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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)          April 18, 2008
                                                                                                                                           Amarillo Biosciences, Inc.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Texas
0-20791
75-1974352
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
 
           4134 Business Park Drive, Amarillo, Texas                                                                       79110-4225
(Address of principal executive offices)                                                                        (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code   (806) 376-1741
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 20, 2008, the Company entered into a Supply Agreement for Animal Health with CytoPharm, Inc., a Tapei, Taiwan-based biopharmaceutical company whose parent is Vita Genomics, Inc.  Under the terms of the Agreement, CytoPharm or its affiliates will conduct all clinical trials and seek to obtain regulatory approvals in both China and Taiwan (the Territory) to launch the Company’s low dose oral interferon (the Product) in the Territory for treatment and prevention of various diseases in swine, cattle and poultry.
 

 
 
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According to the Agreement, an initial license fee of $30,000 was paid by CytoPharm to the Company when the agreement was entered and another $30,000 fee is payable to the Company when CytoPharm receives certain technologies and processes related to mixing and manufacturing the Product.  Additionally, CytoPharm will pay royalties on sales in the Territory.
 
Item 5.02
Appointment of Certain Officers.

On April 14, 2008, the Company hired Dr. Peter Mueller, Ph.D. to be the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Director of Research of the Company. Dr. Mueller will be responsible for research and development, business development, licensing, global commercial development, production, and administration. He will be actively involved in the development of strategic alliances and business opportunities with other companies and organizations.
 
Dr. Mueller’s position with the Company began on April 15, 2008, and is to continue indefinitely. His position with the Company is terminable by him or the Company upon three months advance written notice. His employment is governed by a written employment contract entered into by him and the Company on April 14, 2008, which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
Dr. Mueller has headed the firm Epicenter Consulting, Inc., a New Jersey-based healthcare consulting firm that he founded in 2001. He has more than 20 years of global experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Epicenter Consulting, Inc. is not a parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of the Company.
 
Under the employment contract, Dr. Mueller is to earn the annual amount of $210,000.00, payable in cash or voting common stock of the Company, depending upon the availability of cash. In addition to this compensation, he has been granted the option to purchase 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock exercisable at various times during the first eight (8) years of his employment at $0.32 per share.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
Item 9.01                      Exhibits.
 
10.54
Supply Agreement for Animal Health dated March 20, 2008, between CytoPharm, Inc. and the Company
 
10.55
Employment Contract dated April 14, 2008, between Dr. Peter Mueller, Ph.D. and the Company.
 
DATE: April 18, 2008.
 
AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INC.


By:             /s/ Joseph M. Cummins
Joseph M. Cummins, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer


 
 
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EX-10.54 2 exhibit10-54.htm AMAR EXHIBIT 10.54_04-18-08 exhibit10-54.htm
 
EXHIBIT 10.54

SUPPLY AGREEMENT FOR ANIMAL HEALTH


THIS AGREEMENT is made and effective this 20th day of  March, 2008, by and between AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INCORPORATED, a Texas corporation with its principal place of business at 4134 Business Park Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79110 USA (hereinafter “ABI”) and CytoPharm, Inc., (“CYTO”), a corporation, having a principal place of business at 6 F No. 6, Jungshing Road, Sec. 1, Wugu Shiang, Taipei County 248, Taiwan, (ABI and CYTO collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Parties”).
 
WHEREAS, ABI has substantial expertise in the production and use of HBL interferon (hereinafter defined) and has proprietary rights and know-how in the field of produc­tion, purification, formulation and use of HBL interferon.
 
WHEREAS, ABI and CYTO now desire to promote applications of technology relating to the oral administration of HBL interferon in the swine, cattle and poultry species and CYTO desires to use, formulate, test, and market oral dosage forms of  HBL interferon for treatment of diseases and other healthcare applications of swine, cattle and poultry in the Territory (hereinafter defined);
 
WHEREAS, CYTO has expressed willingness to pay all costs related to gaining regulatory approval in Taiwan and China but desires ABI's assistance with study design, protocol preparation, regulatory affairs and management of clinical trials.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, CYTO and ABI agree as follows:
 


 
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
 
1.01.    “Agreement” means this Supply Agreement.
 
1.02.            “Affiliate” means a corporation, company, partner­ship, or other business entity which controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the designat­ed party.  In the case of a corporation, “control” means owner­ship either directly or indirectly of at least forty percent (40%) of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors.  By way of explanation but not limitation, Cyto Biotech, is an Affiliate of CYTO.
 
1.03.            “Anhydrous Crystalline Maltose or “ACM” means a maltose crystalline powder that is obtained from highly purified maltose by additional dehydration by heating.
 
1.04.            “Animal Dose(s)” means the approved dosage of HBL IFNα in International Units (IU) per unit dose to be used in the animal species which dosage shall be determined by the testing to be funded by CYTO.
 
1.05.            bulk HBL interferon” means HBL IFNα provided in a concentrated form for use in the manufacture of formulations for use in the Licensed Species.
 
1.06.            “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means, unless the Parties agree otherwise, those efforts consistent with the exercise of prudent scientific and business judgment, as applied to other products of similar scientific and commercial potential within the relevant product lines of the Parties.
 
