-----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, M2EjopZSL8pn7GgXUeQ4OWyHnpELuQDhTCRTjXxaUuN7/IJbK+fyctSMgDXfetL9 TfupfQQIdOOQiugR59RcpQ== 0000950120-07-000362.txt : 20070622 0000950120-07-000362.hdr.sgml : 20070622 20070622101739 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950120-07-000362 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070618 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070622 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070622 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: 07935409 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 form8-k.htm
 
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):  June 18, 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:

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR.425)

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
Introductory Comment

Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “Company” refer to BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.

ITEM 1.01    ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On June 18, 2007 the Company entered into Change of Control Agreements with its directors, Paul Gitman, Henry Morgan, Michael Schamroth (each a “Director Change of Control Agreement”) and Thomas L. Wegman, who serves as a Director as well as the Company’s President (the “Wegman Change of Control Agreement”).  In order to ensure the continued service of its Directors, all of whom have served on the Board of Directors for many years, and its President, the Company determined that was in its best interest to provide certain protections to its Directors and to its President in the event that there is a change of control of the Company and their service as Directors or as President is terminated.

Pursuant to the terms of the Director Change of Control Agreement, in the event that the director’s service on the Board of Directors of the Company is terminated pursuant to a transaction resulting in a Change of Control, as described below, then (A) 100% of any options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company then held by the Director, which options are then subject to vesting, shall be accelerated and become fully vested and exercisable on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination and (B) if, on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination, the Director then holds shares of common stock of the Company that are subject to restrictions on transfer (“Restricted Stock”) issued to the Director in a transaction other than pursuant to the exercise of a stock option, then, such restrictions shall expire in their entirety on the date immediately preceding the date of termination and all of such shares of common stock shall become transferable free of restriction, subject to the applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws.

Pursuant to the terms of the Wegman Change of Control Agreement, in the event that Mr. Wegman’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without cause following a Change of Control or if Mr. Wegman terminates his employment with the Company for Good Reason following a Change of Control, each as described below, then (A) Mr. Wegman shall receive a payment by the Company equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of his annual base salary at the time of such termination multiplied by twelve (12) months, to be payable in one lump sum not later than thirty (30) days after date of termination of his employment with the Company; (B) until the anniversary of such date of termination, Mr. Wegman shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s medical, dental, and life insurance plans at no greater cost than the cost he was paying immediately prior to the Change in Control; (C) 100% of any options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company then held by Mr. Wegman, which options are then subject to vesting, shall be accelerated and become fully vested and exercisable on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination and (D) if, on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination, Mr. Wegman then holds shares of Restricted Stock, issued to the Director in a transaction other than pursuant to the exercise of a stock option, then, such restrictions shall expire in their entirety on the date immediately preceding the date of termination and all of such shares of common stock shall become transferable free of restriction, subject to the applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws.

Under both the Director Change of Control Agreement and the Wegman Change of Control Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following:

 
·
the acquisition by any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than the Company or its affiliates, from any party of an amount of the capital stock of the Company, so that such person holds or controls 40% or more of the Company’s capital stock; or
 

 
 
·
a merger or similar combination between the Company and another entity after which 40% or more of the voting stock of the surviving corporation is held by persons other than the Company or its affiliates; or

 
·
a merger or similar combination (other than with the Company) in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or

 
·
the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

Under the Wegman Change of Control Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following involuntary circumstances:

 
·
assignment to Mr. Wegman of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with the his position (including titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by the job description of his position, or any other action by the Company or its successor, which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of written notice thereof given by Mr. Wegman;

 
·
a reduction in Mr. Wegman’s annual base salary (or an adverse change in the form or timing of the payment thereof), other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of written notice thereof given by Mr. Wegman; or the elimination of or reduction of any benefit under any bonus, incentive or other employee benefit plan in effect on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control, without an economically equivalent replacement, if Mr. Wegman was a participant or member of such plan on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control;

 
·
the Company’s or its successor’s requiring Mr. Wegman (i) to be based at any office or location more than 25 miles away from the office or location where he was performing services immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) to relocate his or her personal residence, or (iii) the Company’s requiring Mr. Wegman to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Change in Control.

