GH Research PLC [•] Ordinary Shares (Nominal Value $[•] Each) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
[•] Ordinary Shares
(Nominal Value $[•] Each)
[Date], 2021
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Cowen and Company, LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
x/x Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated
000 0xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs and Madams:
1. Introductory.
GH Research PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Company”), proposes to issue, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “Agreement”), to the several underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters,” or, each, an “Underwriter”), an aggregate of [•] ordinary shares, nominal value $0.025 each, of the Company (each, an “Ordinary Share”). The [•] Ordinary Shares to be issued by the Company are
hereinafter referred to as the “Firm Shares.” The Company also proposes to issue to the Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof, up to an additional [•] Ordinary Shares (the “Optional Shares”).
The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are referred to herein as the “Shares.” Xxxxx and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) and Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”) are acting as representatives of the several Underwriters and in such capacity are
hereinafter referred to as the “Representatives.”
As described more fully in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, in connection with and prior to the completion of the
offering contemplated by this Agreement, (i) all shareholders of GH Research Ireland Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 635933, exchanged each of the shares held by them in GH Research
Ireland Limited for the same amount of shares in the same class in GH Research PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland with registered number 691405, (ii) GH Research Ireland Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of GH
Research PLC (iii) all of the Series A Preferred shares, nominal value $0.01 each, in the Company will be converted into [●] Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.025 each and (iv) all of the Series B Preferred shares, nominal value $0.01 each, in the
Company will be converted into [●] Ordinary Shares, nominal value $0.025 each (collectively, the “Corporate Reorganization”).
2. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to the several Underwriters, as of the date hereof and as of each Closing Date (as defined below), and agrees with the several Underwriters, that:
(a) Registration Statement. A registration statement of
the Company on Form F‑1 (File No. 333‑256796) (including all amendments thereto, the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits
thereto, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form and meet the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Rules and Regulations”). Other than (i) the Initial Registration Statement, (ii) a registration statement,
if any, increasing the size of the offering filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), (iii) any
Preliminary Prospectus (as defined below), (iv) the Prospectus (as defined below) contemplated by this Agreement to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof and (v) any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus (as defined below), no other document with respect to the offer or sale of the Shares has heretofore been filed with the Commission. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective
amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission
(any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations is hereinafter called a “Preliminary
Prospectus”). The Initial Registration Statement including all exhibits thereto and including the information contained in the Prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and deemed by virtue of
Rule 430A under the Securities Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at the time it became effective is hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement.” If the
Company has filed a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The final prospectus, in the form filed pursuant to and within the
time limits described in Rule 424(b) under the Rules and Regulations, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.”
(b) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time
(as defined below) and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, neither (i) the General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Pricing
Prospectus (as defined below) and the information included on Schedule C hereto, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), (ii) any individual Limited
Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), (iii) the bona fide electronic roadshow (as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) of the Rules and Regulations); nor (iv) any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the
General Disclosure Package, included or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information (as defined in Section 18). As used in this paragraph (b) and elsewhere in this Agreement:
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“Applicable Time” means [•] [A/P].M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or such
other time as agreed to by the Company and the Representatives.
“Pricing Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Shares that is included
in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time.
“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule
433 of the Rules and Regulations relating to the Shares in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Rules and Regulations.
“General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
identified on Schedule B to this Agreement.
“Limited Use Free Writing Prospectuses” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a
General Use Free Writing Prospectus.
“Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication (as
defined below) that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
(c) No Stop Orders; No Material Misstatements. No order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus relating to the proposed offering of the Shares has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to
Section 8A of the Securities Act has been instituted or threatened by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to information contained in or omitted from any Preliminary Prospectus, in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the
Underwriters’ Information.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus Contents. At
the respective times the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto became or become effective as to the Underwriters and at each Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto conformed and will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto was issued and at each Closing Date, conformed and will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (d) shall not
apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the
Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information.
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(e) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in Section 4(f),
did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or included or would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided, however, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this paragraph (e) shall not apply to information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement, or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion
therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information.
(f) Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign
private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(g) Distribution of Offering Materials. The Company has
not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the
Securities Act and consistent with Section 4(c) below. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (other than a “road show” as described in Rule 433(d)(8) of the Rules and Regulations) in the time and manner
required under Rules 163(b)(2) and 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations. From and after twelve (12) months prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has not taken any action which would constitute an offer of the Shares to the public in any
Member State of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom (each, a “Relevant State”) for which a prospectus would need to be approved and published, in accordance with the Prospectus
Regulation. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer to the public” in relation to the Shares in any Relevant State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any
Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any Shares, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, as amended.
(h) Emerging Growth Company. From the time of the initial
confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communications) through the
date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”). “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) or 163B of the Securities Act.
(i) Not an Ineligible Issuer. At the time of filing the
Initial Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto, and at the date hereof, the Company was not, and the Company currently is not, an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the
Rules and Regulations.
(j) Testing the Waters Communications. The Company (a) has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional
buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (b) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in
Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Written Testing-the-Waters
Communications.
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(k) Incorporation and Good Standing. The Company and each
of its subsidiaries (as defined in Section 15) have been duly incorporated and are validly existing as corporations or other legal entities in good standing (or such equivalent concept to the extent it exists in Ireland) under the laws of Ireland.
The Company and each of its subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign corporations or other legal entities in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification and have the corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to so qualify or have
such power or authority would not (i) have, singularly or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (ii) impair in any material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate any transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus (any such effect as described in clauses (i) or (ii), a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or
other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the
Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(n) Corporate Reorganization. The agreements entered into
to give effect to the Corporate Reorganization (the “Reorganization Agreements”) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable),
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, and each of the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable) has the full right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Reorganization Agreements and to perform their obligations
thereunder, and the transactions contemplated thereby have been carried out in accordance with all applicable laws.
(o) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and
outstanding share capital of the Company is, and upon completion of the Corporate Reorganization will be, as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” as of the respective
dates set forth therein. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth under the heading “Capitalization” in the Pricing Prospectus, and all of the issued share capital of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable have been issued in compliance with the Company’s memorandum and articles of association and applicable company and federal and state securities laws, and conform to the description thereof contained in the General
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the Company’s options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s share capital have been duly authorized and validly issued and were issued in
compliance with applicable company and securities laws. None of the outstanding Ordinary Shares were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the
Company. As of the date set forth in the General Disclosure Package, there were no authorized or outstanding share capital, options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those described above or accurately described in the General Disclosure Package. Since such date, the Company has not issued
any securities other than Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants or upon the exercise of stock options or other awards outstanding under the Company’s stock option plans, options or other securities granted or issued pursuant to
the Company’s existing equity compensation plans or other plans, and the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to employee stock purchase plans. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the
options or other rights granted thereunder, as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, accurately and fairly present the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights. All the
outstanding share capital (if any) of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and, except to the extent set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are owned by
the Company directly or indirectly through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries, free and clear of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.
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(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Company, and of each of the Reorganization Agreements by the Company and its subsidiaries (as applicable), the issue and sale of the Shares by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(with or without notice or lapse of time or both) (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation
or imposition of any lien, encumbrance, security interest, claim or charge upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions
of the articles of association (or analogous governing instruments, as applicable) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any court or governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any
such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. A “Debt Repayment Triggering Event”
means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(q) No Consents Required. Except for the registration of
the Shares under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), The Nasdaq Global Market (the “Exchange”), or in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters, the listing of the Shares on the Exchange, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, qualification or registration (each, an “Authorization”) with, any court,
governmental or regulatory agency or body, foreign or domestic, which has not been made, obtained or taken and is not in full force and effect, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and
sale of the Shares, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and no event has occurred that allows or results in, or after notice or lapse of time or both would allow or result in, revocation, suspension, termination or
invalidation of any such Authorization or any other impairment of the rights of the holder or maker of any such Authorization. All corporate approvals (including those of stockholders) necessary for the Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been obtained and are in effect.
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(r) Independent Auditors. PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd, who
have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and
management’s assessment thereof, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Article 2-01 of Regulation S-X and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (the “PCAOB”) and applicable laws of Ireland.
