exv10w1



 





Exhibit
10.1




Final Execution Version




Confidential Materials omitted and filed separately with the

Securities and Exchange Commission. Asterisks denote omissions.




CONSULTING AGREEMENT




     THIS
CONSULTING AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered
into as of October 1, 2007 (the “Effective
Date”) by and among NxStage Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of
business at 439 South Union Street, 5th Floor, Lawrence, MA 01843 (the “Company”), DSU
Medical Corporation, a Nevada corporation with its principal place of business at 101 Convention
Center Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89109 (“DSU Medical”) and David S. Utterberg (“DSU”), in his individual
capacity as an employee of DSU Medical Corporation (DSU Medical Corporation and DSU are
hereinafter referred to individually and in the aggregate as the “Consultant”).



     WHEREAS, the Company and DSU are parties to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) dated as of June 4, 2007;



     WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, DSU
Medical and Medisystems Corporation have entered into that certain License Agreement dated as of
June 1, 2007 pursuant to which, among other matters, DSU Medical has granted to Medisystems
Corporation rights and licenses under patent rights of DSU Medical (the “License Agreement”);



     WHEREAS, Consultant has particular expertise with respect to certain matters relating to the
business of the Company; and



     WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of the Consultant after the Closing Date
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and Consultant has agreed to provide certain services
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.



     NOW, THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency which is hereby acknowledged by
the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:



     1. Scope of Services To Be Performed. Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing
for a period of two (2) years thereafter (the “Consulting Period”), the Consultant agrees to
perform consulting, advisory and related services for the Company as set forth in this Agreement
(the “Consulting Services”). The Consulting Services shall consist of the Consultant’s use of
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to conceive and create Inventions in
the Inventing Field (as defined in Section 2 below). The specific projects to be performed as part
of the Consulting Services shall be such projects in the Inventing Field and other projects
relating to the business of the Company as may reasonably be requested from time to time by the
Company. DSU shall serve as the primary contact for the Consulting Services and he shall be
actively engaged in all projects. The chief executive officer of the Company shall serve as the
primary contact for the Company with respect to the Consulting Services. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the total amount of hours for performance of all Consulting Services required under this
Agreement shall not exceed more than [**] percent ([**]%) of DSU’s full-time work during the
Consulting Period. “Full-time work” is defined as a full-time equivalent person year consisting of
a total of [**] hours per year. Company understands and



 









 







agrees that Consultant shall not be required to reduce to practice or otherwise develop any
prototypes or perform any product development work under this Agreement. Any such reduction to
practice, prototype or product development work by the Consultant shall require a separate
development agreement between the parties, and neither party shall have an obligation to enter into
any such further written agreement.



     2. Certain Definitions. As used herein the following terms shall have the following
meanings:



     “Agreed Amount” shall mean part, but not all, of the Claimed Amount.



     “Claim Notice” shall mean written notification which contains (i) a description of the
Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the Indemnified Party and the Claimed
Amount of such Damages, to the extent then known, (ii) a statement that the Indemnified Party is
entitled to indemnification under Section 12 for such Damages and a reasonable explanation of the
basis therefor, and (iii) a demand for payment in the amount of such Damages.



     “Claimed Amount” shall mean the amount of any Damages incurred or reasonably expected
to be incurred by the Indemnified Party.



     “Common Stock” shall mean the shares of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of
the Company.



     “Controlling Party” shall mean the party controlling the defense of any Third Party
Action.



     “Damages” shall mean any and all debts, obligations and other liabilities (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether known or unknown, or due or to become
due or otherwise), diminution in value, monetary damages, fines, fees, penalties, interest
obligations, deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts paid in settlement, interest,
court costs, costs of investigators, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial
advisors and other experts, and other expenses of litigation, arbitration or other dispute
resolution proceedings relating to a Third Party Action or an indemnification claim under Section
13).



     “Dispute” shall mean the dispute resulting if the Indemnifying Party in a Response
disputes its liability for all or part of the Claimed Amount.



     “Inventing Field” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.



     “Inventions” shall mean trade secrets, inventions (whether or not patentable), ideas,
processes, formulas, source and object codes, data, programs, other works of authorship, know-how,
improvements, discoveries, developments, designs and techniques.



     “Licensed Patents” shall have the meaning set forth in the License Agreement.



     “Non-controlling Party” shall mean the party not controlling the defense of any Third
Party Action.



-2-









 





     “Patents” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.



     “Proprietary Rights” shall mean all trade secret, patent, copyright and other
intellectual property rights throughout the world.



