-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FdOn883fEJogDfjA9i85zw/igPKtFbalso6dIxJcW4ti0RHU9aL8PE+P1tK1ZqHw CpYgifkrGCdI8ETeVCwS5g== 0000950120-07-000037.txt : 20070112 0000950120-07-000037.hdr.sgml : 20070112 20070112171148 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950120-07-000037 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070108 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000875622 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 113054851 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19879 FILM NUMBER: 07529413 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 35 WILBUR ST CITY: LYNBROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 11563 BUSINESS PHONE: 5165937000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 35 WILBUR STREET CITY: LYNBROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 11563 8-K 1 form8-k.htm CURRENT REPORT Current Report
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  January 12, 2007 (January 8, 2007)


BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Delaware
0-19879
11-3054851
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
35 Wilbur Street
Lynbrook, NY  11563
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

516.593.7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 1.01.  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On January 8, 2007, BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (the “Company”), Advance Biofactures Corporation (“ABC”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and DFB Biotech, Inc. (“DFB Biotech”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006, by and among the Company, ABC, DFB Biotech, Inc. and Healthpoint, Ltd. (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and ABC sold certain of their assets relating to their topical collagenase business to DFB Biotech. On March 6, 2006, the parties consummated the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

The Company, ABC and DFB Biotech entered into the Amendment to clarify the intent of the parties with respect to certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement. Provisions modified in the Amendment include (i) certain definitions in Section 1.1 of the Purchase Agreement (including “Purchased Assets” and “Product”); (ii) the terms of the license granted to Buyer for the right to use the Overlap Intangible Assets, as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement; (iii) the scope of the assets excluded from the sale as Excluded Assets, as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement; and (iv) the Company’s and ABC’s obligation to maintain and defend all Overlap Intangible Assets. The Amendment also included, among other things, an acknowledgement by DFB Biotech of the Company’s License Agreement with Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

This brief description of the terms of the Amendment is qualified by reference to the provisions of the agreement, attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1.
 
ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
(d)  Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
 
10.1
 
 
Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 8, 2007, by and among BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., Advance Biofactures Corporation and DFB Biotech, Inc.
 
(Portions of the Amendment have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.)
 

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  January 12, 2007
 
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
——————————————————
(Registrant)
 
 
/s/ Thomas Wegman
 
 
——————————————————
Thomas Wegman
President
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Number
Description
 
10.1
Amendment to the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 8, 2007, by and among BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., Advance Biofactures Corporation and DFB Biotech, Inc.
 
(Portions of the Amendment have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.)
 
 
EX-10.1 2 ex10-1.htm AMENDMENT TO ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT Amendment to Asset Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT

This Amendment is made as of January 8, 2007 by and among DFB Biotech, Inc. a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”), and BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation (“BTC”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary Advance Biofactures Corporation, a New York corporation (“ABC”) (BTC and ABC each being hereinafter individually, and collectively where applicable, referred to as “Seller”). (Buyer and Seller are at times referred to herein collectively as the “Parties.”)
 
RECITALS
 
Whereas the Parties entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated March 3, 2006 (the “APA”); and
 
Whereas the Parties now desire to amend the APA as detailed herein to clarify certain provisions of the APA in light of subsequent events;
 
AGREEMENT
 
Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be legally bound agree as follows:
 
1.
Any capitalized term in this Amendment not defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the APA.
 
2.
The following definitions shall be added as defined terms to Section 1.1 of the APA:
 
‘Auxilium’ - shall mean Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Delaware corporation which is a party to the Auxilium License (as defined below).”
 
‘Retained API’ - shall mean collagenase, excluding collagenase for dermal formulations labeled for topical administration, OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION.”
 
“Transferred API’ - shall mean collagenase, including but not limited to collagenase for dermal formulations labeled for topical administration, which is the active pharmaceutical ingredient of the Product, OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION.”
 
‘Auxilium License’ - shall mean the Development and License Agreement by and between BTC and its Affiliates (as defined therein) and Auxilium, dated June 3, 2004, as amended May 10, 2005.”
 
‘Auxilium Product’ - shall mean pharmaceutical products, excluding all dermal formulations labeled for topical administration, which contain Retained API as an active ingredient.”
 
‘Competing Product’ - shall mean a product that contains Retained API as an active ingredient and is sold in a country by a party (other than Auxilium its Affiliates or Sublicensees as defined in the Auxilium License) for
 

 
an indication when Auxilium, its Afilliates or Sublicensees also markets an Auxilium Product approved for such indication in such country.”
 
‘Retained Cell Banks’ - shall mean the cell banks of Seller as of the Closing Date, which are listed in Schedule 1.1(h).”
 
‘Transferred Cell Banks’ - shall mean the cell banks of Seller as of the Closing Date, which are listed in Schedule 1.1(d).”
 
3.
Each definition below shall be deleted in its entirety from Section 1.1 of the APA and replaced with the following:
 
‘API’ - shall mean collagenase, which is the active pharmaceutical ingredient for the Product, obtained from fermentation of Clostridium.”
 
‘Overlap Intangible Assets’ - means the intangible assets (including Records relating to the Transferred API and Transferred Cell Banks) owned or licensed by ABC or BTC not solely related to topical uses and indications for collagenase, which are used in the research, development, use, commercialization, manufacture, sale or distribution of the Product, Retained and Transferred API, including those set forth in Schedule 1.1(b).”
 
