In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 10.1   COLLABORATION AGREEMENT   by and between   THERAVANCE, INC.   and   GLAXO GROUP LIMITED   Dated: November 14, 2002





  TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS   1           ARTICLE 2 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS   11   2.1 License Grants from Theravance to GSK   11   2.1.1 Development License   11   2.1.2 Commercialization License   11   2.1.3 Manufacturing License   11   2.2 Sublicensing and Subcontracting   11   2.3 Trademarks and Housemarks   12   2.3.1 Trademarks   12   2.3.2 Housemarks   12   2.3.3 Ownership of Inventions   12           ARTICLE 3 GOVERNANCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF PRODUCTS   13   3.1 Joint Steering Committee   13   3.1.1 Purpose   13   3.1.2 Members; Officers   13   3.1.3 Responsibilities   13   3.1.4 Meetings   14   3.1.5 Decision-Making   14   3.2 Joint Project Committee   15   3.2.1 Purpose   15   3.2.2 Members; Officers   15   3.2.3 Responsibilities   15   3.2.4 Meetings   16   3.2.5 Decision-Making   16   3.3 Minutes of Committee Meetings   16   3.3.1 Distribution of Minutes   16   3.3.2 Review of Minutes   16   3.3.3 Discussion of Comments   16   3.4 Expenses   17





3.5 General Guidelines and Initial Coordination Efforts   17           ARTICLE 4 DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS   17   4.1 Pooling of Compounds   17   4.2 Obligations for Development   17   4.2.1 General; GSK   17   4.2.2 GSK's Funding Responsibility   18   4.2.3 Decisions with Respect to Products   18   4.2.4 Development Timelines   18   4.3 Replacement Compounds   19   4.4 Transfer of Data   19   4.5 LABA Activity Inside and Outside of the Collaboration   19     i





                                              ARTICLE 5 COMMERCIALIZATION   20   5.1 Global Marketing Plans   20   5.1.1 General   20   5.1.2 Contents of Each Marketing Plan   20   5.2 Obligations for Commercialization   20   5.3 Commercialization   20   5.3.1 GSK Responsibility   20   5.3.2 Semi-Annual Reports   21   5.3.3 Exports to the United States   21           ARTICLE 6 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS   21   6.1 Signing Payment; Equity Investment; One-Time Fee   21   6.1.1 Signing Payment   21   6.1.2 Stock Purchase   21   6.1.3 One-Time Fee for AMI-15471   21   6.1.4 One-Time Fee for Each Theravance New Compound   22   6.2 Milestone Payments   22   6.2.1 General   22   6.2.2 GSK to Theravance   22   6.2.3 Theravance to GSK   23   6.2.4 Notification and Payment   24   6.3 Payment of Royalties on Net Sales   24   6.3.1 Royalty on Single-Agent Collaboration Products and LABA/ICS Combination Products   24   6.3.2 Royalty Adjustment   25   6.3.3 Royalties on Other Collaboration Products Launched After the LABA/ICS Combination Product   25   6.4 Royalty Responsibilities; Net Sales Reports   26   6.4.1 Payments to Third Parties   26   6.4.2 Net Sales Report   26   6.5 GAAP   26   6.6 Currencies   26   6.7 Manner of Payments   26   6.8 Interest on Late Payments 27





    6.9 Tax Withholding   27   6.10 Financial Records; Audits   27           ARTICLE 7 PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND SAMPLES   28   7.1 Promotional Materials   28   7.1.1 Review of Core Promotional Materials   28   7.1.2 Markings of Promotional Materials   28   7.2 Samples   28   7.3 Statements Consistent with Labeling   28   7.4 Implications of Change in Control in Theravance   28     ii





                                            ARTICLE 8 REGULATORY MATTERS   29   8.1 Governmental Authorities   29   8.2 Filings   29   8.3 Exchange of Drug Safety Information   29   8.4 Recalls or Other Corrective Action   29   8.5 Events Affecting Integrity or Reputation   29           ARTICLE 9 ORDERS; SUPPLY AND RETURNS   30   9.1 Orders and Terms of Sale   30   9.2 Supply of API Compound and Formulated Collaboration Product for Development   30   9.2.1 Supply of API Compound for Development   30   9.2.2 Supply of Formulated Collaboration Products for Development   30   9.3 Supply of API Compound for Commercial Requirements   30   9.4 Supply of Collaboration Products for Commercialization   30   9.5 Inventories   31           ARTICLE 10 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION   31   10.1 Confidential Information   31   10.2 Permitted Disclosure and Use   31   10.3 Publications   31   10.4 Public Announcements   32   10.5 Confidentiality of This Agreement   32   10.6 Termination of Prior Confidentiality Agreements   32   10.7 Survival   32           ARTICLE 11 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS   33   11.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties   33   11.2 Additional GSK Representations and Warranties   34   11.3 Additional Theravance Representations and Warranties   34   11.4 Covenants   35   11.5 Disclaimer of Warranty   35





    ARTICLE 12 INDEMNIFICATION   35   12.1 Indemnification by GSK   35   12.2 Indemnification by Theravance   35   12.3 Procedure for Indemnification   36   12.3.1 Notice   36   12.3.2 Defense of Claim   36   12.4 Assumption of Defense   37   12.5 Insurance   37     iii





                                              ARTICLE 13 PATENTS   37   13.1 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents   37   13.1.1 Prosecution and Maintenance of Theravance Patents   37   13.1.2 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Covering Joint Inventions   38   13.1.3 Prosecution and Maintenance of GSK Patents   39   13.1.4 GSK Step-In Rights   39   13.1.5 Theravance Step-In Rights   40   13.1.6 Execution of Documents by Agents   40   13.1.7 Patent Term Extensions   40   13.2 Patent Infringement   40   13.2.1 Infringement Claims   40   13.2.2 Infringement of Theravance Patents   40   13.2.3 Infringement of GSK Patents   41   13.3 Notice of Certification   41   13.3.1 Notice   41   13.3.2 Option   41   13.3.3 Name of Party   41   13.4 Assistance   41   13.5 Settlement   41           ARTICLE 14 TERM AND TERMINATION   42   14.1 Term and Expiration of Term   42   14.2 Termination for Material Breach   42   14.3 GSK Right to Terminate Development of a Collaboration Product   42   14.4 GSK Right to Terminate Commercialization of a Collaboration Product Following First Commercial Sale   42   14.5 Termination of the Agreement Due to Discontinuation of Development of All Collaboration Products and All Pooled Compounds   43   14.6 Effects of Termination   43   14.6.1 Effect of Termination for Material Breach   43   14.6.2 Effect of Termination by GSK of Certain Terminated Development Collaboration Product(s)   44   14.6.3 Effect of Termination by GSK of a Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product   45   14.6.4 Effect of Termination of the Agreement Due to Discontinuation of Development Prior to First Commercial Sale of All Collaboration Products and All Pooled Compounds   46





14.7 License Rights   47   14.8 Milestone Payments   47   14.9 Subsequent Royalties   47   14.10 Accrued Rights; Surviving Obligations   47           ARTICLE 15 LIMITATIONS RELATING TO THERAVANCE EQUITY SECURITIES   48   15.1 Purchases of Equity Securities   48   15.2 Exceptions for Purchasing Securities of Theravance   48   15.3 Voting   49   15.4 Theravance Voting Securities Transfer Restrictions   50   15.5 Termination of Purchase Restrictions   50     iv





                    ARTICLE 16 MISCELLANEOUS   50   16.1 Relationship of the Parties   50   16.2 Registration and Filing of This Agreement   51   16.3 Force Majeure   51   16.4 Governing Law   51   16.5 Attorneys' Fees and Related Costs   51   16.6 Assignment   52   16.7 Notices   52   16.8 Severability   52   16.9 Headings   53   16.10 Waiver   53   16.11 Entire Agreement   53   16.12 No License   53   16.13 Third Party Beneficiaries   53   16.14 Counterparts   53   16.15 Single Closing Condition   54     Schedules   1.19 Criteria for Theravance New Compounds and Replacement Compounds   6.1.2 Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement   v





  COLLABORATION AGREEMENT   This COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (Agreement) dated November 14, 2002, is made by and between THERAVANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation, and having its principal office at 901 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080 (Theravance), and GLAXO GROUP LIMITED, a United Kingdom corporation, and having its principal office at Glaxo Wellcome House, Berkeley Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex, UB6 0NN, United Kingdom (GSK). Theravance and GSK may be referred to as a Party or together, the Parties.   RECITALS   WHEREAS, Theravance is currently developing Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonists such as but not limited to TD-3327 and AMI- 15471 for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of asthma and other respiratory diseases;   WHEREAS, GSK is also currently developing Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonists such as but not limited to GW 597901, GW 678007, GW 642444 and GW 774419, as well as other anti-inflammatory compounds, for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory disease;   WHEREAS, GSK and Theravance desire to pool certain of their respective development compounds on an exclusive, worldwide basis to commercialize at least one Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist that can be used as a single agent and/or in combination with a Long-Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid and potentially other compounds for treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory disease;   WHEREAS, GSK and Theravance are willing to undertake research and development activities and investment and to coordinate such activities and investment as provided by this Agreement with respect to the Collaboration Products; and   WHEREAS, GSK and Theravance believe that a collaboration pursuant to this Agreement for the development and commercialization of Collaboration Products would be desirable and compatible with their respective business objectives.   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, Theravance and GSK, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:   ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS   For purposes of this Agreement, the following initially capitalized terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the following meanings:   1





  1.1 AMI-15471 means the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist designated as such by Theravance and all pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.   1.2 Adverse Drug Experience means any of: an adverse drug experience, a life-threatening adverse drug experience, a serious adverse drug experience, or an unexpected adverse drug experience, as those terms are defined at either 21 C.F.R.(S)312.32 or 21 C.F.R.(S)314.80.   1.3 Affiliate of a Party means any Person, whether de jure or de facto, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person for so long as such control exists, where control means the decision-making authority as to such Person and, further, where such control shall be presumed to exist where a Person owns more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity (or such lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign corporation in a particular jurisdiction) having the power to vote on or direct the affairs of the entity.   1.4 API Compound means bulk quantities of active pharmaceutical ingredient compound prior to the commencement of secondary manufacturing resulting in a Collaboration Product.   1.5 Breaching Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.2.   1.6 Business Day means any day on which banking institutions in both New York City, New York, United States and London, England are open for business.   1.7 Calendar Month means for each Calendar Year, each of the one-month periods.   1.8 Calendar Quarter means for each Calendar Year, each of the three month periods ending March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31; provided, however, that the first calendar quarter for the first Calendar Year shall extend from the Effective Date to the end of the first complete calendar quarter thereafter.   1.9 Calendar Year means, for the first calendar year, the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 31 of the calendar year during which the Effective Date occurs, and each successive period beginning on January 1 and ending twelve (12) consecutive calendar months later on December 31.   1.10 Change in Control means, with respect to a Party, any transaction or series of related transactions following which continuing stockholders of such Party hold less than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of either such Party or the entity surviving such transaction.   1.11 Claim means all charges, complaints, actions, suits, proceedings, hearings, investigations, claims and demands.   1.12 Collaboration Product means any of the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonists identified in Section 4.1 as Pooled Compounds (including any Theravance New Compounds and Replacement Compounds, as applicable) which may become Developed and Commercialized subject to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, which such Collaboration Product can be used as a single agent and/or in combination with other therapeutically active components, including but not limited to a Long-Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid, for the treatment and prophylaxis of respiratory diseases. The term   2





  Collaboration Product shall also include any formulation of excipients, stabilizers, propellants, or other components necessary to prepare and deliver a pharmaceutically effective dose of the Pooled Compound and any other therapeutically active component together with any delivery device.   1.13 Commercial Conflict means a situation where Theravance determines that GSK's decision related to Development or Commercialization of a Collaboration Product is likely to result in a materially reduced financial return to Theravance from such Collaboration Product, and that such decision is not based on the technical profile of the Collaboration Product but primarily on commercial factors whereby GSK is likely to achieve an increased financial return from a Competing Product owned by GSK.   1.14 Commercial Failure means failure of a Collaboration Product for reasons other than Technical Failure, based on the determination that such product will result in a net present value that is materially worse than the net present value for GSK's other prescription pharmaceutical products, based on GSK's normal and customary procedures for determining net present value for its own portfolio products. The net present value of a Collaboration Product will be based on forecasted cash flow from such product not taking into account the cannibalization of sales or profit from any other GSK product.   1.15 Commercialization means any and all activities directed to marketing, promoting, distributing, offering for sale and selling a Collaboration Product, importing a Collaboration Product (to the extent applicable) and conducting Phase IV Studies. When used as a verb, Commercialize means to engage in Commercialization.   1.16 Competing Product means a product that is intended for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory diseases.   1.17 Confidential Information means all secret, confidential or proprietary information, data or Know-How (including GSK Know-How and Theravance Know-How) whether provided in written, oral, graphic, video, computer or other form, provided by one Party (the Disclosing Party) to the other Party (the Receiving Party) pursuant to this Agreement or generated pursuant to this Agreement, including but not limited to, information relating to the Disclosing Party's existing or proposed research, development efforts, patent applications, business or products, the terms of this Agreement and any other materials that have not been made available by the Disclosing Party to the general public. Confidential Information shall not include any information or materials that the Receiving Party can document with competent written proof:   1.17.1 were already known to the Receiving Party (other than under an obligation of confidentiality), at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party;   1.17.2 were generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain at the time of its disclosure to the Receiving Party;   1.17.3 became generally available to the public or otherwise part of the public domain after its disclosure or development, as the case may be, and other than through any act or omission of a Party in breach of such Party's confidentiality obligations under this Agreement;   3





  1.17.4 were disclosed to a Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party who had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others; or   1.17.5 were independently discovered or developed by or on behalf of the Receiving Party without the use of the Confidential Information belonging to the other Party.   1.18 Country means any generally recognized sovereign entity.   1.19 Criteria means the requirements set forth in Schedule 1.19 that the Replacement Compounds and Theravance New Compounds must meet to become a Pooled Compound. These requirements may be amended after the Effective Date by written agreement of the Parties (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld by either Party) to take account of any newly established data or knowledge that has or have arisen since the Effective Date that affect or is likely to affect same.   1.20 Designated Foreign Filing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.2(b).   1.21 Development or Develop means preclinical and clinical drug development activities, including, among other things: test method development and stability testing, toxicology, formulation, process development, manufacturing scale-up, development-stage manufacturing, current Good Manufacturing Practices audits, current Good Clinical Practices audits, current Good Laboratory Practices audits, analytical method validation, manufacturing process validation, cleaning validation, scale-up and post approval changes, quality assurance/quality control development, statistical analysis and report writing, preclinical and clinical studies, regulatory filing submission and approval, and regulatory affairs related to the foregoing. When used as a verb, Develop means to engage in Development.   1.22 Development Expenses means the cost of all studies or activities performed by or on behalf of GSK or any of its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement.   1.23 Development Milestone shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.1.   1.24 Development Plan means the outline plan for each Collaboration Product designed to achieve the Development for such Collaboration Product, including, without limitation, the nature, number and schedule of Development activities as well as the estimated resources necessary to implement such activities as such may be amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.   1.25 Diligent Efforts means the carrying out of obligations in a sustained manner consistent with the efforts a Party devotes to a product of similar market potential, profit potential or strategic value resulting from its own research efforts, based on conditions then prevailing and as if there were no Competing Product owned by such Party, with the objective of launching a single agent Collaboration Product and a combination agent Collaboration Product in accordance with the Development principles more specifically outlined in Section 4.2.4. Diligent Efforts requires that: (i) each Party promptly assign responsibility for such obligations to specific employee(s) who are held accountable for progress and monitor such progress on an on-going basis, (ii) each Party set and consistently seek to achieve specific and meaningful objectives for carrying out such obligations, and (iii) each Party consistently make and implement decisions and allocate resources designed to advance progress with respect to such objectives.   4





  1.26 Disclosing Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.17.   1.27 Effective Date means the first business day following the date on which the last of the conditions contained in Section 16.15 of this Agreement has been satisfied.   1.28 Exchange Act shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.1.   1.29 FDA means the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency thereto.   1.30 Field means human pharmaceutical use of Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonists for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory diseases.   1.31 First Commercial Sale means the first shipment of commercial quantities of any Collaboration Product sold to a Third Party by a Party or its sublicensees in any Country after receipt of Marketing Authorization Approval for such Collaboration Product in such Country. Sales for test marketing, sampling and promotional uses, clinical trial purposes or compassionate or similar uses shall not be considered to constitute a First Commercial Sale.   1.32 Force Majeure Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.3.   1.33 Governmental Authority means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, agency, legislative body, commission, official or other instrumentality of (i) any government of any Country, (ii) a federal, state, province, county, city or other political subdivision thereof or (iii) any supranational body, including without limitation the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products.   1.34 GSK Compound means a GSK Initially Pooled Compound, any Replacement Compound offered up to the collaboration by GSK or a GSK non-LABA Compound utilised by GSK for Development purposes in relation to combination product activity under this Agreement currently owned or subsequently discovered by GSK and/or its predecessors in title or in-licensed from a Third Party by GSK and/or its predecessors in title.   1.35 GSK Initially Pooled Compound shall mean the chemical entities individually identified as GW 597901, GW 678007, GW 642444 and GW 774419 and all pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.   1.36 GSK Invention means an Invention that is invented by an employee or agent of GSK solely or jointly with a Third Party.   1.37 GSK Know-How means all present and future information directly relating to the Collaboration Products, a GSK Compound or the GSK Inventions, including without limitation all data, records, and regulatory filings relating to Collaboration Products, that is required for Theravance to perform its obligations or exercise it rights under this Agreement, and which during the Term are in GSK's or any of its Affiliates' possession or control and are or become owned by, or otherwise may be licensed to (provided there is no restriction on GSK thereof), GSK. GSK Know-How does not include any GSK Patents.   5





  1.38 GSK non-LABA Compound means any other compound contributed to the collaboration by GSK pursuant to Section 4.2.1 for the purpose of developing a combination product.   1.39 GSK Patents means all present and future patents and patent applications including United States provisional applications and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, registrations, confirmations, revalidations, reissues, Patent Cooperation Treaty applications, certificates of addition, utility models, design patents, petty patents as well as all other intellectual property related to the application or patent including extensions or restorations of terms thereof, pediatric use extensions, supplementary protection certificates or any other such right covering the Pooled Compounds, Collaboration Products, a GSK Compound or the GSK Inventions which are or become owned by GSK or GSK's Affiliates, or as to which GSK or GSK's Affiliates otherwise are or become licensed, now or in the future, where GSK has the right to grant the sublicense rights granted to Theravance under this Agreement, which such patent rights cover the making, having made, use, offer for sale, sale or importation of the Collaboration Products.   1.40 Hatch-Waxman Certification shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.   1.41 Hostile Tender Offer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.2.6.   1.42 Indemnified Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.1.   1.43 Indemnifying Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.1.   1.44 Invention means any discovery (whether patentable or not) invented during the Term as a result of research, Development or manufacturing activities and specifically related to a Pooled Compound or Collaboration Product hereunder.   1.45 Investigational Authorization means, with respect to a Country, the regulatory authorization required to investigate a Collaboration Product in such Country as granted by the relevant Governmental Authority.   1.46 Joint Invention means an Invention that is invented jointly by employees and/or agents of both Theravance and GSK hereunder and the patent rights in such Invention.   1.47 Joint Project Committee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.   1.48 Joint Steering Committee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.   1.49 LABA/ICS Combination Product means a product that contains a Pooled Compound and a Long-Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory diseases. A LABA/ICS Combination Product shall also be considered a Collaboration Product.   1.50 Laws means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations (including, without limitation, current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations as specified in 21 C.F.R. (S)(S) 210 and 211; Investigational New Drug Application regulations at 21 C.F.R. (S) 312; NDA regulations at 21 C.F.R. (S) 314, relevant provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and other laws and regulations enforced by the FDA), ordinances and other pronouncements having the binding effect of law of any Governmental Authority.   6





  1.51 Litigation Condition shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.2.   1.52 Long-Acting β Adrenoceptor Agonist or LABA means a chemical entity that (i) selectively binds to human β adrenoceptors and activates human β adrenoceptors at concentrations less than 100 nanomolar and (ii) has significantly longer activity than salmeterol after inhalation dosing as determined in a guinea pig acetylcholine bronchoprotection model or similar animal model.   1.53 Long-Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid or ICS means a corticosteroid that has duration of action of at least 24 hours demonstrated in clinical testing.   1.54 Losses means any and all damages (including all incidental, consequential, statutory an treble damages), awards, deficiencies, settlement amounts, defaults, assessments, fines, dues, penalties, costs, fees, liabilities, obligations, taxes, liens, losses, lost profits and expenses (including without limitation court costs, interest and reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and other experts) incurred by or awarded to Third Parties and required to be paid to Third Parties with respect to a Claim by reason of any judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction, or any settlement entered into in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, together with all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in complying with any judgments, orders, decrees, stipulations and injunctions that arise from or relate to a Claim of a Third Party.   1.55 Major Market Country means each of the United States, Canada, Japan, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain.   1.56 Marketing Authorization means, with respect to a Country, the regulatory authorization required to market and sell a Collaboration Product in such Country as granted by the relevant Governmental Authority.   1.57 Marketing Authorization Approval shall mean approval by a Governmental Authority for sale of a Collaboration Product, including any applicable pricing, final labeling or reimbursement approvals.   1.58 Marketing Plan means for each relevant Collaboration Product the global plan prepared by GSK identifying the core strategic, commercial and promotional claims and objectives for the specific Collaboration Product as reviewed and approved under Section 5.1.1.   1.59 NDA means a new drug application or supplemental new drug application or any amendments thereto submitted to the FDA in the United States.   1.60 NDA Acceptance shall mean the written notification by the FDA that the NDA has met all the criteria for filing acceptance pursuant to 21 C.F.R.(S)314.101.   1.61 Net Sales means the gross sales price of a Collaboration Product sold by GSK, its Affiliates or their licensees (or such licensees' Affiliates) to a Third Party, less the following to the extent borne by the seller and not taken into account in determining gross sales price: (a) deduction of cash, trade and quantity discounts actually given; (b) discounts, refunds, rebates, chargebacks, retroactive price adjustments, and any other allowances actually given which effectively reduce the net selling price, including institutional rebate or discount such as Medicare or Medicaid provided in the United States or any similar organization elsewhere in the world; and   7

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  (c) credits and allowances for product returns actually made. Net Sales shall exclude Samples distributed in the usual course of business.   1.62 Net Sales Report shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.2.   1.63 Officers shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.5(b).   1.64 Other Combination Product means any product developed pursuant to this Agreement for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of respiratory disease that contains a Long-Acting β Adrenoceptor Agonist and another active agent which is a GSK Compound other than a Long- Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid.   1.65 Patent Infringement Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.1.   1.66 Patent Infringement Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.2.   1.67 Person means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, proprietorship or other business organization.   1.68 Phase I Studies means that portion of the Development Plan or Development relating to each Collaboration Product which provides for the first introduction into humans of such Collaboration Product including small scale clinical studies conducted in normal volunteers to obtain information on such Collaboration Product's safety, tolerability, pharmacological activity, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism and mechanism of action, as well as early evidence of effectiveness, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. (S) 312.21(a).   1.69 Phase II Studies means, subject to Section 6.2.2, that portion of the Development Plan or Development relating to each Collaboration Product which provides for well controlled clinical trials of such Collaboration Product in patients, including clinical studies conducted in patients with the condition, and designed to evaluate clinical efficacy and safety for such Collaboration Product for one or more indications, as well as to obtain an indication of the dosage regimen required, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. (S) 312.21(b).   1.70 Phase III Studies means that portion of the Development Plan or Development relating to each Collaboration Product which provides for large scale, pivotal, clinical studies conducted in a sufficient number of patients and whose primary objective is to obtain a definitive evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy and safety of the Collaboration Product in patients for the particular indication in question that is needed to evaluate the overall risk-benefit profile of the Collaboration Product and to provide adequate basis for obtaining requisite regulatory approval(s) and product labeling, as more fully defined in 21 C.F.R. (S) 312.21(c).   1.71 Phase IV Studies means a study for a Collaboration Product that is initiated after receipt of a Marketing Authorization for a Collaboration Product and is principally intended to support the marketing and Commercialization of such Collaboration Product, including without limitation investigator initiated trials, clinical experience trials and studies conducted to fulfill local commitments made as a condition of any Marketing Authorization.   1.72 Pooled Compounds means (i) the four Long-Acting Beta-2 Adrenoceptor Agonists provided by GSK as of the Effective Date (identified as GW 597901, GW 678007, GW 642444 and GW 774419), (ii) the two Long-Acting Beta-2 Adrenoceptor Agonists provided by   8

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  Theravance as of the Effective Date (identified as TD-3327 and AMI-15471), (iii) the Theravance New Compounds provided by Theravance pursuant to Section 4.1, and any Replacement Compounds provided by Theravance or GSK.   1.73 Product Supplier means any manufacturer, packager or processor of a Collaboration Product for development, marketing and sale.   1.74 Promotional Materials means the core written, printed, video or graphic advertising, promotional, educational and communication materials (other than Collaboration Product labeling) for marketing, advertising and promotion of the Collaboration Products.   1.75 Receiving Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.17.   1.76 Replacement Compound means a Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist that meets the Criteria and is provided by Theravance or GSK, as applicable, (and GSK Replacement Compound and Theravance Replacement Compound shall be interpreted accordingly) after the Effective Date to replace a Pooled Compound for which Development has been discontinued due to Technical Failure.   1.77 ROW means Countries other than the Major Market Countries.   1.78 Samples means Collaboration Product packaged and distributed as a complimentary trial for use by patients in the Territory.   1.79 SEC shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1.2.   1.80 Selectively means the chemical entity binds human β adrenoceptors (a) with more than 100 fold greater affinity than it binds other protein targets in the human body as determined by receptor binding, radioligand displacement or functional in vitro assays, and (b) more than 5 fold greater than the other human β adrenoceptor subtypes.   1.81 TD-3327 means the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist so designated by Theravance and all pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof contributed to the collaboration by Theravance.   1.82 Taxes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9.1.   1.83 Technical Failure means the discontinuation of Development of a Collaboration Product for technical, scientific, medical or regulatory reasons, such as but not limited to unacceptable preclinical toxicity, or the inability to demonstrate sufficient Long-Acting β Adrenoceptor Agonist effect in humans, or demonstration of a side effect profile significantly worse than currently marketed products, or inability to manufacture API in an acceptable purity or crystalline form, or inability to produce a metered dose inhaler or dry powder inhaler formulation with acceptable aerosol performance and stability.   1.84 Term means, on a Country-by-Country and Collaboration Product-by-Collaboration Product basis, the period from the Effective Date until the later of (a) the expiration or termination of the last Valid Claim of a Patent Right covering the Pooled Compound in such Collaboration Product in such Country, and (b) fifteen (15) years from First Commercial Sale in such Country, unless this Agreement is terminated earlier in accordance with Article 14.   9