     “Relevant Inventions” shall mean any and all Inventions that (i) relate to or are
useful in the Inventing Field (and all Proprietary Rights with respect thereto) whether or not
patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes, and (ii) are conceived by
Consultant, either alone or jointly with others, including Company, during the Consulting Period.



     “Response” shall mean a written response containing the information provided for in
Section 13(c).



     “Third Party Action” shall mean any suit or proceeding by a person or entity other
than the Company, DSU Medical and DSU for which indemnification may be sought by the Company, DSU
Medical and DSU under Section 12.



     3. Disclosure/Records/Documentation. The Consultant will disclose to the Company
fully and in writing all Relevant Inventions promptly after they are first made, conceived or
reduced to practice. The Consultant shall document during the Consulting Period and for one (1)
year thereafter, all Relevant Inventions conceived during the Consulting Period. Documentation by
the Consultant shall include, without limitation, preparing invention disclosure forms, in
reasonable detail; providing copies of all records pertaining to the Relevant Inventions, including
lab notebooks, to the Company; and cooperating and assisting in the preparation and prosecution of
patent applications with respect to the Relevant Inventions.



     4. Cooperation; Compliance with Regulations. In performing the Consulting Services,
the Consultant shall cooperate with the Company’s personnel, shall not interfere with the conduct
of the Company’s business and shall observe all rules, regulations and security requirements of the
Company applicable to independent consultants of which the Consultant is informed.



     5. Nature of Relationship. It is the express intention of the parties to this
Agreement that the Consultant is an independent contractor and not an employee, agent, joint
venturer or partner of the Company for any purposes whatsoever. The Consultant shall not be
entitled to any benefits that the Company may make available to employees from time to time. The
Consultant shall be solely responsible for paying all state and federal income taxes on the
Consulting Fees payable hereunder, for paying any unemployment insurance and social security taxes
for Consultant and for maintaining adequate workers’ compensation insurance coverage for
Consultant.



     6. Consulting Fees. In full consideration for all of Consultant’s Services hereunder,
Company shall pay DSU Medical Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($200,000) per annum hereunder,
payable in quarterly installments of Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($50,000) commencing on the
Effective Date and continuing quarterly thereafter. The Company shall reimburse DSU Medical for
all travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Consultant in rendering Services under
this Agreement that is approved in advance in writing by the Company, and that is at rates
consistent with the rates the CEO of the Company would be



-3-









 







reimbursed by the Company for similar expenditures in connection with the CEO’s activities on
behalf of the Company.



     7. Intellectual Property Rights In Inventions.




	 	(a)	 	Assignment of Relevant Inventions to Company. The Consultant hereby
assigns and agrees to assign in the future, automatically, and without any further
action required by the Consultant as and when any such Inventions are first conceived,
to the Company all its right, title and interest in and to any and all Relevant
Inventions and all of its Proprietary Rights in and to such Relevant Inventions. All
patent applications that claim or cover such Relevant Inventions, and Patents issuing
thereon, shall be referred to herein as “Relevant Patents”.
	 
	 	(b)	 	License-Back Outside of the Inventing Field.






	 	(i)	 	Relevant Patents. Company hereby grants to the
Consultant an exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up,
irrevocable license (with the right to sublicense) under the Relevant Patents
to exploit the Relevant Inventions solely outside the Inventing Field,
provided, however, that Consultant shall not have the right to exercise such
licensed rights under any particular Relevant Patent, unless and until
Consultant notifies Company that it has determined that a Relevant Invention
assigned to Company pursuant to Section 7(a) with respect to which the Company
has filed a Relevant Patent claiming or covering such Relevant Invention
relates to or is useful outside of the Inventing Field, and (A) pays to Company
one-half of all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by Company
prior to the date of the delivery of such notice (and identified in writing to
the Consultant within [**] days after the date of such notice) that are
directly attributable to the prosecution or maintenance of such Relevant Patent
on a worldwide basis and (B) agrees to pay any such reasonable, documented
out-of-pocket costs incurred by Company after the date of the delivery of such
notice until such time as Consultant notifies Company, in writing, that it no
longer desires to retain such license. Consultant shall pay any such amounts
owed within [**] days after receipt of a written invoice from Company setting
forth the amounts due. If, at any time, Consultant fails to pay any undisputed
invoiced amounts when due, Company shall provide Consultant with written notice
of such deficiency and any undisputed payments or portions thereof cited in
such notice which are not paid within [**] business days thereafter shall bear
interest at a rate equal to the prime rate, as reported by Citibank, NA or its
successor (or such other institution as agreed by the parties) calculated on
the number of days such payment is delinquent, compounded monthly, and
Consultant shall be liable for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by
Company in collecting such amounts. If Consultant does not pay any such
undisputed invoiced amounts within [**] days after such written notice all
rights to the Relevant Patent(s) shall automatically terminate. Consultant may,
at any time, elect not to pay any