(s) Financial Statements. The financial statements,
together with the related notes, included in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations and changes in financial
position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the respective dates or for the respective periods therein specified. Such statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except as may be set forth in the related notes included in the General Disclosure Package. The financial statements,
together with the related notes, included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with Regulation S-X. No other financial statements or supporting schedules or exhibits are required by Regulation S-X to
be described or included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. There is no pro forma financial information which is required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus in accordance with Regulation S-X which has not been included or incorporated as so required. The summary and selected financial data included in the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present
fairly in all material respects the information shown therein as at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified and are derived from the consolidated financial statements set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus and other financial information. All information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-IFRS financial measures” (as defined in Regulation G) complies
with Regulation G and Item 10 of Regulations S-K, to the extent applicable.
(t) No Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package, (i) any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or action, order or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory authority, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package, (ii) any change in the
capital stock (other than changes as a result of the Corporate Reorganization and/or the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity
incentive plans described in, the Registration statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment,
paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse changes, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, assets,
general affairs, management, financial position, prospects, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
(u) Legal Proceedings. Except as set forth in the General
Disclosure Package, there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that is required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and is not described therein, or which, singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no such proceedings are threatened or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by governmental or regulatory authorities or threatened by others.
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(v) Healthcare Regulatory Proceedings. Except as set
forth in the General Disclosure Package, there is no legal or governmental proceeding to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, including
any proceeding before the United States Food and Drug Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“FDA”), the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), the European Medicines Agency ( “EMA”), the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) or comparable federal, state, local or foreign governmental bodies (it being understood that the interaction between the Company and its subsidiaries, and the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA and such
comparable governmental bodies relating to the clinical development and product approval process shall not be deemed proceedings for purposes of this representation), which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and is not described therein, or which, singularly or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no
such proceedings are threatened in writing or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated by governmental or regulatory authorities. The Company is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations, orders and
decrees governing its business as prescribed by the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA or any other federal, state or foreign agencies or bodies engaged in the regulation of pharmaceuticals or biohazardous substances or materials, except where
noncompliance would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All preclinical and clinical studies conducted by or on behalf of the Company to support approval for commercialization of the Company’s products have been conducted
by the Company, or to the Company’s knowledge by third parties, in compliance with all applicable federal, state or foreign laws, rules, orders and regulations, except for such failure or failures to be in compliance as could not reasonably be
expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar
agreements with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority. Additionally, neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, any of their respective employees, officers, directors, or, to the Company’s knowledge, their respective agents
has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. federal health care program or human clinical research or, to the knowledge of the Company, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar
action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion.
(w) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any
of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles of association (or analogous governing instrument, as applicable), (ii) in default in any respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which
any of its property or assets is subject or (iii) in violation in any respect of any law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court order, decree or judgment to which it or its property or assets may be subject (including, without limitation,
those administered by the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA or by any foreign, federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority performing functions similar to those performed by the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA) except, in the case of
clauses (ii) through (iii) above, for any such violation or default that would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) Licenses or Permits. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate local, state, federal or foreign governmental or regulatory agencies or bodies (including, without
limitation, those administered by the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA and any other state, federal, national and foreign agencies or bodies performing similar functions to the FDA, the DEA, the EMA and MHRA or engaged in the regulation of
pharmaceuticals or biohazardous materials) that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, the
“Governmental Permits”) except where any failures to possess or make the same would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all such Governmental Permits, except where the failure so to comply would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; all such Governmental
Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the validity or failure to be in full force and effect would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received
notification of any revocation, modification, suspension, termination or invalidation (or proceedings related thereto) of any such Governmental Permit, which, singularly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no reason to believe that any such Governmental Permit will not be renewed, except where the failure to renew would not, singularly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and
supplements or amendments as required by any applicable laws or Governmental Permits, and all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and accurate on the date
filed in all material respects (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission).
(y) Regulatory Matters. The studies, tests and
preclinical studies or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company that are described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (the “Company Studies and Trials”)
were and, if still pending, are being, conducted in all material respects with all applicable federal, state and foreign laws, rules, orders and regulations, as well as in accordance with experimental protocols that were submitted to the relevant
regulatory authority; the descriptions of the results of the Company Studies and Trials contained in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus are accurate in all material respects; the Company has no knowledge of any
other studies or trials not described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the results of which are inconsistent with or call in question the results described or referred to in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and
the Company has not received any written notices or correspondence with the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA or any foreign, state or local governmental body exercising comparable authority requiring the termination, suspension or material
modification of any Company Studies or Trials that termination, suspension or material modification would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no reasonable grounds for the same. The
Company has obtained (or caused to be obtained) informed consent by or on behalf of each human subject who participated in the Company Studies and Trials. In using or disclosing patient information received by the Company in connection with the
Company Studies or Trials, the Company has complied in all material respects with all federal, state, local or foreign applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, including, without limitation, the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 and the rules and regulations thereunder (“HIPAA”). Neither the Company, nor its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees or, to the
Company’s knowledge, agents is or has been debarred, suspended or excluded, or has been convicted of any crime or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, engaged in any conduct that would result in a debarment, suspension or exclusion
from any U.S. federal or state government health care program or human clinical research. To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company Studies and Trials involved any investigator, as such term is defined in Title 21, Section 50.3 of the U.S.
Code of Federal Regulations, who has been disqualified as a clinical investigator or has been found by the FDA to have engaged in scientific misconduct. To the Company’s knowledge, the manufacturing facilities and operations of its suppliers are
operated in compliance in all material respects with all applicable statutes, rules and regulations of the FDA, the DEA, the EMA, the MHRA or comparable regulatory agencies outside of the United States to which the Company is subject.
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(z) Regulatory Compliance. Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries has received any unresolved FDA Form 483, notice of adverse filing, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA, or any other court or arbitrator or federal, state, local, or foreign governmental or
regulatory authority, alleging or asserting noncompliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) (the “FDCA”). The Company and its subsidiaries and their
respective directors, officers, employees and agents is and have been in material compliance with applicable health care laws, including without limitation, the FDCA, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(b)), the civil False Claims
Act (31 X.X.X. §0000 et seq.), the criminal False Claims Law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b(a), 18 U.S.C. §§286 and 287, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.), as amended by the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. § 17921 et seq.), the exclusions law (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7), Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), and the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, including without limitation, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to
such laws, and comparable state laws, and all other local, state, federal, national, supranational, and foreign laws, manual provisions, policies and administrative guidance relating to the regulation of the Company (collectively, “Health Care Laws”). The Company has not, either voluntarily or involuntarily, initiated, conducted or issued or caused to be initiated, conducted or issued, any recall of any clinical trial
materials. Further, the Company and its subsidiaries have not received written notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority or third party alleging that any product operation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Health Care Laws nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement,
investigation, arbitration or other action threatened, except as would not, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Criminal Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has engaged in, or will engage in, (i) any direct or indirect dealings or transactions in violation of applicable criminal laws, including, without limitation, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, the Racketeering Influenced and
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the Fraud Act of 2006, the Theft Act of 1968, the Travel Act of 1961 or any anti-money laundering statute, or (ii) any “aiding and abetting” in any violation of applicable criminal laws. No action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to applicable criminal laws is pending or threatened.
(bb) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is or, after giving effect to the offering of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be required to register as an “investment company” or
an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(cc) Related Party Transactions. There are no business
relationships or related person transactions involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that have not been described as required.
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(dd) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor, to the
Company’s knowledge, any of its officers, directors or affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed or intended to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security of the Company, or which caused or resulted in, or
which might in the future reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company.
