January 2022 amendment to Arena License Agreement

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EX-10.14 3 lbph-ex10_14.htm EX-10.14 EX-10.14

Exhibit 10.14

FIRST AMENDMENT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT

This First Amendment to License Agreement (this First Amendment) is entered into as of January 28, 2022 (the “First Amendment Date”) by and between Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Licensor”), and Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Licensee”), each individually a “Party” and together, the “Parties”. For the purposes of Nelotanserin and Nelotanserin Product and provisions related thereto only, 125 Royalty Inc., a Delaware corporation (“125 Royalty”), is considered a Party to this First Amendment and to the Agreement as amended by this First Amendment as set forth above its signature herein.

Recitals

Whereas, Licensor and Licensee are parties to that certain License Agreement, dated October 27, 2020 (the Agreement); and

Whereas, Licensor and 125 Royalty have rights to the compound nelotanserin; and

Whereas, the Parties now mutually desire to amend, modify and restate certain terms and conditions of the Agreement to include nelotanserin as a Licensed Product under the Agreement.

Now, Therefore, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable considerations, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Licensor and Licensee hereby agree as follows:

Agreement

1.
Definitions.
(a)
Capitalized terms and section or article references used but not otherwise defined in this First Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.
(b)
The following definitions shall be added to Section 1 of the Agreement:

1.88 Nelotanserin” shall mean (a) the compound designated on Exhibit 1.1A and referred to by Licensor as nelotanserin, and (b) any salt, solvate, hydrate, intermediate, pro-drug or metabolite thereof. Nelotanserin shall be a 2A Compound, in addition to the 2A Compounds originally listed in Exhibit 1.1 to the Agreement.

1.89 “Nelotanserin Product” means any pharmaceutical product, in any dosage strength or formulation, containing Nelotanserin as an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Nelotanserin Product shall be a 2A Product, in addition to the 2A Products originally provided in the Agreement.

 

1.90 125 Royalty” shall mean 125 Royalty Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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(c)
The definition of “Effective Date” contained in the Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

1.44 “Effective Date” shall mean (a) October 27, 2020, except as expressly provided in clause (b), and (b) with respect to Nelotanserin and Nelotanserin Product (and defined terms and other provisions of this Agreement (including 2A Know-How and 2A Patents) only as they relate to Nelotanserin and Nelotanserin Product, January 28, 2022.”

(d)
The definition of “Licensor Product” set forth on Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

““Licensor Product” shall mean any of etrasimod, lorcaserin, olorinab, or temanogrel, in any dosage strength or formulation.”

2.
Amendments.
(a)
Section 2.1(d) of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence at the end of such section:

“With respect to the license granted to the Nelotanserin Product under this Section 2.1(d), the 2A Technology includes Patents and Information licensed to 125 Royalty, an Affiliate of Licensor, pursuant to the Development, Marketing and Supply Agreement by and between Arena Pharmaceuticals GmbH and Roivant Sciences Ltd., dated May 18, 2015, which license survived termination of such agreement pursuant to the Termination Agreement by and between 125 Royalty (a successor-in-interest to API Development Ltd. and Arena Pharmaceuticals GmbH) and Axovant Sciences GmbH (a successor-in-interest to Axovant Sciences Ltd. and Roivant Sciences Ltd.), dated December 1, 2019.”

(b)
Article 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended to add Section 4.5 as follows:

4.5 Commercial Milestone Payments for Nelotanserin Product. When Aggregate Annual Net Sales of Nelotanserin Product in any calendar year first reach the applicable threshold set forth in the table below, Licensee shall pay to Licensor the corresponding non-refundable, non-creditable milestone payment set forth in the table below. Each milestone payment in this Section 4.5 is payable one time only upon the first achievement of the applicable milestone event, and the total amount of the milestone payments payable under this Section 4.5 if both milestone events are achieved is $50,000,000.

 

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Aggregate Annual Net Sales of Nelotanserin Product

Milestone Payment

First calendar year in which Aggregate Annual Net Sales of Nelotanserin Product equal or exceed $100,000,000

$25,000,000

First calendar year after the above milestone is due in which Aggregate Annual Net Sales of Nelotanserin Product equal or exceed $500,000,000*

$25,000,000

 

*For clarity, Licensor is only eligible to receive one milestone payment in a calendar year. By way of example, and not limitation, should Aggregate Annual Net Sales of Nelotanserin Product equal or exceed $600,000,000 prior to achievement of the first milestone event, then the total $50,000,000 of milestone payments under Section 4.5 will be payable in two installments; the first $25,000,000 installment will be due pursuant to Section 5.1 and the second $25,000,000 installment will be due on the date that is 12 months afterwards.

