EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTEmployment Agreement • November 14th, 2003 • Specialty Laboratories Inc • Services-medical laboratories • California
This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 11, 2003 by and between Specialty Laboratories, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), and Cynthia K. French (“Executive”), and is effective upon execution by the Executive and approval by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”).
FINANCING AGREEMENT THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC. (as Lender) And SPECIALTY LABORATORIES, INC. (as Borrower) Dated: September 24, 2003Financing Agreement • November 14th, 2003 • Specialty Laboratories Inc • Services-medical laboratories
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a New York corporation, with offices located at 300 South Grand Avenue, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071 (hereinafter “CIT”), is pleased to confirm the terms and conditions under which CIT shall make revolving loans and other financial accommodations to Specialty Laboratories, Inc., a California corporation with a principal place of business at 1620 26th Street, 5th Floor, South Tower, Santa Monica, California 90404 (herein the “Company”).
August 15, 2003Specialty Laboratories Inc • November 14th, 2003 • Services-medical laboratories
Chiron Corporation (“Chiron”) agrees that it shall not assert its Hepatitis C (“HCV”) and HIV-1 patent rights (“Patent Rights”) in any action, suit or other proceeding seeking to recover against Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (“Specialty”) for the performance of nucleic acid testing (“NAT”) clinical assay(s) for the detection, quantitation, genotyping and/or phenotyping of HCV and HIV-1 and/or the provision of the results thereof to third parties (the “Testing Activity”), occurring at any time prior to October 15, 2003 (the “Effective Date”).
SETTLEMENT AND LICENSE AGREEMENTSettlement and License Agreement • November 14th, 2003 • Specialty Laboratories Inc • Services-medical laboratories • California
This Settlement and License Agreement (the “Agreement”), made effective the 15th day of August, 2003 (“Effective Date”), is by and between SPECIALTY LABORATORIES, INC, a California company having a principal place of business at 2211 Michigan Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90404 (“SPECIALTY”), and BAYER HEALTHCARE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company acting through its Diagnostics Division, having its principal place of business at 511 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York 10591, with offices for purposes of this Agreement at 725 Potter Street, Berkeley, California 94710 (“BAYER”).