‘Product’ - means the collagenase ointment manufactured by Seller and marketed by Abbott Laboratories under the trademark SANTYL as successor to Knoll Pharmaceutical Company pursuant to the Knoll License Agreement, as well as all components of the SANTYL collagenase ointment including but not limited to the Transferred API but excluding the Retained API.”
 
‘Purchased Assets’ - means:
 
(a)  to the extent exclusively related to or used in connection with the API, the Product, or Seller’s Topical Business, all items of inventory of the Seller and ABC-C, wherever located, including all finished goods, work in process, raw materials, spare parts, and all other related materials and supplies and listed on Schedule 1.1(c) (collectively the “Purchased Inventories”);
 
(b)  (i) the ELA, the Product, and the Transferred API; and (ii) all Records of Seller relating to the ELA, the Product, or related solely to the Transferred API;
 
(c)  the Transferred Cell Banks;
 
(d)  the ABC-C Shares;
 
(e)  all the equipment and materials owned by BTC or ABC, located in the Lynbrook, New York or Curaçao facilities, which are used exclusively in Seller’s Topical Business and listed in Schedule 1.1(e);
 
(f)  the Knoll License Agreement and the Tufts License Agreement and all Intellectual Property thereunder;
 
(g)  all Contracts relating solely to Seller’s Topical Business to which Seller or ABC-C is a party and listed in Schedule 1.1(f) (the “Seller Contracts”);
 
(h)  to the extent related to the Transferred Employees, all personnel Records and other Records that Seller is not required by law to retain in its possession;
 
(i)  except as provided in Section 7.14(a) , all Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Seller or ABC-C
 

 
relating solely to (i) Seller’s Topical Business, (ii) the Product, (iii) the Transferred API, (iv) the ELA, or (v) topical uses and indications for collagenase, all as listed on Schedule 1.1(g), (collectively the “Intellectual Property Assets”);
 
(j)  all clinical and other data, reports and communications to the extent solely related to topical indications and uses for collagenase or Seller’s Topical Business; and
 
(k)  all governmental authorizations and pending applications therefor, and registrations, to the extent assignable, to the extent solely related to topical uses and indications for collagenase or Seller’s Topical Business.”
 
‘Seller Injectable Assets’ - means any tangible or intangible assets (including, patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other Intellectual Property asset, equipment, inventory, Contract or other asset) owned, licensed or leased prior to the Closing Date by Seller, or any Affiliate of Seller, relating to the research, development, use, commercialization, manufacture, sale or distribution of the Auxilium Product, and set forth in Schedule 1.1(h).”
 
4.
Section 2.1(b) of the APA shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
“(b)  Overlap Intangible Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing, but effective as of the Effective Time, Seller shall exclusively (even as to Seller), perpetually, without royalty, and irrevocably license to Buyer the right to use the Overlap Intangible Assets for the research, development, use, commercialization, manufacture, marketing, and sale of topical products, free and clear of any Encumbrances, and Buyer shall accept such license from Seller of, the Overlap Intangible Assets.”
 
5.
The following shall be added to the APA as Section 2.2(o):
 
“(o).  any drug master file owned by Seller, its Affiliates or sublicensees, including Auxilium. For purposes of clarity, the Parties agree that the ELA is not, nor shall it be construed to be, a drug master file.”
 
6.
Section 7.7(a) of the APA shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION

7.
Section 7.15 of the APA shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
7.15  Maintenance and Defense of Overlap Intangible Assets
 
Seller agrees that all patents and other Intellectual Property included within the definition of Overlap Intangible Assets shall be maintained and defended in all relevant jurisdictions throughout the OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Upon OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, if a decision is made not to defend or maintain any such patent or other Intellectual Property, then Seller agrees that Buyer may maintain or defend
 

 
such patent or other Intellectual Property and Seller shall provide, at Buyer’s expense, all reasonable assistance requested by Buyer related to such maintenance or defense.”
 
8.
The following shall be added to the APA as Section 7.18:
 
7.18  Buyer Acknowledgment of Auxilium License
 
To the extent Records included in the Purchased Assets are subject to the Auxilium License, Buyer acknowledges that Auxilium may have limited rights to such Records. Therefore upon Auxilium’s reasonable written request and provided that such Records are in Buyer’s actual possession, Buyer will grant Auxilium a limited right to access, cross-reference, and use (at Auxilium’s sole cost and expense) such Records to the extent (a) they are subject to the Auxilium License and (b) they are reasonably required in regulatory filings for the Auxilium Product.”
 
9.
The following shall be added to the APA as Section 7.19:
 
OMITTED AND FILED
SEPARATELY WITH THE
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION

10.
The references to “API” in Schedule 1.1(b) and Schedule 1.1(g) shall be amended to refer to “Transferred API.”
 
11.
Except as expressly amended or modified hereby the APA shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amendment to be executed in triplicate originals as of the date and year first above written.
 

SELLER:
 
   
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.
 
 
  Advance Biofactures Corporation
By:
/s/ Thomas Wegman
 
By:
/s/ Thomas Wegman
 
Name: Thomas Wegman
   
Name: Thomas Wegman
 
Title: President
 
 
   
Title: President
 
         
BUYER:
 
     
DFB Biotech, Inc.
 
 
     
By:
/s/ Paul Dorman
     
 
Name:____________________________________
     
 
Title:______________________________________
     
 
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