Exhibit 10.1
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ROYALTY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of March 22, 2021
between
VIRACTA THERAPEUTICS, INC., as Seller,
and
XOMA (US) LLC, as Purchaser
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EXHIBIT LIST:
Exhibit A Bill of Sale
Exhibit B Form of Day One Direction Letter
Exhibit C Form of Denovo Direction Letter
Exhibit D Protective Rights Agreement
Exhibit E Intellectual Property Matters
Exhibit F License Agreements
Exhibit G SPV Subsidiary Agreements
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ROYALTY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This ROYALTY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of March 22, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is between VIRACTA THERAPEUTICS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with an office located at 2533 South Coast Highway 101, #210, Cardiff CA 92007 (“Seller”), and XOMA (US) LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business at 2200 Powell Street, Suite 310, Emeryville, California 94608 (“Purchaser”).
W I T N E S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Day One License Agreement, Seller has the right to receive certain milestone and royalty payments from Day One based on the development and sale of Day One Licensed Products (in each case, as defined below); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Denovo License Agreement, Seller has the right to receive certain milestone and royalty payments from Denovo based on the development and the sale of Denovo Licensed Products (in each case, as defined below); and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, transfer, convey and grant to Purchaser, free and clear of all Liens (as defined below), and Purchaser desires to purchase, acquire and accept from Seller, the Purchased Royalty Payments (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Seller has caused the formation of SPV Subsidiary (as defined below) and contributed and transferred the Purchased Royalty Payments to SPV Subsidiary.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements, representations and warranties set forth herein and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto (each a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”) covenant and agree as follows:
“Adverse Change” means any event, circumstance or change that could reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a material adverse effect on: (a) the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents, the License Agreements or the first priority security interest granted pursuant to Section 2.1(c); (b) the right or ability of Seller to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents or under any License Agreement; (c) the right or ability of Seller to exercise any of its rights or remedies under any License Agreement;
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(d) the right or ability of Seller or Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (e) the right or ability of Seller to perform any of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents or under any License Agreement; (f) the right or ability of Purchaser to exercise any of its rights or remedies under any of the Transaction Documents; (g) the timing, amount or duration of the Purchased Royalty Payments or the right of Purchaser to receive the Purchased Royalty Payments; or (h) the Product IP Rights or the Products.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Applicable Law” means, with respect to any Person, all laws, rules, regulations and orders of Governmental Authorities applicable to such Person or any of its properties or assets.
“Bankruptcy Event” means the occurrence of any of the following in respect of a Person: (a) an admission in writing by such Person of its inability to pay its debts generally or a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of creditors; (b) the filing of any petition or answer by such Person seeking to adjudicate itself as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking for itself any liquidation, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of such Person or its debts under any Applicable Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization, examination, relief of debtors or other similar Applicable Law now or hereafter in effect, or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the entry of an order for relief in any case under any such Applicable Law, or the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee, custodian, liquidator, examiner, assignee, sequestrator or other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property; (c) corporate or other entity action taken by such Person to authorize any of the actions set forth in clause (a) or clause (b) above; or (d) without the consent or acquiescence of such Person, the entering of an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or other similar relief under any present or future bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Applicable Law, or the filing of any such petition against such Person, or, without the consent or acquiescence of such Person, the entering of an order appointing a trustee, custodian, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of the property of such Person, in each case where such petition or order shall remain unstayed or shall not have been stayed or dismissed within 90 days from entry thereof; provided that in the case of an involuntary petition, such Person has not challenged such petition within 90 days thereof.
“Bill of Sale” means that certain bill of sale dated as of the Closing Date executed by Seller and Purchaser substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in California are authorized or required by Applicable Law to remain closed.
“CDA” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.9.
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“Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Collateral” means the Collateral (as defined in the Protective Rights Agreement).
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, with respect to the efforts to be expended by a Party with respect to any objective, the same reasonable, diligent, good faith efforts to accomplish such objective as a commercially reasonable Person of similar character would normally use to accomplish a similar objective under similar circumstances. It is understood and agreed that with respect to the research, development and license of a Product by Seller, such efforts shall be substantially equivalent to those efforts and resources commonly used by a commercially reasonable Person of similar character for products owned by it or to which it has rights, which product is at a similar stage in its development or product life and is of similar market potential. Commercially Reasonable Efforts shall be determined on a market-by-market and indication-by-indication basis for a particular Product, and it is anticipated that the level of effort may be different for different markets, and may change over time, reflecting changes in the status of the Product and the market(s) involved.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Day One” means DOT Therapeutics-1, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having a principal place of business at [*].