A copy of the form of the Director Change of Control Agreement entered into with each of Paul Gitman, Henry Morgan, Michael Schamroth is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.  A copy of the Wegman Change of Control Agreement entered into with Thomas L. Wegman is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.  The foregoing descriptions of the Director Change of Control Agreement and the Wegman Change of Control Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the agreements.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.


 
ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
10.1
Form of Director Change of Control Agreement
 
 
10.2
Wegman Change of Control Agreement, between Thomas L. Wegman and BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., dated June 18, 2007
 


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:  June 22, 2007
 
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
——————————————————
(Registrant)
 
 
/s/ Thomas L. Wegman
 
 
——————————————————
Thomas L. Wegman
President


 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
EX-10.1 2 exh10_1.htm FORM OF DIRECTOR CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT exh10_1.htm
 
Exhibit 10.1
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
 
Non-Employee Director Change of Control Agreement
 
This Non-Employee Director Change of Control Agreement, effective as of June ___, 2007 is entered into by and between BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with its principal offices located at 35 Wilbur Street, Lynbrook, NY 11563, and ___________ (the “Director”).

The Director is a non-employee member of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Company and the Director desire to arrange for certain provisions applicable in the event that the Director’s service on the Company’s Board of Directors terminates under the circumstances provided herein.
 
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1.  Change of Control. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following:
 
1.1.  the acquisition by any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than the Company or its affiliates, from any party of an amount of the capital stock of the Company, so that such person holds or controls 40% or more of the Company’s capital stock; or
 
1.2.  a merger or similar combination between the Company and another entity after which 40% or more of the voting stock of the surviving corporation is held by persons other than the Company or its affiliates; or
 
1.3.  a merger or similar combination (other than with the Company) in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or
 
1.4.  the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.
 
2.  Benefits. If the Director’s service on the Board of Directors of the Company is terminated pursuant to a transaction resulting in a Change of Control, then the following provisions shall apply:
 
2.1.  Option Vesting. 100% of any options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company then held by the Director, which options are then subject to vesting, shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the option agreement or stock option plan pursuant to which such options had been granted, be accelerated and become fully vested and exercisable on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination. All other terms of the Director’s options shall remain in full force and effect.
  
2.2.  Restricted Stock. If, on the date immediately preceding the effective date of such termination, the Director then holds shares of common stock of the Company that are subject to restrictions on transfer (“Restricted Stock”) issued to the Director in a transaction other than pursuant to the exercise of a stock option, then, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the relevant stock purchase agreement or other instrument pursuant to which the Director acquired such shares of Restricted Stock, such restrictions shall expire in their entirety on the date immediately preceding the date of termination and all of such shares of common stock shall become transferable free of restriction, subject to the applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws. All other terms of any existing stock purchase or similar document shall remain in full force and effect.
 

 
3.  Confidentiality Agreement. The Director confirms that as of the date hereof he or she has executed, or agrees that he or she will execute, the Company’s standard Confidentiality Agreement pursuant to which the Director has agreed to refrain from disclosing the Company’s confidential information as set forth in such Confidentiality Agreement.
 
4.  Miscellaneous.
 
4.1.  Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except that the Company shall assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any corporation, firm or other business entity with or into which the Company may merge or consolidate, or to which the Company may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets, or of which 50% or more of the equity investment and of the voting control is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or is under common ownership with, the Company. In the event of any such assignment by the Company, the Company shall not be discharged from its liability hereunder.
 
4.2.  Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the addresses set forth at the beginning of this Agreement or such other address as a party shall have designated by notice in writing to the other party, provided that notice of any change in address must actually have been received to be effective hereunder.
 
4.3.  Integration. This Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be superseded amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a writing signed by the Director and the Company.
 
4.4.  Binding Effect. Subject to Section 4.1, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives.
 
4.5.  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
 
4.6.  Severability. If any provision hereof shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included herein. If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held by a court to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject matter, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it to make it enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law as then in effect.
 
4.7.  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions.
 
4.8.  Termination. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall modify the nature of the Director’s service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Director may resign as a director at any time and the Board may take action to remove the Director, subject only to the express provisions of this Agreement.
 
