Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
MustAng Bio, INC.,
AND
UBRIGENE (BOSTON) BIOSCIENCES INC.,
Dated as of May 18, 2023
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Exhibits
Exhibit A | Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
Exhibit B | IP Employee Assignments |
Exhibit C | Manufacturing Services Agreement |
Exhibit D | Quality Services Agreement |
Exhibit E | Site Lease Transition |
Exhibit F | Transition Services Agreement |
Exhibit G | Employment Agreements |
Schedules
Schedule 1.01(a)Current Assets
Schedule 1.01(b)Permitted Liens
Schedule 2.02(a)(ii)Real Property
Schedule 2.02(a)(iii)Personal Property Leases; Personal Property and Equipment
Schedule 2.02(a)(iv)Contracts
Schedule 2.02(a)(vi)Licenses; Permits
Schedule 2.02(c)(viii)Excluded Contracts
Schedule 2.02(c)(x)Additional Excluded Assets
Schedule 2.04(a)Closing Consents
Schedule 3.03(a)Liens
Schedule 3.04Governmental Authorizations
Schedule 3.05Financial Statements
Schedule 3.06Non-Contravention
Schedule 3.08(a)Material Contracts
Schedule 3.09(a)Transferred Operations IP
Schedule 3.09(b)Seller IP Contracts
Schedule 3.11(a)Site Employees
Schedule 3.11(b)Non-Employee Workers
Schedule 3.11(c)Labor and Employee Matters
Schedule 3.12(a)Plans
Schedule 3.12(o)Site Employee Payments
Schedule 3.14Absence of Certain Developments
Schedule 3.17(a)Tax Matters
Schedule 3.20Affiliate Transactions
Schedule 3.21Inventory
Schedule 4.02Non-Contravention
Schedule 4.03Governmental Authorizations
Schedule 4.07Legal Proceedings
Schedule 6.02Indemnification Matters
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 18, 2023, by and between uBriGene (Boston) Biosciences Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”) and Mustang Bio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell all of the Transferred Assets (as defined below) to Buyer except for the Excluded Assets (as defined below) and Buyer desires to acquire such Transferred Assets on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing premises and in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements, representations and warranties herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
“Accounting Firm” shall mean a nationally recognized accounting firm mutually agreed upon by the parties that has not been retained by either party within the two (2) years prior to the date of engagement of the Accounting Firm hereunder.
“Action” means any claim, action, cause of action, demand, lawsuit, arbitration, inquiry, audit, notice of violation, proceeding, litigation, citation, summons, subpoena or investigation of any nature, civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or otherwise, whether at law or in equity.
“Affiliate” with respect to any Person shall mean any entity that is directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise and, in any event and, without limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting securities of another Person shall be deemed to control that Person. The term “Affiliate” or “Affiliates” also includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of such Person.
“Ancillary Agreements” shall mean, other than this Agreement, the agreements and instruments (including the Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the IP Employee Assignments, the Transition Services Agreement, the Manufacturing Services Agreement, Quality Services Agreement, Site Lease Transition, and the Employment Agreements) executed and delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Assumed Liabilities” shall mean only the contractual obligations, liabilities and commitments of Seller under all Transferred Contracts but only to the extent that such obligations, liabilities and commitments are required to be performed after the Closing Date and excluding any obligations, liabilities or commitments arising from any non-performance, breach or default by Seller.
“Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement” shall mean that certain Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption Agreement among Seller and Buyer, appended to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) any day on which banks in Worchester, Massachusetts or Vancouver, British Colombia are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Buyer Specified Representations” shall mean Section 4.01 (Organization; Power; Execution), Section 4.02 (Non-Contravention), Section 4.03 (Governmental Authorizations), and Section 4.04 (Brokerage Fees).
“CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, as signed into law by the President of the United States on March 27, 2020.
