Regulatory Matters (a) Except as expressly set forth in Section 8.10 or the Transition Services Agreement, from and after the Closing, Purchaser, at its cost, shall be solely responsible and liable for (i) taking all actions, paying all fees and conducting all communication with the appropriate Governmental Authority required by Applicable Law in respect of the Regulatory Approvals, including preparing and filing all reports (including adverse drug experience reports) with the appropriate Governmental or Regulatory Authority (whether the Product is sold before or after transfer of such Regulatory Approval), (ii) taking all actions and conducting all communication with third parties in respect of the Product sold pursuant to such Regulatory Approval (whether sold before or after transfer of such Regulatory Approval), including responding to all complaints in respect thereof, including complaints related to tampering or contamination, and (iii) investigating all complaints and adverse drug experiences in respect of the Product sold pursuant to such Regulatory Approval (whether sold before or after transfer of such Regulatory Approval).
(b) From and after the Closing, and subject to Section 8.10 hereof and the Transition Services Agreement, Seller promptly (and in any event within the time periods required by Applicable Law) shall notify Purchaser within three (3) Business Days if Seller receives a complaint or a report of an adverse drug experience in respect of the Product. In addition, Seller shall cooperate with Purchaser’s reasonable requests and use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Purchaser in connection with the investigation of and response to any complaint or adverse drug experience related to the Product sold by Seller.
(c) From and after the Closing, Purchaser, at its cost, shall be solely responsible and liable for conducting all voluntary and involuntary recalls of units of the Product sold pursuant to such Regulatory Approval (whether sold before or after transfer of such Regulatory Approval), including recalls required by any Governmental Authority and recalls of units of the Product sold by Seller deemed necessary by Seller in its reasonable discretion; provided, however, that Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for the reasonable expenses and costs of conducting recalls relating to Product sold by or on behalf of Seller prior to the Closing, including the costs of notifying customers, the costs associated with shipment of such recalled Product, the price paid for such Inventory, and reasonable credits extended to customers in connection with the recall. Seller shall notify Purchaser promptly in the event that a recall of the Product sold by Seller is necessary.
(d) Seller shall, within fifteen (15) days after the Closing, notify the FDA of the transfer of the Regulatory Approvals to Purchaser in accordance with all Applicable Laws.
Reports; Regulatory Matters (a) Rand and its Subsidiary have timely filed all reports, registration statements and certifications, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to file since December 31, 2016 with (i) the SEC, (ii) NASDAQ, (iii) the SBA, and (iv) any other applicable SRO or Governmental Entity, and all other reports and statements required to be filed by them since December 31, 2016, including any report or statement required to be filed pursuant to the laws, rules or regulations of the United States, any state, any foreign entity, or any SRO or Governmental Entity, and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith. Except for normal examinations of Rand and its Subsidiary conducted by a SRO or Governmental Entity in the ordinary course of the business, no SRO or Governmental Entity has, since December 31, 2016, initiated any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Rand, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of Rand or its Subsidiary. Since December 31, 2016, no SRO or Governmental Entity has resolved any proceeding, enforcement action or, to the knowledge of Rand, investigation into the business, disclosures or operations of Rand or its Subsidiary. There is no unresolved, or, to Rand’s knowledge, threatened comment or stop order by any SRO or Governmental Entity with respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations or inspections of Rand or its Subsidiary.
(b) Neither Rand nor its Subsidiary is subject to any cease-and-desist or other order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any order or directive by, any SRO or Governmental Entity that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of its business, or that in any material manner relates to its credit, risk management or compliance policies, its internal controls, its management or its business (each item in this sentence, a “Rand Regulatory Agreement”), nor has Rand or its Subsidiary been advised since December 31, 2016 by any SRO or Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Rand Regulatory Agreement.
(c) Rand has filed on the SEC’s XXXXX system each (i) final registration statement, prospectus, report, schedule and definitive proxy statement filed with or furnished to the SEC by Rand or its Subsidiary pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since December 31, 2016 (the “Rand SEC Reports”) and prior to the date of this Agreement and (ii) communication mailed by Rand to Rand Stockholders since December 31, 2016 and prior to the date of this Agreement. No such Rand SEC Report or communication, at the time filed, furnished or communicated (and, in the case of registration statements and proxy statements, on the dates of effectiveness and the dates of the relevant meetings, respectively), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that information as of a later date (but before the date of this Agreement) shall be deemed to modify information as of an earlier date. As of their respective dates, all Rand SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. No executive officer of Rand has failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. As of the date of this Agreement, there are not outstanding or unresolved comments from the SEC with respect to any Rand SEC Report and, as of the date of this Agreement, no Rand SEC Report is subject to any ongoing review by the SEC.
Certain Regulatory Matters (i) Dermavant currently holds or has the right to acquire all applicable approvals and authorizations from Governmental Authorities necessary for Dermavant to conduct its business in the manner in which such business is being conducted with respect to the Product, including the Development, manufacture and testing of the Product, and all such approvals and authorizations are in good standing and in full force and effect. None of Dermavant, its Controlled Affiliates, or Parent have received any written notice or any other communication from any Governmental Authority regarding any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination, or material modification of any such approvals or authorizations.
