UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2009
LECTEC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota | 0-16159 | 41-1301878 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1407 South Kings Highway, Texarkana, Texas |
75501 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
Not Applicable |
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.) |
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
In July 2008, LecTec Corporation (the Company) filed a complaint for patent infringement against Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. (JJCC) and four other defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. On December 18, 2009, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release (the Settlement Agreement) with JJCC to settle the Companys claims against JJCC that JJCC infringed two of the Companys patents (PatentsInSuit) related to the Companys medicated patch technology (the Litigation).
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, JJCC will pay the Company a onetime sum of $1,200,000 and the Company will grant to JJCC a fully paidup, worldwide, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to (a) the PatentsInSuit, (b) any patent that claims priority, directly or indirectly, from the PatentsInSuit (the Family Patents), including, without limitation, U.S. Patent Nos. 6,096,333, 6,096,334 and 6,361,790, (c) any foreign counterparts of the PatentsInSuit or any of the Family Patents to make, have made, sell, offer for sale, use, import, export or otherwise dispose of any apparatus, method, product, component, service, product by process or any device associated with JJCC or its subsidiaries, affiliates or other controlled entities, for the past, present and future until the expiration of the last patent described above and (d) any patents that the Company owns or currently has an interest in to make, have made, sell, offer for sale, use, import, export or otherwise dispose of any nonprescription, nonocclusive medicated hydrogel patch products that are used to alleviate pain (a Patch Product) associated with JJCC (collectively, the License Grant); provided, however, that the License Grant under clauses (a), (b) and (c) above excludes overthecounter vapor patches which emit vapors that provide cough and cold relief when inhaled, and prescription, nonocclusive, medicated hydrogel patch products that are used to alleviate pain.
In addition, under the Settlement Agreement: (w) the Company agreed to release, acquit and discharge JJCC and its direct and indirect customers and distributors from all claims, duties, obligations and causes of action relating to any matters of any kind, including those related to JJCCs making, using, importing, selling or offering to sell Patch Products and the matters alleged in the Litigation; (x) JJCC agreed to release, acquit and discharge the Company and its direct and indirect customers and distributors from all claims, duties, obligations and causes of action relating to any matters of any kind, including any matters connected in any way with Patch Products sold by JJCC and the matters alleged in the Litigation; (y) the Company agreed not to assign or otherwise transfer the patents described above in the License Grant until the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by such licenses; and (z) JJCC agreed not to challenge or assist in any way in challenging the validity or enforceability of the PatentsInSuit, any Family Patent or any foreign counterparts of the PatentsInSuit or any of the Family Patents.
The foregoing description of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Settlement Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the payment of a $10,000 bonus to Mr. Sanford M. Brink, a $100,000 bonus to Mr. Andrew Rollwagen, and a $60,000 bonus to Dr. Daniel C. Sigg, each of whom is a nonemployee, non-executive director of the Company, and a $75,000 bonus to Mr. William Johnson, the Companys Controller and current sole employee.
On December 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company determined that, in connection with becoming the Companys full-time Chief Executive Officer, as of January 1, 2010, Mr. Judd A. Berlin will be entitled to: (a) an annual base salary in the amount of $240,000; (b) a onetime payment of $200,000 in recognition of Mr. Berlins long service to the Company without compensation and the Companys recent settlement of the litigation with Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; (c) reimbursement for reasonable travel and other businessrelated expenses incurred by Mr. Berlin in the ordinary course of performing his duties as the Companys Chief Executive Officer; (d) a monthly allowance of $1,000 for office facilities, administrative support and international communication systems required by Mr. Berlin in the performance of his duties; and (e) reimbursement in the amount of $30,000 if, in the course of performing his duties as the Companys Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Berlin is required to be physically present in the United States for more than 30 days within any calendar year and consequently is required to forfeit the benefit of the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that Mr. Berlin otherwise would be entitled to.
On December 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company also determined that, as of January 1, 2010, Dr. Daniel C. Sigg, a current member of the Companys Board of Directors, will commence employment as the Companys Chief Scientific Officer. In connection with his appointment as the Companys Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Sigg will be entitled to: (a) an annual base salary in the amount of $155,000; (b) a onetime stipend of $1,500 for expenses related to Dr. Siggs establishment of a home office; and (c) reimbursement for reasonable travel and other businessrelated expenses incurred by Dr. Sigg in the ordinary course of performing his duties as the Companys Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Dr. Sigg agreed to exercise his COBRA benefits upon his departure from his previous employer or to obtain healthcare benefits through his spouses employer, and the Company agreed to reimburse Dr. Sigg for his incremental outofpocket costs related to such benefits until the shorter of the expiration of his COBRA coverage or coverage through his spouses employer, or until such time as the Company has established its own benefit plan, provided that Dr. Sigg is still an employee of the Company at that time.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share to all shareholders of record as of January 29, 2010, and payable on February 12, 2010.
On December 22, 2009, the Company released an open letter (the Letter) to its shareholders regarding current developments at the Company, including those described in this Current Report on Form 8K. The press release publishing the Letter is filed with this Current Report on Form 8K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 LecTec Corporation Press Release, dated December 22, 2009. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LECTEC CORPORATION
By: /s/ Judd A. Berlin
Date: December 22, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | ||
Number | Description | |
99.1
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LecTec Corporation Press Release, dated December 22, 2009. |