Consulting Agreement, dated September 19, 2018, between the Company and Gary Hattersley

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Exhibit 10.2



CONSULTING AGREEMENT


THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is effective as of November 1, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), and is made by and between Radius Health, Inc., together with its affiliates (“Radius”), with an address of 950 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451 USA and Gary Hattersley, Ph.D., with an address of 22 Brandymeade Circle, Stow, MA 01775 (“Consultant”). Radius and Consultant are collectively referred to as the “Parties.” If Consultant forms a legal entity for the purpose of Consultant personally rendering consulting services, including the Services (as defined below), then the Parties shall negotiate an amendment to this Agreement to substitute such legal entity hereunder.

WHEREAS, Radius has a legitimate business need for the Services (as defined below) that can be provided by Consultant;

WHEREAS, Consultant has the required professional qualifications, practical experience and knowledge to provide the Services; and

WHEREAS, Consultant agrees to provide the Services to Radius, and Radius wishes to retain Consultant to perform the Services, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Consultant’s engagement hereunder to perform the Services described herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree to the following terms and conditions:

1.
Definitions.

1.1    “Applicable Laws” shall mean any applicable business conduct, regulatory and health and safety guidelines, laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and professional and industry codes of conduct which are applicable to the Services, Consultant or Radius anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, those relating to anti-corruption, anti-bribery, data protection, personal health information, clinical trials and industry conduct.

1.2    “Confidential Information” shall mean any and all scientific, technical, trade, business and any other confidential or proprietary information, whether or not marked as confidential or proprietary, provided to Consultant by Radius, its suppliers, customers, employees, officers, agents, or others in connection with the Services or any proposed Services, or indirectly learned by Consultant as a result of provision by Consultant of the Services for which this Agreement provides, or obtained by Consultant while visiting Radius’ facilities, or learned by Consultant while an employee of Radius, regardless of whether such information is in written, oral, electronic, or other form. Radius’ “Confidential Information” shall include, without limitation, the Data and personal data subject to the Applicable Laws.

1.3    “Data” shall mean any resulting data and information (including without limitation, written, printed, graphic, video, or audio material, and/or information contained in any computer database or in computer readable form) generated in the course of conducting Services.

1.4    “Inventions” shall mean improvements, developments, discoveries, inventions, know-how and other rights (whether or not protectable under state, provincial, federal, or foreign intellectual property

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laws) which are conceived and/or reduced to practice by Consultant, alone or jointly with others as a result of, or in the performance of, the Services, or which are developed using the Confidential Information.

1.5    “Services” shall mean (i) providing research and development consulting services to Radius, and (ii) serving as a member of Radius’ Scientific Advisory Board (“SAB”), which SAB is expected to meet at least four (4) times per year, and in such capacity advising Radius in fields of technical interest to Radius and performing such services as are customary for a member of a scientific advisory board of a biopharmaceutical company. Services may be described in a proposal or other document, which document shall be subject to the terms hereof and be attached as an exhibit (“Exhibit”) hereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of an Exhibit and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

2.
Services.

2.1    Radius would like Consultant to provide the Services and Consultant wishes to provide the Services.

2.2    Consultant will diligently provide the Services in a timely manner on behalf of and for Radius in accordance with this Agreement, the reasonable written instructions of Radius not inconsistent with any of Consultant’s obligations hereunder, and Applicable Laws.

2.3    Subject to the provisions contained in this Section and in Section 2.4, Consultant retains the right to control or direct the details, manner and means by which the Services are provided to Radius. Consultant retains the right to provide services to other individuals or companies except to the extent inconsistent with Consultant’s obligations under this Agreement and/or Consultant’s obligations under the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement between Consultant and Radius dated July 8, 2004 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). Except as otherwise agreed with Radius, Consultant shall perform the Services only at Radius’ or Consultant's own facilities.

2.4    Consultant shall not use a subcontractor to perform the Services or otherwise subcontract Consultant’s obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Radius. Any permitted subcontractor shall be obligated to perform in accordance with this Agreement, and Consultant agrees to be responsible for the actions and omissions of such subcontractor as if Consultant had made such actions or omissions himself.

3.
Term.

3.1    This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and, subject to earlier termination in accordance with this Section, shall continue until November 1, 2019 (“Term”) and shall thereafter expire.
 
