MANUFACTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT
CERTAIN INFORMATION IDENTIFIED
BY BRACKETED ASTERISKS ([* * *])
HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE
IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD BE
COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
Exhibit 10.33
DATED THIS 7th DAY OF November 2020
Between
ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
as Company
and
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
as Board
MANUFACTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT
CLAUSEHEADINGPAGE
1.DEFINITIONS and INTERPRETATION3
2.TERM LOAN FACILITY10
3.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND AVAILABILITY10
4.PURPOSE OF THE TERM LOAN FACILITY12
5.DRAWING OF THE TERM LOAN FACILITY12
6.AVAILABILITY OF TERM LOAN FACILITY13
7.INTEREST14
8.REPAYMENT14
9.PAYMENT PROVISIONS14
10.PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION14
11.LOAN FORGIVENESS16
12.AUDIT RIGHTS16
13.WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS17
14.AFFIRMATIVE UNDERTAKINGS19
15.NEGATIVE UNDERTAKINGS21
16.EVENTS OF DEFAULT21
17.NOTICES24
18.WAIVER NOT TO PREJUDICE RIGHT OF BOARD25
19.INDULGENCE OF THE BOARD26
20.SEVERABILITY26
21.GOVERNING LAW26
22.ENFORCEMENT26
23.NO SET-OFF BY THE COMPANY27
24.MISCELLANEOUS27
THIS MANUFACTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made on 2020
BETWEEN:
WHEREAS:
(A) |
The Company is a messenger RNA medicines company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics for rare diseases and vaccines. |
(B) |
The Company is currently developing a vaccine candidate, known as LUNAR-COV19, against SARS-CoV-2 that utilizes the Company’s self-transcribing and replicating internal messenger RNA (STARR™) technology and the Company’s LUNAR® lipid-mediated delivery in order to produce a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccine (as further described in the Letters of Award (defined below)) (the "Vaccine"). |
(C) |
The Company has commenced a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of the Vaccine in Singapore under the authority of the Singapore Health Sciences Authority. |
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The Company was awarded a grant from the Board to support the Vaccine under the Letter of Award for the Innovation Development Scheme dated [***] as amended by the [***] (collectively, the "1st Letter of Award", as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time), which provides, among other things, that: [***]. |
IT IS AGREED as follows:
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or expressions shall have the following meanings respectively:
"2nd Letter of Award" means the Letter of Award for the [***] granted by the Board to the Company, as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
"Affiliate" means, in relation to a Person, any Person Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with such Person.
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"Asset Transfer Agreement" has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 11.4.
"Authorisation" means:
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an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation, lodgement or registration; or |
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in relation to anything which will be fully or partly prohibited or restricted by law or regulation if a Governmental Agency intervenes or acts in any way within a specified period after lodgement, filing, registration or notification, the expiry of that period without intervention or action. |
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling sixty (60) days after the date of this Agreement (or such later date as the Board may agree).
"Business Day" means a day on which banks in Singapore and the City of New York, New York are open for general business excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in Singapore and the City of New York, New York.
"Charged Property" means the Specified Manufacturing Assets and any other property over which Security is expressed to be created pursuant to any Security Document.
“Commercially Reasonable Efforts” shall mean, with respect to a task related to the Vaccine, the efforts required to carry out such task in a manner that is commensurate with the level of efforts that a pharmaceutical company of comparable size and resources as those of the Company would reasonably and customarily devote to a product of similar potential and having similar commercial and clinical advantages and disadvantages resulting from such company’s own research efforts, taking into account its safety, tolerability and efficacy, clinical trial results and related adverse events, its proprietary position and profitability, the competitiveness of alternative third party products, the regulatory environment, reasonable expectations regarding the current global pandemic and other relevant considerations, including technical, commercial, legal, clinical, scientific and/or medical factors.
“Company Authorized Signatory” means any director of the Company, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer or any Senior Vice President or Executive Vice President of the Company.
"Control" or "Controlling" means:
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owning (directly or indirectly) at least 50% of the issued share capital or other ownership interest in a Person; or |
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the ability (whether through ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) of a person to: |
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cast, or control the casting of, more than 50% of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of another Person; |
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direct the affairs of that other Person; and/or |
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control the composition of the board of directors or equivalent body (whether or not it actually exercises such control) of that other Person, |
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and "Controlled by" shall bear the corresponding meaning accordingly.