1.07             “HBL Agreement” means the Joint Development and Manufacturing/Supply Agreement by and between HBL and ABI dated as of March 13, 1992, [as amended by the First Amendment to Joint Development and Manufacturing/Supply Agreement

 
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dated as of January 17, 1996 and the Addendum to Manufacturing/Supply Agreements dated as of May 10, 1996 and September 7, 2001].
 
1.08.            “HBL interferon” means the natural human interferon-alpha (“IFNα”) used by HBL for the formulation of natural IFNα-containing formu­lation(s) for use in the treatment of human renal cell carcinoma and hepatitis B in Japan, presently under the manufactur­ing and commer­cializing approval of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan, and which is produced by HBL.  HBL interferon is provided for use in the manufacture of formulations for use in the Licensed Species.
 
1.09.            “Licensed Species” means swine, cattle and poultry.
 
1.010.          “Net Sales” means the invoice amounts actually received for sales of the Product by CYTO, its Affiliates or sub-licensees in a bona fide arm's length transaction, less the following items, provided that they are bona fide transactions designed to optimize the sales of Product (a) cash discounts and trade allowances actually granted, (b) rebates and charge backs required by Applicable Laws or made pursuant to agreements with customers, (c) credits or allowances actually granted upon claims, damaged goods, outdated goods, rejections or returns of such Product, including recalls, (d) taxes, tariffs and similar obligations, duties or other governmental charges (other than income taxes and inventory taxes) levied on, absorbed or otherwise imposed on sales of such Product in the Territory and shown separately on the invoice, (e) shipping charges, and (f) insurance costs related to shipping.
 
1.11.            “Other Interferon” means any interferon not provided by HBL that is formulated with ACM to treat Licensed Species.

 
 
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1.12.            “Product means a formulation or composition containing both ACM and HBL IFN, Other Interferon formulated with ACM, or other products formulated by CYTO based on the above product and designated for oral use in the Licensed Species.
 
1.13.            “Technical Information” means all informa­tion, reports, results, inven­tions, licenses, know-how, improve­ments, materials, and any other technical and scien­tific data, specifica­tions and formulae directly related to develop­ment, regulatory approval, manufacture, testing, use, marketing and/or sale of HBL interferon, and any non-public information relevant to the business of the Parties which is necessarily disclosed by one to the other during the Parties' performance under this Agreement.  “ABI Technical Informa­tion” refers to Technical Informa­tion originating with ABI or which ABI has developed or has obtained through its contractual relationships with third parties including HBL.  “CYTO Technical Informa­tion” refers to Technical Information originating with CYTO or which CYTO will develop or has devel­oped or has obtained through its contractual relationships with third parties.  “Technical Informa­tion” when not other­wise speci­fied herein means both ABI Technical Information and CYTO Techni­cal Informa­tion.
 
1.14.            “Territory” means the countries of Republic of China (“Taiwan”) and People’s Republic of China (“China”).
 
 
ARTICLE II
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
2.01.    ABI Obligations.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, ABI shall supply ACM, bulk HBL interferon and ABI Technical Information for the manufacture, use, formula­tion, testing and/or marketing of oral dosage forms involving the stabilization and

 
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delivery of HBL IFN in ACM, for use in the Licensed Species in the Territory, exclusively to CYTO for such use, and to no other persons or entities.  Such oral dosage forms shall be subject to resale or other distribution by CYTO to other persons or entities for use, formula­tion, testing, and/or marketing; provided, however, that CYTO shall not resell or otherwise distribute such oral dosage forms or HBL interferon and ACM to other persons or entities for formulation, testing and/or marketing by such other persons or entities without first obtaining ABI's written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.  ABI shall ­supply ACM and bulk HBL interferon for delivery to CYTO f.o.b. HBL's manufac­turing facili­ties, or for delivery at other locations by agreement of the Parties, packaged in bulk, and such product shall be supplied in response to issu­ance by CYTO of written purchase orders de­livered to ABI specifying the quantity to be supplied, along with any special instruc­tions/requests regarding the supply and/or delivery of the product.
 
 
(a) CYTO shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to timely secure any and all Governmental Approvals in the Territory and shall own and maintain all Governmental Approvals and related information as provided herein. The Parties agree and acknowledge that Governmental Approval for the Product will be sought in The Territory.
 

 
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(b) The foregoing notwithstanding, it shall be conclusively presumed that CYTO has not used “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” as to a particular Licensed Species, if (i) CYTO fails to commence clinical trials for that species within one (1) year of the Effective Date; or (ii) CYTO fails to achieve commercial sales for that species within two (2) years of the Effective Date.  If CYTO fails to enroll a species in a clinical trial within twelve (12) months or fails to achieve commercial sales for that species within two (2) years, CYTO shall lose the rights under this Agreement for that particular species, but not for other species for which CYTO has used Commercial Reasonable Efforts.
 
