an “Deverra Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all Losses that the Deverra Indemnified Party directly incurs, and all Losses that the Deverra Indemnified Party actually pays to one or more Third Parties, in each instance to the extent resulting from or arising out of (a) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty made by Coeptis pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (b) any failure by Coeptis to fully perform, fulfill or comply with any covenant or agreement set forth herein, in the Ancillary Agreements or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, and (c) any Assumed Liabilities; provided, however, that Coeptis will not be obligated to indemnify or hold harmless any Deverra Indemnified Party from any such Losses to the extent resulting from or partially from (1) any breach by Deverra of any of its representations, warranties or obligations pursuant to this Agreement, or (2) Deverra’s or its Affiliates’ negligence (or more culpable act or omission) or violation of Applicable Laws or regulations in performing or failing to perform its rights or obligations in connection with this Agreement.

 

6.3              Indemnification by Deverra. Deverra shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Coeptis Party and their respective employees, officers, directors and agents (each, an “Coeptis Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all Losses that the Coeptis Indemnified Party directly incurs, and all Losses that the Coeptis Indemnified Party actually pays or accrues to one or more Third Parties, in each instance to the extent resulting from or arising out of (a) (i) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty made by Deverra pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (other than Special Representations), the Ancillary Agreements or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or thereto and (ii) any misrepresentation or breach of any Special Representation, (b) any failure by Deverra to fully perform, fulfill or comply with any covenant or agreement set forth herein, in the Ancillary Agreements or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, and (c) any Retained Liabilities; provided, however, that Deverra will not be obligated to indemnify or hold harmless any Coeptis Indemnified Party from any such Losses to the extent resulting from or partially from (1) any breach by Coeptis of any of its representations, warranties or obligations pursuant to this Agreement or (2) Coeptis’ or its Affiliates’ negligence (or more culpable act or omission) or violation of Applicable Laws or regulations in performing or failing to perform its rights or obligations in connection with this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

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6.4              Limitation of Indemnification. The term “Indemnified Party” as used in this Section 6.4 shall refer to Deverra Indemnified Party or Coeptis Indemnified Party as applicable.

 

6.4.1        Threshold Amount; Limitations. No claim may be made by any Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.3(a)(i) herein unless and until the aggregate amount of Losses for which the Indemnified Party seeks to be indemnified exceeds two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), in which case the Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the full amount of the aggregate Losses. Further, an Indemnified Party shall not be entitled to receive indemnification more than once with respect to the same Loss even if the state of facts giving rise to such Loss constitutes a breach of more than one representation, warrant, covenant or agreement.

 

6.4.2        Cap. Deverra’s maximum liability for all claims made pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i) shall be limited to the exercise of rights by Coeptis under Section 6.4.3 with respect to the Clawback Shares, and, absent fraud or willful misconduct on the part of Deverra or its representatives, shall in no event exceed the entirety of the Clawback Shares.

 

6.4.3        Equity Clawback. Upon settlement or final adjudication (including all available appeals) of any claim for indemnification brought by Coeptis against Deverra pursuant to this Section 6 (an “Indemnity Claim Determination”), any such Losses may, in the sole discretion of Coeptis, and shall in the case of claims made pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i), be satisfied through a cancellation of up to 1,000,000 shares of Coeptis common stock then held by Deverra (such number, the “Clawback Shares”) as is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the amount of Losses, by (ii) (a) $1.12 per share if Coeptis’ shares of common stock are not listed on a national securities exchange (e.g., Nasdaq) as at the time of the Indemnity Claim Determination or (b) if Coeptis’ shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange (e.g., Nasdaq) as at the time of the Indemnity Claim Determination, the average of the volume weighted average price (based on a trading day from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. New York City time) on such national securities exchange for such shares of common stock (as reported by Bloomberg Financial LP using the AQR function) for each of the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on and including the third trading day immediately preceding the date of the receipt by Deverra of the applicable Clawback Notice. The rights of clawback pursuant to this Section 6.4.3 shall be exercised by Coeptis providing written notice (the “Clawback Notice”) to Coeptis’ transfer agent and Deverra and without any action required on the part of Deverra. Deverra hereby agrees not to, during the period commencing from the Closing and ending on, (i) with respect to fifty percent (50%) of the Clawback Shares, the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Clawback Shares, the Expiration Date: (A) lend, offer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, donate, assign, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any such Clawback Shares, (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such Clawback Shares, or (C) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing. For purposes of and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 6.4.3, Deverra hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Coeptis, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as its true and lawful attorney to cancel the applicable Clawback Shares on the books and records of Coeptis.