"Day" or "day" means a calendar day.
"Default" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 16 hereof which would (with the lapse of time, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under this Agreement or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
"Drawdown Date" means the date of the Drawing.
"Drawing" means the advance drawing made by the Company under the Term Loan Facility.
"Eligible Manufacturing Activities" means:
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the purchase of any equipment or materials in connection with the Manufacture of the Vaccine (whether prior to or after the date of this Agreement); |
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any payment (including any deposits) to a third party in connection with the Manufacture of the Vaccine (whether prior to or after the date of this Agreement); and |
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any other related activities undertaken by the Company to enable the Company or its third party contractors to Manufacture the Vaccine with the prior written consent of the Board. |
"Equipment" means all equipment used to Manufacture or ship Vaccine Doses.
"Event of Default" and "Events of Default" mean any, each or all (as the context may require) of the Events of Default described in Clause 16 hereof.
"Final Repayment Date" means the last day of the Loan Period.
"Finance Documents" means this Agreement, any Security Document and any other document designated as such by the Board and the Company.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the US as in effect from time to time.
"General Regulatory Approval" means the approvals and authorizations that are necessary for the importation, marketing and use of the Vaccine for emergency, conditional or permanent use from any jurisdiction in the world.
"Government of Singapore" means the Government of the Republic of Singapore as a whole, including all its ministries, government departments and organs of state. For the avoidance of doubt, a reference to "Government of Singapore" does not include any Statutory Boards.
"Governmental Agency" means any government or any governmental agency, semi-governmental or judicial entity or authority (including, without limitation, any stock exchange or any self-regulatory organisation established under any law or regulation).
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"Insolvency Proceeding" means any proceeding commenced by or against any person or entity (including such person itself) under any provision of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, as well as:
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proceedings seeking the suspension of payments or a moratorium of any indebtedness and/or including assignments for the benefit of creditors; |
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procedures for the reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) (excluding any solvent liquidation or reorganisation where such person is the surviving legal entity and there is no Material Adverse Effect); or |
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the appointment of a liquidator (other than for the purposes of any solvent liquidation or reorganisation where the appointment is in respect of the person that is the surviving legal entity and there is no Material Adverse Effect), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager, judicial manager or other similar officer. |
"Interest Payment Date" means the last day of each financial year of the Company.
"Interest Period" means, in relation to the Loan, each period starting on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the date immediately preceding the next Interest Payment Date except that (1) the first interest period in relation to the Loan shall start on the Drawdown Date and end on the Interest Payment Date first occurring after the Drawdown Date; and (2) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Final Repayment Date.
"Interest Rate" means an interest rate of [***]% per annum.
"Letters of Awards" means the 1st Letter of Award, the 2nd Letter of Award and any other Letter of Award granted by the Board from time to time to the Company in relation to the Project.
"Loan" means the loan made or to be made under the Term Loan Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"Loan Period" has the meaning set out in Clause 2.
"Manufacture" means all processes and procedures for the production of the Vaccine vialled as a lyophilized product (or in such other formulation (i.e., a frozen product) or form, in each case, as approved by the Health Science Authority of Singapore) for late stage clinical trials and/or commercial use, including (i) the supply and quality control of materials (including Raw Materials) used in the manufacture of the Vaccine, (ii) the manufacture of the Vaccine, (iii) fill, finish and lyophilization, (iv) quality control and release of the Vaccine and (v) the storage of the Vaccine until shipment.
"Manufacturing Slot" means a manufacturing run involving the use of designated capacity at a third-party contract manufacturer’s manufacturing site during a designated time period for the Manufacture of the Vaccine.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on or material adverse change in:
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the ability of the Company to perform and comply with its payment or other material obligations under any Transaction Document; |
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the validity, legality or enforceability of any Security expressed to be created pursuant to any Security Document or on the priority or ranking of any of that Security. |
"Month" or "month" means a calendar month.