 
(c) CYTO shall maintain records in sufficient detail and in good scientific manner appropriate for patent and regulatory purposes and shall properly reflect all work done and results achieved in the performance of its duties hereunder (including all data in the form required to be maintained under any Applicable Laws), and any subsequent pre-clinical or clinical studies (the “Clinical Records”). The Clinical Records generated in the Territory shall be owned by CYTO and shall be considered Confidential Information of CYTO and ABI.  ABI may request the Clinical Records, and CYTO shall provide the Clinical Records to ABI, subject to applicable laws and regulations.  These records include books, records, reports, research notes, charts, graphs, comments, computations, analyses, compilations, recordings, photographs, computer programs and documentation thereof, computer information storage means, samples of materials and other graphic or written data generated in connection with CYTO's research and development activities with respect to the Product.
 

 
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(d) In the event ABI requests that more than 1,000 pages be copied in connection with the foregoing, ABI shall reimburse CYTO for CYTO’s actual out of pocket costs for making copies in excess of 1,000 pages.  ABI shall pay CYTO such amounts within 30 days following ABI’s receipt of an invoice therefor accompanied by documentation reasonably supporting such invoice.
 
                (e) ABI has the right, upon fifteen business days’ prior written notice to CYTO, to review the Clinical Records associated with CYTO’s activities under this Agreement during normal business hours, and CYTO shall, subject to Applicable Laws, provide ABI upon request with a copy of all requested Clinical Records, at ABI’s cost, to the extent reasonably required for the exercise of ABI's rights under this Agreement. ABI may use the Clinical Records and the summaries thereof for commercial and regulatory approval purposes. If ABI wants to provide a non-governmental entity Third Party with the Clinical Records or a summary thereof or use information contained in such records for a commercial purpose, ABI may do so as long as the non-governmental entity Third Party agrees to the Confidentiality provisions of Article VIII.
 
 
2.04.      Reporting Obligations of CYTO. On or prior to December 31st of each year during the TERM of this Agreement CYTO shall provide ABI with a report of ongoing development efforts, including a report of efforts by CYTO with respect to clinical testing, regulatory approval efforts, marketing/sales strategy, and any other areas into which CYTO's reasonable business efforts in accordance with this paragraph may reasonably be categorized. Such report shall be provided in English and shall be accompanied by samples of labeling, instructions, promotional and other support materials, if any, developed for CYTO's sales force, patients, physicians, or other outside parties.
 
ARTICLE III
 
 
3.01.     License and Supply Grant.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Existing Licenses, ABI hereby grants to CYTO:
 
 
(a) an exclusive sublicense, under the ABI Technology to use the ABI Technology to market, advertise, promote, manufacture, offer for sale, sell, and distribute the Product in the Territory; and
 
(b) an exclusive sublicense, under all rights granted to ABI pursuant to the HBL Agreement to market, advertise, promote, manufacture, offer for sale, sell, and distribute the Product in the Territory.
 
shall not sell Product to any customer in any country outside the Territory or to any customer in the Territory if, to the knowledge of CYTO, such customer intends to resell such Product in any country outside the Territory.
 
 
ARTICLE IV
PAYMENTS AND ROYALTIES
 
 
4.01.      Initial Fee.  On the Effective Date, as an initial license fee, CYTO shall pay to ABI a sum equal to Thirty Thousand US Dollars ($30,000).  This fee will be wired into ABI’s designated bank account within 30 days of the Effective Date. Failure to make this initial paymentshall cause the Agreement to be terminated and to be of no further force or effect (except for Article XV). Upon  receipt of the initial license fee, ABI shall provide CYTO with All the existing regulatory documents in ABI’s possession that are needed to obtain government approval for trials in China and Taiwan.  ABI shall request HBL transfer the technologies and manufacturing processes for mixing concentrated IFNα and ACM to CYTO; and CYTO will utilize such technologies and processes solely for the purpose of mixing interferon with ACM. After ABI notifies CYTO in writing or by e-mail of supplying documents above and completes the transfer of technologies and manufacturing processes, CYTO will wire into ABI’s designated bank account an additional thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) within 30 days.

 
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4.04.    Minimum Sales. CYTO shall meet or exceed the following annual minimum sales.  If CYTO does not achieve these levels, ABI will have the right to terminate the Agreement.  Year 1 means the first 12 months after regulatory approval is obtained.
Year 1                            $0.5 million
Year 2                            $1.5 million
Year 3 and beyond     $4.0 million

 
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4.05.      Reports. CYTO shall furnish to ABI a quarterly written report, which report shall contain at a minimum (a) the number of interferon and ACM sold; (b) the calculation of Net Sales; (c) royalties payable in U.S. dollars, if any, which shall have accrued hereunder based upon Net Sales; (d) withholding taxes, if any, required by law to be deducted with respect to such sales; (e) the dates of the First Commercial Sale of any Product; and (f) the exchange rates, if any, used to determine the amount of United States dollars (collectively, the “Royalty Statement”). Reports shall be due on the 45th day following the close of each quarter.
 