-4-









 






	 	 	 	further prosecution and maintenance costs for any Relevant Patent with
respect to which it earlier provided written notice of determination to
Company. In the event the Consultant so elects, Consultant shall provide
written notice of such election to Company. Upon Company’s receipt of such
written election notice, all rights to such Relevant Patent granted to
Consultant pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate, and Consultant shall
not be obligated to pay any further prosecution or maintenance costs
incurred by Company with respect to such Relevant Patent.
	 
	 	(ii)	 	Relevant Non-Patent IP. Company hereby grants
Consultant a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid-up,
irrevocable license (with the right to sublicense) under any Proprietary Rights
(other than Patents) of Company in and to the Relevant Inventions to make, have
made, use, sell, offer for sale, import, copy, modify, create derivative works
of, display, perform and otherwise exploit the Relevant Inventions for any
purpose solely outside of the Inventing Field.






	 	(c)	 	Further Assurances. At the Company’s sole expense, the Consultant will
use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company in securing and enforcing the
United States and foreign Proprietary Rights relating to the Relevant Inventions
granted herein throughout the world. To that end the Consultant will execute, verify
and deliver such documents and perform such other acts (including appearances as a
witness) as the Company may reasonably request for use in applying for, obtaining,
perfecting, evidencing, sustaining and enforcing such Proprietary Rights and the
assignment thereof. In addition, the Consultant will execute, verify and deliver
assignments of Relevant Inventions to the Company or its designee. The Consultant’s
obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Company, at the
Company’s expense, with respect to Proprietary Rights relating to the Relevant
Inventions in any and all countries shall continue beyond the termination of the
Consulting Period. In the event the Company is unable for any reason, after reasonable
effort, to secure the Consultant’s signature on any document required to perfect the
Proprietary Rights assigned to Company with respect to the Relevant Inventions, the
Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly
authorized officers and agents as the Consultant’s agent and attorney in fact, which
appointment is coupled with an interest, to act for and in its behalf to execute,
verify and file any such documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to
further the purposes of the preceding paragraph with the same legal force and effect as
if executed by the Consultant.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Transfers, Inconsistent Actions. Company shall not transfer or assign
(whether by sale, merger, assignment, transfer, license, reorganization, spin-off,
will, trust, devise or other transaction or occurrence of any kind) (a “Transfer”) its
right, title or interest in and to the Relevant Patents unless (a) such transferee,
licensee, assignee, beneficiary, or acquiror (as applicable, the “Transferee”) is bound
by the grant of rights contained in this Agreement, and (b) such Transferee confirms in
writing as a condition of any such Transfer that the licenses and other rights




-5-









 






	 	 	 	granted to Licensee hereunder shall not be affected or diminished in any manner by
such Transfer. Company shall not take any other action inconsistent with the rights
granted to Consultant pursuant to this Article 7 with respect to the Relevant
Inventions.





     8. Confidentiality.



     (a) Obligation of Confidentiality and Nondisclosure. During the Consulting Period,
each party may receive or have access to the Proprietary Information (as defined below) of the
other party. Each party shall maintain the Proprietary Information of the other party in
confidence using commercially reasonable efforts no less protective than the practices such party
utilizes to preserve the proprietary nature of its own comparable confidential information, and
shall not disclose, lecture upon or publish any such Proprietary Information to any third party,
other than (i) to employees of such party and independent contractors who need to know such
information in connection with the exercise of rights and performance of obligations under this
Agreement and are subject to obligations of confidentiality and nondisclosure with respect thereto
at least as strict as those set forth herein, (ii) as required in connection with the exercise of
rights and performance obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) as expressly authorized in
writing by the chief executive officer of the other party. In addition, neither party shall use
the Proprietary Information of the other party except as required in connection with the exercise
of rights and performance of obligations under this Agreement.



