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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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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):
January 5, 2007

 

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IGI, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

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Delaware

001-08568

01-0355758

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

     

105 Lincoln Avenue
Buena, New Jersey 08310
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(856) 697-1441
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

      On January 5, 2007, a subsidiary of the the Registrant, Igen, Inc. ("Igen"), entered into a sublicense agreement with Novavax, Inc. ("Novavax") pursuant to which it non-exclusively sublicensed certain technologies in certain territories back to Novavax for use with respect to animal pharmaceuticals and biologicals solely to enable Novavax to enter into amendments (the "Bharat Amendments") to certain agreements ("Bharat Agreements") with Bharat Biotech International Limited to include the treatment and/or prevention of animal diseases , including the prevention of avian bird flu.

 

      The rights were originally licensed by Igen to Novavax pursuant to a license agreement dated December 13, 1995. The term of the license agreement was extended until 2015 when Igen exercised an option in 2005 by payment to Novavax of $1,000,000.

 

      The Registrant has been informed by Novavax that Novavax has entered into the Bharat Amendments.

 

      With respect to products for the the prevention of avian flu in birds and other animals covered under the Bharat Agreements, IGI is to receive fifty percent (50%) of the net royalties paid by Bharat to Novavax on net sales utilizing Novavax proprietary virus-like particles and antigens (Novavax Antigens") and eighty percent (80%) of the net royalties paid by Bharat to Novavax on net sales using Bharat antigens, but not Novavax Antigens.

 

      With respect to other animal products covered by the Bharat Agreements, as amended, IGI is to receive 80% of the net royalties Novavax receives under such agreements with respect to net sales of products containing Novasome® paucilamellar vesicles but not Novavax Antigens.

 

      The rights which are the subject of the Sublicense relate to organized lipid structures, lipid vesicle encapsulation technologies, cellulose structure and micellar nanoparticles and superabsorber/hydrogel technology.

 

      The term of the Sublicense extends until expiration of the term of all agreements amended by the Bharat Amendments. In addition eith party may terminate the Sublicense upon a change of control (as defined) of the other party.

 

Item 8.01  Other Events

 

      On January 5, 2007 the Registrant issued a press release with respect to the Sublicense, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

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Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

     

99.1

 

Press Release Dated January 5, 2007 Regarding Sublicense of Certain Rights to Novavax, Inc.

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SIGNATURES

 

      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.

 
 

IGI, INC.

   
 

By:

/s/ Rajiv Mathur

   


   

Rajiv Mathur
President & Chief Executive Officer

     

Date:  January 11, 2007

   

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

     

99.1

 

Press Release Dated January 5, 2007 Regarding Sublicense of Certain Rights to Novavax, Inc.

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