(ee) Intellectual Property. Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess the valid right to use all (i) patents, patent applications, trademark registrations, trademark
applications, service xxxx applications, service xxxx registrations, Internet domain name registrations, copyright registrations, trade secret rights ( “Intellectual Property Rights”) and
(ii) inventions, software, works of authorships, trademarks, service marks, trade names, databases, formulae, know how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary confidential
information, systems, or procedures) (collectively, “Intellectual Property Assets”) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, and as proposed to be conducted
and described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and each of its subsidiaries’ respective businesses as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration
Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus do not and will not give rise to any infringement of, any misappropriation of, or other violation of, any valid and enforceable Intellectual Property Rights of any other party, except as would
not reasonably be expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (x) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property Assets described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by or licensed to the Company, (y) all licenses for the use of the
Intellectual Property Rights material to its business described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are valid, binding upon and enforceable by or against the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries and
by or against the other parties thereto in accordance to their terms and (z) the Company and each of its subsidiaries has complied with, and has not received any written asserted or threatened claim of breach of, any license agreement for the use of
Intellectual Property Rights to which it is party, and the Company has no knowledge of any breach or anticipated breach by any other party to any such license agreement. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package or as would not
reasonably be excepted to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, there is no pending, or threatened in writing action, suit, proceeding, or claim against the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries (A) alleging the
infringement by the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; or (B) challenging the validity, enforceability, or scope of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company, including any
interferences, oppositions, reexaminations, or government proceedings, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding, or claim. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (1) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have taken all reasonable steps to protect, maintain and safeguard their Intellectual Property Rights, including the execution of appropriate
nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements, (2) the Company and each of its subsidiaries has taken all reasonable actions to obtain ownership of all works of authorship and inventions made by its employees, consultants and contractors during the
time they were employed by or under contract with the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries and which relate to the Company’s business, (3) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in or has been in
violation of any term of any patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement or non-disclosure agreement and (4) all inventors of the Company’s patent applications or of any other inventions created on behalf of the Company have assigned
or are obligated to assign their rights in such patent applications or other inventions to the Company, or one or more of its subsidiaries.
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(ff) Privacy Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries are,
and at all prior times have been, in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to privacy, data protection, and the collection and use of Personal Data collected, used, or held for use by the Company in
the conduct of the Company’s business, including, without limitation, HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “HITECH Act”) (42
U.S.C. Section 17921 et seq.), the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU 2016/679), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) (collectively, “Privacy Laws”). The Company and its subsidiaries take commercially reasonable steps to ensure compliance with its external privacy policy
relating to the collection, storage, use, disclosure, security, handling and analysis of Personal Data (as defined below). As used herein, “Personal Data” means (i) a natural persons’ name, street address, telephone number, email address, photograph,
social security number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) “protected health information” as
defined by HIPAA; (iv) “personal data” as defined by GDPR; and (v) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified
person’s health or sexual orientation. To the Company’s knowledge, (i) none of the disclosures made or contained in its external privacy policy have been inaccurate, misleading, deceptive or in violation of any Privacy Laws in any material respect
and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other agreement referred to in this Agreement will not result in a breach of any Privacy Laws in any material respect. Except as would not reasonably be excepted to have,
singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, (i) has received written notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy
Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant
to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposed any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.
(gg) IT Systems. Except as would not reasonably be
excepted to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i)(x) there has been no actual or alleged security breach or attack or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology and
computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including any Personal Data and any other confidential or proprietary information in possession of the Company and its subsidiaries and the data of their respective customers, employees,
suppliers, vendors and any other third party data maintained by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”), and (y) the
Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified in writing of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach, attack or compromise to their IT Systems and Data, (ii) the
Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to comply with, and to the Company’s knowledge, are presently in compliance with, all applicable laws, regulations and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security
of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery
technology consistent with industry standards and practice.
(hh) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and
each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in and (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real or personal property (other than intellectual property, which is
addressed exclusively in Section 1(ee)) which are material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, claims and defects that (i) do not,
singularly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected
singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company, and under which the Company holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect and the Company has not received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or
affecting or questioning the rights of the Company to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
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(ii) No Labor Dispute. There is (A) no significant unfair
labor practice complaint pending against the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against it or any of its subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation board or
any foreign labor relations board, and no significant grievance or significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened against it and (B) no labor disturbance by or dispute with, employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing
or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such subsidiary.
(jj) Compliance with ERISA. No “prohibited transaction”
(as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)) or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the thirty (30)-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur with respect to any employee benefit plan of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which could, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in compliance in all material
respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. The Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred and could not reasonably be expected to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from, any
pension plan (as defined in ERISA). Each pension plan for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, to the Company’s knowledge, is so qualified, and, to
the Company’s knowledge, nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could, singularly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification.
(kk) Environmental Laws and Hazardous Materials. The
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all foreign, federal, state and local rules, laws and regulations relating to the use, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or waste and protection of health and safety
or the environment which are applicable to their businesses (“Environmental Laws”). There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge,
emission, or other release of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by, due to, or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other entity for whose acts or omissions the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is or may otherwise be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any law, statute, ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission
or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has knowledge.
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(ll) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries each (i)
have timely filed all necessary U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns, and all such returns were true, complete and correct, (ii) have timely paid all U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes, for which it is liable, including,
without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to current or former employees, officers, creditors and third parties and no penalties, fines,
surcharges or interest have been incurred, and (iii) do not have any tax deficiency or claims outstanding or assessed or, to its knowledge, proposed against any of them which is reasonably expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its
subsidiaries, except those, in each of the cases described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, that (i) would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) are currently being contested in good faith and adequate
reserves are being maintained for those taxes and the costs required to contest them which have been disclosed in its latest financial statements.
(mm) Transfer Taxes. No stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax,
registration, documentary, issue, transfer or other similar taxes or duties (“Transfer Taxes”) are payable in Ireland by or on behalf of the Underwriters, the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection
with (i) the issuance and delivery of the Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) the issuance and delivery of the Shares to or for the account of the Underwriters, in each case in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement; (iii) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares to purchasers thereof in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; or (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(nn) United States and Irish Tax Considerations. The
statements contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings Material Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and fair in all
material respects and are a complete summary description of the material Irish tax consequences for certain beneficial holders of Ordinary Shares.
(oo) DAC6. No transaction contemplated by this Agreement
nor any transaction to be carried out in connection with any transaction contemplated by this Agreement meets any hallmark set out in Annex IV of the Council Directive of 25 May 2018 (2018/822/EU) amending Council Directive 2011/16/EU.
(pp) Insurance. The Company and each of its subsidiaries
carry or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company reasonably believes is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties, except where the failure to be so
insured would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received written notice from any insurer, agent of such insurer or the broker of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that any material capital improvements or any other material expenditures (other than premium payments) are
required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance.
(qq) Accounting Controls. The Company and each of its
subsidiaries maintains a system of “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (such act, the “Exchange Act,” and such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act Rules”)) that is designed to comply with
the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive
data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is
effective. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (A) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
remediated) and (B) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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(rr) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its
subsidiaries maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act Rules) that are designed to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries; such
disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company and its subsidiaries in reports that they file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management to allow timely decisions regarding
disclosures.
(ss) Minute Books. The minute books of the Company and
each of its subsidiaries have been made available to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, and such books (i) contain a complete summary of all meetings and actions of the Board (including each Board committee) and shareholders of the
Company (or analogous governing bodies and interest holders, as applicable) and each of its subsidiaries since the time of its respective incorporation or organization through the date of the latest meeting and action, and (ii) accurately in all
material respects reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes.
(tt) Material Agreements. There is no license, lease,
contract, or other agreement or document required by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations to be described in the General Disclosure Package or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not so described therein or
filed therewith as required; and all descriptions of any such licenses, leases, contracts, or other agreements or documents contained in the General Disclosure Package are accurate and complete descriptions of such documents in all material
respects. Other than as described in the General Disclosure Package, no such license, lease, contract or other agreement has been suspended or terminated for convenience or default by the Company or any of the other parties thereto, and the Company
and its subsidiaries have not received notice of and the Company does not have knowledge of any such pending or threatened suspension or termination.
(uu) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship,
direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, shareholders (or analogous interest holders), customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its affiliates on the other
hand, which is required to be described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and which is not so described.
(vv) No Registration Rights. No person or entity has the
right to require registration of shares of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries because of the filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or otherwise, except for persons and entities who have
expressly waived such right in writing or who have been given timely and proper written notice and have failed to exercise such right within the time or times required under the terms and conditions of such right. Except as described in the General
Disclosure Package, there are no persons with registration rights or similar rights to have any securities registered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under the Securities Act.
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(ww) Margin Rules. The application of the proceeds
received by the Company from the issuance, sale and delivery of the Stock as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system or any other
regulation of such Board of Governors.
(xx) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission,
finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.