“Day One Direction Letter” means the Direction Letter executed by Seller substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
“Day One License Agreement” means (a) that certain License Agreement For Raf, effective as of December 16, 2019, by and between Seller and Day One, as amended from time to time (the “Existing Day One License Agreement”), and (b) any New License Agreement relating to one or more of the Products licensed under the Existing Day One License Agreement (either now or in the future), as amended from time to time.
“Day One Licensed Patents” means “Patent Rights” as defined in the Day One License Agreement as of the date hereof.
“Day One Licensed Product” means (a) each “Product” as defined in the Day One License Agreement, and (b) in the case of a New License Agreement entered into by Seller in accordance with the terms hereof relating to any of the products listed directly above in subsection (a), the analogous term for “product,” “licensed product,” “compound” or any comparable concept as defined in the related New License Agreement.
“Day One Royalty Payments” means:
(a) all future milestone, royalty and other payments payable (i) by Day One pursuant to [*] of the Day One License Agreement at the times set forth therein, (ii) under any New License
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Agreement during the applicable payment period set forth therein, and/or (iii) if a Terminated Day One Licensed Product (or a Day One Licensed Product terminated under a New License Agreement) is developed internally and sold by Seller or Third Parties on Seller’s behalf, then such payments that would have been payable under the Day One License Agreement or such other License Agreement (as applicable) with respect to Net Sales of such Product(s) thereunder as applied to Net Sales of such Product(s) by Seller or Third Parties on Seller’s behalf during the applicable periods as set forth therein, in each of the foregoing (i)-(iii), including Purchaser’s applicable portion of any payments under a License Agreement in lieu of any such payments (including any amounts payable in lieu of any such royalty payments);
(b) all accounts (as defined under the UCC) evidencing the rights to the payments and amounts described in clause (a) above; and
(c) all proceeds (as defined under the UCC) of any of the foregoing;
provided however that [*].
“Denovo” means Denovo Biopharma LLC, a Delaware limited liability company having a principal place of business at [*].
“Denovo Direction Letter” means the Direction Letter executed by Seller substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
“Denovo License Agreement” means (a) that certain Exclusive License Agreement by and between Seller and Denovo made as of December 5, 2019, as amended from time to time (the “Existing Denovo License Agreement”), and (b) any New License Agreement relating to one or more of the Products licensed under the Existing Denovo License Agreement (either now or in the future), as amended from time to time.
“Denovo Licensed Patents” means “Licensed Patents” as defined in the Denovo License Agreement as of the date hereof.
“Denovo Licensed Product” means (a) each “Licensed Product” as defined in the Denovo License Agreement, and (b) in the case of a New License Agreement entered into by Seller in accordance with the terms hereof relating to any of the products listed directly above in subsection (a), the analogous term for “product,” “licensed product,” “compound” or any comparable concept as defined in the related New License Agreement.
“Denovo Royalty Payments” means: (a) all future milestone, royalty and other payments payable (i) by Denovo pursuant to [*] of the Denovo License Agreement at the times set forth therein, net of any amounts payable to RPI pursuant to the Revenue Participation Agreement, (ii) under any New License Agreement during the applicable payment period set forth therein, and/or (iii) if a Terminated Denovo Licensed Product (or a Denovo Licensed Product terminated under a New License Agreement) is developed internally and sold by Seller or Third Parties on Seller’s behalf, then such payments that would have been payable under the Denovo License Agreement or such other License Agreement (as applicable) with respect to Net Sales of such Product(s) thereunder as applied to Net Sales of such Product(s) by Seller or Third Parties on Seller’s behalf during the
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applicable periods as set forth therein, in each of the foregoing (i)-(iii), including Purchaser’s applicable portion of any payments under a License Agreement in lieu of any such payments (including any amounts payable in lieu of any such royalty payments);
(b) all accounts (as defined under the UCC) evidencing the rights to the payments and amounts described in clause (a) above; and
(c) all proceeds (as defined under the UCC) of any of the foregoing.
“Disclosure Letter” means the letter (if any) delivered by Seller to Purchaser at the Closing, in form and substance acceptable to Purchaser.
“Disputes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(f).