 
4.06.     Records and Audits.  During the TERM and for a period of two years thereafter or upon written notice to CYTO received prior to the expiration of such two year period as otherwise required in order for ABI to comply with Applicable Law, CYTO shall keep complete and accurate records in sufficient detail to permit ABI to confirm the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in each Royalty Statement and all payments due hereunder. CYTO shall permit an independent, certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to CYTO to audit and/or inspect those records of CYTO (including financial records) that relate to number of lozenges sold and Net Sales for the sole purpose of verifying the completeness and accuracy of the Royalty Statements and, the calculation of Minimum Royalties, Net Sales and confirming royalty payments for the Product, during the preceding calendar year. Such inspection shall be conducted during CYTO’s normal business hours, no more than once in any 12-month period and upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice by ABI to CYTO. If such accounting firm concludes that such payments were underpaid during the periods reviewed by such accountants, CYTO shall pay ABI the amount of any such underpayments, within thirty (30) days of the date ABI delivers to CYTO such accounting firm's report so concluding that such payments were underpaid.  If CYTO

 
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fails to remit the payment within thirty (30) days, interest at a rate equal to the Prime Rate of Interest shall be imposed starting from the 31st day.  If such accounting firm concludes that such payments were overpaid during such period, ABI shall pay to CYTO the amount of any such overpayments, without interest, within thirty (30) days of the date ABI delivers to CYTO such accounting firm's report so concluding that such payments were overpaid. If ABI fails to remit payment within 30 days, interest at a rate equal to the Prime Rate shall be imposed starting from the 31st day.  Provisions in this Section 4.06 requiring either Party to pay interest shall not prevent the other Party from immediately taking all actions necessary to collect all amounts due, or to enforce any other remedy under this Agreement.  ABI shall bear the full cost of such audit unless such audit discloses an underpayment by more than 5% of the amount due during such period. In such case, CYTO shall bear the full cost of such audit. CYTO shall provide ABI a copy of the CYTO audited financial statements with sufficient detail to show the portion of revenue from HBL interferon sales and Other Interferon formulation with ACM sales each year to be delivered to ABI within 3 months of the end of CYTO’s fiscal year.
 

 
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4.10.             CYTO shall pay ABI for Bulk HBL Interferon $10/million IU plus $30/kilogram for ACM plus the amount of any future HBL price increases to ABI.

4.11.             CYTO shall remit to ABI payment in U.S. funds via wire transfer to a bank account of ABI’s choice.  Fifty percent (50%) of the payment will accompany the purchase order with the balance to be paid within 15 days of the date CYTO accepts delivery at HBL’s factory or warehouse in Japan.

 
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ARTICLE V
WARRANTIES
 
ABI makes no warranty, express or implied, and all implied warranties or warran­ties of merchantabil­ity and fitness for a particular purpose are hereby disclaimed and excluded.  HBL warrants to ABI in the HBL Agreement that Manufactured Products delivered to ABI, its Affiliates, or Sub licensees shall conform to all specifications listed on the Product Specification Sheet(s) for said Manufacture Product(s) at the time of its delivery, provided that HBL shall be compensated separately for any packaging or labeling performed at the request of ABI.  It is understood that HBL makes no other warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose which are beyond the aforesaid stated warranty obligations are hereby disclaimed and excluded.
 
                                        ARTICLE VI
                                DISCLAIMERS AND INDEMNIFICATION
 
6.01.             ABI makes no represen­tation or warranty that the manufacture or sale of Manufactured Products will not infringe any third party patent, nor does ABI assume any obligations with respect to infringements of patents of others arising as a result of CYTO's activities under this Agree­ment except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agree­ment.
 
6.02.             ABI makes no covenant either to defend any infringe­ment charge by a third party or to initiate action against infringers of any of its patents except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
6.03.             ABI makes no representation or warranty concern­ing the potential profitability of sales of Product and shall not be liable for failure of licensee to obtain a profit or income from such sales.
 

 
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6.04.                       ABI SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ANY REPRESEN­TATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE CONDI­TION, MERCHANT­ABILI­TY, DESIGN, FUNCTION OR FITNESS FOR USE OF PROD­UCTS.
 
6.05.                      CYTO agrees that it shall indemnify and save ABI harmless from any and all claims, demands, actions and causes of action against ABI, whether groundless or not, in connec­tion with any and all injuries, losses, damages or liabili­ty of any kind whatsoever, arising, directly or indirect­ly, out of the use, distribution, and/or sale of Product by or through CYTO.  ABI shall notify CYTO in writing within ten (10) days of its receipt of any claim, demand or lawsuit.  Upon assumption by CYTO of its duty to defend, CYTO will have control of the claim, demand or lawsuit, and except as may be neces­sary to prevent lapse of its legal rights, ABI shall be required to incur no expense with regard to said claim, demand or lawsuit.  ABI shall, at CYTO's request, provide reason­able assis­tance in defense of any such claim, demand or lawsuit.
 
 
                                        ARTICLE VII
                                TERM OR TERMINATION; DEFAULT
 
7.01.                      Unless sooner termi­nated as herein­after provided, this Agreement shall remain in effect for a period of ten (10) years from the date of this Agreement.  After said initial term, the Agreement shall be automatical­ly renewed for successive one (1) year terms subject to the prior written agreement of the Parties (herein­after called “Renewal Terms”).
 
7.02.                      If CYTO shall at any time during the initial term or any subsequent Renewal Term of this Agreement default in any obligation hereunder or fail to pay any payment due, and such default shall not be cured within sixty (60) days after written notice from ABI to CYTO specifying the nature of the default, ABI may terminate this Agreement, or may demand specific performance.  Failure to conduct clinical trials in swine in the USA and China within twelve (12) months of the execution of this Agreement shall be cause for termination without notice.