     (b) Proprietary Information. The term “Proprietary Information” shall mean any and
all confidential and/or non-public proprietary data or information of a party or its affiliates
(including any information of third parties that such party or its affiliates is obligated to
maintain in confidence) that is disclosed by such party to the other party in connection with the
performance or receipt of the Consulting Services under this Agreement. By way of illustration but
not limitation, “Proprietary Information” includes (i) Relevant Inventions; and (ii) information
regarding plans for research, development, new products, marketing and selling, business plans,
budgets and unpublished financial statements, licenses, prices and costs, suppliers and customers;
and (iii) information regarding the skills and compensation of employees of a party. All
Proprietary Information that arises from the performance of the Consulting Services shall
constitute the Proprietary Information of both Company and Consultant (“Relevant Invention
Proprietary Information”).



     (c) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Proprietary Information” shall not
include any materials, information that the receiving party can demonstrate (i) is or becomes
publicly known through no act or fault of the receiving party; (ii) is developed independently by
the receiving party without access to or use of the disclosing party’s Proprietary Information;
(iii) is known by the receiving party when disclosed by the disclosing party, from a source other
than the disclosing party or its affiliates, where such receiving party does not then have a duty
to maintain its confidentiality; or (iv) is rightfully obtained by the receiving party from a third
party not obligated to preserve its confidentiality. The receiving party also may disclose
Proprietary Information to the extent required by a court or other governmental authority, provided
that the receiving party (A) gives the disclosing party reasonable prior notice of the disclosure;
(B) uses reasonable efforts to resist disclosing the Proprietary Information; and (C) cooperates
with the disclosing party on request to obtain a protective order or otherwise limit the
disclosure.



-6-









 





     (d) Certain Permitted Disclosures and Uses of Proprietary Information.
Notwithstanding 8(a) above, and subject to the following terms, each party shall be permitted to
disclose Proprietary Information of the other party as reasonably required for such party to
secure, maintain, enforce, and defend its Proprietary Rights. Company shall have the right to
disclose Relevant Invention Proprietary Information hereunder to Company’s affiliates and in
connection with the business activities of the Company and its affiliates in the Inventing Field,
and Consultant shall have the right to disclose Relevant Invention Proprietary Information
hereunder to Consultant’s affiliates and in connection with the business activities of the
Consultant and its affiliates outside the Inventing Field; provided, however, that neither
party shall disclose Relevant Invention Proprietary Information to any third party (other than an
affiliate of such party) except pursuant to a written agreement protecting the confidentiality
thereof under terms no less protective than such party utilizes to preserve the proprietary nature
of its own comparable confidential information.



     (e) Publications. The Consultant shall obtain written approval from the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer before presenting, publishing or submitting for publication any material
(written, verbal, or otherwise) that relates to the Consultant’s work for the Company and/or
incorporates any Proprietary Information of the Company or its Affiliates.



     (f) No Improper Use of Information of Others. During the Consulting Period and
thereafter, the Consultant will not improperly use or disclose any confidential information or
trade secrets of any other person to whom the Consultant has an obligation of confidentiality.



     (g) Term. The terms and conditions of this Section 8 shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement for any reason and shall remain in effect (i) with respect to all
Proprietary Information other than trade secrets, until the tenth (10th) anniversary of
any such expiration or termination, and (ii) with respect to trade secrets included in the
Proprietary Information, until the later of the tenth (10th) anniversary of any such
expiration or termination and the date upon which such trade secret ceases to be a trade secret.



     (h) Reserved Rights. Nothing in this Section 8 shall constitute an express or implied
license under any Proprietary Rights of a party.



     (i) Use of General Concepts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that, at
all such times, each party is free to use the general knowledge, ideas and concepts gained by such
party in the course of this Agreement to whatever extent and in whichever way such party wishes.



     9. Noncompetition. In order to safeguard the Company’s Proprietary Information and
preserve the goodwill of its business and the assets, the Consultant agrees that during the
Consulting Period, the Consultant will not (i) develop, manufacture, market or sell any product in
the Inventing Field which competes or would compete with any existing or proposed product
manufactured or planned to be manufactured by any of Medisystems Corporation, Medisystems Europe
S.p.A., or Medimexico s. de R.L. de C.V. as of the Closing Date in the Inventing Field, (ii) engage
in any business in the Inventing Field competitive with the business of any of Medisystems
Corporation, Medisystems Europe S.p.A., Medimexico s. de R.L. de C.V. as conducted on the Closing
Date of the Purchase Agreement, (iii) engage in any business in the



-7-









 