(ii) None of Dermavant, its Controlled Affiliates, or Parent have knowingly made any untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to any Regulatory Authority or any other Governmental Authority, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to any Regulatory Authority or other Governmental Authority, or committed an act, made a statement or failed to make a statement, that provides or would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or other Governmental Authority to invoke the FDA’s policy respecting “Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities” set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy of any other Governmental Authority.
(iii) Dermavant is not and has never been, Parent is not and has never been, and, to Dermavant’s knowledge and Parent’s knowledge, none of Dermavant’s Controlled Affiliates have or have ever been, (A) debarred by a Governmental Authority, (B) a party to a settlement, consent or similar agreement with a Governmental Authority regarding the Product, or (C) charged with, or convicted of, violating Applicable Law regarding the Product.
(iv) The Product is being, and, to Dermavant’s knowledge and Parent’s knowledge, at all times has been, Developed, tested, manufactured, labeled, and stored in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including with respect to investigational use, good clinical practices, good laboratory practices, good manufacturing practices, record keeping, security, and filing of reports.
(v) The Product has never been the subject of or subject to (as applicable) any recall, suspension, market withdrawal, seizure, warning letter, other written communication asserting lack of compliance with any Applicable Law in any material respect, or serious adverse event. No clinical trial of the Product has been suspended, put on hold or terminated prior to completion as a result of any action by any Regulatory Authority or other Governmental Authority or voluntarily. To Dermavant’s knowledge and to Parent’s knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to give rise to or serve as a basis for any of the foregoing events.
(vi) Dermavant has, with respect to the Product and Program, made available to NovaQuest true and complete copies of all material pre-clinical and clinical data, reports and analyses, all material correspondence with the FDA, material interim analysis from ongoing trials, material tables from recently completed clinical trials where no clinical study report is available, and any other information that is material to the Development or Commercialization of the Product. CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY [***], HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE DERMAVANT SCIENCES LTD. HAS DETERMINED THE INFORMATION (I) IS NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO DERMAVANT SCIENCES LTD. IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
(vii) None of Dermavant, its Controlled Affiliates, or Parent have received any adverse written notice from any Governmental Authority regarding the approvability or approval of the Product.
Tax and Regulatory Matters No Buyer Entity or, to the Knowledge of Buyer, any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action, and Buyer does not have any Knowledge of any agreement, plan or other circumstance, that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any of the Requisite Regulatory Approvals.
Regulatory Matters and Approvals Each of the Parties will give any notices to, make any filings with, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any necessary authorizations, consents, and approvals of governments and governmental agencies in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Matters Each Owner and the Company, -------------------------------------- jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Premiere that neither the Company, any Owner nor any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying for pooling-of-interests accounting treatment or as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any consents referred to in Section 5.6 of the Uniform Terms or result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of such Section.
Litigation and Regulatory Cooperation During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall cooperate fully with the Company in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or which may be brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company which relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Executive’s full cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of the Company at mutually convenient times. During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive also shall cooperate fully with the Company in connection with any investigation or review of any federal, state or local regulatory authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Executive’s performance of obligations pursuant to this Section 7(f).
COPIES OF REGULATORY REPORTS AND FILINGS Upon reasonable request, Competitive Supplier shall provide to the Town a copy of each public periodic or incident-related report or record relating to this ESA which it files with any Massachusetts or federal agency regulating rates, service, compliance with environmental laws, or compliance with affirmative action and equal opportunity requirements, unless the Competitive Supplier is required by law or regulation to keep such reports confidential. The Town shall treat any reports and/or filings received from Competitive Supplier as confidential information subject to the terms of Article 16. Competitive Supplier shall be reimbursed its reasonable costs of providing such copies.
Reporting Obligations and Regulatory Approvals Applicable laws and regulations may require holders and beneficial owners of Shares, including the Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs, to satisfy reporting requirements and obtain regulatory approvals in certain circumstances. Holders and Beneficial Owners of ADSs are solely responsible for determining and complying with such reporting requirements and obtaining such approvals. Each Holder and each Beneficial Owner hereby agrees to make such determination, file such reports, and obtain such approvals to the extent and in the form required by applicable laws and regulations as in effect from time to time. Neither the Depositary, the Custodian, the Company or any of their respective agents or affiliates shall be required to take any actions whatsoever on behalf of Holders or Beneficial Owners to determine or satisfy such reporting requirements or obtain such regulatory approvals under applicable laws and regulations.
Governing Law, Regulatory Authority, and Rules The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and each of its provisions shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York, without regard to its conflicts of law principles. This Agreement is subject to all Applicable Laws and Regulations. Each Party expressly reserves the right to seek changes in, appeal, or otherwise contest any laws, orders, or regulations of a Governmental Authority.
