EX-10.43 6 a03-4912_1ex10d43.htm EX-10.43

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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) effective as of January 1, 2004 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into between BIOSITE INCORPORATED, a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Biosite”), having a place of business at 11030 Roselle Street, Suite D, San Diego, California 92121, and FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability Company represented by its FISHER HEALTHCARE division, (“FHC”), having a place of business at 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas 77038.

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Biosite and FHC are parties to a Distribution Agreement dated as of January 1, 2001 (the “2001 Distribution Agreement”), which shall terminate on December 31, 2003.

 

WHEREAS Biosite and FHC now desire to enter into a new agreement setting forth the terms of their business relationship effective as of January 1, 2004, and applicable from January 1, 2004 until [***] (“[***]”), and from [***] until [***] (“[***]”), subject to renewal of [***] pursuant to Section 6(a).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the respective covenants of the parties herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Products.

 

(a)                                  For purposes of this Agreement, the “Products” shall mean, collectively, the [***], [***], [***], [***], [***] and [***].

 

(b)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean, collectively, the [***], [***] and [***].

 

(c)                                  For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean, collectively, the [***], [***] and [***].

 

(d)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean the Biosite products described in Schedule B.

 

(e)                                  For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean the Biosite products described in Schedule C.

 

(f)                                    For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean the Biosite products described in Schedule D.

 

(g)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean the Biosite products described in Schedule E-1 and Schedule E-2.

 


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(h)                                 For purposes of this Agreement, the “New Products” shall mean the new [***] products (other than the [***], [***], [***], [***] and [***]), (i) for which Biosite or the applicable third party manufacturer has received all applicable governmental approvals to sell and use in the Territory after the date of this Agreement, (ii) which Biosite is not prohibited by law or contract from selling to FHC hereunder, (iii) which Biosite offers for sale, (iv) which FHC exercises its right under Section 1(k) to add to this Agreement.  Subject to the foregoing, Biosite agrees and acknowledges that nothing in its BNP Assay Development, Manufacture and Supply Agreement dated [***], with [***] prohibits Biosite from granting to FHC the right to distribute new Biosite immunoassay diagnostic products [***] to such products under such written agreement with [***]  The New Products used in an automated immunoassay instrument platform for BNP manufactured by a third party on behalf of Biosite shall be referred to as “[***]”.

 

(i)                                     For purposes of this Agreement, the “[***]” shall mean the new Biosite immunoassay diagnostic products used with the instrument (other than the [***]) for the [***], (i) for which Biosite has received all applicable governmental approvals to sell and use in the Territory after the date of this Agreement, (ii) which Biosite is not prohibited by law or contract from selling to FHC hereunder, (iii) which Biosite offers for sale, and (iv) which FHC exercises its right under Section 1(k) to add to this Agreement.  Subject to the foregoing, Biosite agrees and acknowledges that nothing in its BNP Assay Development, Manufacture and Supply Agreement dated [***], with [***] prohibits Biosite from granting to FHC the right to distribute new Biosite immunoassay diagnostic products [***] to such products under such written agreement with [***]

 

(j)                                     During the term of this Agreement, Biosite shall make available to FHC any improved or updated versions of the Products under the same terms and conditions (other than price) as set forth herein.

 

(k)                                  If Biosite desires to offer for sale in the Territory any new Biosite immunoassay diagnostic product (other than the [***], [***], [***], [***] and [***]), (i) for which Biosite or the applicable third party manufacturer has received all applicable governmental approvals to sell and use in the Territory after the date of this Agreement, and (ii) which Biosite is not prohibited by law or contract from selling to FHC hereunder, then Biosite shall offer to FHC in writing the opportunity to add such new Biosite product to this Agreement.  If FHC gives Biosite express written notice of FHC’s acceptance of such offer for such new Biosite product within [***] after FHC receives Biosite’s written offer to add such new Biosite product to this Agreement, then such new Biosite product shall be added to this Agreement.  If FHC fails to give Biosite express written notice of FHC’s acceptance of such offer for such new Biosite product within [***] after FHC receives Biosite’s written offer to add such new Biosite product to this Agreement, then FHC shall have no rights in or to such new Biosite product (or to any improved or updated versions thereof) under this Agreement or otherwise.


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(l)                                     Biosite shall provide all required Material Safety Data Sheets, if any, for any Product containing hazardous chemicals or otherwise as required by federal, state or local law.

 

2.                                       Grant of Distributorship.

 

(a)                                  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Biosite hereby appoints FHC, and FHC accepts such appointment, as the [***] distributor of the [***] in the Territory (as defined below) during [***] of this Agreement.  FHC may distribute the [***] hereunder only through FHC or its subdistributors existing as of the Effective Date which are listed in Schedule G.  FHC shall not appoint subdistributors hereunder, other than those listed in Schedule G without Biosite’s prior express written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Biosite reserves the rights described in Section 2(g).

 

(b)                                 Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Biosite hereby appoints FHC, and FHC accepts such appointment, as the [***] distributor of the [***] in the Territory during [***] of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, during [***], “[***]” shall mean, with respect to any [***], that Biosite (under the terms and conditions of Section 2(g)) and FHC (on the terms and conditions in this Agreement) and [***] other third party (to be determined by Biosite, but which shall not be either [***], [***] or [***], or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, and which shall not use either [***], [***] or [***], or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, as a subdistributor), shall have the right to promote, market, sell and distribute the [***] in each segment of the Territory.  Biosite shall inform FHC of any such appointment in writing not less than [***] prior to initiating distribution with any such third party.  FHC may distribute the [***] hereunder only through FHC or its subdistributors existing as of the Effective Date, which are listed in Schedule G.  FHC shall not appoint subdistributors hereunder, other than those listed in Schedule G without Biosite’s prior express written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Biosite reserves the rights described in Section 2(g).

 

(c)                                  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Biosite hereby appoints FHC, and FHC accepts such appointment, as the [***] distributor of the [***] in the Territory during [***] of this Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, during [***], “[***]” shall mean, with respect to any Product, that Biosite (under the terms and conditions of Section 2(g)) and FHC (on the terms and conditions in this Agreement) and [***] other third party (to be determined by Biosite, but which shall not be either [***], [***] or [***], or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, and which shall not use either [***], [***] or [***], or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, as a subdistributor), shall have the right to promote, market, sell and distribute the Products in each segment of the Territory.  Biosite shall inform FHC of any such appointment in writing not less than [***] days prior to initiating distribution with any such third party.  FHC may distribute the Products hereunder only through FHC or its subdistributors existing as of the Effective Date, which are listed in Schedule G.  FHC shall not appoint subdistributors hereunder,

 


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other than those listed in Schedule G without Biosite’s prior express written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Biosite reserves the rights described in Section 2(g).

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Biosite hereby appoints FHC, and FHC accepts such appointment, as the [***] distributor of the Products in the [***] (as defined below) during this Agreement.  FHC may distribute the Products hereunder only through FHC or its subdistributors existing as of the Effective Date, which are listed in Schedule G.  FHC shall not appoint subdistributors hereunder, other than those listed in Schedule G without Biosite’s prior express written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(e)                                  The “Territory” consists of [***] in the United States and its territories (including without limitation, Puerto Rico): (1) the “[***]”, and (2) the “[***].”  The [***] shall mean:  hospitals (including nonprofit, religious, government, university, military and psychiatric hospitals), reference laboratories, occupational health centers and clinics that are part of a hospital facility; chest pain centers that are part of a hospital facility; drug rehabilitation centers that are part of a hospital facility; and planned parenthood centers.  The [***] shall mean those physician group practices of [***] or more physicians that have purchased from FHC any Product at any time from [***], through [***].  By no later than [***], FHC shall send written notice to Biosite setting forth the physician group practices of [***] or more physicians that have purchased from FHC any Product at any time from [***], through [***]; upon request from Biosite, FHC shall also provide such supporting documentation as reasonably requested by Biosite.  The [***] shall include only those physician group practices of [***] or more physicians that are set forth on such notice received by Biosite and which are not reasonably disputed by Biosite.  The Territory shall not include, and FHC shall not be permitted to sell the Products in, any areas or to any market segment not described in this Section 2(e) without the prior written consent of Biosite, which consent may be withheld at Biosite’s sole discretion.  FHC shall take reasonable steps to limit the likelihood that FHC’s customers in the Territory purchase Products for resale in the Reserved Market Segments (as defined below).