Inventing Field competitive with the business of the Company or its affiliates as conducted
during the term of the Consulting Period in the Inventing Field, (iv) accept employment with,
advise, provide services to or acquire or hold any interest in (other than an investment interest
of less than 1% of the total outstanding shares of a publicly traded company) any business or
entity in the Inventing Field that directly or indirectly competes with any product or service in
the Inventing Field conceived, manufactured, sold or under development by any of Medisystems
Corporation, Medisystems Europe S.p.A., or Medimexico s. de R.L. de C.V. as of the Closing Date of
the Purchase Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Company, (v) encourage, solicit,
recruit or assist any person in encouraging, soliciting or recruiting any employee, director or
other person affiliated with the Company or its affiliates to terminate or alter its relationship
with the Company or its affiliates, or (vi) encourage or assist any other person in encouraging any
customer or supplier of the Company or its affiliates to terminate or alter its relationship with
the Company or its affiliates. Furthermore, during the Consulting Period, the Consultant may not
enter into any obligations that conflict with its obligations hereunder or under the Purchase
Agreement or the License Agreement, including but not limited to obligations to any present or
future employers, customers, clients, subsidiaries or affiliates. The Consultant understands the
requirements of this Section and agrees that they are fair and reasonable. The Consultant agrees
that the type and period of restrictions imposed by this Section are fair and reasonable, and that
such restrictions are intended solely to protect the legitimate interests of the Company.



     10. Return of Company Documents. At the termination of the Consulting Period, the
Consultant will deliver to the Company a copy of any and all records, files, drawings, notes,
memoranda, specifications, devices, formulas, designs, data, reports, price lists, customer lists,
plans, computer programs, software, software documentation, sketches, laboratory and research
notebooks, and documents and any other material containing or disclosing any Relevant Inventions.
The Consultant further agrees that any property situated on the Company’s or its affiliates’
premises and owned by the Company or its affiliates, including disks and other storage media,
filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by Company personnel at any time with
or without notice. Prior to termination of the Consulting Period, the Consultant will certify to
the Company in writing its compliance with the terms of this Section 10.



     11. Other Agreements. The Consultant hereby represents that, except as the Consultant
has disclosed in writing to the Company, the Consultant is not bound by the terms of any agreement
with any third party to refrain from using or disclosing any trade secret or confidential or
proprietary information in the Inventing Field in the course of its consultancy with the Company or
its affiliates, to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such third
party in the Inventing Field or to refrain from soliciting employees, customers or suppliers of
such third party in the Inventing Field. Consultant further represents and covenants that its
performance of all the terms of this Agreement and the performance of its duties hereunder do not
and will not breach any agreement with any third party to which Consultant is a party (including
without limitation any nondisclosure or noncompetition agreement) and that the Consultant will not
disclose to the Company or its affiliates or induce the Company or its affiliates to use any
confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any previous employer or others.
Company represents and covenants that its performance of all the terms of this Agreement and the
performance of its duties hereunder do not and will not breach any agreement with any third party
to which Company is a party (including without



-8-









 







limitation any nondisclosure or noncompetition agreement) and that the Company and its
affiliates will not disclose to the Consultant or its affiliates or induce the Consultant or its
affiliates to use any confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to others.



     12. Indemnification.  Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14 below, and as
each party’s sole and exclusive remedy for any breaches of this Agreement, Consultant shall
indemnify the Company and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors,
trustees, affiliates, heirs, successors and assigns and the Company shall indemnify Consultant and
its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, trustees, affiliates, heirs,
successors and assigns, in respect of, and hold it harmless against any and all Damages incurred by
or suffered by an Indemnified Party (as hereafter defined) resulting from, or relating to, any
breach of this Agreement by the Indemnifying Party (as hereafter defined), or the Indemnifying
Party’s gross negligence or intentional misconduct.