"Net Sales Proceeds" means the proceeds actually earned by the Company or its Affiliates in connection with any Vaccine Sale after deducting:
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allowances actually granted to customers for rejections, returns, chargebacks, defects, recalls, rebates or prompt payment and volume discounts; |
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(b) |
commissions and fees payable to any third-party providing distribution services or sales brokering services to the Company or its Affiliates; |
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(c) |
royalties payable by the Company or its Affiliates to any Person (other than to an Affiliate of the Company) in connection with the Vaccine Sale; |
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freight, transport packing, insurance charges and related charges associated with transportation; and |
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Taxes, other than Taxes assessed on income derived from the Vaccine Sales. |
"Permitted Change of Control" means any acquisition of more than 50% of the equity interests in the Company or its parent company, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., by any means (including amalgamation or merger) by any third party that is either publicly traded on a U.S. nationally recognised stock exchange or has net assets that are equal to or in excess of the net assets owned by the Company as of the date of the applicable transaction.
"Person" shall include an individual, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability partnership, firm, trustee, executor, administrator or other legal personal representative, unincorporated association, joint venture, syndicate or other business enterprise, any governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency and their respective successors, legal personal representatives and assigns, as the case may be.
"Project" means the development of the Vaccine and the Manufacture of the Vaccine.
"Raw Materials" means all raw materials (which, for avoidance of doubt, does not include drug substance), supplies, components and packaging used to Manufacture and ship Vaccine Doses.
"Reconciliation Date" means:
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[***]; or |
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such later date agreed between the Company and the Board pursuant to Clause 10.7 below. |
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"Regulatory Approval Date" means [***].
"Security" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, fiduciary security, assignment, hypothecation or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
"Security Agreement" means a security agreement entered or to be entered into by the Company in favour of the Board which provides that the obligation to repay the Loan and the other obligations under the Transaction Documents will be secured by an interest in the Raw Materials and Equipment purchased by the Company with the funds from the Loan and other Charged Property described therein, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board in its sole discretion.
"Security Documents" means the Security Agreement and any other document providing for Security over Charged Property that may at any time be given as security or assurance for all amounts owing pursuant to or in connection with any Transaction Document.
"[***]" means [***].
"Specified Manufacturing Assets" means:
"Specified Regulatory Approval" means:
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[***]; or |
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[***]. |
"Statutory Board" means a body corporate established by or under written law to perform or discharge any public function under the supervisory charge of a Ministry or organ of state of the Republic of Singapore.
"Taxes" means all taxes and duties that are assessed by any national, federal, state, local or non-US Governmental Agency, including sales, use, excise, value-added and withholding taxes.
"Transaction Documents" means the Finance Documents and the [***].
"Transfer Assets" has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 11.4.
"US" means the United States of America.
"US$" or "USD" means United States Dollars, being the lawful currency of the US.
"Vaccine Dose" means a dose of the Vaccine to be delivered to the Board or the Government of Singapore pursuant to the terms and conditions of the [***].
"Vaccine Sale" means any sale, as determined in accordance with GAAP, of any quantity of the Vaccine by the Company or its Affiliates to any Person for use in a country following General
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Regulatory Approval in such country (including any sale to the Board, the Government of Singapore or any agency thereof or corporation majority-owned by any of the aforesaid).
"Western Alliance Agreement" means that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2018, between Western Alliance Bank and the Company, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Written Notice" has the meaning set out in Clause 5.2(b).
"Year" or "year" means a calendar year.
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Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to: |
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the "Company" or the "Board" shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; |
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"including" shall be construed as "including without limitation" (and cognate expressions shall be construed similarly); |
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"indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent; |
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a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation; |
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a "Finance Document" or a “Transaction Document” or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended, restated (however fundamentally and whether or not more onerous) or replaced and includes any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Finance Document or Transaction Document or other agreement or instrument; |
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a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and |
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a time of day is a reference to Singapore time unless otherwise stated. |
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Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa. |
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The headings to the Clauses hereof shall not be deemed part thereof or be taken in consideration in the interpretation or construction thereof or of this Agreement. |
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1.3 |
Third Party Rights |
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Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, a person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act, Chapter 53B of Singapore to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement. |
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Notwithstanding any terms of this Agreement, the consent of any third party is not required for any variation (including any release or compromise of any liability under) or termination of this Agreement. |
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement (including Clause 11), the Board shall make available to the Company the Term Loan Facility at the times and in the manner as hereinafter provided. The Term Loan Facility shall be for a period of sixty (60) Months (the "Loan Period") commencing from the Drawdown Date. The Company agrees that interest shall accrue in accordance with Clause 7.
