Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On July 14, 2022, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (the "Company") and its wholly
owned subsidiary Rare Delaware Inc. ("Seller") entered into a Royalty Purchase
Agreement (the "Agreement") with OCM LS23 Holdings LP, an investment vehicle of
OMERS, one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, pursuant to which
OMERS paid $500 million in cash to Seller in consideration for the right (the
"Purchased Interest") to receive 30% of the future royalty payments (the
"Royalties") due to the Company from Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. ("KKC") based on net
sales of Crysvita® in the United States and Canada under the terms of the
Company's Collaboration and License Agreement with KKC dated as of August 29,
2013, as amended (the "License Agreement"). Payments to OMERS of the Purchased
Interest under the Agreement will be based on net sales of the product beginning
from April 2023 and the Agreement will automatically expire, and the payment of
the Purchased Interest to OMERS will cease, on the earlier of (1) the date on
which aggregate payments actually received by OMERS equals 1.45 times the
purchase price (which is $725 million) or (2) the date of payment of the last
Royalties are due to the Company under the License Agreement.
The Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions, including
representations and warranties, covenants, and indemnification obligations in
favor of each party. The above description of the Agreement is a summary of the
material terms, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to the Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 14, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the sale of the
Purchased Interest to OMERS. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit
99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press Release, dated July 14, 2022.
104 The cover page from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
July 14, 2022 formatted in Inline XBRL.
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