 
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7.03.                      If ABI shall, at any time during the initial term or any subsequent Renewal Terms of this Agree­ment, default in any obligation hereunder other than a default caused by HBL and such default shall not be cured within sixty (60) days after written notice from CYTO to ABI specifying the nature of the default, CYTO may termi­nate this Agreement, or may demand specific perfor­mance.  If a default is caused by HBL, ABI will make its best efforts to influence HBL to cure the default.
 
7.04.                      Any termination pursuant to this Article shall not relieve ABI of any obligation to fill purchase orders placed with ABI prior to termination.
 
7.05.                      The exercise by either Party of any right of termina­tion shall not constitute a waiver of any other rights or remedies available to such party for violation of the terms of this Agreement or under applicable law.
 
  ARTICLE VIII
                                                                             CONFIDENTIALITY
 
8.01.                      ABI owns or is licensed under confi­den­tial or secret information relating to HBL interferon-containing products and the use of same in the Licensed Species, and it is the intention of ABI to maintain this confidentiality.
 
8.02.                      CYTO possesses trade secrets and technical and marketing information that are proprietary to CYTO, and it is its intention to maintain the confidentiality of its propri­etary information.
 

 
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8.03.                      Each Party agrees to maintain confiden­tial and secret all information which may be disclosed or provided to it by the other Party and that the Parties may together subse­quently acquire in relation to interferon-containing products and which is designated in writing by clearly identifiable legend as being confidential or secret in character.
 
8.04.                      Each Party's obligation to the other (to maintain confidentiality) hereunder shall terminate with respect to any particular item and only said item of the disclosing Party's confidential information, when the recipi­ent Party can demonstrate that such item of information:
 
8.04.1.                       Is publicly known and available through some means other than by the recipient Party's act or omission; or
 
8.04.2.                       Was in the recipient Party's pos­session prior to its disclosure by the other Party, provided that written evidence of such possession is estab­lished; or
 
8.04.3.                        Has come into the recipient Party's possession through a third party free of any obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party, where said third party has acquired said information lawfully and not under circumstances forbidding its disclo­sure.
 
8.05.                      Neither Party will permit confidential or secret information or any part thereof to be disclosed to third parties or to employees except on a “need-to-know” basis and each will maintain confidential or secret informa­tion and/or documents with the same precautions it uses to safe­guard its own confidential or secret informa­tion.
 
8.06.                      Each Party will notify the other promptly if it has knowledge that a third party possesses confidential or secret information of the other Party related to interferon-containing products.
 

 
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8.07.                      CYTO shall have the right to use ABI's confi­dential or secret informa­tion to the extent reasonably necessary to accomplish the objectives of this Agree­ment, including specifically the right to disclose such information to its Affiliates, actual and potential purchasers or transferees, third-party contract consultants and scientific investigators (from whom CYTO shall secure Confidential Disclosure Agreements) and to regulatory agencies in support of applications for regu­latory agency approval to make, test and/or sell HBL interferon-­containing products.
 
 
ARTICLE IX
BOOKS AND RECORDS
 
9.01.                      CYTO shall keep proper books of accounts which clearly indicate the volume of sales and all other financial data and documentation associated with sales of oral interferon.  CYTO shall provide ABI a copy of the CYTO audited financial statements with sufficient detail to show the portion of revenue from sales of Product in Licensed Species each year to be delivered to ABI at the earliest possible date within 3 months after the end of CYTO’s fiscal year.
 
9.02.                      ABI may nominate an independent public accountant, acceptable to and approved by CYTO (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), once in each calendar year, to inspect the books of account of CYTO and other records and reports deemed reasonably necessary for inspection by said accountant during reasonable business hours for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the reports and payments made by CYTO during the preceding calendar year.  Such accountant shall not disclose any information related to CYTO's financial matters but shall certify to ABI the accuracy of the reports and payments made by CYTO in accordance with

 
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this Agreement.  All fees charged by such accountant shall be paid by ABI except if there are discrepancies in CYTO's reports, which result in under reporting or under payment by a factor greater than 10% of the amount due.  In such instance CYTO shall reimburse ABI for the accountant's costs other than as required by law.  ABI shall not make any public disclosure of the CYTO reports or payments referred to in this agreement.  To the extent disclosure of such information to a third party is required in the ordinary course of ABI's business, such disclosure shall be made subject to the recipient's agreement to hold such information in confidence.
 
 
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
 
10.01.                      Survival.  ARTICLES VII, VIII, and IX shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
 
10.02.                      Force Majeure.  The failure of CYTO, ABI, or any of their Affiliates to take any act re­quired by this Agreement if occasioned by an act of God or the public enemy, fire, explosion, earthquake, perils of the sea, floods, drought, war, riot, sabotage, accident, embargo or any circum­stance of like or different character beyond the reasonable control of the Party so failing or by the interrup­tion or delay in transportation, inadequacy, or shortage or failure of the supply of materials and/or equipment, equipment break­down, labor trouble or compliance with any order, direction, action  or request of any govern­mental officer, depart­ment or agency and whether in any case such circum­stance now exists or hereafter arises, shall not subject either Party to any liabili­ty to the other.
 