The Company shall only be allowed to make a single Drawing under the Term Loan Facility, and the obligations of the Board to make available the same shall be subject only to the following conditions precedent to be fulfilled, observed, performed and/or discharged by the Company:
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on the date of the Written Notice and the proposed Drawdown Date, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Loan; |
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before the submission of the Written Notice, the Company has provided the following documents in form and substance satisfactory to the Board (acting reasonably): |
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a copy of a good standing certificate of the Company duly certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, dated a date reasonably close to the proposed Drawdown Date; |
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a copy, certified true by the Secretary of the Company, of the resolution of the board of directors of the Company and any other resolutions required by |
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applicable law or pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, each of, which is in full force and effect: |
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approving the terms and conditions contained in, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents and resolving that it execute those Transaction Documents; and |
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(B) |
authorising a person or persons to sign the Transaction Documents and any other document (including the Written Notice) to be given to the Board from time to time by the Company; |
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the Security Agreement duly executed by the parties thereto; |
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the [***] duly executed by the parties thereto; |
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a solvency certificate duly executed and delivered by the chief financial or accounting responsible officer of the Company in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board; |
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a legal opinion to the Board's reasonable satisfaction, dated on the date of this Agreement, provided by a legal practitioner qualified to opine on or behalf of the Company, that inter alia, under applicable law(s): |
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the Company is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; |
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the Company has the corporate power to enter into the Transaction Documents and has duly authorized their execution and delivery, together with the performance of its obligations thereunder; |
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the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents will not violate the organizational documents of the Company, any applicable law, judgement or specified material agreements; |
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no consent or approval is required under applicable law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents; |
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the Security Documents create a valid security interest in favour of the Board; and |
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the financing statements to be filed in connection therewith are effective to perfect such valid security interest. |
4.1 |
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Term Loan Facility shall be made available by the Board to the Company for the sole purpose of financing the Eligible Manufacturing Activities. |
4.2 |
The Company shall apply all the proceeds from the Loan for the purposes described in Clause 4.1 above and for no other purpose whatsoever. |
4.4 |
The Board is not bound but reserves the right to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. |
5.1 |
The Board shall make available the Term Loan Facility for Drawing by the Company, in accordance with the terms and stipulations of this Agreement. |
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(i) |
state the date (which must be a Business Day within the Availability Period) and the amount of the proposed Drawing (which shall be no more than US$45,000,000); |
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5.5 |
The Drawing shall be made no later than the last day of the Availability Period or such later date as may be approved by the Chairman of the Board or his lawful representative. |
5.6 |
The obligation of the Board to make available to the Company the Drawing is further conditional on the Company delivering to the Board: |
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a solvency certificate updated to a date not earlier than one Business Day before the date of the Drawing, duly executed by the chief financial or accounting responsible officer of the Company in form and substance equivalent to the solvency certificate referred to in Clause 3(c)(viii); and |
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a certificate of the Company updated to a date not earlier than one Business Day before the date of the Drawing (signed by a responsible officer) certifying that (A) each document specified in Clause 3(c)(i) to (iv) is correct, complete and in full force and effect in form and substance equivalent to the certificate referred to in Clause 3(c)(v). |
Any part of the Term Loan Facility not drawn at the close of business in Singapore on the last day of the Availability Period shall be automatically cancelled.
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7.1 |
Subject to Clauses 7.2 and 11 below, the Company shall pay the Board all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loan on the Final Repayment Date. |
7.3 |
Interest shall be calculated on a daily basis and on the principal amount of the Loan outstanding from time to time, and shall be calculated at the Interest Rate on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty five (365) days for the actual number of days elapsed. |
Subject to Clause 11 below, the Company shall repay the Loan (including all interest capitalised hereunder) and all other amounts outstanding in connection with the Term Loan Facility (collectively, the "Final Repayment Amount") in full on the Final Repayment Date.