(c)
Section 5.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

5.1 Payment; Reports. Royalties and milestone payments due by Licensee to Licensor under Article 4 shall be calculated and reported for each calendar quarter. Licensee shall, within five Business Days after the end of each calendar quarter, provide Licensor (i) a good faith estimate of the royalties due for such calendar quarter, and (ii) a statement of any milestone payments due for such calendar quarter. Licensee shall pay Licensor the royalties and any milestone payments due within 45 days after the end of such calendar quarter. Each payment shall be accompanied by a report of Net Sales of each Licensed Product by Licensee and its Affiliates and Sublicensees in sufficient detail to permit confirmation of the accuracy of the payment made, including gross sales and Net Sales of each Licensed Product on a country-by-country basis, including deductions as applicable to calculate Net Sales the royalty payable, the method used to calculate the royalties, and the exchange rates used to calculate the royalties.”

 

(d)
Section 7.2(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

(b) There are no agreements in effect as of the Effective Date between Licensor and a Third Party under which rights with respect to the Licensed Technology has been licensed to Licensor, except as described in Section 2.1(d) with respect to Nelotanserin Product;”

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(e)
Exhibit 1.1 of the Agreement, listing the 2A Compounds, is hereby amended to add Nelotanserin as set forth on Exhibit 1.1A to this First Amendment.
(f)
Exhibit 1.5 of the Agreement, listing the 2A Patents, is hereby amended to add Patents for Nelotanserin as set forth on Exhibit 1.5A to this First Amendment.
3.
2A Patents for Nelotanserin. Notwithstanding Section 8.2(a)(ii) of the Agreement, upon written notice to Licensor, Licensee shall have the right to elect to control the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of 2A Patents with respect to Nelotanserin from and after the Effective Date with respect to Nelotanserin.
4.
Effectiveness of the Agreement. Except as expressly amended by this First Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
5.
Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument even if the Parties have not executed the same counterpart. Signatures provided by facsimile transmission or by email of a .pdf attachment shall be deemed to be original signatures.

 

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In Witness Whereof, each Party has duly executed this First Amendment as of the First Amendment Date.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Longboard Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

By:

Name:

Title:

 

By:

Name:

Title:

 

125 Royalty acknowledges and agrees to the terms of this First Amendment and to the terms of the Agreement that apply to Nelotanserin, Nelotanserin Product or provisions related thereto only, and is a Party to this First Amendment and the Agreement for those purposes only; and any amendment to the Agreement as applicable to Nelotanserin, Nelotanserin Product or provisions related thereto to which 125 Royalty is a Party will require written agreement of both Licensor and 125 Royalty.

125 Royalty Inc.

 

By:

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 1.1A

2A Compound - Nelotanserin

 

 

 

AR231142

 

 

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Exhibit 1.5A

2A Patents - Nelotanserin

 

Ref. No.

Application No.

Filing Date

Patent No.

Issue Date

Country

Status

072.AR2.DIV

P140102303

7/21/2004

 

 

ARGENTINA

PUBLISHED

072.CL1.REG

2005-0085

1/17/2005

46.245

1/12/2010

CHILE

ISSUED

072.DE1.EPO

04758159.0

7/21/2004

1558582

12/21/2005

GERMANY

ISSUED

072.ES1.EPO

04758159.0

7/21/2004

1558582

12/21/2005

SPAIN

ISSUED

072.FR1.EPO

04758159.0

7/21/2004

1558582

12/21/2005

FRANCE

ISSUED

072.GB1.EPO

04758159.0

7/21/2004

1558582

12/21/2005

UNITED KINGDOM

ISSUED

072.IL1.PCT

172582

7/21/2004

172582

2/1/2011

ISRAEL

ISSUED

072.IT1.EPO

04758159.0

7/21/2004

1558582

12/21/2005

ITALY

ISSUED

072.JP1.PCT

2006-521215

7/21/2004

4198733

10/10/2008

JAPAN

ISSUED

072.MX1.PCT

PA/a/2006/000795

7/21/2004

258421

7/3/2008

MEXICO

ISSUED

072.US10.CON

16/799,556

7/21/2004

 

