JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT
THIS JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is dated as of June 10,
1997 (the "Effective Date") among Quantum Magnetics, Inc., a California
corporation ("QM"), Biomagnetic Technologies, Inc., a California corporation
("BTI"), and Xxxx X. XxXxxxx, Ph.D. ("XxXxxxx").
WHEREAS QM and BTI have entered into that certain non-binding letter of
intent dated March 27, 1997, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
1 (the "Letter of Intent"); and
WHEREAS the Letter of Intent contemplates the formation of a new
corporation, referred to herein as Magnesensors, Inc. ("MSI"), and that
XxXxxxx will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of MSI pursuant
to an employment contract generally outlined in the Letter of Intent; and
WHEREAS the Letter of Intent contemplates that its terms will be
implemented by various agreements; and
WHEREAS this Agreement is intended by QM, BTI, XxXxxxx and MSI to serve
as the coordinating agreement for the implementation of the Letter of
Intent, it being understood that after this Agreement is signed, the
terms of this Agreement shall supersede the Letter of Intent in each and
every particular;
NOW THEREFORE the parties signing below agree as follows:
1. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto shall
constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements,
understandings, offers and negotiations, including the Letter of Intent.
2. FORMATION OF MAGNESENSORS, INC. The Articles of Incorporation, attached
hereto as Exhibit 2, were executed by Xxxx X. XxXxxxx as the sole
incorporator of MSI who caused them to be filed with the California
Secretary of State on June 5, 1997.
3. WRITTEN CONSENT ACTION OF SOLE INCORPORATOR. Immediately upon execution of
this Agreement, XxXxxxx shall execute the form of Action by Written Consent
of Sole Incorporator attached hereto as Exhibit 3 electing the following
persons to the Board of Directors of MSI: D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx (designated by BTI), Xxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (designated by
QM), and Xxxx X. XxXxxxx.
4. UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT ACTION OF DIRECTORS. Each of QM, BTI and XxXxxxx
shall use its or his best efforts to cause the five directors of MSI's
Board of Directors to execute the form of Written Consent Action of
Directors attached hereto as Exhibit 4.
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5. UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT ACTION OF SHAREHOLDERS. Each of QM, BTI and
XxXxxxx shall execute the Unanimous Written Consent Action of Shareholders
attached hereto as Exhibit 5.
6. AGREEMENT TO ELECT DIRECTORS DESIGNATED BY QM AND BTI. So long as the
parties to this Agreement own stock of MSI, they shall each use their
respective best efforts to assure the election to the Board of MSI: (a) two
individuals designated by BTI, (b) two individuals designated by QM, and,
(c) so long as he remains the CEO of MSI, pursuant to the Employment
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 8, XxXxxxx.
7. LOAN GUARANTY. Each of QM and BTI hereby agrees to guarantee for three
years one-half of a $200,000 working capital line of credit from Silicon
Valley Bank, or a comparable financial institution acceptable to the Board
of Directors of MSI. The liability of QM and BTI is to be several as to
one-half of the aggregate amount of the line of credit, and not joint and
several. If MSI has not pursued such line of credit and caused to be
presented to each of QM and BTI the requisite documents to guarantee such
line of credit by December 31, 1997, then neither of QM nor BTI shall have
an obligation to guarantee any such line of credit. Each of QM and BTI
hereby agrees to provide such financial statements and other information as
is reasonably required by the financial institution to facilitate the
issuance of such a line of credit to MSI.
8. BYLAWS OF MSI. The bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit 6 shall be the bylaws
of MSI.
9. BUY-SELL AGREEMENT. QM, BTI, XxXxxxx and MSI shall execute the Buy-Sell
Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 7.
In addition to the foregoing, immediately following execution of this Agreement,
the parties agree to execute the following documents by personal execution, or
by causing the appropriate corporate officers to execute, as appropriate, each
of the following documents which contains a signature line for such party to
this Agreement:
10. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR XXXX X. XXXXXXX. XxXxxxx and the officers of MSI
shall execute the employment agreement for Xxxx X. XxXxxxx, attached hereto
as Exhibit 8.
11. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES. Other employees of MSI may
include ***, ***, ***, and ***. QM agrees that if *** is employed by MSI
in 0000, XX will pay for reasonable moving costs of relocating *** to
San Diego County.
12. 1997 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN. The Board of Directors and officers MSI
shall adopt and ratify the 1997 Incentive Stock Option Plan in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit 9, together with the form of
Grant of Incentive Stock Option, form of Grant of Nonstatutory Stock
Option, and form of Notice of Exercise attached thereto.
13. STOCK ISSUANCE DOCUMENTATION. Each of QM, BTI, XxXxxxx and MSI shall
execute applicable stock issuance-related documents attached hereto as
Exhibit 10, Exhibit 11,
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Exhibit 12, Exhibit 13 and Exhibit 14 to effect the purchase and sale of
shares of common stock of MSI to: QM (40,000 shares), BTI (40,000 shares)
and XxXxxxx (25,000 shares).