All payments to be paid by the Company under this Agreement shall be credited into such bank account designated by the Board or otherwise received by the Board not later than 11.00 a.m. (Singapore time) on the applicable payment date. The Board may from time to time designate such other bank account or mode of payment by notice in writing to the Company not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of any such payment hereunder.
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(in the case of the first Vaccine Sale) the Company shall, promptly and in any event within ten (10) days of the delivery of the relevant Vaccines, notify the Board of such Vaccine Sale, the date of receipt and the amount of the Net Sales Proceeds expected to be received for such Vaccine Sale; |
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(in any other case) the Company shall, within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar quarter, provide quarterly reports containing the following information: |
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the aggregate Vaccine Sales during the calendar quarter immediately preceding the report; |
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the aggregate amount of Net Sales Proceeds as calculated by the Company in accordance with GAAP for the calendar quarter immediately preceding the report; and |
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the aggregate amount of Net Sales Proceeds to be paid by the Company to the Board pursuant to Clause 10.2(c) below; and |
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[***]; and |
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[***]. |
10.5 |
On or before the first Reconciliation Date, the Company shall notify the Board of: |
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its total expenditure from the proceeds of the Loan as at that Reconciliation Date; and |
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the amount of the proceeds of the Loan which remains unused as at that Reconciliation Date (the "Unused Loan Proceeds"). |
10.9 |
Any prepayment under Clause 10.6 shall be applied in the following order: |
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[***]; |
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[***]; and |
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[***]. |
10.10 |
Any other prepayment under this Clause shall be applied in the following order: |
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firstly, in or towards payment of any interest accrued and outstanding; |
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secondly, in or towards payment of all other amounts due and payable under the Finance Documents; and |
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thirdly, in or towards payment of any outstanding principal. |
11.1 |
A "Clause 11 Triggering Event" shall occur if both the following conditions are satisfied: |
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the Company has not obtained any Specified Regulatory Approval by the Final Repayment Date; and |
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the cumulative Net Sales Proceeds as of the Final Repayment Date are equal to or less than US$[***] (as may be converted from all other relevant currencies at the exchange rate applicable as of the date of receipts thereof). |
12.1 |
The Company shall keep books and records accurately showing all the details of all Vaccine Sales (including the Net Sales Proceeds and the amounts due to be paid to the Board pursuant to Clause 10.2 above) by the Company and its Affiliates for so long as any amount remains outstanding under this Agreement. |
12.2 |
Such books and records shall be preserved for so long as any amount remains outstanding under this Agreement, during which time the Board shall have the right, after giving thirty (30) days prior notice to the Company, to cause an independent, certified public accountant or auditor reasonably acceptable to the Company to inspect such records during normal business hours for the purposes of verifying the accuracy of any payments delivered under this Agreement. The Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Clause 12.2 if (a) the accuracy of any payments delivered under this Agreement is audited pursuant to the annual independent audit of the financial statements of the Company’s parent company, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., by Ernst and Young LLP (or such other independent, certified public accountant or auditor reasonably acceptable to Board), (b) such audited financial statements are accompanied by a signed report of the independent, certified public accountant or auditor and (c) such audited financial statements include a note which specifically identifies the total revenue generated from the Vaccine Sales in the relevant year, the aggregate Net Sales Proceeds in the relevant year and the aggregate amount of Net Sales Proceeds to be paid by the Company to the Board pursuant to Clause 10.2(c) in the relevant year. |
12.3 |
Such accountant or other auditor, as applicable, shall not disclose to the Board any information other than information relating to the accuracy of the amounts paid or due to be paid to the Board pursuant to Clause 10.2 above. |
12.4 |
The Company shall also confirm to the Board that the Company remains solvent as at the date of the certificate delivered pursuant to Clause 14(i) and that this conclusion is consistent with |
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the audit report of an independent certified public accountant of Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. set out in the financial statements referred to in Clause 12.2 above. |
12.5 |
The Company shall bear the costs of performing such inspection once every calendar year and the Board shall bear the costs of performing any subsequent inspections thereafter in that calendar year, provided that: |
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if the inspection reveals any underpayment error in excess of three percent (3%) of the Net Sales Proceeds the Board is supposed to receive pursuant to Clause 10.2(c), the Company shall bear the costs of that inspection and pay such additional amounts to the Board equal to the amount underpaid subject to Clause 10.3; and |
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the Company shall bear the costs of one further inspection: |
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no earlier than thirty (30) days before the Final Repayment Date; and |
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within thirty (30) days of the commencement of discussions pursuant to Clause 11 provided that there has been at least one Vaccine Sale during the relevant fiscal year, |
in each case, notwithstanding an inspection may have already been done earlier that calendar year.
