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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


/x/

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2001.

OR

/ / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                TO                .

Commission File Number 0-29889


Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  94-3248524
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

240 East Grand Avenue
South San Francisco, CA

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

94080
(Zip Code)

(650) 624-1100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes /x/  No / /

    As of July 31, 2001, there were 37,507,491 shares of the Registrant's common stock outstanding.




RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2001


INDEX

 
   
  Page
PART I   FINANCIAL INFORMATION    

Item 1.

 

Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Condensed Balance Sheets—June 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000

 

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Condensed Statements of Operations—three and six months ended June 30, 2001 and 2000

 

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Condensed Statements of Cash Flows—six months ended June 30, 2001 and 2000

 

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

 

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Item 2.

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

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Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

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PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 2.

 

Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

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Item 4.

 

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

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Item 6.

 

Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

 

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Signatures

 

 

 

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements


Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 
  June 30,
2001

  December 31,
2000

 
 
  (unaudited)

 
Assets              
Current assets:              
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 6,514   $ 49,030  
  Available for sale securities     34,823     3,964  
  Accounts receivable     513     663  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     1,421     1,026  
   
 
 
    Total current assets     43,271     54,683  
Property and equipment, net     9,591     9,338  
Other assets     1,463     241  
   
 
 
    $ 54,325   $ 64,262  
   
 
 
Liabilities and stockholders' equity              
Current liabilities:              
  Accounts payable   $ 1,355   $ 1,314  
  Accrued compensation     606     724  
  Accrued liabilities     458     696  
  Deferred revenue     1,257     2,370  
  Capital lease obligations     3,188     2,952  
   
 
 
    Total current liabilities     6,864     8,056  
Capital lease obligations     5,580     5,761  
Long-term portion of deferred revenue     320     400  
Other long-term liabilities     1,100     1,035  
Commitments              
Stockholders' equity:              
  Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 37,454,831 and 36,804,186 shares issued and outstanding on June 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, respectively     37     37  
Additional paid-in capital     109,706     108,742  
Deferred stock compensation     (3,900 )   (5,792 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income     72     2  
Accumulated deficit     (65,454 )   (53,979 )
   
 
 
Total stockholders' equity     40,461     49,010  
   
 
 
    $ 54,325   $ 64,262  
   
 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 
  Three Months Ended
June 30,

  Six Months Ended
June 30,

 
 
  2001
  2000
  2001
  2000
 
 
  (unaudited)

  (unaudited)

 
Revenues:                          
  Contract revenues from collaborations   $ 3,123   $ 3,148   $ 6,318   $ 6,797  

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Research and development (See Note A)     8,787     6,050     14,764     16,011  
  General and administrative (See Note A)     1,933     1,546     3,894     3,141  
   
 
 
 
 
      10,720     7,596     18,658     19,152  
   
 
 
 
 
Loss from operations     (7,597 )   (4,448 )   (12,340 )   (12,355 )
Interest income     526     273     1,225     487  
Interest expense     (244 )   (235 )   (360 )   (455 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net loss   $ (7,315 ) $ (4,410 ) $ (11,475 ) $ (12,323 )
Deemed dividend to Series E preferred stockholders                 (10,033 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net loss allocable to common stockholders   $ (7,315 ) $ (4,410 ) $ (11,475 ) $ (22,356 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net loss per share, basic and diluted.   $ (0.20 ) $ (1.00 ) $ (0.31 ) $ (5.37 )
   
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per common share, basic and diluted     37,094     4,419     36,998     4,163  
   
 
 
 
 

                         

Note A:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes charges for stock-based compensation as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Research and development   $ 1,664   $ 1,110   $ 1,350   $ 5,458  
  General and administrative     121     311     339     503  
   
 
 
 
 
    $ 1,785   $ 1,421   $ 1,689   $ 5,961  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)

 
  Six Months Ended
June 30,

 
 
  2001
  2000
 
 
  (unaudited)

 
Operating activities:              
  Net loss   $ (11,475 ) $ (12,323 )
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:              
    Depreciation and amortization     1,700     1,212  
    Amortization of deferred stock compensation     1,693     2,514  
    Noncash stock compensation     (4 )   3,447  
    Issuances of equity instruments for noncash benefits         500  
  Changes in assets and liabilities:              
    Accounts receivable     150     2,032  
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (395 )   (158 )
    Other assets     (539 )   10  
    Accounts payable     41     505  
    Accrued compensation     (118 )   75  
    Accrued liabilities     (238 )   305  
    Deferred revenue     (1,193 )   (2,397 )
    Other long-term liabilities     65     288  
   
 
 
      Net cash used in operating activities     (10,313 )   (3,990 )
   
 
 
Investing activities:              
  Purchase of available-for-sale securities     (34,753 )   (1,455 )
  Maturities of available-for-sale securities     3,965      
  Capital expenditures     (1,953 )   (1,585 )
   
 
 
    Net cash used in investing activities     (32,741 )   (3,040 )
   
 
 
Financing activities:              
  Proceeds from capital lease financing     1,748     1,072  
  Principal payments on capital lease obligations     (1,693 )   (1,101 )
  Net proceeds from issuances of common stock     483     197  
  Net proceeds from issuances of convertible preferred stock         15,265  
   
 
 
    Net cash provided by financing activities     538     15,433  
   
 
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents     (42,516 )   8,403  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     49,030     5,836  
   
 
 
    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 6,514   $ 14,239  
   
 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
(unaudited)

1. Nature of operations

    Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Rigel" or the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Delaware on June 14, 1996. The Company is engaged in the discovery and development of a broad range of new small molecule drug candidates.

    On December 4, 2000, the Company completed its initial public offering of shares of common stock at $7.00 per share and all outstanding shares of preferred stock were converted into 24,895,957 shares of common stock. In connection with the initial public offering, the Company amended its certificate of incorporation to decrease the number of authorized shares of preferred stock to 10,000,000 and increase the number of authorized shares of common stock to 100,000,000.

2. Basis of presentation

    The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of the Rigel's management, these unaudited financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which we consider necessary to fairly state the Company's financial position and the results of its operations and its cash flows. Interim-period results are not necessarily indicative of results of operations or cash flows for a full-year period. The balance sheet at December 31, 2000 has been derived from audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

    These condensed financial statements and the notes accompanying them should be read in conjunction with the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. Stockholders are encouraged to review the Form 10-K for a broader discussion of the Company's business and the opportunities and risks inherent in the Company's business. Copies of the Form 10-K are available from the Company upon request.

    Comprehensive income did not materially differ from the net income as reported.

3. Net loss per share

    Net loss per share has been computed according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 128, "Earnings Per Share," which requires disclosure of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes any dilutive effects of options, shares subject to repurchase, warrants and convertible securities. Diluted earnings per share includes the impact of potentially dilutive securities.

    The Company's preferred stock converted into common stock upon the closing of the Company's initial public offering in December 2000. For informational purposes, the following unaudited pro forma net loss per share data reflects the assumed conversion of the Company's preferred stock into

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common stock at the beginning of each of the following years (in thousands except per share information):

 
  Three months ended
June 30,

  Six months ended
June 30,

 
 
  2001
  2000
  2001
  2000
 
Net loss to common stockholders   $ (7,315 ) $ (4,410 ) $ (11,475 ) $ (22,356 )
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding     37,094     4,419     36,998     4,163  
Pro forma adjustment to reflect weighted average effect of assumed conversion of preferred stock         24,720         24,231  
   
 
 
 
 
Total weighted average shares outstanding pro forma     37,094     29,139     36,998     28,394  
Basic and diluted pro forma loss per share   $ (0.20 ) $ (0.15 ) $ (0.31 ) $ (0.79 )

4. Revenue recognition

    Non-refundable up-front payments received in connection with research and development collaboration agreements, including technology access fees, are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the relevant periods specified in the agreement, generally the research term.

    Revenue related to collaborative research with the Company's corporate collaborators is recognized as research services are performed over the related funding periods for each contract. Under these agreements, the Company is required to perform research and development activities as specified in each respective agreement. The payments received under each respective agreement are not refundable and are generally based on a contractual cost per full-time equivalent employee working on the project. Research and development expenses under the collaborative research agreements approximate or exceed the revenue recognized under such agreements over the term of the respective agreements. Deferred revenue may result when the Company does not incur the required level of effort during a specific period in comparison to funds received under the respective contracts. Milestone and royalty payments, if any, will be recognized pursuant to collaborative agreements upon the achievement of specified milestones.

5. Deemed Dividend

    In February 2000, the Company completed a private placement of 2,508,330 shares of Series E preferred stock at $6.00 per share for net proceeds of approximately $15.1 million. At the date of issuance, the Company believed the per share price of $6.00 represented the fair value of the preferred stock. Subsequent to the commencement of the Company's initial public offering process, the Company re-evaluated the fair value of its common stock as of February 2000 and determined it to be $10.00 per share. Accordingly, the increase in fair value has resulted in a beneficial conversion feature of $10.0 million that has been recorded as a deemed dividend to the preferred stockholders in 2000. The Company recorded the deemed dividend at the date of issuance by offsetting charges and credits to additional paid in capital without any effect on total stockholders' equity. The preferred stock dividend increases the net loss allocable to common stockholders in the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per common share for the year ended December 31, 2000. Also in February 2000, the Company issued 50,000 shares of Series E preferred stock for a license of technology. The Company valued the license at $500,000 and has expensed this amount in 2000 as the useful life is deemed to be less than one year.

6. Facility Lease

    On May 16, 2001, the Company entered into a 15-year non-cancelable lease for its future office and research facilities in South San Francisco, California. Under the terms of this lease, the Company will occupy these new facilities in late 2002 and will concurrently terminate its lease of the current facilities at Britannia Pointe Grand in South San Francisco. In addition, upon the execution of the new

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lease, the Company paid a $556,000 security deposit and issued a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock at $8.91 per share, a 15% premium to market at the time of issuance. This warrant will expire on May 16, 2006. The fair market value of this warrant, as determined by the Black-Scholes valuation model, was approximately $683,000. This amount has been capitalized in Other Long Term Assets and will be amortized into expense over the life of the lease. In connection with the termination of the current Britannia Pointe Grand lease, the Company will accelerate the amortization of tenant improvements over the expected remaining life of the lease. The change in estimated useful life of the tenant improvements will increase amortization by $0.7 million and $1.5 million over the remainder of fiscal 2001 and 2002, respectively. The Company expects to incur minimal costs in connection with the terminated lease.

7. Subsequent Event

    On July 6, 2001, the Company amended its collaboration to Novartis and initiated the Angiogensis Program. The expanded Novartis collaboration provides that the Angiogensis research program will be carried out at Rigel and provides for a $4.0 million up-front payment, research reimbursement over the next three years and milestones.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and accompanying notes included in this report and the Company's 2000 audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2001 are not necessarily indicative of results that may occur in future periods.

     Except for the historical information contained herein, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. When used herein, the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that these statements will prove to be correct. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ significantly from those discussed here. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in "Risk Factors, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this report and in our 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC. Rigel undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any future events or developments.

Overview

    We are a drug discovery company that utilizes combinatorial biology to discover novel drug targets and drug candidates that regulate these targets. Our technology provides a new and rapid way to find novel drug targets and to validate the role of those targets in disease. We intend to develop a portfolio of novel drug candidates and commercialize the resulting drug products in partnership with corporate collaborators. We have incurred net losses since inception and expect to incur substantial and increasing losses for the next several years as we begin to move drug candidates into preclinical and later stages of drug development and expand our research and development activities. To date, we have funded our operations primarily through the sale of equity securities, non-equity payments from collaborative partners and capital asset lease financings. We received our first funding from our collaborative partners in December 1998. As of June 30, 2001, including both research funding and equity investments, we had received an aggregate of $50.0 million from our collaborative partners, including $5.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2001. As of June 30, 2001, our accumulated deficit was approximately $65.5 million.

    We expect our sources of revenue for the next several years to consist primarily of payments under our current and future corporate collaborations. Under these arrangements, sources of revenue may include up-front payments, funded research, milestone payments and royalties. The process of carrying out our research programs for our collaborative partners and the development of our own non-partnered products to the later stages of development will require significant additional research and development expenditures including preclinical testing and clinical trials. These activities, together with our general and administrative expenses, are expected to result in substantial operating losses for the foreseeable future. We will not receive product revenue unless we or our collaborative partners complete clinical trials, obtain regulatory approval and successfully commercialize one or more of our products.

    To date, we have entered into collaborations with three major pharmaceutical companies that are currently contributing to our revenues. On July 6, 2001, we expanded our collaboration with Novartis with the initiation of the Angiogensis Program. The expanded Novartis collaboration provides that the Angiogensis research program will be carried out at Rigel and provides for an upfront payment,

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research reimbursement over the next three years and milestones. A summary of these partnerships is as follows:

Partner

  Research Program
  Commencement Date
Janssen Pharmaceutica   Tumor Growth — Cell Cycle Inhibition   December 4, 1998
Pfizer   Asthma/Allergies — IgE Production in B Cells   January 31, 1999
Novartis   Transplant Rejection — T Cell Activation
Autoimmunity Disease — B Cell Activation
Chronic Bronchitis (conducted at Novartis)
Tumor Growth — Inhibition of Tumor Angiogensis
  May 26, 1999
August 1, 1999
January 1, 2000
July 6, 2001

    Under the terms of these collaborations, our partners have agreed to provide future research funding up to approximately $33.4 million over the next four years, $9.9 million of which is subject to possible cancellation. In addition, we may receive additional payments upon the achievement of specific research and development milestones and royalties upon commercialization of any products.

    In order to maintain and increase proceeds from collaborations, we are addressing the exploration of new opportunities with existing and new potential collaborators. Our partnerships to date have generally focused on the early stages of drug discovery, specifically on target discovery and validation, while our collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica has been expanded to also include both chemistry and compound high throughput screening. We expect to continue to engage in collaborations focused on the early stages of drug discovery. In addition, we currently anticipate that we will self-fund, at an increased rate of spending, our own research programs to later stages of development prior to partnering with collaborative partners. Therefore, it is expected that future collaborative partnerships will have an expanded focus and could include cell pathway mapping, high throughput screening, combinatorial and medicinal chemistry and/or pre-clinical evaluations. For some programs, we may also seek to enter into collaborations for the development of compounds that we have discovered. The timing, the amount of funds received and the scope of any new collaboration are uncertain, and any compound collaboration will depend on the successful progress of clinical trials. New, expanded or larger collaborations will also be necessary to offset any decrease in proceeds as collaborations come to the end of their terms. Specifically, our collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica is a three-year agreement terminating on December 4, 2001, and our two-year collaboration with Pfizer, which has been extended one additional year, will terminate on January 31, 2002. Our Novartis programs are multiple-year agreements terminating in 2004 and 2005. As each collaboration reaches termination, our partner and we may evaluate the status of the collaboration and, if appropriate, seek to extend the collaboration agreement or negotiate alternative terms.

    We recognize revenues from our research collaboration agreements as earned upon the achievement of performance requirements of the agreements. In addition, these agreements provide for research funding for a specified number of full time researchers working on their associated projects. Payments received that are related to future performance are deferred and recognized as revenue as the related work is performed. As of June 30, 2001, we had deferred revenues of approximately $1.6 million.

    In December 2000, we completed our initial public offering of 5,650,000 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share with net proceeds to us of approximately $35.6 million. Concurrent with the closing of the initial public offering in December, we issued an additional 1,428,571 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share to Novartis in a private placement for net proceeds of $10.0 million. Upon the closing of the Company's initial public offering in December 2000, all outstanding shares of preferred stock converted into 24,895,957 shares of common stock.

    In September 2000, we entered into a Technology Transfer Agreement with Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and acquired the license and technology to a hepatitis C research program.

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Under the terms of this agreement, we have paid a nonrefundable and noncreditable fee of $500,000, have issued Questcor 83,333 shares of Series E preferred stock and will be responsible for satisfying certain milestones and royalties. We are also committed to invest a total of $2.0 million in research and development expenses over a two-year period through 2002. The agreement terminates upon the expiration of the last patent within the agreement.