3.2    Consultant may terminate this Agreement upon 30 days written notice to Radius. Upon any termination pursuant to this Section 3.2, Consultant shall be entitled to any unpaid consulting fees for Services performed for Radius through the date of such termination.
3.3    Radius may terminate this Agreement immediately and without prior notice if Consultant refuses to or is unable to perform the Services or is in material breach of any provision of this Agreement or Applicable Laws; provided such material breach is not cured by Consultant after ten (10) days’ prior notice; provided, further, unless such material breach, by its nature, cannot reasonably be remedied within such ten (10) day cure period. If Radius terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.3 and Consultant

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has performed a portion of the Services for Radius, Radius will compensate Consultant for Services completed up to the time of such termination.

3.4    Consultant may terminate this Agreement immediately and without prior notice if Radius fails to pay any amounts due to Consultant within fifteen days after sending Radius written notice of late payment due.
3.5    Upon termination of this Agreement by Radius, Consultant shall immediately cease provision of Services and return to Radius all Radius Confidential Information.

4.
Confidentiality; Publication; Data Privacy.

4.1    Consultant agrees to treat any Confidential Information as the exclusive property of Radius, and Consultant agrees not to disclose any of the Confidential Information to any third party without first obtaining the written consent of Radius. Consultant agrees to protect the Confidential Information that was received with at least the same degree of care Consultant uses to protect Consultant’s own confidential information.

4.2    Consultant agrees to use any Confidential Information only for the purpose of conducting Services hereunder and for no other purpose. The above provisions of confidentiality shall not apply to that part of Confidential Information which Consultant is able to demonstrate by documentary evidence: (i) was lawfully in Consultant’s possession prior to receipt from Radius without an obligation of confidentiality; (ii) was in the public domain at the time of receipt from Radius; (iii) becomes part of the public domain other than due to Consultant’s fault; or (iv) is lawfully received by Consultant from a third party without an obligation of confidentiality. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consultant may disclose that part of Confidential Information that is required by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or any regulatory authority to be disclosed, provided that Consultant gives Radius prompt and reasonable notification of such requirement prior to such disclosure and takes all reasonable and lawful actions to obtain confidential treatment for such disclosure and to minimize the extent of such disclosure. Upon request by Radius, any and all Confidential Information received by Consultant hereunder shall be destroyed or returned promptly to Radius.

4.3    Consultant shall not publish any articles or make any presentations or communications (including any written, oral, or electronic manuscript, abstract, presentation, or other publication) relating to the Services, the Confidential Information, Inventions or Data, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Radius. Consultant shall not engage in interviews or other contacts with the media, including but not limited to newspapers, radio, television and the Internet, related to this Agreement without Radius’ prior related written consent.

4.4    This Section 4 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

5.
Intellectual Property.

5.1     Consultant shall promptly and fully disclose in writing to Radius any and all Inventions.

5.2     Consultant agrees that, as between Consultant and Radius, Radius owns all rights, title and interest in any Data or Invention, including any intellectual property (including, but not limited to, patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret) rights therein. Consultant hereby assigns to Radius all of Consultant’s rights to and interest in any Data or Invention. To the extent that any of Radius’ ownership rights contemplated

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under this section are not perfected, fail to arise, revert or terminate by operation of law, then in lieu of such ownership rights, Consultant shall automatically grant to Radius an exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable (through multiple layers of sublicensees) license to all rights, title and interest in the Data or Inventions for which such ownership rights failed to arise, reverted or terminated by operation of law. Consultant shall take all actions necessary in order to perfect, maintain, and/or enforce (to “Protect”) Radius’ rights in the Data and Inventions, including without limitation, executing and delivering all requested applications, assignments and other documents. Consultant hereby permits Radius to execute and deliver any such documents on Consultant’s behalf in the event Consultant fails to do so and accepts Radius as Consultant’s agent for the limited purpose of Protecting Radius’ ownership and/or exclusive rights.

5.3     During and after the Term of this Agreement, Consultant agrees to assist Radius, at Radius’ request and at reasonable times and places, in preparing and prosecuting patent applications and patent extensions or in obtaining or maintaining other forms of intellectual property rights protection for Inventions which Radius elects to protect. Radius shall reimburse Consultant for any reasonable costs incurred in providing such assistance.

5.4 Without Radius’ prior written consent, Consultant shall not engage in any activities, on its own or in collaboration with a third party, or use any third party facilities or third party intellectual property in performing the Services which could result in claims of ownership to any Inventions being made by such third party.