 

(f)                                    All areas and market segments not included in the definition of the Territory shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Reserved Market Segments.”  Biosite shall retain all rights to promote, market, sell and distribute (either directly or through others) the Products in the Reserved Market Segments.  Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, Biosite shall not be permitted to sell the Products in the Territory and shall take reasonable steps to limit the likelihood that Biosite’s customers in the Reserved Market Segments purchase Products for resale into the Territory.  Included in the Reserved Market Segments, without limitation, are all market segments in countries outside of the United States and its territories (including without limitation, Puerto Rico) and the following customer groups in the United States and its territories (including without limitation, Puerto Rico): free-standing drug rehabilitation centers and chest pain centers not part of a hospital facility; prisons and prison hospitals; physician practices of less than [***] physicians; physician group practices of [***] or more

 


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physicians other than the [***]; probation and parole programs; public and private sector workplace testing; non-hospital based occupational health centers or clinics; industrial laboratories; non-hospital military on-site testing programs (i.e., ADCO, recruiting centers); high school, college, university and professional sports programs; government agencies; public carriers; and veterinary clinics and animal testing.

 

(g)                                 Nothing herein shall prohibit Biosite from:

 

(i)                                     promoting, marketing, distributing and selling the [***] to [***] (or its affiliates) without restriction;

 

(ii)                                  distributing (but not selling) Products within the Territory only for purposes of pre-market clinical testing or evaluation of Products or testing of Product improvements or enhancements prior to market introduction;

 

(iii)                               promoting, marketing, soliciting and receiving orders for the sale  by FHC, its subdistributors listed on Schedule G (with FHC’s consent), and its [***] distributor of Products within the Territory as allowed under the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

 

(iv)                              promoting, marketing, selling and distributing any Product directly to a customer, (A) which states in writing to FHC (either directly or through Biosite but that nevertheless is a writing on customer letterhead) that such customer will only buy such Product directly from Biosite (or any other Biosite distributor properly appointed under the terms and conditions of this Agreement), but only after Biosite identifies the customer to FHC and specifies the reason such customer refuses to buy from FHC; and

 

(v)                                 promoting, marketing, selling and distributing any Product in any territory or to any market segment during the [***] (if applicable as described in Section 6(a) of this Agreement) or in the event that FHC exercises the opt out right described in Section 3(b).

 

(h)                                 Notwithstanding any language to the contrary in this Agreement, the parties agree to exercise due diligence and good faith for their mutual benefit in jointly negotiating and entering into agreements with group purchasing organizations (integrated delivery networks or similar entities) for Products.  Neither Biosite nor FHC shall negotiate or execute an agreement with a group purchasing organization (integrated delivery network or similar entity) for Products without the written consent of the other, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Any request for such consent shall be answered by the other party within thirty (30) days.  FHC shall pay any group purchasing organization’s administrative fees applicable to FHC’s national contracts.  Biosite shall pay any group purchasing organization’s administrative fees applicable to Biosite’s national contracts.  Each of FHC and Biosite shall pay [***] of the administrative fees imposed by [***] regarding the purchase of the Products through FHC, provided that neither party can amend the amount of administrative fee imposed by [***] without the other party’s prior written consent.   The language contained in this Section 2(h) shall control over any conflicting language contained in this Agreement.

 


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(i)                                     If FHC in good faith enters into a written agreement (excluding a purchase order or Multi-product Agreement (as defined below)) with a Contract Customer (as defined below) relating to the purchase and sale of Products, such written agreement shall be substantially in the form of Biosite’s then-current form written agreement for the applicable transaction (the “Form Agreement”), provided that FHC may (1) remove the Biosite logo and insert the FHC logo, (2) delete “Biosite” as the signatory, (3) insert terms concerning shipment and payment as exist between FHC and the Contract Customer, (4) expressly provide that Biosite and not FHC shall be responsible for all warranty services (in accordance with Biosite’s standard warranty terms and conditions), and product liability issues and third party intellectual property claims to the extent caused by Biosite’s negligence or intentional misconduct, and (5) insert terms and conditions limiting FHC’s liability to the applicable customer to the extent permitted by applicable law (provided that such terms and conditions shall in no event provide that Biosite shall have additional obligations or liability to the applicable customer).  Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, FHC shall not revise the terms or conditions of a Form Agreement without obtaining Biosite’s prior written approval.  Subject to Section 5(e) below, Biosite shall have the right to enter into written agreements with Contract Customers of FHC for distribution of Products by FHC to such Contract Customers, provided that Biosite shall not obligate FHC to; (i) provide warranty services or indemnity to Contract Customers regarding the Products (and each such written agreement shall contain language substantially similar to the language set forth in paragraphs A and B of Schedule J attached to this Agreement); or (ii) deliver the Products other than in accordance with FHC’s standard delivery terms and conditions unless (a) FHC fails to reject, within three (3) business days after delivery of a written request by Biosite to FHC’s Controller, Biosite’s request to include in the Contract Customer agreement delivery terms that are inconsistent with FHC’s standard delivery terms or (b) Biosite agrees to be solely responsible for all additional costs incurred by FHC to the extent resulting from the delivery terms being inconsistent with FHC’s standard delivery terms.  Subject to the foregoing, the following shall apply:  (1) Biosite shall use reasonable efforts to include language substantially similar to the language set forth in paragraphs A and B of Schedule J attached hereto in any agreement with a Contract Customer as described in the preceding sentence; and (2) Biosite shall provide written notice to FHC’s Legal Department in the event that Biosite desires to enter into an agreement with a Contract Customer that does not contain language substantially similar to the language set forth in paragraph B of Schedule J and Biosite shall not enter into such an agreement with such Contract Customer in the event that FHC’s Legal Department provides, within three (3) business days after delivery of a written request by Biosite, reasonable notice and reasons for rejecting such request by Biosite.  The parties shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the execution by Contract Customers of such written agreement based on the applicable Form Agreement and as provided in this Section 5(i).  Provided that the purpose of the agreement is not primarily for the distribution of Products by FHC, FHC may in good faith enter into written agreements with FHC customers relating to the distribution by FHC to such FHC customers of multiple products including Products and multiple products of third party manufacturers (a “Multi-product Agreement”), provided that FHC shall not obligate or give the right to any FHC customer to purchase any Products beyond the term of this Agreement.  “Contract Customer” shall mean a FHC customer that purchases a Product from FHC under this Agreement; provided, however, “Contract Customer” shall not include national purchasing groups with which FHC has entered into its standard contracts as of the Effective Date.

 

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(j)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, upon [***] advance written notice to FHC (the “Event Notice”), Biosite may, in its sole discretion, (i) discontinue the manufacture, sale or supply of [***] into the general commercial market (but not to FHC only), and (ii) sell or transfer its [***] of products (or such portion of Biosite’s business that pertains to the [***]).  [***] after receipt of an Event Notice, (i) FHC shall no longer have the right to distribute, and shall cease distributing, the [***] other than such [***] that are already in FHC’s inventory, and (ii) this Agreement shall terminate with respect to [***] only, subject to Section 6(c) and other than for purposes of Sections 5(g) and 5(h).

 

3.                                       Conduct of FHC.

 

(a)                                  FHC shall use its good faith commercial efforts and facilities to promote, market, distribute and sell the Products and to take no action which would interfere with Biosite’s efforts to develop and maintain the reputation of and goodwill with respect to the Products within the Territory during the term of this Agreement.  FHC shall provide not less than an aggregate of [***] full pages of advertising for available Products in all of FHC’s General Catalogs.  With respect to each [***], [***] and [***], FHC shall permit Biosite access to its sales representatives for at least [***] per Product for the purpose of providing training of FHC’s sales representatives in the demonstration and use of the Products on such dates (which shall be not later than [***] following the launch of such Product in the Territory) and in such locations as mutually acceptable to the parties.  FHC shall provide Biosite with samples of any such Product advertising and sales literature prior to printing and distribution of same, and Biosite shall have the right to approve the Product advertisement(s), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  FHC shall use its good faith commercial efforts to inform customers and potential customers of the availability and desirability of the Products; to handle promptly all inquiries, quotations, correspondence and orders; and to assist customers in the proper use of the Products and the referral of customers to Biosite for the solution of technical application problems.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 3(b), and except with respect to the [***], provided that Biosite supplies sufficient Products to FHC to satisfy FHC’s purchase of the Products from Biosite within FHC’s reasonable forecasted amounts pursuant to Section 3(c), FHC shall not promote, market, advertise, sell, or distribute any products in the Territory that are directly competitive with the Products.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, FHC shall have the right to distribute and sell (i) products of a third party, competitive with the Products, which third party products FHC sells or distributes as of the Effective Date, as listed on Schedule H; (ii) any products of such third party which are subsequently added by such third party to its line of products, which are competitive with the Products, except those products in the same or equivalent testing format of the Products that read visually or read on a point of care instrument; and (iii) any instruments that may include competitive assays to the Products which are instruments that are based on an automated random access instrument platform (with the exception of those instruments manufactured by or on behalf of [***], [***] [***], [***], [***] or [***] or their successors or assigns and which have a [***]) with a broad based menu of analytes such as chemistries, fertility, thyroid function, oncology, infectious disease, TDM, DOA, allergy, etc.; provided that all of the

 


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products referred to in Sections 3(b)(i)-(iii) have a [***].  Additionally, nothing contained in this Agreement shall restrict the activities of FHC outside the Territory with respect to competing products.  FHC may opt out of the requirements of this Section 3(b) at any time during the Extended Term by providing express written notice thereof to Biosite.