Deferred Stock Compensation

    We recorded deferred stock compensation with respect to options granted to employees of approximately $4.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2000, and $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2001, representing the difference between the deemed fair value of our common stock for financial reporting purposes on the date these options were granted and the exercise price. These amounts have been reflected as components of stockholders' equity, and the deferred expense is being amortized to operations over the vesting period of the options, generally four to five years, using the graded vesting method. We amortized deferred stock compensation of $4.9 million in 2000, with $3.9 million recorded as research and development expense and $1.0 million as a general and administration expense. In the six months ended June 30, 2001, we amortized deferred stock compensation of $1.7 million, with $1.4 million recorded as research and development expense and $0.3 million as a general and administration expense. At June 30, 2001, we had a total of $3.9 million remaining to be amortized over the vesting periods of the stock options.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2001 and 2000

    Revenues.   Contract revenues from collaborations were $3.1 million in both the three month periods ended June 30, 2001 and 2000. Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2001 consisted primarily of research support and amortization of fees earned from the continuation of our collaborations with Pfizer, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Novartis. We expect contract revenues from collaborations to be a significant component of our total revenues for the foreseeable future.

    Research and Development.   Research and development expenses increased to $8.8 million in the three months ended June 30, 2001 from $6.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2000. These costs include the stock compensation expenses of $1.7 million and $1.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Excluding the stock compensation expenses, our research and development expenses were $7.1 million and $5.0 million in the three months periods ending June 30, 2001 and 2000, respectively. This quarter-to-quarter increase of $2.1 million is primarily attributable to the increase in our scientific headcount. In order to advance all of our non-partnered programs, including the advancement of some programs into preclinical and clinical stages of development, we expect research and development expenses to increase in future periods in connection with the addition of increased staffing and scientific program costs. In addition, our costs will increase with the advancement of our non-partnered programs into later stages of development. We also anticipate that research and development expenses may increase with the addition of new collaborations.

    General and Administrative Expenses.   For the three-month period ended June 30, 2001, general and administrative expenses increased to $1.9 million from $1.5 million for the three-month period ended June 30, 2000. This increase was primarily attributable to higher employee costs and infrastructure costs to support the growing research and development activities. The general and administrative expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2001 and 2000 included $0.1 and $0.3 million, respectively, related to the amortization of deferred stock in connection with options granted to employees. We expect that general and administrative expenses will increase in the future to support the continued growth of our research and development efforts and to accommodate the new demands associated with operating as a public company.

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    Net Interest Expense.   Net interest income in the three months ended June 30, 2001 was $282,000, compared to a net interest income of $38,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2000. Interest income increased to $526,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2001 from $273,000 in the comparable three months of 2000. The increase in interest income is due to the increased cash and investment balances resulting from our initial public offering in December of 2000. Interest expense results from our equipment financing agreements.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2001 and 2000

    Revenues.   Contract revenues from collaborations were $6.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2001 compared to $6.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2000. Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2001 consisted primarily of research support and amortization of fees earned from the continuation of our collaborations with Pfizer, Janssen Pharmaceutica and Novartis.

    Research and Development.   Research and development expenses decreased to $14.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2001 from $16.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2000. This decrease is due primarily to a reduction in stock compensation expense as the assigned fair value of the variable options issued to outside consultants decreased. Excluding the impact of stock based compensation, our research and development expenses increased from $10.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2000 to $13.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2001. This increase is primarily attributable to the increase in our scientific headcount.

    General and Administrative Expenses.   For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2001 and 2000, general and administrative expenses increased to $3.9 million from $3.1 million, respectively. This increase was primarily attributable to higher employee costs and infrastructure costs to support the growing research and development activities. The general and administrative expenses in the six month periods ended June 30, 2001 and 2000 include expenses of $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, related to the amortization of deferred stock compensation in connection with options granted to employees.

    Net Interest Expense.   Net interest income in the six months ended June 30, 2001 was $865,000, an increase of $833,000 from the net interest income of $32,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2000. The increase in interest income is due to the increased cash and investment balances resulting from our initial public offering in December of 2000.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

    We have financed our operations from inception primarily through sales of equity securities, contract payments payable to us under our collaboration agreements and equipment financing arrangements. As of June 30, 2001, we had received $93.1 million in gross proceeds from the sale of equity securities, including $20.0 million from collaborators, and received $30.0 million in research funding from collaborators. In addition, as of June 30, 2001, we had financed the purchase of equipment and leasehold improvements totaling approximately $15.2 million through leases and loans.

    As of June 30, 2001, we had $41.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities, as compared to $53.0 million as of December 31, 2000, a decrease of $11.7 million. The decrease is primarily attributable to the usage of $10.3 million for the funding of operations, the investment of $2.0 million in capital equipment and the usage of $1.7 million for payments associated with our equipment financing agreements. These payments were offset by the receipt of $1.7 million from our equipment financing arrangements and the proceeds of $0.5 million from the sale of equity securities.

    As of June 30, 2001, we had $8.8 million in capitalized lease obligations in association with our financed purchase of equipment and leasehold improvements. As of June 30, 2001, the Company has

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$0.9 million available to draw upon for the remainder of fiscal 2001. All our equipment financing agreements are secured by the equipment financed, bear interest rates ranging from 7% to 15% and are due in monthly installments through 2005. In addition, three of these agreements have balloon payments at the end of each loan term.

    In December 2000, we received approximately $35.6 million, net of issuance costs, in connection with our initial public offering of common stock at $7.00 per share and $10.0 million from the exercise of our right within the Novartis collaboration agreement to have Novartis purchase shares of our common stock in a private placement concurrent with the initial public offering at $7.00 per share. We believe that our existing capital resources, together with the proceeds from future and current collaborations, will be sufficient to support our current operating plan for at least the next 18 months. In the uncertain markets at the time of our initial public offering, the net proceeds to the Company from the initial public offering were less than originally intended. We therefore do anticipate efforts to raise additional equity capital within the next 12 months. Our future capital uses and requirements depend on numerous forward-looking factors. These factors include, but are not limited, to the following:

    our ability to maintain our existing collaboration partnerships;

    our ability to establish new collaborations and the scope of these new collaborations;

    the progress and number of research programs carried out at Rigel;

    the progress of the development efforts of our collaborators;

    our ability to meet the payment-triggering milestones identified in our collaborative agreements;

    the progress and success of preclinical and clinical trials of our drug candidates;

    the costs and timing of obtaining, enforcing and defending our patent and intellectual property rights;

    the costs and timing of regulatory approvals; and

    expenses associated with unforeseen litigation.

    In addition, we are constantly reviewing potential opportunities to expand our technologies or add to our portfolio of drug candidates. In the future, we may need further capital in order to acquire or invest in technologies, products or businesses. For the next several years, we do not expect the cash generated from our operations to generate the amount of cash required by our future cash needs. We expect to finance future cash needs through strategic collaborations, debt financing and the sale of equity securities. We cannot assure you that additional financing or collaboration and licensing arrangements will be available when needed or that, if available, this financing will be obtained on terms favorable to us or our stockholders. Insufficient funds may require us to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our research or development programs, to lose rights under existing licenses or to relinquish greater or all rights to product candidates at an earlier stage of development or on less favorable terms than we would otherwise choose or may adversely affect our ability to operate as a going concern. If additional funds are obtained by issuing equity securities, substantial dilution to existing stockholders may result.

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Risk Factors

     Rigel's business faces significant risks. These risks include those described below and may include additional risks of which Rigel is not currently aware or which Rigel currently does not believe are material. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business could be harmed. In addition, the risks that we now foresee might affect us to a greater or different degree than we currently expect. These risks should be read in conjunction with the other information set forth in this report.

Our success as a company is uncertain due to our limited operating history, our history of operating losses and the uncertainty of future profitability.

    Due in large part to the significant research and development expenditures required to identify and validate new drug candidates and move our programs toward later stages of drug development, we have not been profitable and have generated operating losses since we were incorporated in June 1996. Currently, our revenues are generated solely from research payments from our collaboration agreements and licenses and are insufficient to generate profitable operations. As of June 30, 2001, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $65.5 million. We expect to incur losses for at least the next several years and expect that these losses will actually increase as we expand our research and development activities, incur significant clinical and testing costs and the expansion our facilities. Moreover, our losses are expected to continue even if our current research projects are able to successfully identify potential drug targets. If the time required to generate revenues and achieve profitability is longer than anticipated or if we are unable to obtain necessary capital, we may not be able to fund and continue our operations.

Because most of our expected future revenues are contingent upon collaborative and license agreements, we might not meet our strategic objectives.

    Our ability to generate revenues in the near term depends on our ability to enter into additional collaborative agreements with third parties and to maintain the agreements we currently have in place. To date, all of our revenue has been related to the research phase of each of our collaborative agreements. Such revenue is for specified periods and is partially offset by corresponding research costs. Following the completion of the research phase of each collaborative agreement, additional revenue may come only from milestone payments and royalties, which may not be paid, if at all, until some time well into the future. The risk is heightened due to the fact that unsuccessful research efforts may preclude us from receiving any contingent funding under these agreements. Our receipt of revenue from collaborative arrangements is also significantly affected by the timing of efforts expended by us and our collaborators and the timing of lead compound identification. Under many agreements, milestone payments may not be earned until the collaborator has advanced products into clinical testing, which may never occur or may not occur until some time well into the future.

    Our business plan contemplates that we will need to generate meaningful revenues from royalties and licensing agreements. To date, we have not yet received any revenue from royalties for the sale of commercial drugs, and we do not know when we will receive any such revenue, if at all. Likewise, we have not licensed any lead compounds or drug development candidates to third parties, and we do not know whether any such license will be entered into on acceptable terms in the future, if at all.

    We are unable to predict when, or if, we will become profitable and, even if we are able to achieve profitability at any point in time, we do not know if our operations will be able to maintain profitability during any future periods.

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There is a high risk that early-stage drug discovery and development might not successfully generate good drug candidates.

    At the present time, our operations are in the early stages of drug identification and development. To date, we have only identified a few potential drug compounds, all of which are still in very early stages of development and have not yet been put into clinical testing. It is statistically unlikely that the few compounds that we have identified as potential drug candidates will actually lead to successful drug development efforts, and we do not expect any drugs resulting from our research to be commercially available for several years, if at all. Our leads for potential drug compounds will be subject to the risks and failures inherent in the development of pharmaceutical products based on new technologies. These risks include, but are not limited to, the inherent difficulty in selecting the right drug target and avoiding unwanted side effects as well as the unanticipated problems relating to product development, testing, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, marketing and competition, and additional costs and expenses that may exceed current estimates.

We might not be able to commercialize our drug candidates successfully if problems arise in the testing and approval process.

    Commercialization of our product candidates depends upon successful completion of preclinical studies and clinical trials. Preclinical testing and clinical development are long, expensive and uncertain processes and we do not know whether we, or any of our collaborative partners, will be permitted to undertake clinical trials of any potential products. It may take us or our collaborative partners several years to complete any such testing, and failure can occur at any stage of testing. Interim results of trials do not necessarily predict final results, and acceptable results in early trials may not be repeated in later trials. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical industry, including biotechnology companies, have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after obtaining promising results in earlier trials. Moreover, if and when our projects reach clinical trials, we or our collaborative partners may decide to discontinue development of any or all of these projects at any time for commercial, scientific or other reasons. There is also a risk that competitors and third parties may develop similar or superior products or have proprietary rights that preclude us from ultimately marketing our products, as well as the potential risk that our products may not be accepted by the marketplace.

If our current corporate collaborations or license agreements are unsuccessful or if conflicts develop with these relationships, our research and development efforts could be delayed.

    Our strategy depends upon the formation and sustainability of multiple collaborative arrangements and license agreements with third parties in the future. We rely on these arrangements for not only financial resources, but also for expertise that we expect to need in the future relating to clinical trials, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and for licenses to technology rights. To date, we have entered into several such arrangements with corporate collaborators; however, we do not know if such third parties will dedicate sufficient resources or if any such development or commercialization efforts by third parties will be successful. Should a collaborative partner fail to develop or commercialize a compound or product to which it has rights from us, we may not receive any future milestone payments and will not receive any royalties associated with such compound or product. In addition, the continuation of some of our partnered drug discovery and development programs may be dependent on the periodic renewal of our corporate collaborations. More generally, our corporate collaboration agreements may terminate before the full term of the collaborations or upon a breach or a change of control. We may not be able to renew these collaborations on acceptable terms, if at all, or negotiate additional corporate collaborations on acceptable terms, if at all.

    We are also a party to various license agreements that give us rights to use specified technologies in our research and development processes. The agreements, pursuant to which we have in-licensed technology, permit our licensors to terminate the agreements under certain circumstances. If we are not

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able to continue to license these and future technologies on commercially reasonable terms, our product development and research may be delayed.

    Conflicts might also arise with respect to our various relationships with third parties. If any of our corporate collaborators were to breach or terminate their agreement with us or otherwise fail to conduct the collaborative activities successfully and in a timely manner, the preclinical or clinical development or commercialization of the affected product candidates or research programs could be delayed or terminated. We generally do not control the amount and timing of resources that our corporate collaborators devote to our programs or potential products. We do not know whether current or future collaborative partners, if any, might pursue alternative technologies or develop alternative products either on their own or in collaboration with others, including our competitors, as a means for developing treatments for the diseases targeted by collaborative arrangements with us. Conflicts also might arise with collaborative partners concerning proprietary rights to particular compounds. While our existing collaborative agreements typically provide that we retain milestone payments and royalty rights with respect to drugs developed from certain derivative compounds, any such payments or royalty rights may be at reduced rates and disputes may arise over the application of derivative payment provisions to such drugs, and we may not be successful in such disputes.

If we fail to enter into new collaborative arrangements in the future, our business and operations would be negatively impacted.

    Although we have established several collaborative arrangements and various license agreements, we do not know if we will be able to establish additional arrangements, or whether current or any future collaborative arrangements will ultimately be successful. For example, there have been and may continue to be a significant number of recent business combinations among large pharmaceutical companies that have resulted and may continue to result in a reduced number of potential future corporate collaborators, which may limit our ability to find partners who will work with us in developing and commercializing our drug targets. If business combinations involving our existing corporate collaborators were to occur, the effect could be to diminish, terminate or cause delays in one or more of our corporate collaborations.

We will need additional capital in the future to sufficiently fund our operations and research.

    We will require additional financing in the future to fund our operations. Our operations require significant additional funding in large part due to our research and development expenses, future preclinical and clinical-testing costs, the expansion of our facilities and the absence of any meaningful revenues over the foreseeable future. The amount of future funds needed will depend largely on the success of our collaborations and our research activities and we do not know whether additional financing will be available when needed, or that, if available, we will obtain financing on terms favorable to our stockholders or us. We have consumed substantial amounts of capital to date and operating expenditures are expected to increase over the next several years as we expand our infrastructure and research and development activities.

    We believe that the our existing capital resources, together with the proceeds from future and current collaborations, will be sufficient to support our current operations for at least the next 18 months. Nonetheless, our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:

    any changes in the breadth of our research and development programs;

    the results of research and development, preclinical studies and clinical trials conducted by us or our collaborative partners or licensees, if any;

    the acquisition or licensing of technologies or compounds, if any;

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    our ability to maintain and establish new corporate relationships and research collaborations;

    our ability to manage growth;

    competing technological and market developments;

    the time and costs involved in filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing patent and intellectual property claims;

    the receipt of contingent licensing or milestone fees from our current or future collaborative and license arrangements, if established; and

    the timing of regulatory approvals.

    To the extent we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience substantial dilution. To the extent that we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements, we may be required to relinquish some rights to our technologies or product candidates, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If adequate funds are not available, we will not be able to continue developing our products.

Our success is dependent on intellectual property rights held by us and third parties and our interest in such rights is complex and uncertain.

    Our success will depend to a large part on our own, our licensees' and our licensors' ability to obtain and defend patents for each party's respective technologies and the compounds and other products, if any, resulting from the application of such technologies. Six patents have been issued to us as of June 30, 2001, and we have numerous applications awaiting approval. In the future, our patent position might be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions. No consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in biotechnology patents has emerged to date. Accordingly, we cannot predict the breadth of claims allowed in our or other companies' patents.

