Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 28, 2011, Guided Therapeutics, Inc. (“GT”) executed an agreement to extend its existing license agreement with Konica Minolta Opto, Inc. (“KMOT”) to co-develop non-invasive cancer detection products for one year, effective May 1, 2011. Pursuant to the extension agreement, KMOT will pay GT a $750,000 fee for the extension. Additionally, the agreement provides for a subsequent one-year renewal upon the written agreement of the parties. This extension is the second extension of the original agreement, which a one-year exclusive negotiation and development agreement of optimization of GT’s microporation system for manufacturing, regulatory approval, commercialization and clinical utility, entered into by GT and KMOT in April 2009.
Also on March 28, 2011, GT executed an agreement to extend its existing agreement with KMOT to develop prototype devices specific to the esophageal cancer detection application for one year, effective May 1, 2011. Pursuant to the extension agreement, KMOT will pay GT a total of $1.72 million in installments payable on quarterly beginning on the effective date.
The foregoing descriptions of the extension agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the extension agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.