(yy) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except as described
in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the
Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company
or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(zz) Dividends. Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no approvals are currently required in Ireland in order for the Company to pay dividends or other distributions declared by the Company to the holders of Ordinary Shares. Under current
laws and regulations of Ireland and any political subdivisions thereof, any amount payable with respect to the Ordinary Shares upon liquidation of the Company or upon redemption thereof and dividends and other distributions declared and payable on
the share capital of the Company and its subsidiaries may be paid by the Company or the relevant subsidiary in United States dollars or euros and freely transferred out of Ireland, subject to applicable anti-money laundering laws or sanctions and
except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, no such payments made to the holders thereof or therein who are either the Company, or any subsidiary, or non-residents of Ireland who hold their Ordinary Shares as an investment and not
in connection with any trade carried on by them, will be subject to income, withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Ireland or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and without the necessity of obtaining
any governmental authorization in Ireland or any political subdivisions or taxing authorities thereof or therein.
(aaa) Insolvency. No order has been made or petition or
application presented or resolution passed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective directors for the winding up of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or for the appointment of a liquidator or examiner to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or for an administration order in respect of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; no receiver or examiner has been appointed by any person of the whole or any part of the business or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no equivalent steps or action are being undertaken, or equivalent circumstances exist, in any jurisdiction outside Ireland.
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(bbb) PFIC and Foreign Personal Holding Company Status.
Based on the Company’s current operations, income, assets and certain estimates and projections, including as to the relative values of our assets, including goodwill, the Company does not expect to be a Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) within the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code for its current taxable year.
(ccc) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking
statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed
other than in good faith.
(ddd) Listing. The Shares have been approved for listing
subject to notice of issuance on the Exchange. A registration statement has been filed on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which registration statement complies in all material respects with the Exchange Act.
(eee) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. There is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the Company’s officers or directors, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) that are applicable to the Company as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, including Section 402 related to loans.
(fff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor its
subsidiaries nor any, to the Company’s knowledge, director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary, has (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or
other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise, or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including
of any government-owned or controlled entity or of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official, or candidate for political office, (iii) violated or is in violation of any applicable provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable anti-corruption laws, rules, or regulations of Ireland, including, without limitation, the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, as amended, the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Xxx 0000 of Ireland or any other
applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws, rules, or regulations (iv) made, offered, authorized, requested, or taken an act in furtherance of any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other unlawful or improper
payment or benefit to any person. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and
anti-corruption laws.
(ggg) Loans. There are no outstanding loans, advances
(except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All transactions by the Company with office holders or control persons of the Company have been duly approved by the Board, or duly appointed committees or
officers thereof, if and to the extent required under U.S. law.
(hhh) Statistical and Market Data. The statistical and
market related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which
they are derived.
(iii) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries
conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money
Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(jjj) Compliance with OFAC.
(i) Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any directors,
officers or employees nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or controlled affiliate acting on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or
is owned or controlled by a Person that is: (i) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the
United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions
authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of a U.S. government embargo (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea).
(ii) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the
proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: (i) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person that, at the time of such
funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of a U.S. government embargo; or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation of
Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) Since incorporation, the Company and its subsidiaries have
not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in, any direct or indirect dealings or transactions with any Person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions or any
country or territory that, at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of a U.S. government embargo.
(kkk) No Associated Persons; FINRA Matters. Neither the
Company nor any of its affiliates (within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121(f)(1)) directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, or is an associated person (within the meaning of Article I, Section 1(rr) of the
By-laws of FINRA) of, any member firm of FINRA.
(lll) Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners. The
Company has delivered to the Representatives a properly completed and executed Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers, and, if required, copies of identifying documentation.
(mmm) No Acquisitions or Dispositions. Except as are
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, letters of intent, term sheets, agreement, arrangements or understandings with respect to the direct or indirect acquisition or
disposition by the Company of material interests in real or personal property.
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(nnn) Choice of Law. The choice of the laws of the State
of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of Ireland and will be honored by courts in Ireland except as may be limited by general principles of equity. The Company has the corporate power to submit,
and pursuant to Section 17 of this Agreement, has legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the personal jurisdiction of each New York State and United States federal court sitting in The City of New York, New York (each, a “New York Court”) and has validly and irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court; and the Company has the power to
designate, appoint and empower an authorized agent for service of process in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the offering of the Shares in any New
York Court and service of process effected on such authorized agent will be effective to notify the Company of any action under this Agreement.
(ooo) Enforceability. Upon execution and delivery this
Agreement will be in proper legal form to be enforceable under the laws of Ireland in accordance with its terms; to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in Ireland of this Agreement it is not necessary that
this Agreement be filed or recorded with any court or other authority in Ireland (other than court filings in the ordinary course of proceedings).
(a) Final Judgment. Any final judgment for a fixed or
readily calculable sum of money rendered by a New York Court having jurisdiction under its own domestic laws and recognized by the Irish courts as having jurisdiction (according to Irish conflicts of laws principles and rules of Irish private
international laws at the time when proceedings were initiated) to give such final judgment in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement and any instruments or agreements entered into for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein and therein would be declared enforceable against the Company, without re-examination or review of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or re-litigation of the
matters adjudicated upon, by the courts of Ireland; provided, however, (i) adequate service of process has been effected and the defendant has had a reasonable
opportunity to be heard, (ii) such judgments or the enforcement thereof are not contrary to the law, public policy, security or sovereignty of Ireland, (iii) such judgments were not obtained by fraudulent means and do not conflict with any other
valid judgment in the same matter between the same parties, (iv) an action between the same parties in the same matter is not pending in any Irish court at the time the lawsuit is instituted in the foreign court and (v) the procedural rules of the
court giving the judgment have been observed. The Company is not aware of any reason why the enforcement in Ireland of such a New York Court judgment would be, as of the date hereof, contrary to public policy of Ireland.
(b) Immunity. Except as provided by laws or statutes
generally applicable to transactions of the type described in this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its respective properties, assets or revenues has any right of immunity under the laws of Ireland, New York or the United States, from any
legal action, suit or proceeding, from the giving of any relief in any such legal action, suit or proceeding, from set-off or counterclaim, from the jurisdiction of any court in Ireland, or, New York or United States federal court, from service of
process, attachment upon or prior judgment, or attachment in aid of execution of judgment, or from execution of a judgment, or other legal process or proceeding for the giving of any relief or for the enforcement of a judgment, in any such court,
with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement . To the extent that the Company or any of its respective properties, assets or revenues may have or may hereafter become
entitled to any such right of immunity in any such court in which proceedings may at any time be commenced, the Company waives or will waive such right to the extent permitted by law and has consented to such relief and enforcement as provided in
Section 17 of this Agreement.
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Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
3. Issue
and Delivery of Shares. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree,
severally and not jointly, to purchase by way of subscription from the Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
The purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters to the Company for the Shares will be $[●] per Share (the “Purchase Price”).
The Company will deliver the Firm Shares to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company, issued in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may direct by notice in writing to the Company given at or prior to 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the second (2nd) full business day preceding the Closing
Date against payment of the aggregate Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer in federal (same day) funds to an account at a bank specified by the Company payable to the order of the Company for the Firm Shares sold by them all at the offices of
Xxxxxx LLP, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each Underwriter hereunder. The time and date of
the delivery and closing shall be at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on [●], 2021, in accordance with Rule 15c6‑1 of the Exchange Act. The time and date of such payment and delivery are herein referred to as the “Closing Date”. The Closing Date and the location of delivery of, and the form of payment for, the Firm Shares may be varied by agreement among the Company and the Representatives.
The Underwriters may subscribe for all or less than all of the Optional Shares. The price per Share to be paid for the Optional Shares shall be the
Purchase Price, provided, however, that the amount paid by the Underwriters for any Optional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per Share equal to any dividends
declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on such Optional Shares. The Company agrees to issue to the Underwriters the number of Optional Shares specified in the written notice delivered by the Representatives to the
Company described below and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Shares. Such Optional Shares shall be purchased from the Company by way of subscription for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion
as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name on Schedule A bears to the total number of Firm Shares (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate fractions). The option granted hereby may be exercised as
to all or any part of the Optional Shares at any time, and from time to time, provided however, that notice of such exercise must be delivered not more than thirty (30) days subsequent to the date of this
Agreement. No Optional Shares shall be issued and delivered unless the Firm Shares previously has been, or simultaneously is sold and delivered. The right to subscribe for the Optional Shares or any portion thereof may be surrendered and terminated
at any time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company.