    The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain and we cannot ensure that:

    we were the first to make the inventions covered by each of our pending patent applications;

    we were the first to file patent applications for these inventions;

    others will not independently develop similar or alternative technologies or duplicate any of our technologies;

    any of our pending patent applications will result in issued patents;

    any patents issued to us or our collaborators will provide a basis for commercially viable products or will provide us with any competitive advantages or will not be challenged by third parties;

    we will develop additional proprietary technologies that are patentable; or

    the patents of others will not have a negative effect on our ability to do business.

    We rely on trade secrets to protect technology where we believe patent protection is not appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. While we require employees, collaborators and consultants to enter into confidentiality agreements, we may not be able to adequately protect our trade secrets or other proprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure or the lawful development by others of such information.

    We are a party to certain in-license agreements which are important to our business, and we generally do not control the prosecution of in-licensed technology. Accordingly, we are unable to exercise the same degree of control over this intellectual property as we exercise over our internally-

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developed technology. Moreover, some of our academic institution licensors, research collaborators and scientific advisors have rights to publish data and information in which we have rights. If we cannot maintain the confidentiality of our technology and other confidential information in connection with our collaborations, then our ability to receive patent protection or protect our proprietary information will be impaired. In addition, some of the technology we have licensed relies on patented inventions developed using U.S. government resources. The U.S. government retains certain rights, as defined by law, in such patents, and may choose to exercise such rights.

If a dispute arises regarding the infringement or misappropriation of the proprietary rights of others, such dispute could be costly and result in delays in our research and development activities.

    Our success will also depend, in part, on our ability to operate without infringing or misappropriating the proprietary rights of others. There are many issued patents and patent applications filed by third parties relating to products or processes that are similar or identical to ours or our licensors, and others may be filed in the future. There can be no assurance that our activities, or those of our licensors, will not infringe patents owned by others. We believe that there may be significant litigation in the industry regarding patent and other intellectual property rights, and we do not know if we or our collaborators would be successful in any such litigation. Any legal action against our collaborators or us claiming damages or seeking to enjoin commercial activities relating to the affected products, our methods or processes could:

    require our collaborators or us to obtain a license to continue to use, manufacture or market the affected products, methods or processes, which may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all;

    prevent us from using the subject matter claimed in the patents held by others;

    subject us to potential liability for damages;

    consume a substantial portion of our managerial and financial resources; and

    result in litigation or administrative proceedings which may be costly, whether we win or lose.

    Pharmexa (formerly M&E Biotech) has notified us that they have received patent protection in some European countries and Australia for a process similar to certain aspects of our technologies. Pharmexa has notified us of its belief that we have infringed, and are contributorily infringing, certain claims of that European patent. In June 2001, we commenced administrative proceedings to oppose Pharmexa's European patent. Earlier in the year, Pharmexa commenced an administrative proceeding to oppose our Australian patent. Legal proceedings with respect to these patents could be lengthy, costly and require significant management time and other resources which could adversely affect the pursuit of scientific and business goals. In addition, any such legal action could result in the award of damages or a court order preventing us from using the technology covered by the Pharmexa patent. In addition, any license or other transfer of rights to the patent by Pharmexa to a third party could adversely impact our ability to obtain a license to the patent. In the event we desire to seek a license to the patent, we may not be able to obtain a license on acceptable terms. Furthermore, such failure might adversely impact our collaborations with European partners or may materially adversely affect our business in the jurisdictions that may be covered by the patent protection. We are also aware that Pharmexa has sought patent protection in other countries, including the U.S., and has the option to seek patent protection in other parts of the world. If Pharmexa were to receive such patent protection, it might conflict with or overlap with the patent rights we are pursuing. We currently do not, and do not plan to, operate in any country outside the United States.

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If we are unable to obtain regulatory approval to market products in the United States and foreign jurisdictions, we might not be permitted to commercialize products from our research.

    Due, in part, to the early stage of our drug candidate research and development process, we cannot predict whether regulatory clearance will be obtained for any product we, or our collaborative partners, hope to develop. Satisfaction of regulatory requirements typically takes many years, is dependent upon the type, complexity and novelty of the product and requires the expenditure of substantial resources. Of particular significance to us are the requirements covering research and development and testing.

    Before commencing clinical trials in humans, we, or our collaborative partners, will need to submit and receive approval from the FDA of an Investigational New Drug application, or IND. If regulatory clearance of a product is granted, this clearance will be limited to those disease states and conditions for which the product is demonstrated through clinical trials to be safe and efficacious. We cannot ensure that any compound developed by us, alone or with others, will prove to be safe and efficacious in clinical trials and will meet all of the applicable regulatory requirements needed to receive marketing clearance.

    Outside the United States, our ability, or that of our collaborative partners, to market a product is contingent upon receiving a marketing authorization from the appropriate regulatory authorities. This foreign regulatory approval process typically includes all of the risks associated with FDA clearance described above and may also include additional risks.

We may encounter difficulties in managing our growth and these difficulties could increase our losses.

    We have experienced a period of rapid and substantial growth that has placed and will continue to place a strain on our human and capital resources. The number of our employees increased from 31 at December 31, 1997, to 138 at June 30, 2001. Our ability to manage our operations and growth effectively requires us to continue to use funds to improve our operational, financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures and to attract and retain sufficient numbers of talented employees. If we are unable to manage this growth effectively, our losses will increase.

If our competitors develop technologies that are more effective than ours, our commercial opportunity will be reduced or eliminated.

    The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are intensely competitive and subject to rapid and significant technological change. Many of the drugs that we are attempting to discover will be competing with existing therapies. In addition, a number of companies are pursuing the development of pharmaceuticals that target the same diseases and conditions that we are targeting. We face competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies both in the United States and abroad. Our competitors may utilize discovery technologies and techniques or partner with collaborators in order to develop products more rapidly or successfully than we, or our collaborators, are able to do. Many of our competitors, particularly large pharmaceutical companies, have substantially greater financial, technical and human resources than we do. In addition, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private organizations conducting research may seek patent protection with respect to potentially competitive products or technologies and may establish exclusive collaborative or licensing relationships with our competitors.

    We believe that our ability to compete is dependent, in part, upon our ability to create, maintain and license scientifically advanced technology and upon our and our strategic partners' ability to develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products based on this technology, as well as our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, obtain patent protection or otherwise develop proprietary technology or processes and secure sufficient capital resources for the expected substantial time period between technological conception and commercial sales of products based upon our technology. The

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failure by us or any of our collaborators in any of those areas may prevent the successful commercialization of our potential drug targets.

    Our competitors might develop technologies and drugs that are more effective or less costly than any that are being developed by us or that would render our technology and potential drugs obsolete and noncompetitive. In addition, our competitors may succeed in obtaining the approval of the FDA or other regulatory approvals for drug candidates more rapidly. Companies that complete clinical trials, obtain required regulatory agency approvals and commence commercial sale of their drugs before their competitors may achieve a significant competitive advantage, including certain patent and FDA marketing exclusivity rights that would delay or prevent our ability to market certain products. Any drugs resulting from our research and development efforts, or from our joint efforts with our existing or future collaborative partners, might not be able to compete successfully with competitors' existing or future products or products under development or obtain regulatory approval in the United States or elsewhere.

Our ability to generate revenues will be diminished if our collaborative partners fail to obtain acceptable prices or an adequate level of reimbursement for products from third-party payors.

    The drugs we hope to develop may be rejected by the marketplace due to many factors, including cost. Our ability to commercially exploit a drug may be limited due to the continuing efforts of government and third-party payors to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. For example, in some foreign markets, pricing and profitability of prescription pharmaceuticals are subject to government control. In the United States, we expect that there will continue to be a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar government control. In addition, increasing emphasis on managed care in the United States will likely continue to put pressure on the pricing of pharmaceutical products. Cost control initiatives could decrease the price that any of our collaborators would receive for any products in the future. Further, cost control initiatives could adversely affect our collaborators' ability to commercialize our products and our ability to realize royalties from this commercialization.

    Our ability to commercialize pharmaceutical products with collaborators may depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement for the products will be available from:

    government and health administration authorities;

    private health insurers; and

    other third-party payors.

    Significant uncertainty exists as to the reimbursement status of newly-approved healthcare products. Third-party payors, including Medicare, are challenging the prices charged for medical products and services. Government and other third-party payors increasingly are attempting to contain healthcare costs by limiting both coverage and the level of reimbursement for new drugs and by refusing, in some cases, to provide coverage for uses of approved products for disease indications for which the FDA has not granted labeling approval. Third-party insurance coverage may not be available to patients for any products we discover and develop, alone or with collaborators. If government and other third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement levels for our products, the market acceptance of these products may be reduced.

If conflicts arise between our collaborators or advisors and us, any of them may act in their self-interest, which may be adverse to your interests.

    If conflicts arise between us and our corporate collaborators or scientific advisors, the other party may act in its self-interest and not in the interest of our stockholders. Some of our corporate collaborators are conducting multiple product development efforts within each disease area that is the

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subject of the collaboration with us. In some of our collaborations, we have agreed not to conduct, independently or with any third party, any research that is competitive with the research conducted under our collaborations. Our collaborators, however, may develop, either alone or with others, products in related fields that are competitive with the products or potential products that are the subject of these collaborations. Competing products, either developed by our collaborators or to which our collaborators have rights, may result in their withdrawal of support for our product candidates.

If product liability lawsuits are successfully brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of our products.

    The testing and marketing of medical products entail an inherent risk of product liability. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities or be required to limit commercialization of our products. We currently do not have product liability insurance and our inability to obtain sufficient product liability insurance at an acceptable cost to protect against potential product liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of pharmaceutical products we develop, alone or with corporate collaborators. We, or our corporate collaborators, might not be able to obtain insurance at a reasonable cost, if at all. While under various circumstances we are entitled to be indemnified against losses by our corporate collaborators, indemnification may not be available or adequate should any claim arise.

Our research and development efforts will be seriously jeopardized if we are unable to attract and retain key employees and relationships.

    Being a small company with only 138 employees as of June 30, 2001, our success depends on the continued contributions of our principal management and scientific personnel and on our ability to develop and maintain important relationships with leading academic institutions, scientists and companies in the face of intense competition for such personnel. In particular, our research programs depend on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled chemists and other scientists. If we lose the services of any of our personnel, our research and development efforts could be seriously and adversely affected. Although we generally have not experienced problems retaining key employees, our employees can terminate their employment with us at any time. We also expect to encounter increasing difficulty in attracting enough qualified personnel as our operations expand and the demand for these professionals increases, and this difficulty could impede significantly the achievement of our research and development objectives.

We depend on various scientific consultants and advisors for the success and continuation of our research efforts.

    We work extensively with various scientific consultants and advisors. The potential success of our drug discovery programs depends, in part, on continued collaborations with these consultants and advisors. We, and various members of our management and research staff, rely on these consultants and advisors for expertise in screening research. Our scientific advisors are not employees of ours and may have commitments to, or consulting or advisory contracts with, other entities that may limit their availability to us. We do not know if we will be able to maintain such consulting agreements or that such scientific advisors will not enter into consulting arrangements, exclusive or otherwise, with competing pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies, any of which would have a detrimental impact on our research objectives and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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If we use biological and hazardous materials in a manner that causes injury or violates laws, we may be liable for damages.

    Our research and development activities involve the controlled use of potentially harmful biological materials as well as hazardous materials, chemicals and various radioactive compounds. We cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from the use, storage, handling or disposal of these materials. In the event of contamination or injury, we could be held liable for damages that result, and such liability could exceed our resources. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste products. The cost of compliance with, or any potential violation of, these laws and regulations could be significant.

Our facilities are located near known earthquake fault zones, and the occurrence of an earthquake or other catastrophic disaster could cause damage to our facilities and equipment, which could require us to cease or curtail operations.

    Our facilities are located in the San Francisco Bay Area near known earthquake fault zones and are vulnerable to significant damage from earthquakes. We are also vulnerable to damage from other types of disasters, including fires, floods, power loss, communications failures and similar events. If any disaster were to occur, our ability to operate our business at our facilities would be seriously, or potentially completely, impaired and our research could be lost or destroyed. In addition, the unique nature of our research activities and of much of our equipment could make it difficult for us to recover from a disaster. The insurance we maintain may not be adequate to cover or losses resulting from disasters or other business interruptions.

All of our operations are located in an area experiencing power shortages and we face the risk of power loss, which could affect our research operations.

    All of our operations are located in South San Francisco, California. California is in the midst of a power crisis and has recently experienced significant power shortages. A sustained or frequent power failure could disrupt our research and development efforts, which could delay the progress of our research efforts or cause the loss of critical supplies or scientific equipment.

If our officers, directors and largest stockholders choose to act together, they may be able to significantly affect our management and operations, acting in their best interests and not necessarily those of other stockholders.

    Our directors, executive officers and principal stockholders and their affiliates beneficially own approximately 30.2% of our common stock, based on their beneficial ownership as of May 15, 2001. Accordingly, they collectively will have the ability to significantly affect the election of all of our directors and the outcome of most corporate actions requiring stockholder approval. They may exercise this ability in a manner that advances their best interests and not necessarily those of other stockholders.

Our stock price may be volatile and your investment in our stock could decline in value.

    The market prices for our securities and those of other of biotechnology companies have been highly volatile and may continue to be highly volatile in the future. The following factors, in addition to other risk factors described in this section, may have a significant impact on the market price of our common stock:

    announcements of technological innovations or new commercial products by our competitors or us;

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    developments concerning proprietary rights, including patents;

    developments concerning our collaborations;

    publicity regarding actual or potential medical results relating to products under development by our competitors or us;

    regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;

    litigation;

    economic and other external factors or other disaster or crisis; and

    period-to-period fluctuations in financial results.

Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law may make an acquisition of us, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult.

    Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders. These provisions:

    establish that members of the board of directors may be removed only for cause upon the affirmative vote of stockholders owning at least two-thirds of our capital stock;

    authorize the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock that could be issued by our board of directors to increase the number of outstanding shares and thwart a takeover attempt;

    limit who may call a special meeting of stockholders;

    prohibit stockholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;

    establish advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon at stockholder meetings; and

    provide for a board of directors with staggered terms.

    In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which imposes certain restrictions relating to transactions with major stockholders, may discourage, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring us.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while at the same time maximizing the income we receive from our investments without significantly increasing risk. Some of the securities that we invest in may have market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the fair value amount of the investment to fluctuate. For example, if we hold a security that was issued with a fixed interest rate at the then-prevailing rate and the prevailing interest rate later rises, the market value amount of our investment will decline. To minimize this risk in the future, we intend to maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents and short-term investments in a variety of securities, including commercial paper, money market funds, government and non-government debt securities. In 2000 and the first six months of 2001, we maintained an investment portfolio primarily in depository accounts and corporate commercial paper. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe we do not have a material exposure to interest rate risk arising from our investments. Therefore, no quantitative tabular disclosure is provided. We have not invested in derivative investments and our investment policy does not allow for investments in derivative investments in the future.

    We have operated primarily in the United States, and all funding activities with our collaborators to date have been made in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, we have not had any exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations.

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

    The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-45864), as amended, with respect to our initial public offering was declared effective by the SEC on November 28, 2000. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $35,560,000 after deducting offering expenses of $3,990,000, including underwriting discounts and commissions of $2,768,000 and other offering expenses of $1,222,000. The Company intends to continue to use the net proceeds of the offering for research and development, general corporate purposes and working capital and capital lease obligations. The Company continually assesses the specific uses and allocations for these funds. As of June 30, 2001, approximately $35.6 million of the net proceeds remained available and were primarily invested in short-term marketable securities.


Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

    The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on July 19, 2001. At such meeting the following actions were voted upon:

    (a)
    Election of Directors

 
  Votes in Favor
  Votes Withheld
Jean Deleage, Ph.D.   30,114,041   537,040
Alan D. Frazier   30,114,281   536,800
    (b)
    Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2001.