“CFIUS” means the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
“CFIUS Clearance” means (a) that CFIUS has issued a written notice to the parties that the Buyer’s acquisition of Transferred Assets is not a “covered transaction” and that it is not subject to review under the DPA; (b) CFIUS has delivered written notice to the parties that it has concluded its review or investigation of the Buyer’s acquisition of Transferred Assets, determined that there are no unresolved national security concerns, and that all action under the DPA with respect to the Buyer’s acquisition of Transferred Assets is concluded; or (c) CFIUS has sent a report to the President of the United States requesting the President’s decision and either (A) the President has announced a decision not to take any action to suspend, prohibit or place any limitations on the Transaction or (B) the President has not announced a decision to take any action to suspend or prohibit the Transaction within fifteen (15) days after the earlier of (x) the date upon which CFIUS has completed its investigation of the Transaction or (y) the date on which CFIUS has referred the Transaction to the President for action.
“CFIUS Notice” means a voluntary notice submitted to CFIUS pursuant to 31 C.F.R. §800.501 with respect to Buyer’s acquisition of Transferred Assets.
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“Chinese Governmental Approval” shall mean any consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing by or with the People’s Republic of China or any Governmental Entity governed by the People’s Republic of China, in each case as required under the laws of the People’s Republic of China in effect as of the date of this Agreement, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with the People’s Republic of China or any Governmental Entity governed by the People’s Republic of China, in each case as required under the laws of the People’s Republic of China in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
“Closing Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Closing Indebtedness” shall mean the Indebtedness of Seller as of immediately prior to the Closing.
“Code” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Contingent Capital Raise” shall mean the issuance by Seller of equity securities in an amount equal to or greater than $10,000,000 to third parties after the Closing Date, which such issuance may occur in a single transaction or a series of transactions.
“Contract” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a)(iv).
“Current Assets” shall mean current assets of the Transferred Operations as of the close of business on the Closing Date, determined in accordance with GAAP, and are included in the line items set forth on Schedule 1.01(a).
“Damages” shall mean losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, obligations, diminution in value, costs and expenses and any and all claims, demands or suits by any Person, including without limitation the costs and expenses of any and all actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises (and, if applicable, reasonable attorneys’ fees associated therewith) relating to the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, but shall exclude any punitive, incidental or consequential damages, except to the extent paid or payable to a third party pursuant to a Third Party Claim.
“Data” means data, databases, information and compilations related to the Transferred Assets, including all collections of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and all past or present customer lists, supplier lists, mailing lists, subscriber lists, advertiser lists, market surveys, sales data, marketing data, advertising materials, marketing materials, promotional materials, brochures, catalogues, literature and forms.
“Data Breach” means (i) any loss of, damage to, or unauthorized access to, acquisition of, use of or disclosure of, any Data, (ii) any damage to, or unauthorized access to or use of, any IT Systems or networks, (iii) any other security incident involving Data or IT Systems or networks, or (iv) a business email compromise incident or similar incident involving a transfer of funds to an unauthorized party.
“Disclosure Schedules” shall mean the schedules referenced in, or otherwise provided in connection with, Article III of this Agreement and, in each case, as attached hereto.
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“Dollars” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States.
“DPA” means Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. §4565, and all rules and regulations thereunder, including those codified at 31 U.S.C. Part 800 et. seq.
“Employment Agreement” means the applicable form of employment agreement or employment offer letter and other employment related agreements in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit G.
“Environmental Claim” shall mean any claim, action, cause of action or written notice alleging potential liability arising under any Environmental Law, or arising out of or resulting from circumstances forming the basis of any violation of any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Law” shall mean applicable federal, state or local Law relating to pollution or protection of the environment, public health or worker safety or health, the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials into the environment, or the presence, use, storage, generation, handling, production, transportation, treatment, disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing, air emission, discharge, control or clean-up of any Hazardous Materials, in each case related to the Transferred Assets.
“E-Verify” means an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. Information and the registration process are found at the E-Verify website: https://e-verify.uscis.gov/enroll.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer with Seller under Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code.
“Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c).
“Excluded Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c)(viii).