5.5     This Section 5 shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

6.
Insider Trading.

Consultant acknowledges that in connection with this Agreement Consultant may have advance access to information that may be considered “material nonpublic information” under the United States securities laws and the equivalent laws of the country in which Consultant is established. Consultant agrees to treat such information as Confidential Information and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Radius’ Insider Trading Policy and all related Applicable Laws. Accordingly, Consultant shall be subject to any and all restrictions on trading set forth therein.

7.
Representations.

7.1    Mutual Representations. Radius and Consultant each represent, warrant and/or covenant to the other that:

(a)
Radius enters into this Agreement with Consultant in order to meet a legitimate and genuine business need for the Services and that the selection of Consultant is based exclusively on Consultant’s qualifications, expertise, experience, knowledge and ability to meet this legitimate and genuine business need;

(b)
entry into this Agreement, its performance and the payment for the Services, are in no way contingent, conditional or depending on any other previous, current, or potential future business that is or may be generated by Consultant; and
    

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(c)
entry into this Agreement, its performance and payment for the Services, are in no way contingent, conditional or dependent on any other previous, current, or potential future agreements between the Parties.

7.2    Absence of Restrictions. Consultant represents, warrants and/or covenants that:

(a)
Consultant has not (i) been excluded, debarred, suspended or otherwise made ineligible to exercise its or his or her profession under Applicable Laws; or (ii) engaged in any act that would be grounds for such exclusion, debarment or suspension; Upon learning or acquiring knowledge of any facts or circumstances that may lead to actions relating to the representations above, Consultant will immediately disclose such facts or circumstances to Radius; and

(b)
Consultant is authorized to enter into this Agreement and that Consultant is not a party to any other agreement or under any obligation to any third party which would prevent Consultant from entering into this Agreement or from performing Consultant’s obligations hereunder and shall inform Radius immediately if such authorizations or permissions, including under future employment contract provisions for Consultant, are rescinded at a later date, and in such event, Radius shall have the option to terminate this Agreement immediately, pursuant to Section 3.3.

7.3    Compliance. Consultant further represents, warrants and/or covenants that the amounts payable hereunder shall constitute the fair market value for the Services to be provided hereunder.

8.
Ethical Business Practices.

8.1. Consultant agrees to conduct the Services contemplated herein in a manner which is consistent with both Applicable Laws, including anti-bribery laws, and good business ethics. In performing the Services for Radius, Consultant (i) shall not offer to make, make, promise, authorize or accept any payment or giving anything of value, including but not limited to bribes, either directly or indirectly to any public official, regulatory authority or anyone else for the purpose of influencing, inducing or rewarding any act, omission or decision in order to secure an improper advantage, or obtain or retain business and (ii) shall comply with all applicable anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws and regulations.  Consultant shall not make any payment or provide any gift to a third party in connection with Consultant’s performance of this Agreement except as may be expressly permitted in this Agreement without first identifying the intended third-party recipient to Radius and obtaining Radius’ prior written approval.  Consultant shall notify Radius immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of Consultant’s obligations under this Section.
8.2. Consultant shall promptly notify Radius in the event of any government investigation or inquiry related to compliance with Applicable Laws and shall allow Radius to participate in the event it relates to the Services hereunder.
8.3    In the event that Radius has reason to believe that a breach of this Section 8 has occurred or may occur, Radius is entitled to conduct an audit and Consultant shall fully cooperate in connection with any such audit. Consultant expressly understands and agrees that any breach of this Section 8 is considered a material breach of this Agreement entitling Radius to terminate this Agreement with immediate effect hereof pursuant to Section 3.3.
9.
DISCLAIMER.

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EXCEPT FOR BREACHES OF CONFIDENTIALITY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF EITHER PARTY TO THE OTHER HEREUNDER EXCEED A TOTAL OF $1,000,000 (USD) OR EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF THE OTHER PARTY ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

10.
Independent Contractor Status.

10.1    This Agreement establishes between the Parties an independent contractor relationship. This relationship is completely independent of any other relationship that exists or may exist in the future between the Parties.