The option granted hereby shall be exercised by written notice being given to the Company by Representatives setting forth the number of Optional Shares to
be purchased by the Underwriters and the date and time for delivery of and payment for the Optional Shares. Each date and time for delivery of and payment for the Optional Shares (which may be the Closing Date, but not earlier) is herein called the “Option Closing Date” and shall in no event be earlier than two (2) business days nor later than five (5) business days after written notice is given. The Option Closing Date and the Closing Date
are herein called the “Closing Dates.”
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The Company will deliver the Optional Shares to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of The
Depository Trust Company issued in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may direct by notice in writing to the Company given at or prior to 12:00 Noon, New York time, on the second (2nd) full business day preceding the Option
Closing Date against payment of the aggregate Purchase Price therefor by wire transfer in federal (same day) funds to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives payable to the order of the Company, at the offices of Xxxxxx LLP, 1114 Avenue
of the Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000-0000. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each Underwriter hereunder. The Company, in the event
the Representatives elect to have the Underwriters take delivery of definitive certificates instead of delivery from the Company of the certificates through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, shall make the certificates for the Optional
Stock available to the Representatives for examination on behalf of the Underwriters in New York, New York not later than 10:00 A.M., New York Time, at least one (1) full business day prior to the Option Closing Date. The Option Closing Date and the
location of delivery of, and the form of payment for, the Optional Shares may be varied by agreement between the Company and the Representatives.
The several Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. Further Agreements Of The Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters:
(a) Required Filings; Amendments or Supplements; Notice to the
Representative. To prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved by the Representatives and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission by 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date hereof,
and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Rules and Regulations;
to prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representatives containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C of the Rules and Regulations and to file
such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations not later than the second business (2nd) day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by the Securities Act; to notify the Representatives immediately of the Company’s intention to file or prepare any supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, or to the Prospectus and
to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or to the Prospectus to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after a reasonable period to review; to advise the
Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2) of the Rules and Regulations, as the case may be; to advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or, to
the Company’s knowledge, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or
for additional information including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, and promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order.
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(b) Emerging Growth Company. The Company will promptly
notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) the completion of the distribution of the Firm Shares within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) completion of the Lock-Up
Period (as defined below).
If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written
Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that
subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
(c) Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company
represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not, other
than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 4(d) hereof, make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations unless the prior written consent
of the Representatives has been received (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the
Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule B hereto. The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Rules and Regulations applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the
Commission, legending and record keeping and will not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations a free writing prospectus
prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the condition in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations to avoid a requirement to file with the
Commission any electronic road show.
(d) Ongoing Compliance. If at any time prior to the date
when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made when the Prospectus is delivered (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations), not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, that the Company
will promptly notify the Representatives thereof and upon their request will prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement or upon their request make an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance and will use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or declared effective as soon as possible. The
Company will furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of such amendment or supplement. In case any Underwriter is required to deliver a
prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Rules and Regulations) relating to the Shares, the Company upon the request of the Representatives will prepare promptly an amended or supplemented Prospectus as may be
necessary to permit compliance with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies as such Underwriter may request of such amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act.
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(e) Amendment to General Disclosure Package. If the
General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the
reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, or to make the statements
therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file and not superseded or modified, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company
promptly will either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an
appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package so that the General Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, be
misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the General Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Amendment to Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. If at
any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus and not superseded or modified or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives so that any use of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may
cease until it is amended or supplemented and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information.
(g) Delivery of Registration Statement. To the extent not
available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (“XXXXX”), upon the request of the Representatives, to furnish promptly to the
Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters a signed copy of each of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed
therewith.
(h) Delivery of Copies. Upon request of the
Representatives, to the extent not available on XXXXX, to deliver promptly to the Representatives in New York City such number of the following documents as the Representatives shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iv) the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (i), (ii),
(iii) and (iv) of this paragraph (h) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (v) conformed copies of any amendment to the Registration Statement (in each
case excluding exhibits), and (vi) any amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (the delivery of the documents referred to in clauses (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (h) to be made not later than 10:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the business day following the date of such amendment or supplement).
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(i) Earnings Statement. To make generally available to
its shareholders as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen (16) months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement of the
Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158); and to furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and as soon as possible after the second
fiscal quarter of each fiscal year (beginning with the second fiscal quarter after the effective date of such Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such semi-annual period in
reasonable detail.
(j) Blue Sky Compliance. To take promptly from time to
time such commercially reasonable actions as the Representatives may reasonably request, with the Representatives’ cooperation, if necessary, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions
(domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may reasonably designate and to use its commercially reasonable efforts, with the Representatives’ cooperation, if necessary, to continue such qualifications in effect, and to comply with such laws, for so
long as required to permit the offer and sale of Shares in such jurisdictions; provided that the Company and its subsidiaries shall not be obligated to (i) qualify as foreign corporations in any jurisdiction
in which they are not so qualified, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(k) Reports. Upon request, during the period of five (5)
years from the date hereof, to deliver to each of the Underwriters, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders of the Company, and (ii) as soon as they are
available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports XXXXX, it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.
(l) Lock-Up. During the period commencing on and
including the date hereof and ending on and including the 180th day following the date of this Agreement, (the “Lock-Up Period”) the Company will not, without the prior written consent of
the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly offer, sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, establish an open “put
equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering of, or submit or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any Ordinary Shares, options,
rights or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares (other than is contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Shares) or publicly announce any intention to do any of
the foregoing; provided, however, that the Company may (i) issue Ordinary Shares and options to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to any director or employee incentive
plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect on the date hereof and described in the General Disclosure Package; (ii) issue Ordinary Shares pursuant to the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants,
which securities or warrants are outstanding on the date hereof and described in the General Disclosure Package; (iii) adopt a new equity incentive plan, and file a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register the offer and
sale of securities to be issued pursuant to such new equity incentive plan, and issue securities pursuant to such new equity incentive plan (including, without limitation, the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise of options or other
securities issued pursuant to such new equity incentive plan), provided that (1) such new equity incentive plan satisfies the transaction requirements of General Instruction A.1 of Form S-8 under the
Securities Act and (2) this clause (iii) shall not be available unless each recipient of Ordinary Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Ordinary Shares, pursuant to such new equity incentive plan shall be
contractually prohibited from selling, offering, disposing of or otherwise transferring any such shares or securities during the remainder of the Lock-Up Period; and (iv) Ordinary Shares or other securities issued in connection with a transaction
with an unaffiliated third party that includes a bona fide commercial relationship (including joint ventures, marketing or distribution arrangements, collaboration agreements or intellectual property license agreements) or any acquisition of assets
or acquisition of not less than a majority or controlling portion of the equity of another entity, provided that (x) the aggregate number of shares issued pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed seven and a half percent (7.5%) of the total
number of outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant hereto and (y) the recipient of any such Ordinary Shares and securities issued pursuant to this clause (iv) during the 180-day restricted period
described above shall enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto. The Company will cause each officer, director and all securityholders of the Company to furnish to the Representatives, prior to the Closing Date, a
“lock-up” agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto. In addition, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by such “lock-up”
agreements.
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(m) Release of Lock-Up. If the Representatives, in their
sole discretion, agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(r) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provides the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least
three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit II hereto through a major news service at least two
business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(n) Delivery of SEC Correspondence. To supply the
Representatives with copies of all correspondence to and from, and all documents issued to and by, the Commission in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act or any of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or document incorporated by reference therein.
(o) Press Releases. Prior to the Closing Date, not to
issue any press release or other communication directly or indirectly or hold any press conference with respect to the Company, its condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business affairs or business prospects (except for routine oral
marketing communications in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of the Company and of which the Representatives are notified), without the prior consent of the Representatives, unless in the judgment of the Company
and its counsel, and after notification to the Representatives, such press release or communication is required by law.
(p) Compliance with Regulation M. Until the
Representatives shall have notified the Company of the completion of the resale of the Shares, that the Company will not, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its affiliated purchasers (as defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act)
not to, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase, for any account in which it or any of its affiliated purchasers has a beneficial interest, any Shares, or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Shares; and not to,
and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause its affiliated purchasers not to, make bids or purchase for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in or of raising the price of the Shares.
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(q) Registrar and Transfer Agent. To maintain, at its
expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Shares.
(r) Use of Proceeds. To apply the net proceeds from the
sale of the Shares in all material respects as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds,” and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does
not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
(s) Exchange Listing. To use its reasonable best efforts
to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the Exchange.