 

6.4.4        Exclusive Remedy. Except for the right to seek specific performance of any of the agreements contained herein, and except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct, the remedies of Coeptis, Deverra and each other Indemnified Party specifically provided for by this Section 6 shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of Coeptis, Deverra and such other Indemnified Parties for (a) any breach or inaccuracy of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Agreements, (b) any breach or failure to perform any covenants, agreements or obligations contained in this Agreement or in any of the Ancillary Agreements, or (c) any Losses relating to, resulting from or arising out of any transaction or matter relating in any manner whatsoever to this Agreement or to any of the Ancillary Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, Coeptis’ indemnification obligations to the FHCRC Indemnitees (as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Patent and Technology License Agreement, dated January 26, 2017, between Deverra and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (as amended, the “FHCRC License Agreement”)), pursuant to Section 7 of the FHCRC License Agreement, by virtue of the Sublicense Agreement, shall not in any way be subject to or limited by the provisions of this Section 6.

 

 

 

 

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6.5              Third Party Claims.

 

6.5.1        Procedure. Promptly after the discovery by the Party seeking indemnification under Section 6.2 or 6.3 herein (the “Indemnified Party”) of any Loss, claim or breach, including any claim by a Third Party (a “Third Party Claim”) that would reasonably be expected to give rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder, the Indemnified Party shall give written notice to the Party against whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”); provided that, no delay on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability or obligation hereunder, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party has been prejudiced thereby, and then only to such extent. The Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense of the Third Party Claim and retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party, and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party unless (a) the Parties shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (b) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Parties and representation of both Parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (c) the Indemnified Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim after the Indemnifying Party has failed to diligently defend a Third Party Claim it has assumed per its right to assume. All such fees and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the event that the Indemnified Party assumes the defense of any Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification for a Third Party Claim shall not be adversely affected by assuming the defense of such Third Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding unless affected with its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any Third Party Claim unless (a) such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability on claims to which the indemnity relates that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (b) it would not result in (i) the imposition of a consent order, injunction or decree that would restrict the future activity or conduct of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Target IP, any Product or any of the Purchased Assets, (ii) a finding or admission of a violation of Applicable Law or violation of the rights of any Person by the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates or (iii) any monetary liability of the Indemnified Party arising from such Third Party Claim that shall not be promptly paid or reimbursed by the Indemnifying Party.

 

6.5.2        Confidential Information. The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to avoid production of Confidential Information (consistent with Applicable Law), and to cause all communications among employees, counsel and others representing any Party to a Third Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client or work-product privileges.

 

6.6              Direct Claims. If an Indemnified Party wishes to make a claim for indemnification hereunder for a Loss that does not result from a Third Party Claim (a “Direct Claim”), the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of such Direct Claim promptly after first learning of such Direct Claim, the amount or the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then ascertainable (which estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount of such Direct Claim), any other remedy sought thereunder, any relevant time constraints relating thereto and, to the extent practicable, any other material details pertaining thereto. The Indemnifying Party shall have a period of thirty (30) business days within which to respond to such Direct Claim. If the Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty (30) business day period or rejects all or any part of the Direct Claim, the Indemnified Person shall be free to seek enforcement of its rights to indemnification under this Agreement with respect to such Direct Claim.