 

(c)                                  FHC shall provide Biosite, on a monthly basis, with a written forecast of FHC’s estimated purchase requirements for each month in the ensuing three-month period for the Products (other than [***]), and in the ensuing six month period for [***].  Forecasted quantities for Products for the first and second month of each forecast period shall be binding, subject however to a variance of plus or minus [***] for the second month of each forecast and provided that in the first [***] months following the date of first Product shipment for any new Product, the second month forecast shall be subject to a variance of plus or minus [***].  Biosite shall use its good faith commercial efforts to sell such quantities to FHC.

 

(d)                                 FHC may return, for full credit or replacement, any Product for which FHC is required to give a customer a credit or replacement Product due to a claimed defect or deficiency in the Product, provided that FHC first obtains from Biosite a returned goods authorization which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by Biosite.

 

(e)                                  Biosite shall review and advise FHC on compliance with all FDA requirements regarding the Products contained in FHC’s advertising and sales literature.

 

(f)                                    FHC hereby represents and warrants that neither FHC nor its agents or employees will make any representations or claims with respect to the Products which are not authorized in writing by Biosite.  Subject to the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, FHC agrees to and shall indemnify Biosite against, and hold Biosite harmless from, all claims, actions, costs, expenses and damages (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising out of: (i) representations or claims by FHC with respect to the Products which are not authorized by Biosite; (ii) willful act or omission by or on behalf of FHC in connection with the sale, marketing, promotion or distribution of the Products; (iii) failure by FHC to comply in any material respect with governmental regulatory requirements relating to the Products which are applicable to distributors of products; or (iv) material breach of this Agreement by FHC.  Such indemnity shall be provided in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4(l) of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                 Each shipment from Biosite shall contain numbers identifying the manufacturing lot or lots for control purposes.  FHC shall keep accurate records that will enable FHC to determine the Product lots received by specific customers of the Product.  FHC shall make such information available to Biosite in the event of a Product recall or Product corrective action requested by Biosite or required by any governmental agency within ten  (10) days after such request by Biosite.  FHC shall provide Biosite with information regarding the prior month’s sales including the [***], and shall provide Biosite with such information in no event later than the last day of the month, during the term of this Agreement and during any time thereafter

 


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that FHC sells any Product as permitted hereunder.  Additionally, on the Effective Date, [***] the commencement of [***], [***] before the commencement of the [***], and within [***] after termination of this Agreement, FHC shall provide to Biosite [***].

 

(h)                                 FHC shall comply with Biosite’s reasonable instructions regarding the storage and handling of the Products, and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, FHC shall be solely responsible for the cost thereof.

 

(i)                                     At Biosite’s request, FHC shall submit to Biosite such other reports as are customarily provided by FHC to suppliers similarly situated with Biosite.

 

(j)                                     Both parties shall keep accurate records sufficient to permit verification of sales data for the Products.  Upon written request and upon reasonable notice during regular business hours, each party shall permit an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to the party being audited or other acceptable representative of the requesting party reasonably acceptable to the party being audited to inspect such records in order to verify any sales or recall information reasonably required by the provisions of this Agreement, provided that only one such inspection annually shall be permitted and the parties shall not be required to keep such records for longer than five (5) years.  All information received as a result of such inspections shall be subject to Section 9 of this Agreement.

 

(k)                                  FHC shall promptly advise Biosite of any changes in FHC’s organization or personnel which may materially, adversely affect FHC’s ability to perform under this Agreement, as well as any material changes affecting ownership or control of FHC.

 

(l)                                     At all times during the term of this Agreement, FHC shall maintain inventory of each Product sufficient to satisfy not less than FHC’s requirements for its reasonably forecasted sales of such Product for the immediately following [***].

 

(m)                               Provided that Biosite is not in default under the terms of this Agreement, at all times during [***] of this Agreement, FHC shall treat the Products sold to customers other than hospitals [***] as “[***],” or a [***] status for purposes of [***].

 

(n)                                 To the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement, if Biosite in good faith enters into a bona fide written agreement (a “Biosite/GPO Agreement”) with a group purchasing organization, integrated delivery network or similar entity (collectively, a “GPO”) pursuant to which (i) the facilities in the Territory having the right to purchase products under such GPO shall be obligated to purchase one or more Products at a purchase price (the “GPO Price”) specified in, or calculated under, such Biosite/GPO Agreement, the effective price to FHC, for Products sold to FHC for resale under such Agreement hereunder solely for resale to such facilities, shall be not greater than [***]. If Fisher objects to such pricing then the parties shall exercise good faith efforts to negotiate mutually agreeable pricing for a period of not less than fifteen (15) days.  If the parties are unable to reach agreement on other pricing arrangements, then during the

 


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term of the GPO Agreement, Biosite shall have the right to promote, market, sell and distribute such Products to such GPO under the GPO Agreement, if Fisher refuses to sell the Products to the GPO member(s) at the GPO Price.

 

(o)                                 To the extent that Section 952 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (the “Act”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder are applicable to the distribution or delivery of Products to a customer, during the term of any written agreement with such customer and until the expiration of four (4) years after the last sale of a Product by FHC pursuant to such customer agreement, FHC will make available, to the same extent that Biosite is required to do so under the customer agreement, upon written request of the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives, copies of any books, documents, records and other data of FHC that are necessary to verify the nature and extent of the costs incurred by the applicable customer in purchasing the Products.

 

4.                                       Conduct of Biosite.

 

(a)                                  Biosite shall ship promptly FHC’s orders for Products, but in any event not later than sixty (60) days from receipt of each order for a Product, (other than [***]).  Biosite shall use its reasonable efforts to ship FHC’s orders for [***] not later than [***] from receipt of each order for [***].  Subject to the provisions of Section 11 hereof, Biosite shall ship FHC orders for Products f.o.b. Biosite’s facility in San Diego, California (at which point title and risk of loss shall pass from Biosite to FHC), to FHC’s warehouse or to such other FHC location(s) as FHC may designate, insurance prepaid.  Biosite shall cooperate with FHC in arranging drop shipments of Products to customers on a case by case basis to include Products designated by Biosite as drop ship Products.  FHC shall pay all freight costs for shipping Products by FHC’s customary means or by any other means specified by FHC in a purchase order.  Biosite shall pay all freight costs for shipping Products by any means other than FHC’s customary means or the means specified by FHC in a purchase order.

 

(b)                                 Biosite shall notify FHC immediately in writing should Biosite become aware of any defect or condition which may render any Product in violation of any statute or regulation, or which in any way materially alters the specifications or quality of such Product.

 

(c)                                  Biosite shall provide to FHC’s sales personnel, at FHC’s premises or such other location as the parties may agree, at mutually convenient times, such training in the demonstration and use of the Products as may be reasonably requested by FHC.  During such training, Biosite shall also address, in a reasonable manner, market information, strategies, and tactics to assist FHC’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement.  All training material, instructors, demonstration/training products and other training costs and expenses therefor shall be borne by Biosite; provided, however, that FHC shall, at its expense, provide transportation and lodging for FHC personnel attending such training.

 

(d)                                 Biosite shall provide technical support to FHC’s sales personnel and customers and promptly provide to FHC such additional technical information developed or acquired by Biosite from time to time as may reasonably be expected to be of assistance to FHC in fulfilling its obligations hereunder.  Biosite will provide, at its own expense, a toll free long distance telephone service for technical support for FHC customers and sales representatives.

 


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(e)                                  Biosite shall provide at its expense reasonable quantities of such instruction manuals and point of sale literature as may from time to time be requested by FHC for use in connection with the distribution of the Products.  Subject to FHC’s and Biosite’s prior written approval, the FHC name will be incorporated in Biosite’s advertising and literature intended for distribution in the Territory by FHC sales representatives, at FHC’s expense.  If requested to do so by FHC, Biosite shall furnish FHC with suitable copy and photographs and other materials which the parties reasonably agree for use by FHC in cataloging the Products.

 

(f)                                    During the term of this Agreement, Biosite shall provide FHC, upon request, with up to the number of Samples (as defined below) of each Product set forth on Schedule F, at the reduced pricing set forth in Schedule F, to be used by FHC solely in connection with the promotion and marketing of such Product.  A “Sample” shall mean, with respect to a Product, a sample unit of such Product sold by Biosite to FHC solely for the purpose of marketing and promoting such Product, and not for the purpose of commercial resale.  Such Samples may not be sold by FHC and shall be marked by Biosite with the following legend:  “FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY - NOT FOR RESALE.”