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  1.85 Terminated Collaboration Product shall mean a Terminated Development Collaboration Product or a Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product.   1.86 Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.4.   1.87 Terminated Development Collaboration Product shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.3.   1.88 Territory means worldwide.   1.89 Theravance Compound means TD-3327 and AMI-15471, (together the Theravance Initially Pooled Compounds), the two Theravance New Compounds and any Replacement Compound that is offered up to the collaboration by Theravance.   1.90 Theravance New Compound means each of the two chemical entities meeting the Criteria and provided by Theravance to the collaboration as Pooled Compounds after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 4.1.   1.91 Housemark means the name and logo of GSK or Theravance or any of their respective Affiliates as identified by one Party to the other from time to time.   1.92 Theravance Invention means an Invention that is invented by an employee or agent of Theravance solely or jointly with a Third Party.   1.93 Theravance Know-How means all present and future information directly relating to the Collaboration Products, a Theravance Compound or the Theravance Inventions that is required for GSK to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement, and which during the Term are in Theravance's or any of its Affiliates' possession or control and are or become owned by, or otherwise may be licensed (provided there are no restrictions on Theravance thereof) by, Theravance. Theravance Know-How does not include any Theravance Patents.   1.94 Theravance Patents means all present and future patents and patent applications including United States provisional applications and any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, registrations, confirmations, revalidations, reissues, Patent Cooperation Treaty applications, certificates of addition, utility models, design patents, petty patents as well as all other intellectual property related to the application or patent including extensions or restorations of terms thereof, pediatric use extensions, supplementary protection certificates or any other such right covering the Pooled Compounds, the Collaboration Products, a Theravance Compound or the Theravance Inventions which are or become owned by Theravance or Theravance's Affiliates, or as to which Theravance or Theravance's Affiliates are or become licensed, now or in the future, with the right to grant the sublicense rights granted to GSK under this Agreement, which patent rights cover the making, having made, use, offer for sale, sale or importation of Collaboration Products.   1.95 Third Party means a Person who is not a Party or an Affiliate of a Party.   1.96 Third Party Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.3.1.   1.97 United States means the United States, its territories and possessions.   10





  1.98 Valid Claim means any claim(s) pending in a patent application or in an unexpired patent which has not been held unenforceable, unpatentable or invalid by a decision of a court or other governmental agency of competent jurisdiction, unappealable or unappealed within the time allowed for appeal, and which has not has been admitted to be invalid or unenforceable through reissue or disclaimer. If in any country there should be two or more such decisions conflicting with respect to the validity of the same claim, the decision of the higher or highest tribunal shall thereafter control; however, should the tribunals be of equal rank, then the decision or decisions upholding the claim shall prevail when the decisions are equal in number, and the majority of decisions shall prevail when the conflicting decisions are unequal in number.   1.99 Withholding Party shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.9.1.   ARTICLE 2 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS   2.1 License Grants from Theravance to GSK.   2.1.1 Development License. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 2.2, Theravance grants to GSK, and GSK accepts, an exclusive (except as to Theravance and its Affiliates) license in the Field under the Theravance Patents, Theravance Know-How and Theravance's rights in the Joint Inventions to make, have made, use and Develop Collaboration Products for Commercialization in the Territory.   2.1.2 Commercialization License. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 2.2, Theravance hereby grants to GSK, and GSK accepts, an exclusive license in the Field under the Theravance Patents, Theravance Know-How and Theravance's rights in the Joint Inventions to make, have made use, sell, offer for sale and import Collaboration Products in the Territory.   2.1.3 Manufacturing License. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 2.2, Theravance grants to GSK an exclusive license in the Field under the Theravance Patents, Theravance Know-How and Theravance's rights in the Joint Inventions to make and have made API Compound or formulated Collaboration Product in the Territory.   2.2 Sublicensing and Subcontracting. GSK may sublicense or subcontract its rights to Develop, Manufacture or Commercialize the Collaboration Products in whole or in part to one or more of its Affiliates, provided that the rights sublicensed or subcontracted to such Affiliate shall automatically terminate upon a change of control of such Affiliate in connection with which such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate of GSK. GSK may also sublicense or subcontract any of GSK's rights to Develop or Manufacture the Collaboration Products, in whole or in part, to one or more Third Parties. In the event GSK wishes to sublicense or subcontract any of GSK's rights to Commercialize the Collaboration Products, in whole or in part, to one or more Third Parties, GSK shall obtain the prior written consent of Theravance, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, provided always that no such restriction shall apply in respect of those countries of the Territory wherein GSK is or has been required under applicable local laws to appoint a Third Party as its distributor or marketing partner. GSK shall secure all appropriate covenants, obligations and rights from any such sublicensee or subcontractor granted by it under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights and confidentiality obligations in any such agreement or other relationship, to ensure that such sublicensee can   11





  comply with all of GSK's covenants and obligations to Theravance under this Agreement. GSK's rights to sublicense, subcontract or otherwise transfer its rights granted under Section 2.1 are limited to those expressly set forth in this Section 2.2.   2.3 Trademarks and Housemarks.   2.3.1 Trademarks. The Collaboration Products shall be Commercialized under trademarks (the Trademarks) and trade dress selected by the Joint Project Committee and approved by the Joint Steering Committee. Prior to any such proposed Trademark(s) being submitted to the Joint Project Committee, GSK shall be responsible for undertaking their preliminary selection. GSK shall exclusively own all Trademarks, and shall be responsible for the procurement, filing and maintenance of trademark registrations for such Trademarks and all costs and expenses related thereto. GSK shall also exclusively own all trade dress and copyrights associated with the Collaboration Products. Nothing herein shall create any ownership rights of Theravance in and to the Trademarks or the copyrights and trade dress associated with the Collaboration Products.   2.3.2 Housemarks. Each Party acknowledges the goodwill and reputation that has been associated with the other Party's Housemarks over the years, and shall use such Housemarks in a manner that maintains and promotes such goodwill and reputation and is consistent with trademark guidelines. Each Party shall take all reasonable precautions and actions to protect the goodwill and reputation that has inured to the other Party's Housemarks, shall refrain from doing any act that is reasonably likely to impair the reputation of such Housemarks, and shall cooperate fully to protect such Housemarks.   2.3.3 Ownership of Inventions. Each Party shall promptly disclose to the other Party all Inventions made by it during the Term; provided that GSK will be allowed a reasonable time to file patent applications covering GSK Inventions prior to disclosing the GSK Invention to Theravance, and Theravance will be allowed a reasonable time to file patent applications covering Theravance Inventions prior to disclosing the Theravance Invention to GSK. Theravance shall own all Theravance Inventions and GSK shall own all GSK Inventions. All Joint Inventions shall be owned jointly by Theravance and GSK, and each Party hereby consents to the assignment or license or other disposition by the other Party of its joint interests in Joint Inventions without the need to seek the consent of the other Party to such assignment or license or other disposition; provided that any such assignment, license or other disposition shall at all times be subject to the grant of rights and accompanying conditions under Sections 2.1 and 2.2 and Article 14. The determination of inventorship for Inventions shall be made in accordance with applicable laws relating to inventorship set forth in the patent laws of the United States (Title 35, United States Code).   12





  ARTICLE 3 GOVERNANCE OF DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF PRODUCTS   3.1 Joint Steering Committee.   3.1.1 Purpose. The purposes of the Joint Steering Committee shall be (i) to determine the overall strategy for this collaboration between the Parties and (ii) to coordinate the Parties' activities hereunder. The Parties intend that their respective organizations will work together and will use Diligent Efforts to assure success of the collaboration.   3.1.2 Members; Officers. Within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a joint steering committee (the Joint Steering Committee), which shall consist of four (4) members, two (2) of whom shall be designated by each of GSK and Theravance and shall have appropriate expertise, with at least one (1) member from each Party being at least at a vice president level or higher. Each of GSK and Theravance may replace any or all of its representatives on the Joint Steering Committee at any time upon written notice to the other Party. A Party may designate a substitute to temporarily attend and perform the functions of such Party's designee at any meeting of the Joint Steering Committee. GSK and Theravance each may, on advance written notice to the other Party, invite non-member representatives of such Party to attend meetings of the Joint Steering Committee. The Joint Steering Committee shall be chaired on an annual rotating basis by a representative of either Theravance or GSK, as applicable, on the Joint Steering Committee, with Theravance providing the first such chairperson. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary of the Joint Steering Committee, who shall be a representative of the other Party and who shall serve for the same annual term as such chairperson.   3.1.3 Responsibilities. The Joint Steering Committee shall perform the following functions:   (a) Manage and oversee the Development and Commercialization of the Collaboration Products pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;   (b) Review and approve the Development Plans and the Marketing Plans for Collaboration Products and any material amendments to the Development Plans and Marketing Plans;   (c) At each meeting of the Joint Steering Committee, review Net Sales for the year-to-date as available;   (d) Review and approve the progress of the Joint Project Committee;   (e) Review and approve the Trademarks selected under Section 2.3;   (f) Review and approve go/no-go decisions and other matters referred to the Joint Steering Committee, including, without limitation, the continued Development of a particular Collaboration Product or the inclusion of Replacement Compounds;   (g) Life cycle management of, and intellectual property protection for, the Collaboration Products;   13





  (h) In accordance with the procedures established in Section 3.1.5, resolve disputes, disagreements and deadlocks unresolved by the Joint Project Committee; and   (i) Have such other responsibilities as may be assigned to the Joint Steering Committee pursuant to this Agreement or as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties from time to time.   3.1.4 Meetings. The Joint Steering Committee shall meet in person at least once during every Calendar Year, and more frequently (i) as mutually agreed by the Parties or (ii) as required to resolve disputes, disagreements or deadlocks in the Joint Project Committee, on such dates, and at such places and times, as such Parties shall agree; provided that the Parties shall endeavor to have the first meeting of the Joint Steering Committee within thirty (30) days after the establishment of the Joint Steering Committee. The Joint Steering Committee shall arrange to meet in person or convene otherwise to assess and approve any Development Plans or Marketing Plans, if any, submitted to the Joint Steering Committee in each Calendar Year so that such plans will be reviewed and approved within thirty (30) days following submission to the Joint Steering Committee. To the extent any such Development Plans or Marketing Plans are not approved and need to be reformulated by the Joint Project Committee, such plans shall be reviewed by the Joint Steering Committee as soon as reasonably practicable after resubmission of same. Meetings of the Joint Steering Committee that are held in person shall alternate between offices of GSK and Theravance, or such other place as the Parties may agree. In addition to the annual face to face meetings the Joint Steering Committee may also be held by means of telecommunications or, video conferences as deemed appropriate by the Parties.   3.1.5 Decision-Making.   (a) The Joint Steering Committee may make decisions with respect to any subject matter that is subject to the Joint Steering Committee's decision-making authority and functions as set forth in Section 3.1.3. Except as specified in Section 3.1.5(b), all decisions of the Joint Steering Committee shall be made by consensus, with the representatives from each Party presenting a unified position on behalf of such Party. The Joint Steering Committee shall use Diligent Efforts to resolve the matters within its roles and functions or otherwise referred to it.   (b) With respect to any issue, if the Joint Steering Committee cannot reach consensus within ten (10) Business Days after the matter has been brought to the Joint Steering Committee's attention, then such issue shall be referred to the Chief Executive Officer of Theravance and the Chairman of R&D of GSK (collectively, the Officers) for resolution. The Parties accept that the use of the Officers for resolution of any unresolved issues will be on an exceptional basis. In the event that the use of the Officers occurs on more than two occasions in any consecutive twelve (12) month period and such disputes are not related to Commercial Conflict issues, then GSK will from then on retain the final vote within the Joint Steering Committee for all issues other than Commercial Conflict. If the Officers are unable to reach consensus within thirty (30) days after the matter has been referred to them, the final decision on such disputed issue will reside with GSK; provided, however, that if the disputed issue involves a Commercial Conflict, then the final decision will be made by a mutually acceptable Third Party mediator. Either Party can initiate such mediation on 30 days written notice to the other Party. The Parties will use best efforts to agree on a mediator within such 30-day period. Such mediation will occur as promptly as practicable following selection of the mediator and will be held in New York, New York. The decision of the mediator will be final and binding on the Parties; provided that either party shall retain all rights to bring an action against the other for damages and other monetary relief related to or arising out of the issue decided by the mediator.   14





  3.2 Joint Project Committee.   3.2.1 Purpose. The purposes of the Joint Project Committee shall be to manage the Parties' day-to-day activities hereunder.   3.2.2 Members; Officers. Within thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall establish a Project Committee (the Joint Project Committee), and GSK and Theravance shall designate an equal number of representatives, up to a maximum total of eight (8) members on such Joint Project Committee, with a maximum of four (4) from each Party. Each of GSK and Theravance may replace any or all of its representatives on the Joint Project Committee at any time upon written notice to the other Party. Such representatives shall include individuals who have the relevant experience and expertise for the next twelve months as included in the Development Plan for the Collaboration Products. A Party may designate a substitute to temporarily attend and perform the functions of such Party's designee at any meeting of the Joint Project Committee. GSK and Theravance each may, on advance written notice to the other Party, invite non-member representatives of such Party to attend meetings of the Joint Project Committee. The Joint Project Committee shall be chaired by a representative of GSK. The chairperson shall appoint a secretary of the Joint Project Committee, who shall be a representative of Theravance.   3.2.3 Responsibilities. The Joint Project Committee shall perform the following functions:   (a) Review the Development Plans as prepared by GSK;   (b) On an annual rolling basis beginning within six months of the Effective Date, update and amend any initial Development Plan and review the Development Plan for each Collaboration Product for the following Calendar Year so that it can immediately thereafter submit such proposed Development Plan to the Joint Steering Committee for review and approval;   (c) At each meeting of the Joint Project Committee, review the Development strategy for the Collaboration Products in the Territory;   (d) At each meeting of the Joint Project Committee, review and recommend to the Joint Steering Committee any material amendments or modifications to the Development Plans;   (e) Coordinate and monitor regulatory strategy and activities for the Collaboration Products in accordance with Article 8;   (f) Review and recommend to the Joint Steering Committee go/no-go decisions for the Development of Collaboration Products;   (g) Review the Marketing Plans where appropriate;   (h) Review and recommend to the Joint Steering Committee any material amendments or modifications to the Marketing Plans;   15





  (j) Discuss the state of the markets for Collaboration Products and opportunities and issues concerning the Commercialization of the Collaboration Products, including consideration of marketing and promotional strategy, marketing research plans, labeling, Collaboration Product positioning and Collaboration Product profile issues;   (k) At each meeting of the Joint Project Committee, review the status of all Studies conducted on Collaboration Products and any results therefrom;   (l) At each meeting of the Joint Project Committee, review Net Sales for the year-to-date, as available; and   (m) Have such other responsibilities as may be assigned to the Joint Project Committee pursuant to this Agreement or as may be mutually agreed upon by the Parties through the Joint Steering Committee from time to time.   3.2.4 Meetings. The Joint Project Committee shall meet at least once during every Calendar Quarter, and more frequently as GSK and Theravance mutually agree on such dates, and at such places and times, as such Parties shall agree; provided that the Parties shall endeavor to have the first meeting of the Joint Project Committee as a face to face meeting within thirty (30) days after the establishment of the Joint Project Committee. Meetings of the Joint Project Committee that are held in person shall alternate between the offices of GSK and Theravance, or such other place as the Parties may agree and such face to face meetings shall occur no less than twice a year. The remaining meetings may be held by means of telecommunications or video conferences as deemed appropriate. Following Commercialization of a Collaboration Product in the first Major Market, the Joint Project Committee shall meet twice a year with only one annual face to face meeting required.   3.2.5 Decision-Making. The Joint Project Committee may make decisions with respect to any subject matter that is subject to the Joint Project Committee's decision-making authority and functions as set forth in Section 3.2.3. All decisions of the Joint Project Committee shall be made by consensus, with the representatives from each Party presenting a unified position on behalf of such Party. If the Joint Project Committee cannot reach consensus within ten (10) Business Days after it has first met and attempted to reach such consensus, the matter shall be referred on the eleventh (11 ) Business Day to the Joint Steering Committee for resolution.   3.3 Minutes of Committee Meetings. Definitive minutes of all committee meetings shall be finalized no later than thirty (30) days after the meeting to which the minutes pertain as follows:   3.3.1 Distribution of Minutes. Within ten (10) days after a committee meeting, the secretary of such committee shall prepare and distribute to all members of such committee draft minutes of the meeting. Such minutes shall provide a list of any issues yet to be resolved, either within such committee or through the relevant resolution process.   3.3.2 Review of Minutes. The Party members of each committee shall have ten (10) days after receiving such draft minutes to collect comments thereon and provide them to the secretary of such committee.   3.3.3 Discussion of Comments. Upon the expiration of such second ten (10) day period, the Parties shall have an additional ten (10) days to discuss each other's comments and finalize the minutes. The secretary and chairperson(s) of such committee shall each sign and date   16

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  the final minutes. The signature of such chairperson(s) and secretary upon the final minutes shall indicate each Party's assent to the minutes.   3.4 Expenses. Each Party shall be responsible for all travel and related costs and expenses for its members and other representatives to attend meetings of, and otherwise participate on, a committee.   3.5 General Guidelines and Initial Coordination Efforts. In all matters related to the collaboration established by this Agreement, the Parties shall strive to balance as best they can the legitimate interests and concerns of the Parties and to realize the economic potential of Collaboration Products. In all matters relating to this Agreement, the Parties shall seek to comply with good pharmaceutical and environmental practices. The Parties intend, following the Effective Date, to organize meetings of internal staff to communicate and explain the provisions of this Agreement to ensure the efficient and timely Development and Commercialization of the Collaboration Products.   ARTICLE 4 DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS   4.1. Pooling of Compounds. Subject to and consistent with the further Development principles outlined herein, each Party will offer a minimum of four (4) identified LABA compounds to this collaboration, with the intention of commercializing at least one Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist as a single agent and/or as a LABA/ICS Combination Product. Upon commencement of the collaboration pursuant to this Agreement, GSK and Theravance will contribute the following LABA compounds as Pooled Compounds to the collaboration:   GSK Compounds GW 597901, GW 678007, GW 642444 and GW 774419 and Theravance Compounds TD-3327 and AMI-15471.   For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed and hereby acknowledged by both Parties that the compounds GW 597901, GW 678007, GW 642444 and GW 774419, TD-3327 and AMI-15471 are hereby accepted as Pooled Compounds.   Theravance will provide two (2) Theravance New Compounds to the collaboration within eighteen (18) months of the Effective Date in order to meet the requirement that Theravance contribute a total of four (4) LABA compounds to the Pooled Compounds. Without prejudice to the foregoing, GSK will endeavor to provide Theravance, upon Theravance's request and at GSK's expense and discretion, such assistance as may be reasonably required by Theravance to achieve this objective, including providing directly or through GSK's vendors, assistance in (i) chemical process development, (ii) salt selection, (iii) pharmaceutical formulation, (iv) toxicological evaluation, and (v) API preparation.   4.2 Obligations for Development.   4.2.1 General; GSK. Under the direction of the Joint Project Committee, specific Pooled Compounds will be identified from time to time and, as applicable, selected for Development as a Collaboration Product. The Joint Project Committee will determine the number and extent of Development of the Pooled Compounds and the criteria to be used for selecting among the eight Pooled Compounds and, subject to the other terms of this Agreement, will endeavor to move one or more such Collaboration Products forward in Development. In   17





  relation to the foregoing, GSK shall have the overall responsibility for, and use Diligent Efforts in, the performance of all such Development activities which shall include, where applicable, relevant regulatory filings (as contemplated under Article 8) for any such Collaboration Product moved forward in Development. Further, GSK shall use Diligent Efforts to advance such Collaboration Product through Development in accordance with the Go/No-Go checkpoints identified in the then current Development Plan for such Collaboration Product. GSK shall also use Diligent Efforts to contribute at least one ICS and/or other non-LABA compound to the collaboration for the purpose of developing a combination product and Diligent Efforts to develop an optimal inhaled formulation of Collaboration Product in a device which may be either/or a dry powder inhaler formulation and/or a metered dose inhaler formulation of the Collaboration Compound and Development activities of such may continue in parallel.   4.2.2 GSK Funding Responsibility. GSK shall bear all costs and expenses associated with the Development of Collaboration Products for Commercialization including those incurred by Theravance (or to which it has become obligated) after the signature date of this Agreement and which previously have been discussed with and agreed to by GSK and, so far as the aforementioned Theravance costs are concerned, for the avoidance of doubt, the maximum amount shall not exceed U.S. $2,940,000.   4.2.3 Decisions with Respect to Products.   (a) GSK shall have the sole discretion with respect to Development decisions for Collaboration Products subject to and in accordance with Sections 3.1.5, 3.2.5, and 4.3 .   (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge that Theravance is about to initiate a Phase I Study in two parts, on TD-3327. The initiation of this study will be approved via the Joint Project Committee in accordance with all other Development activities. Theravance shall be responsible for the routine monitoring of this study and will transfer remaining clinical development responsibility for TD-3327 to the Joint Project Committee on completion of the TD-3327 Phase Ia and Phase Ib Studies.   (c) GSK shall provide the Joint Project Committee with an update report within thirty days of (i) the initiation (i.e., first person dosed) of any Study involving a Collaboration Product, and (ii) the last person dosed/last visit in any Study relating to a Collaboration Product. GSK will provide the Joint Project Committee with a reasonably detailed top line results report within sixty days following the last person dosed/last visit in any Study involving a Collaboration Product.   4.2.4 Development Timelines. It is hereby acknowledged that GSK's strategic objective is to move one or more of the Collaboration Products into Development at the earliest opportunity. GSK will consult with the Joint Project Committee and will share, modify and further develop all applicable Development Plans and timelines in that forum. It is recognised that success can be optimised by pursuing a number of Collaboration Products through various phases of clinical Development up to the point of Technical or Commercial Failure, and/or until the first Collaboration Product for both single agent and combination therapy achieves regulatory agency approval. At a strategic level, GSK is committed to this objective. However, at an operational level it is recognised that internal and external resources will be constrained from time to time, resulting in the need to prioritise individual studies and activities relating to Collaboration Products. GSK will use Diligent Efforts to secure the necessary resource and will keep the Joint Project Committee informed on the progress of individual studies and activities relating to Collaboration Products as part of any changes to Development Plans and timelines.   18





  The current objective of the Collaboration is to achieve Marketing Authorization Approval in the US and other Major Markets for a Collaboration Product from one of the eight Pooled Compounds which can be used as a single agent and/or in combination with other therapeutically active components (including but not limited to a Long Acting Inhaled Corticosteroid) for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of one or more respiratory diseases by end 2009 for the single agent and 2010 for the first combination product and Development Plans and timelines will be developed and/or refined in an effort to achieve this objective.   4.3 Replacement Compounds. If within two years after the Effective Date, the Development of Collaboration Products containing any two of the Pooled Compounds contributed by a Party is discontinued due to Technical Failure, it will be the option of the Party who contributed the discontinued compounds to discover and offer up to the collaboration two Replacement Compounds as replacements for the discontinued compounds within twelve months following the discontinuation of the second failed compound. For the avoidance of doubt, any such new compound that satisfies the Criteria will automatically be accepted as a Pooled Compound in place of the relevant Party's discontinued compound, subject to Joint Steering Committee approval pursuant to Section 3.1.3(f). Nothing in the foregoing shall preclude either Party from having the option of offering up a Replacement Compound for a Pooled Compound at any time during the period referred to in Section 14.5 (subject to the Criteria being met and Joint Steering Committee approval pursuant to Section 3.1.3(f)).   4.4 Transfer of Data. As soon as practicable but in no event more than thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, the Parties shall determine what data and materials relating to TD-3327 and AMI-15471 are necessary for GSK's Development obligations pursuant to this Article 4, including any technology transfer required for API Compound manufacturing activities contemplated by Article 9, and establish a process for transferring copies of such data and material to GSK (including, to the extent available, in appropriate electronic format) or provide means of access thereto reasonably acceptable to GSK.   4.5 LABA Activity Inside and Outside of the Collaboration.   4.5.1 The intent of the Parties in respect of the Pooled Compounds is that such Pooled Compounds remain exclusive to this Collaboration and, subject to Sections 4.5.2 — 4.5.4 and Article 14 below, no activity in respect of such Pooled Compounds shall be permitted outside of this Agreement.   4.5.2 Subject to Article 14 and to Section 4.5.4, if prior to First Commercial Sale of a GSK Initially Pooled Compound or a GSK Replacement Compound, Development of such compound is discontinued under this Agreement (GSK Discontinued Compound), all rights in respect of such GSK Discontinued Compound shall revert in full to GSK and such GSK Discontinued Compound shall automatically fall outside of this Agreement except that (i) GSK shall thereafter be prohibited from carrying out any further clinical Development work or clinical activity in respect of such GSK Discontinued Compound inside the Field for at least four (4) years after the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, GSK shall pay to Theravance a royalty on Net Sales of any such GSK Discontinued Compound in accordance with Section 14.9.   4.5.3 Subject to Article 14 and Section 4.5.4, if prior to First Commercial Sale of a Theravance Compound, Development of such compound is discontinued under this Agreement (Theravance Discontinued Compound), all rights in respect of such Theravance Discontinued Compound shall revert in full to Theravance and such Theravance Discontinued Compound shall   19





  automatically fall outside of this Agreement except that (i) Theravance thereafter shall be prohibited from carrying out any further clinical Development work or clinical activity in respect of such Theravance Discontinued Compound inside the Field until after the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, Theravance shall pay to GSK a royalty on Net Sales of any such Theravance Discontinued Compound in accordance with Section 14.9.   4.5.4 Notwithstanding Sections 4.5.2 and 4.5.3, for so long as there is one Collaboration Product being Developed under this Agreement, neither Party shall carry out clinical Development inside the Field with any Long Acting B2 Adrenoceptor Agonist that is not a Pooled Compound under this Agreement; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to any compound or product (including new product line extensions and/or re-formulation work) where the original compound or product is, as of the date of signature of this Agreement, already Commercialized.   ARTICLE 5 COMMERCIALIZATION   5.1 Global Marketing Plans.   5.1.1 General. The Joint Project Committee shall be responsible for reviewing and approving a Global Marketing Plan for each Collaboration Product (Marketing Plan). Each Marketing Plan shall define the goals and objectives for Commercializing the Collaboration Products in the pertinent Calendar Year consistent with the applicable Development Plan.   5.1.2 Contents of Each Marketing Plan. The Marketing Plan for each Collaboration Product shall be prepared during the Calendar Year wherein, and where applicable, Phase III Studies for such Collaboration Product have commenced and shall be a rolling, three year plan, updated annually and shall contain at a minimum and as appropriate to current knowledge:   (a) Results of market research and strategy, including market size, dynamics, growth, customer segmentation, customer targeting, competitive analysis and global Collaboration Product positioning;   (b) Annual sales forecasts for Major Market Countries;   (c) For each major Market Country (as available): sales plans which will include target number of sales representatives, detail order and target number of details   (d) Core, global advertising and promotion programs and strategies, including literature, media plans, symposia and speaker programs; and   (e) Core Phase III/Phase IV Studies to be conducted   5.2 Obligations for Commercialization. GSK shall use Diligent Efforts to Commercialize the Collaboration Products.   5.3 Commercialization.   5.3.1 GSK Responsibility. GSK shall have the sole right and responsibility for Commercialization of Collaboration Products for distribution and sale. GSK shall bear all costs   20





  and expenses associated with the Commercialization of Collaboration Products for sale or distribution.   (a) GSK shall have the sole right and responsibility to distribute, sell, record sales and collect payments for Collaboration Products.   (b) GSK shall have the sole right and responsibility for establishing and modifying the terms and conditions with respect to the sale of Collaboration Products, including, without limitation, the price or prices at which the Collaboration Products will be sold, any discount applicable to payments or receivables, and similar matters.   (c) GSK will be responsible for storage, order receipt, order fulfillment, shipping and invoicing of Collaboration Products.   5.3.2 Semi-Annual Reports.   GSK shall provide the Joint Project Committee reports semi-annually. Such reports shall set forth in summary form the results of GSK's Commercialization activities performed during such semi-annual period in the Major Markets.   5.3.3 Exports to the United States. To the extent permitted by Law, the Parties shall use Diligent Efforts to prevent the Collaboration Products distributed for sale in a particular Country other than the United States from being exported to the United States for sale.   ARTICLE 6 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS   6.1 Signing Payment; Equity Investment; One-Time Fee.   6.1.1 Signing Payment. In partial consideration for the acquisition of license rights under the Theravance Patents and the Theravance Know-How by GSK under this Agreement, GSK shall on the Effective Date, pay to Theravance a non-creditable, non-refundable amount of Ten Million United States Dollars (U.S. $10,000,000).   6.1.2 Stock Purchase. On the Effective Date, GSK will purchase 4,000,000 shares of Theravance Series E Preferred Stock at a price of U.S.$10.00 per share for total consideration of Forty Million United States Dollars (U.S. $40,000,000). Such purchase will be made pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement attached hereto as Schedule 6.1.2.   6.1.3 One-Time Fee for AMI-15471. Within thirty days following receipt by GSK of Theravance's written notification of the decision by Theravance to nominate AMI-15471 as a development candidate, and in further partial consideration for the acquisition of license rights under the Theravance Patents and the Theravance Know-How by GSK under this Agreement, GSK shall pay to Theravance a non-creditable, non-refundable amount of Five Million United States Dollars (U.S.$5,000,000). AMI-15471 will be declared a development candidate when Theravance (a) completes a study demonstrating lack of activity in the hERG assay (as per the Criteria in Schedule 1.19), and (b) establishes AMI- 15471 in a stable crystalline form.   21