Votes in Favor
  Votes Against
  Abstentions
  Broker Non Votes
30,648,256   1,125   1,700   0


Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

    a)
    Exhibits:

          The exhibits listed on the accompanying index to exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference (as stated therein) as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

    b)
    Reports on Form 8-K:

          No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the three-month period ended June 30, 2001.

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SIGNATURES

    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, thereunto duly authorized.

    RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ 
BRIAN C. CUNNINGHAM    
Brian C. Cunningham
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
    Date:   August 14, 2001

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

  Description of Document
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. (1)

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws. (1)

4.1

 

Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1)

4.7

*

Warrant issued to Kwacker Limited for the purchase of shares of Common Stock.

10.15

*

Lease termination agreement between Rigel and Brittannia Pointe Grand Limited Partnership, dated May 16, 2001.

10.16

*

Build-to-suit lease between Rigel and Slough BTC, LLC, dated May 16, 2001.

10.17

*

First amendment to the Collaboration Agreement between Rigel and Novartis Pharma AG, dated May 18, 2001.

*
Filed herewith.

(1)
Filed with Rigel's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-45864), and incorporated herein by reference.



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Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)
SIGNATURES
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Exhibit 4.7

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.


COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Warrant No. CS-4
May 16, 2001
  150,000 Shares

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

WARRANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

    1.  Issuance.   For value received, this Warrant is issued to KWACKER LIMITED , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of England, by RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (hereinafter with its successors called the " Company "), in partial consideration for that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Slough BTC, LLC, as landlord.

    2.  Purchase Price; Number of Shares.   The registered holder of this Warrant (the " Holder "), commencing on the date hereof, is entitled upon surrender of this Warrant with the subscription form annexed hereto duly executed, at the principal office of the Company, to purchase from the Company One Hundred Fifty Thousand (150,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares (the " Shares ") of common stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Company (the " Common Stock "), at a price per share of $8.9125 (the " Purchase Price "). Until such time as this Warrant is exercised in full or expires, the Purchase Price and the securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided. The person or persons under whose name or names any certificate representing shares of Common Stock is issued hereunder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares represented thereby as at the close of business on the date this Warrant is exercised with respect to such shares, whether or not the transfer books of the Company shall be closed.

    3.  Payment of Purchase Price.   The Purchase Price may be paid (i) in cash or by check; (ii) by the surrender by the Holder to the Company of any promissory notes or other obligations issued by the Company, with all such notes and obligations so surrendered being credited against the Purchase Price in an amount equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of surrender; or (iii) by any combination of the foregoing.

    4.  Net Issue Election.   The Holder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Holder of any additional consideration, shares of Common Stock equal to the value of this Warrant or any portion hereof by the surrender of this Warrant or such portion to the Company, with the net issue election notice annexed hereto duly executed, at the principal office of the Company. Thereupon, the

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Company shall issue to the Holder such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

        Y(A-B)    
    X=  
A
   

where:

 

X =

 

the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder pursuant to this Section 4.

 

 

Y =

 

the number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant in respect of which the net issue election is made pursuant to this Section 4.

 

 

A =

 

the Fair Market Value (defined below) of one share of Common Stock, as determined at the time the net issue election is made pursuant to this Section 4.

 

 

B =

 

the Purchase Price in effect under this Warrant at the time the net issue election is made pursuant to this Section 4.

"Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination Date") shall mean the average of the closing or last reported sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market over the 30-day period ending five business days prior to the Determination Date; provided, however, that if (i) the Common Stock is neither traded on the Nasdaq National Market nor on a national securities exchange, then Fair Market Value shall be the average of the closing or last reported sale prices of the Common Stock over the 30-day period ending five business days prior to the Determination Date reflected in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or any organization performing a similar function, or if closing prices are not then routinely reported for the over-the-counter market, the average of the last bid and asked prices of the Common Stock over the 30-day period ending five business days prior to the Determination Date and (ii) if there is no public market for the Common Stock, then Fair Market Value shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors.

    5.  Partial Exercise.   This Warrant may be exercised in part, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a new warrant, which shall be dated as of the date of this Warrant, covering the number of shares in respect of which this Warrant shall not have been exercised.

    6.  Fractional Shares.   In no event shall any fractional share of Common Stock be issued upon any exercise of this Warrant. If, upon exercise of this Warrant as an entirety, the Holder would, except as provided in this Section 6, be entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock, then the Company shall pay in lieu thereof, the Fair Market Value of such fractional share in cash.

    7.  Expiration Date; Automatic Exercise.   Except as otherwise set forth in Section 10, this Warrant shall expire on the close of business on May 14, 2006, and shall be void thereafter.

    8.  Reserved Shares; Valid Issuance.   The Company covenants that it will at all times from and after the date hereof reserve and keep available such number of its authorized shares of Common Stock, free from all preemptive or similar rights therein, as will be sufficient to permit the exercise of this Warrant in full into shares of Common Stock upon such exercise. The Company further covenants that such shares as may be issued pursuant to such exercise will, upon issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof.

    9.  Stock Splits and Dividends.   If after the date hereof the Company shall subdivide the Common Stock, by split-up or otherwise, or combine the Common Stock, or issue additional shares of Common Stock in payment of a stock dividend on the Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on the exercise of this Warrant shall forthwith be proportionately increased in

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the case of a subdivision or stock dividend, or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination, and the Purchase Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of a subdivision or stock dividend, or proportionately increased in the case of a combination.

    10.  Mergers and Reclassifications.   If after the date hereof the Company shall enter into any Reorganization (as hereinafter defined), then, as a condition of such Reorganization, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the Holder, so that the Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase, at a total price not to exceed that payable upon the exercise of this Warrant in full, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such Reorganization by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which might have been purchased by the Holder immediately prior to such Reorganization, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including without limitation, provisions for the adjustment of the Purchase Price and the number of shares issuable hereunder and the provisions relating to the net issue election) shall thereafter be applicable in relation to any shares of stock or other securities and property thereafter deliverable upon exercise hereof. For the purposes of this Section 10, the term "Reorganization" shall include without limitation any reclassification, capital reorganization or change of the Common Stock (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination or stock dividend provided for in Section 9 hereof), or any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation or other business organization (other than a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), or any sale or conveyance to another corporation or other business organization of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

    Notwithstanding the term of this Warrant fixed pursuant to Section 7 above and the provisions of this Section 10, the right to purchase Common Stock as granted herein shall expire, to the extent not previously exercised, immediately upon the closing of a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation when the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation for the principal purpose of changing the domicile of the Company), and provided that any securities received in such merger or consolidation are publicly traded or the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's capital stock, properties and assets to any other person, in each case where the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale of assets own (directly or indirectly) less than 50% of the voting securities of the surviving entity or purchaser of assets in such transaction (collectively, a "Merger"), except to the extent assumed by the successor corporation (or parent thereof) in connection with such Merger. In the event that any outstanding warrants to purchase equity securities of the Company are assumed, this Warrant shall also be similarly assumed.

    The Company shall notify the Holder at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to any proposed Merger, and if the Company fails to deliver such notice, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Warrant, the rights to purchase the Company's Common Stock (or the shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such Merger by a holder of Common Stock (the " Other Consideration ")) shall not expire. The Holder may exercise the Warrant contingent upon the closing of the Merger. If the Merger does not close within 60 days after notice, any contingent exercise shall be void.

    11.  Certificate of Adjustment.   Whenever the Purchase Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder a certificate of the Company's Chief Financial Officer setting forth the Purchase Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

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    12.  Notices of Record Date, Etc.   In the event of:

    13.  Representations, Warranties and Covenants.   This Warrant is issued and delivered by the Company and accepted by each Holder on the basis of the following representations, warranties and covenants made by the Company:

    14.  Amendment and Waiver.   The terms of this Warrant may be amended, modified or waived only with the written consent of the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

    15.  Representations and Covenants of the Holder.   This Common Stock Purchase Warrant has been entered into by the Company in reliance upon the following representations and covenants of the Holder, which by its execution hereof the Holder hereby confirms:

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    16.  Notices, Transfers, Etc.   

    17.  Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act of 1933. This Warrant may not be exercised and neither this Warrant nor any of the Shares, nor any interest in either, may be offered, sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered or in any other manner transferred or disposed of, in whole or in part, except in compliance with applicable United States federal and state securities laws and the terms and conditions hereof. Each Warrant shall bear a legend in substantially the same form as the legend set forth on the first page of this Warrant. Each certificate for Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant, unless at the time of exercise such Shares are acquired pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and applicable blue sky laws, shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

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    Any certificate for any Shares issued at any time in exchange or substitution for any certificate for any Shares bearing such legend (except a new certificate for any Shares issued after the acquisition of such Shares pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act) shall also bear such legend unless, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, the Shares represented thereby need no longer be subject to the restriction contained herein. The provisions of this Section 17 shall be binding upon all subsequent holders of certificates for Shares bearing the above legend and all subsequent holders of this Warrant, if any.

    18.  Rights of Holder. Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company, either at law or equity, and the rights of Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder hereof the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder of the Company on any matters or with respect to any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. No dividends or interest shall be payable or accrued in respect of this Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the Shares purchasable hereunder until, and only to the extent that, this Warrant shall have been exercised in accordance with its terms.

    19.  "Market Stand Off" Agreement.   Holder hereby agrees not sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale of, any Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by Holder for a period specified by a representative of the underwriters of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company not to exceed ninety (90) days following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act; provided that all officers and directors of the Company and each holder of that number of shares of Common Stock equal to or greater than the number of Shares then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant enter into similar agreements.

    20.  No Impairment.   The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate or through any reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of assets, dissolution, liquidation, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance of performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder.

    21.  Governing Law.   The provisions and terms of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California.

    22.  Successors and Assigns.   This Warrant shall be binding upon the Company's successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder's successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

    23.  Business Days.   If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action required or the expiration of any rights granted herein shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday in California, then such action may be taken or right may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or such a legal holiday.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer and to be dated as of the date first written above.

    Company:

 

 

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ 
JAMES M. GOWER    
James M. Gower
President and Chief Executive Officer

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SUBSCRIPTION

To:____________________________________

 

Date:____________________________________

    The undersigned hereby subscribes for ___________ shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant. The certificate(s) for such shares shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below:


 


 



Signature


 


 



Name for Registration


 


 



Mailing Address


NET ISSUE ELECTION NOTICE

To:____________________________________

 

Date:____________________________________

    The undersigned hereby elects under Section 4 to surrender the right to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant. The certificate(s) for such shares issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below:


 


 



Signature


 


 



Name for Registration


 


 



Mailing Address

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ASSIGNMENT

    For value received ________________________________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

______________________________________________________________________________________________________
[Please print or type the name and address of Assignee]

______________________________________________________________________________________________________


the within Warrant, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________ its attorney to transfer the within Warrant on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution on the premises.

DATED:________________________

 

___________________________________________

IN THE PRESENCE OF:

 

 


___________________________________________


 


 

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Exhibit 10.15


LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT

    THIS LEASE TERMINATION AGREEMENT (" Agreement ") is made this 16 th day of May, 2001, between BRITANNIA POINTE GRAND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (" Landlord ") and RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (formerly known as RIGEL, INC.), a Delaware corporation (" Tenant ").

RECITALS

    A.  Landlord and Tenant are parties to a Build-to-Suit Lease dated June 2, 1998 (the " Lease "), covering premises consisting of a building of approximately 61,000 square feet commonly known as 240 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California (the " Premises ") and located in the Britannia Pointe Grand Business Park.

    B.  Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Tenant is entering into a Build-to-Suit Lease (the " New Lease ") with Slough BTC, LLC (" Slough BTC ") as Landlord, covering two buildings to be constructed in the Britannia Oyster Point Project at Oyster Point Boulevard and Veterans Boulevard in South San Francisco, California (the " New Buildings "). The estimated occupancy dates for the New Buildings are in October, 2002 and December, 2002, respectively. Slough BTC is an affiliate of Landlord.

    C.  In connection with the execution of the New Lease, Slough BTC and Tenant have asked Landlord to agree to an early termination of the Lease and of all of Tenant's rights and obligations thereunder and Landlord has agreed to such early termination, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Landlord and Tenant are entering into this Agreement to set forth their understandings with respect to such early termination.

AGREEMENT

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:

    1.   Surrender of Premises.   Tenant shall surrender possession of the Premises to Landlord on or before the date (hereinafter called the " Surrender Date ") which is thirty (30) days after the later to occur of the Phase I Rent Commencement Date or the Phase II Rent Commencement Date under the New Lease, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Landlord agrees to accept such surrender, subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Tenant acknowledges that it has been advised that Landlord will be entering into a lease with a successor tenant to occupy the Premises as soon as possible after the Surrender Date, and that Tenant's timely surrender of the Premises is a material part of the consideration flowing from Tenant to Landlord under this Agreement. The holdover provisions set forth in Section 2.5 of the Lease shall survive any termination of the Lease pursuant to this Agreement and shall apply in the event of any failure of Tenant to surrender possession of the Premises in a timely manner on or before the Surrender Date.

    2.   Termination of Lease.   On and as of the Surrender Date, provided that Tenant has then complied with all of Tenant's obligations under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Surrender Date (including, but not limited to, obligations relating to the condition of the Premises upon surrender as hereinafter set forth) and is not then in default under the Lease, the Lease shall be terminated and all further rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties under the Lease shall be terminated and discharged, except to the extent such rights, obligations or liabilities (a) relate to or arise out of events, defaults or other circumstances occurring prior to the Surrender Date or (b) arise under or are expressly preserved under the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement is expressly conditional upon Landlord's lender, The


Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, approving in writing the provisions of this Agreement within sixty (60) days after the date hereof. If such written approval is not received within such 60-day period, then (i) Landlord shall have the right to extend such 60-day period for up to an additional thirty (30) days in order to continuing pursuing receipt of such written approval, and (ii) if Landlord either does not elect such an extension or, following election of such an extension, is unable to obtain such written approval within the extended period of up to thirty (30) additional days, then Landlord and Tenant shall each have the right to terminate this Agreement by written notice to the other at any time prior to the actual receipt of such written approval. Landlord agrees to use its good faith, commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain such written approval from The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in a timely manner.

    3.   Condition of Premises.   

    4.   Security Deposit.   Landlord presently holds a security deposit from Tenant, pursuant to the Lease, in the amount of $121,928.00. Landlord shall be entitled to apply such security deposit, in accordance with the terms of the Lease, to remedy any breach or default by Tenant on or before the Surrender Date. To the extent the security deposit is not so used or applied, Landlord shall be entitled to continue to hold the security deposit after the Surrender Date, without interest, as continued security for Tenant's obligations under Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Agreement, until full and final performance of such obligations by Tenant. Within 15 days after full and final performance of all of Tenant's obligations under Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Agreement and of all of Tenant's obligations under the Lease as to which performance is due on or before the date such obligations under Paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Agreement have been fully and finally performed, any balance of the security deposit not so applied by Landlord shall be refunded to Tenant.

    5.   Representations of Parties.   Each party warrants and represents that it has not made any assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of its interest in the Lease, or of any claim, demand, obligation, liability, action or cause of action arising out of or in connection with the Lease.

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    6.   Notices.   Any notice or other communication to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in Section 19.1 of the Lease, which provisions are incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth.

    7.   Miscellaneous.   

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

BRITANNIA POINTE GRAND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership   RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (formerly known as RIGEL, INC.), a Delaware corporation

By:

 

Britannia Pointe Grand, LLC, a California limited liability company, its general partner

 

By:

 

/s/ James M. Gower


 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

 

CEO & President


 

 

By:

 

/s/ T. J. Bristow

T.J. Bristow, Manager

 

By:

 

/s/ James H. Welch

            Its:   V.P. Finance

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BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE


Exhibit 10.16

Landlord:   Slough BTC, LLC

Tenant:

 

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Date:

 

May 16, 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   PROPERTY   1
    1.1   Lease of Buildings   1
    1.2   Landlord's Reserved Rights   1

2.