 

(g)                                 Any Products owned by FHC and rendered unsalable, in FHC’s reasonable commercial judgment, due to a change in any Product specification, discontinuation or elimination by Biosite of any Product from its product offering, release by Biosite of any materially improved or updated version of any Product, or any other material change in the Product outside of FHC’s control shall be repurchased from FHC by Biosite within thirty (30) days following FHC’s request therefor at the price paid for such Product(s) by FHC.  Biosite shall additionally pay for return freight and related transportation and insurance charges for all such Products.  Biosite’s release of a Product which has a longer shelf life shall not be deemed a material improvement under this Section 4(g).

 

(h)                                 Biosite shall promptly provide FHC with leads concerning prospective purchasers of the Products within the Territory in a format to be mutually agreed upon between the parties.

 

(i)                                     Biosite shall provide full and accurate written instructions on the Bill of Lading regarding the storage and handling of the Products.

 

(j)                                     Biosite shall ship the Products so that at least [***] of the shelf life of the Products will be remaining at the time of receipt at FHC’s facility, or at FHC’s customer’s facility, if drop shipped.  Biosite shall take back for full credit plus shipping charges any dated Products shipped contrary to this provision, unless shipment of such short-dated Products was pre-approved in writing by FHC.

 

(k)                                  Biosite shall indemnify and hold FHC harmless from and against all losses, liabilities, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) resulting from all claims, demands, actions and other proceedings to the extent resulting from (i) representations or claims by or on behalf of Biosite with respect to the Products that are untrue or materially misleading when made; (ii)  willful act or omission by or on behalf of Biosite in the sale, marketing, promotion or distribution of the Products hereunder; (iii) failure by Biosite to comply in any material respect with governmental regulatory requirements relating to the Products;

 


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(iv) infringement of any of the Products on any intellectual property rights of third parties; or (v) material breach of this Agreement by Biosite.

 

(l)                                     A party (the “Indemnitee”) that intends to claim indemnification under  Section 3(f) or Section 4(k) shall promptly notify the other party (the “Indemnitor”) of any claim, demand, action or other proceeding for which the Indemnitee intends to claim such indemnification.  The Indemnitor shall have the right to participate in, and to the extent the Indemnitor so desires jointly with any other indemnitor similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnitor; provided, however, that the Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the Indemnitor, if representation of the Indemnitee by the counsel retained by the Indemnitor would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Indemnitee and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceedings.  The indemnity obligations under Section 3(f) and Section 4(k) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any claim, demand, action or other proceeding if such settlement is effected without the prior express written consent of the Indemnitor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Indemnitor may not settle or otherwise consent to an adverse judgment in any such claim, demand, action or other proceeding, that diminishes the rights or interests of the Indemnitee without the prior express written consent of the Indemnitee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Indemnitee, its employees and agents, shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnitor and its legal representatives in the investigation of any claim, demand, action or other proceeding covered by Section 3(f) or Section 4(k), as applicable.

 

5.                                       Price and Payment Terms.

 

(a)                                  Biosite shall charge FHC a Transfer Price for each Sample equal to the Sample Price (as defined below) for such Sample in effect on the date of FHC’s purchase order therefor.

 

(b)                                 Subject to Sections 5(k) and 5(l), Biosite shall charge FHC a Transfer Price per unit for each Product (other than Samples), equal to the List Price, as defined below in Section 5(f) for such Product, less the following discount:

 

(i)

 

[***] for [***] sales.

 

 

 

(ii)

 

[***] for [***] sales.

 

 

 

(iii)

 

[***] for [***] sales.

 

 

 

(iv)

 

[***] for [***] set forth on Schedule E-1, [***] and [***] sales.

 

 

 

(v)

 

[***] for [***] set forth on Schedule E-2.

 

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attempt to minimize additional payments from FHC to Biosite and/or rebates from Biosite to FHC.

 

(c)                                  Biosite shall have the right to amend the Sample Prices and the List Prices set forth on Schedules B, C, D, E-1 and E-2 from time to time in its sole discretion; provided, however, that Biosite shall give at least [***] prior written notice of any such Biosite amendment.  Biosite shall honor FHC’s existing purchase orders at the transfer prices in effect immediately prior to the effective date of each amendment.

 

(d)                                 FHC’s shall pay for Samples and Products purchased pursuant to this Agreement [***] after the date of Biosite’s invoice.

 

(e)                                  FHC shall be entitled to resell the Products on such terms as it may, in its sole discretion, determine, including, without limitation, price, returns, credit, discounts, and promotions.

 

(f)                                    For purposes of this Section 5, the following definitions shall apply:

 

“Actual Selling Margin” shall mean Actual Selling Price - Transfer Price.

 

“Actual Selling Margin Rate” or “ASMR” shall mean:

 

[Actual Selling Price - Transfer Price]

Actual Selling Price

 

“Actual Selling Price” shall mean, with respect to any Product (other than Samples), the invoiced sales price, net of any discounts actually taken, which FHC or its affiliate charges to an unaffiliated customer for purchase of such Product.

 

“Guaranteed Selling Margin Rate” or “GSMR” shall mean, with respect to any Product (other than Samples), the margin rate that is set forth below for such Product.

 

“List Price” shall mean Biosite’s then-current list price for a Product, which list price may be adjusted only as provided in Section 5(c) above.  The List Price for each Product as of the Effective Date of this Agreement (but subject to adjustment thereafter in accordance with Section 5(c)) is as set forth in the applicable exhibit attached hereto, which shall be, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the List Price for each Product as defined in the 2001 Distribution Agreement as of December 31, 2003.

 

“Sample Price” shall mean, with respect to any Sample, the price therefor set forth on Schedule F, as amended from time to time pursuant to Section 5(c).

 

“Transfer Price” shall mean, with respect to any Product (other than Samples), the price calculated pursuant to Section 5(b) above which FHC is obligated to pay to Biosite for purchase of such Product.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 5(i) below, FHC shall receive the “Guaranteed Selling Margin Rate” on Products as set forth below.

 

 


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During [***], all customers (other than hospitals with [***])

 

[***] for [***]

 

 

 

During [***], hospitals with [***]

 

[***] for [***]

 

 

 

During [***]

 

[***] for [***]

 

For the purpose of determining the applicable Guaranteed Selling Margin Rate as set forth immediately above, a “hospital” shall mean a building or real estate improvement and not a group of affiliated entities.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to [***] and [***] sold during [***], (i) if the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***], but not greater than [***], of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for those sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***], but not greater than [***], of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% and [***]% respectively, during [***]); and (ii) if the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for those sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% and [***]% respectively, during [***]).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to [***] sold during [***], (i) if the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***], but not greater than [***], of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for those sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***], but not greater than [***], of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% and [***]% respectively, during [***]); and (ii) if the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for those sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% and [***]% respectively, during [***]).

 

 


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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to [***] sold to hospitals [***] during [***], (i) if the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for such sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% during [***]); (ii) if the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for such sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by an additional [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% during [***]); and (iii) if the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC is greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year, then the GSMR for such sales of such Products in such calendar year that are greater than [***] of the aggregate dollar volume of such sales of such Products by FHC in the prior calendar year shall be increased by an additional [***] percentage points (i.e., to [***]% during [***]).

 

(g)                                 In accordance with the payment terms set forth in Section 5(d) above, Biosite shall receive payment of the Transfer Price for Products shipped to FHC.  Subject to the provisions of Section 5(i) below, should the Actual Selling Margin Rate be less than the GSMR for a Product unit, FHC is entitled to a rebate from Biosite for such Product unit.  The rebate is calculated as follows:

 

[***]

 

(h)                                 Subject to the provisions of Section 5(i) below, should the ASMR exceed the GSMR for a Product unit, FHC will make an additional payment to Biosite for such Product unit.  The additional payment is calculated as follows:

 

[***]

 

(i)                                     Within [***] after the end of each calendar month, FHC shall prepare and provide Biosite with a reasonably detailed written sales report which shall (i) set forth on a Product-by-Product basis the sales of Products by FHC and its affiliates to unaffiliated customers, and (ii) calculate on a Product-by-Product basis the Actual Selling Price, the ASMR and the GSMR therefor, and the net amount (if any) of the additional payments from FHC to Biosite and/or the rebates from Biosite to FHC owing under Section 5(g) for such calendar month.  Such sales reports are, and shall remain the property of FHC, and shall be subject to Section 9 of this Agreement, but may be used by Biosite solely for the purposes of performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights under this Agreement.  Such report shall be based on sales by FHC and its affiliates, as reflected on FHC’s Key Supplier Report, on each Product during each calendar month.  FHC shall pay to Biosite any such additional payment, and Biosite shall pay to FHC any such rebate, owing under Section 5(g) for each calendar month on or before the later of the fifteenth (15th) day of the following calendar month or ten (10) days after

 

 


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Biosite’s receipt of the applicable sales report for such calendar month.  Biosite and its agents shall have the right, through an independent auditor chosen by Biosite and reasonably acceptable to FHC, on reasonable notice and not more than twice in each calendar year, to inspect and audit the relevant books and records of FHC and any of its relevant affiliates to verify the accuracy of such sales reports.  Biosite shall pay the fees and expenses of such audit.