 

6.7              Treatment of Indemnity Payments. Any payment made pursuant to this Section 6 shall be treated as an adjustment to the Purchase Price to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

 

 

 

 

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6.8              Insurance Benefits. In calculating the amount of any Losses for which an Indemnifying Party is liable under this Section 6, there shall be taken into consideration the amount of any actual insurance recoveries that such Indemnified Party in fact receives from a third-party insurer as a direct consequence of the circumstances to which the Losses related or from which the Losses resulted or arose.

 

7.[RESERVED]

 

8.[RESERVED]

 

9.MISCELLANEOUS.

 

9.1              Governing Law, Jurisdiction.

 

9.1.1        Governing Law. The interpretation and construction of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.

 

9.1.2        Dispute Resolution. The Parties agree that any and all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be submitted to JAMS in New York, New York, or its successor, for mediation, and if the matter is not resolved through mediation, then it shall be submitted to JAMS, or its successor, for final and binding arbitration pursuant to Section 9.1.2(c) below.

 

(a)               Either Party may commence mediation by providing to JAMS and the other Party a written request for mediation, setting forth the subject of the dispute and the relief requested.

 

(b)               The Parties will cooperate with JAMS and with one another in selecting a mediator from the JAMS panel of neutrals in New York City and in scheduling the mediation proceedings. The Parties agree that they will participate in the mediation in good faith and that they will share equally in its costs.

 

(c)               All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the mediation by any of the Parties, their agents, employees, experts and attorneys, and by the mediator or any JAMS employees, are confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any arbitration or other proceeding involving the Parties, provided that evidence that is otherwise admissible or discoverable shall not be rendered inadmissible or non-discoverable as a result of its use in the mediation.

 

(d)               Either Party may initiate arbitration with respect to the matters submitted to mediation by filing a written demand for arbitration at any time following the initial mediation session or at any time following 45 days from the date of filing the written request for mediation (whichever occurs first, the “Earliest Initiation Date”). The mediation may continue after the commencement of arbitration if the Parties so desire.

 

(e)               At no time prior to the Earliest Initiation Date shall either side initiate an arbitration or litigation related to this Agreement except to pursue a provisional remedy that is authorized by law or by JAMS Rules or by agreement of the Parties. However, this limitation is inapplicable to a Party if the other Party refuses to comply with the requirements of Section 9.1.2(c) above.

 

 

 

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(f)                All applicable statutes of limitation and defenses based upon the passage of time shall be tolled until 15 days after the Earliest Initiation Date. The Parties will take such action, if any, required to effectuate such tolling.

 

(g)               All mediation or arbitration proceedings shall be conducted at the premises of JAMS in New York, New York.

 

9.2              Waiver. A Party’s failure to enforce, at any time or for any period of time, any provision of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy shall not constitute a waiver of that provision, right or remedy or prevent such Party from enforcing any or all provisions of this Agreement and exercising any rights or remedies. To be effective any waiver must be in writing.

 

9.3              Notices.

 

9.3.1        Notice Requirements. Any notice, request, demand, waiver, consent, approval or other communication permitted or required under this Agreement shall be in writing, shall refer specifically to this Agreement and shall be deemed given only if delivered by hand or sent by email transmission (with transmission confirmed) or by internationally recognized overnight delivery service that maintains records of delivery, addressed to the Parties at their respective addresses specified in Section 9.3.2 or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is to be given may have provided to the other Party in accordance with this Section 9.3. Such Notice shall be deemed to have been given as of the date delivered by hand or on the second Business Day (at the place of delivery) after deposit with an internationally recognized overnight delivery service or, if sent by email transmission, when confirmation of delivery is received by the sending Party.

