MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT
MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT	(3) MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT Overview As more fully described in the 2015 Form 10-K, in June 2009 the Company entered into a patent license agreement (the “MAYO Agreement”) with MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“MAYO”). The Company’s license agreement with MAYO was amended and restated in February 2015 and further amended in January 2016. Under the license agreement, MAYO granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide license to certain MAYO patents and patent applications, as well as a non-exclusive, worldwide license with regard to certain MAYO know-how. As expanded by the January 2016 amendment to the license agreement, the scope of the license includes any screening, surveillance or diagnostic tests or tools for use in connection with any type of cancers, pre-cancers, diseases or conditions. Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with MAYO, the Company is required to pay MAYO a low single digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of products using the licensed MAYO intellectual property, with minimum annual royalty fees of $25.0 thousand each year through 2033, the year the last patent expires. The January 2016 amendment to the MAYO license agreement established various low single digit royalty rates on net sales of current and future products and clarified how net sales will be calculated. As part of the amendment, the royalty rate on the Company’s net sales of Cologuard increased and, if in the future, improvements are made to the Cologuard product, the royalty rate may further increase. However, the amendment provides that the Cologuard royalty will remain a low single digit percentage of net sales. The Company is also required to issue MAYO shares of the Company’s common stock with a value of $200.0 thousand upon commercial launch of our second and third products that use the licensed MAYO intellectual property, as well as to pay MAYO, for each of the Company’s products that use licensed MAYO intellectual property, $200.0 thousand cash upon such product reaching $5 million in cumulative net sales, $750.0 thousand cash upon such product reaching $20 million in cumulative net sales, and $2 million cash upon such product reaching $50 million in cumulative net sales. As part of the February 2015 amendment and restatement of the license agreement, the Company agreed to pay MAYO an additional $5 million, payable in five annual installments, through 2019. The Company paid MAYO the annual installment of $1 million in the first quarter of 2015 and 2016. In addition, the Company is paying MAYO for research and development efforts. As part of the Company’s research collaboration with MAYO, the Company has incurred charges of $1.0 million and has made payments of $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The Company has recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $1.2 million for research and development efforts as of March 31, 2016. The Company incurred charges of $0.5 million and made payments of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

(3) MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT

Overview

As more fully described in the 2015 Form 10-K, in June 2009 the Company entered into a patent license agreement (the “MAYO Agreement”) with MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“MAYO”). The Company’s license agreement with MAYO was amended and restated in February 2015 and further amended in January 2016. Under the license agreement, MAYO granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide license to certain MAYO patents and patent applications, as well as a non-exclusive, worldwide license with regard to certain MAYO know-how. As expanded by the January 2016 amendment to the license agreement, the scope of the license includes any screening, surveillance or diagnostic tests or tools for use in connection with any type of cancers, pre-cancers, diseases or conditions.

Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with MAYO, the Company is required to pay MAYO a low single digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of products using the licensed MAYO intellectual property, with minimum annual royalty fees of $25.0 thousand each year through 2033, the year the last patent expires. The January 2016 amendment to the MAYO license agreement established various low single digit royalty rates on net sales of current and future products and clarified how net sales will be calculated. As part of the amendment, the royalty rate on the Company’s net sales of Cologuard increased and, if in the future, improvements are made to the Cologuard product, the royalty rate may further increase. However, the amendment provides that the Cologuard royalty will remain a low single digit percentage of net sales.

The Company is also required to issue MAYO shares of the Company’s common stock with a value of $200.0 thousand upon commercial launch of our second and third products that use the licensed MAYO intellectual property, as well as to pay MAYO, for each of the Company’s products that use licensed MAYO intellectual property, $200.0 thousand cash upon such product reaching $5 million in cumulative net sales, $750.0 thousand cash upon such product reaching $20 million in cumulative net sales, and $2 million cash upon such product reaching $50 million in cumulative net sales.

As part of the February 2015 amendment and restatement of the license agreement, the Company agreed to pay MAYO an additional $5 million, payable in five annual installments, through 2019. The Company paid MAYO the annual installment of $1 million in the first quarter of 2015 and 2016.

In addition, the Company is paying MAYO for research and development efforts. As part of the Company’s research collaboration with MAYO, the Company has incurred charges of $1.0 million and has made payments of $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The Company has recorded an estimated liability in the amount of $1.2 million for research and development efforts as of March 31, 2016. The Company incurred charges of $0.5 million and made payments of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015.