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4.9.  Survival of Obligations; Enforcement. The Director’s duties hereunder shall survive the Director’s service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Director acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach by the Director of the provisions of this Agreement may be inadequate and the Director therefore agrees that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief in case of any such breach or threatened breach.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
DIRECTOR
 
 
    
  Name:
 
 
 
 
 
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
 
 
 
By:
 
   
Name:  Thomas L. Wegman
Title:    President
 
EX-10.2 3 exh10_2.htm WEGMAN CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT exh10_2.htm
 
Exhibit 10.2
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

Change of Control Agreement

This Change of Control Agreement, effective as of June 18, 2007 is entered into by and between BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with its principal offices located at 35 Wilbur Street, Lynbrook, NY 11563, and Thomas L. Wegman (the “Employee”).

The Employee is employed by the Company and the Company and the Employee desire to arrange for certain provisions applicable in the event of termination of the Employee’s employment in the circumstances provided herein. The Employee is a skilled and dedicated employee who has important talents which benefit the Company. The Company believes that its best interests will be served if the Employee is encouraged to remain with the Company. The Company has determined that the Employee’s ability to perform the Employee’s responsibilities and utilize the Employee’s talents for the benefit of the Company, and the Company’s ability to retain the Employee as an employee, will be significantly enhanced if the Employee is provided with fair and reasonable protection from the risks of a change in ownership or control of Company. Accordingly, the Company and the Employee agree as follows:

1.  Change of Control Payments; Benefits.

1.1  Termination Events Resulting in Change of Control Payments.

(a)  Following a “Change of Control” (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, in the event of the termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company, or its successor, without cause, at any time after such Change of Control, then the Company shall make Change of Control payments to the Employee in the amount set forth in, and payable in accordance with, Section 1.2 (a).

(b)  In the event of the termination of the Employee’s employment by the Employee for “Good Reason” (as defined below) at any time after a “Change of Control” (as defined below), then the Company shall make Change of Control payments to the Employee in the amount set forth in, and payable in accordance with, Section 1.2 (a).

(i)  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall mean the occurrence of any one of the following:

A.  the acquisition by any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than the Company or its affiliates, from any party of an amount of the capital stock of the Company, so that such person holds or controls 40% or more of the Company’s capital stock; or

B.  a merger or similar combination between the Company and another entity after which 40% or more of the voting stock of the surviving corporation is held by persons other than the Company or its affiliates; or

C.  a merger or similar combination (other than with the Company) in which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or

D.  an acquisition, merger or similar combination or a divestiture of a substantial portion of the Company’s business after which the Employee’s role is not substantially the same as such role prior to the transaction;
 

 
E.  the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business; or

(ii)  For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the following involuntary circumstances:

A.  assignment to the Employee of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Employee’s position (including titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by the job description of the Employee’s position, or any other action by the Company or its successor, which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of written notice thereof given by the Employee;

B.  a reduction in the Employee’s annual base salary (or an adverse change in the form or timing of the payment thereof), other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of written notice thereof given by the Employee; or the elimination of or reduction of any benefit under any bonus, incentive or other employee benefit plan in effect on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control, without an economically equivalent replacement, if Employee was a participant or member of such plan on the day immediately preceding the Change in Control;

C.  the Company’s or its successor’s requiring the Employee (i) to be based at any office or location more than 25 miles away from the office or location where Employee was performing services immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (ii) to relocate his or her personal residence, or (iii) the Company’s requiring the Employee to travel on Company business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to the Change in Control.

For purposes of this Section 1.1 (b)(ii), any good faith determination of “Good Reason” made by the Employee shall be conclusive.

(c)  No Change of Control payments shall be payable in the event that the Employee’s employment is terminated (i) by the Employee, except in accordance with Section 1.1(b) above, or (ii) by the Company in the event of (x) the Employee’s breach of any material duty or obligation to the Company, or (y) intentional or grossly negligent conduct that is materially injurious to the Company (as reasonably determined by the Company’s Board of Directors), or (z) the willful failure of the Employee to follow the reasonable directions of the Company’s Employee officers or Board of Directors.

(d)  Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and if the Employee’s employment is terminated prior to the date on which the Change of Control occurs, and if it is reasonably demonstrated by the Employee that such termination of employment (i) was at the request of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change of Control or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change of Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement change of Control payments shall be payable.

1.2  Amount and Payment of Change of Control Payments.

(a)  The aggregate Change of Control payment referred to in Sections 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) above shall be equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the Employee’s annual base salary at the time of such termination
 
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multiplied by twelve (12) months, to be payable in one lump sum not later than thirty (30) days after date of termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company (the “Termination Date”).