“Dollar” or the sign “$” means United States dollars.
“EMA” shall mean the European Medicines Agency.
“Excluded Liabilities and Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency thereto.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority (including supranational authority), commission, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, including the FDA, the EMA and any other government authority in any jurisdiction.
“Knowledge” means (a) with respect to Seller, the actual knowledge of [*] and (b) with respect to Purchaser, the actual knowledge of [*] or, with respect to (a) and (b) directly above, their respective successors in such positions, or, in each case, to the extent any such person or position does not exist at any time, the knowledge of another person with equivalent responsibility, regardless of title.
“Licensee” means (a) any licensee under the Day One License Agreement or the Denovo License Agreement and any successor or permitted assignee thereunder, and (b) with respect to any New License Agreement entered into by Seller in accordance with the terms hereof, any licensee and any successor or permitted assignee thereof.
“License Agreement” means the Day One License Agreement, the Denovo License Agreement, and any New License Agreement, each as applicable.
“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge against or interest in property or
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other priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, in each case to secure payment of a debt or other liability or performance of an obligation, including any conditional sale or any sale with recourse.
“Loss” means any loss, assessment, award, cause of action, claim, charge, cost, expense (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), fine, judgment, liability, obligation, penalty or Set-off.
“Net Consideration” means with respect to the Day One License Agreement the definition of “Net Consideration” as contained therein as of the date hereof.
“Net Sales” means:
(A) | with respect to the Day One License Agreement, the definition of “Net Sales” as contained therein as of the date hereof. |
(B) | with respect to the Denovo License Agreement, the definition of “Net Sales” as contained therein as of the date hereof. |
(C) | with respect to any New License Agreement, the definition of “Net Sales” as defined therein. |
(D) | with respect to a Terminated Day One Licensed Product, not subject to a New License Agreement, “Net Sales” shall have the same meaning as the definition of “Net Sales” in the Day One License Agreement as of the date hereof, with the necessary changes being made to replace all references to Day One with Seller. |
(E) | with respect to a Terminated Denovo Licensed Product, not subject to a New License Agreement, “Net Sales” shall have the same meaning as the definition of “Net Sales” in the Denovo License Agreement as of the date hereof, with the necessary changes being made to replace all references to Denovo with Seller. |
“New Arrangement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(a).
“New License Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b).
“Party” and “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Patents” means: (a) all national, regional and international patents and patent applications including provisional patent applications and rights to claim priority from any of these patents or applications; (b) all patent applications filed from such patents, patent applications or provisional applications or from an application claiming priority from either of these, including divisionals, continuations, continuations in part, provisionals, converted provisionals and continued prosecution applications; (c) any and all patents that have issued or in the future issue from patents or patent applications ((a) and (b)), including utility models, petty patents and design patents and certificates of invention; (d) any and all extensions or restorations by existing or future extension or restoration mechanisms, including substitutions, reexaminations, revalidations, reissues, renewals, and extensions thereof (including any patent term extensions, supplementary protection
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certificates, and any other extension of term by any appropriate Governmental Authority) of the foregoing patents or patent applications, and (e) any other post-grant proceedings and all foreign equivalents thereof.
“Patent Office” means the applicable patent office, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office and any comparable foreign patent office or any other comparable Governmental Authority within or outside the U.S., for any Product IP Rights that are Patents.
“Permitted Liens” means any Liens created, permitted or required by the Transaction Documents in favor of Purchaser or its Affiliates and any Liens imposed by the Revenue Participation Agreement.
“Person” means any natural person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other legal entity, including public bodies, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Products” means each of the Day One Licensed Products and the Denovo Licensed Products.
“Product IP Rights” means, all intellectual property rights owned or Controlled by Seller relating to the Products, arising from or associated with the following, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction: (a) trade names, trademarks and service marks (registered and unregistered), domain names and other Internet addresses or identifiers, trade dress and similar rights, and applications (including intent to use applications and similar reservations of marks and all goodwill associated therewith) to register any of the foregoing (collectively, “Trademarks”); (b) Patents (including the Product Patents); (c) copyrights (registered and unregistered) and applications for registration (collectively, “Copyrights”); (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, methods, processes and processing instructions, technical data, specifications, research and development information, technology including rights and licenses, product roadmaps, customer lists and any other information, in each case to the extent any of the foregoing derives economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, excluding any Copyrights or Patents that may cover or protect any of the foregoing (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); and (e) moral rights, publicity rights, data base rights and any other proprietary or intellectual property rights of any kind or nature that do not comprise or are not protected by Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights or Trade Secrets.