 

9.3.2        Addresses for Notice.

 

For Deverra:

 

Deverra Therapeutics, Inc.
1600 Fairview Avenue E

Seattle, Washington 98102
Attn: Michael W. Yurkowsky and Colleen Delaney
Email: myurkowsky@deverratx.com

cdelaney@deverratx.com

 

with a copy to:

 

The Garden Law Group

2911 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Suite 400

Dallas, Texas 75219

Attn: Warren W. Garden

Email: warren@gardenlawgroup.com

 

 

 

 

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For Coeptis:

 

Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

105 Bradford Road, Suite 420

Wexford, Pennsylvania 15090

Attn: David Mehalick, President and CEO

Email: dave.mehalick@coeptispharma.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Meister Seelig & Fein PLLC

125 Park Ave, 7th Floor

New York, New York 10017

Attn: Denis A. Dufresne, Esq.

Email: dad@msf-law.com

 

9.4              Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements supersede all prior agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Each Party confirms that it is not relying on any representations, warranties or covenants of the other Party except as specifically set out in this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. All Schedules or Exhibits referred to in this Agreement are intended to be and are hereby specifically incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between any such Schedules or Exhibits and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.

 

9.5              Amendment. Any amendment or modification of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by authorized representatives of both Parties.

 

9.6              Assignment. Neither Party may assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the other Party, except that a Party may make such an assignment or delegation without the other Party’s consent (i) to Affiliates, provided that such assignment or delegation shall not relieve such assigning Party from its obligations hereunder or (ii) to a successor to substantially all of the business to which this Agreement pertains, whether in a merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, spin-off or other transaction. Any permitted successor or assignee of rights and/or obligations hereunder shall, in writing to the other Party, expressly assume performance of such rights and/or obligations. Any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 9.6 shall be void.

 

9.7              No Benefit to Others. The provisions of this Agreement are for the sole benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns, and they shall not be construed as conferring any rights in any other Persons, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

9.8              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. An executed signature page of this Agreement delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission shall be as effective as an original executed signature page.

 

 

 

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9.9              Construction. Except where the context otherwise requires, wherever used, the singular shall include the plural, the plural the singular, the use of any gender shall be applicable to all genders and the word “or” is used in the inclusive sense (and/or). The captions of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, describe, extend or limit the scope or intent of this Agreement or the intent of any provision contained in this Agreement. The term “including” as used herein shall mean including, without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term. The language of this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language mutually chosen by the Parties and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against either Party hereto.

 

9.10          Severability. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Parties waive any provision of law that would render any provision in this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in any respect, then such provision will be given no effect by the Parties and shall not form part of this Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law and if the rights or obligations of any Party will not be materially and adversely affected, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the Parties will use their best efforts to negotiate a provision in replacement of the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is consistent with Applicable Law and achieves, as nearly as possible, the original intention of the Parties.

 

9.11          Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the Party incurring such cost or expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if the Closing occurs, then, at Closing, Coeptis shall pay to Deverra the flat sum of $50,000 in cash to reimburse Deverra for its legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Such reimbursement shall be included on the funds flow schedule contemplated by Section 2.8 and shall be paid directly to Deverra’s legal counsel.

 

9.12          Bankruptcy Limitation. The Parties further agree that in the event Deverra, its Affiliates, or any successor, assign or trustee seeks to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any asset comprising a Purchased Asset pursuant to Section 363 of the Code, such sale, transfer or conveyance must be made subject to this Agreement and all rights, licenses and rights to licenses granted under and pursuant to this Agreement, and that no other consideration would be sufficient to adequately protect Coeptis’ rights and interests under this Agreement so as to permit such sale, transfer or conveyance free and clear of Coeptis’ rights and interests under Section 363(f) of the Code.

 

9.13          Exclusion of Damages. EXCEPT FOR EACH PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 6.2 AND 6.3 WITH RESPECT TO CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARDED TO A THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH A THIRD PARTY CLAIM, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL OR LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, duly authorized representatives of the Parties have duly executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date of this Agreement.