10.2    This Agreement does not create any employer-employee, agency or partnership relationship between the Parties. Except as provided in that certain Separation Agreement between Consultant and Radius dated September 19, 2018 (the “Separation Agreement”) with respect to COBRA continuation coverage and with respect to continued vesting of Radius stock option awards pursuant to Section 11.6 of this Agreement, Consultant shall not be entitled to or eligible to participate in Radius’ insurance plans and other compensation or benefit plans Radius maintains for its own employees. Consultant retains full and sole responsibility for complying with income reporting and other requirements imposed by Applicable Laws. Radius will not provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to Consultant for work-related accidents, illnesses, damages or injuries arising out of or in connection with the Services. Further, Consultant understands and agrees that the consulting relationship with Radius is not covered under unemployment compensation laws.
 
11.
Compensation; Continued Vesting of Equity

11.1    During the first six (6) months of the Term, Consultant shall receive a monthly retainer of $18,000 (USD) to provide Services for up to no more than 60 hours per month, and during the following six (6) months shall provide Services, on an as-requested basis, at a rate of $300 (USD) per hour, for up to no more than 60 hours per month (collectively, the “Consulting Fees”).

11.2    Radius shall pay Consultant an aggregate fee of $40,000 (USD) (the “SAB Fee”, and collectively, the SAB Fee and the Consulting Fees are hereinafter referred to as the “Budget”) to serve as a member of the SAB during the Term. The SAB Fee shall be payable in quarterly installments of $10,000. Any amount in excess of the Budget requires the prior written approval of Radius.

11.3    Radius will reimburse out-of-pocket travel and other reasonable expenses that have been preapproved by Radius, in writing, and incurred in connection with the Services rendered hereunder, and are supported by original evidence or receipts. Reimbursement of pre-approved expenses shall be made by Radius within thirty (30) days of receipt of an itemized statement with receipts or other evidence of reimbursable expenses.

11.4    A purchase order (“PO”) may be generated for this work. If a PO is generated, all invoices should include the Radius PO number and a detailed description of the Services effectively and actually provided by the Consultant to ensure prompt payment. Invoices will be delivered to Radius monthly for Services provided in the preceding month or quarter, as applicable. Radius will pay invoices within thirty (30) days of their receipt.


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11.5    Prior to any payment, Radius must have a W-9 on file for the payee. W-9s must be sent to ***@***. Invoices should be sent to Radius via email (word or .pdf format acceptable): ***@***. If email invoicing is not possible, invoices may be sent via mail to Radius Health, Inc., 950 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451, Attention: Accounts Payable. Checks shall be made payable to: Gary Hattersley. Checks shall be mailed to: Gary Hattersley, 22 Brandymeade Circle, Stow, MA 01775.

11.6    During the Term, the stock options that Consultant holds to purchase shares of Radius common stock will continue to vest, as described in the Separation Agreement and subject to the Radius Health, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated), and, if applicable, any predecessor or successor plan, and the applicable stock option agreements (such equity documents, the “Equity Documents”).

12.
Miscellaneous Matters.

12.1    Any notices to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the address below: (a) in person; (b) first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (c) next day express delivery service; or (d) by fax or email, with originals to follow immediately thereafter by methods (a), (b) or (c). Notice shall be effective upon delivery or, in the case of (d), upon confirmation of delivery of the fax or email.

If to Radius:
Radius Health, Inc.
950 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
United States of America
Attention: Chief Executive Officer
Fax: 781 ###-###-####
With a copy to: General Counsel
Email: ***@***

If to Consultant:
Gary Hattersley, Ph.D.
22 Brandymeade Circle
Stow, MA 01775
Email: ***@***

12.2    This Agreement, together with any Exhibit(s), the Separation Agreement, the General Release of Claims between Consultant and Radius presented to Consultant on September 19, 2018, the Confidentiality Agreement and the Equity Documents constitute the entire agreement of the Parties with regard to its subject matter and supersedes all previous written or oral representations, agreement(s), and understandings between the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but collectively shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be signed and delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission (including by e-mail delivery of .pdf signed copies), each of which will be binding when sent. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company’s successors and assigns. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in whole or in part to any of its affiliates or to any transferee of all or a portion of the assets or business of the Company. Consultant may not assign any of Consultant’s rights or obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be

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construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to any choice of law principle that would dictate the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorised representatives.

RADIUS HEALTH, INC.                 CONSULTANT
By:
/s/ Jesper Høiland
 
By:
/s/ Gary Hattersley
Name:
Jesper Høiland
 
Name:
Gary Hattersley, Ph.D.
Title:
President and CEO
 
Date:
September 19, 2018
Date:
September 19, 2018
 
 
 



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