     13. Indemnification Claims.




	 	(a)	 	A party seeking indemnification under Section 12 (an “Indemnified Party”) shall
give written notification to the party from whom indemnification is sought (the
“Indemnifying Party”) of the commencement of any Third Party Action. Such notification
shall be given within 20 days after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such
Third Party Action, and shall describe in reasonable detail (to the extent known by the
Indemnified Party) the facts constituting the basis for such Third Party Action and the
amount of the claimed Damages; provided, however, that no delay or failure on the part
of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the Indemnifying Party shall relieve the
Indemnifying Party of any liability or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any
Damages caused by or arising out of such failure. Within 20 days after delivery of
such notification, the Indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the
Indemnified Party, assume control of the defense of such Third Party Action with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party; provided that (i) the
Indemnifying Party may only assume control of such defense if (A) it acknowledges in
writing to the Indemnified Party that any damages, fines, costs or other liabilities
that may be assessed against the Indemnified Party in connection with such Third Party
Action constitute Damages for which the Indemnified Party shall be indemnified pursuant
to this Agreement and (B) the amount claimed as Damages is less than or equal to the
amount of Damages for which the Indemnifying Party is liable under this Agreement and
(ii) the Indemnifying Party may not assume control of the defense of a Third Party
Action involving criminal liability or in which equitable relief is sought against the
Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party does not, or is not permitted under the
terms hereof to, so assume control of the defense of a Third Party Action, the
Indemnified Party shall control such defense. The Non-controlling Party may
participate in such defense at its own expense. The Controlling Party shall keep the
Non-controlling Party advised of the status of such Third Party Action and the defense
thereof and shall consider in good faith recommendations made by the Non-controlling
Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling Party shall furnish the Controlling
Party with such information as it may have with respect to such Third Party Action
(including




-9-









 






	 	 	 	copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading which may have been served on
such party and any written claim, demand, invoice, billing or other document
evidencing or asserting the same) and shall otherwise cooperate with and assist the
Controlling Party in the defense of such Third Party Action. The fees and expenses
of counsel to the Indemnified Party with respect to a Third Party Action shall be
considered Damages for purposes of this Agreement if (i) the Indemnified Party
controls the defense of such Third Party Action pursuant to the terms of this
Section 13(a) or (ii) the Indemnifying Party assumes control of such defense and the
Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party have conflicting interests or different defenses available with
respect to such Third Party Action. The Indemnifying Party shall not agree to any
settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third Party Action
without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Indemnified Party shall not
agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such
Third Party Action without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In order to seek indemnification under this Agreement, an Indemnified Party
shall deliver a Claim Notice to the Indemnifying Party.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Within 20 days after delivery of a Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall
deliver to the Indemnified Party a Response, in which the Indemnifying Party shall:
(i) agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all of the Claimed Amount,
(ii) agree that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive the Agreed Amount; or
(iii) dispute that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive any of the Claimed
Amount. In connection with any Claim Notice delivered pursuant to the first sentence
of this paragraph (c), the Indemnifying Party shall pay the Claimed Amount (in the case
of clause (i)) or the Agreed Amount (in the case of clause (ii)). When the Company is
the Indemnifying Party all such payments shall be made solely by delivering to the
Indemnified Party such number of shares of Common Stock as have an aggregate value
equal to the Claimed Amount or the Agreed Amount, as the case may be. For purposes of
this Agreement, the “Value” of any Common Stock delivered in satisfaction of an
indemnity claim shall be the average of the last reported sale prices per share of the
Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market over the five consecutive trading days ending
two trading days before such shares of Common Stock are delivered to the Indemnified
Party, as applicable, as provided above (subject to equitable adjustment in the event
of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event affecting the
Common Stock since the beginning of such five-day period), multiplied by the number of
such shares of Common Stock that are delivered to the Indemnified Party. In the case
of any shares of Common Stock that are delivered to the Consultant by the Company, such
shares of Common Stock shall not be registered under the Securities Act and shall bear
the following legend:




-10-









 






	 	 	 	“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered, sold or otherwise
transferred, pledged, or hypothecated unless and until such shares are registered
under such Act or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company is obtained to
the effect that such registration is not required.”
	 
	 	 	 	In addition, and notwithstanding any other terms hereof, in no event
shall the Company be obligated to issue or deliver to the
Consultant, pursuant to this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, an
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock representing twenty
percent (20%) or more of the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock
without the prior approval of the Company’s stockholders.
	 
	 	(d)	 	During the 30-day period following the delivery of a Response that reflects a
Dispute, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall use good faith efforts
to resolve the Dispute. If the Dispute is not resolved within such 30-day period, such
Dispute shall be resolved in a state or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware,
in accordance with Section 15.





     14. Limited Remedies. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION 12 OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
AGREEMENT, (A) EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ANY BREACHES OF ARTICLES 7, 8 OR 9 HEREOF, EACH PARTY’S
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO THE OTHER FOR ALL MATTERS AND DAMAGES OF ANY TYPE ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL CONSULTING
FEES PAYABLE BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND (B) EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO ANY BREACHES
OF ARTICLES 7, 8 OR 9 HEREOF, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY
CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, EVEN IF THAT PARTY HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM BREACH OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT. COMPANY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE FOR ANY BREACHES BY CONSULTANT
OF ITS OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLES 7, 8 OR 9. CONSULTANT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE FOR ANY BREACHES BY THE COMPANY OF ARTICLES 7 OR 8.



