這 合作及許可協議相互終止 (“ROW許可協議 終止協議生效日期爲2024年9月30日(“行證書許可協議終止生效日期“)由Delaware州法律下設立並存續的Seres Therapeutics, Inc.,辦公地點位於101 Cambridge Park Drive,Cambridge,MA 02140,美國(“Seres”)和摩根士丹利集團(“ société anonyme ”)瑞士法律下設立並存續,辦公地點位於Avenue Nestlé 55,1800 Vevey,瑞士(“NHSc”). Seres and NHSc are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “方方各方”.
鑑於, Seres and Nestec Ltd. (as predecessor to NHSc) entered into that certain Collaboration and License Agreement dated January 9, 2016 (the “ROW 許可協議根據該協議,Seres授予NHSc某些產品在美國和加拿大以外地區開發的專有權利和許可;
Release. Except for the obligations of the Parties expressly set forth in this ROW License Agreement Termination Agreement, each Party to this ROW License Agreement Termination Agreement will and hereby does, on behalf of itself and its affiliates (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), forever release and discharge the other Party and all of its affiliates, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, representatives, shareholders, members, predecessors, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “免責方”), from any and all causes of action, judgments, liens, indebtedness, damages, losses, claims, liabilities, and demands of every kind and character in any manner attributable to or arising out of, whether past, present, or future, at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, contingent or otherwise (collectively, “指任何性質或形式的權益要求、損害賠償、救濟、原因、要求、權利、行動、訴訟、義務、負債、帳戶、防禦、抵銷、權力、特許經營權、抵押、優惠和特性,無論是已知的或未知的,已預見的或未預見的,已存在的或此後出現的,是合同、侵權、法律、衡平法還是其他方式主張的,既能直接提出又可以衍生出來,是成熟的或未成熟的,是涉及資產和負債的或是非資產和負債的,是確定的或未確定的,是可疑的或不可疑的。原因還包括(a)抵銷權、反訴權或收回權的所有權利;(b)根據合同或法律上的責任違反權;(c)反對或爭議申報債權或權益的權利;(d)根據破產法的362、510、542、543、544到550或553條提起的索賠;(e)欺詐、錯誤、脅迫和高利貸等所有權利和防禦,以及破產法的558條中規定的任何其他防禦措施;(f)根據任何州或外國法律提起的任何索賠,包括但不限於任何欺詐轉移或類似索賠。”), which such Releasing Parties, or any of them had, has, or may have had at any time up to and including the ROW License Agreement Termination Effective Date against the Released Parties, or any of them, which relate solely to or arise solely out of the ROW License Agreement, including any performance thereunder or termination thereof; provided that the foregoing release shall not release a Released Party from any Cause of Action arising from or in connection with any fraud committed by such Party prior to the ROW License Agreement Termination Effective Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing set forth in this Section 2 shall relieve any Released Party for Causes of Action arising from or in connection with the APA or any Ancillary Agreements (as defined in the APA), or any other agreement entered into in connection therewith.
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管轄法. This ROW License Agreement Termination Agreement, and any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this ROW License Agreement Termination Agreement, shall be governed by, and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any laws, rules or provisions of the State of Delaware that would cause the application of the laws, rules or provisions of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Each of the Parties hereto further agrees to waive and hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now have or hereafter have to the laying of venue of, and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of, any such action in any such court.
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Jurisdiction, Service, and Venue. Each Party agrees: (i) to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of
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Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept or does not have jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal or other state court sitting in New Castle County within the State of Delaware) (the “指定法院”) for any action, claim, suit, litigation, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, audit, hearing, investigation or dispute (“行動任何因或與本ROW許可協議終止協議有關的事情發生;僅在指定法院提起任何因或與本ROW許可協議終止協議有關的訴訟;任何通過美國掛號信寄送到APA第10.2節所規定的任何一方的地址的法律程序、傳票、通知或文件將視爲對在任何指定法院對該方提起的任何訴訟生效的法律程序送達(前提是NHSc的情況下,法律程序必須送達到Nestlé USA, Inc.在特拉華州的註冊代理處);放棄對在指定法院提起的任何因或與本ROW許可協議終止協議有關的訴訟的任何異議;放棄並且不主張或聲稱在任何指定法院提起的任何此類訴訟是在一個不便利的論壇提起的;但是,對指定法院的提交僅爲本第3節中提到的目的,並不被視爲對這些法院或除此目的外的任何其他法院的普遍提交。