Each of QM, BTI and XxXxxxx shall pay to MSI the cash consideration set
forth in its or his respective stock subscription agreement on the
Effective Date.
14. SALE OF EQUIPMENT BY QM. QM shall execute the Xxxx of Sale to MSI attached
hereto as Exhibit 15 for the equipment QM is selling, delivering and
installing to or at MSI. Consideration for such sale shall be the
promissory note which, along with the applicable UCC-1, both found at
Exhibit 16, shall be executed by MSI.
15. SALE OF EQUIPMENT BY BTI. BTI shall execute the Xxxx of Sale to MSI
attached hereto as Exhibit 17 for the equipment BTI is selling to or at
MSI. Consideration for such sale shall be the promissory note which, along
with the applicable UCC-1, both found at Exhibit 18, shall be executed by
MSI.
16. GRANT OF PATENT ASSIGNMENTS AND LICENSES, AND TRANSFER OF KNOW HOW. Each of
QM, BTI and MSI shall execute the respective Patent and Patent Application
Assignments, Licenses, Sublicenses, and Know How Transfer Agreements in the
forms set forth in Exhibit 19 (relating to BTI agreements) and Exhibit 20
(relating to QM agreement), respectively.
17. LICENSE OF CERTAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UPON ACQUISITION BY QM. If
QM should ever exercise its rights under the Buy Sell Agreement (Exhibit
7), MSI will transfer to BTI non-exclusive licenses allowing BTI to use and
exploit some of the intellectual property previously transferred to MSI by
BTI. The form of such conditional nonexclusive license to use and exploit
such property is set forth in Exhibit 21, and shall be executed
immediately after this Agreement is executed, by MSI and BTI.
18. MSI COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AGAINST QM. MSI shall execute in favor of QM an
agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 22 which obligates MSI to refrain
from competing in a specified line of business.
19. MSI COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AGAINST BTI. MSI shall execute in favor of BTI
an agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 23 which obligates MSI to
refrain from competing in a specified line of business.
20. QM REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR HIGH-T(c) SUPERCONDUCTING RESEARCH AND
DEVICES. QM and MSI shall execute a three-year agreement titled
"Requirements Contract for High-T(c) Superconducting Research and
Devices" in the form set forth as Exhibit 24.
21. BTI REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT FOR HIGH-T(c) SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES DESIGN,
FABRICATION AND TESTING. BTI and MSI shall execute an 18-month agreement
titled "Requirements Contract for High-T(c) Superconducting Devices
Design, Fabrication and Testing" in the form set forth as Exhibit 25.
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22. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES. Each party represents and
warrants to the other parties with respect to itself as follows:
a. AUTHORIZATION. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and all of the other documents contemplated by this Agreement,
referenced herein or to be executed in connection herewith (the "Related
Agreements") to which such party is a party, by such party, and the
consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of such party, and
this Agreement when executed and delivered, shall constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligations of such party, enforceable against such party
in accordance with its terms, and each of the Related Agreements to which
such party is a party, and upon execution and delivery by such party, will
be legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against
such party in accordance with its terms.
b. NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS. Neither the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Related
Agreements to which such party is a party, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, such party's charter documents
or any material agreement to which such party is a party, or by which it is
bound or to which any of its property is subject.
23. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and in the
event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are determined to be
invalid or unenforceable under any controlling body of law, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not in any way affect the validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.
24. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its
choice of law provisions, and any applicable laws of the United States. As
respects the interpretation of this Agreement and each of the implementing
agreements referenced in this document, this Agreement shall be interpreted
in strict accordance with its terms. Each party hereto was either
represented by an attorney or voluntarily waived his, her or its right to
be so represented. No inference or rule of construction shall be applied to
the interpretation of this Agreement relating to the party which prepared
the draft Agreement, nor to the degree of any party's participation in the
negotiation hereof.
25. WAIVER. The waiver by any party hereto of any right hereunder, or of a
breach by any other party hereto, shall not be deemed a waiver of any other
right hereunder or of any breach or failure by said or any other party,
whether of a similar nature or otherwise.
26. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together
constitute one and the same instrument.
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27. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. In the event of any dispute regarding this Agreement or
any implementing agreement, the parties agree to resolve the dispute
pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association in San Diego
County pursuant to California law.
Quantum Magnetics, Inc.
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx Dated June 10, 1997
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Biomagnetic Technologies, Inc.
By /s/ D. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Dated June 10, 1997
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/s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxx Dated June 10, 1997
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Xxxx XxXxxxx
Agreed and Accepted:
Magnesensors, Inc.
By /s/ Xxxx X. XxXxxxx Dated June 10, 1997
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