 

TERM

 

2
    2.1   Term   2
    2.2   Early Possession   2
    2.3   Delay In Possession   3
    2.4   Acknowledgment Of Rent Commencement   4
    2.5   Holding Over   4
    2.6   Option To Extend Term   4

3.

 

RENTAL

 

5
    3.1   Minimum Rental   5
        (a)   Phase I Rental Amounts   5
        (b)   Phase II Rental Amounts   5
        (c)   Rental Amounts During First Extended Term   6
        (d)   Rental Amounts During Second Extended Term   7
        (e)   Rental Adjustment Due to Change in Square Footage   7
    3.2   Late Charge   7

4.

 

STOCK WARRANTS

 

8
    4.1   Stock Warrants   8

5.

 

CONSTRUCTION

 

8
    5.1   Construction of Improvements   8
    5.2   Condition of Property   9
    5.3   Compliance with Law   9

6.

 

TAXES

 

9
    6.1   Personal Property   9
    6.2   Real Property   10

7.

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

10
    7.1   Payment of Operating Expenses   10
    7.2   Definition Of Operating Expenses   11
    7.3   Determination Of Operating Expenses   13
    7.4   Final Accounting For Lease Year   14
    7.5   Proration   14

8.

 

UTILITIES

 

14
    8.1   Payment   14
    8.2   Interruption   15

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9.

 

ALTERATIONS; SIGNS

 

15
    9.1   Right To Make Alterations   15
    9.2   Title To Alterations   15
    9.3   Tenant Trade Fixtures   16
    9.4   No Liens   16
    9.5   Signs   17

10.

 

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS

 

18
    10.1   Landlord's Work   18
    10.2   Tenant's Obligation For Maintenance   18
        (a)   Good Order, Condition And Repair   18
        (b)   Landlord's Remedy   18
        (c)   Condition Upon Surrender   18

11.

 

USE OF PROPERTY

 

19
    11.1   Permitted Use   19
    11.2   [Omitted.]   19
    11.3   No Nuisance   19
    11.4   Compliance With Laws   19
    11.5   Liquidation Sales   20
    11.6   Environmental Matters   20

12.

 

INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY

 

24
    12.1   Insurance   24
    12.2   Quality Of Policies And Certificates   25
    12.3   Workers' Compensation   25
    12.4   Waiver Of Subrogation   25
    12.5   Increase In Premiums   26
    12.6   Indemnification   26
    12.7   Blanket Policy   26

13.

 

SUBLEASE AND ASSIGNMENT

 

27
    13.1   Assignment And Sublease Of Building   27
    13.2   Rights Of Landlord   27

14.

 

RIGHT OF ENTRY AND QUIET ENJOYMENT

 

28
    14.1   Right Of Entry   28
    14.2   Quiet Enjoyment   29

15.

 

CASUALTY AND TAKING

 

29
    15.1   Damage or Destruction   29
    15.2   Condemnation   30
    15.3   Reservation Of Compensation   31
    15.4   Restoration Of Improvements   32

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16.

 

DEFAULT

 

32
    16.1   Events Of Default   32
        (a)   [Omitted.]   32
        (b)   Nonpayment   32
        (c)   Other Obligations   32
        (d)   General Assignment   32
        (e)   Bankruptcy   32
        (f)   Receivership   33
        (g)   Attachment   33
        (h)   Insolvency   33
    16.2   Remedies Upon Tenant's Default   33
    16.3   Remedies Cumulative   34

17.

 

SUBORDINATION, ATTORNMENT AND SALE

 

35
    17.1   Subordination To Mortgage   35
    17.2   Sale Of Landlord's Interest   35
    17.3   Estoppel Certificates   35
    17.4   Subordination to CC&R's   36
    17.5   Mortgagee Protection   36

18.

 

SECURITY

 

37
    18.1   Deposit   37

19.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

37
    19.1   Notices   37
    19.2   Successors And Assigns   38
    19.3   No Waiver   38
    19.4   Severability   38
    19.5   Litigation Between Parties   39
    19.6   Surrender   39
    19.7   Interpretation   39
    19.8   Entire Agreement   39
    19.9   Governing Law   39
    19.10   No Partnership   39
    19.11   Financial Information   39
    19.12   Costs   40
    19.13   Time   40
    19.14   Rules And Regulations   40
    19.15   Brokers   40
    19.16   Memorandum Of Lease   40
    19.17   Corporate Authority   40
    19.18   Execution and Delivery   40
    19.19   Survival   40
    19.20   Parking and Traffic   40

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BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE

    THIS BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE (" Lease ") is made and entered into as of May 16, 2001, by and between SLOUGH BTC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" Landlord "), and RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation (" Tenant ").

THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

    1.   PROPERTY   

    1.1   Lease of Buildings.   

    1.2   Landlord's Reserved Rights.   To the extent reasonably necessary to permit Landlord to exercise any rights of Landlord and discharge any obligations of Landlord under this Lease, Landlord shall have, in addition to the right of entry set forth in Section 14.1 hereof, the following rights: (i) to make changes to the Common Areas, including, without limitation, changes in the location, size or shape of any portion of the Common Areas, and to construct and/or relocate parking structures and/or parking spaces in the Center (but not materially decrease the number of such parking spaces in areas


of the Center generally adjacent to the Buildings); (ii) to close temporarily any of the Common Areas for maintenance or other reasonable purposes, provided that reasonable parking and reasonable access to the Buildings remain available; (iii) to construct, alter or add to other buildings and Common Area improvements in the Center; (iv) to build in areas adjacent to the Center and to add such areas to the Center; (v) to use the Common Areas while engaged in making additional improvements, repairs or alterations to the Center or any portion thereof; and (vi) to do and perform such other acts with respect to the Common Areas and the Center as may be necessary or appropriate; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.2, Landlord's exercise of its rights hereunder shall not cause any material diminution of Tenant's rights, nor any material increase of Tenant's obligations, under this Lease or with respect to the Improvements.

    2.   TERM   

    2.1   Term.   The term of this Lease shall commence upon mutual execution of this Lease by Landlord and Tenant. Tenant's minimum rental and Operating Expense obligations with respect to the Phase I Building shall commence on the earlier of (i) one hundred eighty (180) days after Landlord's completion of the principal structural components of the Phase I Building Shell (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Workletter attached hereto as Exhibit C (the " Workletter "), subject to any adjustments in such time period to the extent authorized or required under the provisions of such Workletter, which completion shall be evidenced by Landlord's delivery of the Structural Completion Certificate for the Phase I Building pursuant to the Workletter, correctly notifying Tenant of the matters set forth therein, or (ii) the date Tenant takes occupancy of and commences operation of its business in the Phase I Building, the earlier of such dates being herein called the " Phase I Rent Commencement Date "; provided, however, that in no event shall the Phase I Rent Commencement Date occur earlier than October 1, 2002 unless determined pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence or unless an earlier date is hereafter mutually agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant. Tenant's minimum rental and Operating Expense obligations with respect to the Phase II Building shall commence on the earlier of (iii) one hundred eighty (180) days after Landlord's completion of the principal structural components of the Phase II Building Shell (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to the Workletter, subject to any adjustments in such time period to the extent authorized or required under the provisions of such Workletter, which completion shall be evidenced by Landlord's delivery of the Structural Completion Certificate for the Phase II Building pursuant to the Workletter, correctly notifying Tenant of the matters set forth therein, or (iv) the date Tenant takes occupancy of and commences operation of its business in the Phase II Building, the earlier of such dates being herein called the " Phase II Rent Commencement Date "; provided, however, that in no event shall the Phase II Rent Commencement Date occur earlier than December 1, 2002 unless determined pursuant to clause (iv) of the preceding sentence or unless an earlier date is hereafter mutually agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant. The term of this Lease shall end on the day (the " Termination Date ") immediately preceding the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the first to occur of the Phase I Rent Commencement Date or the Phase II Rent Commencement Date, unless sooner terminated or extended as hereinafter provided.

    2.2   Early Possession.   Tenant shall have the nonexclusive right to occupy and use the Buildings from and after the date of Landlord's delivery of the respective Structural Completion Certificates described in clauses (i) and (iii) of Section 2.1, even though Landlord may be continuing to construct the balance of Landlord's Work as contemplated in the Workletter, for the purpose of constructing Tenant's Work as contemplated in the Workletter and for the purpose of installing fixtures and furniture, laboratory equipment, computer equipment, telephone equipment, low voltage data wiring and personal property and other similar work related to the construction of Tenant's Work and/or preparatory to the commencement of Tenant's business in the respective Buildings. Such occupancy and possession, and any early access under the next sentence of this Section 2.2, shall be subject to and upon all of the terms and conditions of this Lease and of the Workletter (including, but not limited to, conditions relating to the maintenance of required insurance), except that Tenant shall have no

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obligation to pay minimum rental or Operating Expenses for any period prior to the applicable Rent Commencement Date for the respective Building as determined under Section 2.1; such early possession shall not advance or otherwise affect the applicable Rent Commencement Date or the Termination Date determined under Section 2.1. Tenant shall also be entitled to have early access to the respective Buildings and the Property at all appropriate times prior to Landlord's delivery of the respective Structural Completion Certificates, subject to the approval of Landlord and its general contractor (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and to all other provisions of this Section 2.2, for the purpose of performing work preparatory to the construction of Tenant's Work or necessary for the orderly sequencing of such Work and/or for the actual construction of Tenant's Work pursuant to the Workletter, and Tenant shall not be required to pay minimum rental or Operating Expenses by reason of such early access until the applicable Rent Commencement Date otherwise occurs; without limiting the generality of the preceding portion of this sentence, Tenant shall be entitled to have early access to the Property and the respective Buildings as soon as their respective roof metal decking is in place to begin hanging electrical, mechanical and plumbing services from the overhead structure, subject to all of the provisions of this Section 2.2. Tenant shall not unreasonably interfere with or delay Landlord's contractors by any early access, occupancy or possession under this Section 2.2, shall coordinate and cooperate with Landlord and its contractors (who shall similarly coordinate and cooperate with Tenant and its contractors) to minimize any interference or delay by either party with respect to the other party's work following Landlord's delivery of the applicable Structural Completion Certificate, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord and its agents and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, actions, losses, costs and expenses, including (but not limited to) reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or in connection with Tenant's early entry upon the Property hereunder.

    2.3   Delay In Possession.   Landlord agrees to use its best reasonable efforts to complete its portion of the work described in Section 5.1 and the Workletter promptly, diligently and within the respective time periods set forth in the Estimated Construction Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit D and incorporated herein by this reference, as such schedule may be modified from time to time by mutual written agreement of Landlord and Tenant, and subject to the effects of any delays caused by or attributable to Tenant or any other circumstances beyond Landlord's reasonable control (excluding financial inability); provided , however, that except to the extent caused by a material default by Landlord with respect to its obligations set forth in this Lease (including, but not limited to, its obligations set forth in this Section 2.3, in Section 5.1 and in the Workletter), Landlord shall not be liable for any damages caused by any delay in the completion of such work, nor shall any such delay affect the validity of this Lease or the obligations of Tenant hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.3, however, if Landlord fails to deliver the Structural Completion Certificate for at least one of the two Buildings and tender possession of those completed structural portions of the Building Shell for such Building that must be completed as a condition of delivery of the Structural Completion Certificate by the date which is two hundred ten (210) days after March 29, 2002 (that being the date specified for structural completion as to the Phase I Building in the Estimated Construction Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit D ), then Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease without further liability hereunder by written notice delivered to Landlord at any time prior to Landlord's delivery of the Structural Completion Certificate for at least one of the two Buildings and tender of possession of the completed structural portions of the Building Shell for such Building to Tenant; provided , however, that the applicable date on which Tenant's termination right becomes exercisable pursuant to this sentence shall be extended, day for day, for a period equal to the length of any delays in Landlord's design and construction of the applicable Building Shell that are caused by acts of God, action or inaction of public agencies, labor disputes, strikes, fires, freight embargoes, rainy or stormy weather, inability to obtain supplies, materials, fuels or permits, delays of contractors or subcontractors, Tenant Delays (as defined in the Workletter), or other causes or contingencies beyond the reasonable control of Landlord (excluding financial inability).

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    2.4   Acknowledgment Of Rent Commencement.   Promptly following each respective Rent Commencement Date, Landlord and Tenant shall execute a written acknowledgment of the respective Rent Commencement Date, Termination Date (determinable only after the second of the respective Rent Commencement Dates to occur) and related matters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (with appropriate insertions), which acknowledgment shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by this reference. Notwithstanding the foregoing requirement, the failure of either party to execute such a written acknowledgment shall not affect the determination of the respective Rent Commencement Date, Termination Date and related matters in accordance with the provisions of this Lease.

    2.5   Holding Over.   If Tenant holds possession of one or both Buildings or any portion thereof after the term of this Lease with Landlord's written consent, then except as otherwise specified in such consent, Tenant shall become a tenant of the applicable Building(s) from month to month at one hundred ten percent (110%) of the rental and otherwise upon the terms herein specified for such Building(s) for the period immediately prior to such holding over and shall continue in such status until the tenancy is terminated by either party upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice. If Tenant holds possession of one or both Buildings or any portion thereof after the term of this Lease without Landlord's written consent, then Landlord in its sole discretion may elect (by written notice to Tenant) to have Tenant become a tenant of the applicable Building(s) either from month to month or at will, at one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the rental (prorated on a daily basis for an at-will tenancy, if applicable) and otherwise upon the terms herein specified for such Building(s) for the period immediately prior to such holding over, or may elect to pursue any and all legal remedies available to Landlord under applicable law with respect to such unconsented holding over by Tenant. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from any loss, damage, claim, liability, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) resulting from any delay by Tenant in surrendering the respective Buildings or any portion thereof, including but not limited to any claims made by a succeeding tenant by reason of such delay; provided , however, that the indemnification and hold harmless obligation set forth in this sentence shall not apply with respect to any holdover period to which Landlord has consented in writing, except to the extent either (i) Tenant fails to vacate and surrender the applicable Building by the end of the holdover period to which Landlord has thus consented, or (ii) Landlord advised Tenant in writing of Landlord's anticipated damages from Tenant's holding over at the time Landlord granted its written consent to such holding over. Acceptance of rent by Landlord following expiration or termination of this Lease shall not constitute a renewal of this Lease.

    2.6   Option To Extend Term.   Tenant shall have the option to extend the term of this Lease, at the minimum rental set forth in Section 3.1(c) and (d) (as applicable) and otherwise upon all the terms and provisions set forth herein with respect to the initial term of this Lease, for up to two (2) additional periods of five (5) years each, the first commencing upon the expiration of the initial term hereof and the second commencing upon the expiration of the first extended term, if any. Exercise of such option with respect to the first such extended term shall be by written notice to Landlord at least nine (9) months and not more than twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the initial term hereof; exercise of such option with respect to the second extended term, if the first extension option has been duly exercised, shall be by like written notice to Landlord at least nine (9) months and not more than twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the first extended term hereof. If Tenant is in default hereunder, beyond any applicable notice and cure periods, on the date of such notice or on the date any extended term is to commence, then the exercise of the option shall be of no force or effect, the extended term shall not commence and this Lease shall expire at the end of the then current term hereof (or at such earlier time as Landlord may elect pursuant to the default provisions of this Lease). If Tenant properly exercises one or more extension options under this Section, then all references in this Lease (other than in this Section 2.6) to the "term" of this Lease shall be construed to include the

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extension term(s) thus elected by Tenant. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.6, Tenant shall have no right to extend the term of this Lease beyond its prescribed term.