  6.1.4 One-Time Fee for Each Theravance New Compound. Within thirty days following the acceptance by the Joint Project Committee or the Joint Steering Committee of each of the two Theravance New Compounds to be contributed to the collaboration pursuant to Section 4.1, and in further partial consideration for the acquisition of license rights under the Theravance Patents and the Theravance Know-How by GSK under this Agreement, GSK shall pay to Theravance a non-creditable, non-refundable amount of Five Million United States Dollars (U.S.$5,000,000) for each such Theravance New Compound.   6.2 Milestone Payments.   6.2.1 General. In further consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the Parties shall also pay to each other the payments set forth below for each such Development milestone referred to therein (each, a Development Milestone); provided always that each such payment shall be made only one time for each Collaboration Product regardless of how many times such Development Milestones are achieved for such Collaboration Product, and no payment shall be owed for a Development Milestone which is not reached (except that, upon achievement of a Development Milestone for a particular Collaboration Product, any previous Development Milestone for that Collaboration Product for which payment was not made shall be deemed achieved and payment therefore shall be made); provided further that, in the event that more than one Development Milestone is achieved with respect to the same Collaboration Product at one time, then all applicable payments under Section 6.2 shall be made. For example, if TD-3327 as a single-agent Collaboration Product and a LABA/ICS Combination Product that contains TD- 3327 are approved in the same Marketing Authorization Approval, then in addition to the relevant milestone for the single-agent TD-3327 Collaboration Product, the relevant milestone for the LABA/ICS Combination Product shall be paid simultaneously. In the event of termination of development of a particular Collaboration Product and an alternative Collaboration Product replaces such Terminated Collaboration Product then milestone payments for such replacement compound shall not be paid in respect of milestones already achieved by the Terminated Collaboration Product. For example, if development of TD-3327 is terminated and TD-3327 is replaced by a another Collaboration Product which contains a Theravance compound, milestone payments for such replacement compound will only commence for milestones achieved that have not already been achieved by TD-3327.   6.2.2 GSK to Theravance. GSK shall make the following milestone payments to Theravance upon the achievement of the indicated Development Milestone for the first Collaboration Product in which the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist is a Theravance Compound, and for the first LABA/ICS Combination Product in which the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist is a Theravance Compound:            Milestone

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  U.S.$10 Million   Initiation of Phase IIb**

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  U.S.$30 Million   Europe

  U.S.$15 Million   Japan

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  U.S.$30 Million   Europe

  U.S.$15 Million   Japan

  U.S.$10 Million               Annual Worldwide Net Sales over U.S.$500 Million for single agent Collaboration Product



U.S.$10 Million per year for first five years for single agent Collaboration Product

            Annual Worldwide Net Sales over U.S.$500 Million for LABA/ICS Combination Product



U.S.$20 Million per year for first five years for LABA/ICS Combination Product



* GSK will make a Phase I milestone payment for both TD-3327 and AMI-15471. The Phase I milestone for TD-3327 is defined as initiation of the methacholine challenge portion of the Phase I Study in normal volunteers and will trigger a payment of U.S. $10 Million. The Phase I milestone for AMI-15471 is defined as initiation of the first Phase I Study in normal volunteers and will trigger a payment of U.S. $10 Million.   **Phase IIa is defined as initiation of the first single dose study in patients where such study is statistically powered for efficacy based on FEV . Phase IIb is defined as initiation of the first four (4) week dosing, safety and efficacy study in patients.   Other Combination Products that contain a Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist that is a Theravance Compound are not subject to milestone payments by GSK only if all milestone payments through launch have otherwise been made to Theravance from any Collaboration Product as both a single-agent and as a combination product. The Parties intend that if the collaboration is successful in launching at least two Collaboration Products that contain a Theravance Compound, Theravance be paid the applicable milestones through launch for two products.   If GSK, either individually or as a member of the Joint Steering Committee or Joint Project Committee, discontinues the Development of a single agent Collaboration Product that is a Theravance Compound for reasons other than Technical Failure, and such compound is the LABA in a LABA/ICS Combination Product or in an Other Combination Product, it will compensate Theravance for the unpaid milestone payments otherwise due to Theravance under Section 6.2.2 by adding the unpaid milestone amounts for such discontinued single agent product onto the corresponding milestone payments for the relevant Combination Product.   6.2.3 Theravance to GSK. Theravance shall make the following milestone payments to GSK upon the achievement of the indicated Development Milestone for the first Collaboration Product in which the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist is a GSK Compound   23

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  and for the first LABA/ICS Combination Product in which the Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist is a GSK Compound:                Milestone

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  U.S.$30 Million   Europe

  U.S.$15 Million   Japan

  U.S.$10 Million               Launch







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  U.S.$30 Million   Europe

  U.S.$15 Million   Japan

  U.S.$10 Million     Other Combination Products that contain a Long-Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist that is a GSK Compound are not subject to milestone payments by Theravance only if all milestone payments through launch have otherwise been made to GSK from any Collaboration Product as both a single-agent and as a combination product. The Parties intend that if the collaboration is successful in launching at least two Collaboration Products that contain a GSK Compound, GSK be paid the applicable milestones through launch for two products.   6.2.4 Notification and Payment. In the event a Party achieves a Development Milestone, such Party shall promptly, but in no event more than ten (10) days after the achievement of each such Development Milestone, notify the other Party in writing of the achievement of same. For all Development Milestones achieved, each Party shall promptly, but in no event more than thirty (30) days after notification of the achievement of each such Development Milestone, remit payment to the other Party for such Development Milestone.   6.3 Payment of Royalties on Net Sales.   6.3.1 Royalty on Single-Agent Collaboration Products and LABA/ICS Combination Products.   Within twenty (20) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter , GSK shall pay Theravance royalty payments based on Net Sales in such Calendar Quarter during the Term as follows:        On total Annual Worldwide Net Sales up to and including U.S. $3 Billion:

  15   %                   On total Annual Worldwide Net Sales greater than U.S. $3 Billion:

  5   %     it being understood that Net Sales of a single agent Collaboration Product will be combined with Net Sales of a LABA/ICS Combination Product for purposes of the foregoing royalty calculation.   The quarterly royalty payments made under this Section 6.3.1 may be based on estimated Net Sales. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, GSK shall calculate the actual amount of Net Sales for the previous Calendar Quarter and either credit or debit the difference between such actual and projected amount on the succeeding Calendar Quarter's royalty payment to Theravance. As soon as practical following the end of each Calendar Month, but in no event later than the 10 business day of the following month, GSK will provide Theravance with an estimate of Net Sales for such Calendar Month.   24

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  The royalties payable under this Section 6.3 shall be paid on a Country-by-Country basis from the date of first commercial sale of each Collaboration Product in a particular Country for the Term of the Collaboration.   6.3.2 Royalty Adjustment. The 15% royalty payable on the first U.S. $3 Billion of total annual worldwide Net Sales under this Section 6.3 shall be reduced to 12% if all of the following occur: (i) all Theravance Compounds are discontinued by the collaboration for Technical Failure; (ii) Theravance only contributes one Theravance New Compound to the collaboration within 18 months following the Effective Date; and (iii) the Collaboration Product upon which the royalty is payable contains a LABA that is one of the GSK Initially Pooled Compounds. The 15% royalty payable on the first U.S. $3 Billion of total annual worldwide Net Sales under this Section 6.3 shall be reduced to 10% if all of the following occur: (i) all Theravance Compounds are discontinued by the collaboration for Technical Failure; (ii) Theravance fails to contribute any Theravance New Compound to the collaboration within 18 months following the Effective Date; and (iii) the Collaboration Product upon which the royalty is payable contains a LABA that is one of the GSK Initially Pooled Compounds. Nothing in the foregoing shall affect other royalties owed under this Agreement.   6.3.3 Royalties on Other Collaboration Products Launched After the LABA/ICS Combination Product. For any Other Collaboration Product launched after the LABA/ICS Combination Product, GSK shall within twenty (20) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, pay Theravance royalty payments based on Net Sales in such Calendar Quarter during the Term as follows:

Annual Net Sales



Percentage Royalty

                  Up to U.S.$750 Million

  6.5   %                   Additional Net Sales up to U.S.$1.25 Billion

  8.0   %                   Additional Net Sales up to U.S.$2.25 Billion

  9.0   %                   Net Sales exceeding U.S.$2.25 Billion

  10.0   %     For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that the royalty set forth in this Section 6.3.3 shall only be effective if GSK has launched and is selling a LABA/ICS Combination Product that is subject to the royalties under Section 6.3.1. If GSK is not selling a LABA/ICS Combination Product, then the royalty set forth in Section 6.3.1 shall apply to the first Other Combination Product launched by GSK, provided such Other Combination Product does not contain a product in-licensed by GSK; if such Other Combination Product contains a product in-licensed by GSK, then the royalty payable to Theravance will be reduced by 50% of any running royalties paid to a Third Party, provided that in no case will the royalty payable to Theravance be less than set forth in this Section 6.3.3.   25





  6.4 Royalty Responsibilities; Net Sales Reports.   6.4.1 Payments to Third Parties.   (a) If, as a result of a settlement approved by both Parties or as a result of a final non-appealable judgment, GSK is required to pay any amounts to a Third Party directly because using or selling a Theravance Compound is found to infringe the rights of such Third Party, GSK shall deduct fifty percent (50%) of any such amount paid to such Third Party from the royalties otherwise due Theravance for the Collaboration Product containing such Theravance Compound, provided in no event shall such reduction reduce the royalties otherwise payable to Theravance during any Calendar Year by more than fifty percent (50%); provided, further, that any excess deduction shall be carried over into subsequent years of this Agreement until the full deduction is taken.   (b) GSK shall pay any amounts owed to a Third Party as a result of the use of GSK Patents or GSK Know-How with respect to sales of Collaboration Products and shall not deduct any of such amounts from the royalties due Theravance. The foregoing is subject to Section 6.3.3.   6.4.2 Net Sales Report. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each Calendar Quarter, GSK shall submit to Theravance a written report setting forth Net Sales in the Territory on a Country-by-Country and Collaboration Product-by-Collaboration Product basis during such Calendar Quarter, total royalty payments due Theravance, relevant market share data and any payments made to any Third Party pursuant to Section 6.4.1(a) (each a Net Sales Report).   6.5 GAAP. All financial terms and standards defined or used in this Agreement for sales or activities occurring in the United States shall be governed by and determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all financial terms and standards defined or used in this Agreement for sales or activities occurring outside the United States shall be governed by and determined in accordance with United Kingdom generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.   6.6 Currencies. Monetary conversion from the currency of a foreign country in which Collaboration Product is sold into US Dollars shall be calculated in accordance with either (a) the methodology referred to in GSK's then current Corporate Finance Reporting Policy or (b) as otherwise may be mutually agreed by the Parties. The following summarizes GSK's current methodology applied in accordance with its current Corporate Finance Reporting System: the cumulative year-to-date Average Rates are calculated by determining the average of (i) the preceding 31st December Spot Rate plus (ii) the Closing Spot Rates of the relevant months to date using the exact figures provided by the Reuters 2000 download. (By way of example, the Average Rate for the five months from January, 2002 to May, 2002 would be computed by taking the sum of the Spot Rates for the preceding 31st December, 2001, plus the month-end Spot Rates for the five months to May, 2002, divided by six).   6.7 Manner of Payments. All sums due to either Party under this Section 6 shall be payable in United States Dollars by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds to such bank account(s) as each of GSK and Theravance shall designate. GSK shall notify Theravance as to the date and amount of any such wire transfer to Theravance at least five (5) Business Days prior to such transfer. Theravance shall notify GSK as to the date and amount of any such wire transfer to GSK at least five (5) Business Days prior to such transfer.   26





  6.8 Interest on Late Payments. If either Theravance or GSK shall fail to make a timely payment pursuant to this Article 6, any such payment that is not paid on or before the date such payment is due under this Agreement shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, at the average one-month London Inter-Bank Offering Rate (LIBOR) for the United States Dollar as reported from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, effective for the first date on which payment was delinquent and calculated on the number of days such payment is overdue or, if such rate is not regularly published, as published in such source as the Joint Steering Committee agrees.   6.9 Tax Withholding.   6.9.1 Any taxes, levies or other duties (Taxes) paid or required to be withheld under the appropriate local tax laws by one of the Parties (Withholding Party) on account of monies payable to the other Party under this Agreement shall, subject to Sections 6.9.2 and 6.9.3, be deducted from the amount of monies otherwise payable to the other Party under this Agreement. The Withholding Party shall secure and send to the other Party within a reasonable period of time proof of any such Taxes paid or required to be withheld by Withholding Party for the benefit of the other Party.   6.9.2 If GSK or any GSK Affiliate is or becomes liable to withhold any taxes from payments made to Theravance under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Agreement, then GSK shall pay to Theravance an amount equal to the amount GSK or the applicable GSK Affiliate owes to the relevant tax authority provided always that if Theravance is able to obtain credit for any taxes withheld (Creditable Taxes) against any liability to tax either in the year in which the receipt is taxable or any preceding years, Theravance shall reimburse to GSK an amount equivalent to the Creditable Taxes. Theravance shall provide GSK with such reasonable evidence as GSK may reasonably request to determine whether the taxes are creditable against taxes payable by Theravance.   6.9.3 If GSK or any GSK Affiliate is or becomes liable to withhold any taxes from payments made to Theravance under Section 6.3, then such taxes may be withheld by GSK or the applicable GSK Affiliate up to a limit of five percent (5%) of the relevant payment. GSK shall pay to Theravance an amount equal to the amount GSK owes to the relevant tax authority in excess of such five percent (5%) provided always that if Theravance is able to obtain credit for any taxes withheld (Creditable Taxes) against any liability to tax either in the year in which the receipt is taxable or any preceding years, Theravance shall reimburse to GSK an amount equivalent to the Creditable Taxes. Theravance shall provide GSK with such reasonable evidence as GSK may reasonably request to determine whether the taxes are creditable against taxes payable by Theravance.   6.10 Financial Records; Audits. GSK shall keep, and shall cause its Affiliates and sublicensees to keep, such accurate and complete records of Net Sales as are necessary to determine the amounts due to Theravance under this Agreement and such records shall be retained by GSK or any of its Affiliates or sublicensees (in such capacity, the Recording Party) for at least the three preceding Calendar Years to which the Net Sales relate. During normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice to the Recording Party, such records shall be made available for inspection, review and audit, at the request and expense of Theravance, by an independent certified public accountant, or the local equivalent, appointed by Theravance and reasonably acceptable to the Recording Party for the sole purpose of verifying the accuracy of the Recording Party's accounting reports and payments made or to be made pursuant to this   27





  Agreement; provided, however that such audits may not be performed by Theravance more than once per Calendar Year. Such accountants shall be instructed not to reveal to Theravance the details of its review, except for (i) such information as is required to be disclosed under this Agreement and (ii) such information presented in a summary fashion as is necessary to report the accountants' conclusions to Theravance, and all such information shall be deemed Confidential Information of the Recording Party; provided, however, that in any event such information may be presented to Theravance in a summary fashion as is necessary to report the accountants' conclusions. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with performing any such audit shall be paid by Theravance unless the audit discloses at least a five percent (5%) shortfall, in which case the Recording Party will bear the full cost of the audit for such Calendar Year. Theravance will be entitled to recover any shortfall in payments due to it as determined by such audit, plus interest thereon calculated in accordance with Section 6.8, or alternatively shall have the right to offset and deduct any such shortfall in payments due to it against payments Theravance is otherwise required to make to the Reporting Party under this Agreement. The documents from which were calculated the sums due under this Article 6 shall be retained by the relevant Party during the Term.   ARTICLE 7 PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND SAMPLES   7.1 Promotional Materials.   7.1.1 Review of Core Promotional Materials. Subject to applicable Law, in accordance with the direction of the Joint Project Committee, the Parties will jointly, through consultation and with the assistance of each other, review the core Promotional Materials. The relevant legal or regulatory personnel of each Party shall have the opportunity to review and comment on all such core Promotional Materials prior to use and such comments shall be considered by the Joint Project Committee in the review of such core Promotional Materials.   7.1.2 Markings of Promotional Materials. To the extent required by applicable Law, and further to the extent reasonably practicable, all Promotional Materials will indicate the contribution of the license from Theravance for the Collaboration Products. Subject to the foregoing, the Theravance Housemark and the GSK Housemark shall both be given exposure and prominence on all promotional materials, labelling, package inserts or outserts and packaging for the Collaboration Products.   7.2 Samples. Packaging, package inserts and outserts, Sample labels and labeling shall each contain reference to Theravance and GSK indicating, in the case of Theravance, the contribution of the license from Theravance for the Collaboration Products, if appropriate, and as may be required under applicable FDA rules and regulations.   7.3 Statements Consistent with Labeling. GSK shall ensure that its sales representatives detail the Collaboration Products in a fair and balanced manner and consistent with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of the United States, as amended, including, but not limited to, the regulations at 21 C.F.R. (S) 202 in the United States.   7.4 Implications of Change in Control in Theravance. In the event that there is a Change in Control of Theravance and the references contemplated in Sections 7.1.2 and 7.2 are no longer made to Theravance,, then other than to the extent required by applicable Law, GSK   28





  shall have the right, not to be unreasonably exercised, to terminate its obligations under Sections 7.1 and 7.2.   ARTICLE 8 REGULATORY MATTERS   8.1 Governmental Authorities. GSK shall be solely responsible for communicating with Governmental Authorities and will keep Theravance informed, through the Joint Project Committee and Joint Steering Committee, of any significant issue or issues arising therefrom.   8.2 Filings. GSK shall also be solely responsible for filing drug approval applications for Collaboration Products and will use Diligent Efforts in seeking appropriate approvals in those Countries of the Territory for Collaboration Products as GSK reasonably determines and sees fit. Such regulatory documents for each filing shall be centralized and held at the offices of GSK. Theravance shall provide such reasonable assistance as may be required by GSK where liaison between the Parties is, or may be, necessary to enable GSK to fulfill its responsibilities hereunder. GSK shall be responsible for maintaining the Approvals obtained under this Section and shall solely own all such Approvals in the Territory. GSK shall be fully responsible for bearing all costs and expense associated with undertaking and completing said registration activities in the Territory, including but not limited to the costs of preparing and prosecuting applications for such Approvals and fees payable to regulatory agencies in obtaining and maintaining same.   8.3 Exchange of Drug Safety Information. Subject to the second sentence of this Section 8.3, GSK shall be responsible for recording, investigating, summarizing, notifying, reporting and reviewing all Adverse Drug Experiences in accordance with Law and shall require that its Affiliates (i) adhere to all requirements of applicable Laws which relate to the reporting and investigation of Adverse Drug Experiences, and (ii) keep the Joint Project Committee apprised on a regular basis of such matters arising therefrom. The foregoing shall be subject to any of Theravance's own clinical safety obligations mandated by Law as a result of its ongoing Development activity related to TD-3327 (as such activity is more specifically referred to in Article 4) and, in acknowledgement of this, it is thereby contemplated that the Parties' respective clinical safety groups may need to discuss and agree, at the appropriate time after the Effective Date, appropriate safety data exchange procedures related to same.   8.4 Recalls or Other Corrective Action. Each Party shall, as soon as practicable, notify the other Party of any recall information received by it in sufficient detail to allow the Parties to comply with any and all applicable Laws. GSK shall promptly notify Theravance of any material actions to be taken by GSK with respect to any recall or market withdrawal or other corrective action related to a Collaboration Product prior to such action to permit Theravance a reasonable opportunity to consult with GSK with respect thereto. All costs and expenses with respect to a recall, market withdrawal or other corrective action shall be borne by GSK unless such recall, market withdrawal or other corrective action was due solely to the negligence, willful misconduct or breach of this Agreement by Theravance. GSK shall have sole responsibility for and shall make all decisions with respect to any recall, market withdrawals or any other corrective action related to the Collaboration Products.   8.5 Events Affecting Integrity or Reputation. During the Term, the Parties shall notify each other immediately of any circumstances of which they are aware and which could impair the integrity and reputation of the Collaboration Products or if a Party is threatened by the   29





  unlawful activity of any Third Party in relation to the Collaboration Products, which circumstances shall include, by way of illustration, deliberate tampering with or contamination of the Collaboration Products by any Third Party as a means of extorting payment from the Parties or another Third Party. In any such circumstances, the Parties shall use Diligent Efforts to limit any damage to the Parties and/or to the Collaboration Products. The Parties shall promptly call a Joint Steering Committee meeting to discuss and resolve such circumstances.   ARTICLE 9 ORDERS; SUPPLY AND RETURNS   9.1 Orders and Terms of Sale. Except as otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, GSK shall have the sole right to (i) receive, accept and fill orders for the Collaboration Products, (ii) control invoicing, order processing and collection of accounts receivable for the Collaboration Products sales, (iii) record the Collaboration Products sales in its books of account, and (iv) establish and modify the commercial terms and conditions with respect to the sale and distribution of the Collaboration Products, including without limitation matters such as the price at which the Collaboration Products will be sold and whether any discounts, rebates or other deductions should be made, paid or allowed.   9.2 Supply of API Compound and Formulated Collaboration Product for Development.   9.2.1 Supply of API Compound for Development. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, GSK shall conduct or have conducted any chemical process development required to develop a commercially acceptable process for making API Compound and obtain supply for worldwide requirements of API Compound. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Theravance may transfer to GSK, at cost, whatever supply it has on hand of TD-3327 API and/or AMI-15471 API and/or intermediate materials for API manufacture, within specification as of the Effective Date, such cost not to exceed U.S. $1,230,000. API Compound requirements for Development activities shall be set forth in the relevant Development Plan and shall be periodically updated by the Joint Project Committee.   9.2.2 Supply of Formulated Collaboration Products for Development. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, GSK shall obtain supply for worldwide requirements of formulated Collaboration Products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Theravance agrees to transfer to GSK whatever supply it has on hand of formulated TD-3327, within specification, at cost as of the Effective Date, such cost not to exceed U.S. $175,000. Formulated Collaboration Product requirements for Development activities shall be set forth in the relevant Development Plan and shall be periodically updated by the Joint Project Committee.   9.3 Supply of API Compound for Commercial Requirements. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, GSK shall obtain supply of API Compound. A forecast for API Compound requirements for Commercialization of the Collaboration Products shall be prepared and periodically updated by the Joint Project Committee and coordinated with the applicable Marketing Plans for Collaboration Products.   9.4 Supply of Collaboration Products for Commercialization. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, GSK shall obtain supply of the commercial requirements of formulated, packaged and labeled Collaboration Products. Such formulated, packaged and labeled Collaboration Products shall be manufactured and supplied in accordance with all   30





  applicable Laws and current Good Manufacturing Practices. GSK shall be solely responsible for secondary manufacture, packaging and labeling of the Collaboration Product.   9.5 Inventories. GSK and its Product Suppliers shall maintain an inventory of API Compound and Collaboration Products in accordance with their normal practices and so as to ensure fulfillment of its respective supply obligations herein.   ARTICLE 10 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION   10.1 Confidential Information. Each of GSK and Theravance shall keep all Confidential Information received from the other Party with the same degree of care it maintains the confidentiality of its own Confidential Information. Neither Party shall use such Confidential Information for any purpose other than in performance of this Agreement or disclose the same to any other Person other than to such of its agents who have a need to know such Confidential Information to implement the terms of this Agreement or enforce its rights under this Agreement. A Receiving Party shall advise any agent who receives such Confidential Information of the confidential nature thereof and of the obligations contained in this Agreement relating thereto, and the Receiving Party shall ensure that all such agents comply with such obligations as if they had been a Party hereto. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall return or destroy all documents, tapes or other media containing Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party that remain in the Receiving Party's or its agents' possession, except that the Receiving Party may keep one copy of the Confidential Information in the legal department files of the Receiving Party, solely for archival purposes. Such archival copy shall be deemed to be the property of the Disclosing Party, and shall continue to be subject to the provisions of this Article 10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall have the right to disclose this Agreement or Confidential Information provided hereunder if, in the reasonable opinion of the Receiving Party's legal counsel, such disclosure is necessary to comply with the terms of this Agreement, or the requirements of any Law. Where possible, the Receiving Party shall notify the Disclosing Party of the Receiving Party's intent to make such disclosure pursuant to the provision of the preceding sentence sufficiently prior to making such disclosure so as to allow the Disclosing Party adequate time to take whatever action the Disclosing Party may deem to be appropriate to protect the confidentiality of the information. The Receiving Party will cooperate reasonably with the Disclosing Party's efforts to protect the confidentiality of the information. Each Party will be liable for breach of this Article 10 by any of its Affiliates.   10.2 Permitted Disclosure and Use. Notwithstanding Section 10.1, a Party may disclose Confidential Information belonging to the other Party only to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) obtain Marketing Authorization of a Collaboration Product; (b) enforce the provisions of this Agreement; or (c) comply with Laws. If a Party deems it necessary to disclose Confidential Information of the other Party pursuant to this Section 10.2, such Party shall give reasonable advance notice of such disclosure to the other Party to permit such other Party sufficient opportunity to object to such disclosure or to take measures to ensure confidential treatment of such information. The Receiving Party will cooperate reasonably with the Disclosing Party's efforts to protect the confidentiality of the information.   10.3 Publications. Subject to any Third Party rights existing as of the Effective Date, each Party shall submit to the Joint Project Committee for review and approval all proposed academic, scientific and medical publications and public presentations relating to a Collaboration Product or any research or Development activities under this Agreement for review in connection   31





  with preservation of Patent Rights, and trade secrets and/or to determine whether Confidential Information should be modified or deleted from the proposed publication or public presentation. Written copies of such proposed publications and presentations shall be submitted to the Joint Project Committee no later than sixty (60) days before submission for publication or presentation and the Joint Project Committee shall provide its comments with respect to such publications and presentations within ten (10) Business Days of its receipt of such written copy. The review period may be extended for an additional sixty (60) days if a representative of the non-publishing Party on the Joint Project Committee can demonstrate a reasonable need for such extension including, but not limited to, the preparation and filing of patent applications. By mutual agreement of the Parties, this period may be further extended. The Parties will each comply with standard academic practice regarding authorship of scientific publications and recognition of contribution of other parties in any publications relating to the Collaboration Products or any research or Development activities under this Agreement.   10.4 Public Announcements. Except as may be expressly permitted under Section 10.3 or required by applicable Laws and subject to the final two sentences of this Section 10.4, neither Party will make any public announcement of any information regarding this Agreement, the Collaboration Products or any research or Development activities under this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other Party, which approval shall not be withheld unreasonably. Once any statement is approved for disclosure by the Parties or information is otherwise made public in accordance with the preceding sentence, either Party may make a subsequent public disclosure of the contents of such statement without further approval of the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, within sixty (60) days following the Effective Date, appropriate representatives of the Parties will meet and agree upon a process and principles for reaching timely consensus on how the Parties will make public disclosure concerning this Agreement, the Collaboration Products or any research and Development activities under this Agreement.   10.5 Confidentiality of This Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall be Confidential Information of each Party and, as such, shall be subject to the provisions of this Article 10. Either party may disclose the terms of this Agreement if, in the opinion of its counsel, such disclosure is required by Law. In such event, the disclosing Party will seek appropriate confidentiality of those portions of the Agreement for which confidential treatment is typically permitted by the relevant Governmental Authority.   10.6 Termination of Prior Confidentiality Agreements. Except as expressly provided in this Section 10.6, this Agreement supercedes the Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement (the MCDA) between the Parties dated April 10, 2002. Except as expressly provided in this Section 10.6 and in Paragraph 8 of the Confidentiality Agreement between the Parties dated October 2, 2002 (the Patent CDA), this Agreement supersedes the Patent CDA. Except as set forth in Paragraph 8 of the Patent CDA, all information disclosed pursuant to the MCDA and the Patent CDA shall be subject to the provisions of this Article 10.   10.7 Survival. The obligations and prohibitions contained in this Article 10 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for a period of ten (10) years.   32