13.1 |
The Company hereby warrants and represents to the Board on the date of this Agreement as follows: |
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(d) |
that the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Transaction Document are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations; |
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that the execution, delivery and performance of each Transaction Document, the borrowings hereunder and the creation of the Security as contemplated by the Security Documents have been duly authorised by all requisite corporate action and will not violate or conflict with, or result in the imposition of any Security under (other than as contemplated by the Security Documents): |
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(i) |
any law or regulation applicable to it; |
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(iii) |
any provision of any agreement (including the Western Alliance Agreement) or court order, consent decree or other arrangement, whether written or oral, by which it is bound; |
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(i) |
to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in each Transaction Document; |
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(ii) |
to make each Transaction Document admissible in evidence in any relevant jurisdiction; and |
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to enable it to create the Security to be created by it pursuant to any Security Document to which it is a party and to ensure that such Security has the priority and ranking it is expressed to have, |
have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect (including in respect of the Western Alliance Agreement);
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that no Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Drawing; |
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to Singapore since the date of the latest financial statements referred to in sub-paragraph (k) above; |
The Company hereby undertakes and agrees with the Board as follows:
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that it shall, cause its parent company, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., to timely make all quarterly and annual filings required under applicable US securities laws and to provide the Board, within ten (10) days from the date of filing, with copies of all such quarterly and annual filings; |
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that it shall, within forty-five (45) days from the end of each financial quarter, deliver to the Board a statement of expenditure on the Eligible Manufacturing Activities (in the form set out in Schedule 2) and, if the Board requests, submit copies (certified true by a director of the Company) of the invoices, receipts and such other documents in support of such statement of expenditure within ten (10) days of such request; |
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that it shall keep all its Equipment in good and substantial repair and proper working condition provided that if such Equipment is no longer deemed necessary for its |
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operations, the Company shall offer to transfer such Equipment to the Board at no cost to the Board, and shall be free to dispose of such Equipment if such offer is rejected provided that the proceeds of such disposal are promptly applied towards mandatory prepayment pursuant to Clause 10.4 above; |
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that it shall deliver to the Board on the Drawdown Date and every anniversary thereafter, a certificate (signed by a Company Authorized Signatory) certifying that: |
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the Company is committed to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete phase 3 trials of the Vaccine and the manufacture thereof; |
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in the opinion of such Company Authorized Signatory, the Company has sufficient financial resources to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete phase 3 trials of the Vaccine and the manufacture thereof (or if, in the opinion of such Company Authorized Signatory, the Company does not have sufficient financial resources to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to complete phase 3 trials of the Vaccine and the manufacture thereof, the Company has taken steps to obtain sufficient financial resources); and |
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(if applicable) Commercially Reasonable Efforts are being taken to effect the steps set forth in sub-paragraph (ii) above; |
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that it shall, as soon as practicable after the Drawdown Date, deliver to the Board: |
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financing statements suitable in form for naming the Company as a debtor and the Board as the secured party, or other similar instruments or documents to be filed under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions as may be necessary or desirable to perfect the Security of the Board in the Charged Property pursuant to the Security Documents; and |
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all other documentation, and/or evidence of all filings, registrations, annotations and all steps, required to perfect, protect and/or preserve the Board’s rights under the Security Documents, including, without limitation, the payment of all fees, taxes and stamp duties in relation to the Security Documents. |
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The Company hereby undertakes and agrees with the Board that it shall not without the written consent of the Board:
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allow its parent company, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., to be delinquent with respect to its quarterly and annual filings required under applicable US securities laws; or |
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if a distress or execution is levied or enforced upon or sued out against any part of the Charged Property and is not discharged within sixty (60) days of being levied; |
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(g) |
if the Company ceases or threatens to cease to carry on its business; |
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if: |
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the Company ceases to be a subsidiary of its current parent company, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (other than in connection with a Permitted Change of Control); |
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Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. is more than thirty (30) days delinquent with respect to its quarterly and annual filings required under applicable US securities laws; |