 

(j)                                     Except as set forth below in this Section 5(j) or as the parties otherwise mutually agree, if the Actual Selling Price of any Product unit is less than the List Price of such Product [***], then for purposes of calculating ASMR and GSMR, and the amount of any rebate or additional payments under Section  5(g), the Actual Selling Price of such Product unit shall be deemed to be List Price of such Product [***].  The foregoing limitation on the calculation of Actual Sales Price shall not apply to (i) to continuation of the discount rate or net price to existing customers during the term of this Agreement, (ii) any sales made pursuant to binding agreements between FHC and unaffiliated customers entered into prior to the Effective Date, (iii) to discounts beyond such levels approved by Biosite, or (iv) any sales made pursuant to Section 3(n).

 

(k)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but subject to Section 5(l), in the case where the [***] described in Schedule D (the “[***]”) is not purchased but is instead leased by a FHC or Biosite customer over the term of the customer’s written agreement (a “Reagent Rental Agreement”), the following shall apply: (1) the Transfer Price paid to Biosite by FHC for the [***] shall at all times during the course of this Agreement be [***]; (2) there shall be no GSMR with respect to such [***]; and (3) the provisions of Sections 5(e) and 5(f) shall not apply.

 

(l)                                     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the case where the [***] (as described in Schedule D) is not purchased but is instead leased by a FHC or Biosite customer over the term of the customer’s written agreement (a “Reagent Rental Agreement”), the following shall apply: (1) the Transfer Price paid to Biosite by FHC for the [***] shall at all times during the course of this Agreement be [***]; (2) there shall be no GSMR with respect to such [***]; and (3) the provisions of Sections 5(e) and 5(f) shall not apply.

 

(m)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Biosite shall pay to FHC [***] for any [***] or [***] under any and all Reagent Rental Agreements (as more particularly described in Sections 5(k) and 5(l) above) obtained pursuant to this Agreement or the 2001 Distribution Agreement.  For example, if a [***] is amortized at a rate of [***] over a 24 month Reagent Rental Agreement and the customer pays this amount monthly together with (or as a part of) its purchase of reagents or controls, if the Agreement expires or is terminated with 12 months remaining under the term of the Reagent Rental Agreement, then Biosite shall pay to FHC [***].

 

(n)                                 The parties contemplate that there will be instances where instruments manufactured by a third party and used with the [***] (as defined in Section 1(h)) shall be distributed through Biosite into the Territory.  In such event, FHC shall reimburse

 

 


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Biosite the following percentage of Biosite’s Acquisition Cost (as defined below) for each such instrument during [***]:

 

Hospitals with [***]

 

[***] of Acquisition Cost

 

 

 

Hospitals with [***]

 

[***] of Acquisition Cost

 

For purposes of this Section 5(n), “Acquisition Cost” shall mean the invoiced sales price for the applicable third party instrument net of any discounts or rebates.  All such invoices paid by Biosite shall be subject to Section 3(j).  With respect to each instrument so distributed, FHC shall reimburse Biosite for such Acquisition Cost on a monthly basis (payable prior to the last day of the month after the date of Biosite’s invoice), with each monthly payment being the result of the Acquisition Cost divided by the number of months in the term of the customer agreement to which the instrument is subject.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5(n), in no event shall any such payment be due after the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

(o)                                 As of January 31, 2004, FHC shall determine the mix of Products (on a unit basis) excluding [***] and [***] (as defined in Sections [***]) sold into hospitals (as “hospitals” is defined for the purposes of GSMR) with less than [***] beds (the “Small Hospital Market”) and [***] beds or more (the “Large Hospital Market”).  The mix percentages as calculated in the immediately preceding sentence shall be multiplied by each of the GSMR under the 2001 Distribution Agreement, with such numbers then aggregated (the “2001 Mix Percentage”) and under this Agreement, with such numbers then aggregated (the “2004(A) Mix Percentage”).  The difference between the 2001 Mix Percentage and the 2004(A) Mix Percentage shall be multiplied by the January 2004 Customer Sales Amount (as defined below) and the resulting amount shall be split evenly between the parties, and shall be paid by FHC to Biosite in accordance with the payment terms outlined in Section 5(i).  FHC shall determine the January 2004 Customer Sales Amount for each Product by using the following formula:

 

(Actual Selling Price of each Product invoiced by FHC in January 2004/number of units invoiced by FHC in January 2004)  X  Number of units in FHC inventory as of December 31, 2003

 

This calculation shall be done for each Product category individually and such numbers shall be aggregated to create the 2004 Customer Sales Amount.

 

For example, if the mix of Products sold into the Small Hospital Market and the Large Hospital Market is 60% and 40% respectively, as of January 31, 2004, the 2001 Mix Percentage would be [***]% (determined as follows: ((60% [***] [***]%) + (40% [***] [***]%)) and the 2004(A) Mix Percentage would be [***]% (determined as follows ((60% [***] [***]%) + (40% [***] [***]%)).  The difference between the 2001 Mix Percentage and the 2004(A) Mix Percentage is [***]%.  If the 2004 Customer Sales Amount is $1,000,000.00, then the parties shall split [***].  These provisions shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, Sections 5(g) and 5(h).

 

 


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(p)                                 As of January 31, 2005, FHC shall determine the mix of Products (on a unit basis) excluding [***] and [***] sold into the Small Hospital Market and the Large Hospital Market.  The mix percentages as calculated in the immediately preceding sentence shall be multiplied by each of the GSMR under [***] of this Agreement, with such numbers then aggregated (the “[***] Mix Percentage”) and under [***] of this Agreement, with such numbers then aggregated (the “[***] Mix Percentage”).  The difference between the [***] Mix Percentage and the [***] Mix Percentage shall be multiplied by the [***] Customer Sales Amount (as defined below) and the resulting amount shall be split evenly between the parties, and shall be paid by FHC to Biosite in accordance with the payment terms outlined in Section 5(i).  FHC shall determine the [***] Customer Sales Amount for each Product by using the following formula:

 

(Actual Selling Price of each Product invoiced by FHC in [***]/number of units invoiced by FHC in [***])  X Number of units in FHC inventory as of [***]

 

This calculation shall be done for each Product category individually and such numbers shall be aggregated to create the [***] Customer Sales Amount.

 

For example, if the mix of Products sold into the Small Hospital Market and the Large Hospital Market is 60% and 40% respectively, as of [***], the [***] Mix Percentage would be [***]% (determined as follows: ((60% [***] [***]%) + (40% [***] [***]%)) and the [***] Mix Percentage would be [***]% (determined as follows ((60% [***] [***]%) + (40% [***] [***]%)).  The difference between the [***] Mix Percentage and the [***] Mix Percentage is [***]%.  If the [***] Customer Sales Amount is $1,000,000.00, then the parties shall split $[***].  These provisions shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, Sections 5(g) and 5(h).

 

(o)                                 Biosite shall provide FHC copies of each reagent rental agreement executed by Biosite with a Contract Customer in accordance with the terms of Section 2(i) of this Agreement as soon as practicable after execution by both Biosite and the applicable Contract Customer.

 

6.                                       Term and Termination.

 

(a)                                  This Agreement shall commence on [***] and shall terminate on December 31, 2005; provided, however, that this Agreement automatically shall be renewed for an additional period of [***], unless notice of non-renewal is given by one party to the other by not later than [***] (the “Extended Term”).

 

(b)                                 This Agreement may be terminated by a party, in the event the other party materially breaches its obligations hereunder and should fail to remedy such material breach within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving written notice of such material breach.

 

(c)                                  The rights and duties of each party under Sections 3(d), 3(f), 4(k), 6(c), 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 24 and 25 of this Agreement and Biosite’s obligations under the Continuing Guaranty as referred to in Section 10(a) hereof and attached hereto as Schedule A, shall survive termination of this Agreement and be enforceable in accordance with their terms.  Upon any

 

 


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termination of this Agreement, the parties shall mutually agree upon a message (the “Message”) to be conveyed to all third parties concerning such termination of this Agreement and neither party shall make any statement (oral or written) relating to the parties’ relationship under this Agreement or pertaining to the termination of this Agreement inconsistent with such mutually agreed Message, except as otherwise required by law, regulation or court order (provided that the party making such statement shall give the other party reasonable notice of any such required statement and shall give the other party an opportunity to object to any such statement or to request confidential treatment therefore) or as necessary to enforce its rights under this Agreement.  Additionally, FHC shall not make any statement regarding any Product after the termination of this Agreement that is not expressly permitted in the Message.  Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Section 6(c), FHC shall at all times after termination or expiration have the right to create marketing materials that describe the attributes of the Products versus the attributes of third party products (provided that such information regarding the Products shall be based solely on publicly available information regarding the Products and not based on information obtained by FHC, or based on the parties’ relationship, under this Agreement or any prior written agreement between the parties).