“Excluded Liabilities” shall mean all of the liabilities, obligations or commitments of any nature whatsoever, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured or otherwise, of the Seller and its Affiliates that are not Assumed Liabilities and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) all liabilities arising from the Transferred Operations or ownership of the Transferred Assets prior to the Closing, including any action, omission, event or occurrence prior to the Closing, (ii) all liabilities under Environmental Law arising from the operation of the Transferred Operations or ownership of the Transferred Assets prior to the Closing, (iii) all Indebtedness (except to the extent included as Assumed Liabilities), (iv) all Transaction Expenses, (v) all liabilities pertaining to the Excluded Contracts, (vi) all liabilities (including additional required contributions or administrative fees), Taxes, or penalties relating to, associated with, or arising out of any Plan of the Seller and the termination thereof, (viii) all liabilities related to compensation, benefits, compliance with employment-related Laws and similar obligations with respect to any Transferred Employees arising prior to and/or upon the Closing; (viii) all liabilities with respect to
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any Seller employees and other service providers who are not Transferred Employees; (ix) all liabilities with respect to Seller’s Plans, and (x) all Excluded Taxes.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean any and all liabilities for the following Taxes, in each instance regardless of whether any such Taxes are reflected or shown as due or payable on any Tax Return, and regardless of whether any such Taxes are assessed, payable or due prior to, on or after the Closing Date: (i) any and all Taxes imposed on or payable by the Seller and its respective Affiliates, regardless of the Tax period to which such Taxes relate; (ii) any and all Taxes imposed on or payable in respect of the Transferred Operations or any of the Transferred Assets, or for which the Transferred Operations or any of the Transferred Assets may be liable, assessed or subject, in each instance to the extent such Taxes are attributable to any Pre-Closing Tax Period or to any Pre-Closing Straddle Period; (iii) any and all Taxes of any Person imposed on or payable in respect of the Transferred Operations or any of the Transferred Assets, whether by Contract or pursuant to any Law or otherwise, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring on or prior to the Closing Date; and (iv) any and all Taxes arising from, or incurred or payable in connection with or relating to, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Transfer Taxes.
“Financial Statements” shall mean with respect to the Transferred Operations, (i) the unaudited balance sheets and the related unaudited statements of income and unaudited statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 and (ii) the unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 2023, and the related unaudited statement of income and statement of cash flows for the three-month period then ended (the “Most Recent Financial Statements”). The balance sheet of the Transferred Operations, as applicable, as of the date of the Most Recent Financial Statements is referred to herein as the “Year End Balance Sheet” and the balance sheet of the Transferred Operations, as applicable, as of the date of the Most Recent Financial Statements is referred to as the “Interim Balance Sheet” and the date thereof as the “Interim Balance Sheet Date”.
“Fraud” means, with respect to a party, an actual and intentional misrepresentation of a material existing fact with respect to the making of any representation or warranty in any Transaction Document, made by such party (i) with respect to Seller, to Sellers’ Knowledge, or (ii) with respect to Buyer, to Buyer’s knowledge, of its falsity and made for the purpose of inducing the other party to act, and upon which the other party justifiably relied with resulting Damages.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as amended from time to time.
“Governmental Approval” means any consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity.
“Governmental Entity” shall mean any applicable supranational, national, federal, provincial, state or local judicial, legislative, executive, administrative or regulatory agency or other governmental authority (or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof).