 

UNITED STATES

PUBLISHED

072.US3.REG

10/895,789

7/21/2004

8,754,238

6/17/2014

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

072.US6.DIV

13/619,137

9/14/2012

8,871,797

10/28/2014

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

 

 

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072.US7.DIV

14/332,207

7/15/2014

9,273,035

3/1/2016

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

072.US8.CON

15/013,057

2/2/2016

9,775,829

10/3/2017

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

072.VE1.REG

2005-000033

1/10/2005

 

 

VENEZUELA

PUBLISHED

083.US2.PCT

10/593,847

9/21/2006

7,812,176

10/12/2010

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

142.CN4.DIV

200980152821.4

10/27/2009

 

 

CHINA

PUBLISHED

142.HK2.CN

19128214.4

10/27/2009

 

 

HONG KONG

PUBLISHED

142.US2.PCT

13/126564

4/28/2011

9,034,911

5/19/2015

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

142.US3.CON

14/679,487

4/6/2015

9,801,856

10/31/2017

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

142.US4.CON

15/718,886

9/28/2017

10,117,851

11/6/2018

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

142.US5.CON

16/144,330

9/27/2018

10,583,122

3/10/2020

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

142.US7.CON

17/365,797

10/27/2009

 

 

UNITED STATES

PENDING

163.US2.PCT

13/126,563

4/28/2011

9,126,946

9/8/2015

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

163.US3.CON

14/679,421

4/6/2015

9,353,064

5/31/2016

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

163.US4.CON

15/144,012

5/2/2016

9,745,270

8/29/2017

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

163.US5.CON

15/681,766

8/21/2017

10,071,075

9/11/2018

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

 

 

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163.US6.CON

16/057,587

8/7/2018

10,543,193

1/28/2020

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

275.AU2.DIV*

2021269398

6/10/2016

 

 

AUSTRALIA

PENDING

275.CA1.PCT*

2,989,343

6/10/2016

 

 

CANADA

PUBLISHED

275.EP1.PCT*

16808478.8

6/10/2016

 

 

EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENT

PUBLISHED

275.HK1.EPO*

18105276.4

6/10/2016

 

 

HONG KONG

PUBLISHED

275.JP2.DIV*

2021-129480

6/10/2016

 

 

JAPAN

PENDING

275.KR1.PCT*

10 ###-###-####

6/10/2016

 

 

SOUTH KOREA

PENDING

275.MX1.PCT*

MX/a/2017/016413

6/10/2016

 

 

MEXICO

ALLOWED

275.US6.REG*

15/179,926

6/10/2016

10,022,355

7/17/2018

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

275.US8.CON*

16/774,248

1/28/2020

 

 

UNITED STATES

PUBLISHED

275.ZA1.PCT*

2018/00186

6/10/2016

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA

PENDING

277.CA1.PCT*

2,992,518

7/15/2016

 

 

CANADA

PUBLISHED

277.CN1.PCT*

201680050628X

7/15/2016

 

 

CHINA

PUBLISHED

277.EP1.PCT*

16825262.5

7/15/2016

 

 

EUROPEAN PATENT CONVENT

PUBLISHED

277.HK1.EPO*

18106917.7

7/15/2016

 

 

HONG KONG

PUBLISHED

 

 

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277.JP2.DIV*

2021-125769

7/15/2016

 

 

JAPAN

PUBLISHED

277.KR1.PCT*

10 ###-###-####

7/15/2016

 

 

SOUTH KOREA

PENDING

277.MX1.PCT*

MX/a/2018/000465

7/15/2016

 

 

MEXICO

PENDING

277.US2.REG*

15/211,638

7/15/2016

10,034,859

7/31/2018

UNITED STATES

ISSUED

277.US4.CON*

17/100,528

11/20/2020

 

 

UNITED STATES

ALLOWED

280.US3.DIV*

16/998,918

8/20/2020

 

 

UNITED STATES

PUBLISHED

 

* licensed from Axovant Sciences GmbH (a successor-in-interest to Axovant Sciences Ltd. and Roivant Sciences Ltd.) to 125 Royalty Inc.

 

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