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LICENSE AGREEMENT AND COMMENTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 3 - LICENSE AGREEMENT AND COMMENTMENTS

License Agreement

 

The Company entered in to a Patent and Technology License Agreement (the “License Agreement”) with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University, and the IFO-Regina Elena Cancer Institute (together the “Licensors”) during August 2010.  In conjunction with entering into the License Agreement, the Company also entered into a Stock Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) and a Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders Agreement”) with the Licensors, which included provisions such as participation rights in future financings, co-sale rights, and certain limited anti-dilution rights. The License Agreement grants the Company a world-wide exclusive license to materials and methods for use in the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic spread of solid tumor cancers.  In return, the Company has agreed to grant Company equity to the Licensors, to reimburse the Licensors patent expenses thus far incurred, to pay all future patent expenses, pay a royalty on any sales of product using licensed technology, as well as certain minimum royalties and milestone payments.

 

Pursuant to the License Agreement, we are also obligated to make the following royalties and payments to the Licensors:

 

•   Royalty payment of a specified percentage of net sales.

•   Royalty payment of minimum of a specified percentage of net sales in case MetaStat pays royalties to unaffiliated third parties for patent rights.

•   Issue 30% of MBM’s outstanding common stock to the Licensors calculated on a fully diluted, as converted basis. Accordingly, we issued 1,495,714 common shares valued at $74,786 on August 26, 2010.

•   Non-refundable license fee of $25,000 upon execution of License Agreement.

•   License maintenance fee of $30,000 on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversary of the License Agreement. The payment may be credited against royalties made during the twelve month period.

•   License maintenance fee of $50,000, and $75,000 on the fifth and sixth anniversaries of the License Agreement, respectively. Each payment may be credited against royalties made during each such twelve month period.

•   License maintenance fee of $100,000 on the seventh and each subsequent anniversary of the License Agreement. Each payment may be credited against royalties made during each such twelve month period.

 

Anti-dilution Rights for Common Stock

 

Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company is obligated, for no additional consideration, to issue additional shares of common stock to the Licensors to ensure that (i) Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s and MIT’s ownership in MetaStat does not fall below 5% of our outstanding common stock (ii) IFO’s ownership in MetaStat does not fall below 3.33% of our outstanding common stock, and  (iii) Cornell’s ownership in MetaStat does not fall below 1.67% of our outstanding common stock until certain funding thresholds are reached by the Company. The Licensors were not required to pay additional consideration for these shares. We recorded the fair value of the additional shares of common stock issued under this provision as a consulting expense in the period they were earned. There were 160,158 shares issued as a result of this antidilution right (see Note 5). The Company has met the funding target mentioned above and the anti-dilution rights under the Subscription Agreement have terminated.

 

As of February 29, 2012, the Subscription Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement have been terminated.

Sponsored Research Agreement

 

On April 14, 2011 the Company entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (AECOM) and Cornell University for and on behalf of its Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College (Cornell) for a 500 patient Large Population Validation study of its MetaSite Breast test. The study calls for a series of payments to both institutions for a total of $717,554.12. Payments of $538,165.59 have been made and final payments of $128,688.98 to AECOM and $50,699.58 to Cornell are anticipated to be paid during first quarter fiscal 2013.