Exhibit 10.16
CERTAINCONFIDENTIALINFORMATIONCONTAINEDINTHISDOCUMENT,MARKEDBY [***],HASBEENOMITTEDBECAUSE DERMAVANT SCIENCES LTD.HASDETERMINEDTHEINFORMATION (I)ISNOTMATERIALAND (II)WOULDLIKELYCAUSECOMPETITIVEHARMTO DERMAVANT SCIENCES LTD.IFPUBLICLYDISCLOSED.
Dermavant Sciences GmbH
Viaduktstrasse 8
4051 Basel
Switzerland
5 November 2018
Dear Sirs
Tapinarof: CapEx Letter Agreement
By Section 9.10(b) of the Asset Purchase Agreement dated July 10, 2018, between GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Ltd., Glaxo Group Limited and Dermavant Sciences GmbH (the “Purchase Agreement”), Seller Parties and Buyer undertook to enter into a letter agreement setting forth the scope of the necessary capital improvements Seller Parties have agreed (subject to reimbursement by Buyer) to make at Seller Parties’ Manufacturing site in Cork, Ireland (the “Cork Site”) and the schedule upon which Buyer or its Affiliate shall reimburse Seller Parties for such capital expenditures.
This letter agreement is the “CapEx Letter Agreement” as defined in Section 9.10(b) of the Purchase Agreement. Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined in this letter has the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 9.10(b) of the Purchase Agreement, and in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, each of the Seller Parties and Buyer, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. | Scope, responsibility and expected cost of necessary capital improvements |
1.1 | The relevant capital improvements required to be made at the Cork Site (the “Planned Capital Improvements”) are summarised in Annex 1 to this CapEx Letter Agreement. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this CapEx Letter Agreement, Seller Parties shall implement the Planned Capital Improvements and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to do so in accordance with the timetable described in paragraph 1.2 below (or as may otherwise be agreed between the parties in writing), in each case unless this CapEx Letter Agreement or the Purchase Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms herein or therein. |
1.2 | The timetable referred to in paragraph 1.1 above is as set forth in Annex 3,provided thatsuch timetable may be updated by Seller Parties to the extent necessary following completion of the engineering and technical design and resource planning work referred to in paragraph 1.3(A) below. |
1.3 | As at the date of this CapEx Letter Agreement, Seller Parties anticipate that: |