Certain identified information has been excluded from this exhibit because it is both not material and is the type that the registrant treats as private or confidential. Information that was omitted has been noted in this document with a placeholder identified by the mark “[***]”.
Exhibit 10.7
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COLLABORATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLABORATION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) completely supersedes and replaces, as of July 13, 2015 (“the “Amended Effective Date”), the Collaboration and License Agreement by and between Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., with headquarters at 7100 NW 62nd Avenue, PO Box 1014, Johnston, Iowa 50131-1014, USA (“Pioneer”), and Caribou Biosciences, Inc., located at 2929 7th St., Suite 120, Berkeley, California 94710 (“Caribou Bio”), (Caribou Bio and Pioneer, each individually a “Party”, and together the “Parties”), [***].
WHEREAS, Caribou Bio is an early stage biotechnology company focused on, among other things, the research and development of tools and technologies for cellular engineering and analysis; and
WHEREAS, Pioneer and its Affiliates, including E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (“DuPont”), are in the business of research, development, production, marketing and commercialization of products and processes benefitting its customers and consumers worldwide in numerous areas such as but not limited to agriculture and industrial biotechnology; and
WHEREAS, each Party has been conducting research related to CRISPR Technology (as defined below), and each Party and its Affiliates have developed or acquired certain intellectual property related to CRISPR Technology; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set out below. The singular shall be interpreted as including the plural and vice versa, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”
1.1 | “Affiliate” means, with respect to an Entity, any Entity that, as of the Effective Date and/or at any time thereafter, directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with such Entity, for so long as such control exists, where “control” means ownership, directly or through one or more Affiliates, of [***] (or such lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign entity in a particular jurisdiction) or more of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors in the case of a corporation, or [***] (or such lesser percentage which is the maximum allowed to be owned by a foreign entity in a particular jurisdiction) or more of the voting equity interests in the case of any other type of legal entity, or any other arrangement whereby an Entity controls or has the right to control the board of directors or equivalent governing body of a corporation or other Entity. For purposes of this Agreement, Pioneer’s Affiliates shall include without limitation, DuPont and its Affiliates. [***]; and (b) Caribou Bio’s Affiliates shall not include Identified Parties. |
1.2 | “Acquisition” means (i) a transaction involving a Party, in which the shareholders of such Party immediately prior to such transaction cease to control (as defined in Section 1.1) such Party after such transaction; (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or business of such Party to an acquiring Entity; (iii) a sale of a controlling (as defined in Section 1.1) interest of such Party to an acquiring entity; or (iv) in the case of Caribou Bio, any arrangement or transaction that results in Caribou Bio becoming an Identified Party. |
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