 

(d)                                 IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY CONTINGENT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF THE OTHER PARTY, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OF THE OTHER PARTY, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.

 

(e)                                  Subject to the following sentence, in no event shall either party, directly or indirectly, initiate or prosecute, or assist or induce any third party to initiate or prosecute (other than as required under court order or legal process such as a subpoena), any claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action or other adversary proceeding relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement, other than a claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action or other adversary proceeding to the extent alleging (1) a material breach of express contract under this Agreement (provided that if the alleged material breach is curable, (i) the non-breaching party has given written notice of such material breach and the breaching party has failed to remedy such material breach within thirty (30) days and (ii) during such thirty (30) day cure period, at the request of the party allegedly in breach, the parties shall meet and confer in good faith to discuss the grounds of the alleged breach), or (2) defamation through a statement made with “knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not” by one party of the other.  Nothing in this Section 6(e) shall in any way limit any claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action or other proceeding (i) that a party (“Asserting Party”) may have against the other party to the extent relating to or arising as a result of a third party claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action or other proceeding against the Asserting Party, provided that the Asserting Party can provide written evidence of such claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action or other proceeding by such third party or (ii) that a party may have against a third party relating to a Product.

 

7.                                       Trademarks.

 

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right to sublicense, to use the trademarks (including, but not limited to the trademark “Triage”) and tradenames (including, but not limited to “Biosite Incorporated” and “Biosite”) relating to the Products (collectively, the “Biosite Marks”) solely for the purpose of promoting, marketing, selling, and distributing the Products.

 

(b)                                 All right, title, and interest in and to the Biosite Marks shall remain with Biosite.  During the term of this Agreement and thereafter, FHC will not contest Biosite’s exclusive right, title and interest in and to, or the validity of, the Biosite Marks.  In addition, FHC will not in any manner represent that it has any interest in the Biosite Marks, except for the limited license provided herein.  Use of the Biosite Marks by FHC shall inure to the sole benefit of and be on behalf of Biosite.

 

(c)                                  All Product units sold by Biosite to FHC will bear one or more of the Biosite Marks, and FHC shall not alter, remove or modify the Biosite Marks, nor affix any other trademark to the Product, without the prior express written consent of Biosite.  FHC shall not utilize any of the Biosite Marks in connection with any promotional brochures or advertising materials relating to the Products without the prior express written consent of Biosite, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.  Biosite’s consent to the use of the Biosite Marks shall be conditioned upon such brochure or advertising materials clearly indicating Biosite’s ownership of the Biosite Marks.

 

(d)                                 All Product units purchased by FHC hereunder shall be marketed by it in the original packages under the original labels provided by Biosite, and FHC shall make no modifications, or alterations to such Product units or labels; provided, however, that FHC may affix labels or other indices which serve to identify FHC as a distributor of the Product, so long as they do not cover and are not inconsistent with any of Biosite’s Product labels or markings.

 

(e)                                  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting FHC any ownership interest in the Biosite Marks, and FHC acknowledges that it has been advised by Biosite of Biosite’s claim of ownership of the Biosite Marks.  FHC agrees that it will do nothing inconsistent with such ownership.  Specifically, FHC agrees that: it will not challenge the validity of, or Biosite’s ownership of, any of the Biosite Marks; it will not take any action that is inconsistent with, or may impair, Biosite’s right, title and interest to the Biosite Marks; it will not represent to any third party that it has any ownership interest in the Biosite Marks; and it will execute and deliver to Biosite any and all documents which Biosite may request to confirm in Biosite all right, title and interest in the Biosite Marks.

 

(f)                                    FHC shall make no statement to the press relating or referring to the Products without the prior express written approval of Biosite, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(g)                                 Either party shall promptly notify the other in writing of any challenges to the validity, infringement on or unauthorized use of any of the Biosite Marks, actual or threatened, that may come to such party’s attention.  Biosite shall be responsible for and shall assume all expenses of the enforcement of the Biosite Marks.

 

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the promotion and sale of the Products, and that Biosite has no right or interest in such FHC Marks; provided, however, that except as otherwise set forth in Section 7(b) hereof, no FHC labels, package inserts or other material shall accompany the Products without the prior express written approval of Biosite.

 

(i)                                     Biosite shall not utilize any FHC Marks in connection with any promotional brochures or advertising materials relating to the Products, or otherwise, without the prior express written consent of FHC.  FHC’s consent to the use of the FHC Marks shall be conditioned upon such brochure or advertising materials clearly indicating FHC’s ownership of the FHC Marks.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting Biosite any license or ownership or other interest in the FHC Marks, and Biosite acknowledges that it has been advised by FHC of FHC’s claim of ownership of FHC’s Marks.  Biosite agrees that it will do nothing inconsistent with such ownership and that all use of the FHC Marks will inure to the benefit of and be on behalf of FHC.  Specifically, Biosite agrees that: it will not challenge the validity of, or FHC’s ownership of, any of the FHC Marks; it will not take any action that is inconsistent with, or may impair, FHC’s right, title and interest to the FHC Marks; it will not represent to any third party that it has any ownership interest in the FHC Marks; and it will execute and deliver to FHC any and all documents which FHC may request to confirm in FHC all right, title and interest in the FHC Marks.

 

(j)                                     Upon termination of this Agreement, FHC shall continue to be entitled to utilize the Biosite Marks on the terms agreed to previously by the parties in connection with FHC’s promotion, marketing, distribution and sale of units of Products remaining in FHC’s inventory and not repurchased by Biosite.  Thereafter, except as herein provided, FHC shall terminate all use of Biosite Marks, and shall at Biosite’s request and at Biosite’s expense, destroy or return to Biosite all literature and other advertising and promotional materials bearing only the Biosite Marks.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, FHC shall not be required to destroy its inventory of catalogs and other materials that include a reference to Biosite Products among other FHC distributed products and FHC shall be allowed to use all such materials in its business until same are depleted or revised.  In the event of termination or expiration of this Agreement, FHC agrees to cooperate with Biosite and to execute any and all documents requested by Biosite for the purpose of canceling any registered user or other rights with respect to Biosite’s name and the Biosite Marks that FHC may have acquired in operating hereunder, or, at Biosite’s election, in transferring such rights to Biosite or its FHC designee.  FHC also agrees to cooperate with Biosite in transferring any appropriate rights in connection with the Biosite Marks to Biosite and/or Biosite’s designee, at Biosite’s sole cost and expense, if Biosite desires to sell or have sold products in the Territory (other than the Products) other than by FHC.

 

8.                                       Copyrights.

 

(a)                                  FHC hereby acknowledges that Biosite may claim copyright protection with respect to its package inserts and other supporting materials which it includes with each of the Product units, and FHC further acknowledges the validity of Biosite’s right to claim the copyright protection to such materials.  FHC further acknowledges that Biosite has advised FHC that it has the sole and exclusive right to claim the copyright protection with respect to all of its package inserts and other supporting materials included with the Products, and FHC shall take no

 

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action which is in any way inconsistent with Biosite’s claim of copyright protection that it expects to make with respect to such materials.

 

(b)                                 In order to protect against infringement of Biosite’s copyright through unauthorized reproduction or duplication of its copyrighted materials, such materials included with the units of Products sold by Biosite to FHC shall bear appropriate copyright markings.  Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall prohibit FHC from copying and distributing to its sales representatives Product advertising, literature and other materials prepared by or on behalf of Biosite for the purpose of fulfilling FHC’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Either party shall promptly notify the other in writing of any infringements, whether within or without the Territory, of any of Biosite’s copyrights which come to the attention of such party.   FHC shall, at  the request of Biosite, provide Biosite with all reasonable assistance in initiating and prosecuting any legal action against any infringer of Biosite’s copyrights within the Territory; provided, however, that all costs incurred in connection with any such copyright infringement action shall be borne solely by Biosite.

 

9.                                       Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.

 

(a)                                  FHC may receive various trade secrets of Biosite and other information of Biosite (and in each such instance, at the time of disclosure to FHC, Biosite shall provide FHC with written notice that Biosite considers such information to be a trade secret or otherwise confidential) of a confidential nature (including but not limited to specific technical information concerning the Products).  FHC agrees that it will not disclose to anyone, directly or indirectly, any of such confidential information, or use such confidential information other than as reasonably required in the course of its performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, FHC may disclose such confidential information to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or court order, provided that FHC shall give Biosite reasonable notice of any such required disclosure and shall give Biosite an opportunity to object to any such disclosure or to request confidential treatment thereof.  FHC shall, at Biosite’s option, return such information to Biosite or destroy all such data having physical form and all copies thereof.  The obligations set forth in this Section 9(a) shall survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of [***].