“Governmental Order” means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
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“Hazardous Materials” means any chemicals, materials, toxic, hazardous, explosive or radioactive substances, pollutants, contaminants, or wastes, including, without limitation, those that are now or ever have been defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” or other words of similar import under any Environmental Law, or that are regulated pursuant to or for which liability or standards of care are imposed under any Environmental Law, including any petroleum or petroleum products/distillates, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form, lead based paint, mold, mildew, radon gas, infection or medical wastes, chlorinated solvents, polychlorinated biphenyls, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
“Income Tax” (and, with the correlative meaning, “Income Taxes”) means any Tax that is based on, or computed with respect to, net income or earnings, gross income or earnings, capital or, net worth (and any franchise Tax or other Tax in connection with doing business imposed in lieu thereof) and any related penalties, interest and additions to Tax.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, without duplication, all obligations or other liabilities of Seller related to the Transferred Assets at Closing: (i) for borrowed money (whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments or debt securities); (ii) in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments or reimbursement obligations with respect thereto; (iii) to pay the deferred purchase price of any asset, property or right, including earn-outs, payments under non-compete agreements and seller notes; (iv) under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases; (v) under an interest rate, currency or other swap, cap, floor or collar agreement, hedge agreement, forward contract or other similar instrument or agreement, or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement (including any termination or breakage fees); (vi) created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement; (vii) all obligations secured by Liens on the property of Seller related to or arising under the Transferred Operations; (viii) any liabilities that are guaranteed or assured, directly or indirectly, by Seller related to or arising under the Transferred Operations; (ix) under any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, security agreement or other agreement securing any of the foregoing obligations; (x) any payroll Taxes deferred pursuant to the CARES Act or other applicable Law; (xi) accrued but unpaid Taxes related to the Transferred Assets and Transferred Operations; (xii) any amounts owed by Seller to fund any deferred compensation arrangements, (xiii) all earned, accrued or otherwise payable but unpaid bonuses, including any non-regular bonus arrangements entered into prior to the Closing, such as signing bonuses, commissions or other contingent compensation owed to any current or former employee, officer, director, independent contractor or other service provider of Seller (including Seller’s portion of any related Taxes), (xiv) any “success fees” or bonuses, phantom equity payments, or severance payments (including, without limitation, all severance obligations payable) arising from or otherwise triggered by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the employer’s share of payroll Taxes attributable thereto), (xv) any accrued vacation or other paid time off as of immediately prior to the Closing; (xvi) all principal, interest, premiums, penalties, breakage fees, costs and expenses, whether accrued or otherwise, with respect to obligations or other liabilities of the types described in clauses (i) through (xv) above; and (xvii) with respect to any unfunded pension or welfare plan.
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“Intellectual Property” means all of the following whether arising under the Laws of the United States or of any other jurisdiction: (i) patents, patent applications (including patents issued thereon) and statutory invention registrations, including reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part, extensions and reexaminations thereof, all rights therein provided by international treaties or conventions, (ii) Trademarks, (iii) Internet domain names and websites, (iv) copyrightable works, works of authorship, copyrights, moral rights, mask work rights, database rights and design rights, in each case, whether or not registered, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, and all rights therein provided by international treaties or conventions, (v) confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets, formulas, designs, technology, inventions, methods, processes, compositions, customer lists, processes, product formulations and know-how, and (vi) all improvements to, licenses or other rights to any of the foregoing; and all related applications and registrations therefor.
“Inventory” shall mean all inventory, finished goods, raw materials, work in progress, packaging, supplies, parts and other inventories of the Transferred Operations.
“IP Employee Assignments” shall mean the proprietary rights and invention assignment agreements entered into as of the Closing Date by and between the Buyer and those individuals set forth on Schedule 2.04(d), appended to this Agreement as Exhibit B.
“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
“IT Systems” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22(c).
“Judgment” shall mean any judgment, order, writ, injunction, ruling, decision, award or decree of a Governmental Entity.
“Key Role Employees” shall mean [***].“Knowledge of Seller” and “Seller’s Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of [***]. For purposes of this Agreement, any such individual shall be deemed to have knowledge of a particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact or other matter.
“Landlord” shall mean WCS-377 Plantation Street, Inc.
“Law” or “Laws” shall mean, collectively, any applicable United States and non-U.S. federal, state or local statute, law, treaty, order, directed duty, authorization, ordinance, rule, regulation, decree, permit, concession, franchise, license, restriction, principle of common law, administrative or judicial precedent or authority, code or Judgment issued by any Governmental Entity, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Entity charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, lien (statutory or other), charge, preference, priority or security interest, easement, encumbrance, bailment, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, deed of trust, conditional sales and title retention agreement (including any lease in the nature thereof), charge or other similar arrangement or interest in real or personal property.
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“Manufacturing Services Agreement” shall mean the manufacturing services agreement entered into as of the Closing Date by and between the Buyer and Seller, appended to this Agreement as Exhibit C.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that is, or could reasonably be expected to become, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to (i) the Transferred Operations, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or assets of the Transferred Operations (ii) the value of the Transferred Assets or (iii) the ability of Seller or Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis; provided, however, that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to: (a) general business, industry or economic conditions; (b) general political or social conditions, including the engagement (whether new or continuing) by the United States in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, sabotage, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack, any pandemic (including COVID-19 or similar SARS respiratory virus or illness), natural or man-made disaster or act of God; (c) changes in financial, banking, or securities markets (including any disruption thereof or any decline in the price of any security or any market index), or any change in prevailing interest rates; (d) changes in accounting rules (including GAAP); (e) changes in applicable Laws; (f) any action required or permitted by the this Agreement, subject to customary exceptions; or (g) the public announcement, pendency or completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided further, however, that any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change referred to in the foregoing clauses shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such event, occurrence, fact, condition or change has a disproportionate effect on the Transferred Operations compared to other participants in the industries in which the Transferred Operations operates.
