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On behalf of the Minnesota Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society, I would like invite you to our December 13 luncheon meeting for a review of:

M&A due diligence: What do you need to know?

As a potential buyer of a company or assets of a company, what should you be looking at when considering the acquisition? What information should you have that may be very important to your valuation of the target? What information may in fact cause you to drop your interest in the target altogether? Things to consider generally include the target's products, IP portfolio, agreements including development, license and supply agreements, litigation including IP, commercial, product liability litigation, and competitive threats to the business. Specific concerns that may be uncovered relate to non-transferability of or uncomfortable provisions in key agreements, concerns about supply of raw materials, or offensive or defensive litigation raising basic questions about the value of the target.

Processes and tools that can increase your effectiveness in due diligence will also be discussed. Legal and IP aspects of due diligence will be emphasized.

Our presenter is Robert Sprague, Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at 3M Innovative Properties Company. Bob has significant M&A and other transactional experience, particularly in the health care field.

The meeting schedule and location are:

December 13, 2005
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
University of Minnesota Campus - East Bank McNamara Alumni Center Ski-U-Mah Room
Directions: http://www.alumnicenter.umn.edu/Dir&Parking.htm

Cost/Payments: The cost for the meeting will be $35.00 per person and will include lunch and the program.

RSVP: Please RSVP no later than December 6.

To register by credit card, go to http://www.usa-canada.les.org/registration.asp?ID=156. If you do not use the website to register, please RSVP by contacting Rachel Muntean at munte002@umn.edu (preferred) or at (612) 624-3545.

Information/Contact: If you have any questions regarding this meeting, upcoming meetings, the local LES chapter, or the National LES organization please Chuck Dennis by e-mail at charles.l.dennis@medtronic.com.