10.03.                      Arbitration.  The Parties hereto desire to avoid and settle without litigation future disputes which may arise between them relative to this Agreement.  Accordingly, the Parties

 
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agree to engage in good faith negotiations to resolve any such dispute.  In the event they are unable to resolve any such dispute by negotia­tion, such dispute shall be submitted to arbitration as follows: If arbitration is initiated by CYTO, it shall be held in the State of Texas, U.S.A. in compliance with the Commer­cial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Associa­tion.  If arbitration is initiated by ABI, it shall be held in Taiwan in compliance with the Commer­cial Arbitration Rules of the Arbitration Associa­tion of Taiwan. The arbitra­tion award shall be final and binding upon the Parties hereto and may be filed with and enforced by any competent court of competent jurisdic­tion to enforce said award.  If arbitration is initiated by ABI for failure to pay for HBL interferon, Bulk HBL interferon or ACM, it shall be held in Japan in compliance with the Rule of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.
 
10.04.                      Communication.  Any payment, notice or other communi­cation required or permitted to be made or given to either Party hereto pursuant to this Agreement shall be sufficiently made or given on the date of sending if sent to such Party by certified or registered mail or by an overnight courier service, postage or delivery charge prepaid, or by telex or telefax addressed to it at its address set forth, or to such other address(es) as it may designate by written notice given to the other Party as follows:
 
In case of ABI:                              Dr. Joseph M. Cummins, Chairman & CEO
Amarillo Biosciences, Inc.
4134 Business Park Drive
Amarillo, TX 79110
Facsimile: (806) 376-9301
 
With a copy to:                            Edward L. Morris, Legal Counsel
SandersBaker, PC
320 S. Polk, Ste. 700
Amarillo, TX 79101
Facsimile: (806) 372-3725

 
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In case of CYTO:                         Dr. Ellson Chen, Chairman of Board of Directors
CytoPharm, Inc.,
6 F No. 6, Jungshing Road, Sec. 1
Wugu Shiang, Taipei County 248
Taiwan  
Telephone: +886-2-89769628

                                10.05.                      Amendments to Agreement.  This Agreement consti­tutes the entire agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to all of the matters herein addressed, and supersedes all previous arrangements whether written or oral, covering the same subject matter.  Any amendment or modifica­tion of this Agreement shall be effective only if made in writing, and executed by both Parties.
 
10.06.                      Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by CYTO to any person or entity other than a CYTO Affiliate without the prior written consent of ABI.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by ABI to any person or entity other than an ABI Affiliate without the prior written consent of CYTO.
 
10.07.                      Enforceability.  If one or more of the provi­sions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforce­able, the validity, legality or en­force­ability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.  To the extent permitted by law, each Party waives any provi­sion of law, which renders any provi­sion herein invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect.
 
10.08.                      Nature of Relationship.  Nothing herein shall be construed to place the Parties in a relationship of partners or joint venturers, nor does this Agreement make either party the agent or legal representative of the other for any purposes whatsoever.  The Parties further

 
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agree that no representation shall be made by either party that would create an apparent agency, employment, partner­ship or joint venture.  Neither party shall have the power express or implied, to obligate or bind the other in any manner what­soever.
 
10.09.                      Headings.  The headings of the several sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
 
10.10.      Waiver.  No provision of this Agree­ment shall be deemed waived, unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Party against which the waiver is sought to be en­forced.  The waiver by either of the Parties hereto of any breach of any provision hereof by the other Party shall not be construed to be either a waiver of any succeeding breach of any such provision or a waiver of the provision itself.
 
10.11.        Governmental Approval. In the event ABI has to obtain the approval from the appropriate govern­mental authori­ties of Japan to deliver HBL interferon to the country in which CYTO will use and/or market HBL inter­feron or products containing HBL interferon, ABI's obliga­tion pertaining to the supply of the said product to the said country shall be subject to such approval granted in writing to HBL or ABI.
 
10.12.              No Third-Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement contemplates no third-party beneficiaries, and no person or entity, other than the Parties or their permitted assignees, shall have any rights whatsoever under this Agreement.
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereunto have caused this Manufactur­ing/Supply Agree­ment to be executed in dupli­cate by their duly auth­orized repre­sentatives as of the date first above written.
ABI:                                                                                             CYTO:

AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INC.                                                           CYTOPHARM, INC.



By:     /s/ Joseph M. Cummins                                                                  By:     /s/ Ellson Y. Chen
      Dr. Joseph M. Cummins                                                                             Dr. Ellson Y. Chen
      President and CEO                                                                                      Chairman of the Board of Director

 
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EX-10.55 3 exhibit10-55.htm AMAR EXHIBIT 10.55_04-18-08 exhibit10-55.htm
 
EXHIBIT 10.55

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

This Employment Contract (“Contract”) is entered into by and between Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Employer”) and Peter Mueller (“Employee”). Employer hereby employs Employee, and Employee accepts employment, on the following terms and conditions.

ARTICLE I
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT

1.0. By this Contract, Employer employs Employee, and Employee accepts employment with Employer starting April 15, 2008 to continue until this Contract shall have been terminated by either party by the serving of three months’ advance, written notice of such termination upon the other party.