“Non-Assignable Asset” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(d).
“Outside Date” shall mean June 30, 2023, provided that, in the event the only condition to the obligations of each party under this agreement that remains unsatisfied as of the Outside Date (other than conditions which, by their nature, are to be satisfied on the Closing Date) is the receipt of Landlord’s approval and consent to the Site Lease Transition pursuant to Section 6.01(a), the Outside Date may be mutually extended by the parties in thirty (30) day increments.
“Payoff Amount” means the amount of Indebtedness that Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid at Closing to the holders of such Indebtedness by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the applicable Payoff Letters.
“Payoff Letters” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Permitted Liens” shall mean (i) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet due or payable and for which (and only to the extent that) adequate reserves (as determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied) have been established on the Financial Statements with respect thereto, (ii) Liens for Taxes and other governmental charges that are not yet due and payable, (iii) Liens arising under equipment leases with third parties entered into in the ordinary course of
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business and included as a Transferred Contract; (v) other imperfections of title or Liens, if any, that have not, and would not, be materially adverse to the Transferred Operations; and (vi) any Liens identified on Schedule 1.01(c).
“Person” shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, any other business entity or a Governmental Entity.
“Plan” means any pension, profit-sharing, savings, retirement, and any other, written or oral employment, severance, termination, executive compensation, incentive compensation, deferred compensation, bonus, equity, phantom equity or other equity-based compensation, change in control, retention, salary continuation, vacation, sick leave, disability, death benefit, group insurance, hospitalization, medical, dental, life, employee loan, educational assistance or fringe benefit plan, program, agreement, arrangement, policy, program, practice or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, that Seller or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, participates in, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or as to which Seller or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability, contingent or otherwise, whether formal or informal, statutory or contractual, funded or unfunded with respect to any current or former employee of or other service provider to the Transferred Operations.
“Post-Closing Straddle Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b).
“Pre-Closing Straddle Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b).
“Pre-Closing Tax Period” shall mean (a) all taxable periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date, and (b) with respect to a Straddle Period, the portion of any such taxable period ending on (and including) the Closing Date.
“Privacy and Security Laws” means all federal, state or international Laws relating to the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, storage, protection, maintenance, transmission, encryption, access to or privacy or security of, “personally identifiable information,” “personal data”, “sensitive personal information” or “personal information” or any other information that, whether on its own or together with any other information, could be used to identify, contact or locate any individual. The term “Privacy and Security Laws” also includes all Laws relating to (i) Data or systems breach notification and (ii) marketing to, communicating with and collecting payments from the Seller’s customers.
“Privacy and Security Requirements” means, in each case, related to the Transferred Operations, (i) all applicable Privacy and Security Laws, (ii) all Contracts to which the Seller is a party or otherwise bound for the use, privacy or security of Data, IT Systems or financial transactions, (iii) all applicable industry security standards (including, to the extent applicable, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, as amended from time to time) relating to the security or integrity of Data, IT Systems or financial transactions, and (iv) the Data Protection Policies.
“Product Claims” shall mean any claims made by a third-party for product liability, recalls, construction defects or warranties arising directly from work performed by the Seller prior to the Closing related to the Transferred Assets.
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“Product IP” means any and all Intellectual Property relating to Seller’s Excluded Operations and not primarily used for the purposes of the Transferred Operations.
“Quality Services Agreement” shall mean the quality services agreement entered into as of the Closing Date by and between the Buyer and Seller, appended to this Agreement as Exhibit D.
“Real Property” means all interests in real property including fee estates, leaseholds and subleaseholds, purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to access, and rights of way, and all buildings and other improvements thereon, owned, leased, licensed or primarily used by the Transferred Operations, together with any additions thereto or replacements thereof.
“Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, discharge, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater and surface or subsurface strata) or into or out of any property, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater or property.
“Representatives” shall mean, with respect to a party, such party’s Affiliates and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants, representatives, financial advisors, lenders, other sources of debt financing, consultants and other agents.
“Restricted Territory” shall mean all geographic areas within the United States of America.
“Seller Privacy Policy” means each external or internal, past or present privacy policy of the Seller related to the Transferred Operations, including any policy relating to: (i) the privacy of users of any Seller website used for the Transferred Operations; (ii) the collection, storage, disclosure, and transfer of any Data related to the Transferred Operations; or (iii) any Site Employee information related to the Transferred Operations.
“Seller Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 3.01 (Organization and Good Standing), Section 3.02 (Authority), Section 3.03 (Title to Tangible Property; Assets of the Transferred Operations), Section 3.06 (Non-Contravention), Section 3.15 (Brokerage Fees), Section 3.17 (Tax Matters) and Section 3.18 (Capitalization).
“Site” means the first floor of the facility located at 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, as described in more detail in the Site Lease.
“Site Employee” means any individual that serves the Transferred Operations in any employment-related capacity.
“Site Lease” means the real property lease by and between Seller and Landlord dated October 27, 2017, as amended.
“Site Lease Security Deposit Amount” shall mean an amount equal to $250,000 held by the Landlord pursuant to the terms of the Site Lease.
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“Straddle Period” means any taxable period commencing on or prior to the Closing and ending after the Closing.
“Tax” and “Taxes” shall mean, whether disputed or not, (i) any and all foreign, United States federal, state or local tax, including but not limited to net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, capital, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, excess profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment, FICA, FUTA, social security, unemployment, stamp, excise, escheat, unclaimed property, real property, personal property, intangible property, Inventory, healthcare or healthcare insurance tax, occupation, environmental, escheat, unclaimed property, customs duties, windfall profit tax, customs, duty or other tax, together with any related interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any applicable Law or Taxing Authority in connection therewith.
“Taxing Authority” shall mean a Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection, or other imposition of any Tax.
“Tax Return” shall mean any return, declaration, report, claim for refund or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“Termination Fee” shall be an amount equal to $1,000,000.
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(a).
“Trademarks” shall include any word, name, symbol, color, designation or device or any combination thereof, whether registered or unregistered, including any trademark, trade dress, service mark, service name, brand mark, trade name, brand name, logo, business symbol, slogan, domain name or other designation of origin, including all goodwill associated therewith, and any and all common law rights, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, all rights therein provided by international treaties or conventions, and all reissues, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing.
“Transaction Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and all other documents and certificates required to be delivered hereunder and thereunder.
“Transaction Expenses” shall mean the sum, without duplication, of (i) any unpaid fees, costs and expenses incurred by Seller in connection the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, including all fees, expenses, disbursements and other similar amounts paid to attorneys, financial advisors or accountants of Seller or any other Person that engaged in any due diligence, negotiation or documentation with respect to a potential transaction involving Seller under any expense reimbursement agreement or arrangement or otherwise, (ii) any closing or other transaction fees payable by Seller as a result of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, including fees and expenses and other obligations under any engagement letter or other agreement or understanding with any broker, finder or other professional advisors in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, (iii) all payments payable by Seller required under any contract or agreement (including those necessary to obtain third party consents) in connection with the
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consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements and (iv) all change of control, retention, severance benefit, severance or other pay in lieu of notice, bonus, stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar payments due by Seller to any Person, and other accelerations or increases in rights or benefits of the Seller’s employees (whether payable or occurring prior to, on or after the Closing Date), under any plan, agreement or arrangement of Seller, which obligation, in each case, arises either on or before the Closing Date or in whole or in part as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Ancillary Agreements, including all Taxes that are payable by Seller in connection with or as a result of the payment of such obligations.
“Transition Services Agreement” means that certain Transition Services Agreement between Buyer and Seller dated as of the date hereof.
“Transferred Operations” means the Seller’s operations primarily relating to the manufacturing and production of cell and gene therapies at the Site.