(t) Performance of Covenants and Satisfaction of Conditions.
To use its reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to each Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Shares and the
Optional Shares.
5. Payment
of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse if paid by any Underwriter, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this Agreement is terminated: (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance,
sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any issuance taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs incident to the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; (c) the costs incident to the preparation,
printing and distribution of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and the costs of printing,
reproducing and distributing the “Agreement Among Underwriters” between the Representatives and the Underwriters, the Master Selected Dealers’ Agreement, the Underwriters’ Questionnaire, this Agreement, and any closing documents by mail, telex or
other means of communications; (d) the fees and expenses (including related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) incurred in connection with securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares and any filings
made with FINRA; (e) any applicable listing or other fees; (f) the reasonable, documented fees and expenses (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters) of qualifying the Shares under the securities laws of the several
jurisdictions as provided in Section 4(k) and the reasonable, documented cost of preparing, printing and distributing wrappers, Blue Sky Memoranda and Legal Investment Surveys (provided that the amount payable by the Company with respect to fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to subsections (d), (e) and (f) shall not exceed $40,000); (g) the cost of preparing and printing stock certificates; (h) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent and agent for
service of process; (i) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation, expenses associated with
the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior
approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the officers of the Company and such consultants, including fifty percent (50%) of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show to be used by both the Company and
Underwriters (the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the cost of such aircraft to be paid by the Underwriters) and (j) all other costs and expenses incident to the offering of the Shares or the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s independent accountants) provided that, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 5 and
in Sections 9 and 10, the Underwriters shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel not contemplated herein and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Shares made by the Underwriters.
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(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters
against any transfer taxes, including any interest and penalties, on or in connection with (i) the creation, issuance and delivery of the Shares by the Company in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus, (ii) the issuance, sale
and delivery of the Shares to or for the account of the Underwriters, in each case in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Shares to purchasers thereof in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement and the Prospectus; and (iv) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company or the Underwriters of this Agreement. All payments to be made by the Company under this Agreement shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on
account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges whatsoever, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (“Taxes”)
unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such Taxes. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order to ensure that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal
the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made.
(b) If the performance by the Underwriters of any of their
obligations under this Agreement shall represent for VAT purposes under any applicable law the making by the Underwriters of any supply of goods or services to the Company and the Underwriters are required to account to the relevant tax authority for
VAT (to the extent applicable), the Company shall pay to the Underwriters, in addition to the amounts otherwise payable by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, an amount equal to the VAT chargeable on any such supply of goods and services and the
Underwriters shall issue the Company (to the extent applicable) with an appropriate VAT invoice in respect of the supply to which the payment relates. Where a sum (a “Relevant Sum”) is paid
or reimbursed to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any cost, expense or other amount and that cost, expense or other amount includes an amount in respect of VAT (the “VAT
Element”), then the Company, to the extent applicable, shall, in addition, pay an amount equal to the VAT Element to the Underwriters. For the purposes of this Agreement, “VAT”
means value added tax as provided for in the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Xxx 0000 (“VATA”) and subordinate legislation made under VATA as amended, modified or re-enacted (whether before or
after the date of this Agreement) and any similar sales, consumption, use or turnover tax whether within Ireland or elsewhere in the world.
6. Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and as of the Applicable Time and on each Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and
conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Orders. The
Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall have been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the
Commission, and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives;
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus shall have been filed with, the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by, and in compliance with, the Rules and
Regulations and in accordance with Section 4(b), and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, shall have become effective immediately upon its filing with the Commission and FINRA shall have raised no unresolved objection to the fairness and
reasonableness of the terms of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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(b) No Material Misstatements. None of the Underwriters
shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to such Closing Date that the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters,
is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is
necessary in order to make the statements, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.
(c) Corporate Proceedings. All corporate proceedings
incident to the authorization, form and validity of each of this Agreement, the Shares, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(d) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Xxxxx, Polk and Xxxxxxxx, LLP U.S. counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives such counsel’s written opinion and 10b-5 Statement, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the
Underwriters and dated such Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(e) Opinion of Irish Counsel for the Company. Dentons,
Irish counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives such counsel’s written opinion, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(f) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel for the Company. Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx & XxXxxxxx, P.C., regulatory counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives such counsel’s written opinion, as regulatory counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(g) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, intellectual property counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives such counsel’s written opinion, as intellectual property counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the
Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx LLP, as U.S. counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(i) Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this
Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd, a letter, addressed to the Underwriters, executed and dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that they are an
independent registered accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and PCAOB and (ii) stating the conclusions and findings of such firm, of the type
ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus.
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(j) Bring Down Comfort. On the effective date of any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and on such Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a letter (the “bring-down letter”) from PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd
addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Closing Date confirming, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is
given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of a date not more than three (3) business days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm, of the type ordinarily included
in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters, with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to the Representatives concurrently with the execution of this Agreement pursuant to paragraph (j) of this
Section 6.
(k) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated as of such Closing Date, of its Chief Financial Officer (or officer with a reasonably equivalent role) and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is satisfactory to the
Representatives, stating in their respective capacities as officers of the Company on behalf of the Company that (i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (including, for avoidance of doubt, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement), or any post-effective amendment thereto, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or, to their knowledge, threatened by the Commission, (ii) for the period from and including the date
of this Agreement through and including such Closing Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Effect, (iii) to their knowledge, after reasonable investigation, as of such Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company in
this Agreement are true and correct and the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date, and (iv) there has not
been, subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package, any Material Adverse Effect in the financial position or results of operations of the Company, or
any change or development that, singularly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to involve a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether
or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, and (ii) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth in the General Disclosure Package (including, but not limited to, as a result of (1) the exercise, if any, of options, restricted share units or other equity awards, or the award of any
options, restricted share units or restricted shares in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity plans that are described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (2) the repurchase of shares by the Company pursuant to
any contractual arrangement that provides for the repurchase of the Company securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, or (3) the issuance, if any, of shares upon conversion of Company securities as described in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus) or (4) any transactions effected in connection with the Corporate Reorganization) the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 6(l), is, in the judgment of the Representatives,
so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package.
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(m) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have
been taken and no law, statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental or regulatory agency or body which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction, restraining order or
order of any other nature by any foreign, federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued which would prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares or materially and adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect
the business or operations of the Company.
(n) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by
the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading), the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities.
(o) Market Conditions. Subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the Exchange, (ii) trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Capital Market or the NYSE MKT LLC or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter
market, shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices or maximum range for prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or market or by any other regulatory
body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state authorities in the United States or authorities in Ireland or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or
securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or Ireland, (iv) the United States or Ireland shall have become engaged in hostilities, or the subject of an act of terrorism, or there shall have been an outbreak of or escalation in
hostilities involving the United States or Ireland, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or Ireland or (v) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political
or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States or Ireland shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or
delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(p) Exchange Listing. The Exchange shall have approved
the Shares for listing therein, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution; the Shares shall have been determined to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the DTC.
(q) Lock Up Agreements. The Representatives shall have
received the written agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, from all officers, directors, shareholders, optionholders and warrantholders of the Company.
(r) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and customary for the type of offering contemplated by this Agreement.
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(s) Chief Financial Officer Certificate. The Company
shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of its Chief Financial Officer (or officer with a reasonably equivalent role), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.
(t) Additional Document. On or prior to such Closing
Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions
hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters by the Company. The
Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors, officers, managers, members, employees, representatives and agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively the “Underwriter Indemnified Parties,” and each, an “Underwriter
Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Written
Testing-the-Waters Communication, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including any roadshow or investor
presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) (“Marketing Materials”) or (B) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Written
Testing-the-Waters Communication, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Marketing Materials, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter Indemnified Party promptly upon
demand for any legal fees or other expenses reasonably incurred and documented by that Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating, or preparing to defend, or defending against, or appearing as a third party witness in respect of,
or otherwise incurred in connection with, any such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in, or omission or
alleged omission from any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Marketing Materials made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use therein, which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information. Each indemnity agreement
in this Section 7(a) is not exclusive and is in addition to each other indemnity agreement in this Section 7(a) and each other liability which the Company might have under this Agreement or otherwise, and shall not limit any rights or remedies which
may otherwise be available under this Agreement, at law or in equity to any Underwriter Indemnified Party.