“Product Patent” means a Patent (including patent applications) applicable to a Product, including the Day One Licensed Patents and Denovo Licensed Patents, and including those listed in Exhibit E.
“Protective Rights Agreement” shall mean the Protective Rights Agreement by and between Seller and Purchaser to be executed at the Closing, which Protective Rights Agreement shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. For the avoidance of doubt, the Protective Rights Agreement is not intended to derogate from the validity of the true and absolute sale of the Purchased Royalty Payments, as contemplated by this Agreement and as evidenced by the Bill of
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Sale, but rather is being executed and delivered solely to protect Purchaser’s interests to the extent such sale becomes subject to a Recharacterization despite the Parties’ intentions.
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“Purchased Royalty Payments” means the Day One Royalty Payments and the Denovo Royalty Payments.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Purchaser Account” means Purchaser’s deposit account with SVB which account Purchaser may change from time to time by furnishing written notice to Seller.
“Purchaser Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Recharacterization” means a judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction that Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Day One License Agreement or the Denovo License Agreement, as applicable, and the Purchased Royalty Payments were not fully sold and transferred to Purchaser pursuant to, as contemplated by, and subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the Bill of Sale, but instead that such transaction(s) constituted a loan and security device.
“Recoveries” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(e)(ii).
“Regulatory Agency” means a Governmental Authority with responsibility for the approval of the marketing and sale of pharmaceuticals or other regulation of pharmaceuticals in any jurisdiction.
“Regulatory Approvals” means with respect to the Day One License Agreement the definition of “Regulatory Approval” as contained therein as of the date hereof and with respect to the Denovo License Agreement the definition of “Marketing Approval” as contained therein as of the date hereof.
“Revenue Participation Agreement” means that certain Revenue Participation Agreement by and between Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and RPI Finance Trust dated as of March 29, 2012, as amended on April 11, 2017 and December 6, 2019.
“RPI” means the RPI Finance Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Seller Account” means the Seller’s account with SVB.
“Seller Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
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“Set-off” means any set-off, off-set, rescission, counterclaim, credit, reduction, or deduction, including any such item resulting from Seller’s breach of the Day One License Agreement or the Denovo License Agreement.
“SPV Subsidiary” means Viracta Royalty Fund, LLC, a newly-formed special purpose vehicle, organized in the State of Delaware as a limited liability company and 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller. The governing documents of the SPV Subsidiary shall include a limited liability company agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (the “SPV LLC Agreement”).
“Sublicensee” means any licensee of the Licensee under the Day One License Agreement, the Denovo License Agreement, or a New License Agreement.
“SVB” means Silicon Valley Bank.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any federal, state, local or non-U.S. income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security, unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, abandoned property, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
“Terminated Day One Licensed Product” means a Day One Licensed Product that is terminated by Day One pursuant to [*] of the Day One License Agreement such that it is no longer a Day One Licensed Product under the Day One License Agreement.
“Terminated Denovo Licensed Product” means a Denovo Licensed Product that is terminated by Denovo pursuant to [*] of the Denovo License Agreement such that it is no longer a Denovo Licensed Product under the Day One License Agreement.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person other than Seller or Purchaser or their respective Affiliates.
“Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the CDA, the Protective Rights Agreement and the Disclosure Letter (if any).
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware; provided that if with respect to any financing statement or by reason of any provisions of Applicable Law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the first priority security interest or any portion thereof granted pursuant to Section 2.1(c) is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware, then “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement and any financing statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.
“U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America, its fifty (50) states, each territory thereof and the District of Columbia.
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“Valid Claim” means a claim of any unexpired Patent that has not been withdrawn, canceled or disclaimed nor held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction in an unappealed or unappealable decision or, in the case of any patent application, that has not been finally rejected in an appealed or unappealable decision by the relevant patent office.
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Except as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as of the date hereof as follows:
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insolvent, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its business and will not be unable to pay its debts as they mature, (e) Seller has not incurred and does not have any present plans or intentions to incur debts, liabilities or other obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts, liabilities or other obligations as they become absolute and matured, (f) Seller will not have become subject to any Bankruptcy Event, and (g) Seller will not have been rendered insolvent within the meaning of Section 101(32) of Title 11 of the United States Code. No step has been taken or is intended by Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other Person to make Seller subject to a Bankruptcy Event. To the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and no condition exists that could reasonably be expected to result in an Adverse Change.