  ARTICLE 11 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS   11.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. Theravance and GSK each represents and warrants to the other as of the Effective Date that:   11.1.1 Such Party (a) is a company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of its incorporation; (b) is duly qualified as a corporation and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, where the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder; (c) has the requisite corporate power and authority and the legal right to conduct its business as now conducted and hereafter contemplated to be conducted; (d) has or will obtain all necessary licenses, permits, consents, or approvals from or by, and has made or will make all necessary notices to, all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such Party, to the extent required for the ownership and operation of its business, where the failure to obtain such licenses, permits, consents or approvals, or to make such notices, would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or its ability to perform its obligations hereunder; and (e) is in compliance with its charter documents;   11.1.2 The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Party and all instruments and documents to be delivered by such Party hereunder (a) are within the corporate power of such Party; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary or proper corporate action; (c) do not conflict with any provision of the charter documents of such Party; (d) will not, to the best of such Party's knowledge, violate any law or regulation or any order or decree of any court of governmental instrumentality; (e) will not violate or conflict with any terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement, or other instrument to which such Party is a party, or by which such Party or any of its property is bound, which violation would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder;   11.1.3 This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency and other Laws affecting creditors' rights generally, or by the availability of equitable remedies; and   11.1.4 All of its employees, officers, and consultants have executed agreements or have existing obligations under law requiring assignment to such Party of all Inventions made by such individuals during the course of and as the result of their association with such Party, and obligating such individuals to maintain as confidential such Party's Confidential Information.   11.1.5 Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give a Party the right to use the Confidential Information received from the other Party in connection with any activity other than Development and Commercialization of a Pooled Compound or Collaboration Product consistent with this Agreement.   11.1.6 As soon as practicably possible after the Effective Date, the Parties will each deliver to each other a schedule listing (i) in the case of GSK, GSK Patents as of the date of signature of this Agreement and (ii) in the case of Theravance, Theravance Patents as of the date of signature of this Agreement.   33





  11.2 Additional GSK Representations and Warranties. GSK further represents, warrants and covenants to Theravance that:   11.2.1 It has utilized its own scientific, marketing and distribution expertise and experience to analyze and evaluate both the scientific and commercial value of this collaboration and has solely relied on such analysis and evaluations in deciding to enter into this Agreement;   11.2.2 Neither GSK nor any of its Affiliates is a party to or otherwise bound by any oral or written contract or agreement that will result in any Person obtaining any interest in, or that would give to any Person any right to assert any claim in or with respect to, any of GSK's rights granted under this Agreement;   11.2.3 There is no claim or demand of any person or entity pertaining to, or any proceeding which is pending or, to the knowledge of GSK, threatened, that challenges the rights of Theravance in respect of any GSK Know-How or GSK Patents, or that claims that any default exists under any license with respect to any GSK Know-How or GSK Patents to which GSK is a party, except where such claim, demand or proceeding would not materially and adversely affect the ability of GSK to carry out its obligations under this Agreement; and   11.2.4 Having carried out and completed diligent searches in relation to the GSK Patents, and other than as disclosed to Theravance's counsel by GSK's counsel, GSK is not aware, nor has been made aware, of any conflict or likely future conflict with the intellectual property rights of any Third Party with respect to GSK Patents.   11.3 Additional Theravance Representations and Warranties. Theravance further represents and warrants to GSK as of the Effective Date that:   11.3.1 Having carried out and completed diligent searches in relation to the Theravance Patents, and other than as disclosed to GSK's counsel by Theravance's counsel, Theravance is not aware, nor has been made aware, of any conflict or likely future conflict with the intellectual property rights of any Third Party with respect to Theravance Patents.   Theravance has not received notice from any Third Party of a claim that an issued patent of such Third Party would be infringed by the manufacture, distribution, marketing or sale of the Collaboration Products under this Agreement;   11.3.2 To Theravance's knowledge, the Theravance Patents are not subject to any pending or any threatened re-examination, opposition, interference or litigation proceedings;   11.3.3 Theravance has not received notice from any Third Party of a claim asserting the invalidity, misuse, unregisterability or unenforceability of any of the Theravance Patents, or challenging its right to use or ownership of any of the Theravance Patents or the Theravance Know-How, or making any adverse claim of ownership thereof;   11.3.4 Theravance has not received notice from any Third Party that any trade secrets or other intellectual property rights of such Third Party would be misappropriated by the development and reduction to practice of the Theravance Patents and Theravance Know-How; and   34





  11.3.5 Theravance has, up to and including the Effective Date, furnished GSK with all material information requested by GSK concerning the quality, toxicity, safety and/or efficacy concerns that may materially impair the utility and/or safety of the Compound or Collaboration Products.   11.4 Covenants. Each Party hereby covenants and agrees during the Term that it shall carry out its obligations or activities hereunder in accordance with (i) the terms of this Agreement and (ii) all applicable Laws.   11.5 Disclaimer of Warranty. Subject to the specific warranties and representations given under Sections 11.1 through and including 11.3, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a warranty or representation by either Party (i) that any Collaboration Product made, used, sold or otherwise disposed of under this Agreement is or will be free from infringement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial design or other intellectual property rights of any Third Party, (ii) regarding the effectiveness, value, safety, non-toxicity, patentability, or non-infringement of any patent technology, the Collaboration Products or any information or results provided by either Party pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) that any Collaboration Product will obtain Marketing Authorization or appropriate pricing approval. Each Party explicitly accepts all of the same as experimental and for development purposes, and without any express or implied warranty from the other Party. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS, WAIVES, RELEASES, AND RENOUNCES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.   ARTICLE 12 INDEMNIFICATION   12.1 Indemnification by GSK. Subject to Sections 12.4 and 13.2, GSK shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Theravance and its Affiliates and each of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, successors and assigns from and against all Claims of Third Parties, and all associated Losses, to the extent arising out of (a) GSK's negligence or willful misconduct in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement, (b) a breach by GSK of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement, or (c) the manufacture, use, handling, storage, marketing, sale, distribution or other disposition of Collaboration Products by GSK, its Affiliates, agents or sublicensees, except to the extent such losses result from the negligence or willful misconduct of Theravance.   12.2 Indemnification by Theravance. Subject to Sections 12.4 and 13.2, Theravance shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless GSK and its Affiliates and each of their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, successors and assigns from and against all Claims of Third Parties, and all associated Losses, to the extent arising out of (a) Theravance's negligence or willful misconduct in performing any of its obligations under this Agreement, or (b) a breach by Theravance of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements under this Agreement.   35





  12.3 Procedure for Indemnification.   12.3.1 Notice. Each Party will notify promptly the other in writing if it becomes aware of a Claim (actual or potential) by any Third Party (a Third Party Claim) for which indemnification may be sought by that Party and will give such information with respect thereto as the other Party shall reasonably request. If any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) is instituted involving any Party for which such Party may seek an indemnity under Section 12.1 or 12.2, as the case may be (the Indemnified Party), the Indemnified Party shall not make any admission or statement concerning such Third Party Claim, but shall promptly notify the other Party (the Indemnifying Party) orally and in writing and the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall meet to discuss how to respond to any Third Party Claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. The Indemnifying Party shall not be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party to the extent any admission or statement made by the Indemnified Party or any failure by such Party to notify the Indemnifying Party of the claim materially prejudices the defense of such claim.   12.3.2 Defense of Claim. If the Indemnifying Party elects to defend or, if local procedural rules or laws do not permit the same, elects to control the defense of a Third Party Claim, it shall be entitled to do so provided it gives notice to the Indemnified Party of its intention to do so within forty-five (45) days after the receipt of the written notice from the Indemnified Party of the potentially indemnifiable Third Party Claim (the Litigation Condition). The Indemnifying Party expressly agrees the Indemnifying Party shall be responsible for satisfying and discharging any award made to or settlement reached with the Third Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement without prejudice to any provision in this Agreement or right at law which will allow the Indemnifying Party subsequently to recover any amount from the Indemnified Party to the extent the liability under such settlement or award was attributable to the Indemnified Party. Subject to compliance with the Litigation Condition, the Indemnifying Party shall retain counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld, refused, conditioned or delayed) to represent the Indemnified Party and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnified Party shall not settle any claim for which it is seeking indemnification without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, refused, conditioned or delayed. The Indemnified Party shall, if requested by the Indemnifying Party, cooperate in all reasonable respects in the defense of such claim that is being managed and/or controlled by the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, refused, conditioned or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in which the Indemnified Party is, or based on the same set of facts could have been, a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by the Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. If the Litigation Condition is not met, then neither Party shall have the right to control the defense of such Third Party Claim and the Parties shall cooperate in and be consulted on the material aspects of such defense at each Party's own expense; provided that if the Indemnifying Party does not satisfy the Litigation Condition, the Indemnifying Party may at any subsequent time during the pendency of the relevant Third Party Claim irrevocably elect, if permitted by local procedural rules or laws, to defend and/or to control the defense of the relevant Third Party Claim so long as the Indemnifying Party also agrees to pay the reasonable fees and costs incurred by the Indemnified Party in relation to the defense of such Third Party Claim from   36





  the inception of the Third Party Claim until the date the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense or control thereof.   12.4 Assumption of Defense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, an Indemnified Party shall be entitled to assume the defense of any Third Party Claim with respect to the Indemnified Party, upon written notice to the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Section 12.4, in which case the Indemnifying Party shall be relieved of liability under Section 12.1 or 12.2, as applicable, solely for such Third Party Claim and related Losses.   12.5 Insurance. During the Term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year after the termination or expiration of this Agreement, GSK shall obtain and/or maintain at its sole cost and expense, product liability insurance (including any self-insured arrangements) in amounts which are reasonable and customary in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for companies of comparable size and activities. Such product liability insurance or self-insured arrangements shall insure against all liability, including without limitation personal injury, physical injury, or property damage arising out of the manufacture, sale, distribution, or marketing of the Collaboration Products. GSK shall provide written proof of the existence of such insurance to Theravance upon request.   ARTICLE 13 PATENTS   13.1 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents.   13.1.1 Prosecution and Maintenance of Theravance Patents. Theravance shall have the exclusive right and the obligation to (subject to Theravance's election not to file, prosecute, or maintain pursuant to Section 13.1.4) or to cause its licensors to, prepare, file, prosecute in a diligent manner (including without limitation by conducting interferences, oppositions and reexaminations or other similar proceedings), maintain (by timely paying all maintenance fees, renewal fees, and other such fees and costs required under applicable Laws) and extend all Theravance Patents and related applications. Theravance shall consult with GSK prior to abandoning any Theravance Patents or related applications that are material to the matters contemplated in this Agreement. Theravance shall regularly advise GSK of the status of all pending applications, including with respect to any hearings or other proceedings before any Governmental Authority, and, at GSK's request, shall provide GSK with copies of all documentation concerning such applications, including all correspondence to and from any Governmental Authority. Subject to Section 2.3.3, Theravance shall solicit GSK's advice and review of the nature and text of such patent applications and important prosecution matters related thereto in reasonably sufficient time prior to filing thereof, and Theravance shall take into account GSK's reasonable comments related thereto; provided, however, Theravance shall have the final decision authority with respect to any action relating to any Theravance Patent. Within the priority period, Theravance shall agree with GSK regarding the countries outside the United States in which corresponding applications should be filed (OUS Filings). It is presumed that a corresponding Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application will be filed unless otherwise agreed by the Parties. Theravance shall effect filing of all such applications within the priority period.   Subject to Section 13.1.4, Theravance shall be responsible for all costs incurred in the United States in connection with procuring Theravance Patents, including applications preparation, filing fees, prosecution, maintenance and all costs associated with reexamination and   37





  interference proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Courts. GSK shall be responsible for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Theravance after the Effective Date that are associated with procuring corresponding OUS patents, including without limitation PCT and individual country filing fees, translations, maintenance, annuities, and protest proceedings. For all such OUS patent applications, Theravance will invoice GSK on a quarterly basis beginning April 1, 2003, setting forth all such expenses incurred. Reimbursement will be made to Theravance in United States Dollars within thirty (30) days of receipt of the invoice by GSK. GSK will within thirty (30) days following the Effective Date identify the GSK representative that should receive such invoices from Theravance. GSK's obligations hereunder are in addition to any obligations of GSK under Section 13.1.2(b)   13.1.2 Prosecution and Maintenance of Patents Covering Joint Inventions.   (a) For Patents covering Joint Inventions, the Parties shall agree, without prejudice to ownership, which Party shall have the right to prepare and file a priority patent application, and prosecute such application(s) and maintain any patents derived therefrom, with the Parties equally sharing the reasonable out-of-pocket costs for the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of such priority patent application. The Parties will reasonably cooperate to obtain any export licenses that might be required for such activities. Should the agreed upon Party elect not to prepare and/or file any such priority patent application, it shall (i) provide the other Party with written notice as soon as reasonably possible after making such election but in any event no later than sixty (60) days before the other Party would be faced with a possible loss of rights, (ii) give the other Party the right, at the other Party's discretion and sole expense, to prepare and file the priority application(s), and (iii) offer reasonable assistance in connection with such preparation and filing at no cost to the other Party except for reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the agreed upon Party in rendering such assistance. The other Party, at its discretion and cost, shall prosecute such application(s) and maintain sole ownership of any patents derived therefrom.   (b) Within nine (9) months after the filing date of a priority application directed to an Invention, the Party filing the priority application shall request that the other Party identify those non-priority, non-PCT (foreign) Countries in which the other Party desires that the Party filing the priority application file corresponding patent applications. Within thirty (30) days after receipt by the other Party of such request from the Party filing the priority application, the other Party shall provide to the Party filing the priority application a written list of such foreign countries in which the other Party wishes to effect corresponding foreign patent applications filings. The Parties will then attempt to agree on the particular countries in which such applications will be filed, provided that in the event agreement is not reached, the application will be filed in the disputed as well as the non-disputed countries (all such filings referred to hereinafter as Designated Foreign Filings). Thereafter, within twelve (12) months after the filing date of the priority application, the Party filing the priority application shall effect all such Designated Foreign Filings. It is presumed unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, that a corresponding PCT application will be filed designating all PCT member countries. As to each Designated Foreign Filing and PCT application, GSK shall bear the costs for the filing and prosecutions of such Designated Foreign Filing and PCT application (including entering national phase in all agreed countries). Should the Party filing the priority application not agree to file or cause to be filed a Designated Foreign Filing, the other Party will have the right to effect such Designated Foreign Filing in its name.   38





  (c) Should the filing Party pursuant to Section 13.1.2(a) or 13.1.2(b) no longer wish to prosecute and/or maintain any patent application or patent resulting from such application, the filing Party shall (i) provide the non-filing Party with written notice of its wish no later than sixty (60) days before the patent or patent applications would otherwise become abandoned, (ii) give the non-filing Party the right, at the non-filing Party's election and sole expense, to prosecute and/or maintain such patent or patent application, and (iii) offer reasonable assistance to the non- filing Party in connection with such prosecution and/or maintenance at no cost to the non-filing Party except for reimbursement of the filing Party's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the filing Party in rendering such assistance.   (d) Should the non-filing Party pursuant to Section 13.1.2(c) not wish to incur its share of preparation, filing, prosecution and/or maintenance costs for a patent application filed pursuant to Section 13.1.2(a) or 13.1.2(b) or patents derived therefrom, it shall (i) provide the filing Party with written notice of its wish, and (ii) continue to offer reasonable assistance to the filing Party in connection with such prosecution or maintenance at no cost to the filing Party except for reimbursement of the non-filing Party's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the non-filing Party in rendering such assistance.   (e) The Parties agree to cooperate in the preparation and prosecution of all patent applications filed under Section 13.1.2(a) and 13.1.2(b), including obtaining and executing necessary powers of attorney and assignments by the named inventors, providing relevant technical reports to the filing Party concerning the invention disclosed in such patent application, obtaining execution of such other documents which shall be needed in the filing and prosecution of such patent applications, and, as requested, updating each other regarding the status of such patent applications.   13.1.3 Prosecution and Maintenance of GSK Patents. GSK shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (subject to GSK's election not to file, prosecute or maintain pursuant to Section 13.1.5) or to cause its licensors to, prepare, file and prosecute in a diligent manner (including without limitation by conducting interferences, oppositions and reexaminations or other similar proceedings), maintain (by timely paying all maintenance fees, renewal fees, and other such fees and costs required under applicable Laws) and extend all GSK Patents and related applications. Consistent with Section 2.3.3, GSK will consult with Theravance within the priority period for any patent application that is material to this Agreement concerning Countries in which corresponding applications will be filed. In the event the Parties can not agree, GSK shall make the final decision. GSK shall consult with Theravance prior to abandoning any GSK Patents or related applications that are material to the matters contemplated in this Agreement. GSK shall regularly advise Theravance of the status of all pending applications, including with respect to any hearings or other proceedings before any Governmental Authority, and, at Theravance's request, shall provide Theravance with copies of documentation relating to such applications, including all correspondence to and from any Governmental Authority. Subject to Section 2.3.3, GSK shall solicit Theravance's advice and review of the nature and text of such patent applications and important prosecution matters related thereto in reasonably sufficient time prior to filing thereof, and GSK shall take into account Theravance's reasonable comments relating thereto; provided that GSK shall have the final decision authority with respect to any action relating to a GSK Patent.   13.1.4 GSK Step-In Rights. If Theravance elects not to file, prosecute or maintain the Theravance Patents or claims encompassed by such Theravance Patents necessary for GSK to exercise its rights hereunder in any Country, Theravance shall give GSK notice thereof within a reasonable period prior to allowing such Theravance Patents, or such claims encompassed by   39





  such Theravance Patents, to lapse or become abandoned or unenforceable, and GSK shall thereafter have the right, at its sole expense, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain such Theravance Patents in such Country.   13.1.5 Theravance Step-In Rights. If GSK elects not to file, prosecute or maintain the GSK Patents or claims encompassed by such GSK Patents necessary for Theravance to exercise its license rights hereunder in any Country, GSK shall give Theravance notice thereof within a reasonable period prior to allowing such GSK Patents, or such claims encompassed by such GSK Patents, to lapse or become abandoned or unenforceable, and Theravance shall thereafter have the right, at its sole expense, to prepare, file, prosecute and maintain such GSK Patents in such Country. In the event that GSK elects not to file, prosecute or maintain GSK Patents or claims that would affect the royalty owed Theravance pursuant to Section 6.3, GSK shall reimburse Theravance for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Theravance in connection with Theravance exercising its Step-In Rights under this Section.   13.1.6 Execution of Documents by Agents. Each of the Parties shall execute or have executed by its appropriate agents such documents as may be necessary to obtain, perfect or maintain any Patent Rights filed or to be filed pursuant to this Agreement, and shall cooperate with the other Party so far as reasonably necessary with respect to furnishing all information and data in its possession reasonably necessary to obtain or maintain such Patent Rights.   13.1.7 Patent Term Extensions. The Parties shall cooperate with each other in gaining patent term extension where applicable to Collaboration Products. The Joint Steering Committee shall determine which patents the Parties shall endeavor to have extended. All filings for such extension will be made by the Party to whom the patent is assigned after consultation with the other Party. In the event the Joint Steering Committee can not agree, the Party who is assigned the compound patent covering the LABA in the Collaboration Product will make the decision.   13.2 Patent Infringement.   13.2.1 Infringement Claims. With respect to any and all Claims instituted by Third Parties against Theravance or GSK or any of their respective Affiliates for patent infringement involving the manufacture, use, license, marketing or sale of a Collaboration Product in the United States during the Term (each, a Patent Infringement Claim) as applicable, Theravance and GSK will assist one another and cooperate in the defense and settlement of such Patent Infringement Claims at the other Party's request.   13.2.2 Infringement of Theravance Patents. In the event that Theravance or GSK becomes aware of actual or threatened infringement of a Theravance Patent during the Term, that Party will promptly notify the other Party in writing (a Patent Infringement Notice). Theravance will have the right but not the obligation to bring an infringement action against any Third Party. If Theravance elects to pursue such infringement action, Theravance shall be solely responsible for the costs and expenses associated with such action and retain all recoveries. During the Term, in the event that Theravance does not undertake such an infringement action, upon Theravance's written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, refused, conditioned or delayed, GSK shall be permitted to do so in Theravance's or the relevant Theravance Affiliate's name and on Theravance's or the relevant Theravance Affiliate's behalf. If Theravance has consented to an infringement action but GSK is not recognized by the applicable court or other relevant body as having the requisite standing to pursue such action, then GSK may join Theravance as party-plaintiff. If GSK elects to pursue such infringement action, Theravance may be represented in   40





  such action by attorneys of its own choice and its own expense with GSK taking the lead in such action.   13.2.3 Infringement of GSK Patents. In the event that GSK or Theravance becomes aware of actual or threatened infringement of a GSK Patent during the Term, that Party will promptly notify the other Party in writing. GSK will have the right but not the obligation to bring an infringement action against any Third Party. If GSK elects to pursue such infringement action, GSK shall be solely responsible for the costs and expenses associated with such action and retain all recoveries. During the Term, in the event that GSK does not undertake such an infringement action, upon GSK's written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, refused, conditioned or delayed, Theravance shall be permitted to do so in GSK's or the relevant GSK Affiliate's name and on GSK's or the relevant GSK Affiliate's behalf. If GSK has consented to an infringement action but Theravance is not recognized by the applicable court or other relevant body as having the requisite standing to pursue such action, then Theravance may join GSK as a party-plaintiff. If Theravance elects to pursue such infringement action, GSK may be represented in such action by attorneys of its own choice and at its own expense, with Theravance taking the lead in such action.   13.3 Notice of Certification. GSK and Theravance each shall immediately give notice to the other of any certification filed under the U.S. Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (or its foreign equivalent) claiming that a GSK Patent or a Theravance Patent is invalid or that infringement will not arise from the manufacture, use or sale of any Collaboration Product by a Third Party (Hatch-Waxman Certification).   13.3.1 Notice. If a Party decides not to bring infringement proceedings against the entity making such a certification, such Party shall give notice to the other Party of its decision not to bring suit within twenty-one (21) days after receipt of notice of such certification.   13.3.2 Option. Such other Party then may, but is not required to, bring suit against the entity that filed the certification.   13.3.3 Name of Party. Any suit by Theravance or GSK shall either be in the name of Theravance or in the name of GSK, (or any Affiliate) or jointly in the name of Theravance and GSK (or any Affiliate) , as may be required by law.   13.4 Assistance. For purposes of this Article 13, the Party not bringing suit shall execute such legal papers necessary for the prosecution of such suit as may be reasonably requested by the Party bringing suit. The out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Party bringing suit shall be reimbursed first out of any damages or other monetary awards recovered in favor of GSK or Theravance. The documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the other Party shall then be reimbursed out of any remaining damages or other monetary awards. The Party initiating and prosecuting the action to completion will retain any remaining damages or other monetary awards following such reimbursements.   13.5 Settlement. No settlement or consent judgment or other voluntary final disposition of a suit under this Article may be entered into without the joint written consent of GSK and Theravance (which consent will not be withheld unreasonably).   41





  ARTICLE 14 TERM AND TERMINATION   14.1 Term and Expiration of Term. Unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Parties, this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall end upon expiration of the Term, unless terminated early as contemplated hereunder. Unless terminated early under this Article 14, the licenses granted by Theravance to GSK pursuant to Section 2.1 with respect to the Collaboration Products shall be considered fully-paid and shall become non-exclusive upon expiration of the Term.   14.2 Termination for Material Breach. Either Party may, without prejudice to any other remedies available to it at law or in equity, terminate this Agreement subject to Section 14.10 in the event that the other Party (as used in this subsection, the Breaching Party) shall have materially breached or defaulted in the performance of any of its obligations. The Breaching Party shall, if such breach can be cured, have sixty (60) days after written notice thereof was provided to the Breaching Party by the non-breaching Party to remedy such default (or, if such default cannot be cured within such 60-day period, the Breaching Party must commence and diligently continue actions to cure such default during such 60-day period). Any such termination shall become effective at the end of such 60-day period unless the Breaching Party has cured any such breach or default prior to the expiration of such 60-day period (or, if such default is capable of being cured but cannot be cured within such 60-day period, the Breaching Party has commenced and diligently continued actions to cure such default provided always that, in such instance, such cure must have occurred within one hundred twenty (120) days after written notice thereof was provided to the Breaching Party by the non-breaching Party to remedy such default).   14.3 GSK Right to Terminate Development of a Collaboration Product. On a Collaboration Product-by-Collaboration Product basis, and at any time during Development and prior to First Commercial Sale of the applicable Collaboration Product, GSK shall have the right to terminate Development of such Collaboration Product (upon the provision of ninety (90) days written notice) for reasons of Technical Failure or Commercial Failure following communication to, and assessment of such proposed termination by, the Joint Project Committee and Joint Steering Committee (in which case such Collaboration Product shall be referred to as a Terminated Development Collaboration Product). For the avoidance of doubt, a Terminated Development Collaboration Product can be any of the following: (i) a Pooled Compound and/or (ii) a Replacement Compound and/or (iii) a single agent LABA Collaboration Product and/or (iv) a LABA/ICS Combination Product and/or (v) an Other Combination Product.   14.4 GSK Right to Terminate Commercialization of a Collaboration Product Following First Commercial Sale. On a Collaboration Product-by- Collaboration Product basis, and on a Country-by-Country basis, at any time after First Commercial Sale of the applicable Collaboration Product in such country, GSK shall have the right to terminate Commercialization of such Collaboration Product (upon the provision of one hundred and eighty (180) days written notice) for reasons of Commercial Failure or Technical Failure and following communication to, and assessment of such proposed termination by, the Joint Project Committee and Joint Steering Committee (in which case, such Collaboration Product shall be referred to as a Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product). For the avoidance of doubt, a Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product can be any of the following: (i) a single agent LABA Collaboration Product and/or (ii) a LABA/ICS Combination Product and/or (iii) an Other Combination Product.   42