(b)  The Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 1.2 by seeking other employment or otherwise. The amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 1.2 shall not be reduced as the result of employment by the Employee with another employer after the Termination Date, or otherwise.

(c)  Until the anniversary of the Termination Date, the Employee shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s medical, dental, and life insurance plans, at the highest level provided to the Employee during the period beginning immediately prior to the Change in Control and ending on the Termination Date, and at no greater cost than the cost the Employee was paying immediately prior to Change in Control; provided, however, that if the Employee becomes employed by a new employer, the Employee’s coverage under the applicable Company plans shall continue, but the Employee’s coverage thereunder shall be secondary to (i.e., reduced by) any benefits provided under like plans of such new employer.

(d)  Payment of Accrued But Unpaid Amounts. Within ten (10) business days after the Termination Date, the Company shall pay Employee earned but unpaid compensation, including, without limitation, any unpaid portion of the Employee’s vacation pay accrued with respect to the full calendar year ended prior to the Termination Date

1.3  Option Vesting. If the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated pursuant to Sections 1.1(a) or 1.1(b), 100% of any options to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company then held by the Employee, which options are then subject to vesting, shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the option agreement or stock option plan pursuant to which such options had been granted, be accelerated and become fully vested and exercisable on the date immediately preceding the effective Termination Date. All other terms of the Employee’s options shall remain in full force and effect.

1.4  Restricted Stock. If the Employee’s employment with the Company is terminated pursuant to Sections 1.1(a) or 1.1(b) and, on the date immediately preceding the Date of Termination, the Employee then holds shares of Common Stock of the Company that are subject to restrictions on transfer (“Restricted Stock”), which shares were issued to the Employee in a transaction other than pursuant to the exercise of a stock option, then, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the relevant stock purchase agreement or other instrument pursuant to which the Employee acquired such shares of Restricted Stock, such restrictions shall expire in their entirety on the date immediately preceding the Termination Date and all of such shares of Common Stock shall become transferable free of restriction, subject to the applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws. All other terms of any existing stock purchase or similar document shall remain in full force and effect.

2.  Confidentiality Agreement. The Employee confirms that as of the date hereof he or she has executed, or agrees that he or she will execute, the Company’s standard Confidentiality Agreement pursuant to which the Employee has agreed to refrain from disclosing the Company’s confidential information as set forth in such Confidentiality Agreement.

3.  Miscellaneous.

3.1  Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned, in whole or in part, by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, except that the Company shall assign its rights and
 
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obligations under this Agreement to any corporation, firm or other business entity with or into which the Company may merge or consolidate, or to which the Company may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets, or of which 50% or more of the equity investment and of the voting control is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or is under common ownership with, the Company. In the event of any such assignment by the Company.

3.2  Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by hand or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the addresses set forth at the beginning of this Agreement or such other address as a party shall have designated by notice in writing to the other party, provided that notice of any change in address must actually have been received to be effective hereunder.

3.3  Integration. This Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreement or understanding relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be superseded, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a writing signed by the Employee and the Company.

3.4  Binding Effect. Subject to Section 3.1, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives.

3.5  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

3.6  Severability. If any provision hereof shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included herein. If any provision hereof shall for any reason be held by a court to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject matter, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it to make it enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law as then in effect.

3.7  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-law provisions.

3.8  Termination. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall modify the at-will nature of the Employee’s employment relationship with the Company. The Employee may terminate his or her employment at any time with or without notice and with or without cause and the Company may do likewise, subject only to the express provisions of this Agreement.

3.9  Survival of Obligations; Enforcement. The Employee’s duties hereunder shall survive termination of the Employee’s employment by the Company. The Employee acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach by the Employee of the provisions of this Agreement may be inadequate and the Employee therefore agrees that the Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief in case of any such breach or threatened breach.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this Agreement under seal as of the date first written above.
 
 
 
EMPLOYEE
 
 
 
            /s/ Thomas L. Wegman
 
Name:            Thomas L. Wegman
 
 
 
 
 
 
BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
 
 
 
By:
            /s/ Paul Gitman
   
Name:  Paul Gitman
Title:    Director
 
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