 

(b)                                 Biosite may receive various trade secrets of FHC and other information of FHC of a confidential nature.  Biosite agrees that it will not disclose to anyone, directly or indirectly, any of such trade secrets or other confidential information, or use such trade secrets or other confidential information other than as reasonably required in the course of its performance of its obligations and the exercise of its rights under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Biosite may disclose such trade secrets or other confidential information to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or court order, provided that Biosite shall give FHC reasonable notice of any such required disclosure and shall give FHC an opportunity to object to any such disclosure or to request confidential treatment thereof.  Biosite shall, at FHC’s option, return such information to FHC or destroy all such data having physical form and all copies thereof.  The obligations set forth in this Section 9(b) shall survive any termination of this Agreement for a period of [***].

 


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(c)                                  Notwithstanding any provision set forth in this Section 9 to the contrary, the parties’ obligations under this Section 9 shall not apply to the extent that: (i) the confidential information, or any relevant part of it, can be shown to be in the public domain prior to the date of this Agreement; (ii) the confidential information, or any relevant part of it, becomes part of the public domain, other than by some unauthorized act or omission, after the date hereof; (iii) the confidential information, or any relevant part of it, is disclosed to such party by a third party who has the right to make such disclosure; (iv) express written permission to disclose the confidential information, or any relevant part of it, or to make use of same, is obtained from the non-disclosing party by the disclosing party; or (v) the information is developed independently of the confidential information by the other party based on written records maintained in the ordinary course.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all customer and sales related information provided to Biosite by FHC (whether under this Agreement or a prior agreement between the parties), including but not limited to the information provided to Biosite under Section 3(g), shall be jointly owned by both parties and shall not be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 9(a) or 9(b).  Such customer and sales related information may be used by either party for any lawful purpose, subject to the following restrictions:  (i) Biosite shall not disclose sales dollars, gross profit dollars or gross profit percent information disclosed to Biosite by FHC under this Agreement (or calculated by Biosite using information disclosed to Biosite by FHC under this Agreement) to any third party (excluding Biosite’s attorneys, accountants, or as may be required by applicable law, regulation or court order or as permitted under clauses (i) through (v) under Section 9(c) above); and (ii) Biosite shall not disclose any customer or sales information disclosed to Biosite by FHC under this Agreement to [***], [***] or [***] (unless so required by applicable law, regulation or court order or as permitted under clauses (i) through (v) under Section 9(c) above).  The terms and conditions of this Section 9(d) shall supercede any inconsistent terms and conditions that may appear in a prior agreement between the parties if the terms and conditions of any such prior agreement survive termination of the such prior agreement.

 

10.                                 Biosite’s Warranties:  Disclaimer of Warranties.

 

(a)                                  Biosite agrees that it shall execute and warrants that it shall abide by the terms of FHC’s Continuing Guaranty, a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule A and which guaranty is incorporated herein by reference.  The terms and provisions of the Continuing Guaranty shall survive the termination of this Agreement.  Prior to the first shipment of Product to FHC, Biosite shall provide FHC with certificates of insurance which meet the requirements of paragraph D of the Continuing Guaranty.  Biosite’s insurance carriers shall at all times during the term of this Agreement be rated by Best’s as B+ or superior.  Biosite is not aware after due inquiry of any circumstance which would prevent the issuance of such policy.

 

(b)                                 In addition to the warranties of Biosite set forth in this Agreement and in the Continuing Guaranty, Biosite warrants that each of the Products will conform to the specifications set forth in Product literature prepared by or on behalf of Biosite and that the Products will comply and be manufactured, packaged, sterilized (if applicable), labeled and shipped in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, orders, regulations and

 

 


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standards.  Biosite further warrants that the Products do not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.

 

(c)                                  Biosite and FHC shall extend to customers only the Product Warranty embodied in Schedule I hereto; provided that Biosite may modify such Product Warranty with FHC’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.  Biosite shall not modify or amend the warranty during the term of this Agreement without providing FHC with sixty (60) days, prior written notice.  Biosite warrants and represents that the Products will perform in accordance with Biosite’s warranty.

 

(d)                                 Except for the warranties described in Sections 10 (a)-(c) hereof, all of which shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, FHC’s customers, Biosite MAKES NO WARRANTIES TO CUSTOMERS AND FHC SHALL NOT MAKE ANY OTHER WARRANTIES TO CUSTOMERS AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS OF THE PRODUCT FOR A PARTICULAR USE.

 

11.                                 Force Majeure.

 

The obligations of either party to perform under this Agreement shall be excused during each period of delay to the extent caused by such matters as strikes, shortages of power or raw materials, government orders or acts of God, which are reasonably beyond the control of the party obligated to perform.  The affected party shall make all commercially reasonable efforts to remedy the effects of such force majeure.  Any force majeure event shall not excuse performance by the party but shall delay performance, unless such force majeure continues for a period in excess of ninety (90) days.  In such event, the party seeking performance may cancel its obligations hereunder.

 

12.                                 Notices.

 

Any notice required by this Agreement shall be in writing, and may be delivered in person, by nationally recognized overnight delivery service or by any lawful means to the party for whom intended at its address set forth below, and shall be effective on receipt.

 

If to Biosite:

Biosite Incorporated

 

11030 Roselle Street, Suite D

 

San Diego, California  92121

 

Telecopy:  (858) 445-4815

 

Attn:  Tom Watlington

 

 

with a copy to:

Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP

 

4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100

 

San Diego, CA 92121-2189

 

Telecopy:  (858) 677-1477

 

Attn:  Mark R. Wicker, Esq.

 

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If to FHC:

Fisher  HealthCare

 

9999 Veterans Memorial Drive Houston, Texas  77038

 

Telecopy:  (281) 878-2293

 

Attn:   General Counsel

 

 

with a copy to:

Fisher Scientific International Inc.

 

Liberty Lane

 

Hampton, New Hampshire  03842

 

Telecopy:  (603) 929-2703

 

Attn:  General Counsel

 

or such other address as provided in writing in the manner provided by this Section 12.

 

13.                                 Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement, including Schedules and Exhibits, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and representations, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to such subject matter.  In ordering and delivery of the Products, the parties may employ their standard forms, but nothing in those forms shall be construed to modify or amend the terms of this Agreement.

 

14.                                 Attorneys’ Fees.

 

In the event any claim or counterclaim is asserted or action is commenced to enforce any of the rights or obligations of the parties under this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to collect from the other party, as part of the judgment rendered with respect to such claim or action, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and court costs.

 

15.                                 Governing Law.

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT REGARD TO CALIFORNIA CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

 

16.                                 Compliance With Applicable Laws.

 

In connection with the sale of the Products hereunder, Biosite and FHC shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and orders of governmental bodies having jurisdiction in respect of activities contemplated by or covered under this Agreement, including without limitation, obtaining all necessary permits, licenses and regulations.  FHC shall cooperate fully with Biosite, at Biosite’s sole cost and expense, in connection with securing and maintaining any governmental registration or other governmental permits required with respect to marketing the Products in the Territory and FHC will notify Biosite of any local laws affecting the Products which may come to its attention.

 

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17.                                 Assignment.

 

(a)                                  Subject to Sections 2(j) and 17(b), neither party shall assign or transfer this Agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part without the prior written consent of the other party in each and every instance, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.  If either party wishes to assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement, as aforesaid, in each instance the party seeking to assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement shall submit to the other party for such party’s review and approval as soon as practicable such information as the other party may reasonably request concerning the assignee or transferee and the party from which consent is sought shall have thirty (30) days following receipt of the fully responsive materials in which to review the same and approve or reject the assignment or transfer.  In any event in which the party from which consent is sought reasonably rejects the assignment or transfer, this Agreement shall terminate [***] days following the date on which the rejection is received by the party seeking to assign or transfer.  The parties shall make best efforts to promptly and amicably wind up all outstanding matters concerning the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding Section 17(a) above: (i) a merger, reorganization, recapitalization, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets, change of control, or similar transaction of a party shall not be deemed an assignment or transfer of this Agreement subject to the provisions of Section 17(a) above, and (ii) FHC shall be entitled to assign this Agreement to an entity with which it is affiliated (by reason of greater than fifty percent (50%) ownership of the voting securities thereof), without the prior written consent of Biosite, but upon prior written notice to Biosite.

 

18.                                 Amendments.

 

No amendment or modification of the terms of this Agreement shall be binding on either party unless reduced to writing and signed by an authorized officer of the party to be bound.

 

19.                                 Existing Obligations.

 

Each party represents and warrants that the terms of this Agreement do not violate any existing obligations or contracts of it.  Each party shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other party from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and causes of action that are hereafter made or brought against the other party that allege any such violation.

 

20.                                 Relationship of the Parties.

 

(a)                                  For the purposes of this Agreement, FHC and Biosite are deemed to be independent contractors and not the agent or employee of the other.  Neither FHC nor Biosite shall have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or take any action, which shall be binding on the other, except as provided for herein or authorized in writing by the party to be bound.

 

(b)                                 This Agreement does not grant any license from Biosite to FHC or from FHC to Biosite except as expressly provided herein.