  14.5 Termination of the Agreement Due to Discontinuation of Development of All Collaboration Products and All Pooled Compounds . Any time following the third anniversary of the Effective Date, either Party may terminate this Agreement, subject to Section 14.10, upon the provision of ninety (90) days written notice if Development of all Collaboration Products and all Pooled Compounds have been discontinued for Technical Failure and/or Commercial Failure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) Development of all Collaboration Products and all Pooled Compounds (including any Replacement Compounds) has ceased for at least three (3) months, (ii) all such termination and/or discontinuance decisions have been validly approved by the Joint Steering Committee, and (iii) both parties have provided written notice to the other that such party does not intend to contribute any additional Replacement Compounds to the collaboration, then either Party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement, subject to Section 14.10, upon the provision of ninety (90) days written notice.   14.6 Effects of Termination.   14.6.1 Effect of Termination for Material Breach.   (a) Material Breach by Theravance. In the event this Agreement is terminated by GSK pursuant to Section 14.2 for material breach by Theravance, all licenses granted by Theravance to GSK under this Agreement shall survive, subject to GSK's continued obligation to pay milestones and royalties to Theravance hereunder. In such event, GSK shall retain all of its rights to bring an action against Theravance for damages and any other available remedies in law or equity, and shall be entitled to set-off against any monies payable to Theravance hereunder all amounts GSK reasonably believes constitute its damages incurred by such breach, subject to final judicial resolution or settlement. Also, Theravance shall, at its sole expense, promptly transfer to GSK copies of all data, reports, records and materials in its possession or control that relate to the Collaboration Products that contain a GSK Compound and return to GSK, or destroy at GSK's request, all relevant records and materials in its possession or control containing Confidential Information of GSK (provided that Theravance may keep one copy of such Confidential Information of GSK for archival purposes only in accordance with Section 10.1).   (b) Material Breach By GSK. In the event that this Agreement is terminated by Theravance pursuant to Section 14.2 for material breach by GSK:   (i) GSK shall, at its sole expense, promptly transfer to Theravance copies of all data, reports, records and materials in its possession or control that relate to the Theravance Compounds and return to Theravance, or destroy at Theravance's request, all relevant records and materials in its possession or control containing Confidential Information of Theravance (provided that GSK may keep one copy of such Confidential Information of Theravance for archival purposes only in accordance with Section 10.1). (ii) GSK shall, at its sole expense, transfer to Theravance, or shall cause its designee(s) to transfer to Theravance, ownership of all regulatory filings made or filed for any Collaboration Product that contains a LABA as a single agent (to the extent that any are held in GSK's or such designee(s)'s name), and such transfer to be as permitted by applicable Laws and regulations; otherwise GSK shall cooperate as necessary to permit Theravance to exercise its rights hereunder. (iii) Theravance shall have the non-exclusive right to access, use and cite in any regulatory filing any data relating to formulation of a LABA/ICS Combination Product or Other Combination Product.   43





  (iv) All of the provisions of Section 14.6.2 shall apply for the benefit of Theravance for any Collaboration Product for which the first Phase III Study has been initiated at the effective date of such termination, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14.6.2. (v) All the provisions of Section 14.6.3 shall apply for any Collaboration Product that has been Commercialized at the effective date of such termination. (vi) All licenses granted by Theravance to GSK with respect to the applicable Theravance Compounds under this Agreement shall terminate. (vii) Theravance shall retain all of its rights to bring an action against GSK for damages and any other available remedies in law or equity, and shall be entitled to set-off against any monies payable to GSK hereunder all amounts Theravance reasonably believes constitute its damages incurred by such breach, subject to final judicial resolution or settlement.   14.6.2 Effect of Termination by GSK of Certain Terminated Development Collaboration Product(s). If GSK terminates a Collaboration Product at any time after initiation of the first Phase III Study concerning such Collaboration Product, and Development of all other Collaboration Products and Pooled Compounds have been discontinued for Technical Failure and/or Commercial Failure, then at the sole election of Theravance, the following shall apply:   (a) GSK shall, at its sole expense, promptly transfer to Theravance copies of all data, reports, records and materials in its possession or control that relate to the Theravance Compounds and return to Theravance, or destroy at Theravance's request, all relevant records and materials in its possession or control containing Confidential Information of Theravance (provided that GSK may keep one copy of such Confidential Information of Theravance for archival purposes only in accordance with Section 10.1).   (b) GSK shall, at its sole expense, transfer to Theravance, or shall cause its designee(s) to transfer to Theravance, ownership of all regulatory filings made or filed for the Terminated Development Collaboration Product that contains a LABA as a single agent (to the extent that any are held in GSK's or such designee(s)'s name), such transfer to be as permitted by any Third Party licenses or other such prior rights and applicable Laws and regulations, otherwise GSK shall cooperate as necessary to permit Theravance to exercise its rights hereunder.   (c) Theravance shall have the non-exclusive right to access, use and cite in any regulatory filing any data relating to formulation of a LABA/ICS Combination Product or Other Combination Product.   (d) For such Terminated Development Collaboration Product (excluding the non-LABA component of a LABA/ICS Combination Product and/or Other Combination Product and GSK's Diskus delivery device and any information directed thereto), GSK shall grant to Theravance the appropriate licenses in the Territory under the GSK Patents, GSK Inventions and GSK Know- How related to the LABA compound, dry powder inhaler formulation, metered dose inhaler formulation, and metered dose inhaler device, as applicable, to enable Theravance to Develop and Commercialize the Terminated Development Collaboration Product in the Field.   44





  (e) In the event of a Change in Control of Theravance prior to termination by GSK under Section 14.3, none of the provisions under this Section 14.6.2 shall survive as they pertain to any Collaboration Product other than a Theravance compound as a single agent LABA.   14.6.3 Effect of Termination by GSK of a Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product. The provisions of this Section 14.6.3 shall apply only where a Terminated Commercialised Collaboration Product is not being or has not been replaced by an alternative Collaboration Product under this Agreement and provided that, in GSK's reasonable good faith judgment, exercise by Theravance alone or with a Third Party of any of the rights or activities contemplated by this Section 14.6.3 (which such rights or activities shall include access to a GSK compound and/or GSK proprietary formulations or devices including Diskus, (collectively GSK Property)) will not materially damage GSK's continued development, regulatory or commercial use of such GSK Property. GSK will use reasonable efforts to assist Theravance in locating a mutually acceptable Third Party to carry out the rights and activities contemplated by this Section 14.6.3. Subject to the foregoing:   (a) If GSK terminates a Collaboration Product after First Commercial Sale of such Collaboration Product in one or more of the Major Market Countries, Theravance shall have the right in its sole discretion and at its sole expense, for its own benefit or together with a Third Party, to commercialize such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product in any of such Major Market Countries where it has been terminated.   (b) If GSK terminates Commercialization of a Collaboration Product in all Countries of the Territory following the first commercial sale in any Country of the Territory, Theravance shall have the right in its sole discretion and at it sole expense, for its own benefit or together with a Third Party, to Commercialise such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product in the Territory.   (c) Subject to Section 14.6.3(a), GSK shall grant to Theravance the appropriate licenses in the Territory (or in the case of a Country-by-Country termination, in the relevant Countries) under the GSK Patents, GSK Inventions and GSK Know-How to enable Theravance by itself and/or through one or more Third Party sublicensees, to Commercialize the Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product. GSK shall also provide Theravance with all such information and data which GSK, or its sublicensees reasonably have available in such Country, for example access to drug master file, clinical data and the like, and shall execute such instruments as Theravance reasonably requests, to enable Theravance to obtain the appropriate regulatory approvals to market such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product in such Country and for any other lawful purpose related to Commercialization of such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product in such Country.   (d) In the event Theravance exercises its rights under Section 14.6.3(a) and (b) above, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith a separate commercialization and supply agreement for such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product which shall ensure that, based on commercially reasonable terms   45





  (recognizing the Commercialized status of the Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product), Theravance has a continuous and uninterrupted supply of such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product, for a suitable period of time to enable Theravance to secure Third Party supply.   (e) In the event of a Change in Control of Theravance, prior to termination by GSK under Section 14.4, none of the provisions under this Section 14.6.3 shall survive as they pertain to any Collaboration Product other than to a single agent LABA, its dry powder inhaler formulation, metered dose inhaler formulation, and metered dose inhaler device, as applicable; and the Parties will meet in good faith to explore other potential commercial options e.g. use of one or more Third Parties for possible continued Commercialisation of such Terminated Commercialised Collaboration Product if it is a LABA/ICS Combination Product or Other Combination Product.   (f) If GSK, in the exercise of its reasonable good faith judgment, determines that exercise by Theravance alone or with a Third Party of any of the rights or activities contemplated by this Section 14.6.3 will materially damage GSK's continued development, regulatory or commercial use of GSK Property, then GSK shall grant to Theravance, for such Terminated Commercialized Collaboration Product (excluding the non-LABA component of a Combination Product and/or Other Combination Product and GSK's Diskus delivery device and any information directed thereto), the appropriate licenses in the Territory under the GSK Patents, GSK Inventions and GSK Know-How related to the LABA compound, dry powder inhaler formulation, metered dose inhaler formulation, and metered dose inhaler device, as applicable, to enable Theravance to Commercialize a product containing the LABA Compound in the Field.   14.6.4 Effect of Termination of the Agreement Due to Discontinuation of Development Prior to First Commercial Sale of All Collaboration Products and All Pooled Compounds. In the event that the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 14.5, the following shall occur:   (i) Return of Materials. GSK shall, at its sole expense, promptly transfer to Theravance copies of all data, reports, records and materials in its possession or control that relate to the Theravance Compounds and return to Theravance, or destroy at Theravance's request, all relevant records and materials in its possession or control containing Confidential Information of Theravance (provided that GSK may keep one copy of such Confidential Information of Theravance for archival purposes only in accordance with Section 10.1). Theravance shall, at its sole expense, promptly transfer to GSK copies of all data, reports, records and materials in its possession or control that relate to the GSK Compounds and return to GSK, or destroy at GSK's request, all relevant records and materials in its possession or control containing Confidential Information of GSK (provided that Theravance may keep one copy of such Confidential Information of GSK for archival purposes only in accordance with Section 10.1).   (ii) Transfer of Regulatory Filings. GSK shall, at its sole expense, transfer to Theravance, or shall cause its designee(s) to transfer to Theravance, ownership of all regulatory filings made or filed for any Terminated Development Collaboration Product (to the extent that any are held in GSK's or such designee(s)'s name), but only where the Terminated Collaboration Product contains a Theravance Compound as a single agent and such transfer to be as permitted   46





  by applicable Laws and regulations. GSK, at its sole discretion, shall also give due consideration to transferring to Theravance any additional regulatory filings for a Terminated Development Collaboration Product which contains a Theravance Compound as a Combination Product.   (iii) License Rights. All licenses granted by Theravance to GSK with respect to the Collaboration Products under this Agreement shall terminate.   (iv) Stock Return. GSK shall return to Theravance all available formulated and API stocks that contain a Theravance Compound and which are then held by GSK or cause such API stocks to be provided to Theravance if held by a vendor or other Third Party on behalf of GSK.   (v) Limitations on Further Development by GSK. GSK shall not be permitted to continue or re-initiate clinical Development of any GSK Compound that is both a Terminated Collaboration Product and a LABA in the Field for a period of four (4) years after the date of such termination.   14.7 License Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein in, all licenses granted hereunder relating to Terminated Collaboration Products shall terminate. Also the Parties accept that nothing provided for in this Article 14 or elsewhere in this Agreement, grants any licenses (whether exclusive, semi-exclusive or otherwise) from GSK to Theravance for any (i) GSK Compound (ii) GSK Invention (ii) GSK Know How and (iv) GSK Patents, except for those rights essential and specific to enable Theravance to exercise those rights and carry out those activities contemplated under Section 14.6 above.   14.8 Milestone Payments. Neither Party shall be obligated to make a Development Milestone payment under Section 6.2 which is triggered by an event occurring after the effective date of termination of this Agreement with respect to a Collaboration Product.   14.9 Subsequent Royalties. If after termination of this Agreement either Party subsequently Develops and Commercializes any Long- Acting β2 Adrenoceptor Agonist for the treatment / prophylaxis of respiratory diseases which (i) was never a Pooled Compound or Collaboration Product or (ii) was a GSK Discontinued Compound or a Theravance Discontinued Compound, it will pay to the other Party a royalty on Net Sales of any such products at the rate of 3% for a single-agent product and 2% for the first combination product for a period of 15 years from the date of launch on a Country-by-Country basis; provided, however, that this royalty shall not apply to any compound or product (including new product line extensions and/or re-formulation work) where the original compound or product is, as of the date of signature of this Agreement, already Commercialized.   14.10 Accrued Rights; Surviving Obligations. Termination, relinquishment or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall be without prejudice to any rights that shall have accrued to the benefit of any Party prior to such termination, relinquishment or expiration. Such termination, relinquishment or expiration shall not relieve any Party from obligations which are expressly or by implication intended to survive termination, relinquishment or expiration of this Agreement, including without limitation Article 10, and shall not affect or prejudice any provision of this Agreement which is expressly or by implication provided to come into effect on, or continue in effect after, such termination, relinquishment or expiration.   47





  ARTICLE 15 LIMITATIONS RELATING TO THERAVANCE EQUITY SECURITIES   15.1 Purchases of Equity Securities. So long as this Agreement remains in effect and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, except as permitted by Section 15.2, or as otherwise agreed in writing by Theravance, GSK and its Affiliates will not (and will not assist or encourage others to) directly or indirectly in any manner:   15.1.1 acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase, gift or otherwise, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule l3d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)) or interest in any securities or direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, any securities of Theravance;   15.1.2 make, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any solicitation of proxies to vote (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) promulgated pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the prohibition in this Section 15.1.2 shall not apply to solicitations exempted from the proxy solicitation rules by Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act as such Rule 14a-2 is in effect as of the date hereof;   15.1.3 form, join or in any way participate in a group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act with respect to any voting securities of Theravance;   15.1.4 acquire or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, (i) any of the assets, tangible or intangible, of Theravance or (ii) direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire any assets of Theravance, except for such assets as are then being offered for sale by Theravance;   15.1.5 enter into any arrangement or understanding with others to do any of the actions restricted or prohibited under Sections 15.1.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.3, or 15.1.4.   15.1.6 otherwise act in concert with others, to seek to offer to Theravance or any of its stockholders any business combination, restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction to or with Theravance or otherwise seek in concert with others, to control, change or influence the management, board of directors or policies of Theravance or nominate any person as a director of Theravance who is not nominated by the then incumbent directors, or propose any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of Theravance.   15.2 Exceptions for Purchasing Securities of Theravance. Nothing herein shall prevent GSK or its Affiliates (or in the case of Section 15.2.4, their employees) from:   15.2.1 purchasing the Series E Preferred Stock of Theravance on the Effective Date as contemplated herein.   15.2.2 purchasing additional equity securities of Theravance after the Effective Date if after such purchase GSK and its Affiliates would own in the aggregate no greater percent of the total voting power of all voting securities of Theravance then outstanding than GSK together with its Affiliates owned immediately after purchase of the Series E Preferred Stock on the Effective Date.   48





  15.2.3 acquiring securities of Theravance issued in connection with stock splits or recapitalizations or on exercise of pre-emptive rights afforded to Theravance stockholders generally.   15.2.4 purchasing securities of Theravance pursuant to (i) a pension plan established for the benefit of GSK's employees, (ii) any employee benefit plan of GSK, (iii) any stock portfolios not controlled by GSK or any of its Affiliates that invest in Theravance among other companies, or (iv) following an initial public offering of Theravance common stock, for the account of a GSK employee in such employee's personal capacity.   15.2.5 acquiring securities of another biotechnology or pharmaceutical company that beneficially owns any of Theravance's securities.   15.2.6 acquiring equity securities of Theravance without any limitation following initiation by a third party of an unsolicited tender offer to purchase twenty percent (20%) or more of any class or service of Theravance's publicly traded voting securities (a Hostile Tender Offer); provided that the exception provided by this Section 15.2.6 shall be limited to the classes or series of Theravance's securities that are the subject of the Hostile Tender Offer; provided, further, that, in the event that either (a) such Hostile Tender Offer is terminated or expires without the purchase of at least ten percent (10%) of any class or series of Theravance's publicly traded voting securities by such third party, or (b) the Theravance Board of Directors subsequently recommends that such offer be accepted, then following the date of such termination, expiration or recommendation the acquisitions by GSK and/or its Affiliates under this Section 15.2.6 prior to the events described in clauses (a) and (b) above shall not be considered a breach by GSK of the provisions of Section 15.2 as long as GSK, at its option, either:   (i) divests (or cause to be divested) in one or more open-market transactions such number of shares of Theravance's securities acquired by it and its Affiliates pursuant to this Section 15.2.6 such that after such divestiture GSK and its Affiliates would own in the aggregate no greater percent of the total voting power of all voting securities of Theravance then outstanding than GSK together with its Affiliates owned immediately prior to the commencement of such Hostile Tender Offer, any such divestiture to be completed as expeditiously as possible consistent with applicable securities laws and regulations and in a manner intended to shield GSK and its Affiliates from liability for recovery of short swing profits under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder; or   (ii) enters into a voting agreement, proxy or similar arrangement pursuant to which (A) all Theravance voting securities acquired pursuant to this Section 15.2.6 are voted on all matters to be voted on by holders of Theravance voting securities, including, but not limited to, in favor of any transaction involving a proposed Change in Control (as defined below) of Theravance in the same proportion as the outstanding Theravance voting securities not held by GSK or any GSK Affiliate are voted, (B) no Theravance voting securities beneficially owned by GSK and/or any Affiliate abstain from such a vote, and (C) no dissenter or appraisal or similar rights are exercised with respect to any vote relating to a Change in Control of Theravance.   15.3 Voting. Until the date of an initial public offering of Theravance common stock, GSK shall ensure that all outstanding Theravance voting securities beneficially owned by GSK and/or any GSK Affiliate are voted for management's nominees to the Board of Directors of Theravance to the extent not inconsistent with Section 2.8 of the Investors' Rights Agreement.   49





  15.4 Theravance Voting Securities Transfer Restrictions.   15.4.1 So long as this Agreement remains in effect and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, neither GSK nor any of its Affiliates shall dispose of beneficial ownership of Theravance voting securities except (i) pursuant to a bona fide public offering registered under the Securities Act of either Theravance voting securities or securities exchangeable or exercisable for Theravance voting securities (in which the securities are broadly distributed and GSK does not select the purchasers); or (ii) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (provided that if Rule 144(k) is available, such transfer nevertheless is within the volume limits and manner of sale requirements applicable to non-144(k) transfers under Rule 144); or (iii) in transactions that to the knowledge of GSK do not, directly or indirectly, result in any person or group owning or having the right to acquire or intent to acquire beneficial ownership of Theravance voting securities with aggregate voting power of five percent or more of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding Theravance voting securities.   15.4.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions on disposition under Section 15.4.1 shall not apply if, as a result of such disposition, (A) no filing by any Person (including, but not limited to GSK or any of its Affiliates) shall be required under any Law (including but not limited to the Exchange Act) that would identify GSK or any of its Affiliates as the seller of the securities, and (B) neither GSK nor any of its Affiliates (or any transferee thereof) would be required by Law (including without limitation the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the Exchange Act) to make any public announcement of the transfer or disposition.   15.4.3 So long as this Agreement remains in effect and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, neither GSK nor any of its Affiliates may make any public disclosure of any holdings of or disposition of beneficial ownership of Theravance voting securities unless such disclosure is approved in advance in writing by Theravance, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of Theravance shall be required for any filing that GSK or any of its Affiliates is required to make under applicable Law in any jurisdiction, including without limitation any Form 144 under the Securities Act, any Form 4 under the Exchange Act, or any Schedule 13D or 13G or any amendments thereto under the Exchange Act; provided that, prior to making any such filings, GSK shall use reasonable efforts to (i) to provide Theravance notice and a copy of such proposed filings and (ii) consult with Theravance on the content of such filings.   15.5 Termination of Purchase Restrictions. The limitations on purchase of equity securities set forth in Section 15.1 shall terminate immediately upon a transaction or series of related transactions following a Change in Control of Theravance.   ARTICLE 16 MISCELLANEOUS   16.1 Relationship of the Parties. Each Party shall bear its own costs incurred in the performance of its obligations hereunder without charge or expense to the other except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither Party shall have any responsibility for the hiring, termination or compensation of the other Party's employees or for any employee benefits of such employee. No employee or representative of a Party shall have any authority to bind or obligate the other Party to this Agreement for any sum or in any manner whatsoever, or to create or impose any contractual or other liability on the other Party without said Party's approval. For all purposes, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, GSK's legal   50





  relationship under this Agreement to Theravance shall be that of independent contractor. This Agreement is not a partnership agreement and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to establish a relationship of co-partners or joint venturers between the Parties.   16.2 Registration and Filing of This Agreement. To the extent, if any, that either Party concludes in good faith that it or the other Party is required to file or register this Agreement or a notification thereof with any Governmental Authority, including without limitation the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Competition Directorate of the Commission of the European Communities or the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in accordance with Law, such Party shall inform the other Party thereof. Should both Parties jointly agree that either of them is required to submit or obtain any such filing, registration or notification, they shall cooperate, each at its own expense, in such filing, registration or notification and shall execute all documents reasonably required in connection therewith. In such filing, registration or notification, the Parties shall request confidential treatment of sensitive provisions of this Agreement, to the extent permitted by Law. The Parties shall promptly inform each other as to the activities or inquiries of any such Governmental Authority relating to this Agreement, and shall reasonably cooperate to respond to any request for further information there from on a timely basis.   16.3 Force Majeure. The occurrence of an event which materially interferes with the ability of a Party to perform its obligations or duties hereunder which is not within the reasonable control of the Party affected or any of its Affiliates, not due to malfeasance by such Party or its Affiliates, and which could not with the exercise of due diligence have been avoided (each, a Force Majeure Event), including, but not limited to, an injunction, order or action by a Governmental Authority, fire, accident, labor difficulty, strike, riot, civil commotion, act of God, inability to obtain raw materials, delay or errors by shipping companies or change in law, shall not excuse such Party from the performance of its obligations or duties under this Agreement, but shall merely suspend such performance during the continuation of the Force Majeure. The Party prevented from performing its obligations or duties because of a Force Majeure Event shall promptly notify the other Party of the occurrence and particulars of such Force Majeure and shall provide the other Party, from time to time, with its best estimate of the duration of such Force Majeure Event and with notice of the termination thereof. The Party so affected shall use Diligent Efforts to avoid or remove such causes of nonperformance as soon as is reasonably practicable. Upon termination of the Force Majeure Event, the performance of any suspended obligation or duty shall promptly recommence. The Party subject to the Force Majeure Event shall not be liable to the other Party for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special, punitive, exemplary or other damages arising out of or relating to the suspension or termination of any of its obligations or duties under this Agreement by reason of the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event, provided such Party complies in all material respects with its obligations under this Section 16.3.   16.4 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed, and the respective rights of the Parties determined, according to the substantive law of the State of Delaware notwithstanding the provisions governing conflict of laws under such Delaware law to the contrary, except matters of intellectual property law which shall be determined in accordance with the intellectual property laws relevant to the intellectual property in question.   16.5 Attorneys' Fees and Related Costs. In the event that any legal proceeding is brought to enforce or interpret any of the provisions of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs and expenses of litigation whether or not the action or proceeding proceeds to final judgment.   51





  16.6 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party without the prior written consent of the other Party; provided, however that either Party may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any of its Affiliates if such Party guarantees the performance of this Agreement by such Affiliate; and provided further that either Party may assign this Agreement to a successor to all or substantially all of the assets of such Party whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or other similar transaction. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and subject to the terms of the foregoing sentence, inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto, their permitted successors, legal representatives and assigns.   16.7 Notices. All demands, notices, consents, approvals, reports, requests and other communications hereunder must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given only if delivered personally, by facsimile with confirmation of receipt, by mail (first class, postage prepaid), or by overnight delivery using a globally-recognized carrier, to the Parties at the following addresses:   Theravance: Theravance, Inc. 901 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco, CA 94080 Facsimile: 650-827-8683 Attn: Senior Vice President, Commercial Development   GSK: Glaxo Group Limited Glaxo Wellcome House Berkeley Avenue Greenford Middlesex UB6 0NN United Kingdom Attn: Company Secretary Facsimile: 011 44 208-047-6912   With a copy to: GlaxoSmithKline plc 980 Great West Road Brentford Middlesex TW8 9GS United Kingdom Attn: Corporate Law Facsimile: 011 44 208-047-6912   and with a copy to: Brentford Middlesex TW8 9GS United Kingdom Attn: Vice President, Worldwide Business Development Facsimile: 011 44 208-990-8142   or to such other address as the addressee shall have last furnished in writing in accord with this provision to the addressor. All notices shall be deemed effective upon receipt by the addressee.   16.8 Severability. In the event of the invalidity of any provisions of this Agreement or if this Agreement contains any gaps, the Parties agree that such invalidity or gap shall not affect   52





  the validity of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. The Parties will replace an invalid provision or fill any gap with valid provisions which most closely approximate the purpose and economic effect of the invalid provision or, in case of a gap, the Parties' presumed intentions. In the event that the terms and conditions of this Agreement are materially altered as a result of the preceding sentences, the Parties shall renegotiate the terms and conditions of this Agreement in order to resolve any inequities. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted so as to require either Party to violate any applicable laws, rules or regulations.   16.9 Headings. The headings used in this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.   16.10 Waiver. Any term or condition of this Agreement may be waived at any time by the Party that is entitled to the benefit thereof, but no such waiver shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument duly executed by or on behalf of the Party waiving such term or condition. No waiver by any Party of any term or condition of this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be or construed as a waiver of the same or any other term or condition of this Agreement on any future occasion. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, all rights and remedies available to a Party, whether under this Agreement or afforded by law or otherwise, will be cumulative and not in the alternative to any other rights or remedies that may be available to such Party.   16.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules hereto) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the within subject matter and supersedes all previous agreements and understandings between the Parties, whether written or oral. This Agreement may be altered, amended or changed only by a writing making specific reference to this Agreement and signed by duly authorized representatives of Theravance and GSK.   16.12 No License. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute the grant of any license or other right in either Party, to or in respect of any Collaboration Product, patent, trademark, Confidential Information, trade secret or other data or any other intellectual property of the other Party, except as expressly set forth herein.   16.13 Third Party Beneficiaries. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any Third Party, including without limitation any creditor of either Party hereto. No such Third Party shall obtain any right under any provision of this Agreement or shall by reasons of any such provision make any Claim in respect of any debt, liability or obligation (or otherwise) against either Party hereto.   16.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any two counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original and both of which together shall constitute one and the same document.   53





  16.15 Single Closing Condition. The obligation of each Party to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby is subject to the satisfaction of the following condition (the Closing Condition): All filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and any other similar competition or merger control laws that are necessary in any jurisdiction with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby shall have been made and any required waiting period under such laws shall have expired or been terminated and any Governmental Authority that has power under or authority to enforce such laws shall have, if applicable, approved, cleared or decided neither to initiate proceedings or otherwise intervene in respect of the transaction contemplated hereby nor to refer the transaction to any other competent Governmental Authority. Each Party shall use good faith efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other party in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not limited to satisfaction of the Closing Condition and each Party shall keep the other Party reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of same. In connection with the foregoing, the Parties hereby agree to negotiate in good faith to make as soon as practicable any modification or amendment to this Agreement or any agreement related hereto that is required by the United States Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice or equivalent Governmental Authority, provided that no Party shall be required to agree to any modification or amendment that, in the reasonable opinion of such Party's external legal or financial counsel, would be adverse to such Party. This Agreement may be terminated by either Party upon written notice any time after June 1, 2003 if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall not have been consummated by June 1, 2003 due to failure to satisfy the Closing Condition; provided, however, that the terminating Party shall not have breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any manner that shall have been the proximate cause of, or resulted in, the failure to satisfy the Closing Condition or otherwise to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by such date.   54





  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Theravance and GSK, by their duly authorized officers, have executed this Agreement on November 14, 2002.           THERAVANCE, INC.