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the common stock of Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (or of its successor pursuant to a Permitted Change of Control) (A) ceases to be publicly listed on a U.S. nationally recognised stock exchange or for any reason, or (B) are suspended from trading for a period of fourteen (14) days or more, unless within fourteen (14) days after such delisting event, the Company has given a binding undertaking to the Board to continue to deliver to the Board, by the times that such information would be required to be publicly available, all the information that would be required to be made publicly available if such event as set out in this sub-paragraph (iii) had not occurred; or |
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the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under an undertaking referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) above in any material respect, unless the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within fourteen (14) days of the Board giving written notice to the Company; |
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the Board's interests under any Security Document or any Security provided under this Agreement is not in full force and effect unless such failure is capable of remedy and is remedied within sixty (60) days of the Board giving written notice to the Company; |
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the Board's interests under any Security Document or any Security provided under this Agreement does not create in favour of the Board the Security which it is expressed to create with the ranking and priority it is expressed to have; or |
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the Board's interests under the [***] is not in full force and effect unless such failure is capable of remedy and is remedied within sixty (60) days of the Board giving written notice to the Company; |
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fails to achieve any regulatory approval relating to the Vaccine so long as the Company uses reasonable and diligent efforts to obtain such approval; |
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any Transaction Document is not in full force and effect or any obligation of the Company under any Transaction Document is not or ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable; |
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if the Company repudiates any Transaction Document or evidences in writing an intention to repudiate any Transaction Document; |
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if the Company fails to implement the Project as stated in Clause 4.3; |
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if the Company uses the Loan proceeds for any purpose other than financing the Eligible Manufacturing Activities; or |
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if, after all approvals and authorizations that are necessary for the importation, marketing and use of the Vaccine for use (whether permanent or under any emergency authorisation) in Singapore have been obtained, the Company does not provide [***] grams of the Vaccine to the Board at no cost and ahead of any other country by the later of (i) [***] and (ii) thirty (30) days after all approvals and authorizations that are necessary for the importation, marketing and use of the Vaccine for use (whether permanent or under any emergency authorisation) in Singapore are obtained by the Company, |
then and in any of such event, the Board may, by notice in writing to the Company (and, in the case of a Default under clause (i) above, each of the actions under clauses (i) and (iii) below shall automatically apply):
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secondly, in or towards payment to the Board of all monies and liabilities due, owing or outstanding under any Transaction Document and where such monies and liabilities |
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are of a contingent nature, in or towards making full and adequate provisions for payment of such monies and liabilities as and when they become due and payable; and |
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if it is sent by way of email, as specified in Clauses 17.2 and 17.3 below. |
17.2 |
Any communication or document under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by or attached to an email and will be effective or delivered only: |
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on the first to occur of the following: |
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when it is dispatched by the sender to at least one of the relevant email addresses specified by the recipient, unless for each of the addresses, the sender receives an automatic notification that the e-mail has not been received (other than an out of office greeting for the named addressee) and it receives the notification before two (2) hours after the last to occur (for all addresses) of: |
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dispatch if in business hours in the city of the address; or |
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if not, the next opening of business in such city; |
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the sender receiving a message from the intended recipient's information system confirming delivery of the email; and |
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the email being available to be read at one of the email addresses specified by the recipient; and |
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if the email is in an appropriate and commonly used format, and any attached file is a pdf, jpeg, tiff or other appropriate and commonly used format. |
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if the recipient notifies the sender that it did not receive the email with attached files, then the sender shall promptly send to the recipient the attached files in a manner that can be received by the recipient; |
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if the recipient of the email notifies the sender that it is unable to read the format of an attached file or that an attached file is corrupted, specifying appropriate and commonly |
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used formats that it is able to read, the sender must promptly send to the recipient the file in one of those formats or send the attachment in some other manner; and |
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if within two hours of: |
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dispatch of the email if in business hours in the city of the recipient; or |
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if not, the next opening of business in the city of the recipient, |
the recipient notifies the sender as provided in subparagraph (a) or (b), then the relevant attached files will be taken not to have been received until the sender complies with that subparagraph.