    3.   RENTAL   

    3.1   Minimum Rental.   

Months

  Monthly Minimum Rental
001 - 012   $308,700.00 ($4.20/sq ft)
013 - 024   316,050.00 ($4.30/sq ft)
025 - 036   334,425.00 ($4.55/sq ft)
037 - 048   381,465.00 ($5.19/sq ft)
049 - 060   396,165.00 ($5.39/sq ft)
061 - 072   411,600.00 ($5.60/sq ft)
073 - 084   427,770.00 ($5.82/sq ft)
085 - 096   444,675.00 ($6.05/sq ft)
097 - 108   462,315.00 ($6.29/sq ft)
109 - 120   480,690.00 ($6.54/sq ft)
121 - 132   499,800.00 ($6.80/sq ft)
133 - 144   518,910.00 ($7.06/sq ft)
145 - 156   539,490.00 ($7.34/sq ft)
157 - 168   560,805.00 ($7.63/sq ft)
169 - 180   582,855.00 ($7.93/sq ft)

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Months

  Monthly Minimum Rental
001 - 012   $304,500.00 ($4.20/sq ft)
013 - 024   311,750.00 ($4.30/sq ft)
025 - 036   329,875.00 ($4.55/sq ft)
037 - 048   376,275.00 ($5.19/sq ft)
049 - 060   390,775.00 ($5.39/sq ft)
061 - 072   406,000.00 ($5.60/sq ft)
073 - 084   421,950.00 ($5.82/sq ft)
085 - 096   438,625.00 ($6.05/sq ft)
097 - 108   456,025.00 ($6.29/sq ft)
109 - 120   474,150.00 ($6.54/sq ft)
121 - 132   493,000.00 ($6.80/sq ft)
133 - 144   511,850.00 ($7.06/sq ft)
145 - 156   532,150.00 ($7.34/sq ft)
157 - 168   553,175.00 ($7.63/sq ft)
169 - 180   574,925.00 ($7.93/sq ft)

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    3.2   Late Charge.   If Tenant fails to pay when due rental or other amounts due Landlord hereunder, such unpaid amounts shall bear interest for the benefit of Landlord at a rate equal to the lesser of fifteen percent (15%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by law, from the date due to the date of actual payment. In addition to such interest, Tenant shall pay to Landlord a late charge in an amount equal to six percent (6%) of any installment of minimum rental and any other amounts due Landlord if not paid in full on or before the fifth (5th) day after such rental or other amount is due. Tenant acknowledges that late payment by Tenant to Landlord of rental or other amounts due

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hereunder will cause Landlord to incur costs not contemplated by this Lease, including, without limitation, processing and accounting charges and late charges which may be imposed on Landlord by the terms of any loan relating to the Property. Tenant further acknowledges that it is extremely difficult and impractical to fix the exact amount of such costs and that the late charge set forth in this Section 3.2 represents a fair and reasonable estimate thereof. Acceptance of any late charge by Landlord shall not constitute a waiver of Tenant's default with respect to overdue rental or other amounts, nor shall such acceptance prevent Landlord from exercising any other rights and remedies available to it. Acceptance of rent or other payments by Landlord shall not constitute a waiver of late charges or interest accrued with respect to such rent or other payments or any prior installments thereof, nor of any other defaults by Tenant, whether monetary or non-monetary in nature, remaining uncured at the time of such acceptance of rent or other payments.

    4.   STOCK WARRANTS   

    4.1   Stock Warrants.   Concurrently with the mutual execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord or Landlord's designees (which may be any members, partners, shareholders or affiliates of Landlord or any affiliates of any such members, partners, shareholders or affiliates of Landlord) warrants registered in the name of Landlord or Landlord's designees for the acquisition of an aggregate of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) shares of Tenant's common stock, which warrants shall be in form and substance approved by Landlord and Tenant prior to Lease execution as being mutually satisfactory to them. The warrants shall have an exercise price per share equal to one hundred fifteen percent (115%) of the closing market price per share of Tenant's common stock on the day this Lease is mutually executed, shall be exercisable for a period beginning on the date of this Lease and ending on the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the date of this Lease, and shall include an obligation on the part of the warrantholder to sign, in connection with any public offering of Tenant's common stock, any lockup agreement recommended by Tenant's underwriters in connection with such public offering, provided that a similar lockup agreement is signed by each other shareholder holding a number of shares of Tenant's common stock equal to or exceeding the number of shares then issued and/or issuable pursuant to the warrant.

    5.   CONSTRUCTION   

    5.1   Construction of Improvements.   

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    5.2   Condition of Property.   Landlord shall deliver each Building Shell and the other Improvements constructed by Landlord to Tenant clean and free of debris, promptly upon completion of construction thereof, and Landlord warrants to Tenant that each Building Shell and the other Improvements constructed by Landlord (i) shall be free from material structural defects and shall be in good operating condition on the applicable Rent Commencement Date, and (ii) shall be constructed in compliance in all material respects with the plans and specifications developed pursuant to the Workletter and mutually approved (to the extent required thereunder) by Landlord and Tenant, subject to any changes implemented in such plans and specifications in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Workletter. If this warranty is violated in any respect, then it shall be the obligation of Landlord, after receipt of written notice from Tenant setting forth with specificity the nature of the violation, to correct promptly and diligently, at Landlord's sole cost, the condition(s) constituting such violation. Tenant's failure to give such written notice to Landlord within one hundred eighty (180) days after the applicable Rent Commencement Date shall give rise to a conclusive presumption that Landlord has complied with all Landlord's obligations under this Section 5.2 with respect to the applicable Building and other Improvements, except with respect to latent defects (as to which such 180-day limitation shall not apply). Without limiting the scope of Landlord's obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2, Landlord also agrees to either (x) use its best reasonable efforts to enforce when and as necessary, for the benefit of Tenant and the Improvements, any and all contractor's and/or manufacturer's warranties extending more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the applicable Rent Commencement Date with respect to any of Landlord's Work or, at Tenant's request, (y) assign any or all of such warranties to Tenant for enforcement purposes (provided, however, that Landlord may reserve joint enforcement rights under such warranties to the extent of Landlord's continuing obligations or warranties hereunder). TENANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE WARRANTY CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY LANDLORD AND THAT LANDLORD MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS LEASE.

    5.3   Compliance with Law.   Landlord warrants to Tenant that each Building Shell and the other Improvements constructed by Landlord (when constructed), as they exist on the applicable Rent Commencement Date, but without regard to the use for which Tenant will occupy the respective Buildings, shall not violate any covenants or restrictions of record or any applicable law, building code, regulation or ordinance in effect on the applicable Rent Commencement Date. Tenant warrants to Landlord that the Tenant Improvements and any other improvements constructed by Tenant from time to time shall not violate any applicable law, building code, regulation or ordinance in effect on the applicable Rent Commencement Date or at the time such improvements are placed in service. If it is determined that any of these warranties has been violated, then it shall be the obligation of the warranting party, after written notice from the other party, to correct the condition(s) constituting such violation promptly, at the warranting party's sole cost and expense. Tenant acknowledges that except as expressly set forth in this Lease, neither Landlord nor any agent of Landlord has made any representation or warranty as to the present or future suitability of the Property or Improvements for the conduct of Tenant's business or proposed business thereon.

    6.   TAXES   

    6.1   Personal Property.   Tenant shall be responsible for and shall pay prior to delinquency all taxes and assessments levied against or by reason of (a) any and all alterations, additions and items installed or placed on or in the Buildings and taxed as personal property rather than as real property, and/or (b) all personal property, trade fixtures and other property placed by Tenant on or about the Property. Upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with satisfactory evidence of Tenant's payment thereof. If at any time during the term of this Lease any of said alterations, additions or personal property, whether or not belonging to Tenant, shall be taxed or assessed as part of the Center,

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then such tax or assessment shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord within fifteen (15) days after presentation by Landlord of copies of the tax bills in which such taxes and assessments are included and shall, for the purposes of this Lease, be deemed to be personal property taxes or assessments under this Section 6.1.

    6.2   Real Property.   To the extent any real property taxes and assessments on the Buildings (including, but not limited to, the Improvements) are assessed directly to Tenant, Tenant shall be responsible for and shall pay prior to delinquency all such taxes and assessments levied against the Buildings. Upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with satisfactory evidence of Tenant's payment thereof. To the extent the Property and/or Improvements are taxed or assessed to Landlord following the applicable Rent Commencement Date, such real property taxes and assessments shall constitute Operating Expenses (as that term is defined in Section 7.2 of this Lease) and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of this Lease.

    7.   OPERATING EXPENSES   

    7.1   Payment of Operating Expenses.   

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    7.2   Definition Of Operating Expenses.   

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    7.3   Determination Of Operating Expenses.   On or before the first to occur of the Phase I Rent Commencement Date or the Phase II Rent Commencement Date and during the last month of each calendar year of the term of this Lease (" Lease Year "), or as soon thereafter as practical, Landlord shall provide Tenant notice of Landlord's estimate of the Operating Expenses for the ensuing Lease Year or applicable portion thereof. On or before the first day of each month during the ensuing Lease Year or applicable portion thereof, beginning on the first to occur of the Phase I Rent Commencement Date or the Phase II Rent Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay to Landlord Tenant's Operating Cost Share of the portion of such estimated Operating Expenses allocable (on a prorata basis) to such month; provided , however, that if such notice is not given in the last month of a Lease Year, Tenant shall continue to pay on the basis of the prior year's estimate, if any, until the month after such notice is given. If at any time or times it appears to Landlord that the actual Operating Expenses will vary from Landlord's estimate by more than five percent (5%), Landlord may, by notice to Tenant, revise its estimate for such year and subsequent payments by Tenant for such year shall be based upon such revised estimate.

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    7.4   Final Accounting For Lease Year.   

    7.5   Proration.   If either Rent Commencement Date falls on a day other than the first day of a Lease Year or if this Lease terminates on a day other than the last day of a Lease Year, then the amount of Operating Expenses payable by Tenant with respect to such first or last partial Lease Year shall be prorated on the basis which the number of days during such Lease Year in which this Lease is in effect bears to 365. The termination of this Lease shall not affect the obligations of Landlord and Tenant pursuant to Section 7.4 to be performed after such termination.

    8.   UTILITIES   

    8.1   Payment.   Commencing with the applicable Rent Commencement Date for each Building and thereafter throughout the term of this Lease, Tenant shall pay, before delinquency, all charges for water, gas, heat, light, electricity, power, sewer, telephone, alarm system, janitorial and other services or utilities supplied to or consumed in or with respect to the applicable Building (other than any separately metered costs for water, electricity or other services or utilities furnished with respect to the Common Areas, which costs shall be paid by Landlord and shall constitute Operating Expenses under Section 7.2 hereof), including any taxes on such services and utilities. It is the intention of the parties

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that all such services shall be separately metered to the Buildings. In the event that any of such services supplied to the Buildings are not separately metered, then the amount thereof shall be an item of Operating Expenses and shall be paid as provided in Article 7.

    8.2   Interruption.   There shall be no abatement of rent or other charges required to be paid hereunder and Landlord shall not be liable in damages or otherwise for interruption or failure of any service or utility furnished to or used with respect to the Buildings or Property because of accident, making of repairs, alterations or improvements, severe weather, difficulty or inability in obtaining services or supplies, labor difficulties or any other cause. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2, however, in the event of any interruption or failure of any service or utility to either or both Buildings that (i) is caused in whole or in material part by the active negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or its agents, employees or contractors and (ii) continues for more than three (3) business days and (iii) materially impairs Tenant's ability to use the applicable Building(s) for its or their intended purpose hereunder, then following such three (3) business day period, Tenant's obligations for payment of rent and other charges under this Lease shall be abated in proportion to the degree of impairment of Tenant's use of the applicable Building(s), and such abatement shall continue until Tenant's use of the applicable Building(s) is no longer materially impaired thereby.

    9.   ALTERATIONS; SIGNS   

    9.1   Right To Make Alterations.   Tenant shall make no alterations, additions or improvements to the Buildings or the Property, other than interior non-structural alterations costing less than Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for any single project (i.e., any single item of alterations or set of related alterations) and less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in the aggregate during any twelve (12) month period, without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All such alterations, additions and improvements shall be completed with due diligence in a first-class workmanlike manner, in compliance with plans and specifications approved in writing by Landlord and in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, and to the extent Landlord's consent is not otherwise required hereunder for such alterations, additions or improvements, Tenant shall give prompt written notice thereof to Landlord. Tenant shall cause any contractors engaged by Tenant for work in the Buildings or on the Property to maintain public liability and property damage insurance, and other customary insurance, with such terms and in such amounts as Landlord may reasonably require, naming as additional insureds Landlord and any of its members, partners, shareholders, property managers and lenders designated by Landlord for this purpose, and shall furnish Landlord with certificates of insurance or other evidence that such coverage is in effect. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 9.1, under no circumstances shall Tenant make any structural alterations or improvements, or any substantial changes to the roof or substantial equipment installations on the roof, or any substantial changes or alterations to the building systems, without Landlord's prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If Tenant so requests in seeking Landlord's consent to any alterations, additions or improvements, Landlord shall specify in granting such consent whether Landlord intends to require that Tenant remove such alterations, additions or improvements (or any specified portions thereof) upon expiration or termination of this Lease. Landlord shall receive no fee for supervision, profit, overhead or general conditions in connection with any alterations, additions or improvements constructed or installed by Tenant under this Lease, whether as part of the initial Tenant's Work under the Workletter or otherwise, except for a project management fee as specifically provided in Schedule C-2 attached to the Workletter in connection with the initial Tenant Improvements.

    9.2   Title To Alterations.   All alterations, additions and improvements installed in, on or about the Buildings or the Property (including, but not limited to, lab benches, fume hoods, cold rooms and other similar improvements and equipment) shall become part of the Property and shall become the property of Landlord, unless Landlord elects to require Tenant to remove the same upon the termination of this

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Lease; provided , however, that the foregoing shall not apply to Tenant's movable furniture, equipment and trade fixtures, except to the extent any such items are specifically identified in the parenthetical in the initial portion of this sentence. Tenant shall promptly repair any damage caused by its removal of any such furniture, equipment or trade fixtures. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 9, however, (a) under no circumstances shall Tenant have any right to remove from the Buildings or the Property, at the expiration or termination of this Lease, any lab benches, fume hoods, cold rooms or other similar improvements and equipment installed in the Buildings, even if such equipment and improvements were installed by Tenant as part of Tenant's Work under the Workletter or otherwise; and (b) if Tenant requests Landlord's written consent to any alterations, additions or improvements under Section 9.1 hereof and, in requesting such consent, asks that Landlord specify whether Landlord will require removal of such alterations, additions or improvements upon termination or expiration of this Lease, then Landlord shall not be entitled to require such removal unless Landlord specified its intention to do so at the time of granting of Landlord's consent to the requested alterations, additions or improvements. Without limiting the generality of clause (b) of the preceding sentence, Tenant shall not be required to remove upon termination or expiration of this Lease any of the improvements constructed by Tenant as part of Tenant's Work under the Workletter, except to the extent that Landlord, in granting its approval of the plans and specifications for Tenant's Work under the Workletter, advises Tenant in writing that Landlord intends to require removal of any specified elements of such Tenant's Work upon termination or expiration of this Lease. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article 9, (x) it is the intention of the parties that Landlord shall be entitled to claim all tax attributes associated with alterations, additions, improvements and equipment constructed or installed by Tenant or Landlord with funds provided by Landlord pursuant to the Tenant Improvement Allowance; and (y) it is the intention of the parties that Tenant shall be entitled to claim, during the term of this Lease, all tax attributes associated with alterations, additions, improvements and equipment constructed or installed by Tenant with Tenant's own funds (and without any payment or reimbursement by Landlord pursuant to the Tenant Improvement Allowance), despite the fact that the items described in this clause (y) are characterized in this Section 9.2 as becoming Landlord's property upon installation, in recognition of the fact that Tenant will have installed and paid for such items, will have the right of possession of such items during the term of this Lease and will have the obligation to pay (directly or indirectly) property taxes on such items, carry insurance on such items and bear the risk of loss with respect to such items under Article 15 hereof. If and to the extent it becomes necessary, in implementation of the foregoing intentions, to identify (either specifically or on a percentage basis, as may be required under applicable tax laws) which alterations, additions, improvements and equipment constructed as part of Tenant's Work under the Workletter have been funded through the Tenant Improvement Allowance and which have been constructed or installed with Tenant's own funds, Landlord and Tenant agree to cooperate reasonably and in good faith to make such an identification by mutual agreement.