     15. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Party (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any
state or federal court sitting in the State of Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement, (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives any claim of inconvenient forum or other
challenge to venue in such court, (d) agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement in any other court and (e) waives any right it may have to a trial by
jury with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each
Party agrees to accept service of any summons, complaint or other initial pleading made in the
manner provided for the giving of notices in Section 18, provided that nothing in this Section 15



-11-









 







shall affect the right of any Party to serve such summons, complaint or other initial pleading
in any other manner permitted by law.



     16. Cooperation. The Consultant shall use commercially reasonable efforts in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement. The Company shall provide such access to its
information and property as may be reasonably required in order to permit the Consultant to perform
its obligations hereunder. The Consultant shall cooperate with the Company’s personnel, shall not
interfere with the conduct of the Company’s business and shall observe all rules, regulations and
security requirements of the Company concerning the safety of persons and property.



     17. Non-Assignability of Contract. This Agreement is personal to the parties and it
neither party shall have the right to assign any of its rights or delegate any of its duties
hereunder without the express written consent of the other party. Any non-consented-to assignment
or delegation, whether express or implied or by operation of law, shall be void.



     18. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim or other communication hereunder
shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, for next
business day delivery via a reputable nationwide overnight courier service or such other means as
mutually agreed by the parties in writing, in each case to the intended recipient as set forth
below:



	 	 	 
	To the Company:

	 	NxStage Medical, Inc. 


439 South Union Street, 5th Floor 


Lawrence, MA 01843


Attention: Chief Executive Officer
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	With a copy to:

NxStage Medical, Inc. 


439 South Union Street, 5th Floor 


Lawrence, MA 01843


Attention: General Counsel
	 
	 	 
	To DSU Medical

	 	DSU Medical Corporation

PO Box 50401

Henderson, NV 89016
	 
	 	 
	To DSU:

	 	David S. Utterberg 


2033 First Avenue #3


Seattle, WA 98121





No such notice, request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly
given unless and until it actually is received by the party for whom it is intended. Any party may
change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder
are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein set forth.




-12-









 








     19. Complete Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the
parties and supersedes, replaces and takes precedence over any prior understanding or oral or
written agreement between the parties respecting the subject matter of this Agreement. There are
no representations, agreements, arrangements, nor understandings, oral or written, between the
parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement that are not fully expressed herein.



     20. Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid,
the same shall not invalidate or otherwise affect in any respect any other term or terms of this
Agreement, which term or terms shall remain in full force and effect.



     21. Non-Waiver. No delay or omission by the Company or its affiliates in exercising
any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of that or any other right. A waiver or
consent given by the Company or its affiliates on any one occasion shall be effective only in that
instance and shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any right on any other occasion.



     22. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument
executed by both the Company and the Consultant.



     23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two (2) signed counterparts, each
of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.



     24. Interpretation. Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this
Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular
forms of nouns and pronouns shall include the plural, and vice versa. The captions of the sections
of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit or affect the
scope or substance of any section of this Agreement.



     25. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that
would cause the application of laws of any jurisdictions other than those of the State of Delaware.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year set
forth above.



	 	 	 
	 

	NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC.
	 
	 	 
	 

	By:	/s/  Jeffrey Burbank
	 

	 	 
	 

	Title:  	President & CEO
	 

	 	 
	 

	Date:	October 1, 2007
	 

	 	 





-13-









 






	 	 	 
	 

	DSU MEDICAL CORPORATION
	 
	 	 
	 

	By:	/s/  David S. Utterberg
	 

	 	 
	 

	Title:  	President
	 

	 	 
	 

	Date:	October 1, 2007
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	DAVID. S. UTTERBERG
	 
	 	 
	 

	By:    /s/ David S. Utterberg
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	Date:  	October 1, 2007
	 

	 	 





-14-









 





Final Execution Version


Exhibit A




Definition of Inventing Field




     “Inventing Field” means Covered Products, Covered Business Methods and Covered Treatment
Methods in the Covered Treatment Field, each as defined below:



     1. “Blood Access Devices” mean AVF, Apheresis, Buttonhole needles and similar needle-bearing
devices for use in the Covered Treatment Field.



     2. “Covered Business Methods” means the methods and processes for developing, testing,
training, using, supplying, selling, manufacturing, storing, servicing, supporting, distributing
and otherwise commercializing the Covered Products or Covered Treatment Methods.



