definiens: shall mean any payments that COMPANY or an AFFILIATE receives from a SUBLICENSEE in consideration of the sublicense of the rights granted COMPAN Y and AFFILIATES under Section 2.1, including without limitation license fees, milestone and bonus payments, option payments, license maintenance fees, and other payments, but specifically excluding royalties on NET SALES payable under Sections 4.1(d ) and 4.1(e ) . For clarity, SUBLICENSE INCOME specifically excludes : ( a ) reimbursement of the patent expenses paid by COMPANY to [COMPANY] ; ( b ) RESEARCH SUPPORT PAYMENTS ; ( c ) equity investments at fair market value ( excluding premiums paid as consideration for the subl icense ) ; and ( d ) amounts received from a SUBLICENSEE in connection with a bona fide, fully repayable, market rate loan made by SUBLICENSEE to Company ( unless such loans are forgiven prior to complete repayment )