  GLAXO GROUP LIMITED                                                   By:   /s/ Rick E Winningham





  By:   /s/ Jean-Pierre Garnier

  Rick E Winningham







  Jean-Pierre Garnier

  Chief Executive Officer







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  Schedule 1.19   Criteria for Theravance New Compounds and Replacement Compounds   1. Single optical isomer, which is patentable. 2. Potency in vitro and in vivo compatible with potential to develop in a DPI device. 3. Intrinsic agonist activity not less than that of salmeterol. 4. Selectivity at β adrenoceptors, relative to β and β  adrenoceptors, similar or superior to that of formoterol, assessed in assays determining equi- potent molar ratios relative to that of isoprenaline (isoproterenol). 5. Selectivity at non-β adrenoceptors >100. 6. No significant inhibition of the hERG potassium channel at a concentration at least 30 fold greater than the anticipated therapeutic maximum concentration in plasma. 7. Duration of agonist activity in vivo to be clearly longer than that of salmeterol. This would be at least 72 hours in the Theravance model. The exact duration criterion for either the GSK or the Theravance model might be modified in the light of forthcoming clinical data from the program. 8. Stable compound suitable for formulation to pursue FTIM studies, with crystalline form identified. 9. Oral bioavailability to be less than 10% in the rat and less than 25% in the dog. 10. No significant generation of markedly active metabolite(s) in vitro. 11. Irritation to the respiratory tract no worse than salmeterol in a non-GLP 7-day inhaled rat study.   56

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?
[EX A]: GSK shall provide written proof of the existence of such insurance to Theravance upon request.

[EX Q]: Exhibit 4.46     6 rue Adolphe Fischer L-1520 Luxembourg Luxembourg





CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT

THIS CO-BRANDING AGREEMENT (this Agreement), entered into on the 22nd day of August 2005 and effective as of the 22nd day of August 2005 (Effective Date), by and among (a) Skype Communications, S.A. (Skype), a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated in Luxembourg, with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, (b) Skype Technologies, S.A. (Skype Holding), a limited company (société anonyme) incorporated in Luxembourg, with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg; (c) TOM Online (BVI) Limited (Online BVI), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; (d) TOM Online Inc. (Tom Holding), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability and listed on the NASDAQ National Market in the United States of America and the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; and (e) Tel-Online Limited (Company), a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC. Skype, Online BVI and the Company may be referred to individually as Party and collectively as Parties. Skype, Online BVI, the Company, Skype Holding and Tom Holding may be referred to individually as party to this Agreement and collectively as parties to this Agreement.

RECITALS   A. Each of Skype, Skype Holding, Online BVI, and Tom Holding are parties to that certain Memorandum of Terms dated October 12, 2004 (Memorandum), pursuant to which Skype and Online BVI have, among other things, agreed to (i) create, market and distribute a co- branded, customized version of the Skype Software (as defined below) to be distributed in the PRC (as defined below) by incorporating certain brand features of the Online Group (as defined below), and, (ii) develop and host a co-branded web site or web site content featuring the Online Group's and Skype's brand features as related to the customized version of the Skype Software to be distributed in the PRC;

B. The parties to this Agreement are parties to that certain Shareholders' Deed dated as of the date hereof (Deed), and Skype and Online BVI are the shareholders of the Company, a newly formed company formed for the purpose of marketing and distributing the Company-Skype Branded Application (as defined below) on the terms of this Agreement;

C. Skype is a developer, distributor and supporter of the Skype Software, and is the owner and operator of a web site located at the URL www.skype.com (Skype Site); and

D. The parties to this Agreement wish to terminate the Memorandum and enter into this Agreement pursuant to which the parties to this Agreement will, inter alia, (i) grant the Company (or Online BVI, to act on behalf of the Company) certain rights to provide co-marketing and co-branding activities, and (ii) expand the business relationship among the parties to this Agreement as they may mutually agree from time to time.   1

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

In addition to the capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

  1.1 Adjusted Net Revenue means Gross Revenue less Direct Expenses.

  1.2 Affiliate means in relation to any Person, any Subsidiary or Holding Company, and any company in which such Person or any such Holding Company holds or Controls directly or indirectly not less than 30% of the issued share capital.



1.3 Affiliate Program means a marketing and/or advertising affiliate program made generally available from time to time to third parties on non-negotiated and generally available terms by (i) Skype or (ii) any third party that contracts with Skype which (a) is not a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider and (b) operates in multiple international markets (which may include the PRC) (Third Party Affiliate Partner), in each case whereby other third parties are permitted to (x) in the case of a program made available by Skype, advertise the Skype Software and/or link to the Skype Site from Web Sites hosted and operated by such third parties, or (y) in the case of a program made available by a Third Party Affiliate Partner, (1) advertise the Skype Software together with such Third Party Affiliate Partner's software and/or (2) link to Web Sites hosted and operated by such Third Party Affiliate Partner, provided that, in each case, the arrangement with the Third Party Affiliate Partner applies to multiple territories (which may include the PRC).

  1.4 Code means the existing proprietary computer software of any Party or any Affiliate of any Party (as the case may be).



1.5 Company-Skype Branded Application means a customized version of the Skype Software which includes both Skype Brand Features and Online BVI Brand Features (and with the prior approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, newly created brand features and/or brand features licensed from third parties), and which includes SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Plus (except for the Skype Toolbar).



1.6 Company-Skype Branded Content means the combined content and branding of both the Online Group and Skype (and with the prior approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, (i) newly created content and/or branding, and/or (ii) content and/or branding licensed from third parties) in a specified Look and Feel format subject to the Skype Policies. Company-Skype Branded Content shall be comprised of both Online BVI Intellectual Property and Skype Intellectual Property.



1.7 Company-Skype Branded Customer means all subscribers, users or other customers of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content including, without limitation, those procured by the Online Group, as principal or as agent or through agents, distributors or resellers, through any distribution or marketing channels.   2

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





  1.8 Company-Skype Branded Web Site means the set of Web Pages, initially located and hosted on skype.tom.com, containing, inter alia, the Company-Skype Branded Content.

  1.9 Company-Skype Toolbar means the Skype Toolbar made available and/or distributed through or in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Online BVI Web Site (and any other Web Site mutually agreed by the Parties in accordance with Section 2.2).

  1.10 Confidential Information shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11 herein.

  1.11 Consumer means, in relation to a product or service or market for a product or service, an individual who takes the product or service for primarily non-business and non-work purposes (even if, for the avoidance of doubt, that individual sometimes, as a secondary purpose, uses the product or service for their work or business).



1.12 Control means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the affirmative power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership interests or other ownership interests, by contract, by membership or involvement in the board of directors or other management structure of such Person, or otherwise. For purposes hereof, the holding, directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the issued share capital of a Person shall be deemed the Control of such Person.



1.13 Customers means all subscribers, users or other customers procured by the Online Group or the Group, as principal or as agent or through agents, distributors or resellers, through any distribution or marketing channels, of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Online Group's and the Group's internet services, value-added services and other products and services in the Territory.

  1.14 Deliverable means an item specified in the Deliverables portion of any Statement of Work.

  1.15 Direct Expenses means only those direct expenses set forth below that are incurred by a Party in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application from a non-affiliated third party:

  •   Transmission fees

  •   CODEC fees (or other similar fees or royalties, including all interconnection and delivery fees)

  •   Sales taxes or other regulatory charges

  •   Telecommunications network operators' fees, including transmission fees, call termination fees and collection charges

  •   Alliance fees payable to handset manufacturers and/or mobile operators

  •   Fees payable to payment agencies such as online-banking charges and charges of collection agents and banks for payment collection

  •   Technology license fees approved by Skype and Online BVI in writing

  •   Other costs approved by Skype and Online BVI in writing.   3

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.16 Gross Revenue means any and all revenue actually received and collected by a Party, or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate, licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, from (i) any SkypeOut, SkypeIn or Skype Plus services (or other products or services similar to Skype Plus developed under this Agreement by the Parties) provided through or in connection with the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, and (ii) any advertising, licensing, distribution or other exploitation of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site. For purposes of clarity, save as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no development (including, without limitation, any development, updating, upgrading and improvement of software or other technology), sales, promotional, operating, customer support or marketing costs incurred by any Party, including, without limitation, of any third party, in connection with the Company- Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, shall be deducted from Gross Revenue.

  1.17 Group means the Company and its Subsidiaries.

  1.18 HTML means the series of commands for formatting Web Pages known as HyperText Markup Language, and shall include any current and future extensions thereto, whether or not the extensions are commonly viewed as official.



1.19 Improvement means any invention, modification, addition, derivative work, enhancement, revision, translation, abridgment, condensation or expansion to or arising from the Skype Intellectual Property or the Online BVI Intellectual Property (as the case may be), or any other form in which the Skype Intellectual Property or the Online BVI Intellectual Property (as the case may be) or any part thereof, may be recast, transformed, or adapted.

  1.20 Indemnified Party means the Party claiming indemnification under Section 13.

  1.21 Indemnifying Party means the Party liable to indemnify the Indemnified Party under Section 13.

  1.22 Intellectual Property means, in the case of Skype, the Skype Intellectual Property, and in the case of Online BVI, the Online BVI Intellectual Property.

  1.23 Internet means the world-wide network of computers commonly understood to provide features and functions, including, without limitation, electronic mail, file transfers, electronic commerce, and World Wide Web access.

  1.24 Link means a hypertext link directly between Web Pages on the World Wide Web which may be initiated by clicking an icon, logo, button, image or text.

  1.25 Look and Feel means the general appearance and functionality of any Company-Skype Branded Content mutually agreed upon by the Parties, displayed in the Company-Skype Branded Application or made available by the Online Group or the Group on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

  1.26 Online BVI Brand Features means the trade marks, trade names, service marks, service names and logos proprietary or licensed to the Online Group (exclusive of the Skype Intellectual Property), and any additions, modifications or Improvements to the foregoing that may be made from time to time.   4

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.27 Online BVI Intellectual Property means all Online BVI Brand Features, the Online BVI Web Site, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site (exclusive of any Skype Intellectual Property contained therein), the Online Group's software and Code, databases of the Online Group, including, without limitation, customer information databases and account information related to Customers (other than, and not including, the databases and account information related specifically to user names and user profiles within the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Skype Software (as set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.1)), text, pictures, sound, graphics, video and all other intellectual property owned or licensed to the Online Group (exclusive of the Skype Intellectual Property) and all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, right of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights therein and thereto as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and all renewals and extensions thereof, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.

  1.28 Online BVI Web Site means www.tom.com and any other *.tom.com Web Site (excluding the Company-Skype Branded Web Site).

  1.29 Online Group means Tom Holding and its Subsidiaries (other than the Group).

  1.30 Person means any individual, company (whether general or limited), limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, nominee or other entity.

  1.31 PRC or Territory means the People's Republic of China (excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PRC and Taiwan).

  1.32 Primarily PRC Based Service Provider means a service provider having all or substantially all of its revenue and operations generated from, and conducted in, respectively, the PRC.

  1.33 Services means those services specified in the General Description of Services portion of any Statement of Work.

  1.34 Skype API means application program interface consisting of the set of routines utilized by the Skype Software to provide the Skype Software functionality for a given platform or operating system, Skype API being included in or linked to the Skype Software.

  1.35 Skype Brand Features means the trade marks, trade names, service marks, service names and logos proprietary or licensed to Skype (exclusive of the Online BVI Intellectual Property), and any additions, modifications or Improvements to the foregoing that may be made by Skype from time to time.

  1.36 Skype Group means Skype Holding and its subsidiaries.



1.37 Skype Intellectual Property means all Skype Brand Features, Skype Software, Skype Toolbar, Skype's Code (including, without limitation, that contained within the Skype Software and Skype Toolbar), databases and account information related to any member of the Skype Group and the Skype Software (other than, and not including, the databases and account information related to the Customers and not otherwise related specifically to user names and user profiles within the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Skype Software (as set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.1)), text, pictures, sound, graphics, video and all other intellectual property owned or licensed to Skype (exclusive of the Online BVI Intellectual Property) and all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, right of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights therein and thereto as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and all renewals and extensions thereof, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.   5

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  1.38 Skype Parties means Skype and Skype Holding and Skype Party means any one of them.



1.39 Skype Plus means any Skype Toolbar (or similar Skype product), if any, and any paid service or product offering accessible through the Skype Software or a feature of the Skype Software, including, without limitation, mobile and/or wireless functionality, the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of Skype Plus.

  1.40 Skype Policies means the guidelines and policies provided by Skype to its branding partners for the use of Skype Brand Features and co-branding with Skype, which guidelines and policies Skype may modify from time to time in its sole discretion.

  1.41 Skype Software means the proprietary communication software product entitled Skype, distributed by Skype and which Skype may update or upgrade from time to time, in its sole discretion, and which includes SkypeOut, SkypeIn and Skype Plus.

  1.42 Skype Toolbar means a proprietary software product, distributed by Skype and which Skype may update or upgrade from time to time, in its sole discretion, which enables the Skype Software to be activated directly from a toolbar appearing in another software application such as, without limitation, a Web Browser and/or an e-mail manager.

  1.43 Skype Zones means the proprietary software product entitled Skype Zones distributed by Skype as of the Effective Date which enables the Skype Software to be accessed through Wi-Fi hot spots but for the avoidance of doubt does not include any updated or upgraded versions thereof.



1.44 SkypeIn means a feature of the Skype Software which allows a user of the Skype Software to receive calls from telephone numbers through the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of SkypeIn.   6

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006







1.45 SkypeOut means a feature of the Skype Software which allows a user of the Skype Software to place calls from the Skype Software to telephone numbers through the PSTN , the pricing for which shall be as set forth by Skype from time to time and for which pricing for the Company-Skype Branded Application will be the same as pricing set by Skype for customers using Skype Software subject to such modifications as are reasonably necessary to take into account the effect of applicable taxation, currency fluctuations and to comply with PRC regulations and provided that Skype shall be permitted from time to time to set prices which provide for the same gross margin as the prices set forth from time to time for non co-branded versions of SkypeOut.

  1.46 Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.1 herein.



1.47 Statement of Work means each sequentially numbered document executed by the Parties from time to time following the execution of this Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, describing the Services to be performed by the applicable Party, the Deliverables, applicable fees, scope of work and appropriate project timelines, as well as any requirements, considerations, or objectives which differ from the general provisions of this Agreement. If any provision of a Statement of Work conflicts with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall take precedence.

  1.48 Subsidiary and Holding Company each have the meaning set out in Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 of the United Kingdom.

  1.49 Term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 herein.

  1.50 Third Party Affiliate Partner shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 herein.

  1.51 Tom Parties means Online BVI and Tom Holding and Tom Party means any one of them.

  1.52 Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Deed and any other agreement or arrangement entered into by a Tom Party (or its Affiliate) and a Skype Party (or its Affiliate) in respect of the subject matter of this Agreement or the Deed.

  1.53 Web Browser means third party software designed to allow interactive access to the World Wide Web (and in some cases to other Internet resources as well).

  1.54 Web Page means a document or file that is formatted using HTML, Java, Active-X, CGI Scripting, and/or any other Internet programming and formatting language developed now or in the future, and that is intended to be accessible by Internet users with a Web Browser.

  1.55 Web Site means a group of related HTML documents and associated files, scripts, and data bases that are made available on the World Wide Web through a server.   7

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  1.56 World Wide Web means all of the Web Pages that are accessible to a typical computer user with appropriate access to the Internet and a Web Browser.   2. COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED APPLICATION, COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED WEB SITE and COMPANY-SKYPE BRANDED CONTENT

2.1. Company-Skype Branded Application. At its sole cost, Skype shall design and produce the Company-Skype Branded Application in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Skype shall provide updates and upgrades of the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar at or about the same times as updates and upgrades to the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, respectively, are generally provided by Skype to other users of the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, as applicable, to the extent commercially practicable, it being understood that localisation will take place after the generally distributable versions of the update or upgrades to the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, as applicable, have been generally released. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Skype agrees to take under advisement and consider the Company's recommendations (or the recommendations of Online BVI on behalf of the Company) on the timing and suitability of any updated or upgraded Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar. For the purposes of this Agreement, any reference to the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar shall include any updates and/or upgrades thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Skype agrees that as soon as practicable after such time as the technology that would allow the Skype Software to be distributed to and used on mobile communication devices (for purposes hereof, the Mobile Technology) is made available by Skype or any of its Affiliates to users of the Skype Software, Skype will update or upgrade the Company-Skype Branded Application to include such technology therein. Skype further agrees that in the event that, prior to such time as the Company-Skype Branded Application is updated or upgraded to include the Mobile Technology, Skype or any of its Affiliates makes available to Skype users a new software product which allows access to services available through the Skype Software but on or through mobile communication devices (but in any event excluding Skype Zones), it will license that software product to the Company and Online BVI on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Skype Software and the Company-Skype Branded Application customized therefrom, and references to the Skype Software in this Agreement shall be deemed to include such software product.

2.2. Company-Skype Branded Web Site. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, design, produce, host, and maintain the structure, appearance, and content mutually agreed by the Parties, as described below, comprising the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content located therein, including, without limitation, by providing any necessary and suitable hardware and any other equipment or facilities necessary to fulfil such requirements. Except with respect to the Skype Brand Features and the Online BVI Brand Features located on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the Online BVI Web Site and/or in the Company-Skype Branded Content, which Skype and Online BVI, respectively, may approve or reject in its sole discretion, the design, production, hosting, and maintenance of the structure, appearance, and content comprising the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content shall be mutually agreed by the Parties. Skype shall provide the Company-Skype Branded Application to the Company, and the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, make the Company-Skype Branded Application available for download by Customers through the Online BVI Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and any other Web Site mutually agreed by the Parties, and once the technology is made available by Skype for it to do so, through mobile phones and other distribution channels.   8

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





2.3. Promotions.

2.3.1. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to promote the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site to all of Online BVI's customers in the Territory, as each is agreed by the Parties in accordance with Section 2.2 above. Subject to Section 2.3.2, all decisions relating to the specific promotional activities of the Company and the Online Group hereunder, including, without limitation, any advertising, licensing, distribution or other exploitation of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Content or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, shall be mutually agreed upon, provided, however, that the Online Group shall at a minimum (i) promote the availability of the Company-Skype Branded Application to all visitors of the Online BVI Web Site, (ii) promote the availability of the Company-Skype Branded Application to all its existing customers and/or users, provided that this obligation shall not require the Online Group to communicate with those customers and/or users by SMS or e-mail where prohibited by contract, applicable laws, regulations and/or policies of telecommunications operators, and (iii) place each of the following in a reasonably conspicuous position within a prominent home or next level Web Page, the preferred partners area, and any other area or other Web Pages within the Online BVI Web Site as the Parties may mutually agree to from time to time: (x) links to the Company-Skype Branded Application and a mutually-agreeable short profile of Skype; and (y) promotional material for the Company-Skype Branded Application and links to the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

2.3.2. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Parties agree that they shall in the first quarter of each calendar year and the third quarter of each calendar year reach an agreement on the respective semi-annual promotional plan prepared by the Company, or by Online BVI for and on behalf of the Company, in each case in consultation with Skype (Semi-Annual Promotions Plan). In the event the Parties are unable to agree at any time with respect to such Semi-Annual Promotions Plan, the Semi-Annual Promotions Plan for the immediately prior period shall apply. So long as the Company does not materially deviate from the Semi-Annual Promotions Plan for that relevant year, neither Online BVI nor the Company, as applicable, need to seek a separate approval from Skype under Section 2.3.1 prior to undertaking a promotional activity during that year.

2.4. Customer Support.

2.4.1. During the Term, each of Online BVI and the Company, on the one hand, and Skype, on the other hand, shall provide to the other, at no cost, technical support, documentation and co-ordination reasonably requested to assist in the optimal offering of the Company-Skype Branded Application in the PRC.

2.4.2. The Company shall be responsible for, and Online BVI shall cause the Company to provide, all first level support to the Company- Skype Branded Customers, which shall be its standard customer support—twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, provided that Skype shall provide the Online Group with reasonably prompt back-end support and network connection support, in each case to the extent such support is within the control of Skype, on a twenty four hours a day and seven days a week basis, as may be reasonably required from time to time. In this connection, Skype shall provide assistance and give a reply to the Company on each back-end and network connection service request in no less than twelve (12) hours after the receipt of such request from the Company. Skype shall also maintain and provide access to the customer support forum on the Skype Site, in the English language only.

2.4.3. In the event any Party has a major service fault, they will inform the other Party and make commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such issue as soon as practicable, and will not be in breach so long as such Party is exercising its commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such service fault.   9

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2.5. Payment Methods. The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available and promote the Online Group's existing payment processing and customer billing and payment gateway methods for the purchase of Skype premium features by Company-Skype Branded Customers, including, without limitation, prepaid card distribution networks, vouchers and mobile payment methods, provided, that all payment processing and customer billing and payment gateway charges for such payment methods are on terms that are as or more favourable than the most favourable pricing and terms for such services otherwise provided at the applicable time by any member of the Online Group, and provided further that such pricing and terms have first been mutually approved in writing by the Parties.

2.6. Support Information. Should Online BVI or Company at any time develop support information for end users regarding the Company- Skype Branded Application (Support Information), all such Support Information must receive the prior written approval of Skype, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Should Online BVI, or the Company, at any point during the Term, remove such Support Information from the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, provide a link to the relevant Skype Software customer support page on the Skype Site in a prominent position on the Company-Skype Branded Web Site.

2.7. Look and Feel. Subject to the express terms contained in any Statement of Work, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, work together with Skype to develop an acceptable Look and Feel for projects developed under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Company-Skype Branded Content, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all such projects shall be subject to, and comply with, the Skype Policies, a copy of the most recent version of which shall be provided by Skype to Company prior to the execution of this Agreement.

2.8. Skype EULA. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that each Company-Skype Branded Customer who installs the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar must agree (by electronically acknowledging acceptance or any other means) to Skype's then standard End User License Agreement for the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar (as the case may be) which Skype may modify from time to time at its sole discretion (EULA). To the extent practicable and otherwise not adversely affecting the rights of Skype therein, Skype shall cause the provisions of the EULA to comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC and/or policies/practices of the telecommunications operators and handset manufacturers in the PRC that are requested in writing by Online BVI and/or the Company and delivered to Skype in advance, and which are agreeable to both parties. If Skype is unwilling to modify its EULA and counsel for the Company or Skype provides Skype with a legal opinion that unless modifications are made to the EULA the Company will thereafter be in material violation of applicable laws of the PRC and Skype nevertheless elects not to make such modifications as are necessary to comply with the laws of the PRC, the Company, Online BVI or Skype may thereafter terminate this Agreement by delivery to the other parties 30 days written notice of termination. Upon any such termination, the Parties will comply with the other provisions surviving termination hereunder, including, without limitation, Section 6.3.

2.9. Compliance with Laws. To the extent practicable and not otherwise adversely affecting the rights of any party to this Agreement, the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Company-Skype Branded Content and Company-Skype Branded Web Site complies with the applicable laws and regulations of the PRC that are identified in writing by Online BVI and/or the Company and delivered to Skype in advance.   10

Source: TOM ONLINE INC, 20-F, 5/1/2006





3. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Parties agree to participate in a joint press announcement regarding this Agreement, the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, which will take place on a mutually agreed upon date. The form and content of any joint press release shall be mutually agreed upon by the Parties in writing prior to the public transmittal, display, distribution or publication thereof. In any press release regarding the Company-Skype Branded Application, both Skype's and Tom Holding's name and logo shall be included in the press release, and shall appear with equal prominence.

4. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS & LICENSE GRANTS

4.1 Licenses.

4.1.1 Skype License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Online BVI hereby grants to Skype and the Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except as set forth herein), non-transferable, non-assignable (except as provided in Section 14.4), royalty- free (but subject to the provisions of Section 5), license during the Term to use, market, provide access to, promote, reproduce and display the Online BVI Intellectual Property solely as incorporated in, and for the development of and for transmission pursuant to this Agreement of the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the prior written approval of Online BVI, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Company shall be permitted to sublicense its rights hereunder to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company or a majority-owned Subsidiary of Tom Holding, for the same purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the license set forth herein.

4.1.2 Company License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

4.1.2.1 Skype hereby grants to Online BVI and the Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except as set forth herein), non-transferable, non-assignable (except as provided in Section 14.4), royalty-free (but subject to the provisions of Section 5), license during the Term to use, market, provide access to, promote, reproduce and display the Skype Intellectual Property solely (i) as incorporated in the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar, and (ii) as incorporated in, for the development of, and for transmission pursuant to this Agreement of, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, in each case for the sole purposes (unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties) of promoting and distributing, pursuant to this Agreement, the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Content and the Company-Skype Branded Web Site in the Territory; (a) provided, that it is understood that the Company-Skype Branded Customers will have the right under the EULA to use the Company- Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar and will have the right to access the Company-Skype Branded Content, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site and the Online BVI Web Site through the Internet and to otherwise receive support from the Company anywhere in the world, and that the Company shall be permitted to provide access to and reproduce and display the Skype Intellectual Property through the Internet anywhere in the world, and (b) provided further, that Online BVI and the Company shall ensure that no Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer) shall be permitted to access, using the Company-Skype Branded Application or the Company-Skype Toolbar or through the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, any Skype premium features requiring payment by the Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer), including, but not limited to, SkypeIn, SkypeOut, or Skype Plus, unless such Company-Skype Branded Customer (or potential Company-Skype Branded Customer) uses the payment methods made available by the Company pursuant to Section 2.5 for the purchase of such premium features.   11

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4.1.2.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the prior written approval of Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Company shall be permitted to sublicense its rights hereunder to a wholly-owned Subsidiary, a majority-owned Subsidiary of Tom Holding, or to an unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller, for the same purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the license set forth herein. In connection with approval of any unaffiliated third party distributor, or reseller the Company will discuss the manner of collection of revenue by, the audit provisions to be obtained from, and the creditworthiness of the proposed unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller, and, if agreed by Skype, with respect to such unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller only, Skype may, in its sole discretion notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5, agree that Gross Revenue to the extent generated by that unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller will arise on the date payment with respect to that revenue is due from the unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller to the Company as opposed to the date upon which the applicable revenue is actually collected by the third party distributor or reseller and the operation of the provisions of Section 5 in respect of the revenue due from that unaffiliated third party distributor or reseller shall be amended accordingly.

4.1.3 Restrictions. Each Party may only use the Intellectual Property of the other Party as expressly set forth in the licenses provided in this Section 4.

4.1.3.1 Except as provided herein, no member of the Online Group or the Group may in any manner (i) modify the Skype Software, Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Toolbar and/or Company-Skype Branded Application or any Improvement thereof; (ii) distribute, sell, transfer, encumber, sublicense, rent, loan, lend or lease the Skype Software and/or the Skype Toolbar, and/or any component thereof to any third party; or (iii) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover or directly access the source code of the Skype Software, Skype Toolbar and/or Company-Skype Branded Application, and/or any component thereof. For purposes of clarity, the rights granted to Online BVI pursuant to this Section 4 exist solely for the purposes of performance of this Agreement.

4.1.3.2 Except as provided herein, no member of the Skype Group or the Group may in any manner (i) modify any of the Online BVI Intellectual Property or any Improvements thereof; or (ii) distribute, sell, transfer, encumber, sublicense, rent, loan, lend or lease any Online BVI Intellectual Property, and/or any component thereof to any third party. For purposes of clarity, the rights granted to Skype pursuant to this Section 4 exist solely for the purposes of performance of this Agreement.

4.1.4 Reservation of Rights. Each Party does not grant, and hereby expressly reserves unto itself, all rights not granted in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent either party from using or from granting any other licenses and rights to other Persons to use the Intellectual Property licensed under this Section 4 in any manner whatsoever in the Territory.

4.2 Ownership.

4.2.1 Skype Intellectual Property. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that Skype shall, at all times, exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in the Skype Intellectual Property, and all Improvements and translations thereof (Skype Rights). Neither Online BVI nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or other affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to the Skype Rights. For purposes of clarity, any and all language translations to the Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar created by or on behalf of Skype, or the Company, or Online BVI, on behalf of the Company (other than translations to any Online BVI Intellectual Property or any Improvements thereof made by the Group or the Online Group), shall be deemed Improvements of the Skype Intellectual Property and shall be subject to Skype's approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company and Online BVI each assign to Skype, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the foregoing translations as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.   12

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4.2.2 Online BVI Intellectual Property. Each of Skype and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Online Group shall, at all times, exclusively own all rights, title, and interest in the Online BVI Intellectual Property, and all Improvements and translations thereto (Group Rights). Neither Skype nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or other affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to the Group Rights.