 

 

Deverra Therapeutics, Inc. Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 
By /s/ Michael Yurkowsky                             By /s/ David Mehlick                       
Name: Michael W. Yurkowsky Name: David Mehalick
Title: Chief Executive Officer Title: President and CEO
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement]

 

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Index to Deverra Disclosure Schedules

 

Section 1.5: Assigned Contracts
Section 1.12: List of Clinical Data
Section 1.21: Identity of Regulatory Approvals to be Transferred
Section 1.31: Inventory List
Section 1.36: List of Licensed IP
Section 1.38-A: Owned Manufacturing Documentation
Section 1.38-B: Third Party Supplier Manufacturing Documentation
Section 1.55: List of Regulatory Approvals
Section 1.60: List of Sublicensed IP
Section 4.2.2: Organization; Power and Authority
Section 4.2.3: List of Non-Contravention Matters
Section 4.2.4: List of Encumbrances on the Purchased Assets
Section 4.2.5(a): List of Deverra Intellectual Property Rights
Section 4.2.5(d): List of Exceptions to Ownership of Deverra Intellectual Property
Section 4.2.6: List of Inventory/Equipment not Fully Owned and Controlled
Section 4.2.9: List of all Consents/Contracts with Third Parties Related to the Purchased Assets

 

 

 

Index to Other Schedules

 

Schedule 2.5: Other Assumed Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[see signed agreement executed simultaneously with closing]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 2.5

 

Other Assumed Liabilities

 

1.                  Liabilities under Section 2.8(c) of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated February 5, 2020, between Deverra and Nohla Therapeutics, Inc. (as amended, the “Nohla APA”), as amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”, which Fourth Amendment amends and restates Section 2.8 of the Nohla APA), but only in the event and to the extent that such Liabilities relate to or arise from an NK Milestone Payment (as defined in the Fourth Amendment) that is triggered by the enrollment by Coeptis of a Phase 3 Trial (as defined in the Fourth Amendment) of an NK Immune Cell Therapy (as defined in the Fourth Amendment) in the third indication being pursued by Coeptis. For the avoidance of doubt, Coeptis will not assume any other Liabilities or obligations in respect of the Nohla APA, including, without limitation, any obligation to make the FDA Milestone Payment (as defined in the Nohla APA) or any other Liabilities relating to or arising from the FDA Milestone Payment.

 

2.                  All future Liabilities under the Fred Hutch CTA related to post-Closing activities, as well as the outstanding balance currently due thereunder in the approximate amount of $290,579.

 

3.                  All Liabilities under the Duke CTA, not to exceed the total budget of $686,794.37 as approved in the Duke CTA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-99.1 5 coeptis_ex9901.htm PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Coeptis Therapeutics Completes Exclusive License for Allogeneic Immuno-Oncology Platform and Clinical Stage Assets from Deverra Therapeutics

 

Coeptis bolsters pipeline with two Phase 1 clinical stage assets leveraging NK cell therapies in relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML)/high risk MDS and hospitalized respiratory infections, as well as preclinical programs for hematologic and solid tumors

 

Wexford, PA, August 17, 2023 – Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: COEP) (“Coeptis” or “the Company”), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, announced that it has completed the exclusive license of key assets from Deverra Therapeutics Inc. (“Deverra”) related to its proprietary allogeneic stem cell expansion and directed differentiation platform for the generation of multiple distinct immune effector cell types, including natural killer (NK) and monocyte/macrophages. The transaction enables Coeptis to further build its pipeline by adding a patented, elegant, and scalable allogeneic immune cell manufacturing platform that aligns with its existing SNAP-CAR and GEAR technologies, increasing the potential for accelerated product development.

 

As a result of the transaction, Coeptis acquires exclusive rights to two Investigational New Drug (IND) applications and two assets in the Phase 1 clinical trial stage (NCT04901416, NCT04900454) investigating infusion of DVX201, an unmodified natural killer (NK) cell therapy generated from pooled donor CD34+ cells, in hematologic malignancies and viral infections. In addition, Coeptis augments its existing portfolio of cell therapy product candidates with a distinctly scalable allogeneic cellular immunotherapy platform that is being developed to generate and deliver off-the-shelf (no HLA matching), cost effective, on-demand cell therapies to a broad patient population.