     3. “Covered Methods” means the Covered Treatment Methods and the Covered Business Methods.



     4. “Covered Products” means Electro-Mechanical Equipment, Tubing Sets, Bag Sets, Dual Lumen
Blood Access Devices, Fluid Filters, Fluid Preparation Devices, Securement Devices and Certain
Components, all for the preparation, transport, containment or treatment of water, blood,
dialysate, liquid or powder dialysate concentrate, priming fluids, rinseback fluids, replacement
fluids or waste for use only in the Covered Treatment Fields, each as defined below:




     (i) “Bag Sets” means containers and connected tubing for the preparation, transport or
containment of water, blood, dialysate, liquid or powder dialysate concentrate, priming
fluids, rinseback fluids, replacement fluids or waste.




     (ii) “Certain Components” means the following items used in connection with the Covered
Products: inter-connectors within a Tubing Set or Bag Set, connectors to Fluid Filters,
chambers, bags, external-to-tubing clamps, tubing, caps and particle filters. “Certain
Components” shall not include anything not included above (e.g., non ISO luer patient
connectors, Needle-less and Valved Connectors, internal valving devices, needle guards or
guarded needle devices).




     (iii) “Dual Lumen Blood Access Devices” mean Blood Access Devices limited to those
comprising of dual lumen flow pathways for simultaneous withdrawal and infusion of blood
with a patient.




     (iv) “Electro-Mechanical Equipment” means dialysis machines, fluid preparation
machines, dialysate preparation machines, CHF-type machines, fluid warmers and other similar
machines.




     (v) “Fluid Filters” mean hemodialyzers, hemofilters, final filters for preparation or
delivery of dialysate or priming, rinceback or replacement fluids or concentrates of the same, water treatment filters, immuno-absorption filters and other
similar filters.





-1-









 








     (vi) “Fluid Preparation Devices” mean devices and sets for the preparation of water,
dialysate, liquid or powder dialysate concentrate, priming fluids, rinseback fluids
replacement fluids or waste.




     (vii) “Securement Devices” mean products used to secure a Blood Access Device to a
patient or ISO luer connectors to each other. Current examples consist of “MasterLockTM”
luer connector securement device and “SiteGuardTM” AVF patient securement device.




     (viii) “Tubing Sets” mean blood tubing sets, peritoneal dialysis sets, dialysate sets,
apheresis sets and other similar tubing sets.



     5. “Covered Treatment Field” means Extracorporeal Fluid Treatments and/or Renal Insufficiency
Treatments.



     6. “Covered Treatment Methods” means methods and processes for developing, testing, using,
supplying, selling, manufacturing, storing, servicing, supporting, distributing, training and
otherwise commercializing the Covered Products and/or performing Extracorporeal Fluid Treatments or
Renal Insufficiency Treatments.



     7. “Extracorporeal Fluid Treatments” mean therapies, treatments or procedures consisting of
the withdrawal of a patient’s bodily fluid for the purpose of treating, collecting, separating,
modifying or otherwise acting upon such fluid extracorporeally, followed by return of all or a
portion of such fluid to the body within the same treatment. Extracorporeal Fluid Treatments
include, but are not limited to hemodialysis, hemofiltration, ultrafiltration, hemodiafiltration,
therapeutic removal or collection of plasma and/or cellular components, phresis and apheresis.



     8. “LockSite Patents” means (a) issued patents and pending patent applications set fourth on
Exhibit B (b) continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals and substitute applications with
respect to any of the foregoing patent applications; (c) any issued patents claiming priority to
any of the foregoing patent applications; (d) any reissue, reexamination, renewal or extension
(including any supplemental patent certificate) of any of the foregoing patents; and (e) any
confirmation patent or registration patent or patent of addition based on any of the foregoing
patents



     8. “Needle-less and Valved Connectors” means: (a) valved male or female connectors, (b)
needle-less access device connectors, (c) the foregoing together with any mating connectors, and
(d) any methods related to any of the foregoing; provided, however that
Needle-less and Valved Connectors shall not include any of the foregoing that are covered at any
time by a claim or pending claim in any of the LockSite Patents.



     9. “Renal Insufficiency Treatments” mean therapies, treatments or procedures for chronic or
acute renal insufficiency. Renal Insufficiency Treatments include, but are not limited to,
peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, ultrafiltration, hemodiafiltration and hemofiltration.



     All defined terms used herein apply only to this Agreement and shall not be read to apply to
any other agreement.



-2-









 





Exhibit B




LockSite Patents




[**]





-3-