 


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21.                                 Successors and Assigns.

 

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

22.                                 Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original for all purposes.

 

23.                                 Approvals and Consents.

 

Each of the parties represents to the other that all necessary approvals of any third persons, the granting of which are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or for preventing the termination of any right, privilege, license or agreement or any right granted hereunder have been received by both parties to this Agreement.

 

24.                                 Miscellaneous.

 

Any payment obligation under this Agreement which shall be due from Biosite to FHC and for which no date of payment is specified in this Agreement shall be payable on the thirtieth (30th) day following the day on which the event occurs which triggers Biosite’s obligation to make any such payment.

 

25.                                 Further Assurances.

 

Biosite and FHC each shall perform any and all further acts and execute and deliver any and all further documents and instruments that may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have, by their duly authorized officers, executed this Agreement on the date first set forth above.

 

BIOSITE INCORPORATED

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas M. Watlington

 

By:

/s/ Patrick Balthrop

 

 

 

Title:

Senior V.P. Commercial Operations

 

Title:

President, Fisher Healthcare

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

CONTINUING GUARANTY

 

A.                                   Biosite Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as “Seller”), having its principal office and place of business at 11030 Roselle, Ste. D, San Diego, California  92121, hereby guarantees that all Products (including their packaging, labeling and shipping) comprising each shipment or other delivery hereinafter made by Seller (hereinafter referred to as “Products”) to or on the order of Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, having its principal place of business at 2000 Park Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275, or to any of its branches, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, or any of their customers (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Fisher”), pursuant to that certain Distribution Agreement effective as of January 1, 2004 (the “Distribution Agreement”), between Seller and Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company represented by its Fisher HealthCare division, are, as of the date of such shipment or delivery, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any regulations, rules, declarations, interpretations and orders issued thereunder, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, and conform to representations and warranties made by Seller in its advertising, product labeling and literature.

 

B.                                     Further, with respect to any Product that is privately labeled for Fisher, if any, Seller agrees to make no change in such Products or the Fisher artwork on the labeling or packaging relating thereto without first obtaining the written consent of Fisher.  Seller recognizes that Fisher is the owner of the trademarks and trade names connoting Fisher which it may elect to use in the promotion and sale of such private label Products and that Seller has no right or interest in such trademarks or trade names.  Seller shall periodically analyze and review packaging and labeling for any Products which are private labeled for Fisher to ensure conformity with the provisions of paragraph A hereof and the adequacy of Product warnings and instructions.

 

C.                                     Seller hereby agrees that it will reimburse Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with any product corrective action or recall relating to the Products which is requested by Seller or required by any governmental entity.

 

D.                                    Seller agrees to procure and maintain product liability insurance with respect to the Products and contractual liability coverage relating to this Guaranty, with insurer(s) having Best’s rating(s) of A- or better, naming Fisher as an additional insured (Broad Form Vendors Endorsement), with minimum limits in each case of [***].  Seller shall promptly furnish to Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, a certificate of insurance and renewal certificates of insurance evidencing the foregoing coverages and limits.  The insurance shall not be canceled, reduced or otherwise changed without providing Fisher with at least ten (10) days prior written notice.

 

E.                                      Subject to the provisions of Section 4(l) of the Distribution Agreement, Seller agrees to and shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, (and with respect to Subparagraph E.(i) below, the customers of Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company) from any and all claims, actions, costs, expenses and damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses arising out of: (i) any actual or alleged patent, trademark or copyright infringement in the design, composition, use, sale, advertising or packaging of the Products; (ii) any breach of the representations or warranties set forth in this Guaranty; (iii) the sale or use of the Products where such liability results from the act or omission of Seller (whether for breach of warranty, strict liability in tort, negligence or otherwise).  In each such case, Fisher shall give Seller prompt written notice of any such claim, shall permit Seller to assume sole control of the defense thereof and shall provide all reasonable assistance in connection with the defense of such claim.  Fisher shall have the right to retain its own counsel and to participate in such defense, with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by Seller, if representation of Fisher by counsel retained by Seller would be inappropriate due to actual differing interests between Fisher and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding.

 


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F.                                      Seller agrees to and shall provide to Fisher Material Safety Data Sheets and other information concerning any Product as required by then applicable federal, state or local law.

 

G.                                     Seller agrees to and shall accept, at its facility, all of Fisher’s unsold or expired Products containing hazardous chemicals, materials or substances for disposal, recycling or use.  Fisher shall be responsible for packing and transportation costs to Seller.  Seller shall be responsible for all other costs, including, without limitation, any costs associated with Seller’s disposal, recycling or use.

 

H.                                    If the Products to be furnished by Seller are to be used in the performance of a U.S. government contract or subcontract, those clauses of the applicable U.S. Government procurement regulation which are mandatorily required by Federal Statute to be included in U.S. Government subcontracts shall be incorporated herein by reference including, without limitation, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.

 

I.                                         The representations and obligations set forth herein shall be continuing and shall be binding upon the Seller and his or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors and/or assigns, whichever the case may be, and shall inure to the benefit of Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, its successors and assigns and to the benefit of its officers, directors, agents and employees and their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns.

 

J.                                        The agreements and obligations of Seller set forth in this Guaranty are in consideration of purchases made by Fisher from Seller and said obligations are in addition to (and supersede to the extent of any conflict) any obligations of Seller to Fisher or Fisher to Seller.  This Guaranty shall be effective upon the first sale to Fisher of any Product by Seller, and the obligations of Seller under this Guaranty shall survive and be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

SELLER

 

 

 

BIOSITE INCORPORATED

 

Name Under Which Seller’s Business is Conducted

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas M. Watlington

 

Signature of Authorized Representative

 

 

 

Senior V.P. Commercial Operations

 

 

Title

 

 

 

July 1, 2003

 

 

Date

 

 

 

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.,   a

 

Delaware limited liability company

 

 

 

/s/ Patrick Balthrop

 

 

Signature of Authorized Representative

 

 

 

President, Fisher Healthcare

 

Title

 

 

 

July 1, 2003

 

 

Date

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

[***]

 

 

Catalog
Number

 

Product

 

Size

 

List Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 test

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

6x5 mL vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

6x5 mL vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

6x5 mL vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

2 x 2 vials

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 each

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25/pkg

 

[***]

 


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SCHEDULE C

 

[***]

 

Catalog
Number

 

Product

 

Size

 

List Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

20 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

20 tests

 

[***]

 

 


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SCHEDULE D

 

[***]

 

Catalog
Number

 

Product

 

Size

 

List Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 test

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

2 x 2 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

3 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

2  x 2 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

3 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 Test

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

2 x 2 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

3 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

1 unit

 

  [***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

 

  [***]

 

 


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SCHEDULE E-1

 

[***]

 

 

Catalog
Number

 

Product

 

Size

 

List Price

[***]

 

[***]

 

25 tests

 

[***]

 

 


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SCHEDULE E-2

 

[***]]

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

2  x 2 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

3 vials

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

 

[***]

 

 


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SCHEDULE F

 

SAMPLE QUANTITIES AND PRICES

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Annual
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Sample Price/Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Annual
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Sample Price/Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Annual
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Sample Price/Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Annual
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Sample Price/Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Annual
Maximum No.
of Samples

 

Sample Price/Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[***]Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Monthly
Maximum No.
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SCHEDULE I

 

PRODUCT WARRANTY

 

Biosite’s express and implied warranties (including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness) are conditioned upon observance of Biosite’s published directions with respect to the use of Biosite’s diagnostic products.  Remedies against Biosite for breach of warranty or other duty are limited solely to replacement or return of the purchase price of the affected products.  Any such claim against Biosite must be made in writing and promptly pursued within one year from the date of delivery of goods.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER SHALL BIOSITE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

 

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SCHEDULE J

 

CONTRACT CUSTOMER INSERT

 

A.                                   “The terms and conditions contained in any invoice, sales acknowledgment, bill of lading, or other document supplied by Distributor to Customer shall (a) govern the relationship between Distributor and the Customer and (b) supercede any inconsistent terms and conditions of this Agreement and any exhibits attached hereto with respect to the terms of shipment and payment terms for Products delivered to Customer by the Distributor (which terms include, without limitation, acceptance, damage or loss in transit, credit terms, payment terms, and shipping terms, but exclude any warranty terms (which warranty terms shall be solely as expressly set forth in this Agreement)).”

 

B.                                     “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Customer acknowledges and agrees that it shall look only to Biosite (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and not to Distributor with respect to (i) warranty issues associated with the Products, (ii) product liability issues associated with the Products (unless to the extent caused by Distributor’s negligence or willful misconduct), (iii) third party intellectual property claims related to the Products, and (iv) indemnity obligations of Biosite set forth in this Agreement.”

 

Biosite and FHC agree that clause (iv) set forth in paragraph (B) above shall only be included in Contract Customer contracts in the event that Biosite has agreed to provide indemnity to the applicable Contract Customer.

 

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