ARTICLE II
COMPENSATION

2.0. As compensation for all services rendered under this Contract, Employee shall be paid by Employer a salary of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000.00) per YEAR, payable at least monthly during the term of this Contract. The amount paid is to be prorated for any partial employment period.  Furthermore, Employee recognizes that Employer has a cash shortage, and Employee will accept payment in Employer’s voting common stock, which stock shall not be registered, until such time that funds have been raised to pay Employee in cash.  Employee recognizes that Employer may experience periodic cash shortages and agrees that he will take stock in lieu of cash in the future, if the payment of Employee by Employer in cash would cause Employer to default, or to be likely to default, on other obligations.

ARTICLE III
DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE AND JOB DESCRIPTION

3.0. Employee is employed as Chief Operating Officer of Employer, and shall work at the corporate offices in Amarillo, Texas or from his home.  Employee shall perform the duties (below) of Chief Operating Officer; reporting to the President & CEO.

3.1. Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:  The Chief Operating Officer and Director of Research and Development will focus on fund raising and develop, maintain and promote the vision of the company. The COO will direct the functions of research and development (R&D), sales and marketing, business development / licensing, global commercial development, production and administration. The COO will seek strategic alliances and business opportunities with other companies and organizations. The COO will lead the development of the strategic plan and establish objectives for all functions. The COO will interact with regulatory affairs to ensure processes remain in control and product quality is maintained. The COO will evaluate all operations for opportunities to improve quality and productivity, resulting in efficiencies and cost savings.

 
 
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Duties may be further set fourth in the Bylaws of Employer, or by resolution of the Board of Directors of Employer. Employee shall devote his entire productive time, ability, attention and energies to the business of Employer during the term of this Contract, and during such time, Employee shall not directly or indirectly render any services of a business, commercial or professional nature to any other person or organization, whether or not for compensation, without the prior consent of the Board of Directors of Employer.

ARTICLE IV
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

4.0. If Employer provides hospital, surgical, medical, dental, group life insurance, or other fringe benefits to its employees, or any of them, at any time during the term of this Contract, Employee shall be entitled to participate in such benefits, on terms and conditions at least as favorable as those accorded to other employees of Employer, subject to insurability.  Employee shall be entitled an amount of cash equal to what might otherwise be applied to the Company’s group health plan to allow Employee to keep his current health plan.


ARTICLE V
REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY EMPLOYEE

5.0. Employee is authorized to incur reasonable business expenses for promoting the business of Employer, including expenditures for entertainment and travel. Employer will reimburse Employee for all such expenses upon Employee’s presentation of written expense vouchers, itemizing such expenditures.

ARTICLE VI
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PARTIES

6.0. Employee has had access to and become familiar with, and during the term of continued employment, will continue to have access to and become familiar with, various trade secrets, consisting of formulas, devices, secret inventions, processes, compilations of information, records, and specifications owned by Employer and regularly used in the operation of Employer. Employee shall not disclose any such trade secrets directly or indirectly nor use them in any way either during the term of this Contract or at any time thereafter except as required in the course of his employment. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of Employer, whether or not prepared by Employee, shall remain the exclusive property of Employer and shall not be removed from the premises of Employer under any circumstances, except in pursuit of the trade and business of Employer

 
 
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6.1. On the termination of employment or whenever requested by Employer, Employee shall immediately deliver to Employer all property in Employee’s possession or under Employee’s control belonging to Employer, including but not limited to all accounting records, computer terminals and drives, tapes, disks, or other data storage mechanisms, accounting machines, and all office furniture and fixtures, supplies and other personal property in the possession or under the control of Employee, in good condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and including without limitation all correspondence files, research date, and patent information or data, of every sort.

6.2.  Employee hereby promises and agrees to convey and assign to Employer any and all other rights or interests he may now have in and to trade secrets, formulas, devices, inventions, processes, patents, applica­tions, continuations, copyrights, trademarks, compilations of information, records, specifications, rights, interests and data of every other sort, affecting or pertaining directly or indirectly to the business of Employer as now conducted, or to the patents, trade secrets, and other rights not owned by Employer. In further clarification of the preceding sentence, it is not Employee's intention to retain individual­ly any such rights or interests, other than those heretofore specifically excepted. Except for the rights heretofore excepted, Employee does not claim any rights or interests in and to trade secrets, formulas, devices, inventions, processes, patents, applications, continuations, copyrights, trade-marks, compilations of information, records, specifications, rights, interests and data of any other sort, affecting or pertaining directly or indirectly to the business of Employer as now conducted, or to the patents, trade secrets, and other rights now owned by Employer.

6.3.           Employee agrees that he will promptly and fully inform and disclose to Employer all inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries that Employee may have during the term of this Contract that pertain or relate to the business of Employer or to any experimental work carried on by Employer, whether conceived by Employee alone or with others and whether or not conceived during regular working hours. All such inventions, designs, improvements and discoveries shall be the exclusive property of Employer. Employee shall assist Employer in obtaining patents on all such inven­tions, designs, improvements and discoveries deemed patentable by Employer, and shall execute all documents and do all things necessary to obtain such patents for Employer or Employer.