    9.3   Tenant Trade Fixtures.   Subject to the third sentence of Section 9.2 and to Section 9.5 (which shall be controlling in the case of signs, logos and insignia), Tenant may install, remove and reinstall trade fixtures without Landlord's prior written consent, except that installation and removal of any trade fixtures which are affixed to the Buildings or the Property or which affect the exterior or structural portions of the Buildings or the building systems shall require Landlord's written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Tenant shall immediately repair any damage caused by installation and removal of trade fixtures under this Section 9.3.

    9.4   No Liens.   Tenant shall at all times keep the Buildings and the Property free from all liens and claims of any contractors, subcontractors, materialmen, suppliers or any other parties employed either directly or indirectly by Tenant in construction work on the Buildings or the Property. Tenant may contest any claim of lien, but only if, prior to such contest, Tenant either (i) posts security in the amount of the claim, plus estimated costs and interest, or (ii) records a bond of a responsible corporate surety in such amount as may be required to release the lien from the Buildings and the Property.

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Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless against any and all liability, loss, damage, cost and other expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of claims of any lien for work performed or materials or supplies furnished at the request of Tenant or persons claiming under Tenant.

    9.5   Signs.   Tenant shall have the right to display its corporate name, logo and/or insignia on the Buildings and in front of the entrances to the Buildings, subject to (a) Landlord's prior approval as to location, size, design and composition (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (b) the sign criteria established for the Center from time to time and (c) all restrictions and requirements of applicable law and of any covenants, conditions and restrictions or other written agreements now or hereafter applicable to the Property. Landlord is hereby deemed to have aproved, as to location, any signage the location of which is expressly designated on any Approved Plans developed pursuant to the Workletter. Tenant shall immediately repair any damage caused by installation and removal of signs under this Section 9.5.

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    10.   MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS   

    10.1   Landlord's Work.   

    10.2   Tenant's Obligation For Maintenance.   

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    11.   USE OF PROPERTY   

    11.1   Permitted Use.   Subject to Sections 11.3, 11.4 and 11.6 hereof, Tenant shall use the Buildings solely for a laboratory and research and development facility, including (but not limited to) wet chemistry and biology labs, clean rooms, storage and use of toxic and radioactive materials (subject to the provisions of Section 11.6 hereof), storage and use of laboratory animals, administrative offices, and other lawful purposes reasonably related to or incidental to such specified uses (subject in each case to receipt of all necessary approvals from the City of South San Francisco and other governmental agencies having jurisdiction over the Buildings), and for no other purpose, unless Landlord in its sole discretion otherwise consents in writing.

    11.2 [Omitted.]

    11.3   No Nuisance.   Tenant shall not use the Buildings for or carry on or permit upon the Property or any part thereof any offensive, noisy or dangerous trade, business, manufacture, occupation, odor or fumes, or any nuisance or anything against public policy, nor interfere with the rights or business of Landlord in the Buildings or the Property, nor commit or allow to be committed any waste in, on or about the Property. Tenant shall not do or permit anything to be done in or about the Property, nor bring nor keep anything therein, which will in any way cause the Property to be uninsurable with respect to the insurance required by this Lease or with respect to standard fire and extended coverage insurance with vandalism, malicious mischief and riot endorsements.

    11.4   Compliance With Laws.   

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    11.5   Liquidation Sales.   Tenant shall not conduct or permit to be conducted any auction, bankruptcy sale, liquidation sale, or going out of business sale, in, upon or about the Property, whether said auction or sale be voluntary, involuntary or pursuant to any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or pursuant to any bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding.

    11.6   Environmental Matters.   

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    12.   INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY   

    12.1   Insurance.   

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    12.2   Quality Of Policies And Certificates.   All policies of insurance required hereunder shall be issued by responsible insurers and, in the case of policies carried or required to be carried by Tenant, shall be written as primary policies not contributing with and not in excess of any coverage that Landlord may carry. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord copies of policies or certificates of insurance showing that said policies are in effect. The coverage provided by such policies shall include the clause or endorsement referred to in Section 12.4. If Tenant fails to acquire, maintain or renew any insurance required to be maintained by it under this Article 12 or to pay the premium therefor, then Landlord, at its option and in addition to its other remedies, but without obligation so to do, may procure such insurance, and any sums expended by it to procure any such insurance on behalf of or in place of Tenant shall be repaid upon demand, with interest as provided in Section 3.2 hereof. Tenant shall give Landlord at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of any cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance required to be maintained under this Article 12, and shall obtain written undertakings from each insurer under policies required to be maintained by it to endeavor to notify all insureds thereunder at least thirty (30) days prior to cancellation of coverage.

    12.3   Workers' Compensation.   Tenant shall maintain in full force and effect during the term of this Lease workers' compensation insurance in at least the minimum amounts required by law, covering all of Tenant's employees working on the Property.

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    12.4   Waiver Of Subrogation.   To the extent permitted by law and without affecting the coverage provided by insurance required to be maintained hereunder, Landlord and Tenant each waive any right to recover against the other with respect to (i) damage to property, (ii) damage to the Property or any part thereof, or (iii) claims arising by reason of any of the foregoing, but only to the extent that any of the foregoing damages and claims under clauses (i)-(iii) hereof are covered, and only to the extent of such coverage, by property insurance actually carried or required to be carried hereunder by either Landlord or Tenant. This provision is intended to waive fully, and for the benefit of each party, any rights and claims which might give rise to a right of subrogation in any insurance carrier. Each party shall procure a clause or endorsement on any property insurance policy denying to the insurer rights of subrogation against the other party to the extent rights have been waived by the insured prior to the occurrence of injury or loss. Coverage provided by insurance maintained by Tenant shall not be limited, reduced or diminished by virtue of the subrogation waiver herein contained.

    12.5   Increase In Premiums.   Tenant shall do all acts and pay all expenses necessary to insure that the Buildings are not used for purposes prohibited by any applicable fire insurance, and that Tenant's use of the Buildings and Property complies with all requirements necessary to obtain any such insurance. If Tenant uses or permits the Buildings or Property to be used in a manner which increases the existing rate of any insurance carried by Landlord on the Center and such use continues for longer than a reasonable period specified in any written notice from Landlord to Tenant identifying the rate increase and the factors causing the same, then Tenant shall pay the amount of the increase in premium caused thereby, and Landlord's costs of obtaining other replacement insurance policies, including any increase in premium, within ten (10) days after demand therefor by Landlord.

    12.6   Indemnification.   

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    12.7   Blanket Policy.   Any policy required to be maintained hereunder may be maintained under a so-called "blanket policy" insuring other parties and other locations so long as the amount of insurance required to be provided hereunder is not thereby diminished. Without limiting the generality of the requirement set forth at the end of the preceding sentence, property insurance provided under a blanket policy shall provide full replacement cost coverage and liability insurance provided under a blanket policy shall include per location aggregate limits meeting or exceeding the limits required under this Article 12.

    13.   SUBLEASE AND ASSIGNMENT   

    13.1   Assignment And Sublease Of Building.   Except in the case of a Permitted Transfer, Tenant shall not have the right or power to assign its interest in this Lease, or make any sublease of either Building or any portion thereof, nor shall any interest of Tenant under this Lease be assignable involuntarily or by operation of law, without on each occasion obtaining the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any purported sublease or assignment of Tenant's interest in this Lease requiring but not having received Landlord's consent thereto (to the extent such consent is required hereunder) shall be void. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions, Landlord may withhold consent to any proposed subletting or assignment solely on the ground, if applicable, that the use by the proposed subtenant or assignee is reasonably likely to be incompatible with Landlord's use of the balance of the Property or of any adjacent property owned or operated by Landlord, unless the proposed use is within the permitted uses specified in Section 11.1, in which event it shall not be reasonable for Landlord to object to the proposed use. Except in the case of a Permitted Transfer, any dissolution, consolidation, merger or other reorganization of Tenant, or any sale or transfer of substantially all of the stock or assets of Tenant in a single transaction or series of related transactions, shall be deemed to be an assignment hereunder and shall be void without the prior written consent of Landlord as required above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no issuance or sale of Tenant's capital stock through any public securities exchange nor any other issuance of Tenant's capital stock for bona fide financing purposes shall be deemed to be an assignment, subletting or transfer hereunder; and (ii) Tenant shall have the right to assign this Lease or sublet either or both Buildings, or any portion thereof, without Landlord's consent (but with prior or concurrent written notice by Tenant to Landlord), to any Affiliate of Tenant, or to any entity which results from a merger or consolidation with Tenant, or to any entity which acquires substantially all of the stock or assets of Tenant as a going concern (hereinafter each a " Permitted Transfer "). For purposes of the preceding sentence, an "Affiliate " of Tenant shall mean any entity in which Tenant owns at least a fifty percent (50%) equity interest, any entity which owns at least a fifty percent (50%) equity interest in Tenant, and/or any entity which is related to Tenant by a chain of ownership interests involving at least a fifty percent (50%) equity interest at each level in the chain. Landlord shall have no right to terminate this Lease in connection with, and shall have no right to any sums or other economic consideration resulting from, any Permitted Transfer. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 13.1, however, the provisions of Section 13.2 shall remain applicable to any Permitted Transfer and the transferee under such Permitted Transfer shall be and remain subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Lease.

    13.2   Rights Of Landlord.   

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    14.   RIGHT OF ENTRY AND QUIET ENJOYMENT   

    14.1   Right Of Entry.   Landlord and its authorized representatives shall have the right to enter the Buildings at any time during the term of this Lease during normal business hours and upon not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior notice, except in the case of emergency (in which event no notice shall be required and entry may be made at any time), for the purpose of inspecting and determining the condition of the Buildings or for any other proper purpose including, without limitation, to make repairs, replacements or improvements which Landlord may deem necessary, to show the Buildings to prospective purchasers, to show the Buildings to prospective tenants (but only during the final year of the term of this Lease), and to post notices of nonresponsibility. Landlord shall not be liable for inconvenience, annoyance, disturbance, loss of business, quiet enjoyment or other damage or loss to Tenant by reason of making any repairs or performing any work upon the Buildings or the Property or by reason of erecting or maintaining any protective barricades in connection with any such work, and

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the obligations of Tenant under this Lease shall not thereby be affected in any manner whatsoever, provided , however, Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to minimize the inconvenience to Tenant's normal business operations caused thereby.

    14.2   Quiet Enjoyment.   Landlord covenants that Tenant, upon paying the rent and performing its obligations hereunder and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Lease, shall peacefully and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Buildings and the Property throughout the term of this Lease, or until this Lease is terminated as provided by this Lease.

    15.   CASUALTY AND TAKING   

    15.1   Damage or Destruction.   

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    15.2   Condemnation.   

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    15.3   Reservation Of Compensation.   Landlord reserves, and Tenant waives and assigns to Landlord, all rights to any award or compensation for damage to the Improvements, the Property and the leasehold estate created hereby, accruing by reason of any taking in any public improvement, condemnation or eminent domain proceeding or in any other manner by exercise of the right of eminent domain or of anything lawfully done by public authority, except that (a) Tenant shall be entitled to any and all compensation or damages paid for or on account of Tenant's moving expenses, trade fixtures and equipment and any leasehold improvements installed by Tenant in the applicable

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Building(s) at its own sole expense, but only to the extent Tenant would have been entitled to remove such items at the expiration of the term of this Lease and then only to the extent of the then remaining unamortized value of such improvements computed on a straight-line basis over the term of this Lease, and (b) any condemnation awards or proceeds described in Section 15.2(b)(ii) shall be allocated and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.2(b)(ii), notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Section 15.3.

    15.4   Restoration Of Improvements.   In connection with any repair or restoration of Improvements by either party following a casualty or taking as hereinabove set forth, the party responsible for such repair or restoration shall, to the extent possible, return such Improvements to a condition substantially equal to that which existed immediately prior to the casualty or taking. To the extent such party wishes to make material modifications to such Improvements, such modifications shall be subject to the prior written approval of the other party (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except that no such approval shall be required for modifications that are required by applicable governmental authorities as a condition of the repair or restoration, unless such required modifications would impair or impede Tenant's conduct of its business in the applicable Building(s) (in which case any such modifications in Landlord's work shall require Tenant's consent, not unreasonably withheld or delayed) or would materially and adversely affect the exterior appearance, the structural integrity or the mechanical or other operating systems of the applicable Building(s) (in which case any such modifications in Tenant's work shall require Landlord's consent, not unreasonably withheld or delayed).

    16.   DEFAULT   

    16.1   Events Of Default.   The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an event of default on the part of Tenant:

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    16.2   Remedies Upon Tenant's Default.   

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    16.3   Remedies Cumulative.   All rights, privileges and elections or remedies of Landlord contained in this Article 16 are cumulative and not alternative to the extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided herein.

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    17.   SUBORDINATION, ATTORNMENT AND SALE   

    17.1   Subordination To Mortgage.   This Lease, and any sublease entered into by Tenant under the provisions of this Lease, shall be subject and subordinate to any ground lease, mortgage, deed of trust, sale/leaseback transaction or any other hypothecation for security now or hereafter placed upon the Buildings, the Property, the Center, or any of them, and the rights of any assignee of Landlord or of any ground lessor, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or leaseback lessor under any of the foregoing, and to any and all advances made on the security thereof and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions thereof; provided, however, that such subordination in the case of any future ground lease, mortgage, deed of trust, sale/leaseback transaction or any other hypothecation for security placed upon the Buildings, the Property, the Center, or any of them shall be conditioned on Tenant's receipt from the ground lessor, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or leaseback lessor of a Non-Disturbance Agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Tenant (i) confirming that so long as Tenant is not in material default hereunder beyond any applicable cure period (for which purpose the occurrence of any event of default under Section 16.1 hereof shall be deemed to be "material"), Tenant's rights hereunder shall not be disturbed by such person or entity and (ii) agreeing that the benefit of such Non-Disturbance Agreement shall be transferable to any transferee under a Permitted Transfer and to any other assignee or subtenant that is acceptable to the ground lessor, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or leaseback lessor at the time of transfer. If any mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor, sale/leaseback lessor or assignee elects to have this Lease be an encumbrance upon the Property prior to the lien of its mortgage, deed of trust, ground lease or leaseback lease or other security arrangement and gives notice thereof to Tenant, this Lease shall be deemed prior thereto, whether this Lease is dated prior or subsequent to the date thereof or the date of recording thereof. Tenant, and any sublessee, shall execute such documents as may reasonably be requested by any mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor, sale/leaseback lessor or assignee to evidence the subordination herein set forth, subject to the conditions set forth above, or to make this Lease prior to the lien of any mortgage, deed of trust, ground lease, leaseback lease or other security arrangement, as the case may be. Upon any default by Landlord in the performance of its obligations under any mortgage, deed of trust, ground lease, leaseback lease or assignment, Tenant (and any sublessee) shall, notwithstanding any subordination hereunder, attorn to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor, leaseback lessor or assignee thereunder upon demand and become the tenant of the successor in interest to Landlord, at the option of such successor in interest, and shall execute and deliver any instrument or instruments confirming the attornment herein provided for. Promptly following execution of this Lease, Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Non-Disturbance Agreement comparable to that described above in this Section 17.1 from any mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor or leaseback lessor holding an interest in the Property on the date of this Lease (but Landlord hereby advises Tenant that in fact there is no mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor or leaseback lessor holding an interest in the Property on the date of this Lease).

    17.2   Sale Of Landlord's Interest.   Upon sale, transfer or assignment of Landlord's entire interest in the Buildings and the Property, Landlord shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to liabilities accruing from and after the date of such sale, transfer or assignment.

