SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-02-13

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<div><a name="s482684c4628046c992a0f96713e63a94"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CERTAIN INFORMATION OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SEC</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Third Amendment to Pooled Patents Agreement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Third Amendment to the Pooled Patents Agreement (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Third Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) is effective as of the date of last signature found below (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Third Amendment Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) between Illumina, Inc., a Delaware corporation having a place of business at 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122 ("</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Illumina</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">") and Sequenom, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having a place of business at 3595 John Hopkins Court, San Diego CA 92121 (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Sequenom</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;). Sequenom and Illumina may be referred to herein as &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Party</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; or &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Parties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Parties entered into the Pooled Patents Agreement, dated December 2, 2014, as amended via a First Amendment dated April 21, 2016 and via a Second Amendment dated April 17, 2017 (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;); </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend Schedule 1A of the Agreement to permit lower Test Fees to be paid by certain additional companies, as identified herein; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, for good and valuable consideration, the Parties agree to amend the Agreement as follows:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Schedule 1A is amended to add the following entities:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">[&#8230;***&#8230;]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Except as expressly modified herein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. All capitalized terms not defined in this Third Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, the Parties have signed this Third Amendment as of the dates indicated below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:au