6.4. It is contemplated that Employee in the course of his employment will be engaged in work involving various patents and secret processed owned by Employer. All experiments, developments, formulas, patterns, devices, secret inventions and compilations of information, records and specifications regarding such matter are trade secrets, which Employee shall not disclose directly or indirectly to anyone other than Employer or their agents, or use in any way either during the term of this Contract or at any time after the termination of this Contract, except as required in the course and scope of his employment.

 
 
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6.5. During the term of this Contract, Employee shall not directly or indirectly either as an owner employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal, partner, stock holder, corporate office, director, or in any other individual or representative capacity engage or participate in any business that is in competition in any manner whatsoever with the business of Employer, provided, however, that Employee may without restriction invest in professionally managed mutual funds and Employee may purchase, own and sell stock or other securities, as long as Employee is not directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries in control of or controlled by or under common control with any such company. Furthermore, upon the termination of this Contract, Employee expressly agrees not to engage or participate directly or indirectly in any business that is in competition with the business of Employer, for a period of three (3) years; and further provided, that no business will be considered to be in competition with Employer unless its business relates to the manufacture, sale, testing or development of products containing oral interferon alpha. Employer and Employee recognize and agree that Employer may obtain or develop additional technologies from time to time, and if that is the case, Employer may expand the terms of this non-competition provision by giving written notice to Employee of the additional technologies that are to be protected.

6.6. In the event of a breach of Employee of any provisions of this Article VI, the parties hereto agree that Employer, in addition to any other remedies to which Employer may be entitled at law, shall be entitled to the remedy of specific performance, it being understood and agreed by the parties hereto that damages may be difficult to ascertain, and that an award of damages would in all probability not sufficiently compensate Employer for any breach by Employee of such provisions.

ARTICLE VII
STOCK OPTION

7.0. Employer hereby grants to Employee non-transferable stock options to purchase 700,000 shares of Employer’s voting common stock, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth in this Article VII. Where required by applicable laws or regulation, or by administrative necessity, the Board of Directors of Employer may prescribe additional terms and conditions regarding the issuance and administration of the stock options, as long as such additional terms and conditions do not conflict with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

7.1. The options granted pursuant to Section 8.0 above, shall be exercisable as follows:
a.             as to 100,000 shares, between April 15, 2008 and April 14, 2013;

 
b.
as to 200,000 shares, between April 15, 2009 and April 14, 2014, inclusive;

 
 
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c.
as to 200,000 shares, between April 15, 2010 and April 14, 2015, inclusive; and

 
d.
as to 200,000 shares, between April 15, 2011 and April 14, 2016 inclusive


The exercise price for all options shall be the closing price of ABI stock on April 15, 2008 or $0.30, whichever is greater.

The foregoing notwithstanding, no options which are not already theretofore exercisable shall become exercisable at any time after the termination of Employee’s full time active employment with Employer.

7.2.  In the event of death or complete disability of Employee, or a voluntary termination of employment (which shall include the resignation of Employee, or the giving of a notice of termination of this Contract, or a successor or amended employment contract, by Employee pursuant to Section 1.0, above), Employee (or if applicable, Employee’s estate or personal representative) shall have a period of sixty (60) days within which to exercise any matured (exercisable) options which have not theretofore been exercised; and after the expiration of said sixty (60) day period, such options shall expire and be of no further force or effect. In the event of notice of a pending or completed Change in Control, as hereinafter defined, all options held by Employee under this Employment Contract shall be immediately exercisable, and Employee shall thereupon have a period of sixty (60) days within which to exercise any or all of such options; and after the expiration of said sixty (60) day period, such options shall expire and be of no further force or effect.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean when any entity, person or group other than Employer or a Subsidiary of Employer or Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc. or an affiliate thereof acquires shares of Employer in a transaction or series of transactions that result in such entity, person or group directly or indirectly owning beneficially fifty-one percent (51%) or more of Employer’s outstanding shares of voting common stock.

7.3. The stock options herein granted are not qualified or incentive stock options within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or successor provisions.  Employer has provided no tax advice to Employee with respect to the taxation of the grant and/or exercise of such options, and/or the disposition of the underlying shares, and Employee has been advised to consult with his own tax advisor regarding such matters.  Furthermore, the underlying shares will not be registered with the SEC, and will therefore be “Restricted Securities” within the meaning of Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.  Employer cannot insure that its securities will continue to qualify for sale or resale under Rule 144, and in the event Rule 144 should at some time be no longer available with regard to such sales, Employee might find it difficult or impossible to sell the option shares.

 
 
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ARTICLE VIII
ENTIRETY OF AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS; SURVIVAL

8.0. This Contract supersedes all other agreements, either oral or in writing, between the parties to this Contract with respect to the employment of Employee by Employer. This Contract contains the entire understanding of the parties and all of the covenants and agreements between the parties with respect to such employment.

8.1. This Contract may be amended only by an instrument signed in writing by both parties; and provided further, that no amendment may be executed on behalf of Employer, except pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Director of Employer.

8.2. The following provisions shall survive the expiration of this Agreement: ARTICLES VI, VII, and VIII.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Contract is executed by the undersigned as of this 10 day of April, 2008.


EMPLOYEE:                                EMPLOYER:
AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INC.




    /s/ Peter Mueller                                                                 By:       /s/ Joseph M. Cummins
    Peter Mueller                                                                                 Joseph M. Cummins, President, CEO

 
 
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