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Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as of the date hereof as follows:
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any liability hereunder or thereunder or contemplated hereby or thereby is in its own best interests. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the application of the proceeds therefrom, (a) the present fair saleable value of Purchaser’s property and assets will be greater than the sum of its debts, liabilities and other obligations, including contingent liabilities, (b) the present fair saleable value of Purchaser’s property and assets will be greater than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts, liabilities and other obligations, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and matured, (c) Purchaser will be able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts, liabilities and other obligations, including contingent obligations, as they mature, (d) Purchaser will not be rendered insolvent, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its business and will not be unable to pay its debts as they mature, (e) Purchaser has not incurred and does not have any present plans or intentions to incur debts, liabilities or other obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts, liabilities or other obligations as they become absolute and matured, (f) Purchaser will not have become subject to any Bankruptcy Event, and (g) Purchaser will not have been rendered insolvent within the meaning of Section 101(32) of Title 11 of the United States Code. No step has been taken or is intended by Purchaser or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, any other Person to make Purchaser subject to a Bankruptcy Event. To the Knowledge of Purchaser, no event has occurred and no condition exists that could reasonably be expected to result in an Adverse Change.
Upon the Closing, the Parties covenant and agree as follows:
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Any joinder or similarly styled agreement referenced in this Section 5.10 shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, and shall provide for, among other things, that the SPV Subsidiary shall acquire, via contribution from the Seller, all Purchased Royalty Payments then owned by Seller and to be sold to Purchaser hereunder. The parties agree to execute and deliver the applicable SPV documentation in Exhibit G concurrently with the joinder and contribution transaction with the SPV Subsidiary.
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representation, warranty or certification made by Purchaser in, or pursuant to, any of the Transaction Documents (including certificates or other written documentation delivered thereunder), or (b) any breach or default by Purchaser in respect of any covenant or agreement made by Purchaser in any Transaction Document; provided, however, that the foregoing shall exclude any indemnification to any Seller Indemnified Party (i) that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Seller Indemnified Party, or (ii) to the extent resulting from acts or omissions of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates based upon the written instructions from any Seller Indemnified Party (unless Purchaser is otherwise liable for such Losses pursuant to the terms of this Agreement). Any amounts due to any Seller Indemnified Party hereunder shall be payable by Purchaser to such Seller Indemnified Party upon demand.
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party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or discharge, as the case may be, (i) includes an unconditional written release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such claim or proceeding, (ii) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party and (iii) does not impose any continuing material obligation or restrictions on any indemnified party.
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if to Seller, to:
Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.
Attn: Legal
2533 S. Coast Hwy 101, Suite 210
Cardiff, CA 92007
Fax: (858) 771-4188
Email: legal@viracta.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
Attn: Martin J. Waters
12235 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
if to Purchaser, to:
XOMA (US) LLC
2200 Powell Street
Suite 310
Emeryville, CA 94608
Attention: Legal Department
Telephone: (510) 204-7200
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Facsimile: (510) 644-2011
Email: bob.maddox@xoma.com
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Paul Hastings LLP
4747 Executive Drive
Twelfth Floor
San Diego, CA 92121
Attention: Deyan Spiridonov
Telephone: (858) 458-3000
Email: spiri@paulhastings.com
Each Party may, by notice given in accordance herewith to the other Party hereto, designate any further or different address to which subsequent notices, consents, waivers and other communications shall be sent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller and Purchaser may deliver reports and notices required under Section 5.1 via email provided that the parties shall have agreed in writing upon mutually acceptable procedures for such delivery.
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constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements (except for the CDA), understandings and negotiations, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. No representation, inducement, promise, understanding, condition or warranty not set forth herein (or in the Exhibits hereto or the other Transaction Documents) has been made or relied upon by either Party hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof is intended to confer upon any Person other than the Parties hereto and the other Persons referenced in Article VII any rights or remedies hereunder.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
VIRACTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By: /s/ Ivor Royston
Name: Ivor Royston, M.D.
Title: President and CEO
XOMA (US) LLC
By: /s/ Jim Neal
Name: Jim Neal
Title: CEO
[Signature Page to Royalty Purchase Agreement]