 

In addition to the Phase 1 assets, this transaction equips Coeptis to immediately begin infusing its existing pipeline assets with allogeneic technologies that are clinical stage-ready, helping to accelerate development efforts on targeted novel products, including potentially the development of allogeneic engineered NK and MAC cell therapies.

 

“Finalizing this transaction represents a pivotal transition of Coeptis into a clinical stage company with novel, synergistic and differentiated cell therapy pipeline candidates,” said Dave Mehalick, President and CEO of Coeptis Therapeutics. “As we move forward, I am excited to work with Colleen Delaney, MD, a visionary scientist whose career has been dedicated to researching and advancing all aspects of cell therapy product development. A true leader in the field, Colleen’s experience and leadership will be invaluable as we progress our expanded pipeline towards our ultimate goal of bringing improved treatments to patients in need.”

 

Under the transaction, Coeptis paid to Deverra approximately $570,000 in cash and issued to Deverra 4,000,000 shares of Coeptis’ common stock.

 

About Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

 

Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries including Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc. and Coeptis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (collectively “Coeptis”), is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer that have the potential to disrupt conventional treatment paradigms and improve patient outcomes. Coeptis' product portfolio and rights are highlighted by a universal, multi-antigen CAR T technology licensed from the University of Pittsburgh (SNAP-CAR), and the GEAR™ cell therapy and companion diagnostic platforms, which Coeptis is developing with VyGen-Bio and leading medical researchers at the Karolinska Institutet. Coeptis' business model is designed around maximizing the value of its current product portfolio and rights through in-license agreements, out-license agreements and co-development relationships, as well as entering into strategic partnerships to expand its product rights and offerings, specifically those targeting cancer. The Company is headquartered in Wexford, PA. For more information on Coeptis visit https://coeptistx.com/.

 

 

 

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About Deverra Therapeutics

 

Deverra Therapeutics is a privately held clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to the development of allogeneic, off-the-shelf (no matching required) cellular immunotherapies for on-demand treatment of patients with cancer and infectious diseases. Deverra is the only company with a proprietary and clinically proven stem cell expansion technology that also serves as starting material for generation of multiple fully functional immune effector cells that can also be engineered to be potent killers of cancer cells. Deverra was a pioneer developing universal non-HLA matched allogeneic and off-the-shelf cell therapies that have been utilized in multiple clinical trials with no safety concerns. 

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

This press release and statements of our management made in connection therewith contain or may contain “forward-looking statements” (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions, and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When we use words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate" or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, we are making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially and perhaps substantially from our expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such differences include but are not limited to: (1) the inability to maintain the listing of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market; (2) the risk that, if the integration of the Deverra licensed assets will disrupt current plans and operations of the Company; (3) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the newly-licensed assets, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth economically and hire and retain key employees; (4) the risks that the Company’s products in development or the newly-licensed assets fail clinical trials or are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other applicable regulatory authorities; (5) costs related to integrating the newly-licensed Deverra assets and pursuing the contemplated asset development paths; (6) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (7) the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (8) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on any of the foregoing risks and other risks and uncertainties identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. All forward-looking statements are subject to significant uncertainties and risks including, but not limited, to those risks contained or to be contained in reports and other filings filed by the Company with the SEC. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings made or to be made with the SEC, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. We undertake no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof unless required by applicable laws, regulations, or rules.

 

CONTACTS

 

Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc.

Andy Galy, Sr. VP of Communications

504-416-6965

andy.galy@coeptistx.com

 

Tiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.

Investors

Daniel Kontoh-Boateng

862-213-1398

dboateng@tiberend.com

 

Media

David Schemelia

609-468-9325

dschemelia@tiberend.com

 

 

 

 

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