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(b) Indemnification of Company by the Underwriters. Each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, and each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (collectively the “Company Indemnified Parties” and each a “Company
Indemnified Party”) against any loss, claim, damage, expense or liability whatsoever (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such Company Indemnified Party may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that Underwriter specifically for use therein,
which information the parties hereto agree is limited to the Underwriters’ Information, and shall reimburse the Company Indemnified Parties for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or
preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, investigation or proceeding, as such fees and expenses are incurred. This indemnity agreement is not
exclusive and will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters might otherwise have and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available under this Agreement, at law or in equity to the Company Indemnified Parties.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of that
action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 7 except to
the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure; and, provided, further, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7. If any such action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which counsel shall not,
except with the written consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party). After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such action, except as provided herein, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under Section 7 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action other than reasonable costs of investigation;
provided, however, that any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the defense of such action but
the fees and expenses of such counsel (other than reasonable costs of investigation) shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized in writing by the Company in the case of a claim
for indemnification under Section 7(a) or the Representatives in the case of a claim for indemnification under Section 7(b), (ii) such indemnified party shall have been advised by its counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to
it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party within a
reasonable period of time after notice of the commencement of the action or the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, in which case, if such indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party in
writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of (or, in the case of a failure to diligently defend the action after assumption of the
defense, to continue to defend) such action on behalf of such indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall be responsible for legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action;
provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all such indemnified parties (in addition to any local counsel),
which firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives if the indemnified parties under this Section 7 consist of any Underwriter Indemnified Party or by the Company if the indemnified parties under this Section 7 consist of any Company
Indemnified Parties. Subject to this Section 7(c), the amount payable by an indemnifying party under Section 7 shall include, but not be limited to, (x) reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses of counsel to the indemnified party and any
other expenses in investigating, or preparing to defend or defending against, or appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any action, investigation, proceeding or claim, and (y) all amounts paid in
settlement of any of the foregoing. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to any pending or threatened action or any claim
whatsoever, in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 7 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. Subject to the provisions of the following sentence, no indemnifying party shall be liable for settlement of any pending or threatened action or any claim whatsoever that is
effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with its written consent, if its consent has been unreasonably withheld or delayed or if there be a judgment for the plaintiff in any
such matter, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested
that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 7(a) effected without its written consent if
(i) such settlement is entered into more than sixty (60) days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the request for reimbursement, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least forty-five (45)
days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or 7(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid, payable or otherwise incurred by such
indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof), as incurred, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) of this Section 7(d) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) of this Section 7(d), but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements, omissions, acts or failures to act which
resulted in such loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (or any action, investigation or proceeding in respect thereof) as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Shares purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement, omission, act or failure
to act; provided that the parties hereto agree that the written information furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of the Underwriters for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, consists solely of the Underwriters’ Information.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contributions pursuant to Section 7(d) above were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to Section 7(d) above. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding referred to in Section 7(d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending against or appearing as a third party witness in respect of, or otherwise incurred in connection with, any
such loss, claim, damage, expense, liability, action, investigation or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriters shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement,
omission or alleged omission, act or alleged act or failure to act or alleged failure to act. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
8. Termination. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives, in their absolute discretion by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Firm Shares if,
prior to that time, any of the events described in Section 6(o) have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
9. Reimbursement
of Underwriters’ Expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if (a) this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 8 or 10, (b) the Company shall fail to tender the Shares for delivery to the
Underwriters for any reason not permitted under this Agreement, (c) the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement or (d) the sale of the Shares is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of the refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to satisfy any condition or to comply with the provisions hereof, then, in
addition to the payment of amounts in accordance with Section 5, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the reasonably incurred and documented fees and expenses of Underwriters’ counsel and for such other out-of-pocket expenses as shall
have been reasonably incurred and documented by them in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Shares, including, without limitation, travel and lodging expenses of the Underwriters, and upon demand the Company shall pay the
full amount thereof to the Representatives; provided that if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to
reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of expenses to the extent incurred by such defaulting Underwriter, provided further that the foregoing shall not limit any reimbursement obligation of the
Company to any non-defaulting Underwriter under this Section 9.
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10. Substitution
of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall default in its or their obligations to purchase the Shares hereunder on any Closing Date (“Defaulting Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours
thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or, after notice to the Company, any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulting Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon
and upon the terms herein set forth; if however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the aggregate number of Defaulting Securities does not
exceed ten percent (10%) of the total number of Shares to be purchased by all Underwriters on such Closing Date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Defaulting
Securities; or
(b) if the aggregate number of Defaulting Securities is more than
ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares to be purchased by all Underwriters on such Closing Date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Shares by other persons are not made within
forty‑eight (48) hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate.
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If the remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters are required hereby or agree to take up all or part of the shares of Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters on such Closing Date as provided in this Section 10, (i) the Company shall have the right to postpone such Closing Dates for a period of not more than five (5) full business days in order that the Company may effect whatever
changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees promptly to file any amendments to the Registration Statement or supplements to the Prospectus
which may thereby be made necessary, and (ii) the respective numbers of shares to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters or substituted Underwriters shall be taken as the basis of their underwriting obligation for all purposes of this Agreement.
Nothing herein contained shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability to the Company or the other Underwriters for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without
liability on the part of any non‑defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except that the representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, agreements and other statements set forth in Section 2, the obligations with respect to expenses to be paid or
reimbursed pursuant to Sections 5 and 9 and the provisions of Section 7 and Sections 11 through 21, inclusive, shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect.
11. Absence
of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) each Underwriter’s responsibility to the Company is solely
contractual in nature, the Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Shares and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Representatives have been created in
respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether any of the Representatives has advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
(b) the price of the Shares set forth in this Agreement was
established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) it has been advised that the Representatives and their
affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims
it may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agrees that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim
or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
12. Successors;
Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the several Underwriters, the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned
in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons mentioned in the preceding sentence, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions herein
contained, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person; except that the representations, warranties, covenants,
agreements and indemnities of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties, and the indemnities of the several Underwriters shall be for the benefit of the Company Indemnified Parties.
It is understood that each Underwriter’s responsibility to the Company is solely contractual in nature and the Underwriters do not owe the Company, or any other party, any fiduciary duty as a result of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
13. Survival
of Indemnities, Representations, Warranties, etc. The respective indemnities, covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as
set forth in this Agreement or made by them respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any person controlling
any of them and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, including without limitation any termination pursuant to Section 8 or Section 10, the indemnities, covenants, agreements,
representations, warranties and other statements forth in Sections 2, 5, 7 and 9 and Sections 11 through 21, inclusive, of this Agreement shall not terminate and shall remain in full force and effect at all times.
14. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity
becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be
effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or
a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than
such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
15. Notices.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex, facsimile transmission or email to Xxxxx and Company, LLC, Attention: Head of Equity Capital Markets, Fax: 000-000-0000 with a copy to the General Counsel, Fax: 000-000-0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated, [-]; and Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx, Xxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000; Fax: 000-000-0000 and
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(b) if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex,
facsimile transmission or email to GH Research PLC, Attention: [•], with a copy to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, Attention: Yasin Keshvargar; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 shall be delivered or sent by mail, or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to the
Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
16. Definition
of Certain Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, (b) “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading (c) “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and
Regulations; (d) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (e) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is
defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in
accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (f) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (g) “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each
of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
17. Governing
Law Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial, Agent for Service. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation Section 5-1401
of the New York General Obligations. The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York for the purpose of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement, and any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding
may be heard and determined by any such court, (c) waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any immunity from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process, (d) agrees not to commence any such suit, action or
proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the parties to
this Agreement hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Company and its subsidiaries irrevocably appoints Cogency Global Inc., with offices at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (and its successors) as its authorized agent in
the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York upon which process may be served in any such suit or proceeding, and agrees that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or its subsidiaries by the person
serving the same to the address provided in Section 15(b), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding.
18. Underwriters’
Information. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Underwriters’ Information consists solely of the following information in the Prospectus: the
statements concerning the Underwriters contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting.”
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19. Authority
of the Representatives. In connection with this Agreement, the Representatives will act for and on behalf of the several Underwriters, and any action taken under this Agreement by the Representatives, will be binding on all of the
Underwriters.