4.2.3 Improvements; Jointly Created Intellectual Property.

4.2.3.1. Each of Online BVI and the Company acknowledges and agrees that Skype shall, at all times, exclusively own all right, title, and interest in the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar, save and except for the Group Rights (including, without limitation, any Improvement to the Group Rights) to the extent included therein, and that Skype will exclusively own any Improvement to any Skype Rights. Each of Skype and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Online Group shall, at all times, exclusively own all right, title, and interest in the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, save and except for the Skype Rights (including, without limitation, any Improvement to the Skype Rights) to the extent included therein, and that Online BVI will exclusively own any Improvement to any Group Rights. The right, title and interest in and to the Company-Skype Branded Content shall be owned by Skype to the extent made up of the Skype Rights which have been integrated into the Company-Skype Branded Content, and by the Online Group to the extent made up of the Group Rights which have been integrated into the Company-Skype Branded Content.

4.2.3.2. If any intellectual property rights that are subject to legal protection are created or developed jointly by the Parties as a result of the collaboration under this Agreement, such intellectual property rights shall be owned as follows:

4.2.3.2.1. if such rights comprise (i) intellectual property that constitutes predominantly communication software or related communication hardware or other technology, including without limitation, any upgrades and Improvements thereof, or (ii) any user names, and other user profile information included within the Company-Skype Branded Application (i.e., dates of birth, addresses, languages spoken, etc.), of Company-Skype Branded Customers collected as part of the registration process for the Company-Skype Branded Application (it being understood that Skype will make such user information available to Online BVI and the Company for use consistent with the applicable privacy policies and the EULA) and any database incorporating the same, then such rights shall be owned exclusively by Skype and neither Online BVI nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or its affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to such rights and each assigns to Skype, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the same as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.   13

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4.2.3.2.2. if such rights comprise any data specifically provided to the Group by Customers during the billing process (Billing Data), then such rights shall be owned exclusively by the Online Group and neither Skype nor the Company will grant, nor claim for itself or its affiliated entities, independent contractors, or employees, either expressly or impliedly, any rights, title, interest, or licenses to such rights and each assigns to Online BVI, with full title guarantee, all copyrights, patents, trade marks, service marks, rights of publicity, authors' rights, contract and licensing rights, goodwill and all other intellectual property rights in and to the same as may exist now and/or hereafter come into existence and arising under the laws of any jurisdiction for the entire term of such rights and all renewals, revivals and extensions thereof.

4.2.3.2.3. if such rights comprise (i) analysis prepared for or on behalf of the Parties as participants in the Company-Skype Branded Application, or (ii) any intellectual property right co-developed by the Parties, or (iii) of any Support Information, or (iv) any data as specifically provided to Skype or the Online Group by Company-Skype Branded Customers (Joint Data), other than that set forth in Sections 4.2.3.2.1 and 4.2.3.2.2 above and other than any Group Rights or Skype Rights, then such rights shall be jointly owned by the Parties, and may be exploited by any Party in accordance with this Agreement, and outside of this Agreement to the extent such exploitation would not, (x) in the case of Online BVI, violate or infringe upon the Skype Rights, (y) in the case of Skype, violate or infringe upon the Group Rights, or (z) in the case of the Company, violate or infringe upon the Group Rights or the Skype Rights.

4.2.3.2.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may use the Skype API for the sole purpose of developing applications that connect with the Company-Skype Branded Application (Add-On Applications), and provided that such use is at all times in compliance with the terms of the API provisions of the EULA as released by Skype from time to time, such Add-On Applications shall be owned by the Company as set forth in the EULA.

5. PAYMENTS AND REPORTING

5.1 Other Revenue. The Company-Skype Branded Application will permit Company-Skype Branded Customers to access basic features at no charge to the Company-Skype Branded Customers. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the rights granted by the Online Group hereunder are not exclusive (save as provided herein) and the Online Group will offer its own products and services through various channels and may receive subscription and other fees (Separate Fees) for such services (Separate Services), other than and not in any manner relating to the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, the Company-Skype Branded Web Site or the Company-Skype Branded Content, offered by the Online Group from time to time and accessible separate from, and entirely independent of, the Company-Skype Branded Application, the Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content. No portion of the Separate Fees shall be payable to or shared in by Skype or the Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, the Online Group may (i) charge any additional or separate fees to access the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar, or (ii) offer any Separate Services or charge any Separate Fees by or through the Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Toolbar. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that the rights granted by Skype hereunder are not exclusive (save as provided herein) and Skype will offer its own products and services, other than and not in any manner relating to the Company- Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site or Company-Skype Branded Content, through various channels accessible separate from, and entirely independent of, the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar, Company- Skype Branded Web Site and/or the Company-Skype Branded Content, and that no portion of the revenue derived from such products and services shall be payable to or shared with the Online Group or the Group.   14

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5.2 Revenue Sharing. In consideration of the licenses and other agreements set forth herein, Skype shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue, and the Company shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Online BVI shall be entitled to receive 50% of all Adjusted Net Revenue, in lieu of the Company's right to be paid hereunder, in the event that (A) this Agreement remains in effect, (B) Online BVI assumes the obligations of the Company hereunder, and (C) (i) the Deed is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof, or (ii)) the Company is being or has been wound up, liquidated or dissolved. Unless otherwise mutually agreed by the Parties in writing, the Company and Online BVI shall provide for, or make available, the payment methods, fraud prevention mechanisms, and other services related to the receipt of payments in connection with SkypeOut, SkypeIn or Skype Plus services provided through the Company-Skype Branded Application or Company-Skype Branded Web Site (Payment Services), in each case as shall be previously approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion. The Company and Online BVI shall provide the Payment Services directly, or make available, or, to the extent previously approved in writing by Skype, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, through a respective Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Online Group), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof. For purposes of clarity, Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, pay directly any and all Direct Expenses, including, without limitation, Direct Expenses incurred by Skype, promptly upon invoice. In the event that Skype provides any Payment Services, Skype shall provide the Payment Services directly, or, to the extent previously approved in writing by Online BVI, which approval may be withheld in its sole discretion, through a respective Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Skype Group), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof. For purposes of clarity, in the event Skype provides any Payment Services, Skype will pay directly any and all Direct Expenses incurred in order for the Payment Services to be provided by Skype promptly upon invoice, and will be entitled to receive reimbursement of such Direct Expenses from the Company upon invoice.

5.3 Statements; Payments.

5.3.1 Within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, furnish to Skype complete and accurate statements (each, a Statement) in a form acceptable to Skype, certified to be accurate by an officer of the Company or Online BVI, as applicable, showing with reasonable detail (i) the Gross Revenue actually received and collected by the Company or Online BVI, or if applicable, any Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of Tom Holding), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, (ii) the Direct Expenses incurred thereby, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, and (iii) the calculation of Adjusted Net Revenue. In the event that Skype provides any Payment Services hereunder, within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, Skype shall furnish to the Company complete and accurate Statements in a form acceptable to Online BVI, certified to be accurate by an officer of Skype, showing with reasonable detail (i) the Gross Revenue actually received and collected by Skype, or if applicable, its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of Skype Holding), licensee, distributor or reseller thereof, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, (ii) the Direct Expenses incurred thereby, during the preceding calendar quarter and on a cumulative basis, and (iii) the calculation of Adjusted Net Revenue. The respective Parties shall use their best efforts to accompany each respective Statement with payment, to Skype, if provided by the Company or Online BVI (or their associated third parties set forth above), or to the Company (or Online BVI, as applicable), if provided by Skype (or its associated third parties set forth above), as applicable, of 50% of the Adjusted Net Revenue shown on the respective Statements. Provided that the respective Parties utilize their best efforts to provide such payments together with the respective Statements, no Party shall be deemed in breach hereof for delivering late payment until the date which is sixty (60) days following the last day of the respective applicable calendar quarter. All payments shall be paid in Euros, and in the event revenue is earned by a Party (or its associated third parties set forth above) in currencies other than in Euros, then such Party shall convert said amounts each month into Euros based upon the exchange rate published by the Wall Street Journal as of the fifteenth day of such month or if such day shall fall on a non-business day then as of the first business day following said fifteenth day.   15

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5.3.2 Interest shall be payable on any amounts paid later than the date due hereunder at the prime rate as reported by the New York edition of the Wall Street Journal on the day the amount is due calculated from the date any amount is due until the date of receipt of the relevant sum by the applicable Party.

5.3.3 The Parties agree to provide such further information relating to Adjusted Net Revenue as may be reasonably available and as may be reasonably requested by the other Parties by giving 14 days' prior written notice to the relevant Party from time to time.

5.3.4 All sums payable to a Party under this Agreement shall be made to such Party by bank wire transfer to the account set forth in accordance with details given by such Party from time to time and shall only be treated as received when credited to such Party's account by its bank.

5.3.5 All payments will be made without deduction, withholding, counterclaim or set-off of any kind or nature. The Parties will supply each other with all appropriate forms required to be submitted to avoid withholding taxes insofar as local laws allow and shall give each other reasonable help in completing and filing these forms and shall give each other a certificate for any such tax which is withheld. In the event that the law requires deduction or withholding from any payments due to a receiving Party under this Agreement, the paying Party shall increase the applicable gross amounts payable to the extent necessary to ensure that the amount received by the receiving Party is not less than the stated amounts due hereunder. If the receiving Party receives the benefit of a tax credit or an allowance resulting from a payment which includes such an additional amount, the receiving Party shall pay to the paying Party such part of that benefit as in its opinion will leave it (after such payments) in no more and no less favourable a position then it would have been in if no deduction or withholding had been made.

5.3.6 All payments to be made to a receiving Party hereunder shall be exclusive of any applicable Value Added Tax or sales or similar tax, duty, or levy which shall be paid by the paying Party (where applicable) upon submission of the appropriate invoice for them.

5.4 Audit Rights. The Parties (including Online BVI on behalf of the Online Group) agree to maintain records (i) of all information reasonably necessary to verify all calculations to be made under Section 8.3.2, and (ii) supporting, verifying and necessary to demonstrate the calculation and collection of fees and/or revenue, as well as any deductions thereto, and payments made hereunder, including, without limitation, budgets, purchase orders, expense records, invoices, correspondence, banking and financial and other records pertaining to the determination of Gross Revenue, Direct Expenses and Adjusted Net Revenue, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years following the expiration or termination hereof. Not more than once per calendar quarter, each Party or its independent auditor (who shall be a certified public accountant) shall have the right, on not less than fifteen (15) calendar days prior notice and not during the first twenty (20) days after the close of any fiscal quarter of the other Parties, or within sixty (60) day of the close of such Parties' respective fiscal years, to audit the books of account and records of any and all such Parties. Such audit shall be conducted at the premises where the audited Party maintains consolidated books of account; provided however, that the auditing Party may conduct all or any part of such audit at any of the audited Party's premises where any relevant books of account and/or records are located. During such audits, the auditing Party shall have the right to take extracts and/or make copies of the audited Party's records as it deems necessary. Such audits shall be at the auditing Party's cost, except that, subject to Section 5.5, if an audit by an independent accounting firm establishes a deficiency of more than three percent (3%) between the amount shown to be due to the auditing Party and the amount actually paid for the period being audited, all actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the auditing Party in connection with such audit shall be paid by the audited Party, along with the amount of any deficiency, within five (5) business days.   16

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The exercise by any Party in whole or in part, at any time of the right to inspect and/or audit records and accounts or of any other right herein granted, or the acceptance by such Party of any statement or statements or the receipt and/or deposit by such Party, of any payment tendered by or on behalf of an audited Party shall be without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the accepting Party and such acceptance, receipt and/or deposit shall not preclude or prevent such accepting Party from thereafter disputing the accuracy of any such statement or payment.

Each Party shall cause any Subsidiary or other Affiliate (including, without limitation, a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Online Group or Skype Group, as applicable) to grant to the other Party the audit rights granted hereunder with respect to such other Party.

5.5 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event of a discrepancy between the records of any Party with that of a third party billing agent that is not an Affiliate of such Party (including, without limitation, records of telecommunications network operators), in the absence of manifest error, the revenue statement or other records provided by such third party billing agent shall prevail and be conclusive for the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the determination of the amounts of Gross Revenue under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to verify the reporting of, and collect payment from, all third party billing agents..

6. TERM AND TERMINATION

6.1 Term. The term of this Agreement shall continue for a period of five years following the initial date of execution of the Memorandum, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 2.8 (Initial Term). This Agreement shall automatically continue following the Initial Term, for an additional period of three (3) years, unless a party to this Agreement provides written notice of termination to the other parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or this Agreement (Extended Term and, with the Initial Term, Term).

6.2 Termination for Cause. Any party to this Agreement shall have the right to terminate this Agreement during the Term by giving notice to another party to this Agreement or to any party that is not an Affiliate of the terminating party (collectively, Defaulter): (i) if a petition is presented or a proceeding is commenced or an order is made or an effective resolution is passed for the winding-up, insolvency, administration, reorganisation, reconstruction, dissolution or bankruptcy of the Defaulter or for the appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator, trustee or similar officer of the Defaulter or of all or any part of its business or assets; (ii) if the Defaulter is unable or admits its inability to pay its debts as they fall due or enters into any composition or other arrangement with its creditors or is declared or becomes bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) if a creditor takes possession of all or any part of the business or assets of the Defaulter or any execution or other legal process is enforced against the business or any substantial asset of the Defaulter and is not discharged within 90 days (iv) any procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction analogous to any of the matters referred to in this clause; (v) if the Defaulter ceases to carry on its business or any substantial part thereof or if the Defaulter disposes of or threatens to dispose of or any governmental or other authority expropriates or threatens to expropriate all or any substantial part of its business or assets or displaces or threatens to displace the management of the Defaulter; (vi) if the Defaulter or any Affiliate of the Defaulter is in material breach of its obligations hereunder or under any Transaction Document and such breach, if capable of remedy, has not been remedied at the expiry of 30 days following written notice to that effect having been served on the Defaulter by the other Shareholder indicating the steps required to be taken to remedy the failure; (vii) if the Defaulter or any Affiliate of the Defaulter repeats or continues (after written warning) to breach its obligations hereunder or under any Transaction Document (such breach, having not been remedied within 30 days following written notice to that effect having been served on the Defaulter by the other Shareholder indicating the steps required to be taken to remedy the failure); and/or (viii) if the Parties have consummated a transaction whereby Skype has purchased all of the Shares (as defined in the Deed) of Company held by Online BVI or its Affiliates pursuant to the terms of the Deed.   17

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6.3 Duties Upon Termination. Subject to Section 6.5 and to the extent required for the Parties to give effect to Section 6.4, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, the following shall occur:

6.3.1 Each Party shall (i) immediately stop displaying, featuring, linking or in any other manner using the Company-Skype Branded Application (provided in the case of Skype, other than the Skype Software in the Company-Skype Branded Application), Company-Skype Toolbar, Company-Skype Branded Web Site, Company-Skype Branded Content, any co-branded materials or any other Intellectual Property of the other Parties (including, without limitation, Intellectual Property deemed to be owned by the other Parties under Section 4.2.3.2); (ii) return such materials directly to the other Parties, or delete and overwrite any electronically stored copies of such materials within thirty (30) days from the date of termination of this Agreement; (iii) within such thirty (30) day period, deliver to the other Parties a certificate duly executed by its authorised officer certifying its compliance with the foregoing, and (iv) provide the other Parties with such information and access to data and databases as may be necessary to permit such other Parties to fulfil any contractual obligations by them to users of the Company-Skype Branded Application undertaken by such other Parties prior to the time of termination.

6.3.2 The Parties agree that upon termination of this Agreement, all Links, if any, between the Skype Site and the Online BVI Web Site or the Company-Skype Branded Web Site shall be removed.

6.3.3 The termination or expiration of this Agreement shall not act as a waiver of any breach of this Agreement and shall not act as a release of either party for any liability or obligation, including, without limitation, any payment due pursuant to Section 5.3, incurred under this Agreement.

6.4 The Parties agree that notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement, the rights and licenses granted to any Company- Skype Branded Customers prior to termination or expiration of this Agreement pursuant to any EULA shall continue during the 24 months after such termination or expiration for the sole purpose of permitting such users to continue to access and utilize the Company-Skype Branded Application and the Company-Skype Toolbar, and so long as any Gross Revenue is received with respect to the Company-Skype Branded Application and/or the Company-Skype Toolbar, the provisions of Section 5 shall continue to be applicable after any termination or expiration.

6.5 Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2.3.2.3 and this Section 6, upon termination or expiration of this Agreement all rights and licenses granted hereunder shall immediately terminate.

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

7.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each of the parties to this Agreement warrant and represent that it has the full right and power to enter into this Agreement and that no contractual right of any third party will be violated, breached or negatively impacted by entering into this Agreement. Skype further warrants and represents that the Skype Rights will not contain any libelous or otherwise unlawful material or violate any copyright, trade mark, or personal or proprietary right of any Person, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction. Online BVI further warrants and represents that the Group Rights will not contain any libelous or otherwise unlawful material or violate any copyright, trade mark, or personal or proprietary right of any Person, regardless of whether such rights arise under the laws of the PRC, the United States, European Union, or any other state, country or jurisdiction.   18

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7.2 No Representation as to Number of Users, Capabilities or Revenue Hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding any portion of this Agreement to the contrary, no party to this Agreement has made and no party to this Agreement does hereby make any representation or warranty with respect to the quantity of Company-Skype Branded Customers (if any) that shall arise hereunder, the commercial success of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar or Company-Skype Branded Web Site, the future features or functionality of the Company-Skype Branded Application, Company-Skype Toolbar or the aggregate revenues to be received by the parties to this Agreement.

8. NON-COMPETITION

8.1 Non-Competition.

8.1.1 Each Party agrees that, for a period of five years (Non-Competition Period) from the Effective Date (End Date), no Party, nor any of their respective Affiliates, will enter into an agreement with any third party, or otherwise carry on any business, directly or indirectly, which is focused on, and targets, primarily Consumers within the PRC, and (i) in the case of Skype and Skype Holding, which provides for a co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese similar in functionality and features as the Company-Skype Branded Application (as may be updated or upgraded from time to time) (and for the avoidance of doubt, a co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese shall be similar in functionality and features as the Company-Skype Branded Application only in the event such application is a customized co-branded version of the Skype Software having one or more functionality or features contained in the Company-Skype Branded Application), or provides for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider; and (ii) in the case of Online BVI, Tom Holding and the Company, which provides for any voice over internet protocol and/or instant messaging products or services that compete or are likely to compete with the Skype Software.

8.1.2 Each Party agrees that, from the Effective Date and through the three (3) month period (Enterprise Non-Competition Period) immediately following the date (Enterprise Launch Date) that Skype launches an enterprise version of the Skype Software primarily targeted for non-Consumer customers (Enterprise Skype Software), no Party, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, will (i) discuss, negotiate or enter into (whether verbal or in writing) with any third Person or other third party (Other Party) any understanding, arrangement, or memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, agreement or any other documents (whether or not legally binding); and/or (ii) voluntarily accept or solicit any offer made by any Other Party in respect of or in relation to, (a) in the case of Skype, an enterprise co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese that is focused on, and targeted primarily at, non-Consumers within the PRC, and that is substantially similar in functionality and features as the Enterprise Skype Software, and (b) in the case of Online BVI, Tom Holding and the Company, any voice over internet protocol and/or instant messaging products or services that compete or are likely to compete with the Enterprise Skype Software. During the Enterprise Non-Competition Period, the Parties agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to discuss mutually agreeable terms pursuant to which the Company would, and Online BVI would cause the Company to, promote, market and distribute in the PRC an enterprise co-branded Internet-based application in simplified Chinese that is focused on, and targeted primarily at, non-Consumers within the PRC, and that is substantially similar in functionality and features as the Enterprise Skype Software.   19

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8.2 Skype Exception. In the case of Skype and its Affiliates, the foregoing restrictions shall not apply:

8.2.1 (a) (i) for the avoidance of doubt, to the operations of Skype as existing now or hereafter undertaken with respect to any non co- branded version of the Skype Software distributed by Skype except where those operations provide for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider, or (ii) the operations of Skype customers and Affiliates under any agreement existing as of the date hereof (e.g., with HGC), or (b) to any agreement now existing or hereafter entered into with an entity that operates in multiple international markets, which may include the PRC, so long as such agreement applies to multiple territories, which may include the PRC in addition to other territories, and does not, directly or indirectly, allow or provide for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider (other than any service provider formed for the sole purpose of performing such agreement and not operating in the PRC prior to the date of such agreement), or (c) to any (i) Affiliate Program or (ii) any agreement or activity under the Affiliate Program by or with any third party, except in the case where the Affiliate Program, directly or indirectly, allows or provides for distribution in the PRC of the Skype Software in simplified Chinese by a Primarily PRC Based Service Provider (other than any service provider formed for the sole purpose of performing such agreement and not operating in the PRC prior to the date of such agreement); or

8.2.2 with respect to the provisions of Section 8.1.2, during any period following the expiration of the Enterprise Non-Competition Period.

8.3 Termination of Non-Competition Period. Notwithstanding any portion of the foregoing to the contrary, the Non-Competition Period shall terminate prior to the End Date, and for the avoidance of doubt, no party shall be obligated to comply with the restrictions set out in Section 8.1 after the termination of the Non-Competition Period:

8.3.1 within thirty (30) days of the end of the Type One Cure Period (defined below) where:

8.3.1.1 Skype or Online BVI has delivered a notice (Type One Notice) to (i) the Company and Online BVI (in the case of Skype), or (ii) the Company and Skype (in the case of Online BVI), in the event that:

  (A) the SkypeOut or SkypeIn service has been available for use in the PRC for at least forty-five (45) days; and



(B) neither the Company nor Online BVI are providing services themselves or making available services for the SkypeOut or SkypeIn service, which in each case are reasonably accessible to all Company-Skype Branded Customers, which allow the Company-Skype Branded Customers to make payment for the Company-Skype Branded Application, including, without limitation, by at least one of the following methods: prepaid cards or mobile phone billing or online payment gateway or telephone company billing; and   20

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8.3.1.2 the circumstances under Section 8.3.1.1(B) have not been cured by the end of the full calendar month following the delivery of the Type One Notice (Type One Cure Period); and

8.3.1.3 the Party who delivers the Type One Notice gives notice to the other Parties of its intention to exercise its right to end the Non-Competition Period within 30 days of the expiry of the Type One Cure Period.; or   8.3.2 within thirty (30) days of the end of the Type Two Cure Period (defined below) where:

8.3.2.1 Skype or Online BVI has delivered a notice (Type Two Notice) to (i) the Company and Online BVI (in the case of Skype), or (ii) the Company and Skype (in the case of Online BVI), in the event that, either:



(A) in any calendar quarter (measured as of the last day of the applicable calendar quarter) during the Non-Competition Period (Quarter), the total number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application does not increase at a growth rate (i.e., the number of new registered users as of the last day of the Quarter divided by the total number of registered users on the first day of the same Quarter ) that is equal to or better than 50% of the growth rate of the number of Skype customers using the non-co-branded versions of the Skype Software for the same period (determined by excluding from the denominator and the numerator any Skype customers obtained by Skype by corporate merger or acquisition of another VOIP business, and through any other co-branding relationships); or



(B) in any two consecutive calendar quarters (measured as of the last day of each applicable calendar quarter) during the Non- Competition Period (Consecutive Quarters), the total number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application does not increase at a growth rate in either one of the Consecutive Quarters (i.e., the number of new registered users as of the last day of each of the Consecutive Quarters divided by the total number of registered users on the first day of the same quarter) that is equal to or better than 70% of the growth rate of the number of Skype customers using the non-co-branded versions of the Skype Software in the same two quarter period (determined by excluding from the denominator and the numerator any Skype customers obtained by Skype by corporate merger or acquisition of another VOIP business, and through any other co-branding customers),

provided that where there is any period (Affected Period) during a Quarter (in the case of Section 8.3.2.1(A)) or any one of the Consecutive Quarters (in the case of Section 8.3.2.1(B)) in which there is any act or embargo of governmental, quasi-governmental or regulatory authorities or any regulations or restrictions imposed, whether by such authorities, by law or by court action (Regulatory Event), directly or indirectly affecting the performance by any Party of any obligation hereunder or otherwise affecting the number of Customers utilizing the Company-Skype Branded Application and a notice of such Regulatory Event has been given by a Party to the other Parties, the Quarter and/or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) for calculating any growth rate under Section 8.3.2.1(A) and/or Section 8.3.2.1(B) (as the case may be) shall be deemed to commence on the first day of the full calendar month immediately after the end of the Affected Period (provided that where a Regulatory Event continues for more than three months, the Affected Period in respect of such Regulatory Event shall be deemed to have ended at the end of the third month following the delivery of notice of such Regulatory Event by the applicable Party and the applicable Party shall not be entitled to deliver another notice for such Regulatory Event which was so deemed to have ended) and any period between the end of the previous Quarter and/or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) and the start of the Affected Period shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating the growth rate under Section 8.3.2.1(A) and Section 8.3.2.1(B); and   21

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8.3.2.2 the growth rate specified in Section 8.3.2.1(A) or Section 8.3.2.1(B) (as the case may be) has not been met when calculated for the applicable Quarter or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be), and the required growth rate fails to have been met when calculated for the period beginning on the first day of the applicable Quarter or Consecutive Quarters (as the case may be) specified in the Type Two Notice (as the Quarter or Consecutive Quarters in which the relevant growth rate was not met) and ending on the last day of the full calendar month immediately following the date of delivery of the Type Two Notice (or where such calendar month is affected by a Regulatory Event, the last day of the full calendar month immediately after the end of the Affected Period) (such cure period shall be referred to herein as Type Two Cure Period); and

8.3.2.3 the Party who delivers the Type Two Notice gives notice to the other Parties of its intention to exercise its right to end the Non-Competition Period within 30 days of the expiry of the Type Two Cure Period.

9. LICENSES

9.1 The Group shall, and Online BVI shall cause the Group to, use its reasonable endeavours to obtain from the applicable PRC regulatory authorities such licenses as are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses in the PRC (Operating Licenses).

9.2 The parties to this Agreement agree that, during the Term and prior to the obtaining by the Group of the Operating Licenses, the Online Group will act as agent for the Group in carrying out such distribution of the Company-Skype Branded Application or other activities as are restricted under PRC laws and regulations to holders of the relevant licenses which activities are represented by the Online Group to be permitted under the licenses held by the Online Group.

10. DEPENDENCY

10.1 In the event that a Tom Party, a Skype Party, the Company or any other member of the Group (Affected Party) is prevented from performing an obligation or undertaking or complying with any provision under this Agreement as a direct result of a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement or the Deed (Breach) by:

  10.1.1 in the case of a Tom Party, a Skype Party;

  10.1.2 in the case of a Skype Party, a Tom Party; and

  10.1.3 in the case of the Company or any member of the Group, a Skype Party or a Tom Party,

and the Affected Party provides written notice to the breaching party detailing the Breach and requiring the breaching party to cure the Breach within thirty (30) days of the date of the notice, the Affected Party shall not be obligated to perform the relevant obligation or undertaking affected by the Breach so long as such Breach continues uncured where such non-performance or non-compliance would be deemed a material breach of this Agreement or the Deed, and shall not be liable for such material breach. For the avoidance of doubt, the withholding by any Party of consent as a Shareholder under the Deed, as such consent may be required in the Deed from time to time (including, without limitation, pursuant to clause 6 thereof), shall not be deemed a Breach.   22

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11. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

11.1 Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that by reason of its relationship to the other parties to this Agreement it will have access to and acquire knowledge from, material, data, systems and other information concerning the operation, business, financial affairs, products, customers and intellectual property of the other parties to this Agreement that may not be accessible or known to the general public, including, but not limited to the terms of this Agreement (Confidential Information). The parties to this Agreement agree that Confidential Information shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the disclosing party (Disclosing Party), and the receiving party (Receiving Party) agrees to maintain the Confidential Information in strict confidence and to use Confidential Information solely for the purposes set forth in this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement further acknowledge and agree for the purposes of this Section 11, Confidential Information shall be deemed to include all Skype Intellectual Property and all Online BVI Intellectual Property, as applicable.