    17.3   Estoppel Certificates.   Tenant or Landlord (the " responding party "), as applicable, shall at any time and from time to time, within ten (10) days after written request by the other party (the " requesting party "), execute, acknowledge and deliver to the requesting party a certificate in writing stating: (i) that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect, or if there have been any modifications, that this Lease is in full force and effect as modified and stating the date and the nature of each modification; (ii) the date to which rental and all other sums payable hereunder have been paid; (iii) that the requesting party is not in default in the performance of any of its obligations under this Lease, that the responding party has given no notice of default to the requesting party and that no event has occurred which, but for the expiration of the applicable time period, would constitute an

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event of default hereunder, or if the responding party alleges that any such default, notice or event has occurred, specifying the same in reasonable detail; and (iv) such other matters as may reasonably be requested by the requesting party or by any institutional lender, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, ground lessor, sale/leaseback lessor or prospective purchaser of the Property, or prospective sublessee or assignee of this Lease. Any such certificate provided under this Section 17.3 may be relied upon by any lender, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, assignee or successor in interest to the requesting party, by any prospective purchaser, by any purchaser on foreclosure or sale, by any grantee under a deed in lieu of foreclosure of any mortgage or deed of trust on the Property, by any subtenant or assignee, or by any other third party. Failure to execute and return within the required time any estoppel certificate requested hereunder, if such failure continues for five (5) days after a second written request by the requesting party for such estoppel certificate, shall be deemed to be an admission of the truth of the matters set forth in the form of certificate submitted to the responding party for execution.

    17.4   Subordination to CC&R's.   This Lease, and any permitted sublease entered into by Tenant under the provisions of this Lease, and the interests in real property conveyed hereby and thereby shall be subject and subordinate (a) to any declarations of covenants, conditions and restrictions or other recorded restrictions affecting the Property or the Center from time to time, provided that the terms of such declarations or restrictions are reasonable (or, to the extent they are not reasonable, are mandated by applicable law), do not materially impair Tenant's ability to conduct the uses permitted hereunder on the Property, and do not discriminate against Tenant relative to other similarly situated tenants occupying portions of the Center, (b) to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Reciprocal Easements for Shearwater Project dated January 21, 1998 and recorded on January 22, 1998 as Instrument No. 98-008277, Official Records of San Mateo County, as amended from time to time (the " Shearwater Declaration "), the provisions of which Shearwater Declaration are an integral part of this Lease, and (c) to the Covenant and Environmental Restriction dated as of January 26, 1998 and recorded on February 3, 1998 as Instrument No. 98-013813, Official Records of San Mateo County, as amended from time to time (the " Environmental Restriction "), the provisions of which Environmental Restriction are incorporated herein by this reference. Tenant agrees to execute, upon request by Landlord, any documents reasonably required from time to time to evidence the foregoing subordination.

    17.5   Mortgagee Protection.   If, following a default by Landlord under any mortgage, deed of trust, ground lease, leaseback lease or other security arrangement covering the Buildings, the Property, the Center, or any of them, the Buildings, the Property and/or the Center, as applicable, is acquired by the mortgagee, beneficiary, master lessor or other secured party, or by any other successor owner, pursuant to a foreclosure, trustee's sale, sheriff's sale, lease termination or other similar procedure (or deed in lieu thereof), then any such person or entity so acquiring the Buildings, the Property and/or the Center shall not be:

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    18.   SECURITY   

    18.1   Deposit.   Within ten (10) days after mutual execution of this Lease, Tenant shall deposit with Landlord the sum of Five Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($556,100.00), which sum (the " Security Deposit ") shall be held by Landlord as security for the faithful performance of all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be kept and performed by Tenant during the term hereof. If Tenant defaults (beyond any applicable cure period) with respect to any provision of this Lease, including, without limitation, the provisions relating to the payment of rental and other sums due hereunder, Landlord shall have the right, but shall not be required, to use, apply or retain all or any part of the Security Deposit for the payment of rental or any other amount which Landlord may spend or become obligated to spend by reason of Tenant's default or to compensate Landlord for any other loss or damage which Landlord may suffer by reason of Tenant's default. If any portion of the Security Deposit is so used or applied, Tenant shall, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, deposit cash with Landlord in an amount sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to its original amount and Tenant's failure to do so shall be a material breach of this Lease. Landlord shall not be required to keep any deposit under this Section separate from Landlord's general funds, and Tenant shall not be entitled to interest thereon. If Tenant fully and faithfully performs every provision of this Lease to be performed by it, the Security Deposit, or any balance thereof, shall be returned to Tenant or, at Landlord's option, to the last assignee of Tenant's interest hereunder, at the expiration of the term of this Lease and after Tenant has vacated the Property. In the event of termination of Landlord's interest in this Lease, Landlord shall transfer all deposits then held by Landlord under this Section to Landlord's successor in interest, whereupon Tenant agrees to release Landlord from all liability for the return of such deposit or the accounting thereof.

    19.   MISCELLANEOUS   

    19.1   Notices.   All notices, consents, waivers and other communications which this Lease requires or permits either party to give to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered personally (including delivery by private same-day or overnight courier or express delivery service) or by telecopier with mechanical confirmation of transmission, effective upon personal delivery to or refusal of delivery by the recipient (in the case of personal delivery by any of the means described above) or upon telecopier transmission during normal business hours at the recipient's office (in the case of telecopier transmission, with any transmission outside of normal business hours being effective as of the beginning of the first business day commencing after the time of actual transmission) to the parties at their respective addresses as follows:

To Tenant:   (until first Rent Commencement Date)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
240 E. Grand Avenue
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Attn: James M. Gower
Telecopier: (650)

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(after first Rent Commencement Date)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
[street address to be determined]
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Attn: James M. Gower
Telecopier: (650) 
[to be determined]

with a copy to:

 

Cooley Godward LLP
One Maritime Plaza, 20 th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-3580
Attn: Anna B. Pope, Esq.
Telecopier: (415) 951-3699

To Landlord:

 

Slough BTC, LLC
33 West Monroe Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60603
Attn: William Rogalla
Telecopier: (312) 558-9041

with a copy to:

 

Britannia Management Services, Inc.
1939 Harrison Street, Suite 715
Oakland, CA 94612
Telecopier: (510) 763-6262

and a copy to:

 

Folger Levin & Kahn LLP
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn: Donald E. Kelley, Jr.
Telecopier: (415) 986-2827

or to such other address as may be contained in a notice at least fifteen (15) days prior to the address change from either party to the other given pursuant to this Section. Rental payments and other sums required by this Lease to be paid by Tenant shall be delivered to Landlord in care of Britannia Management Services, Inc., 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 715, Oakland, CA 94612, or at such other address as Landlord may from time to time specify in writing to Tenant, and shall be deemed to be paid only upon actual receipt.

    19.2   Successors And Assigns.   The obligations of this Lease shall run with the land, and this Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the original Landlord named herein and each successive Landlord under this Lease shall be liable only for obligations accruing during the period of its ownership of the Property, and any liability for obligations accruing after termination of such ownership shall terminate as of the date of such termination of ownership and shall pass to the successor lessor.

    19.3   No Waiver.   The failure of Landlord to seek redress for violation, or to insist upon the strict performance, of any covenant or condition of this Lease shall not be deemed a waiver of such violation, or prevent a subsequent act which would originally have constituted a violation from having all the force and effect of an original violation.

    19.4   Severability.   If any provision of this Lease or the application thereof is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each of the provisions of this Lease shall be valid and enforceable, unless enforcement of this

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Lease as so invalidated would be unreasonable or grossly inequitable under all the circumstances or would materially frustrate the purposes of this Lease.

    19.5   Litigation Between Parties.   In the event of any litigation or other dispute resolution proceedings between the parties hereto arising out of or in connection with this Lease, the prevailing party shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs, including, but not limited to, reasonable accountants' fees and attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with such proceedings (including, but not limited to, any appellate proceedings relating thereto) or in connection with the enforcement of any judgment or award rendered in such proceedings. " Prevailing party " within the meaning of this Section shall include, without limitation, a party who dismisses an action for recovery hereunder in exchange for payment of the sums allegedly due, performance of covenants allegedly breached or consideration substantially equal to the relief sought in the action.

    19.6   Surrender.   A voluntary or other surrender of this Lease by Tenant, or a mutual termination thereof between Landlord and Tenant, shall not result in a merger but shall, at the option of Landlord, operate either as an assignment to Landlord of any and all existing subleases and subtenancies, or a termination of all or any existing subleases and subtenancies. This provision shall be contained in any and all assignments or subleases made pursuant to this Lease.

    19.7   Interpretation.   The provisions of this Lease shall be construed as a whole, according to their common meaning, and not strictly for or against Landlord or Tenant. The captions preceding the text of each Section and subsection hereof are included only for convenience of reference and shall be disregarded in the construction or interpretation of this Lease.

    19.8   Entire Agreement.   This written Lease, together with the exhibits hereto, contains all the representations and the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. Any prior correspondence, memoranda or agreements are replaced in total by this Lease and the exhibits hereto. This Lease may be modified only by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties.

    19.9   Governing Law.   This Lease and all exhibits hereto shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with and be governed by all the provisions of the laws of the State of California.

    19.10   No Partnership.   The relationship between Landlord and Tenant is solely that of a lessor and lessee. Nothing contained in this Lease shall be construed as creating any type or manner of partnership, joint venture or joint enterprise with or between Landlord and Tenant.

    19.11   Financial Information.   From time to time Tenant shall promptly provide directly to prospective lenders and purchasers of the Property and/or Center designated by Landlord such financial information pertaining to the financial status of Tenant as Landlord may reasonably request; provided , Tenant shall be permitted to provide such financial information in a manner which Tenant deems reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information. In addition, from time to time, Tenant shall provide Landlord with such financial information pertaining to the financial status of Tenant as Landlord may reasonably request. Landlord agrees that all financial information supplied to Landlord by Tenant shall be treated as confidential material, and shall not be disseminated to any party or entity (including any entity affiliated with Landlord) without Tenant's prior written consent, except that Landlord shall be entitled to provide such information, subject to reasonable precautions to protect the confidential nature thereof, (i) to Landlord's partners and professional advisors, solely to use in connection with Landlord's execution and enforcement of this Lease, and (ii) to prospective lenders and/or purchasers of the Property and/or Center, solely for use in connection with their bona fide consideration of a proposed financing or purchase of the Property and/or Center, provided that such prospective lenders and/or purchasers are not then engaged in businesses directly competitive with the business then being conducted by Tenant. For purposes of this Section, without limiting the generality of the obligations provided herein, it shall be deemed reasonable for Landlord to request

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copies of Tenant's most recent audited annual financial statements, or, if audited statements have not been prepared, unaudited financial statements for Tenant's most recent fiscal year, accompanied by a certificate of Tenant's chief financial officer that such financial statements fairly present Tenant's financial condition as of the date(s) indicated. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 19.11, during any period in which Tenant has outstanding a class of publicly traded securities and is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on a regular basis, Forms 10Q and 10K and any other periodic filings required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, it shall constitute sufficient compliance under this Section 19.11 for Tenant to furnish Landlord with copies of such periodic filings substantially concurrently with the filing thereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Landlord and Tenant recognize the need of Tenant to maintain the confidentiality of information regarding its financial status and the need of Landlord to be informed of, and to provide to prospective lenders and purchasers of the Property and/or Center financial information pertaining to, Tenant's financial status. Landlord and Tenant agree to cooperate with each other in achieving these needs within the context of the obligations set forth in this Section.

    19.12   Costs.   If Tenant requests the consent of Landlord under any provision of this Lease for any act that Tenant proposes to do hereunder, including, without limitation, assignment of this Lease or subletting of the Buildings or any part thereof, Tenant shall, as a condition to doing any such act and the receipt of such consent, reimburse Landlord promptly for any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, up to a maximum of $3,000.00 per request.

    19.13   Time.   Time is of the essence of this Lease, and of every term and condition hereof.

    19.14   Rules And Regulations.   Tenant shall observe, comply with and obey, and shall cause its employees, agents and, to the best of Tenant's ability, invitees to observe, comply with and obey such reasonable rules and regulations as Landlord may promulgate from time to time for the safety, care, cleanliness, order and use of the Improvements, the Property and the Center.

    19.15   Brokers.   Each party represents and warrants that no broker participated in the consummation of this Lease and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the other party harmless against any liability, cost or expense, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of any claims for brokerage commissions or other similar compensation in connection with any conversations, prior negotiations or other dealings by the indemnifying party with any broker.

    19.16   Memorandum Of Lease.   At any time during the term of this Lease, either party, at its sole expense, shall be entitled to record a memorandum of this Lease and, if either party so elects, both parties agree to cooperate in the preparation, execution, acknowledgment and recordation of such document in reasonable form.

    19.17   Corporate Authority.   The person signing this Lease on behalf of Tenant warrants that he or she is fully authorized to do so and, by so doing, to bind Tenant.

    19.18   Execution and Delivery.   This Lease may be executed in one or more counterparts and by separate parties on separate counterparts, but each such counterpart shall constitute an original and all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

    19.19   Survival.   Without limiting survival provisions which would otherwise be implied or construed under applicable law, the provisions of Sections 2.5, 7.4, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 11.6, 12.6, 19.5 and 19.20 hereof shall survive the termination of this Lease with respect to matters occurring prior to the expiration of this Lease.

    19.20   Parking and Traffic.   

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Lease as of the day and year first set forth above.

"Landlord"   "Tenant"

SLOUGH BTC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a Delaware corporation

By:

 

Slough Estates USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, Its Manager

 

By:

 

/s/ James M. Gower

            Its:    
                CEO & President

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William Rogalla


 

By:

 

/s/ James H. Welch


 

 

Its:

 

VP


 

Its:

 

VP Finance

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EXHIBIT 10.17


FIRST AMENDMENT TO COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COLLABORATION AGREEMENT (the "Amendment") is made and entered into effective as of May 18, 2001 (the "Amendment Effective Date"), by and between RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ("Rigel") having its principal place of business at 240 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080 and NOVARTIS PHARMA AG , a Swiss corporation ("Novartis"), having its principal place of business at Lichtstrasse 35, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.

     WHEREAS , Rigel and Novartis entered into a Collaboration Agreement, made effective between such Parties as of 26 th May, 1999 (the "Collaboration Agreement") regarding a collaborative research and commercialisation program for intracellular target molecules useful for treating or preventing human diseases; and

     WHEREAS , Rigel and Novartis desire to amend Section 2.3 of the Collaboration Agreement.

     NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained herein and in the Agreement, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:

    1.  The parties agree to amend the terms of the Collaboration Agreement as provided below. To the extent that the Collaboration Agreement is explicitly amended by this Amendment, the terms of the Amendment will control where the terms of the Collaboration Agreement are contrary to or conflict with the following provisions. Where the Collaboration Agreement is not explicitly amended, the terms of the Collaboration Agreement will remain in force. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as such terms are defined in the Collaboration Agreement.

    2.  Section 2.3 of the Agreement is hereby replaced and superseded in its entirety by the following:

    " 2.3 Number and Kind of Additional Programs of Research. The parties hereby acknowledge that the Commencement Date of the T-Cell Project, designated as a Joint Project, is the Effective Date of this Agreement. Novartis and Rigel further acknowledge that they have added to this Agreement two (2) additional Programs of Research prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Date: the B-Cell Project, designated as a Joint Project, and the Epithelial Cell Project, designated as an At-Novartis Project, respectively. Subject to Section 2.2, the parties will add to the Agreement: (A) one (1) additional Program of Research, being either (i) a Joint Project in the area of endothelial cell function in angiogenesis, if such Joint Project has a Commencement Date prior to July 31, 2001; or, in the event that such Joint Project does not have a Commencement Date prior to July 31, 2001, then (ii) another Program of Research, such other Program of Research to have its Commencement Date prior to November 30, 2001; and (B) a second additional Program of Research to the Agreement prior to November 30, 2001."

    3.  This Amendment will form an integral part of, and is governed by all other terms of, the Collaboration Agreement.

    4.  Except as expressly amended hereby, all terms and conditions of the Collaboration Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

    5.  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment by their authorised officers as of the date and year first above written.

RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.   NOVARTIS PHARMA AG

By:

/s/ Raul Rodriguez


 

By:

/s/ C. Asseo /s/ S. Stubs


Name:

Raul Rodriguez


 

Name:

Capucine Asseo S. Stubs


Title:

VP Business Dev.


 

Title:

Legal Counsel BD&L




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