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For the purpose of this Clause 17 each of the parties hereto shall from time to time notify the other party in writing of the applicable address or email address where such notice, request, demand or other communications as aforesaid can be given or served and such notification shall be effective only when it is actually received. In the absence of such notification, the notice, request, demand or other communication aforesaid may be given or served at the addresses or email address of the respective parties as stated above. |
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The liability of the Company hereunder shall not be impaired or discharged by reason of any time or other indulgence being granted by or with the consent of the Board to any person who or which may be in any way liable to pay any of the monies secured hereby by any security not given pursuant to this Agreement in favour of the Board or by reason of any arrangement being entered into or composition accepted by the Board which has the effect of modifying the operation of law or otherwise its rights and remedies under the provisions of this Agreement.
In case any provision in the Finance Documents shall be, or at any time shall become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not in any way affect or impair the other provisions of the Finance Documents but the Finance Documents shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision contained herein or therein did not form a part of the Finance Documents.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore.
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each arbitration between the parties shall be seated in Singapore, and shall be conducted pursuant to the Arbitration Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (the "Rules") in force when the arbitration commences, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Clause; |
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the tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators. (The claimant shall nominate one arbitrator. The respondent shall nominate one arbitrator. The two arbitrators thus appointed shall nominate the third arbitrator who shall be the residing arbitrator. If within fourteen (14) days of a request from the other party to do so a party fails to nominate an arbitrator or if the two arbitrators fail to nominate the third arbitrator within fourteen (14) days after the appointment of the second arbitrator, the appointment shall be made, upon request of a party, by the Chairman of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in accordance with the Rules); |
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the arbitration shall be conducted in the English language; |
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the law of this arbitration agreement shall be Singapore law; |
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any award of the tribunal shall be made in writing and shall be final and binding on the parties; |
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any attempt to set aside the award shall be made only in Singapore in accordance with Singapore law; |
22.2 |
The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or other similar grounds from: |
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suit or any other proceedings or legal process; |
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jurisdiction of any court; |
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relief by way of injunction or order for specific performance or recovery of property; |
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attachment of its assets (whether before or after judgment); and |
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execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any proceedings in the courts of any jurisdiction, |
and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that it will not claim any such immunity in any proceedings.
All payments to be made by the Company under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
24.1 |
If the Company requests an amendment, waiver or consent, the Company shall, within ten (10) Business Days of demand, reimburse the Board for the amount of all costs and expenses |
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(including pre-agreed legal fees on a solicitor-and-client basis) incurred by the Board in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement. |
24.6 |
If the Company makes an increased payment under Clause 24.4 or Clause 24.5 above (a “Tax Payment”) and the Board determines that: |
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a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax (a “Tax Credit”) is attributable either to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and |
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the Board has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit, |
the Board shall pay an amount to the Company which the Board determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Company.
24.7 |
The Company may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents. |
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Board) in order to facilitate the transferring and handing over to such other above-mentioned agency, statutory body and/or legal entity. |
24.9 |
All non-public, confidential or proprietary information of the Company and its Affiliates provided by the Company to the Board pursuant to this Agreement shall be kept confidential by the Board and shall be disclosed to a director, officer or employee of the Board only to the extent that the disclosure is necessary for the said director's, officer's or employee's as the case may be, performance of his duties. Said information shall not be disclosed to any third parties, including but not limited to the general public and the press, except with the prior written approval of the Company or where required by law, rule, regulation, order or requirement of court, administrative agency or governmental or regulatory body. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, the Board may release said information, on a strictly confidential and need to know basis, to auditors, tax consultants and legal advisors as may be necessary for the purposes of obtaining professional advice PROVIDED the Board ensures that such third parties are first informed of, and acknowledge in writing, the confidential nature of the disclosed information. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been signed by or on behalf of the parties hereto the day and year first before written.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.
The Company
ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS, INC |
Address: |
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Attention:Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President & CEO
Email:[***]
with a copy to:
Address: |
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Attention:Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Chief Legal Officer
Email:[***]
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Payne____________
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
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Xxxxxxxxx 000000 |
Attention:Xxx Xxx GOH
Email:[***]
By: /s Authorized Signatory ________
Name: Authorized Signatory
Title: Authorized Signatory
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