11.2 The Receiving Party agrees: (i) that it will maintain and preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information, including, but without limitation, taking such steps to protect and preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information as it takes to preserve and protect the confidentiality of its own confidential information; (ii) that it will disclose such Confidential Information only to its own Affiliates and employees on a need-to-know basis only, and only to those Affiliates and employees who have entered into a confidentiality agreement, the obligations of which are at least as stringent as those contained in this Section 11; (iii) that if software is involved, it will not disassemble, reverse engineer, reverse compile or analyze the inputs and outputs of any software or hardware provided under this Agreement for any purpose, including but not limited to, attempting to ascertain or deduce the functionality or workings of the software or hardware; and (iv) that it will not disclose such Confidential Information to any third party (including subcontractors and consultants) without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party, provided, however, that the Receiving Party may disclose the financial terms of this Agreement and/or any Statement of Work to its legal and business advisors and to potential investors, so long as such third parties have entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Receiving Party, the obligations of which are at least as stringent as those contained in this Section 11.

11.3 The Receiving Party agrees (i) not to alter or remove any identification of any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary rights notice which indicates the ownership of any part of the Confidential Information, and (ii) to notify the Disclosing Party of the circumstances surrounding any possession, use or knowledge of the Confidential Information by any Person other than those authorized by this Agreement.

11.4 Confidential Information shall exclude any information that (i) has been or is obtained by the Receiving Party from a source independent of the Disclosing Party and not receiving such information from the Disclosing Party, (ii) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of an unauthorized disclosure by the Disclosing Party or its personnel, (iii) is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reliance in any way on the Confidential Information provided by the Disclosing Party, (iv) the Receiving Party is required to disclose under judicial order, regulatory requirement, or statutory requirement, provided that the Receiving Party provides written notice and an opportunity for the Disclosing Party to take any available protective action prior to such disclosure, or (v) is owned by the Disclosing Party pursuant to the terms hereof or provided on a non-confidential basis under the terms hereof.   23

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12. DISCLAIMER & LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

12.1 Disclaimer of Warranties. THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN ARE LIMITED WARRANTIES AND ARE THE ONLY WARRANTIES MADE BY THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT. THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVE, ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND ALL OTHER CONDITIONS, TERMS AND UNDERTAKINGS WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND SUCH WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, TERMS AND UNDERTAKINGS ARE EXCLUDED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. EXCEPT AS MAY BE SET FORTH HEREIN, THE SKYPE SOFTWARE IS LICENSED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IN ADDITION, NO PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION THAT THE OPERATION OF ITS RESPECTIVE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEB SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, AND THAT THE PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEB SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

12.2 Limitation of Liability.

12.2.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT FOR THE WILFUL MISAPPROPRIATION OR INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13, (A) THE LIABILITY OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, IF ANY, FOR DAMAGES FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY, WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER OR THE SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER, SHALL NOT INCLUDE COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OR DAMAGES ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS, EXPENDITURES, DATA, OPPORTUNITY, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, INVESTMENTS OR COMMITMENTS, WHETHER MADE IN ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF REPUTATION OR GOODWILL OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER; AND (B) IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 12.2 SHALL LIMIT A PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO PAY ANY AMOUNTS DUE AND OWING TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER SECTION 5 ON OR BEFORE ANY DATE OF EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION HEREOF.

13. INDEMNIFICATION

13.1 Company Indemnification. Tom Holding unconditionally guarantees the timely performance of all of the obligations of Online BVI, the Group and the Online Group hereunder, and agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Skype, Skype Holding, their affiliated companies and Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any loss, claim, cost, expense, liability or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs resulting from a third-party claim that directly arises from: (i) a claim that the Group Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) a breach of the Online Group's and the Group's representations and warranties hereunder made; (iii) the performance of the Online Group's and the Group's obligations hereunder; or (iv) the Online Group's and the Group's, or their respective employees' negligence, misrepresentations or other tortious, illegal or unauthorized conduct in the promotion of the Company-Skype Branded Application or any other act or omission arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Such indemnification obligation of Tom Holding is conditioned upon Skype promptly notifying Tom Holding in writing setting forth with specificity the claim or action to which such indemnification obligation applies, and reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance in connection therewith. Tom Holding will have the right to control the defense of each such claim and any lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom. In no event will Skype settle any such claim or lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom without the prior written approval of Tom Holding. In defending against such claim or action, Tom Holding may (i) contest; (ii) settle; (iii) and in the case of any claim that the Group Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of a third party, (a) procure for Skype and its customers the right to continue using the Group Rights, as applicable, or (b) modify or replace the Group Rights, as applicable, so that it they longer infringe.   24

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13.2 Skype Indemnification. Skype Holding unconditionally guarantees the timely performance of all of the obligations of Skype hereunder, and agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Online BVI, Tom Holding, the Company and any member of the Online Group and the Group, its affiliated companies and Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any loss, claim, cost, expense, liability or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees and costs resulting from a third-party claim that directly arises from: (i) a claim that the Skype Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any third party; (ii) a breach of Skype's representations and warranties hereunder made; (iii) the performance of its obligations hereunder; or (iv) its or its employees' negligence, misrepresentations or other tortious, illegal or unauthorized conduct in the promotion of the Company-Skype Branded Application or any other act or omission arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Such indemnification obligation of Skype is conditioned upon Tom Holding promptly notifying Skype Holding in writing setting forth with specificity the claim or action to which such indemnification obligation applies, and reasonable cooperation, information, and assistance in connection therewith. Skype Holding will have the right to control the defense of each such claim and any lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom. In no event will the Online Group or the Group settle any such claim or lawsuit or proceeding arising therefrom without the prior written approval of Skype Holding. In defending against such claim or action, Skype Holding may (i) contest; (ii) settle; (iii) and in the case of any claim that the Skype Rights infringe the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of a third party, (a) procure for Online Group and its customers, or the Group, the right to continue using the Skype Rights, as applicable, or (b) modify or replace the Skype Rights, as applicable, so that it they longer infringe.

13.3 Guarantor. The guarantees in the foregoing clauses are to be continuing guarantees and accordingly to remain in force until all the obligations or liabilities of the relevant parties shall have been performed or satisfied in full. Subject to any other provisions of this Agreement, the guarantees are in addition to and without prejudice to and not in substitution for any rights or security which parties may now or hereafter have or hold for the performance and observance of the obligations, commitments, undertakings and warranties of the parties under this Agreement.

13.4 Notice; Participation. The party claiming indemnification pursuant to this Section 13 (Indemnified Party) shall promptly notify the other party (Indemnifying Party) of any such claim of which it becomes aware and shall: (i) at the Indemnifying Party's expense, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defense or settlement of any such claim, and (ii) at the Indemnified Party's expense, be entitled to participate in the defense of any such claim.

13.5 Infringement Remedy. If a claim, action, suit or proceeding is brought against the Skype Group under Section 13.1(i), or against the Online Group or the Group under Section 13.2(i), resulting from any party's respective use of the other party's Intellectual Property, then the Indemnifying Party may at its own election (and at its own expense) (i) replace substantially equivalent Intellectual Property for the infringing item, (ii) modify or fix the infringing item so that it no longer infringes but remains functionally equivalent, (iii) obtain for the benefit of the other party the right to continue using such item in accordance with this Agreement, or (iv) immediately terminate this Agreement. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13.5 STATE THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO INFRINGEMENT OR ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.   25

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13.6 Settlement. The Indemnified Party agrees that the Indemnifying Party shall have sole and exclusive control over the defense and settlement of any such third party claim. However, the Indemnifying Party shall not acquiesce to any judgment or enter into any settlement that adversely affects the Indemnified Party's rights or interests without prior written consent of the Indemnified Party.

14. GENERAL

14.1 Effect of Termination of Deed; References to Company. In the event that, while this Agreement remains in effect, (i) the Deed is terminated pursuant to the terms thereof, or (ii) the Company is being or has been wound up, liquidated or dissolved, Online BVI shall assume the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder.

14.2 Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Subject to the parties' rights to seek injunctive relief or other right in equity by any court of competent jurisdiction, the parties to this Agreement expressly understand and agree that any dispute arising under this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the courts located in England and Wales and the parties to this Agreement hereby consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue therein. The foregoing shall not preclude the parties to this Agreement from seeking injunctive relief permitted hereunder in courts with such jurisdiction as may be needed to grant injunctive relief for protection of that party's intellectual property rights. Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably appoints the following persons as its agent to receive and acknowledge on its behalf service of any writ, summons, order, judgment or other notice of legal process in England:

For Online BVI and Tom Holding:

Simmons & Simmons Citypoint One Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9SS United Kingdom

For Skype and Skype Holding:

S Technologies 2nd Floor, 7-11 Lexington Street London W1F 9AF United Kingdom

For the Company:

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If for any reason the relevant agent named above (or its successor) refuses to serve or no longer serves as agent of the Company or Online BVI/Tom Holding or, as the case may be, Skype/Skype Holding for this purpose, the Company or Online BVI/Tom Holding or, as the case may be, Skype/Skype Holding` shall promptly appoint a successor agent, notify each of the other parties thereof and deliver to each of the other parties a copy of the new process agent's acceptance of appointment, provided that until each of the other parties receive such notification, the party or parties not having received such notification shall be entitled to treat the agent named above (or its said successor) as the agent of such party for the purposes of this Section 14.2. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees that any such legal process shall be sufficiently served on it if delivered to such agent for service at its address set forth above whether or not such agent gives notice thereof to it.

14.3 Entire Agreement; Termination of Memorandum. This Agreement, including the Exhibits attached hereto, and the Deed, constitute the entire Agreement and understanding between the parties to this Agreement and integrates and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements or arrangements between them related to its subject matter. No modification of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each party to this Agreement. Upon execution of this Agreement by all parties to this Agreement, the Memorandum shall be deemed terminated and cancelled. Each party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement, it does not rely on, has not relied on, and shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or other provision (in any case whether oral or written, express or implied and whether negligently or innocently made) of any Person (whether a party to this Agreement or not) which is not expressly set out in this Agreement and the only remedy available in respect of any misrepresentation or untrue statement made to such party shall be a claim for breach of contract under this Agreement except to the extent that the misrepresentation or untrue statement is repeated in this Agreement in which case any remedies for misrepresentation shall be unaffected and nothing in this clause shall operate to limit or exclude any liability arising from any fraudulent or dishonest statement, act or omission.

14.4 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by a party to this Agreement to any other Person without the express written approval of the other parties to this Agreement and any attempt at assignment in violation of this section shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Skype or Skype Holding may assign this Agreement to a third party without such consent in the event of a merger, reorganization or sale of all or substantially all of Skype's or Skype Holding's assets or voting securities, provided that written notice of such assignment is delivered to Online BVI and the Company and the assignee assumes all the responsibilities and obligations provided herein.

14.5 Notices. All legal notices required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing addressed to the respective parties to this Agreement as set forth below and shall either be (i) personally delivered, (ii) transmitted by postage prepaid certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) transmitted by nationally recognized private express courier, and shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered personally, or three (7) days after deposit in mail or three (3) days if delivered by express courier. A party to this Agreement may change its address for purposes hereof by written notice to the other in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.5. The addresses for the parties to this Agreement are as set forth in the preamble hereof, with attention in each case to the respective Chief Executive Officer.

14.6 Rights to Injunctive Relief. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that remedies at law or damages may be inadequate to the other parties to this Agreement to provide full compensation in the event of a material breach relating to the other parties' obligations, representations, and warranties hereunder, and each party to this Agreement shall therefore be entitled to seek injunctive relief or specific performance in the event of any actual or threatened material breach by a party to this Agreement.   27

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14.7 Waiver. The waiver, express or implied, by a party to this Agreement of any breach of this Agreement by another party to this Agreement will not waive any subsequent breach by such party of the same or a different kind. A failure to exercise or delay in exercising any right, remedy or power provided under this Agreement or by law does not constitute a waiver of the right, remedy or power or a waiver of any other right, remedy or power. No single or partial exercise of any right, remedy or power prevents any further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right, remedy or power. Except where this Agreement provides otherwise, the rights, remedies and powers provided by this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies or powers provided by law.

14.8 Headings. The headings to the Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement are included merely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning of the language included therein.

14.9 Independent Contractors. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that they are dealing with each other hereunder as independent contractors. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be interpreted as constituting any party the joint venturer, employee or partner of the other party or as conferring upon any party the power of authority to bind another party in any transaction with third parties.

14.10 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.

14.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. For purposes hereof, a facsimile copy of this Agreement, including the signature pages hereto, shall be deemed to be an original. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties to this Agreement shall deliver original execution copies of this Agreement to one another as soon as practicable following execution thereof.

14.12 Attorney's Fees. Should a party hereto initiate a legal or administrative action or proceeding (Action) to enforce any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, the prevailing party (as determined by the court or other fact-finder) shall (to the extent permitted by English law) be entitled to recover from the losing party or parties all reasonable costs of the Action, including without limitation attorneys' fees and costs.

14.13 Further Assurances. Each Party shall promptly execute and deliver all such documents, and do all such things, as the other Party may from time to time reasonably require for the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of this Agreement.

14.14 Governing Language. This Agreement is in the English language only, and all communications between the parties relative to this Agreement shall be conducted in the English language only.

14.15 Survival. Sections 1, 4.2 (but not 4.2.3.2.4), 5.4, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 14 and the obligation to pay any amount accrued but not yet paid shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement.

14.16 The parties agree that the provisions of this Agreement are personal to them and are not intended to confer any rights of enforcement on any third party. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 shall not apply to this Agreement or to any of its provisions.   28

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.   SKYPE COMMUNICATIONS, S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES , S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE (BVI) LIMITED

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE INC.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TEL-ONLINE LIMITED

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF STATEMENT OF WORK   1. Introduction:

The following is Statement of Work No.   (Statement of Work), made as of    , 200 , to the Co-Branding Agreement (Agreement) executed on August 22, 2005, by and among (a) Skype Communications, S.A., a Luxembourg limited company (société anonyme) (Skype), with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adophe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg, Luxembourg, (b) Skype Technologies, S.A., a Luxembourg limited company (société anonyme) (Skype Holding), with its principal place of business at 6 rue Adolphe Fischer, L-1520 Luxembourg; (c) Tom Online (BVI) Limited, a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (Online BVI), whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; (d) Tom Online Inc., a Cayman Islands corporation (Tom Holding), a company listed on GEM Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and NASDAQ, with its correspondence address at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC; and Tel-Online Limited, a company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands (Company), whose correspondence address is at 8th Floor, Tower W3, Oriental Plaza No.1 Dong Changan Avenue, Dong Chang District, Beijing 100738, PRC. Except as specifically stated herein, each capitalized term used in this Statement shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Agreement. The effective date (Effective Date) of this Statement is  ,  , 200 .   2. General Description of Services:

[TO BE ADDED]   3. Deliverables:

[TO BE ADDED]   4. Completion Dates:

[TO BE ADDED]   5. Fees:

[TO BE ADDED]   6. Term:

[TO BE ADDED]   7. Contributor's Agreement:

The Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, require any employee or independent contractor who works on or provides materials or services pursuant to Paragraph 3 above to execute a Contributor's Agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Skype. Upon Skype's request, the Company will, and Online BVI will cause the Company to, provide Skype copies of all executed Contributor's Agreements.

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Online BVI and the Company agree that the Project Manager listed below as Company Project Manager has full authority to direct and provide feedback relating to the Services described in this Statement. Any party may change its Project Manager from time to time, upon notice to the other parties and subject to the qualifications set forth in the preceding sentence.   Company Project Manager:   Skype Project Manager: ____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________ Phone:_______________________________________________   Phone: _______________________________________________ Fax: ________________________________________________   Fax: ________________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________________________________   E-mail: ______________________________________________

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have agreed to this Statement of Work as of the Effective Date written above.   SKYPE COMMUNICATIONS, S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES , S.A.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE (BVI) LIMITED

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TOM ONLINE INC.

By:     Its:  Chief Executive Officer

TEL-ONLINE LIMITED

By:     Its:  Director

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.
[EX A]: TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT FOR THE WILFUL MISAPPROPRIATION OR INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13, (A) THE LIABILITY OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, IF ANY, FOR DAMAGES FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY, WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER OR THE SERVICES PERFORMED HEREUNDER, SHALL NOT INCLUDE COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT OR DAMAGES ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF PRESENT OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS, EXPENDITURES, DATA, OPPORTUNITY, ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, INVESTMENTS OR COMMITMENTS, WHETHER MADE IN ESTABLISHMENT, DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF REPUTATION OR GOODWILL OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON WHATSOEVER; AND (B) IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

[EX Q]: SERVICES AGREEMENT CONQUER RISK MANAGED VOLATILITY FUND CONQUER RISK TACTICAL ROTATION FUND CONQUER RISK TACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND CONQUER RISK DEFENSIVE BULL FUND

AGREEMENT dated as of June 24, 2020, between PFS Funds (the Trust), a Massachusetts business trust, and Potomac Fund Management, Inc. (the Adviser), a Florida Corporation.

WHEREAS, the Trust has been organized to operate as an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act); and WHEREAS, the Trust has engaged the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Conquer Risk Managed Volatility Fund, Conquer Risk Tactical Rotation Fund, Conquer Risk Tactical Opportunities Fund, and Conquer Risk Defensive Bull Fund (each a Fund), series of PFS Funds; and WHEREAS, the Trust wishes to retain the Adviser to perform certain additional services as hereinafter described on behalf of the Fund; and WHEREAS, the Adviser wishes to provide such services to the Fund under the conditions set forth below; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, the Trust and the Adviser agree as follows:

1. Employment. The Trust, being duly authorized, hereby employs the Adviser to perform the services described in this Agreement. The Adviser shall perform such services upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Any services undertaken by the Adviser pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other activities undertaken by the Adviser on behalf of the Trust pursuant hereto, shall at all times be subject to any directives of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.

2. Trust Administration. The Adviser shall give the Trust the benefit of its best judgment, efforts and facilities in rendering its services. The Adviser shall at all times conform to: (i) all applicable provisions of the Act and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder; (ii) the provisions of the Registration Statement of the Trust under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Act as amended from time to time; (iii) the provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust and the By-Laws of the Trust; and (iv) any other applicable provisions of state and federal law.

Subject to the direction and control of the Trust, the Adviser shall supervise the Fund's business affairs. In addition, to the extent not otherwise provided by other parties under agreements with the Trust, the Adviser shall supply: (i) non-investment related statistical and research data; (ii) the services of a Chief Compliance Officer for the Trust with respect to the

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Fund and (iii) executive and administrative services. The Adviser shall also assist with and/or supervise the preparation by the Trust's administrator, transfer agent, and/or auditors of: (i) tax returns; (ii) reports to shareholders of the Fund; (iii) reports to, and filings with, the Securities and Exchange Commission, state securities commissions and Blue Sky authorities including preliminary and definitive proxy materials and post-effective amendments to the Trust's registration statement; and (iv) necessary materials for meetings of the Trust's Board of Trustees. The Adviser shall provide personnel to serve as officers of the Trust if so elected by the Board of Trustees. Executive and administrative services include, but are not limited to, the coordination of all third parties furnishing services to the Fund, review of the books and records of the Fund maintained by such third parties, and the review and submission to the officers of the Fund for their approval, of invoices or other requests for payment of Fund expenses; and such other action with respect to the Fund as may be necessary in the opinion of the Adviser to perform its duties hereunder.

3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. Except as set forth below, the Adviser will pay all operating expenses of each Fund specifically assumed by the Fund under the Management Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser dated June 24, 2020 (the Management Agreement), including without limitation the compensation and expenses of any employees of the Fund and of any other persons rendering any services to the Fund; clerical and shareholder service staff salaries; office space and other office expenses; fees and expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with membership in investment company organizations; legal, auditing and accounting expenses; expenses of registering shares under federal and state securities laws, including expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the organization and initial registration of shares of the Fund; insurance expenses; fees and expenses of the custodian, transfer agent, dividend disbursing agent, shareholder service agent, plan agent, administrator (excluding fees and expenses payable to the Adviser under this Agreement and the Management Agreement), accounting and pricing services agent and underwriter of the Fund; expenses, including clerical expenses, of issue, sale, redemption or repurchase of shares of the Fund; the cost of preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders, the cost of printing or preparing prospectuses and statements of additional information for delivery to shareholders; the cost of printing or preparing stock certificates or any other documents, statements or reports to shareholders; expenses of shareholders' meetings and proxy solicitations; and all other operating expenses not specifically assumed by the Fund. For purposes of this Agreement, operating expenses shall not include advertising, promotion and other expenses incurred directly or indirectly in connection with the sale or distribution of the Fund's shares (including expenses that the Fund is authorized to pay pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act, if any).

The Fund will pay all brokerage fees and commissions, taxes, borrowing costs (such as (a) interest and (b) dividend expenses on securities sold short), ADR fees, fees and expenses of acquired funds, extraordinary or non-recurring expenses as may arise, including litigation to which the Fund may be a party and indemnification of the Trust's Trustees and officers with respect thereto. The Fund also will pay the fees paid pursuant to the Management Agreement between the Adviser and the Trust, and all expenses which it is now or in the future may be authorized to pay pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. The Adviser may obtain reimbursement from the Fund, at such time or times as the Adviser may determine in its sole discretion, for any expenses advanced by the Adviser that the Fund is obligated to pay, and such reimbursement shall not be considered to

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be part of the Adviser's compensation pursuant to this Agreement.





4. Record Keeping and Other Information. The Adviser shall create and maintain all necessary records in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, but not limited to, records required by Section 31(a) of the Act and the rules thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time, pertaining to the various functions performed by it and not otherwise created and maintained by another party pursuant to contract with the Trust. Where applicable, such records shall be maintained by the Adviser for the periods and in the places required by Rule 31a-2 under the Act.

5. Audit, Inspection and Visitation. The Adviser shall make available to the Trust during regular business hours all records and other data created and maintained pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Agreement for reasonable audit and inspection by the Trust or any regulatory agency having authority over the Trust.

6. Compensation. For the performance of the Adviser's obligations under this Agreement, including payment of certain expenses of each of the Funds pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof, each Fund shall pay the Adviser, on the first business day following the end of each month, a fee at an annual rate of 0.65% of a Fund's average daily net assets up to $25 million, 0.35% of a Fund's average daily net assets from $25 million to $100 million, and 0.25% of a Fund's average daily net assets for such assets in excess of $100 million.

The average value of the daily net assets of a Fund shall be determined pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust or a resolution of the Board of Trustees, if required. If, pursuant to such provisions, the determination of net asset value of a Fund is suspended for any particular business day, then for the purposes of this paragraph, the value of the net assets of a Fund as last determined shall be deemed to be the value of the net assets as of the close of the business day, or as of such other time as the value of the Fund's net assets may lawfully be determined, on that day. If the determination of the net asset value of a Fund has been suspended for a period including such month, the Adviser's compensation payable at the end of such month shall be computed on the basis of the value of the net assets of the Fund as last determined (whether during or prior to such month).

7. Limitation of Liability. The Adviser may rely on information reasonably believed by it to be accurate and reliable. Except as may otherwise be required by the Act or the rules thereunder, neither the Adviser nor its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents, control persons or affiliates of any thereof (collectively, the Adviser Employees) shall be subject to any liability for, or any damages, expenses or losses incurred by the Trust in connection with any error of judgment, mistake of law, any act or omission in connection with or arising out of any services rendered under or payments made pursuant to this Agreement or any other matter to which this Agreement relates, except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of any such persons in the performance of the duties of the Adviser under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard by any of such persons of the obligations and duties of the Adviser under this Agreement. Any person, even though also a director, officer, employee, shareholder or agent of the Adviser, who may be or become a trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Trust or

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acting on any business of the Trust (other than services or business in connection with the Adviser's duties hereunder), to be rendering such services to or acting solely for the Trust and not as a director, officer, employee, shareholder or agent, or one under the control or direction of the Adviser, even though paid by it. The Adviser is responsible for any information that it provides to the Trust for inclusion in the prospectus and/or statement of additional information of the Fund. The Adviser agrees to defend and indemnify the Trust, and its trustees, officers and agent from and against any and all liability, losses, claims and damages arising from any inaccurate or incomplete statement provided by the Adviser (or its officers, employees, directors and agents) for inclusion in the Fund's prospectus or statement of additional information. The Adviser agrees to defend and indemnify the Trust, and its trustees, officers and agents from and against any and all liability, losses, claims and damages arising from your willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the Adviser's part or the part of the Adviser's officers, employees, directors and agents in the performance of the Adviser's duties under this Agreement, or by reason of reckless disregard by any of such persons of the Adviser's obligations and duties under this Agreement.

8. Services for Others. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Adviser or any affiliated person of the Adviser from providing services for any other person, firm or corporation, including other investment companies; provided, however, that the Adviser expressly represents that it will undertake no activities which, in its judgment, will adversely affect the performance of its obligations to the Trust under this Agreement.

9. Renewal and Termination. The term of this Services Agreement shall begin on the date of execution and shall continue in effect for a period of two years. This Services Agreement shall continue in effect from year to year thereafter, subject to termination as hereinafter provided, if such continuance is approved at least annually by vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or the Adviser. This Agreement may be terminated without the payment of any penalty by either party upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the other party. Upon the termination of this Agreement, the Trust shall pay the Adviser such compensation as may be payable for the period prior to the effective date of such termination. This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event the Management Agreement is assigned or otherwise terminated.

10. The Trust. The term PFS Funds means and refers to the Trustees from time to time serving under the Trust's Agreement and Declaration of Trust as the same may subsequently thereto have been, or subsequently hereto may be, amended. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, officers, employees, agents or nominees of the Trust, or any shareholders of any series of the Trust, personally, but bind only the trust property of the Trust (and only the property of the Fund). The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the Trustees of the Trust and signed by an officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust (and only the property of the Fund) as provided in its Agreement and Declaration of Trust. A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of State of Massachusetts.

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11. Miscellaneous. Each party agrees to perform such further acts and execute such further documents as are necessary to effectuate





the purposes hereof. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Massachusetts. This Agreement may be amended at any time by written instrument executed by each of the parties hereto. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

PFS Funds By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Provence Print Name: Jeffrey R. Provence Title: Trustee, Secretary and Treasurer Potomac Fund Management, Inc. By: /s/ Manish Khatta Print Name: Manish Khatta Title: President

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Cap On Liability that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract include a cap on liability upon the breach of a party’s obligation? This includes time limitation for the counterparty to bring claims or maximum amount for recovery.
[EX A]:
Except as may otherwise be required by the Act or the rules thereunder, neither the Adviser nor its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, agents, control persons or affiliates of any thereof (collectively, the "Adviser Employees") shall be subject to any liability for, or any damages, expenses or losses incurred by the Trust in connection with any error of judgment, mistake of law, any act or omission in connection with or arising out of any services rendered under or payments made pursuant to this Agreement or any other matter to which this Agreement relates, except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of any such persons in the performance of the duties of the Adviser under this Agreement or by reason of reckless disregard by any of such persons of the obligations and duties of the Adviser under this Agreement. Any person, even though also a director, officer, employee, shareholder or agent of the Adviser, who may be or become a trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Trust or