Examples of Patent License Agreement in a sentence
At the time when the Patent License Agreement was entered into in March 2024, based on the then market conditions and the Royalties payable to Bekaert from 1 January 2024 to 29 February 2024, the Royalties payable for the financial year ending 31 December 2024 were estimated to be less than HK$3 million while all applicable percentage ratios were less than 5%.
As such, the transaction contemplated under the Patent License Agreement was at that time considered a de minimis transaction under Rule 14A.76(1) of the Listing Rules and would be fully exempt from the reporting, annual review, announcement and independent Shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
The transaction contemplated under the Patent License Agreement constitutes a continuing connected transaction of the Company under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.
On 18 March 2024, (1) Bekaert (a substantial Shareholder) and (2) Tengzhou Eastern and Jiaxing Eastern (each being an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) entered into the Patent License Agreement, pursuant to which Bekaert, being the owner of Licensed Patent, agreed to grant the License Rights to Tengzhou Eastern and Jiaxing Eastern subject to the terms and conditions therein.
After the end of the financial year ending 31 December 2024, the transaction under the Patent License Agreement will be reviewed by the independent non-executive Directors pursuant to Rule 14A.55 of the Listing Rules and by the auditors of the Company pursuant to Rule 14A.56 of the Listing Rules.