20. Partial
Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section,
paragraph, clause or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as
are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
21. General.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. In this
Agreement, the masculine, feminine and neuter genders and the singular and the plural include one another. The section headings in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and will not affect the construction or interpretation of
this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived, only by a writing signed by the Company and the Representatives.
22. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail
(including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx or xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly
delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes
23. Judgment
Currency. The obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first (1st) business day, following receipt by such Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter may
in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter against such loss.
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General Use Free Writing Prospectuses
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Exhibit I
Form of Lock‑Up Agreement
[DATE], 2021
Xxxxx and Company, LLC
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Cowen and Company, LLC
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x/x Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: GH Research PLC – Registration Statement on Form F-1
Dear Sirs and Madams:
This letter agreement (the “Agreement”) is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
between GH Research PLC, a public limited company under the laws of Ireland (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”) and Xxxxx and Company, LLC (“Cowen”) and Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”), as representatives (the
“Representatives”) of a group of underwriters (collectively, the “Underwriters”), to be named therein, and the other parties thereto (if any), relating to the proposed public offering (the “Offering”) of ordinary shares, nominal value $0.025 per share
(the “Ordinary Shares”) of the Company.
In order to induce the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, and in light of the benefits that the Offering of the Ordinary Shares will
confer upon the undersigned in his, her or its capacity as a securityholder and/or an officer, director or employee of the Company, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned
agrees with each Underwriter that, during the period beginning on the date hereof through and including the date that is the 180th day after the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, and will not cause or
direct any of its affiliates to, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, contract to sell, lend or otherwise dispose of, or announce the intention to otherwise dispose
of, any Ordinary Shares (including, without limitation, Ordinary Shares which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (such Ordinary Shares, the “Beneficially Owned Ordinary Shares”)) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, (ii) enter into, or
announce the intention to enter into, any swap, hedge or similar agreement or arrangement (including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative
transaction or instrument, however described or defined) that transfers, is designed to transfer or reasonably could be expected to transfer (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned) in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, the economic risk of ownership of the Beneficially Owned Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which
the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or (iii) engage in, or announce the intention to engage in, any short selling of the Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares
(the “Prohibited Activities”). The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned is not, and has not caused or directed any of its affiliates to be or become, currently a party to any agreement or arrangement that is designed to or which
reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in any Prohibited Activities during the Lock-Up Period.
Ex. I
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to
any issuer-directed Ordinary Shares the undersigned may purchase in the Offering.
If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) the Representatives agree that, at least three (3) business days before the effective date
of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of Ordinary Shares, the Representatives will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to
announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two (2) business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by the Representatives hereunder to any such
officer or director shall only be effective on the date that is two (2) business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a
transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.
The restrictions set forth in this agreement shall not apply to:
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transactions relating to Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares acquired in the Offering (other than any issuer-directed Ordinary Shares purchased in the
Offering by an officer or director of the Company) or in open market transactions after the completion of the Offering;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares as a bona fide gift or for bona fide estate planning purposes or to a charitable organization
or educational institutional;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares to any member of the immediate family of the undersigned, affiliate thereof, or any trust or
trustee or beneficiary thereof for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity or affiliate of
the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares (x) by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative,
heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned upon the death of the undersigned, or (y) by operation of law pursuant to a domestic order or negotiated divorce settlement;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares to another corporation, member, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity
that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the undersigned, or to an investment fund or other entity that controls or manages, or is under common control with, the undersigned, or distributions
of Ordinary Shares or other securities to partners, members, stockholders, beneficiaries or other equity holders of the undersigned;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares to the Company (i) in connection with the repurchase of such securities with respect to the
termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company or (ii) pursuant to contractual arrangements described in the Prospectus;
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provided that in the case of any transfer, disposition or distribution (i) pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d) or
(f), each transferee, donee or distributee shall sign and deliver a lock-up letter substantially in the form of this letter and (ii) pursuant to clause (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), no public announcement or filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act (or its foreign equivalent), reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period (other than, in the case of a transfer or other disposition pursuant to
clause (e) or (g) above, any Form 4 or Form 5 required to be filed under the Exchange Act (or its foreign equivalent) if the undersigned is subject to Section 16 reporting with respect to the Company under the Exchange Act (or its foreign equivalent)
and indicating by footnote disclosure or otherwise the nature of the transfer or disposition);
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transfers or dispositions (including through a “cashless” exercise or on a “net exercise” basis) of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares to the Company in
connection with the conversion of any convertible security into, or the exercise of any option or warrant for Ordinary Shares (including to satisfy withholding obligations or the payment of taxes in connection therewith); provided that (i) any such Ordinary Shares received by the undersigned shall be subject to the terms of this agreement and (ii) no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (or its foreign equivalent)
reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Restricted Period;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares prior to the date of the public filing of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 in
connection with the Offering (the “Registration Statement”) and pursuant to the Shareholders’ Agreement dated April 12, 2021 by and between GH Research Ireland Limited and the shareholders party thereto, as such agreement may be amended or
superseded;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or other securities to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (a)
through (j) above, provided that any Ordinary Shares shall be subject to the terms of this agreement;
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the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act (or its foreign equivalent) for the transfer of Ordinary Shares, provided
that (i) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Ordinary Shares during the Restricted Period and (ii) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act (or its foreign equivalent), if any, is required of or
voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Ordinary Shares may be made under such plan
during the Restricted Period;
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transfers or dispositions of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares pursuant to a bona fide tender offer for the Company’s capital shares, merger, consolidation
or other similar transaction made to all holders of the Company’s securities involving a Change of Control (as defined below) of the Company (including without limitation, the entering into of any lock-up, voting or similar agreement pursuant
to which the undersigned may agree to transfer, sell, tender or otherwise dispose of Ordinary Shares or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares in connection with such transaction) that has been approved by the board of directors of the
Company; provided that, in the event that such Change of Control transaction is not consummated, this clause (n) shall not be applicable and the undersigned’s shares and other securities shall remain
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the conversion, exercise or exchange of Preferred Shares, options to purchase Ordinary Shares, warrants or any security convertible into Ordinary Shares pursuant to any reorganization,
conversion or share split, as such terms are described in the Prospectus; provided that any such securities shall remain subject to the terms of this agreement.
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For purposes of this agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than
first cousin, and securities of the Company (for purposes of determining record or beneficial ownership of a shareholder, all shares or securities held by investment funds affiliated with such shareholder shall
be aggregated) and “Change of Control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transactions or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons (other
than an Underwriter pursuant to the Offering), of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold greater than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the surviving
entity), provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Offering shall not constitute a Change of Control.
In order to enable this covenant to be enforced, the undersigned hereby consents to the placing of legends or stop transfer instructions with the Company’s
transfer agent with respect to any Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares.
The undersigned further agrees that it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand or request for or exercise any right with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act, of any Ordinary Shares or other Beneficially Owned Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares or other Beneficially Owned Ordinary Shares.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that this Agreement has
been duly authorized (if the undersigned is not a natural person), executed and delivered by the undersigned and is a valid and binding agreement of the undersigned. This Agreement and all authority herein conferred are irrevocable and shall survive
the death or incapacity of the undersigned (if a natural person) and shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
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The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited
any action from the undersigned with respect to the Offering of Ordinary Shares and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges
and agrees that, although the Representatives may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Offering, the Representatives and the other Underwriters are not making a
recommendation to you to enter into this Agreement and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representatives or any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be
performed in such state.
This Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of
2000, e.g., xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx or xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx) or other transmission method and any copy so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
If (i) the Company notifies Cowen in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, (ii) the Underwriting Agreement is not executed by
September 30, 2021, or (iii) the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated for any reason prior to payment for and delivery of any Ordinary Shares to be sold thereunder, then
this Agreement shall immediately be terminated and the undersigned shall automatically be released from all of his, her or its obligations under this Agreement. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that whether or not any public offering of
Ordinary Shares actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions.
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Exhibit II
[Date]
GH Research PLC announced today that Xxxxx and Company, LLC and Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company, Incorporated the lead book-running managers in the Company’s recent public
sale of [●] Shares, each representing [●] ordinary shares, is [waiving][releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [●] of the Company’s Shares held by [certain
officers or directors][an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver][release] will take effect on , 20 , and the shares may be sold on or after such date.
This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such
securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Ex. II