“Transferred Operations IP” means the Data, information, methods, quality management systems, standard operating procedures (including, without limitation, those set forth on Schedule 3.09(a)), and Intellectual Property primarily used for the purposes of the Transferred Operations, as well as the historical facility records for the Site.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations issued or proposed under the Code.
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warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which the party has not falsely made or breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that the party has falsely made or breached the first representation, warranty or covenant. Time periods based on a number of days within or following which any payment is to be made or act is to be done shall be calculated by excluding the day on which the period commences and including the day on which the period ends and, if applicable, by extending the period to the next Business Day immediately following if the last day of the period is not a Business Day.
work, promises or undertakings (whether written or oral) (hereinafter “Contracts”) primarily used in the Transferred Operations or any Transferred Asset to the extent set
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forth on Schedule 2.02(a)(iv) (the “Transferred Contracts”) (provided, that, prior to Closing, (i) Buyer may remove contracts from Schedule 2.02(a)(iv) in its discretion, and such removed contracts shall not be considered Transferred Contracts, and, (ii) the parties may mutually agree to add certain contracts to Schedule 2.02(a)(iv), which added contracts shall be considered Transferred Contracts); provided, however, that the Transferred Contracts shall not include any insurance policies for which Seller is the policyholder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the transfer of the Transferred Assets pursuant to this Agreement shall not include the assumption of any liability or obligation related to the Transferred Assets or
the Transferred Operations, unless and to the extent such liability or obligation is expressly included in the Assumed Liabilities.
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Agreement, and the Transferred Operations are in compliance with all terms and conditions of such environmental Permits. The Transferred Assets are not subject to any pending Environmental Claim. In addition, no Hazardous Materials have been released on the Site except in compliance of Environmental Laws.
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Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
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acceleration (whether after the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both) of any right or obligation of Buyer under any agreement to which Buyer is a party or to which its properties or assets are subject; or (c) violate or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under any Law or other restriction of any Governmental Entity to which Buyer is subject.
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consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, Buyer has relied solely upon its own investigation and the express representations and warranties of Seller set forth in the Transaction Documents (including related portions of the Disclosure Schedules); and (b) neither Seller nor any other Person has made any representation or warranty as to Seller, the Transferred Operations, the Transferred Assets or this Agreement, except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents (including the related portions of the Disclosure Schedules).
The Seller covenants and agrees with Buyer, and Buyer covenants and agrees with the Seller:
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Information and are directed by Seller to hold such Confidential Information in confidence, and Seller shall be responsible for any breach of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 5.06 by its Representatives. If Seller or any of its Representatives are legally required to disclose any Confidential Information, Seller shall (a) promptly notify Buyer and (b) cooperate in Buyer’s efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded such Confidential Information. If, in the absence of a protective order, Seller or any of its Representatives is compelled as a matter of Law to disclose Confidential Information to a third party, Seller and its Representatives may disclose to the third party compelling disclosure only the part of such Confidential Information as is required by Law to be disclosed; provided, however, that, prior to any such disclosure, Seller and its Representatives will, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and applicable time restrictions, use good faith efforts to advise and consult with Buyer and its counsel as to such disclosure and the nature and wording of such disclosure.
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between Supply Chain and Finance)) and providing for the orderly transfer of any and all manifestations of Intellectual Property to be transferred or licensed to Buyer hereunder.
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if to Seller, addressed to:
Mustang Bio, Inc.
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and if to any Buyer, addressed to:
UBriGene (Boston) Biosciences Inc.
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or to such other address as any party shall hereafter designate by like notice. Each notice, request, instruction, consent and other communication under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given or delivered upon receipt thereof by the intended recipient.
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each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement will be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be deemed amended to delete therefrom the portion determined to be invalid or unenforceable, such amendment to apply to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without affecting in any way the remaining provisions hereof, only with respect to the operation of such provision in the particular jurisdiction in which such determination is made.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
Seller: |
By: /s/ Manuel Litchman, M.D. |
Name: Manuel Litchman, M.D. |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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BUYER: |
UBRIGENE (BOSTON) BIOSCIENCES INC. |
By:/s/Jian Chen |
Name: Jian Chen |
Title:Director |
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